Love is Blind – Chapter 7

By MyNameIsCAL

"How did I get invited to this?"

Iggy sighed. "Because Ella has known Mikaela since preschool. "

Mikaela Fletcher was the richest person that went to our school. She invited everyone to her parties. There was a DJ and everything here. People were swimming in the pool, dresses and suits, drenched and ruined. They were drunk. I refused to touch the alcohol.

Ella came back with sodas for us.

"Where's Max?" I looked around.

"Bathroom," Ella said as she opened Iggy's soda.

"Why are we here?" Iggy was clearly annoyed that he had been dragged here.

Ella answered bitterly. "Because we thought it would be nice to include you for once. But obviously, you two have gotten along just fine without Max and me."

Iggy looked a little hurt and I shrugged it off, hoping the guilt would come and go quickly. Ella had promised not to tell Max under the condition that I would tell Max no later than after graduation about Iggy and me. She seemed to agree that I should let Max enjoy prom. Oh, and Ella also made me promise not to hurt Iggy. She was only looking out for him.

"As long as Fang is still with Max," Iggy said, defending us. "There's nothing going on between us."

It was true, after all. The last thing we wanted Max to do was find us together. The only way she would find out was by me telling her. Iggy and I had already decided we would keep our distance from each other. It's not like we were dying for a chance to get away and go make out somewhere.

Ella looked exasperated. "Yeah, I know."


The party got busted by the cops around ten o'clock. Max was already in leader mode when the sirens sounded.

"I'll take Ella to the car," she told us. "Fly home with Iggy. We'll see you there. If the cops stop us, it'll be less suspicious if it's just Ella and me. I mean, they're not going to expect any trouble from two girls. But if you're with us, they might not be as willing to let us go."

"Alright," I agreed. The idea of splitting up never appealed to me, even all the way back to when we were still running from Itex. Well, at least it would just be Iggy and me. We would have some time to talk. And then I added, "Be careful."

Max smiled and started to move in the opposite directions.

Ella let go of Iggy's hand. "Behave yourselves."

I watched them go and then led Iggy towards the backyard. We climbed over the fence and took off running, away from the chaos and noise.


Max and Ella weren't home yet when we landed. Angel was sitting in the backyard, reading a book. She looked up at us.

And then it hit me. She knew our secret too.

"Don't worry," she said to us. "I won't tell anyone. In fact, Iggy, I'd much rather stay out of your head."

He laughed, but it quickly died away as Angel stood.

"Well, Max and Ella should be home soon. I'll leave you two alone for a few minutes." And she was gone before we could protest.

Iggy sat in the grass, leaning against the house. He motioned for me to sit next to him.

"So, how are things going with Max?" he asked quietly.

"Well, I guess you could say they were getting better," I sighed. "But you know, it's just more guilt for me."

Iggy undid his tie. "I'm sorry."

"You have nothing to be sorry about."

Our conversation as interrupted by the car pulling up in the driveway.

"I'll talk to you later," Iggy muttered as he stood. "Ella will be…Suspicious if they find us here instead of waiting in the kitchen."

I followed him inside and we sat the table, Angel there reading her books. I doubted she was ever reading though. It was more like her sitting around reading our minds. But then again, she did talk about her books she read. I wondered if there was some way for her to multitask while reading minds. Maybe not.

Max pulled off her heels as she walked into the kitchen with Ella.

"We picked up a movie on the way home," Ella said, waving a DVD box in the air.

"Sweet," Iggy said. "Anything give you trouble getting home?"

Max shook her head. "The cops were only there to break up the party."

"Of course," I muttered.

"Where is everyone?" Max asked.

Angel looked up from her book. "Mom is still at work, Gazzy is with his girlfriend, Nudge is out with her friends, you're all here and I've been here."

"Would you like to watch the movie with us?" Ella offered.

"Sure." She shut her book and followed Ella into the family room.


Max fell asleep in my arms. I knew when the time came to break things off with Max, I would miss this. In all honesty, I would miss Max. She knew me better than anyone and it was because she was my best friend. Maybe people get their feelings mixed up like this all the time. You fall for your best friend at some point, whether it destroys the friendship or strengthens it was all up to how things played out. I'm hoping things would turn out ok between Max and me. I mean, Ella and Iggy seemed to get along fine.

If you didn't know Iggy was gay, you would think that Ella and Iggy was a couple. It was the way they talked to each other and the way they joked. But if you did know, then it came across as a more sisterly-brotherly type of relationship. Part of me was afraid Max would beat the shit out of me, but a bigger part of me believed that Max, over time, would forgive me and be my best friend again.

Still, I would worry.


I've got this story figured out. All the way to the future for Max, Fang, Iggy, and Ella. It's quite exciting actually! It'll just be a long way to get there. This is only the beginning after all. *sigh* so not that you needed to know that because twenty chapters from now I'm sure you'd all just forget. I'll update soon. Thanks for reading!