Taken
Chapter 9
"Almost here?" Ghost asked after he woke up.
"Almost there." Max corrected.
He stuck his tongue out at her and said, "Almost here."
"Ghost, don't stick your tongue out at me!" Max yelled at him.
"Max, he was just playing." I told her softly. Ghost, who was now in her arms, started to reach out for me.
"Mommy mean." He said, still wiggling.
"No I'm not. I just want you to behave." Max defended. "You're going to have to when we go meet everyone."
"No! I no want meet them." Ghost stopped squirming to protest. "No see anyone."
"Well, I want to see them so you are." Max was blunt about it. "Besides you'll like them. I do."
I now moved under Max and she dropped Ghost. I of course caught him. We were really getting good at that. Once he was in my arms, he wrapped the arm that wasn't holding Snowy around my neck.
"It's okay." I whispered in his ear so that Max couldn't hear. "Their not that bad. Me and you'll get through it. Snowy too." He smiled at me before looking at Max.
"We almost here?"
Apparently, some things take longer to fix.
I noticed that the houses were now starting to look familiar. The yellow one with tacky garden gnomes in the front, the brick building that looks like if the wind was hard it'd blow over. We were definably somewhere I knew. I looked over at Max who was trying to hold in her excitement. She now had Ghost back and was trying to tell him why he'd like the flock.
"Look were almost here… There." Max corrected as I stifled a laugh. "Shut-up Fang!"
"Such language Max." I scolded.
"As hard as you try Fang, you won't mess up this day." She told me, a playful gleam in her eyes.
"Darn. And I had my sights set on it." I played along. It felt good being good to be able to do that again. I hadn't laughed in forever. But since I got Ghost and Max, I've not only smirked, but also smiled. A true smile.
"God you're stupid." She commented.
"Langage." Ghost tried to say it right but failed.
"Uhh. You guys are impossible." Max said. She was quiet for asecond then said, "Ooh look the house. We're there!"
We pull in our wings and prepare to land.
Our feet had bearly touched the ground when six people rushed out of the house. Well, seven if we count Total. But lets not count him just to annoy him.
"Max!" Angel, now 12, screamed.
Max set Ghost down to hug them. Every single one of them. I could never do that. Anyway, as soon as Max set Ghost down, he ran to me. You know, the one nobodys paying attention to. But hey, it's not like I'm complaining. He wrapped his arms around my leg and I went ahead and picked him up.
For those of you who to do the math or who are just too lazy, Nudge is 17, Ella's 18, Iggy is 20, Gazzy is 14, and like previously stated, Angel's 12. Now if you want to know Dr. M's age, you can ask her youself. That goes for Total too.
'No like them.' It took me a second to reliaze that that was Ghost.
'you'll get used to them in time.' I thought back. 'Snowy likes them.'
"She do?" Ghost asked aloud. Everyone turned to look at him. They had yet to notice him before that. Crap.
We're all in the living room now. Well, except Angel and Gazzy. They're in the kitchen playing with Ghost. Ella had some old toys and stuffed animals for him to play with. Apparently he's 'inturducing' them to Snowy.
Max was telling the ones that were in the room what happened. I was tuning it all out. I really didn't want to hear that Ghost wasn't mine. That some eraser touched and looked at MY Max!
"Mommy." Ghost walked in from the kitchen. "Potty."
I got up. "I'll take him." He followed me down the hall to the restroom. "Come on."
"No got to go." He told me.
"I thought you said you had to use the restroom?" I wasn't understanding.
"I say that so we leave. Me no like it here." Oh. So that's what's wrong. "Me want go home."
Wait. Wouldn't his home be the School? Wow. I never thought I'd hear anyone say that wanted to go back there.
I picked him up in my arms and told him, "But then Snowy and I wouldn't be there."
"You can stay too." He explained.
"But I would much rather you come home with me. You can even get your own room." I tried to make it sound exciting.
"No. I go home." Man is he stubborn. You can tell he's Max's son. But not mine…..
"Ghost I'd be really happy if you came and stayed with me." I had a sudden idea. "I might even give you a nickname."
"Really?" He clearly like that idea. "What's it?"
"Will you stay with me?" When I received a head nod from him I continued. "Hmm. I'll have to think but I will give you one soon." That slightly disappointed him but he still was happy.
I carried him back the living room to find the others weren't there. I could hear them in the kitchen. They were probably cooking dinner.
I was about to head in there when Ghost asked, "We watch Scoob-boo?"
I decided not to tell him it was Doo not Boo. "I'll see if its on." It was. So I left him and Snowy in there to watch Scooby solve some mystery and act stupid. But it's still an awesome show.
I walked in the kitchen to see everyone but Max.
"Where's Max?" I asked.
"In the her old room. You and Ghost can stay in there too. Or you could sleep on the couch." Dr. M said.
I nodded my head before leaving the kitchen to go talk to Max. I hadn't had a chance to be alone with her at all. Only when ghost fell asleep but I don't count that.
I got to the door to her room and opened it to peak in. I saw her on the bed with her facing the wall.
"Max?" I whispered. If she didn't hear me I was going to leave because then she'd be asleep and I know she needed it.
"What?" she asked turning to face me, then sitting up. So she wasn't sleeping. I walked across the room to sit next to her.
"Just checking on you.' I told her.
"Where's Ghost?" She asked.
"Watching Scooby-Doo. I really didn't think he'd get into that show." I told her.
"He said he liked it because you did." Max explained.
"What? When'd he say that?"
"This morning when you were still sleeping." She answered. "That's the reason he likes Snowy. If you hadn't have gotten it he wouldn't want it."
"She." I corrected.
"What?"
"She. You said it. It's she because he was going to name it after you. Your not an it are you?" I smiled at her.
She gave me a little shove. "I don't know am I?"
"No. Your definitely not an it." I leaned over and gave her a kiss. After a second I licked her bottom lip wanting an enterance. She granted it. Man, I had almost forgot the way she taste.
She pulled back. "I've missed you."
I smiled and leaned in toward her ear and whispered, "I missed you too."
"Max, Fang, dinner!" Someone yelled.
"Okay." I yelled back. "Come on, Maxie."
She shoved me. "Call me that again and see if I don't sick Ghost on you."
We both laughed as we made our way to the kitchen.
