10
Nudge POV
Jenny grinned at me, and I smiled half-heartedly back. I missed Max, so badly. I wanted to scream. I had never ever been away from her this long. I forced back the tears I felt welling up in my eyes. It had been sixty days. Max had promised she'd be back in a hundred. I wanted her now. Her and Iggy and Fang. I could hardly believe they had left me alone for so long.
I bit my lip. I had to be strong. Be like Max. Max had always kept us safe. She never cried. Ever. She was a hero. I tried so hard to be tough just like her and Fang, yet I could never do it. Maybe if I try hard enough, she may look at me the way she looks at Fang, and Iggy. I remembered the way she had cried when Iggy lost his sight.
No, I had to stop this thinking. It wasn't fair. Max loved us all the same. Maybe a little more with Fang. NO. She loves me. I know she loves me. I felt the tears creeping into my eyes, and this time let them fall down my cheeks.
If she loved me so much why did she run off with Iggy and Fang? I let a sob out, and then suddenly most of my class was at my side, asking me what was wrong. The sobs kept coming, and the teacher came over.
"Give her some room." She scolded the class. I winced, her voice sounded like Max's.
I heard the quick shuffling movements as they backed away, and then a hand was on my shoulder, rubbing between my wings where Max always did.
"Stop it please!" I begged.
She backed away, startled. The class
fell silent. I jumped to my feet and leapt onto a desk. I could feel
the class's confusion, swirling around like a mist. I let out
another sob. Max would be so angry. She told me to be good, not to
mess up, to have fun, that she'd be back before I knew it. SHE WAS
WITH FANG AND IGGY!
I need her, she knows I need her. But she
never ever had the same look in her eyes when she looked at me, then
when she looked at Fang.
Fang was always with her, Fang always had her back. Fang could do no wrong. My lip quavered, the teacher was looking at me, slightly startled, slightly concerned. The same concerned look that Max gave me.
"Go away from me! It's so hard! I think Max hates me."
The teachers expression went from startled to confused to bemused like a set of possessed traffic lights. I wanted to see traffic lights!
There was a knock on the door. The teacher said softly, "come in."
Mac walked in, followed by the scary-looking man that I knew was the basic training instructor. Oops, this was not looking good. Mac walked over to me and said softly,
"Will you come with me for a bit Nudge?"
"My name's Krystal." I muttered. Only Max was allowed to call me Nudge.
The pain hit again and I let out another sob. I remembered how scared I was when she collapsed, and how she had only had eyes for Fang. That hurt, so I forced the memory away from my head.
"Where are we going? Are the others okay? Did something happen?" I asked in a rush.
Mac smiled half-heartedly. "Yes, something did happen but they're fine. I need your help actually. Do you think you can find them? We don't know where they are."
My jaw dropped. Max had ran away with Fang and Iggy and left me here.
Awwwwww. Poor Nudge. Sorry it's a bit short but I haven't written for AGES and it seemed like a good place to end it. SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY SORRY. I haven't written in ages, (please don't hurt me) but I had a writers block.