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Syzygy Chapter 4

Shannon POV

OH MY FREAKING GOD! I just kissed Iggy. Kissed him. What's he going to think about me now? What have I done?

I was pretty much hyperventilating while I searched for Max. Yes, me, Shannon, hyperventilating. It does happen. That's sarcasm for ya, people!

I stopped in front of Max and Fang's room, and knocked. I had heard stories of Max walking in on Fang changing from Nudge. I did not relish the thought of doing the same thing.

"Come in." Fang called.

Fang. Darn it. I had wanted to talk to Max alone. Oh well. I pushed the door open and walked inside.

"Hey, Shannon. What's up?" Max asked me with a smile. I guess she was still going out of her way a bit to make Natalca and I at home. On that note, where the heck is Natalca? Oh well, I'll find her later.

"Um." I said nervously, glancing at Fang.

"Oh, uh, I'll go help Iggy wash the dishes." Fang said, understanding that I wanted to tlk to Max.

"Wow, there's something you don't see everyday." Max said.

I raised an eyebrow at her.

"Fang volunteered to wash dishes. Usually I have to force him to do chores." She laughed.

I laughed nervously, still standing by the door.

"Okay, what's up with you?" Max asked gently. She gestured for me to sit beside her on the bed.

I sat down, then stared at the wall. Max waited for me to start talking.

"Max…how did you tell Fang you loved him?" I blurted.

Oh, crap. Smooth, Shanny, smooth. It came out totally sounding like I had a crush on someone. Which I did, but I wasn't going to tell her that right away.

"Iggy, isn't it?" Max asked slyly, ignoring the question.

"Maybe." I mumbled, looking at the floor. I wasn't blushing, at least.

"That's great, Shannon. Iggy's always been alone. He's never had a girlfriend before. And don't worry about him not liking you. He loves you. I know that for a fact. It was so obvious when he told Fang and I about you and Natalca. He talked about you like you were some forgotten goddess. If for some reason we hadn't trusted you, and had left before you came, Iggy would have left to go find you two."

"Really? Thanks, Max."

"Of course. I'm not going to let my sister's love life fall apart just because you're not sure he likes you. Sheesh, do you really think I'm that mean?" She replied, smiling.

I smiled back at her, and told her wholeheartedly, "You are not mean. Far from it."

I turned and left the room, still glowing on the inside, for two reasons. One, the main reason, Iggy loves me!!! Two, Max called me her sister. That made me feel a lot more at home.

I ran into Fang on the way down the hall. He smiled and said, "Someone's happy."

"No, I'm miserable." I said sarcastically.

"Iggy likes you. A lot. I was just talking to him about you."

"Thanks, Fang."

Iggy POV

Fang had said that he could tell Shannon liked me. That sure made me happy, let me tell you. But then he said that Max and him were going into town on Saturday to go for supper and watch a movie, and that he thought I should invite Shannon and make it a 'double date. Heck, if Natalca found someone in two days, she could join the party too!' (He's quoting Fang.) But I don't have the guts to ask her on a date. I mean, all I have to go on is Fang's instinct.

I heard Shannon's footsteps, yes I had memorized her footsteps, turn into her and Natalca's room. Then I heard running footsteps coming down the hall to my room. Max barrelled through the door and tackled me.

"You will ask her out! I will make you! She was just talking to me about you. She loves you, too, Iggy!" Max growled.

"All right, all right! I'll go ask her now, if you'd be so kind as to let me up, your Highness." I told her sarcastically.

Max let me up and then watched me walk to Shannon's room. My palms were already sweating. Oh god, oh god, what if she says no? What if Natalca's in there? I found myself hoping desperately that Natalca was in there, so I wouldn't have to ask her. I knocked on her door, and Shannon called out, "Come on in."

I walked in and heard only Shannon's quiet breaths, which were suddenly getting faster. Weird. But no Natalca, damn you, Natalca, why'd you pick now to disappear?!

