A/N: ATTENTION! I started a new story and would really appreciate if you'd read it! It's called Happily Ever After? and is MR. Thanks! Also, I'm helping CaptainDixy28 co-write her story I'm soo confused, so check that out if you want, too!
Replies to reviews:
QueenOfOlympus223: Thanks! I tried to make the chapter Fax-y! And you got the SOTC (Your Guardian Angel-Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)
No-one: Thanks!
Neon: Yeah, I'll put EP or the original for SWS songs. I'm planning to put some different music in, too, I've just been listening to a lot of SWS lately. Um, I don't think I'm giving the Flock any development or powers unless I change my mind. And I'm glad you like it! Also, the first chapter of the new story, Happily Ever After? is out!
Disclaimer: I'm not James. That's Iggy. Hehe. Also, I don't have enough musical talent to own music.
-Maximumride732
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Max POV:
I looked at Chloe. We were at Subway for lunch, then we were going to get ice cream, and then hopefully get Fang and Chloe get clothes from their house. If anyone's home, then we're going shopping. Chloe was adorable. What broke my heart about her was there was no light in her eyes like there should be for someone her age. Her eyes were sad, and a darker green. She was wearing the same outfit as yesterday, and so was Fang. We finished eating and getting ice cream. Time to face what might be Fang and Chloe's worst nightmare. I looked in their driveway. There was two cars, one of which I recognized as Jeb's. I saw the curtains move. It looks like Anne saw us, too. I already knew that there was no way we were going in without someone getting hurt. The mall it is. Yay.
In case you haven't already realized, I don't like places like malls, but I was going for Chloe and Fang. Mom had given us money last night in case this happened, though I didn't want to accept it. We drove a bit more, and were there. Chloe looked happy. "Chloe, do you like shopping?" I asked. I guess that's a stupid question-what girl her age didn't like shopping? I mean, I didn't, but Chloe and I act differently. She nodded excitedly. "Mommy never takes me. She says I don't deserve to live, let alone go shopping." She burst into tears, and I felt Fang tense. I knew he didn't want Chloe to ever be told that. I couldn't blame him. I leaned down and hugged Chloe. I held her hand, and she held Fang's with her other. We walked into the mall. I pointed at Old Navy. "Let's go there," I said. Fang nodded. We walked in. Fang went over to the men's section, and I walked with Chloe to the toddlers. She started to look at colorful tutus, and I smiled. I picked out some jeans, tee shirts, and a hoodie for her. I also let her try on two tutus (pink and purple) and threw black tights into the basket for her. She walked into the dressing rooms. Chloe went in, and would walk out to show me her things. While I was waiting, I felt someone behind me. I figured it was Fang, and started to turn around when a fist collided with my face. Ow. I looked over and saw Lissa grinning this evil grin. She had this ridiculous piece of tape or something on her nose from where I punched her. Luckily, she punched like a girl Chloe's age, not like I had punched her. "What's wrong with you?" I asked. She snarled. "So, Sleeping Beauty finally woke up from her sleep?" she snarled, trying to sound menacing, but sounding like a little kid who couldn't have candy. And I'm guessing the candy in this situation was Fang. Lissa tried to punch me again, but I blocked it easily. Chloe walked out. "Maxie, why is Lissa here?" she said, sounding scared. If Lissa had ever hurt Chloe, she better watch out. " I don't know, sweetie. Let's go find Fang." She nodded and grabbed my hand. Lissa followed. "This isn't over, Max." she said. I laughed. "I think it is, Lissa." She kept following us. Oh well. What was she going to do, get in my car when we left? I found Fang, and asked if he was ready to go. He nodded. He saw Lissa behind me. "What are you doing?" he snarled. She ran up and hugged him. "Fangy!" she squealed, getting glares from other customers. He unglued himself from her and walked towards the register with us. It was one-fifty. Wow. After we payed, I went into Hot Topic and bought some tees and stuff, and ended up spending another two hundred there. Whoops. I spent my money, not Mom's, though. I was going to return her money. We headed back, and Chloe walked up to me. "Maxie?" she asked me. "Yes, sweetie?" Even I wasn't her mom, or what she should have had for a mom, I was going to treat her as if she was. She needs a motherly figure in her family. "Can we go to the park?" she asked. "Yeah, sure," I said. "Let me tell my friends and Fang." She hugged me. She was just too cute. I called the Flock. They all said that they'd come and missed seeing me all the time (except Iggy; he said he missed hearing me). I was excited to see them, too: I hated not seeing them when I was in my coma.
Fang, Chloe, and I started to walk out so we could go to the park. It was just down the street from my apartment. Fang and I were on either side of Chloe. When we got to the park, she ran to the slides, and Fang and I walked towards the swings, waiting for the Flock. Fang and I just sat there in a comfortable silence. I asked him, "How many days was I in my coma?" I guess he was taken aback, because he thought I would know. "Max, you were in a coma for fourteen days, eight hours, forty-six minutes, and thirty-nine seconds. Well, that's when I found out." I was shocked; Fang had a count on how long I was in a coma? He looked down. "Sorry, that sounded like a stalker. I just missed having you around." He looked up, and I took the opportunity to crash my lips into his. It felt like there was electricity running through us. I heard a camera click. Huh? I broke apart from Fang and saw Nudge. She had this evil grin on her face.
