It's Saturday night… And I'm tired. I'm also watching football. Football is so great… :D

To Roxy, since I know you're going to read this eventually…

I LOVE YOU.

Iggy's POV :

I was frantic, running through the thick trees of the forest as fast as I possibly could. I didn't take any of the precious time to look behind me, to see if the others were following me, afraid I'd lose the direction I was going. I couldn't give up on her. I couldn't.

The way I smashed over brush and scraped against the rough bark of the trees made me almost look still blind. I couldn't let that be a problem either, especially not now. Angel probably wouldn't be able to use this unnatural gift again…

"Iggy!" I heard a voice scream my name and my eyes widened, anticipating Nudge around me. "Stop!"

I glanced behind me and saw Fang and Max running as well yards behind me. I knew I couldn't outrun Fang.

Sooner than I wanted, I felt Fangs rough hands clasp around my arms and shove me against the nearest tree, causing my teeth to chatter. I glared at him angrily, attempting to push him away but failing quickly. He looked so much different than I remembered.

"God damn it, Iggy," Max's voice was frustrated behind him, but she seemed sympathetic. "Don't you know better than that? You don't know if she's being held by fifteen Erasers just waiting to ambush us. You can't even see."

I stared at Fang, trying to make it unobvious that I could see his dark eyes. He didn't say anything but the pressure he put on my arms didn't need any words. I gritted my teeth.

"Let me go, Fang," I snapped.

"Only if you don't run, Iggy," Fang answered. "We do this together; you're not the only one who loves her."

I felt my eyes sting and the pull of my heart went downward, making every tense muscle in my body calm sickeningly. I murmured quietly. "Not as much as me."

Fang let go of me, his eyes softening gently before they cast down to the ground. He stepped away and Max came up to stand in front of me, her hands taking my shoulders briskly.

"We have to keep low; the Erasers could be anywhere and we have to locate her quietly."

She looked at me solemnly, making sure I understood. I didn't answer or move one inch.

"Angel says she's with Gazzy up in one of the trees," Fang said quietly. "They'll be safe there as long as they don't make a sound."

She didn't take her eyes off of me, "knowing" I couldn't see her sad, worried expression towards me. She knew better than to feel bad for me or anything of the sort. I wondered how many of these expressions she gave me during all those years of being sightless.

"Let's go guys," she said. "We can't wait around here and get caught ourselves."

Carefully, she wrapped her hand around my fingers, in her way of leading me through the forest so I wouldn't bump into something. I opened my mouth to protest, but quickly shut it. There wasn't any use in arguing.

I wasn't sure how long we ran aimlessly through the forest that grew thicker by the minute. I was hardly keeping track of anything around me, only paying attention to the new images I had in my head of seeing everything again. I had to store it in my memory for as long as I could, especially images of her…

What had she looked like, the night I told her I had fallen in love with her? What did she look like when she cried those many nights, without my knowing?

I held her close, one hand stroking her cheek softly as I could feel the upturn of her lips. It was rather cold out here in the late-fall twilight, but I couldn't help but to feel warmer than ever. She was perfectly still and I shielded her from the chilly wind.

I wished so badly that I could see her eyes, looking up at me as I felt they were. I knew the color, I knew the texture. But somehow, I wanted to see more.

"Are you cold?" she asked me. I smiled, wondering why I hadn't asked the question first since I knew I should have.

"No I'm not, but are you?"

"I'm perfectly fine." Her soft voice made my heart stutter and I took my hand away from her face only to wrap it again around her back. She sighed gently and pressed the side of her face against my chest, allowing me to pull her up closer against me. I probably should have found a better place to lay or sit other than the wall outside the house on the porch. But she didn't seem to mind, so I said nothing.

We stayed like that for a long while, even after the sun went down and I knew Gazzy and Angel were probably already in bed. I could hear some shuffling going on in the living room, and recognized it as the quiet footsteps of Fang. He never neared the door, and I thanked him mentally for that.

"They've known all along, you know," she whispered to me suddenly. "Aside from Angel of course, Fang knew first."

I chuckled gently in my throat and placed my chin on her head. "I guess it wasn't that unobvious but we both know how Fang loves to eavesdrop."

She giggled and I smiled at the sound, almost wishing Fang had heard that remark.

"Iggy," her voice was more serious now and I closed my eyes. " 'If this ain't love then how do we get out?' "

The words were said carefully and I was confused by the way she spoke them. I didn't say anything, hoping she would say something more so I wouldn't sound like a moron in asking her.

" 'She said I don't hate you boy, I just want to save you while there's still something left to save,' " she whispered the song words like she was talking normally, making me smile into her hair.

" 'That's when I told her I love you girl,' " my voice was barely speaking the words, but I knew she'd understand. " 'But I'm not the answer to the questions you still have.' "

She took my hand and I held my breath. "Yes you are, Iggy."

Her lips touched the faintest of touches against my palm. I closed my fingertips over it to keep it locked there forever.

I stopped running abruptly, wrenching my hand from Max's grasp quickly. She and Fang both stopped as well, looking at me bizarrely as my eyes widened at the misplaced dirt on the ground.

"Iggy, what—" But Max cut short in mid sentence, and I knew she had heard it too.

Beneath the strange growling that sounded like a mad dog, I could hear the whimpering of a frightened human voice—a girl's voice, my girl's voice.

She screamed.

A/N By the way, the song lyrics up there are performed by the band "Rise Against" and it's called "Savior". Just so you know that I do NOT own it!

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