"Oh, hi Iggy." She said awkwardly. She was probably remembering lunch.

"Um, listen, Shannon, Max and Fang are going on a date Saturday, and I was wondering if maybe you'd like to go with me and make it a double date?" I asked in a rush.

There's no going back now, Iggy. Make the most of it. I told myself that over and over.

"Sure, Iggy. I'd love to go with you." She answered happily.

I found myself walking towards her. Subconciously, I realized what I was doing. I leaned down and kissed her, right on the mouth. Her lips moved against mine softly, and I breathed in her scent. I pulled away, and wished desperately I could see her face. I wanted to see the beautiful smile I knew would be spreading across her face. Oh, why did I have to be blind?

Suddenly there was something hard against my back, and it felt like carpet. Then I blacked out. The last thing I heard was Shannon shouting my name in fear.

Agh! That was the first thing I thought when I came to. My eyes, they were on fire! owowowowowowowow!

Then I heard Angel's voice say, "He's awake."

"Iggy? Iggy, can you hear me?" Shannon was saying gently.

I groaned in response.

"I'm going to take that as a yes." Max said.

The pain was fading, and I decided I could talk without screaming.

"What the heck happened?" I asked hoarsely.

"Well, first, open your eyes." Shannon told me excitedly.

I realized my eyes were closed. I opened them, and shouted out in absolute shock. I COULD SEE!!!!!

"I can see!!" I yelled happily. "How did this happen?"

Max explained this time. "Well, Angel says the last thing you thought was how much you wished you could see. Shannon was apparently thinking the same thing. We think the combination of your desire to see, and Shannon wanting you to see, brought on Shannon's new power. She can heal wounds."

I looked at Shannon, who was bending over me, smiling happily. "Am I ever glad I fell in love with you." I told her.

She smiled, and the others all exclaimed, "Awwww!"

I looked around taking in what everyone looked like. Angel, Gazzy, Nudge, Max, Fang, Shannon…where was Natalca?

I voiced my question, and suddenly the mood went grim.

"We don't know. We haven't gone looking yet, because you passed out. But now that you're okay…" Shannon trailed off.

"Yes, of course, go!" I told her. She was obviously really worried. This must not be Natalca's normal behaviour. Shannon smiled gratefully and ran out the door, Max and Fang going with her.

"Not at all. She wouldn't leave without telling someone, and she likes us, so why would she go anywhere?" Angel filled me in.

"You don't think she got kidnapped?" I asked, concerned.

No one answered.

Max POV

The three of us took off and soared up high where we could see the surrounding land.

"Over there! I think that's Natalca. There's someone with her." Fang and I followed Shannon's gaze.

"Let's land and go meet them on foot. We don't know if this person knows about our wings or not." I ordered, going into you-better-listen-or-else mode.

Fang and Shannon nodded. We landed in a clearing not far from the Natalca and the unknown person. We ran to intersect them, and soon found them. Standing together was Natalca and a 14 or 15 year old boy. The boy had blond hair, and was pretty tall. His eyes were blue, and he was talking to Natalca, who was pointing in the direction of the house. Then they noticed us. I was incredibly tempted to make a smart remark involving the words "lovebirds" and "couple", but I refrained, because Shannon was rushing forward to stand in front of Natalca.

"Natalca! Where have you been?" She cried.

"I went for a walk in the forest, and found Curtis." She said. This was obviously a cover up story. Under her breath she added, to low for Curtis to hear, "I sensed him walking around in the forest. It seemed like he was lost, so I went to help him. We…got talking."

Shannon gave a nod and turned to Curtis. "So, what were you doing here?"

"I was going for a walk, too, and got lost. Natalca found me and was giving me directions when you showed up." Curtis explained.

He seemed nice enough, but it took a fair bit for me to trust a person. Once Curtis was on his way, I got everyone moving.

"Okay, well, it's going to get dark soon, we should get a move on. This way." I said briskly.