"Yay!" she said. "Finally! I can't wait to put this on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram and" I slapped a hand over her mouth. "Nudge! Calm down! And absoulutly no posting this online!" I didn't want Lissa to see it. Sure, she didn't follow Nudge or whatever, but she would see it somehow through someone I know. Then I heard a high-pitched squeal. Angel. Great. "You two are so together!" she said. I groaned. Did everyone have to freak out? I sighed. "Fine. Yes, me and Fang are together. No, it's none of your business. Got it? Good." I liked my friends, but I didn't need them knowing everything about Fang and I, considering I was still slightly confused. Chloe ran up.
"Max! Mommy's boyfriend is here!" I froze. Jeb? Why was he here? "Chloe, honey, is your Mommy with him?" I asked. I didn't want Fang and Chloe near their mother, and I'd try to protect them if she was. Chloe shook her head. I looked at the others. "I'll be back. Fang, you can explain if you want," I said. "Chloe, where was Jeb?" I asked as nicely as I could, even though I was about to break Jeb's face. She pointed towards a bench, and I saw him talking on the phone. I thanked her and ran behind a tree.
"Yes, I love you too, Emily. I'll meet you here in a few. Okay, honey?" I was disgusted. Two girlfriends and a wife? That was sick. And I felt bad for Emily if she was with him, unknowing of what he's doing. I went up behind him. "So, having one girlfriend along with your wife wasn't enough?" I sneered, causing him to jump. "Max?" he asked. "No, Jeb, it's a random stranger," I said, and slammed my fist into his jaw. "How dare you cheat on Mom? I hate you. Fang hates you. How could you abuse Fang and Chloe? You're a sad excuse for a human, sicko." He was holding his jaw.
"Maximum! How dare you hit me! I am your father!" he roared, smacking me across the face. Ow. "No, I don't have a father. Kellin Quinn once said, 'If you're man enough to bring someone into this world, you should be man enough to stay with them'. You aren't my father, and you're not Ella's, either. I cannot believe you!" I kicked him in his…special place, and he groaned. "Maximum!" he tried to sound menacing but he was in pain and sounded like a child. I ran back to the others and felt tears going down my cheeks. Fang stood up and wrapped me in his arms.
"What's wrong?" he murmured in my ear. I just answered, "Jeb." He put his chin on the top of my head. "'Darlin', you'll be okay,'" he quoted, and I smiled through my tears. "I'll be back," he said, letting go of me. I saw him run towards where Jeb was and shouting was followed. I knew what was coming, but I couldn't do anything about it.
Jeb hit Fang in the nose, and I saw his nose bleeding. He kept hitting Fang until Fang dropped unconscious. I ran over to him while Iggy and Gazzy grabbed Jeb. "Max, we're going to call the police." I nodded and knelt down next to Fang, and saw he actually was unconscious. Chloe was next to me, and looked scared. Then again, this is her brother who is unconscious.
Nudge ran behind me, and put a hand over her mouth when she saw his nose bleeding everywhere. It was a really gory sight. I looked at Angel, who looked a bit stunned. "Ange," I said, snapping her out of her daze. "Call my mom." She nodded and got her phone out. "Hello? Angel?" I heard my mom's voice. "Uh, hi, we're at the park, and Fang kind of got into a fight with….with Jeb. Jeb knocked him unconscious. Can you pick us up? Thanks, Dr. M." Angel looked worried. "Why did Jeb do that?" I shrugged. "He was cheating on Mom with none other than Fang's mom. She and Jeb abused Fang and Chloe, but Fang tried to save Chloe, which only worked sometimes. And now he beat Fang in public for yelling at him. I hope it wasn't my fault." Nudge and Angel were on either side, comforting me. "I'm so sorry, Max," Nudge soothed. Angel rubbed my back to relax me. I was practically having a panic attack, which I haven't had one since high school. I was shaking and breathing really hard. Fang was unconscious. Jeb was a cheater. And I was terrified of the terrible turn my life had taken since this morning.
"Max!" I heard my mom yell. "Is that you?" Nudge stood up and called, "Over here, Dr. M!" She rushed over to us holding what I'm guessing is a medical bag. She hugged me, calming me pretty quickly. My mom's hugs were something I never get sick of. After I calmed down, she started to tend to Fang. She said his heartbeat was about normal, and his blood pressure was fine. She stopped the bleeding in his nose and put gauze over the gash on his chin that he got when he fell. The police showed up, took Jeb, and told us to come to the station when Fang woke up. They had asked if we needed a paramedic, but I told them my mom was a doctor. They nodded and left.
He still wasn't up. "Fang?" I asked. "Come on, wake up. It's okay. Jeb is gone. I hope he won't be back. Gazzy and Iggy took him to the police station. We have witnesses. It will all be okay." We just sat there for a few minutes. I wanted Fang to wake up, and it's only been half an hour. If this is how Fang felt when I was in a coma, I feel really bad. This was half an hour, not fourteen days. I just sat there, holding Fang's hand.
