AN: I don't own MR. JP does.
I sighed and rubbed my forehead. It'd been a week since Ty got sick, and he was all better now. Dr. M and Ella had left already. Right now, Ty and Tay were having a screaming contest. At least there's one good thing to this. If Erasers come, we can just get the kids to do this and they'll run away screaming.
Okay, maybe that was an exaggeration, but still, these kids could scream loud. Like, louder than a normal kid. They just had to inherit their mother's bird-kid lungs, perfect for yelling and screaming. Usually at one of us.
Max smirked at me. "You know, I thought you were used to this whole taking-care-of-kids thing." she said. "Guess I was wrong."
"I don't usually mind, but this is torture." I moaned.
"Hey, at least they didn't make you play Monopoly. And finish the whole game. It took us three days. That game is never ending!" she said, shaking her head.
"Of course, you were playing it with two immature toddlers." I said, smiling at her.
And that's when the screaming went from playful screaming to wailing. Max and I shot up and went into the room. Ty and Tay were pushing each other, both yelling so loud and talking so fast that I couldn't even figure out what they were yelling about.
"Hey!" Max said. They ignored her. Her eyes flashed and she grabbed both kids by her collars, pulling them away from each other. She was actually surprisingly gentle, just using enough force to get them away from each other.
"Enough." she said, her voice deathly calm. Her whole body and manner was just overflowing with barely restrained anger. "You do not hit each other like that. If there is a disagreement, you use your words. Do you understand me?" She waited until they both nodded before continuing. "Good. Now I want both of you to go up to your rooms and wait for me there. If you even think about going out of your rooms, we're not going to the park tomorrow. Instead, we're going to stay here, and you two will be staying in your rooms all day, with no toys."
Both kids nodded and scrambled up the stairs to their rooms. "Don't you think you were a little hard?" I asked. "I mean, they are just kids."
"They're not normal kids. They can really hurt each other. Like I've said a hundred times, they're too much like me for their own goods." she said, running a hand through her hair and sighing in frustration. "If they fight with someone like that when they go to school, they could really hurt someone, especially a kid their age. I'm going to go talk to them. Can you get Iggy or Bailey to start making lunch?"
I nodded and watched as she walked up the stairs. It was interesting to watch her discipline the kids. Some parents take sides with one kid or the other, or play favorites. But Max doesn't do that. Each kid is punished equally, unless only one did something wrong. Which usually doesn't happen, since all of their evil plans they do together.
I walked over to Iggy. "Can you make lunch?" I asked him.
He waved me away. He and Gazzy were leaning over something suspicious looking with a bunch of wires. "Nope. We're working on a very delicate project." he replied.
I looked at him long and hard. "Do I want to know?" I asked.
"Probably not. Ignorance is bliss, after all."
"You know if you set off a bomb in Max's house, she's going to kill you, right?" I glared at him. "And I'll be pretty pissed too."
"It's not for the house. Max said that we could build bombs as long as it was in a field that's a ways away from here. It's far enough away from civilization so that no one will get suspicious." Iggy said, waving me away again.
"Alright." I said, my voice still wary. Then I went off to find Bailey. I found here with Nudge and Angel, as well as Total and Akila. "Hey, can you make lunch?" I asked her. "Iggy and Gazzy are working on a 'project'."
"Oh, yeah." she said. Then she frowned. "Where's Max?"
I shrugged. "The kids got into a fight. She's talking to them now." I replied.
"Ah. Alright." she said, getting up and heading towards the kitchen. I sighed. Life sure had gotten more hectic, that's for sure. I looked back over my shoulder, towards the room Iggy and Gazzy were working on their "project" in. I swear, if they use that in the house, I'm going to kill them. That's the last thing we need.
The kids were laying with us in bed. I'm not sure why, they both just kind of came in here. Then it happened. Taylor looked up and asked a question that I knew Max didn't want to answer. "Mommy, where's Daddy?"
"Yeah, Mommy, why is Daddy never here?" Tyler added.
Max sighed and looked up at the ceiling. I knew she was trying to gather her thoughts. "Your dad…he didn't want to stay with us." she said hesitantly.
Tay frowned. "Why? Did he not like us?"
Max shook her head. "No, of course he did. It's just…he didn't think he was ready to be a daddy. He knew he wouldn't be a good daddy because he was too young."
"But you're young Mommy." Tyler pointed out. Huh…smart kid.
Max nodded. "But I knew I could be a mommy because I was a mommy for the flock too. I knew I could handle it. Your daddy…didn't have that. He never really had a family. He couldn't handle it." she said. "But he did care about you."
"And now you have me as a daddy." I interjected. "Because soon I'm going to ask your mommy to marry me." I emphasized this by kissing her cheek.
"I'd like that." she replied. She looked down at the kids. "Would you guys like to have Fang as a daddy?"
"Yeah!" they both shouted excitedly. I chuckled at their enthusiasm.
"So, when are you going to ask me?" Max asked after the kids had gone to sleep.
"If I told you then it wouldn't be a surprise." I replied, kissing her. "Now go to sleep. You have school tomorrow."
"Ugh. Don't remind me." she grumbled. "College is fun and all, but I still hate school."
"Who doesn't?" I smirked at her.
She rolled her eyes. "You and the flock don't. When we were on the run, you guys were begging me to go to school." she countered.
"Right." I said, disappointed that she'd ruined my fun. She just chuckled and gave me a goodnight kiss before turning around and slowly falling asleep.
I stayed awake, staring at the ceiling. I need to go ring shopping tomorrow. But how in the world am I supposed to find the perfect ring for Max? She's not a girly jewelry person, so it'll have to be simple, but special at the same time. Geez, this will be harder than I thought. And how will I propose to her? It has to be special.
I quietly groaned in frustration. I'll figure it out tomorrow.
AN: Alright guys, there you go! Now review, and give me some suggestions for the ring, and the proposal! I'm thinking about a simple ring with a couple small diamonds on it, and it'll say something like "Fly on" engraved in the bottom. And then I'm thinking that he should propose to her while they're flying around. Like, actually in the air. But, anyways, I'm not good with this lovey-dovey stuff, so I need some help!