Chapter 10: Birthday surprise
Chapter 10: Birthday surprise
Ok, I think I made a mistake. Adam and I can't be "together" we just can't.
We both have a flock to lead, we're too important to be all googily eyes.
I knew what I was going to do, the moment he came down here I was going to tell him it's over, or that we can't.
I want to remain friends though, he's a great guy… and really cute.
BAD MAX!!
BAD!!
VERY BAD!!
NO!!
I was sitting in the kitchen,
With Talon and Ny.
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Adam's POV
I walked down stairs; I knew what I was going to do.
Max and I just wouldn't work.
She was a great friend, but no.
Last night was a mistake.
We should have not kissed,
She was so beautiful though…
Must… gain… control… of… myself…
The moment I walk into that kitchen, I'm going to tell Max, it won't work. EVER
I walked through the living room;
And opened the door…
"Maximum Ride!"
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Max's POV
Adam walked into the kitchen, I braced myself.
"Maximum Ride!" he said, intensely.
"Adam……. I don't know your last name!"
"Power!" He said,
"Adam Power!?"
He nodded, we both talked as if we were three seconds away from yelling,
"Anyway, Max!"
"Yeah!?"
"Will you go out with me!?"
"I'd love to!!"
"DO'H!!" we both yelled,
"I meant to say," he said,
"Pick you up tonight at 7!"
"Great!"
"DO'H!!"
"I mean," I said,
"You're so cute!!" I yelled,
"You're beautiful!!"
"DO'H!!" we yelled in unison,
I just couldn't bring myself to say it,
"This is weird." Said Talon, looking both amused and bemused.
"yeah." I whispered,
So there you go, I have a boyfriend.
Maximum Ride and Adam Power going steady,
Maximum Power? NO BAD MAX!!
I have a boyfriend?
How weird is that?
Yet, it so amazing!
Anyway, I'm going to skip over our date.
It was fine
I had decided, I was fine with us.
But I was going to sort of start over, and ignore the fact we had gotten to 1st base.
The most we got to in the date, was a peck on the lips and hug.
I was trying to get him out of the relationship, by making him think it's not going anywhere.
It didn't work, the next day he asked me out again,
And again and again.
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31st of January
Max's POV
Adam and I were in the kitchen, talking about our past.
I had just told him about the time Nudge, Angel, and I were captured by ITEX.
"Hmm…" he said,
Just then Ny, walked into the room.
She wasn't wearing pants, she had an odd scent about her, and I just couldn't put my finger on it. It was familiar though,
"Uhh…Ny?" I asked,
"Do we have any bananas?" she asked, sounding distant.
"I want some bananas?"
"Uhh…" I said she bent over to look in the fridge.
And OH MY GOD!!
She wasn't wearing underwear either!!
I saw Adam cover his eyes, whispering "I've just gone blind!"
She stood up and walked out of the room as talon was walking in, looking pissed.
I asked, "Did someone just hit her with the stupid stick?"
"I think someone just hit her with the weed stick." Adam answered,
Talon walked in and said angrily,
"Yeah, well she needs to get hit with the shaving stick."
Adam and I snorted with laughter,
"That's mean" I was able to choke out between fits of laughter,
"Yeah, that's what happens when Talon gets her period." Adam laughed,
"PISS OFF!!" she hissed, as Talon walked out of the door, and leapt off the side of the building opening her wings.
Once we gain control of ourselves, I addressed Adam.
"Wait were you joking?"
"What? No. That's actually what happens when Talon gets her period." He said,
"No, I know. I mean Ny, is she actually high?"
"Yep." He said, as if it happens everyday.
"Wait and your ok with that?"
He shrugged,
"She doesn't do it that often, only when she's really mad or confused. And hey it seems to make her happy, so… No I don't care."
"That's awful…"
"Talon smokes, and I drink; they're coping mechanisms…"
"They'll kill you!" I yelled,
"We don't do it that often, it's not like she's a chain smoker, and it's not like I'm an alcoholic. Just when we're really pissed."
"But smoking… that'll kill you and can damage people around you."
"That's why she flew away." He said shrugging,
I shook my head;
Just then Nudge walked in,
"Hey Max…"
"What do you want Nudge?"
"What do you want for your birthday?"
"What?"
Oh yeah, my birthday's tomorrow.
"Uhh… yeah."
"Your birthday's tomorrow?" asked Adam,
"Uhh… yeah we think I was born on February 1st. "
"How old are you?"
"I think 15."
"Oh, so your 14 now?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, were do want to go?"
"Uhh…What?"
"Yeah, I'll take you out tonight."
"Uhh…ok… How about the Mall."
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The Mall, tonight 8ish PM
Max's POV
We walked into the food court;
"What do you want?" Adam asked,
"Uh… Surprise me."
"Ok." He led me to a table, and walked off.
He appeared, ten minutes later holding what appeared to be pizza box;
He put it down… I looked inside…
"Oh My God… Adam?"
Inside the box was a giant chocolate chip cookie;
"Yeah, Fang said you love chocolate chip cookies, and there was a Mrs.-"
He couldn't finish what he was saying because I had kissed him, passionately.
We broke apart, only slightly out of breath.
"Wow, remind to buy you a giant chocolate ship cookie everyday."
I was already eating the cookie,
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Max's POV
We were eating actual food, and Adam and I were playing a game, he and Talon used to play; called what would you do?
Where you made up a scenario, and asked what that person would do in the situation. It helped me learn a lot about Adam; he's a lot like me very dedicated to his flock, but far more ruthless.
