Dying is Easy. Coming Back? Not So Much.

Chapter Three: Getting Ready to See Fang

Important Notice: When "Ari" is mentioned it means "Arabella." Also, this is sort of like a filler but the good news is that I'll be able to write the other chapter pretty fast :) Thank you to those of you who reviewed ;)

I woke up with the sunlight in my face. I covered my eyes with the sleeve of my black jacket but sat up anyways. I glanced at the watch that was in Ryan's hand. It was seven fifty. I took my arm off my eyes and glanced around for my Arabella.

My eyes fell on Michael walking back and forth with something in his arms. Probably Arabella.

I thought about what we had talked about yesterday- well, a few hours ago really. It would be awesome if Michael was Arabella's daddy since they have already bonded so much. And they were so attached to each other already. But as much as I loved Michael, my love for him would be like the love I had for Iggy. Like a brother. I'd known that he had liked me for a while now. I could see the desire when he stared at me. I'd been enough around boys to be able to translate what it meant. But if Mike turned out to be Ari's dad, it would also be kind of awkward. Do you know what that would be like? When Arabella would be older she would ask why her parents didn't love each other like other kids' parents did.

I shook my head. This shouldn't be what I was thinking when I woke up.

On the other hand, I didn't want to find out who Arabella's dad was. I mean, what if he was a total asshole? What if her dad was Dylan? I know I went out with him and kissed him and everything, but that doesn't mean that I wanted him to be my baby daddy. But it still was a possibility since Dr. God had wanted me to mate with him.

When I'd asked the whitecoats about Arabella's dad, what they said was that all they knew and could tell me was that he was an experiment like me. That could mean anything. I mean, it could be anyone I knew or didn't know. From all they told me, it could even be Gazzy, which to tell you the truth, isn't very nice to think. It could be anyone meaning anyone that was a male and was and experiment. He possibly had wings like me.

I finally stood up, a little dizzy but up.

I nudged Ryan with my foot, he moved but didn't even open his eyes. I quickly thought of a threat to use on him.

"Ryan, I'm going to put my foot on your face if you don't wake up in the next second."

Ryan still didn't opened his eyes but sat up and then stood up. When he opened his eyes, he glared at me.

That's what you get, I thought.

He walked away toward his twin sister.

I did a 360 checking out everything from the sky to the trees. I heard Arabella's crying. She must know I'm awake. She's a smart baby. Sometimes I wish that even if I was a teen mom that I had someone whom I loved help me. Like if I knew who her dad was, maybe we could share the responsibility of parenting. But, no the whitecoats are evil and had to make me a single mom. I love my baby but sometimes I just wish I'd had her in a different time, a different place, maybe even in a different life.

I walked over and took her from Michael's arms.

I shared my plan with the others and got ready to leave this behind and meet my family for the first time in two years.

When we had left the School we had grabbed some files on really anything we could find. We got our hands on a lot of papers and even a computer. Since there was cash in the School we took most of it, too.

We stopped at a coffee shop. I took the laptop out while the others ordered whatever they wanted. I looked around for a while until I found Fang's blog. I didn't waste any time reading anything he had posted 'cause what really mattered right now was the location he was sending all this posts from, which I tracked down. A little before I was taken to the school, Nudge had shown me how to track down people.

Right now, it said that Fang was in Arizona. I took out the papers we had acquired. Some of the files had old pictures of us. Like one file was of baby Angel and another file had a picture of Fang, Iggy and me when we were like eleven. I checked and rechecked the files but none of them told me the location the members of my Flock were. I wrote down the location in Arizona, we were maybe a couple of hours from there. We would probably be able to make it by nightfall.

I wondered what had happened to my mother, half sister and Jeb. But only for a brief second.

I put my game face on and hoped with all I had to hope that Fang was still were he had sent the last posts and that he knew where to find the younger kids.

We were now an hour or two away from where Fang had sent posts for his blog.

I don't know why we were stopping but Brianna had wanted to so we were.

I'd told my friends what was going on. They hadn't liked the idea at first (when I say "they" I mean the boys) but I'd convinced them. They knew what it was like to loose family so I'd had to convince them.

When the others came down, I asked Brianna, "Why are we stopping here?"

Brianna smiled. "You said we were going to meet that cute guy you showed us the picture of. I'm not going to let you go to his house like this. You look like a hobo and trust me, if that boy is still as cute as when he was fifteen, the quick make over I'll give you, will be worth it."

I'd shown her the picture of Fang and I at Total and Akila's wedding. She had been totally in love with the dress I'd worn and had asked so many questions about "the cute guy that had been my boyfriend."

"Brianna, tell me you're not serious. Please. I mean, I grew up with Fang, he knows me, or at least used to. Why do I have to get a make over to go see him?"

"Because you're with me right now and none of us is going to appear in front of that man's house like we are right now."

I tried to argue with her, but she's Brianna and she wouldn't let it go. Michael tried to help me out saying that I was already pretty enough and that I didn't need anything. At the end, we ended up going to the nearest Wal-Mart.

The woman at the register had looked at us like we were aliens.

We all got new clothes and Brianna bought a kit of make up.

I bought (well, Brianna made me buy) a tank top and super short jeans that barely covered anything (thank goodness I could find some black tights to go underneath) and a bunch of hair pins. Brianna got more or less the same, adding a jeans jacket. The guys had bought baggy jeans and black T-shirts. For Arabella we got a blue jeans colored dress and for Allysun, a light pink shirt and jeans.

Once I was done putting on my new clothes I threw out the clothes we'd had before. The outfit consisted of white pants and a long-sleeved matching white shirt. We had looked like those alien kids from the movie Race To Witch Mountain. My tank top was purple and my short shorts were dark blue.

Brianna had also bought a hair brush so I undid all the tangles in my hair then dressed Arabella up in her dress. She looked gorgeous. Even though I had been a tomboy my whole life I got to admit, we both looked good. It had been better than before. My face was now dirt-free, my hair was untangled and Brianna was now putting on makeup on my face. I know, ugh.

I had mascara on and purple eyeliner, plus smoky purple eye shadow. My lips had purple lipgloss. My cheeks were a little bit rosier than before but that was all. At least she didn't go completely overboard with it like I thought she would. She reminded me of Nudge, my little fusionist.

Finally I was completely ready to go see Fang now. Finally.

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