AN: Alright, I'm sorry, but I just need to vent for a minute. What the heck is up with people getting all hyped up when they meet somebody famous?! I mean, sure, if I met somebody famous, I'd be like, "Hey, weren't you in so and so? Yeah I really love your work." or something, but most people practically throw themselves at celebrities, begging for an autograph or photo, and then wonder why they didn't seem too enthusiastic about it! I mean, wouldn't you get a little tired of it after awhile too? Anyways, sorry about that. I'm just rambling at this point, so I don't own Maximum Ride and here's the chapter. And if I offended anyone with the above rant, I'm sorry, it's not personal.
"Alice, can you send Maximum Ride to the office please? Her mother is on the phone." someone said over the intercom. I looked up in surprise. Fang and I had been working on a duet we had to do. Fang sent me a questioning look, which I returned.
"Sorry." I mumbled before getting up and going towards the office. When I got in there, Mrs. Marks handed me the phone. I grabbed it and said, "Hello?"
"Max? Thank goodness. Listen, Angel got sick at school today. She's running a pretty high fever, but I'm booked at the office. Can you pick her up and take care of her until I get home?" Dr. M asked.
"Oh, uh, yeah. I used to help when the kids would get sick at the orphanage. I'll take good care of her. Promise." I said.
Dr. M sighed in relief. "Okay, thank you. I love you." she said.
"Love you too." I said. I heard her breath catch. I'd never said that back before. I could feel my cheeks heating up. "Bye." I said hurriedly, hanging up the phone. "I've got to go." I told Mrs. Marks, running out of the school. I kept running until I reached Angel's school. I stopped outside, so I wouldn't go in there panting and looking like a total freak.
When I'd gotten my heart rate to slow down, I walked inside the school and went directly to the office. I walked up to the lady and said, "Hello, I'm here to pick up Angel." The lady nodded and quickly pointed to the nurse's office, not even looking up at me. I walked into the nurse's office, and instantly felt like punching her. Angel was laying down on a bed, but she still had her jacket on, and she didn't have any ice to cool her down. I shot the retarded nurse my worse death glare ever and picked Angel up.
"Max?" Angel said tiredly.
"Shh. I'm here to take you home." I murmured to her, sending then nurse another death glare before I walked out of the school. As soon as we were out, I took Angel's jacket off, like the nurse should have. It was chilly out, but that would help her fever.
"That feels good." she mumbled, proving my point. I nodded and pulled my phone out.
Fang, Angel is sick. I'm taking her home to watch over her, but the idiotic nurse at her school didn't take care of her right. Come to my house as soon as you can.
I sent the text quickly before putting my phone back and walking towards the house. I walked into the door and placed Angel on the couch. I got a bag of ice. "Keep this on your forehead and go to sleep, okay?" I asked her gently.
Suddenly, the door burst open, and a very angry and worried Fang burst through the door. "How is she?" he asked worriedly.
"She'll be fine. I was just kind of nervous about being here alone with her. You know, in case something went wrong. It's not good for only one person to be here if something did go wrong." I said, gently pulling her hair up into a ponytail, so it wasn't on her neck.
He nodded. "So…we just wait?" he asked.
It was my turn to nod. "Until Dr. M gets home." I said. "We'll have to keep an eye on her because after a while, her fever will go down and she'll start to get cold."Fang nodded and sat down on one side of Angel. I sat down on the other.
We waited for a two hours before I felt Angel shiver. The others had come back and were sitting around us. "Iggy, get Angel a blanket." I said.
"A blanket? I thought she had a fever." he said.
I rolled my eyes. "Just go get it." I said. I didn't feel like explaining it to him. Suddenly, Angel crawled into my lap. I stared down at her in surprise before awkwardly wrapping my arms around her.
"I'm cold." she said.
"I know, Ange, Iggy's getting a blanket right now." I told her reassuringly. Iggy came back downstairs. He smirked when he saw me and Angel, but handed me the blanket. I rolled my eyes, shot him a death glare, then wrapped Angel up in a cocoon-like way. I still kept her on my lap though.
Dr. M came in twenty minutes later. Her face softened when she saw me and Angel. She came over to us and put a hand to Angel's forehead. "Good, her fever has gone down." she said. "Thanks for watching her, Max."
I grinned at her. "No problem. I had some help." I said, winking at Fang. Dr. M smiled and thanked him too.
"Angel, honey?" she said.
"Mmhmmm." was the only answer she got.
"Angel, why don't you go to bed now?" she said. "You need to get some rest."
"I don't want to move." Angel moaned.
I sighed and laid back on the couch, taking her with me. "Well, you're laying down either way." I said, grinning down at her.
She smiled and hugged me hard, or as hard as an eight-year-old with a fever could hug. "Thanks Max." she said before she went to sleep.
"No problem, Ange." I said. Iggy snickered at me, and so did Gazzy and Fang. Nudge and Dr. M said a big "Aw!" I looked at all of them. "If you make one more sound, I swear I'm going to kill you guys." I threatened.
"But it's cute, Max! You're like a real big sister to her." Nudge said.
"There's no like about it." Angel said. I looked down at her in surprise. First, I didn't think she was still awake. Second, she thought of me as I big sister. Now that was cool. Despite myself, I felt my face softening, and heating up at the same time.
Angel fell asleep curled up next to me. The others went off to do…whatever they were doing. Fang stayed with me and Angel. "So, Dr. M said that you told her you love her today. I think you're getting soft on me." he said, smirking at me.
I felt my face heat up again. "Shut up." I mumbled.
He sighed, sounding frustrated. "You know, they're your family. It's okay to open up to them. Like saying you love them more often? Trust me, they like knowing how much you care. Like Angel knows that you care because you took such great care of her. You should tell her that you love her more."
"Whatever. I'll think about it." I mumbled. "I'm not good with discussing my emotions."
"Just think about it." he said, smiling at me. My breath hitched. What the heck? That's the second time it's done that. I couldn't help but smile back at him. He got up, mumbling something about dinner. I ended up falling asleep with Angel.
AN: Alright people, I hope you enjoyed the chapter, but I won't know if you did or not unless you review! So review! I thought you guys would enjoy some sisterly love between Angel and Max! Tell me if I was right!
