I must have fallen asleep, because I woke up in the middle of the night, maybe 1 AM, in my own bed. The Flock was probably asleep in their rooms, and Fang had probably carried me here, which was nice of him. I have gotten heavier. I can just imagine him now – dragging me across the sand to our house. Haha, that's a funny thought.
I sat up and rubbed my eyes. Running my fingers through my hair, I pushed the covers off of me and made my way to Angel's room. Opening the door slowly, I saw that she was asleep. She was curled up in her bed with her stuffed animals, including Celeste. Next I went to Nudge's room. She was asleep too, but she kicks when she sleeps, so her arms and legs were sprawled over her bed. Her blankets were on the floor. The next bird-kid I visited was Iggy. He also was asleep, but he had left his light on. Probably because he loved looking at everything. In case you've forgotten, he can see now, due to some weird happening I won't go in to right now. I shut off his light and closed the door behind me. Gazzy's room was next. He was, you guessed it – asleep. His blonde hair was sticking up at odd angles and he had a frown on his face. I hope he wasn't having a bad dream.
After checking on the rest of the Flock, I silently went into Fang's room. His bed was still neatly made, as I had left it this morning. Yes, I do make the beds! I've got to do something here. Anyway, he wasn't in his bed, but rather, on his laptop. He didn't hear me come in so I tip-toed over and jabbed him in the side. He jumped, like, 10 feet in the air and then glared at me.
"What was that for?" He asked.
"For being awake! It's 1 AM!!"
"Oh. Right." He replied, and then poked me in the side.
"Hey! What was that for?"
"For being awake!"
We both laughed and I sat down next to him, in this really comfortable chair he had next to his desk.
"What could you possibly be doing at this time of night?" I asked him.
"I could ask you the same thing, Max," he said, and smiled at me.
"Well, I'm not going to answer, because I'm going to do this…" I leaned in and was just about to kiss him when Angel walked into the room. She blushed and quickly turned around after realizing what we were doing, or maybe possibly reading my mind and hearing what I was thinking. "Hey, Ange, come here!" I called to her.
She turned and skipped up to me, and then hopped up onto my lap. I put my arms around her and played with her blonde ringlets. "What's the matter, honey?"
"I woke up and I was reading Gazzy's mind and he was having a nightmare! So then I had the same nightmare and it was really scary," she said into my shoulder.
"Oh, it's okay, Angel. It was just a dream."
"Yeah, I know, but it was so real! Jeb was there and so were Dr. Martinez and Ella and Iggy. Iggy was hooked up to this machine and it sent electric bolts through his body and he was trapped! Nudge was tied down to this table thing and Fang, you were hanging from a rafter in the ceiling. No one was moving and I was so scared! Max, you were in this glass tank and it was slowly filling with this liquid. It wasn't water because it was pinkish and you were screaming and yelling for help. I was there too, trying to help everyone, but a whitecoat came and grabbed my arms and twisted them so I couldn't move. He threw me down on the table and he had this big knife in his hands. I was on my stomach and he cut my leg!"
"Oh, Ange! I'm sorry! It's okay," I said. She had started to cry and I held her against me. "It's okay. It's okay. It was just a dream."
She continued. "That wasn't the worst part, though, Max. You know how all of us were somehow trapped and couldn't move? Well there was blood, like, everywhere. Fang, you were really pale and you're shirt was red. Max, I think the pinkish color came from your blood. Iggy's arms were bloody and Nudge couldn't move. She was in pain. I know it was just a dream, but it was so real."
"Okay, but what was the worst part?" This was getting creepy. Thank goodness it was just a dream!
"We didn't have wings."