I'm updating! Sorry for not doing it yesterday. I know some of y'all hate me because of it. Sorry it is a little short. But finding out who it is may help in my favor...? Here is a little snip of why y'all hate me.

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"Can I sleep with you tonight?" I open the covers and she crawls in. She snuggles close and I wrap my arms protectively around her and wrap my wings around us both like a blanket. Angel sighs at the warmth.

"It's okay, Angel. Get some sleep." I close my eyes and fall back asleep to the sound of Angels' soft breathing.

When I wake up my arms are empty. I quickly get up and look around the room. Shes not here. Worry starts to creep in.

I run to Angels' room next to mine. I glance in and look around. She's not here either. I run to Gazzys' room. He is still fast asleep. I don't see Angel in the bed with him.

I run back to my room. She must be in here. If she's not then there is only one person left in the house that could have her. One person that I will never get to her. Jeb.

The door opens and I turn. Please...

Chapter four-Max

I run up to Angel and pick her up, squeezing her tightly. "Oh thank God," I whisper into her hair. I pull back. "Where were you? You scared me to death." I tell her.

"I was in the bathroom, Max. I had to go potty." I sit there for a few seconds till what she said registers in my head. Nothing happened to her. She was just in the restroom.

"Okay. Okay. It's all good, sweetie. Go back to bed." I lead her to the bed and tuck her in. Her breathing slows and I get off the bed and walk out to the balcony.

I sigh and take a deep breath. Angel is okay. Gazzy is okay. They are both asleep and everyone is okay. I try to calm down, but that is the first time I have not been able to find either her or Gazzy. And I really don't want there to be a second. I look over at Angel in my bed and see her small form curled up in a ball. I smile and look back at the sky.

The sun is almost fully up. It is already Wednesday and I have until next Monday before my fights start. It is also around that Monday that Jeb will start to drink. Once he does I have a day at the most before the hits come. The sun is fully risen and I go downstairs to get myself some microwavable bacon.

The timer beeps and I pull out my plate of bacon. I inhale the scent before I inhale my bacon. It is soon gone and I get some more in the microwave before going to get Angel and Gazzy. They come down quickly and we all enjoy our bacon.

Jeb comes down the stairs and I ignore him. He gets himself some food and sits down at the table as I get up and take our plates and put them in the dishwasher. As I walk upstairs to get ready to go and play outside with Angel and Gazzy Jeb calls.

"You guys keep going and get ready. I'll be up in a few minutes." I usher them before turning back to Jeb. I walk up in front of him. "What do you want now?" I ask in a bored voice.

"I invited the Martinez family over for lunch. I just wanted you to know." He goes back to his food, telling me this conversation is over.

I run up the stairs and quickly get dressed in an outfit similar to yesterdays before walking into Gazzys' room, where he and Angel are waiting for me.

"What did Jeb want?" Gazzy ask. I smile at him.

"The Martinez's are coming over for lunch. Maybe after we can go outside and play." I tell them. They both nod at the idea and we go outside and play hide-and-go-seek. We take turns being 'it'. Not long after we all get cold so we go up to my room and play some board games until Jeb calls us down. We all run down quickly. Who wouldn't if there is food involved.

We all sit down and get ready for the food. Jeb comes in seconds later with our lunch. We all eat in silence for a few minutes before Dr. M starts asking us questions.

"So where are you guys from?" She ask us. Jeb answers.

"Virginia."

Dr. M nods. "It's a nice place. So how old are your kids?"

"Max is 14. Angel is 6 and Gazzy is 8. I adopted them all. Angel and Gazzy are blood siblings though." He says without missing a beat. "How about your kids?"

"Oh, I adopted them all but Ella. Fang and Iggy are 14, like Max. Ella is 13(tell me if that is wrong), and Nudge is 11. It's nice that they are all close in age." Jeb nods in agreement while eying me. I keep my eyes down and take another bite of our pasta.

We all finish soon and I immediately start to do the dishes out of habit.

"It's so nice that your kids can do chores. Mine never do the dishes." Dr. M comments.

"Yes," Jeb says. "They were raised by me. I made sure they knew how." Dr. M nods in approval.

When I finish with the dishes we all bundle up and walk outside. "So what do you guys want to do?" Iggy ask.

"Lets go get something from the gas station down the road." Nudge suggest. We all nod in agreement. "I'll go ask," Nudge says before dashing back in side. She is out seconds later with a smile on her face.

We walk the short walk to the gas station with Nudge rambling on about what candy she will be getting, and Iggy and Gazzy talking about bombs since they both recently learned about the others pyro-ness. Angel is walking with Ella and Nudge. Fang and I are in the back, walking in silence.

We reach the store in about five minutes and enter. Ella, Angel and Nudge instantly walk down to the candy isle. Gazzy and Iggy go to the ice cream. I walk off to the sodas with Fang on my heals.

As I look at all the drinks one catches my eye. I open the door and pick up a blue Mountain Dew bottle that reads, "Voltage". I look at the price before digging my hands in my pockets. I have five dollars left over from my last fight. If Gazzy and Angel only get one thing then we should have enough. Fang picks up a Dr. Pepper and walks over to the chips.

I walk over to where Angel is with Ella and Nudge. "Hey, Max!" Angel says, running over and shoving a chocolate bar in my face. "Look!" I glance at the Cookies and Cream Hershey bar.

"That's awesome." I tell her before going to Where Gazzy is grabbing a ice cream bar.

"Do you want one, Max?" He ask, waving the bar around. I smile and shake my head no.

Soon everyone has their stuff and we walk up to the counter. Fang gets out his wallet to pay for himself and his family.

When they are done I get out my five and sit it on the counter, praying that it is enough. The guy at the counter is probably a senior. He rings up our stuff, my drink, Angels candy bar, and Gazzy's ice cream.

"That will be $6.27." He tells me, taking the five and waiting for the other dollar 27c. I dig though my pockets even though I know I won't have enough. I look at our stuff and pick up my drink.

"Let me just run and put this back." I tell him.

"No. I can-" He starts but is cut off by Fang.
"Here, Max." Fang says, sitting down another five on the counter.

They guy at the counter narrows his eyes at Fang before picking up the five and giving Fang the change. He puts our stuff into a bag and I take it.

We all walk out of the store and I hand Angel and Gazzy their treats. As we walk back I glance over at Fang. "Thanks," I tell him.

His dark eyes flicker over to me. "No biggie."

"Still, thanks." He nods and we walk the rest of the way in silence.

When we reach the house we all sit outside and enjoy our treats. I take a sip of my Voltage and sigh. I don't have soda often and I definitely just found a new addiction. I drink it slowly to savor it. When I finish I give a satisfying smack with my lips and everyone cracks up laughing, except Fang, he just does this half-smile-half-smirk-thing. I crack a smile. Maybe I have found some new friends.

Sorry for any mistakes. It will get better. I promise. So will i live or die from this chapter? There will be FAX. don't worry. And who is the guy behind the counter? (hint, hint). School is only a week and a half away (in the book). Who will they meet? What will happen? Only i know... Maw waa hahaha hehe- cough, cough "I'm good" Sorry, Beca got to my laptop for a second. She always does that. So R & R. Y'all should know what to not do with that. I hope to post tomorrow but I'm really busy so IDK.

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