Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride, simple as that.
Dylan was gone before I had to say another word to him, so I locked the door and we piled into the car. By the time we had gotten to Mom's house, Fang and Total were arguing, Iggy was trying to get away from Gazzy's stench, and Angel was trying to tell me which way to go. She never did know how to just shut up and let me do my thing, it hadn't been this way before they captured her the first time, I think they did something to increase her mutation rate and intelligence.
We finally pulled into the drive and got out, I was hoping just to take the blunt approach to bringing Fang to my mom, and hoping she wouldn't pass out. I took a deep breath and went towards the door with everyone trailing behind me. I knocked, waited a minute or two, knocked again, and the door opened half a minute later with my mom standing in front of me.
"Hey, Mom, how are you?" I asked her as we went in for a hug. She squeezed me tightly, and I realized I never wanted to live without her again. She stepped back and squeezed my shoulders.
"I'm fine, honey, no need to worry about me." She replied. A week or so earlier, she had fallen down the stairs and knocked herself out, no one had known until Jeb had gotten home from work, and that was four hours after. She had a concussion, and was forced to stay home from work for a week. I worried that she would hurt herself even more if the concussion was affecting her at all. After that she moved on to the rest of the flock, going to Melanie last and longest, then looking at Fang.
"Oh, hi, you must be a friend of Max's," She shook his hand, and he looked surprised. "I'm her mother." She shook his hand vigorously, and motioned for us all to follow her inside. Fang caught up to me and gave me a look. I shrugged and moved on.
"Mom, he's not just a 'friend'." She looked confused, but I let her chew on it for a minute or so.
"Oh, I understand," She winked at me. "He's your boyfriend isn't he?" I flushed, and shook my head vigorously.
"W-what? No! It's Fang, Mom, how did you not recognize him?" She laughed, and doubled over. She kept laughing until no sound came out. I didn't realize I was a comedian. I raised my eyebrow and stared at her, waiting for the laughter to cease.
"Oh, I knew that the whole time," She waved her hand around a bit. "He looks almost exactly the same as he did twelve years ago." I sighed and rolled my eyes, not believing that she would try to make a joke out of me like that.
"well, I just wanted to show you he's back for about a week." I told her. She raised her eyebrows. I shrugged. "It's something he and I agreed on." She nodded at me. Then quickly shooed us all into the kitchen, where she had some cookies on the counter.
Yep, another short chapter….way short, but I'm extremely tired :( I haven't slept more than three hours each night. No bueno. Review!
