I had been floating in the black water of unconsciousness for days, waiting for the stupid white-coats to stop poking me with needles that would just break. I had fed recently and my strength was to its max, as was my skin, stronger than rock really. I'm tired of waiting, just stop poking me already! I screamed in my head. I heard laughter. You might as well give up and walk out Van. Angel thought. We've been chatting the last couple of days, reading each other's thoughts. I sighed, opened my eyes and sat up. I groaned. "Needles aren't going to work; you can't penetrate my skin at the moment so I'd appreciate it if you would stop jabbing them at me." I complained. The white-coats whirled around and gasped. "Someone go get Jeb!" one of them shouted. I saw Jagger out of the corner of my eye and grinned. His mouth dropped and he walked over and crushed me into him. I blushed and hugged him back. He pulled away and looked me in the eye. "How, but, you, you died!" he said. I shook my head. "One of the hybrid benefits, we can shut down our systems." I explained. He laughed and hugged me again, then gave me a serious look. "Don't ever do that again! Ya hear me?" he said. I blushed and nodded. Then Jeb walked in. he smiled. "Good job, I'm impressed." He said. I shrugged. "It was nothing." I said. He smiled. "Okay, well, we have an important matter to deal with now; I think you'd be excited." He said. I looked at him. "What do you mean?" he smiled again and looked at Jagger, who was grinning like crazy. Was this all planned or something? Jeb smirked as if he knew what I was thinking. "How would you like a night on the town?" he asked. My mouth dropped. "No way!" I shouted. He nodded. I looked at Jeb, "is Max and Angel allowed to come too?" Jeb shook his head. I frowned. "Don't worry, I have a surprise for all of you, but it'll be a little later, okay?" I nodded. It is so a date! Angel squealed in my head. I groaned. "No it is not!" I shouted out loud. I blushed. "sorry." I mumbled. I heard Angel laughing outside. I ripped the IV out of my arm, stood up and stretched, yawning. "So where, when and with who?" I asked as the white-coats left, seeing that I wasn't going to break out of here. Jagger smiled. "Vegas, tonight and with me, Jeb, and someone else that Jeb refuses to reveal." He said. I smiled. "Ok." And with that, I walked out the room.
I was in my room, looking for something to wear when I heard a light knock on my door. I looked up. "Come in." I said, even though I had no clue who it could be. I looked back to my closet and started to look again. "Van, Nudge. Nudge, Vanessa Marie." I paused. Angel… "Marie? Marie what?" Nudge said. Its fine Van, she's a bird kid too. I smiled and turned around. "Just Marie…well, I guess it could be Ride." I said thoughtfully. Angel laughed. "Well, since you have a date tonight, I brought Nudge here to help you pick something out." Nudge gasped. "You have a date? With Iggy or Fang?" Angel's lip twitched. I frowned. "For one, it's not a date. I mean, seriously, he's sixteen and I just turned fourteen." Nudge frowned and then she realized who it was. "You're going on a date with Jagger?" she cried. I covered her mouth with my hand. "No! It's not a date, it's just—" but I got cut off when Nudge took my hand off her mouth. "That's so cute! Can I go to your wedding?" I slapped my face and Angel elbowed her. "Just pick something out for her!" she nodded and went into my closet. I waited a few minutes and sighed. "I'm going to go take a shower or something." Angel shook her head. "Jagger's in there styling his hair and you're not allowed to see each other yet." styling his hair? Going to Vegas? Guys wouldn't do that unless… I gasped. "So it really is a date?" I cried. She nodded. "I read Jeb's mind and he wants you guys to get more connected, especially with who you're going to see tonight." I slapped my face. "That's just awesome." I muttered. I paused for a second, thinking. Nah, Jagger doesn't think of me like that. We're just friends…right? Nudge came out of the closet and shoved me a small pile of clothes. "Here you go, now change and we'll do your hair!" I groaned. "Does Max know what torture you're putting me through?" they laughed and that made me laugh along, so I changed. Nudge had picked out a pair of black ripped skinny jeans, a hot pink tube top, and a pair of gray DCs. I grinned and gave Nudge a high five. I put the clothes on and man, did I feel awesome! Now for the hair…I hope no hairspray will be involved… Angel laughed. "We won't use hair spray, just a few hair ties and ribbons!" she said, smiling. I groaned. "There is no way in hell that's going to happen." I growled. They frowned at me. "Well, at least take the highlights! The neon will look so pretty in your hair!" Nudge pouted. I sighed on the inside. "Fine." I walked over to my nightstand and picked up my iPod. Angel and Nudge walked up to me, looking at it. "What the heck is that?" Nudge asked. "I think it's that thing I told you about, you know, an iPod? It plays music!" Angel said excitedly. I looked at them. "You act like you've never seen one before." I said. Angel smiled. "Not this close. Some of the younger white-coats have one." She said. I frowned. "Well, I'm going to get you one then." I said, putting it into my iHome. I went through the lists and smiled, putting on one of my favorite bands-Never Shout Never. I smiled as the singer talked about how super duper cute this girl was. Nudge giggled. "I like this song!" I laughed and sat down. "Fine, do whatever you want with me!" I said and they got to work.
