~Emma P.O.V.~

Yesterday came and went in what felt like five seconds. Today was the dance and Lucas and I were dressed and about to head to Monique and James's house. I had done my hair up all pretty like and actually liked the way I looked for once. Lucas looked all gorgeous in his gray dress shirt. Aw, how cute.

Mom was snapping picture after picture of Lucas and I while we were trying to leave while dad busted out old photo albums freaking out about how much we've grown up. He shoved pictures of baby Lucas in our faces.

"Dad, stop. Show baby Emma." Lucas snickered. My parents exchanged glances and then dear, old dad shut the photo album. "Come to think of it, I don't think I've ever seen baby Emma." Lucas shrugged.

"Yeah, me neither." I looked at my parents.

"I've seen toddler Emma, but not baby Emma." Lucas replied. My parent's faces turned nervous.

"Don't you two have to get to the Ride's?" My mom asked suddenly.

"Uh, yeah." I realized as I checked my phone. "Let's go Lucas." I looked at him. Our mom gave us both one last squeeze before we walked into the garage and climbed into my Jeep.

"That got weird." Lucas commented as I backed out of the garage.

"Yeah, it did. I have never seen my baby pictures…" I muttered as I pulled onto the road. "Text Monique and tell her we're on our way." I changed the subject quickly.

"On it." He replied and texted away on his phone. A few minutes later, we pulled into Monique and Devin's crowded driveway.

"There are a lot of people here…" I muttered in a shaky voice.

"There are…" Lucas whispered. James, Monique, and Devin met us in the driveway before we were even out of the car. James helped me out of the driver side as Lucas approached us from behind. I noticed Monique's face flush when she saw him.

Awwww!

We all went inside and James held my hand. Oh, everyone was there… Great… All of the Ride's: Devon's parents, of course James's parents, and the two blonds I met the first time I was here. I put on my best pretend-I-don't-feel-awkward smile and allowed myself to be led to the living room. James sat down on the couch and pulled me into his lap.

"What are you doing? Your family is right behind the wall?" I giggled quietly.

"I don't care." He said against my neck. His breath tickled against my skin.

"Uh, no. Off." I heard James's mom's voice cut through the silence.

"Well mother, worried about us doing anything while Monique and Lucas are probably making out in the dining room?" James snickered as I climbed off of his lap. Everyone had moved to the living room.

"Actually, we're right here." Monique snickered as her and Lucas entered the room.

"Whatever." He chuckled and wrapped one of his tan arms around my shoulders. Devin squeezed in next to me.

"Busted." He snickered into my ear.

"Shut up." I whispered and nudged him in the ribs. He smiled pretty and then picture time happened. I swear Devin's parents were glaring at me the entire time. After about sixty pictures of about every person combination you could think of, we were getting our coats on to leave. James helped me into mine.

"Who's riding with who?" Devin asked after they all had hugged all of their relatives and we were now walking out the door.

"Uh, Monique can ride with me in the Jeep…" Lucas shrugged as he reached the Jeep.

"Emma, want to ride with Devin and I?" James looked at me.

"Why not." I handed my keys to Lucas. "Don't-…"

"Scratch it. I know, baby sister." He snickered and snatched the keys from my hand. With that, we loaded all of our cars and were off to the dance. Devin and James's parents watched us all pull out of the driveway and drive away.

I have a feeling Devin's parents don't like me…

~Max P.O.V.~

"James and Emma are getting close." Nudge groaned as we cleaned up the living room after the kids had left.

"Yeah…" I breathed as I sat down next to Fang on the couch.

"I just hope they stay… safe…" Iggy said as he walked in the room, a cup in his hands.

"Iggy, that is really gross." Nudge snapped and crossed her mocha colored arms.

"What? They are teenagers. They do stupid stuff sometimes. Let's just hope they stick to kissing and sitting on each other and not do anything really bad." Iggy sat down across the room from Fang and I as he sipped his colorful drink.

"You know, you're not wrong." Nudge sighed and sat in his lap.

"Am I ever wrong?" He snickered and wrapped his pale arms around her, cup in hand still.