Everyone followed me, and it really was getting dark. Eventually we made it to the house. We all sat down in the living room. Iggy included, but we were going to find out what happened with Natalca first, then tell her about Iggy.

Natalca POV

Once I got rid of that Curtis jerk, we all sat down in the living room. I felt really bad about disappearing like that, but I couldn't get that guy to stop hitting on me!

"So, Natalca, what exactly happened?" Max asked me.

"I was still outside on the porch, by myself, and I could sense that jerk out in the forest. He seemed lost, so I decided to go see if I could help. At that time I didn't know he was such an idiot. He kept hitting on me, and I was trying to tell him that I didn't like him, but he just wasn't getting it. Then you showed up."

"Since when did he become a jerk? He seemed nice enough." Shannon said.

"Yeah, keyword: seemed. He was all sweet when you guys came along, but he wasn't very nice to me." I retorted.

"Your hair looks very nice today, Natalca." Iggy suddenly said. Everyone suppressed laughter.

"Thanks." Then I realized who I was talking to, and that his eyes were focusing on me. "You can see!" I exclaimed.

"I developed healing powers." Shannon explained.

"Really? Cool. That's great for you, Iggy." I smiled.

Then Nudge piped up. "And Shannon and Iggy are together now!"

"Oh, really? Well, Shannon, you've finally scored!" I laughed.

Shannon hit me upside the head, and I, not to be outdone, whacked her with a cushion. She, being Shannon, did not just take the hit like a lady. Oh, noooo. She had to hit me right back. Soon it escalated into a full out pillow fight, involving everyone.

WHACK!

I walloped Shannon's face.

"You should start running now, sister dear." She informed me. I recognized that glint I her eye. It meant, I know something you don't, and you aren't going to like it.

I turned and sprinted for the door, Shannon racing after me. I saw her whip something out of her pocket, and I gasped and ran for my life. She had a water gun. Oh, jeez. I felt a stream of water hit my back, and I yelled bloody murder back at her. I ran out the front door, and zoomed around the corner of the house. A hose. Bwahahaha. I grabbed it and turned the water on. Shannon was screeching around the corner, and I turned pointed the hose at her and squeezed the trigger. When I let go, she was standing there with a mixture of shock and rage. Mostly the latter. Maybe I should stop laughing and get a move on…nah. She looked to funny for me to start running away. That was what I thought before she started yelling. Once she started yelling, I thought, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh CRAP! She's going to kill me!

I ran away as fast as I could, Shannon right behind me. I rounded the second corner and then felt a whole lot of water soak me completely. I looked up and saw Angel laughing maniacally. Shannon had tricked me. While she had stood there, supposedly shocked, she had been telling Angel to get a bucket of water to pour on me from the window. Laughter erupted from behind me, and I turned to see Shannon laughing her head off at me. Then I started laughing at her. She was just as wet as I was. I went over to her and held up my hands in truce. She nodded, and I told her my plan. She grinned her evil grin.

10 minutes later, we raced back into the house with our arms loaded with water balloons. We soaked everyone, and then Max went and got her camera from it's safe place on the couch. She had been taking pictures of everyone during the pillow fight and water fight. Well more like water slaughter. (A/N hey, that rhymes)

She showed us the pictures. There was one of Iggy smashing a pillow into Fang's face, and one of me whacking Shannon. Then Shannon whacking me. Angel hitting Gazzy. Iggy hitting Nudge. Me sprinting out of the house, Shannon spraying me with her water gun. Shannon getting soaked by my trusty hose and moi. Moi getting soaked by that little traitor, Angel, with Shannon laughing in the background. Then Shannon and I attacking everyone with our artillery of water balloons. I smiled sadly as I looked at them. This was more fun than Shannon and I had ever had, next to flying. It was really pretty sad. Shannon saw the look on my face and nodded. She knew what I was thinking, and agreed.

Max POV

As I was showing everyone the pictures, I thought about how little alone time Fang and I had had recently. Not much. I would have to fix that tonight.

"Angel, Gazzy, Nudge, bed time." I said firmly.

