So Jeb's house, err I guess palace? House doesn't really do it any justice… Anyway, Jeb's palace house was working out nicely… maybe a little too nicely. My paranoia was on high alert. Everyone else was another story. Angel has discovered Play-Dough, (why someone who's fought erasers to the death would be excited by moldable colorful dough), but hey, to each his own. Nudge has discovered reality television (honestly, if that's the "real" world, I don't think I want to save it anymore…). Iggy had fallen desperately in love with the giant kitchen; his cooking was improving, by far. Gazzy and Total had claimed the gargantuan backyard as their own. And I swear I'd seen Fang smile at least three times, that had to be some kind of record.
Then one night at dinner, approximately a week after we moved in, it happened. The big huge horrible thing I'd been dreading happened. Angel made a proposal.
Iggy had cooked up some juicy t-bone steaks (trust me, you appreciate them way more once you've been dumpster diving), and the whole flock was seated around the table, one big happy mutant family. Anyway, Nudge was in the middle of one of her rants, "Oh and today I found this show, it's a soap opera. At first I thought that meant they'd be singing, but it turns out it's a bunch of people with messed up lives. It's called 'Days of Our Lives' I think these people have worse lives than us! There's this woman Sammy, and she's dating Raif, but she was pregnant with EJ's baby and so was Nicole, who hates Sammy. So Sammy went into hiding to protect her baby from EJ's crazy family, and Nicole told EJ about her baby so that EJ would marry her. But then-"
"Uh, Max?" Angel cut in, "I have a question…" Grateful for the break, and completely unaware of the danger, I bit, "Yes?" Angel looked down and twirled her hair nervously, "Well, err, I was just wondering, if maybe, possibly, if it was okay with you and Fang, maybe we could go to school again?"
And that's about where my brain exploded; figuratively of course.
"Uh, err, um, Fang?" was my, oh so brilliant response.
"Angel, I don't know if that's the best idea." Fang interceded. Wow, never thought I'd see the day where I relied on Fang to do the talking for me…
Finally I came to my senses, "Fang's right Angel, we're finally settling down to real life, we're finally safe. Do we really want to push it? Besides last time we went to school, it didn't go so well…" I nearly shuddered, remembering Fang and the Red Haired Wonder.
Angel began to pout, but I was determined. School was a bad idea, wasn't it?