"Are we going to tell them?" Fang whispered into my ear as Iggy began kissing Nudge's neck.

"Should we?" I turned to him on the couch.

"They all could help." He shrugged.

"Help with what?" Nudge asked against Iggy's mouth and then turned to face us.

"Um, we t-think Emma might be R-Raven…" I stuttered at her name. Iggy's sightless eyes widened as Nudge's jaw dropped.

"Are you sure?" Iggy asked.

"Well, no… But she looks just like Max and Angel said that thing about her having wings…" Fang explained.

"She does look exactly like you." Nudge breathed, her eyes locked on me.

"What are you guys going to do?" Iggy asked.

"I don't even know." I sighed.

"You could have Devin get close to her." Angel said as she strutted into the room with her brother at her heels.

"Do we really want to play with his emotions like that?" I raised an eyebrow.

"You want to know if she's your daughter of not?" Angel met my gaze.

"I guess she's right." Fang shrugged.

"Fang-…"

"What chose do we have Max?" Fang interrupted me. He looked to me on the couch. "Since we can't get close to her, why not Devin? Why not the closest one to us?" Fang said quickly.

"What if he like spends so much time with her, he develops a crush on her? Fang, if he starts liking her and then finds out she's his twin, he could be traumatized." I growled at my husband.

"She's not wrong." Nudge sighed and leaned against Iggy.

"Stop agreeing with people." Iggy mumbled into her dark hair.

"I just want her back." Fang sighed and rested his head on my shoulder.

"We all do." Gazzy sighed from across the room.

"We'll talk to Devin tonight." I squeezed my eyes shut and rested my head against Fang's.

I just hope my son won't be mad when he finds out why we want him to get close to Emma…

~James P.O.V.~

"Well, that was fun." I snickered to Emma as we walked hand in hand out of the gym to get a drink. We had been inseparable since the dance started two hours ago. Devin had found some chick to grind on, so he had ditched us. Monique and Lucas were talking privately in the auditorium, so they weren't around. That just left Emma and I alone to do our own thing.

"Yeah, it was." She smiled sweetly as I stuck a plastic cup of punch in her hands. "Thank you." She smiled bigger as she sipped it.

"Want to go invade Monique and Lucas's space?" I winked at her as she nodded. I led her into the cafeteria and we sat at the table Monique and Lucas were talking quietly at. "What's up?" I snickered when their annoyed eyes met ours.

"Go away." Monique tried to shoo us.

"And leave you two alone? No way." Emma chuckled from next to me.

"Don't you two want to be alone?" Lucas grumbled.

"We've been alone all night." Emma winked at her brother.

"You're freaking me out, baby sister." His face fell.

"Let's get back. I want you to myself." I snickered and kissed Emma's head causing her to giggle. God, I love the sound of her voice.

I picked up her hand and led her back into the gym. Devin glanced up from behind the random chick and waved us over.

"What do you want, Devin?" Emma asked over the blaring rap music.

"Why aren't you two dancing?" He snickered.

"We got thirsty." I shrugged, still holding Emma's hand.

"Are you two dating yet?" Devin chuckled.

"I don't know, are we?" Emma turned to me.

"Does this answer your question?" I snickered and crushed my lips against hers. I slid my hand down hand down her back. I pulled back when I felt something other then back where just her back was suppose to be.

"Why'd you stop?" She giggled with a smile on her mouth.

"I think Devin's about to pass out." I lied.

"Go dance or something." Devin shooed us away, his eyes wide. I led Emma away and found a place to sit. What had I felt under her dress? Could she have wings too? How could that possibly be? There are only six people I know with wings and she was not related to any of them… I have to ask my parents about this…

Maybe there are others or something…

~Emma P.O.V.~

"Are you having fun?" I asked James. Ever since James had kissed me tonight, he had been acting weird. And not cute weird: weirdo weird.

"Wha-? Oh, yeah." He put on a really cute, fake smile.

"James," I waited to continue until he looked at me. "What's wrong?"

"Emma," He plastered his fake smile back on his lips. "Nothing's wrong." He insisted and pulled me closer to him by my arm.