"Are you done yet?" I asked for the fifth time. Nudge stepped back and smiled. "yup." I finally got up, stretched and went to the bathroom to look into the mirror. They had curled my hair and it was pretty. In some places, I had neon pink highlights, but they were underneath so you couldn't see them at the roots. There was a knock on the door that made me jump. "Jagger you can't come in!" Angel shouted. I heard a sigh. "I know, but there's a change of plans…" he trailed off. "What do you mean a change of plans?" I asked. I could sense that he was feeling embarrassed. "Jeb wants us to, uh, dress up and go somewhere fancy…."I froze. "Like...a date?" his embarrassment deepened. "Kind of, but it's not a date, just sounds like a date and looks like one. Besides, that other person will be there too." He said quickly. I groaned. "Okay, I'll grab a dress." I looked at Nudge. "Okay, fashion advisor. I need a dress." She sighed and went back to the closet.
She came out with a dress and grinned. "Hell no! I am not wearing that!" I tried to rush to the door but Angel caught me by the arm. "Aw come on! It's for Jeb and Jagger!" I groaned and took the dress. It was like a wedding dress only it was black instead of white, and a little less poufy and went up to my knees. "Gorgeous!" Nudge said, I snorted. "Just give me my converse and a neon green sash please." I never go completely classy, not my thing. So she handed over my shoes and sash as I sat down, thinking. Why me? Why did they have to choose me? "Because of the legend." Angel said, motioning me to stand up. I did as I was told and stood. "What legend?" I asked her. She smiled as she tied the long green sash around my waist. "You'll see, Jeb's going to tell you…and also because you're Max's sister." She shrugged. I sat back down and pulled on my shoes. "Ok, stand up!" Nudge squealed. I stood up and twirled around for her. She grinned and looked at Angel, who nodded and grabbed my camera. "Whoa whoa whoa! What do you think you're doing?" I said. She smiled and said, "We want to take pictures and load it up on that thing you call MySpace or Facebook!" I almost died as they took pictures. "So…why aren't you upset?" they paused. For once, Angel couldn't read my mind. "About?" she asked. I shrugged. "Bout me going on this so called date with Jagger, I mean he kicked your cages and that was pretty mean." Angel laughed. "he doesn't really mean it, he just has to play tough because if he gets soft, he has to go." She explained. There was a knock on my door and Jagger walked in wearing a white button up shirt with a black vest over it and a pair of black suit pants and he had a jacket in his hand. I looked him down; he did the same and hung his head, blushing. "You look real pretty." He mumbled. I laughed. "You look quite dashing yourself!" I said, smiling. He immediately looked up and grinned. "Seriously?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, I'm being super serial over here." He laughed and handed me the jacket. "Here, um, I didn't know if you had one so…yah."I put it on and smiled. "Thanks." He looked at me for a few seconds and said "so, um, where did the wings go?" I shrugged. "Um, I can kind of absorb them back into my body, makes it easier." He nodded, acting like he was listening when in reality; he was messing with my iPod. I sighed. "Ignorance is your new best friend." I mumbled to myself, quoting Paramore. He laughed. "I didn't know you were Ignorance." He said. I rolled my eyes. "Let's just leave, ok?" I said. he laughed and grabbed my wrist and led me to the door.