Shut's POV

Iggy, my brother. Some where deep down, I felt it. That little twinge you feel inside your heart when it's trying to tell you something. And it's telling me Iggy is my brother.

"Iggy." His name flew from my lips in a frozen whisper.

"Yes?" He asked. Nervousness bubbled inside me.

"We do know each other." I continued a little more calmly.

"Really? From where?" His face brightened as the question was asked. How to break this properly? My eyes drifted to his. Blank, barren, and useless, yet still beautiful. I breathed deeply.

"You're siblings." The little one, Angel interrupted. My eyes narrowed at her as Iggy's ears turned red, misty eyes widening in shock.

"I was getting to it." I hissed. Max's eyes erupted in flames.

"She can read minds and you were taking to long! So back off!" Max snapped. I bit back a long hiss. My feline teeth bared and my tail curled in fury.

"In her defense Shut didn't know!" Alex jumped into the action. My anger eased as I gazed at Angel. I'm sorry. I just knew it was hard for you. Her thoughts broke into my mind. Its ok. I gave in. She was too dang cute.

I snapped back into the argument that went on while I was "talking" with Angel. I evaluated the scene. Alex and Max were in each others faces, arguing over me (what a joy), Flick was glaring at the Nudge girl, whose perky face was brightly boiling with arrogance. Jay and Flint were arguing with Fang, the emo with good hair (who was mostly glaring, not really talking much). And last but not least Felix was mimicking the Gasman boy. Angel and Iggy were both staring at me, but with much different meanings. Iggy's we're distant, but you could tell by the look on his face he was absolutely shocked. Angel's was just a blank stare.

"STOP!" I cried once more. Tension held in my chest as they all clamped their mouths shut.

I breathed deeply.

" Just stop fighting." I mumbled. Max, who by now I know is the leader of her gang, spoke up.

"Guys, chill. She's sorry." Angel must have told her what I said. I glanced at the little girl, who was smiling.

"Iggy?" I asked after several seconds of awkward glances at him. Fang elbowed him in the ribs. His head jerked in my direction, telling me he heard.

"Well, little sis, nice to meet ya." He smirked. The word "little" was filled with tease. I was taken aback. Little?

"Hey I'm not that little." I argued with a small smile.

"Iggy's right." Ally chirped in. My tail began to flick in annoyance.

"Once more. Moving on." I put strain on "moving".

"One more round, and then Shut and I will talk." Max added. My eyes narrowed, causing Alex, Jay, Flick, Flint, and Felix to all stiffen.

"Fine. Nudge, go on." I urged, taking a deep breath.

"Ummm." She bit her lip and began to rock. "I got it! Alexandria, do you like shopping?" She asked. Her voice went ten million miles an hour. My head began to throb just from listening to it. We know. Its how we all feel. I smiled and bit back a giggle as I watched Angel make a face.

"Ummm, I don't, but Ally does." And with that Ally took over. "I love it, and so does Shut! Not that I get to do it too often. The closest thing we've done to shopping in awhile is shop lifting." She replied. Her cheeks became a rosy red. Giggles erupted around both groups. My ribs began to hurt so I leaned closer to her, and away from Max.

"My turn." Gazzy's voice was deeper and edged with tease. I nodded, after exchanging glances with Felix. "So Jay, you like bombs?"

I rolled my eyes and flicked my cat ears.

"Now that depends. I like annoying Shut, though." He replied with a mocking grin.

" Jay, she can turn your heart beat off at any time, not smart." Flint remarked. Iggy snorted, but I smiled shyly at Felix because he was staring at me. He blushed and smiled back, grinning. Nudge awed, and Angel tilted her head.

"Max, what does "so dang irresistibly sexy" mean? I heard it in Felix's thoughts." Mine and Max's faces went red, for different reasons. Everyone else besides Felix snickered. Felix was covering his face in embarrassment. Iggy tilted his head.

"And who was he thinking about?" he growled protectively. Uh-oh.

" Hey, guys, hang out with the others. Try to get along. Max and I are going to, um, talk." I told my group quickly. Confused nods were tossed out. My gaze averted to Max. Her brown eyes were masked, as her face. Maybe I could get a few pointers from this chick...

We began to tread away from our group. Stay out of my head Angel. I warned as Angels presence was clear to be breaking.

Once we were completely out of ear shot my eyes burned into hers. '"So? What's your problem?" I asked. Nice ice breaker there, Shut. Shut up self.