"Ok." I said,
"Now you're trudging through the woods with your flock; when all of a sudden, you see two kids completely starved who tell you they were kidnapped; you give them some of your food and water. Then in the middle of the night, you see them send a signal to the Erasers that they have found you. What do you do?"
He thought for a couple of seconds,
"Well, first I'd integrate them; figure out the who's and what's and when's. Then I'd ask them, angrily, "Do you want to go back to them?""
"That's what I did; except I just left them there, you would take them with you?"
"God no, if they said they didn't want to go with them I'd shoot'em; they betrayed out hospitality."
I was shocked, but not as much as would have been ten minutes ago;
If I was a hero,
Adam was like an Anti-Hero; he did what he needed to do.
I saw Adam look at his watch;
"Wow, we should probably get going."
"K." I said,
He pulled out another giant cookie,
"OH!!" I tried to grab it,
He held it back;
"When we get back." He said,
I pouted.
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Back at the house
11PM
Max's POV
"You joking?" I was able to get out, through fits of laughter.
"Nope, that's actually what happened,
We were walking up to the house, holding hands.
I opened the door, and walked into the living room.
I blinked, it was dark and the TV was on;
Then I was shocked, there on the couch were Bank and Nudge; Making out.
And it wasn't just like Making out, it was passionate and I use that word lightly.
"Nudge?" I said,
They broke apart,
"Oh My God… MAX!!"
I closed my eyes trying not to let any anger into my voice,
"Nudge… Go… To… Bed…"
She scurried out for the room and up the stairs, Bank looked at Adam.
He sounded normal, like he didn't care;
"Go to bed, Bank."
Bank walked up stairs, and then Adam yelled up, unnecessarily,
"Your own bed!!"
I walked into the kitchen,
Poor Nudge…
Poor me… God Damn it… this is not what I wanted to do!
Now I have to give her "The Talk" and I've never done it before… I… don't want to, Crap…
I sighed, as I sat down…
"God Damn it…" I whispered,
Adam walked in, and I heard some music come on…
Some music started to play, and Adam sat down next to me.
I recognized it as "The Scientist" by Coldplay (Oh Cricky! I have had a lot of Coldplay!)
The music played;
"Come up to meet you,
tell you I'm sorry,
you don't know how lovely you are.
I had to find you,
tell you I need you,
tell you I set you apart.
Tell me your secrets,
and ask me your questions,
Oh let's go back to the start.
Runnin' in circles,
Comin' up tails,
Heads on the science apart."
Then he sang,
"Nobody said it was easy,"
Aww… he was singing for me… how cliché…
"Nobody said it was easy,"
This is weird; he's making me feel better…
He wrapped his arm around me,
The music continued;
"I was just guessin',
At numbers and figures,
Pullin' the puzzles apart.
Questions of science,
Science and progress,
Do not speak as loud as my heart.
Tell me you love me,
Come back and haunt me,
Oh on I rush to the start.
Runnin' in circles,
Chasin' our tails,
Comin' back as we are."
He was an amazing singer;
"Nobody said it was easy,
Oh it's such a shame for us to part."
"Nobody said it was easy,
No one ever said it would be so hard.
I'm goin' back to the start."
And I kissed him, more deeply than usually…
It lasted a while… I didn't quite know how long, it lasted…
We eventually broke apart; I was out of breath…
And he whispered, "Happy Birthday Max." he pointed at the clock,
It was 12AM of February 1st,
I said,
"Thanks Adam,"
"Could, uhh… you please check on the kids."
He nodded, and handed me the cookie cake
He left the room,
Several minutes later, he returned.
"Everyone ok?"
"Yeah, everyone's in the right room… only, Fang and Talon are missing again."
I sighed,
"God Damn it."
"You should go to bed." He said,
I nodded,
"Ok…"
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Tomorrow, 1PM.
My flock offered to take me out for lunch as a birthday, and that's were we now, we left Adam's Flock back at the house.
I hadn't gotten a chance to talk to Nudge yet; but she's been extraordinarily quite so far today.
"So how's your birthday so far?" asked Fang,
"Oh, it's been fantastic! Best ever!"
"Great, Max." he said, smiling.
We all had left the restraunt and were talking,
The hair on the back of my neck, stood up…
Crap;
Ding Dink Dinng… I heard something metal rolling across the ground; I saw a little tiny metal canister, rolling on the ground…
And in horror I realize what it was,
"Oh Shi-"
"FLASHBANG!!" yelled Fang,
And then there was a horrible painful FLASH!!
And an ear ripping BANG!!
How redundant;
I felt my eye's burn… I couldn't see, the sight of the alleyway was burned into my retinas…
I couldn't hear anything; just a loud defining maddening ringing…
I felt my body hit the ground, as I grabbed my eyes in pain.
Oh MY GOD!! It was awful; the worst thing ever.
Now my senses are really sensitive, so the flash bang ripped through my body like a chainsaw…
My hearing recovered first and I heard a gruff voice say;
"Why is Plan B always better?"
I felt my hands cuffed, my feet duck taped, and my wings wrapped around…
I heard Ari's voice say,
"Well, I think its two reasons." Said Ari sounding light hearted and happy,
"First I think it's because it's more desperate and simple therefore harder to cock up."
"And second; shut up!"
BANG!!
I heard a body fall to the ground, I still couldn't see.
"Anyone else have any questions?" Ari asked,
"You?"
"No?"
BANG!!
Thump… another lifeless body fell to the ground; I felt warm blood on my cheek.
"No will some please get these walking breasts into the van! And I guess we should take the other too." Said Ari,
I felt fury hands grab me, and throw me into the back of a van…
And the rest of the flock was thrown in too………
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