"You sure?" I looked into his pale eyes.

"Yeah." He lied. I sighed. "Emma?"

"I have to go to the bathroom." I said as got up and pulled my arm away. I heard James sigh as I walked away from him. I watched him run his fingers through his hair out of the corner of my eye.

"Hey, Emma. Where's James?" I almost rammed into Monique and Lucas on my way out.

"He's in there." I replied.

"Hey, are you okay?" Monique followed me when I started walking again.

"I'm fine. I just have to pee." I said without stopping.

"James didn't follow you?" She asked.

"I'm going to the bathroom, he really can't go with me." I replied as we reached the bathroom.

"Go pee." Monique said after I just stood by the mirror.

"I don't actually have to pee." I sighed and leaned against the wall.

"Then why are we here?" She looked at me.

"James has been acting weird for the past half an hour." I admitted.

"Why?" She raised an eyebrow.

"I have no clue. But he won't talk to me and every time I try to talk to him, I puts on a really fake smile and insists everything is fine." I shrugged.

"Want me or Devin to talk to him or something?" She asked.

"Nah. The dance is almost over anyway. Maybe he's just tired or something." I shrugged again.

"Maybe." She nodded. "Are we going right home after this, or are we going out?" She asked.

"Where would we go?" I replied.

"My dad's restaurant is open late tonight because of the dance. We could all go there. I hear a lot of people are." She shrugged.

"Sure." I shrugged for a third time.

"Good." She smiled. "Let's go back in. If James is still being a butt I yell at him, okay?" She assured me.

"Thanks." I smiled and then we left the bathroom together. We walked back into the gym and James, Devin, and Lucas were all standing together, waiting for us.

"Hey, you okay?" James asked me as he wrapped his arms around me.

"Yeah." I shrugged against his chest. I liked it when James did this better then when he ignored me.

"I'm sorry I was being a butthead before. I'm just really, really tired. Not that that is an excuse for being stupid." He whispered over the blaring music.

"It's fine." I smiled against his chest and wrapped my arms around him. I felt him kiss my head and hold me tighter. I felt so warm and safe where I was. I never wanted it to end…

After another slow song, the dance ended. James, Devin, Monique, Lucas, and I all walked out of the school together. James has one of his arms around my waist while Lucas had an arm around Monique's.

"Who's riding with who?" Devin asked as he pulled his keys out of his pocket.

"Same set up as before?" Lucas asked.

"Sure." Devin shrugged.

"Shotgun." I giggled at James and got into the passenger seat.

"You little-…" I shut the door before he could finish his sentence. He went around to the other side and got in.

"You're sitting on that side?" I looked at James and leaned over the seat.

"Yes." He leaned forward and pecked my lips gently with his.

"Loser." I giggled as Devin climbed in the driver seat.

"Were you two just-never mind." He shook his head as he started his car and backed out of his parking spot. Lucas followed us as we left the school's parking lot. We were our way to Mr. Ride's restaurant. Devin and James were arguing about something stupid as Devin stopped us at a red light.

"Emma, what do you think? Is gray spelled with an A or an E?" Devin asked me as the light turned green.

"Well, I personally think-Devin! Look out!" I screamed right as an SUV slammed into the passenger side of Devin's Focus at full speed… All I heard was a crash and then…

Darkness…

~Lucas P.O.V.~

"Did you have fun tonight?" I asked Monique as I backed out of my parking spot and took off behind Devin.

"Yeah." She smiled. "Did you?" She looked at me.

"I did." I smiled and felt my face heat up.

"Emma and James looked so cute together tonight!" She talked on while I just listened. Monique was so pretty… I loved being around her. I smiled as I stopped Emma's Jeep at a red light. "I'm glad we went together." I heard Monique say right as the light turned green.

"Me to-holy shit!" I screamed as an SUV crashed straight into the passenger side of Devin's car… The side that Emma was on… I slammed on my brakes as Devin's car, the car my little sister was in, spun out right in front of my eyes. As soon as I was on the side of the road, I ran as fast as my legs could carry me over to Devin's car. I didn't know what to do… The passenger side was almost unrecognizable… I didn't know if Emma was hurt or-

"Oh, my God!" Monique screamed from behind me.

