I HATE HIGHSCHOOL! I'm taking a medical class my freshman year, and that sucks. People are constantly getting in trouble for alcohol possession (vodka soda mostly, sounds gross to me…) and we used to have hour lunch but they made it 20 minutes because there were four fights in our cafeteria yesterday (every grade eats together) and by making shifts, that stops a lot of fighting. ONE EVEN HAD FREAKING KNIVES! AND THERE ARE TWO PREGNANT GIRLS IN MY SPANISH CLASS! Just thought I'd point that out. And family issues.
Disclaimer- JP's life doesn't suck…
Max POV
I glanced around the shadowy room, getting worried about Fang. He had been gone for over an hour and so much could happen here in that short amount of time. The whole flock was catching up on some well-needed sleep, but my eyes seemed like they were permanently opened it seemed. It was almost as if I needed to make sure everyone else was safe before I was. I was reminded of my days back on the cheerleading team, when I would be the motivator, the leader, the person who always took one for the team. I felt a longing for my old life in that one moment.
But no, even if I could choose to go back to that life, I wouldn't. I couldn't abandon the flock like that, especially Gazzy and Angel. I felt a slight smile come to my face as I heard their peaceful snores, the one time they could relax.
Forcing my eyes closed, I rested my head on the hard plastic of the crate. Suddenly, the door opened and light came in again. I opened my eyes just to blink erotically, seeing spots. The outline of a tall person being carried by two erasers made my heart swell, they wouldn't have brought Fang back if he was dead. The spots cleared out of my eyes and I took a better look at Fang.
He was hanging limply between the two erasers, but his body looked intact, and I was pretty sure they had drugged him and done an operation, there was no other explanation.
He was thrown into a different crate (seeing as he had practically made scraps of the old one) and I heard him slightly groan when his head hit the back metal, and I breathed a sigh of relief. He was definitely alive.
I rested my head and floated off into dreamland, at peace for these next few minutes.
Iggy POV
I grimaced as I woke up to the sounds of erasers kicking our crates again. The light didn't bother me anymore, that was the plus of being blind. The minus? Just about everything else.
I heard Fang moan in the crate next to mine and muffle a yell. "What's up, man?" I asked, trying to look at him, but for all I knew, I was looking at a dead rat.
"Man, how do you deal with this?" Fang ground out through what sounded like clenched teeth.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, confused.
"Yeah?" Max asked, cutting in.
"When they took me, I got the operation Iggy did. Iggy, you would have gone blind either way, you didn't have a chance."
I frowned. "Why the hell did you get the operation?"
"It's not like I had a choice! They sedated me!"
"Lucky," I muttered.
I haven't actually had to deal with it yet.
Fang POV
I couldn't believe I had gone blind! It was probably my karma for not being able to protect the flock. I deserved it. I kept repeating that in my head, 'you deserve this, you deserve this' as I ran at at least 15 mph on a treadmill.
I could hear Max panting lightly next to me, she was on weights. Life was difficult here (like you couldn't already tell) and being blind made it so much worse. It was not only mine, but also Iggy's first day being blind, and I wondered how he and Nudge were faring in the fight room (we got a free pass on the experiment room because they had operated on my eyes). Angel and Gazzy were in the experiment room and I felt pretty guilty for condemning them there today, but there was nothing I could do.
This blind thing reminded me of when I watched a movie about the Mongols, and to torture their enemy they would sometimes pour boiling silver in their ears and eyes to make them go blind and deaf. But I wasn't deaf, and didn't go blind by boiling silver (thankfully).
I fought to keep up with the treadmill, which I could feel steadily speeding up. I ran, not even knowing what machine I was on, or where in the room, or even which exercise room. Being blind completely sucked.
Suddenly, a bright white light appeared in front of me, and I was blinded (more blinded then before). I wondered if I was dead, and thought that would be a blessing compared to being blind in this place.
But, no, it was a different kind of blessing.
The blessing of sight.
Everything slowly came into focus, and I felt myself snap to attention because the treadmill had stopped.
"Fang?" Max asked, confused, "why are your eyes focused?"
I turned to face her full-on instead of out of the corner of my vision (which was surprisingly good). When I saw her worried face I chuckled a little and shouted giddily, "I can see!" (I know that's OOC but seriously people? If you just got back your sight when you thought it was gone forever you'd be happy too.)
She had a look of utter disbelief. "You can what?"
"I can seeeeee!" I leaned down and kissed her out of joy, right on the mouth, but she pulled back and punched me.
"YOU PERVERT! I HAVE… I have a… never mind."
Max POV
"YOU PERVERT! I HAVE… I, I have a… never mind," I said, my voice fading with every word. No, I don't have a boyfriend. Dylan won't want you anymore since you have WINGS!
That your dad gave you.
Your dad gave you wings.
He is not your dad.
I smacked my forehead a few times to clear out all of my inner demons.
I have to move on and stop dwelling on the past, what has been done is done. It doesn't mean to forgive and forget, it means to not let your past affect how well you fare now.
Gazzy and Angel need you.
Nudge and Iggy need you.
I look into Fangs eyes and see black emptiness. Fang might even need you.
Okay, so three were cat fights and one was a fist fight (between Tarzan and Retro, yep my school has stupid nicknames too, not just the flock. In geometry, I sit next a dude, his name is Kyree, but people call him Tabias) and Tarzan won. It was an interesting fight, but not worth my lunch time for at least the next month!