They groaned but obeyed, getting up and trudging down the hall to their rooms. That left Fang, Iggy, Natalca, Shannon, and me.

"Well, guys, should we watch a movie or something?" I asked them.

I got a variety of yes's and sure's and okay's and one shoulder shrug. Guess who that was. If you guessed Fang, ding ding ding ding ding! You won nothing! Congratulations.

"Thanks for all that enthusiasm, Fang!" I said sarcastically, rolling my eyes.

"Your welcome, Max. Glad to know I please you." He answered.

I sighed and went to the movie shelf. There was a shelf labelled "Ella" and one labelled "Mom". I decided to go with the Ella shelf. I scanned the titles, looking for something that sounded interesting.

"Anyone know what Twilight is?" I asked. I read the back, and it sounded decent.

Shannon's and Natalca's heads snapped around to stare at me.

"You…you haven't heard of Twilight?" Shannon stuttered out. Natalca just gaped at me as if I was insane.

"Uh, no. Should I?" I asked, confused.

"Yeah, it just came out, and it's pretty darn popular. Shannon and I are obsessive over it. We must have read the books at least 7 times, but we've never watched the movie, since we're always on the run and can't exactly lug a TV all over the place." Natalca enlightened me.

"Well, okay, let's watch it." I decided.

I popped in the DVD player, and then went to the couch and plopped down in Fang's lap. Shannon was sitting snuggled up with Iggy, who couldn't stop staring at her since he could actually see her now.

Natalca sighed and leaned back in a recliner. I guess she was probably feeling lonely. Shannon heard and pursed her lips, but didn't move.

I felt Fang's arms wrap around me and I turned my head and kissed his cheek. I saw Iggy tighten his grip on Shannon, and she pressed herself closer into his side. The opening credits began, and we started to focus on the movie.

One and a half hours later, the movie ended. It was a fantastic story. I loved it. Natalca and Shannon evidently agreed with me. The boys, I'm afraid, were a lost cause. They didn't understand what was happening, and didn't care enough to ask.

"Well, it's 11:30. Should we go to bed now?" I asked Fang. He nodded.

"Fang and I are going to bed." I announced to no one in particular.

Shannon and Natalca said they would go to bed, too, and Iggy decided to turn in as well, rather than be up by himself. As Fang and I walked away, I turned and saw Iggy kiss Shannon goodnight. He pulled away, and they smiled at each other. I grinned. They were so cute together. I did feel bad for Natalca, though. She had to be lonely. She was such a good kid, I was sure she'd find someone soon.

Fang brought me out of my own little world by waving his hand in front of my face.

"Maaax. Come back to the present, please." He was saying.

I shook my head and grinned. "I was just thinking how cute Iggy and Shannon are together."

"I agree."

I walked over to my bag and grabbed my pajamas, and Fang grabbed his. I faced the wall, and so did he. I was still pulling my shirt over my head when I heard him climb into the bed. I turned around and walked over to him. I was going to climb over him to my side, but he grabbed my wrist and pulled me down on top of him. He wrapped his arms around my waist and I put mine around his neck. I belatedly realized he didn't have a shirt on. Aha. That was how he changed so fast. I put my finger on his bare chest and raised an eyebrow.

"What? It's more comfortable without a shirt." He explained.

I rolled my eyes but let it drop. He pulled my mouth back to his. I felt his tongue run along my lip, and I opened my mouth. I felt his tongue come in my mouth slowly, then he started exploring. I laughed, he tasted like quesadillas. Bad idea, I almost choked on his tongue. He pulled away and looked at me.

"You taste like quesadillas." I told him.

"And you think you don't?" He retorted.

I laughed and he rolled over so he was over me.

"No choking this time." He ordered.

"Yes, sir!" I replied.

He rolled his eyes but resumed where we left off.

Ooh, that was the longest chapter yet! Yay! Reviews are absolutely fantastic! And if you need more incentive than that, I will torture Fang!!

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