"Monique, stay calm!" I turned to her. I ripped my phone out of my pocket. I dashed over to my stunned homecoming date and shoved my phone into her shaking hands. "Call 911." I looked deep into her petrified, brown eyes. "I'll check on everyone in the car." When she didn't move, I took my phone and dialed the three numbers and put the phone to Monique's ear.

"H-Hello? There's been an accident." Monique spoke clearly into the phone. I gave her a small smile before sprinting back to the totaled Focus. James crawled out of the backseat coughing his lungs out.

"James?" I breathed and sprinted over to him.

"Lu-Lucas?" He looked up at me as I helped him to his feet.

"You're okay." I said and leaned him against the trunk of the car.

"I-Is Emma-?"

"James, stop." I interrupted him. "Is anyone else awake?" I looked at him. "James, is anyone one else awake in the car?" I asked when he didn't say anything. I prayed that he was going to say Emma. I wanted nothing more then to know that my little sister was okay.

"D-Devin…" He mumbled before his eyes shut.

"James! James, stay awake! Keep your eyes open." I shook him gently. "I'm going to check on the others." I said when his eyes opened. I scrambled back to the car and looked for any signs of life. Monique was at my side in the next second, phone still in hand.

"They're coming." She said to me.

"Good. Go check on your brother." I instructed. She nodded and dashed over to him. I pulled the driver side door open and saw Devin, his eyes open. "Dev, you okay?" I asked him. "Devin?" I knelt by his side, refusing to take my eyes off of him for fear of what I might see.

"Em-Emma's… hurt…" He muttered. I then saw blood trickling down his face. The airbags hadn't gone off and he had hit his head hard against the steering wheel. I finally looked up and saw her… Her lifeless, motionless body lying against the dashboard…

"Emma, if you can hear me, help is on the way. I promise you, baby sister," My voice cracked. "You are going to get through this." I called to her. Just then, I heard the sirens; saw the lights… help had arrived.

I just hoped it wasn't too late…

~Max P.O.V.~

"When will they be home?" Nudge asked from her lounging position on her couch. It was almost midnight… Even with them going to Iggy's restaurant, they should have been back or texted us by now. I was sitting on the second couch with Fang leaning on my shoulder. I was pretty sure he was asleep. Iggy and Gazzy were watching the news quietly on TV. Suddenly, Fang's phone went off loudly from in his pocket, scaring him awake.

"Honey, it's your phone." I snickered and pulled it out of his pocket for him. He smiled crookedly and pecked my lips before standing up and walking toward the dining room.

"Hello?" He answered before disappearing behind the wall.

"You tired yet?" Angel ruffled Gazzy's hair.

"No." He muttered without taking his eyes off the screen. "There was some accident in town earlier tonight, a hit and run." He looked at Angel. "An SUV ran a red light and slammed into some kid's car and just kept going. Apparently it was really bad, but they didn't release any names." Fang was growling into his phone in the kitchen. I couldn't make out anything he was saying. He came running back into the living room not ten seconds later. I swore I saw tears in his eyes.

"Fang-…"

"James and Devin were in a car accident tonight." He snapped interrupting me. Everyone's heads snapped up.

"What?" Nudge snapped. Iggy was already on his feet.

"They said they both weren't hurt that bad, but Emma was with them." He looked at me. My eyes widened. "They wouldn't tell me anything about her, but from what I can tell, she got the worst of it." Fang was putting on his coat, as was everyone else. Except me… "Max, we have to go." Fang pulled my stunned body to my feet. I shook my head and nodded with tears in my eyes. Fang led me by the hand to the door. Everyone threw on their shoes and then ran out the door.

"We'll meet you at the hospital!" Iggy called to me before he got in Nudge's car and then they floored it to the hospital. Fang hit the gas too and we were speeding to the one place I avoided at all costs. But now my kids needed me…

And I was going to be there for them.


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