Alright, since I got reviews so quickly, asking to post another tonight I decided to go ahead. It was already written. Oh, and to answer my dear friend 3THINGSWITHWINGS, I am now in Mississippi. Read and Review!
Chapter 9
Max's POV
Fang was standing in the shade of the trees looking at us with curiosity.
"And why not." He says again.
Ari opens his mouth from behind my leg. "Who are you? Are you going to hurt us? Please don't hurt Maxie. She's the only person who-"
I slapped my hand over his mouth. "It's none of your business."
He sighs in exasperation. "Max, when are you going to let me in?"
"How about never." I snarl almost as good as Shade.
"Is he a friend Maxie?" little Ari asks.
"Hardly." I scoff at the same time Fang says "Yes."
Ari steps out from behind me and holds out his hand. "Hi, I'm Ari."
Fang smiles at him and shakes his hand. "Nice to meet you Ari, my name's Fang."
Ari giggles and Fang smiles more. My frown deepens. "Can you come with us to the park?" Ari pleads.
"I don't-"
"Sure." He replies.
I sigh. "Alright, let's go." I hold out my hand and Ari takes it. "Come on Shade. "Shade walks in between Fang and I.
We get to the park and Ari spots an ice cream stand. He looks up at me and opens his mouth then snaps it shut.
Poor kid is too scared to ask for an ice cream.
I watch Ari look longingly at the stand for one more second before rummaging through my pockets before finding some change.
I pull Ari over to a park bench and sit him down. "Stay here Ari. I'm going to get you some ice cream."
He nods and gives a grateful smile.
I walk away and up to the stand where a teen was working it. Fang stood a few feet off with Shade.
The teen was about my age. Sixteen or seventeen. He gave me a flirtatious smile.
I pay no attention. "Hi, can I have a cone with one scoop of chocolate ice cream?"
"Sure. That would be $1.50." I put the money on the table but it was only $1.39. I dug around in my pocket looking for an extra 11 cents.
"I'm sorry that's all I have."
"Oh that's no problem. I'll pay the rest." He gives me a blinding smile.
I gave a shy smile back. "Thanks." I took the cone and turned around, only to freeze in my tracks and my blood ran ice cold.
There was a boy wearing black standing over Ari. It wasn't Fang.
I dropped the ice cream and bolted forward. I hooked my hand around Ari's wrist and jerked him behind me. "Get the hell away from him." I spit.
The boy had blond hair that fell into his bright blue eyes. He had a perfect surfers body even though there was no beach for miles.
A smirk graced his perfect face. "So you recognize me then Maxie."
I ground my teeth. "It's hard to forget a face like yours, Dylan." I growled.
"Aww, you still holding a grudge against me for what happened to your sister?" he fake pouted.
My blood boiled. "You killed her! You killed Angel!" I lunged for his neck and wrapped my hands around it and squeezed. His face changed from smug to surprised. "You took her from me!"
Flash back
It was a week after I had left Dylan. I was running out of money, but it was Angel's fifth birthday and I wanted to do something special.
I help zip up Angel's sweet shirt. "Come on Angel, were going to get so ice cream and I got a surprise."
She smiled up at me and my heart melted. "Ok." She took my hand and I helped her slide out of the window.
We walked down the dark street and in the shadows. Finally we came to the twenty-four hour ice cream shop. I pulled out a five dollar bill and payed for Angel's ice cream.
I pulled the five-year old to a toy store. "Come on Angel. I have a surprise. Stay here."
I left her standing out side the shop as I looked for the angel bear Angel always pulled me to look at.
I found it and put it on the counter. I had just enough to pay for the bear. I walked out into the night and looked around. "Angel?" I called.
She was gone. "Angel?!" I was starting to panick.
Then I heard a scream. A little girl's scream.
It was coming from the valley next to the store and I rushed into it. In the shadows stood a tall figure and a smaller one laying on the ground. My throat clenched.
The person kicked out his foot and the little girls head snapped to the side.
Blond curls spilled over the girl's head. Blond curls I had brushed everyday. "Angel!" I scream.
The man looked up and I froze in my spot. It was a boy. Dylan.
He slipped into the shadows and disappears.
"Angel!" I run forward and touch her shoulder. She didn't move. I pulled her limp body into my arms and cradled her.
Her neck was bent at an awkward angle. My heart stopped. It was broken.
"Angel!" tears brimmed my eyes as I shook her. "Angel! Wake up!" No response.
"NO! Don't leave me!" I shook her and cried. It started to rain. Eventually I hugged her and just plain cried. I cried for mom, for Angel. I cried because I was alone.
Eventually some one was pulling me away from her. "NO!" I struggled against them but they kept me restrained. I watched as she was put in a body bag and loaded on the ambulance. I cried as people dragged me into the ambulance to and I cried as I saw the angel bear, laying on the muddy ground, get closed off by the ambulance doors.
I cried at her funeral and that her own father wasn't there.
End of flash back
A month later four-year old Ari came into my life.
I was crying and a hand was prying my fingers from my sister's murderer's neck.
"Max! what the hell are you doing?!" I struggled against Fang but eventually gave up. I let him pull me from him and drag me back.
I glared at him through my tears. "What the hell is wrong with you?" he asked.
I whirled around and grabbed Ari's hand and stalked away with Shade still growling every now and then behind him. Fang followed behind confused.
We got back to Ari's house with him barely awake. I lay on the bed with him and eventually fell asleep.
"So what was all that about?" Fang asked after awhile.
I opened my mouth to spit out a lie but I found myself wanting to tell the truth. So I did.
"He murdered my sister."
Silence.
"How?"
So I told him the whole story, starting from my jobs (But leaving out the reason. I just told him we were struggling with money.) and ending with that night.
I ended up crying again into Fang's shoulder. He didn't seem to mind. And I started to think...
Maybe I wasn't as alone as I felt. Maybe, just maybe... I didn't have to be.
Gasp! Is she going to open up to him?...umm, no. Not quite yet. She's starting to soften up though. So yes, some of you guessed Dylan was coming back and you were right. He's definitely going to have a part in this.
Question: Should I bring in Niggy, or bring in Ella and make Eggy?
Let me know!
This is feather flyer so,
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Until then...
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