After a few minutes, I felt his grip tighten around mine. I smiled. "Fang?" I asked. He opened his eyes groggily. "What happened?" he asked. Oh, no. This was bad. What if Fang couldn't remember this? I looked at him. "Jeb knocked you out. You went over to yell at him about something and he beat you, Fang." He nodded slowly. "I can remember bits of it. Jeb hit you, and I went to tell him he can't hit his child. I said he'd already done enough damage to your family." Relief flooded me. He did remember. I nodded. "We have to meet the others at the police station. They have Jeb in their custody, but they want to question us before arresting him." He nodded again, silent as he used to be.
About ten minutes later, we were sitting in the police station. They were going to personally question us about Jeb to see if our stories lined up.
"Nicholas Walker? Nicholas?" a lady asked. I looked up to see a woman in her twenties, probably the secretary here. She had long auburn hair and was gorgeous. She flashed him a big smile, and he cringed. I guess he had had enough of redheads after Lissa.
Fang POV:
"Nicholas?" a woman asked. I stood up and walked towards her. "They want to question you first." I nodded, and she led me to the office. "Here," she said, handing me a slip of paper. I internally groaned. It said:
Margaret Beynes
(628)649-4729
Call me!
Really? Didn't she have a job to do? I was sick of redheads. I mean, I had a girlfriend, and this secretary was in her mid to late twenties. I was nineteen. I looked up and she winked at me. I walked into the office where a burly man sat. "Are you Nicholas Walker?" he asked. I nodded. "What happened between you and Mr. Jeb Batchelder today?" he asked. I took a deep breath.
"Jeb was cheating on Valencia Martinez with my mother, Anne Walker. My mother and Jeb both verbally and physically abused me and my sister, but I always took the hits to save Chloe, my sister. Chloe saw Jeb today and told Max-Maximum Ride, Jeb's biological daughter. She found out yesterday that he was cheating on her and her sister's mother. She punched Jeb when she found out he had two girlfriends and a wife who was about to divorce him. He slapped her, and she kicked him. He got really angry, and she came back to me. I went to tell Jeb that he couldn't hit his daughter, and he beat me into unconsciousness." The officer looked surprised, and finished taking his notes. After a few more questions, he asked me to ask Monique Anderson in.
Nudge POV:
It was my turn to be questioned. I hoped that Jeb got arrested. He deserved to go to jail. He was a cheating and abusive person. I was so angry, I couldn't even rant.
The officer asked me some questions, cutting me off when I talked too much. I didn't know too much about it considering Max and Fang were the only ones who got hit at all. After a while, I was asked to ask Zephyr (Gaz) Keyes in.
Angel POV:
There were two questioning rooms. Gazzy and I went in last. I told them that I didn't know much, and then explained what I did know. When I was done, Dr. Martinez and Ella were called in. Shortly after, this blond woman walked in. Fear filled Chloe's eyes, and Fang looked at the wall, looking as if he wanted to disappear. "Are you Anne Walker?" the secretary asked. The woman nodded. The officers came out and put handcuffs on Anne's hands. "You are under arrest, Ms. Walker," they said. "For what?" the woman wailed. "Child abuse. I talked to both Nicholas and Chloe and they both said that you were abusive and have hit them on multiple occasions. Both you and Mr. Jeb Batchelder are under arrest." The woman got angry and was dragged out.
Max POV:
Both Anne and Jeb had been arrested, meaning Fang was left with no parents and I had my mom. Chloe needed to be under a guardian's care, someone who was over eighteen. "I can," Fang said. He wanted to protect Chloe. The officer saw his I.D. and interviewed him, did a background check, and we were free to go. When we walked out, Fang grabbed my hand, lacing our fingers. "Uh, Max? I don't have a home," he said. I thought for a minute and said, "You can stay with me. I'm guessing that you and Chloe don't want to live in Anne's house. We can get your belongings tomorrow and then you can stay for as long as you need."
"Yay!" Chloe said. "I can have a new home!"
A/N: Sorry, I wasn't sure how to end that, so I hope that was okay. Anyway, I'll just apologize for not updating. Uh, there's supposed to be three feet of snow coming on top on another foot of snow in my area, so I'll probably update then.
Last chapter's SOTC: Your Guardian Angel-the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
This chapter's SOTC:
Milk it for all it's worth. You had to have it all, Intoxicated eyes, no longer live that life.
Make sure you get there first.
The apple of your eye.
The rotten core inside.
We are all prisoners.
Things couldn't get much worse.
I've had it up to here, you know your end is near.
Well have you had enough?
You greedy little bastard,
You will get what you deserve.
When all is said and done,
I will be the one to leave you in the misery and hate what you've become.
You should have learned by now, I'll burn this whole world down.
I need some peace of mind, no fear of what's behind.
You think you've won this fight, you've only lost your mind.
This song is stuck in my head. Also, I'm sorry for the lack of music this chapter minus one line from Hold On 'Till May by Pierce the Veil and a Kellin Quinn quote.
Bye for now!
-Maximumride732