A/N: I'm back!! actually, I've been back for almost a week, so sorry for not updating sooner. Whitehorse was fun, and the trip back was too, but it was too long in a car. I'm getting my own computer soon, so updates might come faster. Might. We'll see. This chapter is longer than usual, and I'm proud of that. Enjoy!
-twi XD
I was sitting in the back seat of an expensive looking car, grumbling to myself. I did not want to be here. If there's one thing I hate more than science labs and dog crates, it's stupid shopping!
Alice was driving me, Angel and Fang, while Jasper drove another car with Nudge, Gazzy and Iggy. After much arguing, Total stayed behind.
We pulled into the parking lot of a mall in Seattle. Alice said the stores in Port Angeles weren't good enough, so we had to sit in the car for 5 hours. I was in a crappy mood as we got out of the car and walked to the mall. Nudge was practically giddy, bouncing along with us, chattering away with Alice.
As we walked through the doors, I had to suppress a groan. There were more stores than I've ever seen! The only good thing about this whole place was the big food court I saw at the end of the mall. Hopefully we would be making a stop there soon.
"Jazz, why don't you take the guys to a few stores, while I take the girls, and we'll meet up at the food court in a couple hours?"
Jasper nodded, gave Alice a small smile, and walked off with the guys. Alice turned to the rest of us, and suddenly I felt a bit afraid of her. The maniacal gleam in her eyes, the wide smile on her beautiful face. This was not someone I wanted to shop with.
"Well come on! We're wasting valuable shopping time!" And with another dazzling-but-frightening smile, she skipped off in the direction of a big, pink store.
After we stopped at pretty much every store in the mall, plus the food court, we made our way to the exit. Me and the rest of the flock were exhausted. Alice on the other hand, seemed disappointed that we were leaving. Like eight hours wasn't enough time for shopping. The only reason we were leaving was because the mall was closing.
Somehow all the bags fit in the two cars, and we were on the way home. Huh, home. I kinda liked the sound of that.
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"Max.. Max, wake up," someone was shaking my shoulder.
"Mmph," I mumbled, opening my eyes, then immediately shutting them again when the light burned them. I heard a giggle. Angel.
We had gotten home late last night after shopping, and all immediately crashed.
I opened my eyes again, slower this time, and saw Angel sitting on the bed that her and Nudge were sharing. I was on the couch, which I didn't mind, seeing as I was used to trees and caves and places like that.
"Where's Nudge?" I asked, sitting up and running my fingers through my tangled hair.
"Downstairs, with everyone else. You're the last one up. I would have woken you earlier, but Fang said to let you sleep," Angel told me, then stood up. "We saved you breakfast, Esme said you can have it whenever." She skipped out of the room and back downstairs.
From the look she had in her eyes, it seemed like there was something else she wanted to say. I wasn't worried though. It was probably something like "it rains to much here" or "Total wants to sleep in bed with us". I shook my head, and headed to the bathroom to wash up.
I then made my way downstairs, where I saw Angel and Nudge chatting with Nessie, with Jake and Seth hovering around them. Iggy and Gazzy were talking to Emmett, who was looking at the two younger boys in amazement. Gazzy looked up, saw me, and elbowed Iggy, who immediately stopped talking. Emmett started laughing, while Gazzy smiled innocently at me.
I decided I'd yell at them later, 'cause I was too hungry. Edward, hearing my thoughts, poked his head out from the kitchen. "breakfast is on the table. Although it's more lunch now. You slept in late."
I looked at the clock as I walked in the kitchen. 11:45. Well, damn. I pretty much slept the day away. I plunked myself down at the table and started shovelling food into my mouth.
After I quickly devoured my breakfast/lunch, I went out to the living room, where everyone else was currently seated. I sat down on the floor in front of the couch, with my right ear near Fang's left knee. I just sat there listening to people's conversations. Nudge and Jasper were talking about Jasper's gift, and how it was similar to Nudge's skill. Angel and Seth were playing the get-to-know-you game. *Gag*
The whole time I felt Fang's eyes on me, though I refused to meet them. This was getting harder though, because I wanted to turn around and bite his head off. He shifted forward slightly, and I saw out of the corner of my eye his mouth open. "Max," he started to say, quietly.
"Hey guys, wanna go flying?" I quickly cut him off. The others cheered, while he glared at me. I smiled sweetly back, jumped to my feet.
Carlisle came downstairs in a blur. "Would it be all right if we observed you flying? It would be fascinating to watch." I studied his face as the flock watched me, waiting for my reaction.
I shrugged. "Uh, sure, I guess," I said uncertainly. "But we'll be pretty high up."
Carlisle smiled. "That won't be a problem for our eyes." Oh, right. I felt stupid, so instead of answering, I turned and walked out the door, everyone else following.
It was a nice day for Forks - in other words, it was crappy out. The sun was no where to be seen, the sky filled with dark clouds. It looked like it was on the verge of raining, and I hoped it wouldn't until we were back inside.
I shrugged off my jacket, and on both side of me, the flock did the same. Ignoring our audience, I snapped open my wings, ran a few feet, and jumped in the air.
Ahh... that feels better. After holding them in for a few days, my wings felt good being stretched out. The rest of the flock jumped up after me, and we all flew up, and soared around in circles. We stayed up there for hours. We played tag, dive bombed one another, and practiced what we learned from the hawks. Total had to rest sometimes, as he was still getting used to his wings.
By five, we were all starved, so we landed. Everyone was still there watching, and Quil and Embry had joined too. Sitting on the lap of Quil was a little girl about Angel's age. She looked at our wings in shock, so i thought she was probably a human girl. She smiled nervously at me and said "Hi, I'm Claire. You have very pretty wings. Are you angels?"
I laughed a bit. "Thank you. I like my wings very much. And no, we're not angels." I smiled down at her. I know I normally come off as a bit of a bitch to most people, but I'm good with kids. I raised three. "We're just special, like the pack, and the Cullens. How did you meet them sweetie?" I couldn't imagine why they'd involve a little girl with all this stuff.
"I'm Quil's inprint," she said proudly.
Quil chuckled. "Imprint, Claire-Bear"
She smiled. "Yeah, that." I was surprised that he imprinted on a little kid too, but then, Jacob imprinted on a fetus. Edward laughed, and I grinned at him.
Esme stood up. "You all must be very hungry, come in and I'll make you supper.
All of us who ate were now on thirds of a delish pasta, except Claire, who was half way through her first plate. Nudge was saying something but I wasn't paying attention until I heard my name.
"Anyway Max, we wanted to talk to you."
I looked up. "Um, okay. What is it?" I noticed all the flock plus the Cullens were looking at me.
"Well," Nudge started. "This morning while you were sleeping in, we were talking, and well... we thought that it'd be cool to go to school again." My fork fell on my plate with a clatter. "School?" I asked in a shocked voice.
Alice spoke up. "We go to a high school in Forks, and there's an elementary school in town too. Edward, Bella and I are in grade 10, and Jazz, Emmett and Rose and in grade 11. It's a nice, small school, and each classroom is a different building, so it's open. The kids told us you are all a little claustrophobic."
"A little?" snorted Total. "You obviously don't know Max." I glared at him, while Claire looked like she was about to faint. Oops. She didn't know about the talking dog. Total went on, ignoring both Claire and my reactions. "Apparently I can't go to this school, there's tons to do around here. Not like Anne's. That was so boring."
I looked around at the flock's faces. They showed different levels of enthusiasm. Even Fang seemed to be fine with the idea.
I sighed. "School, fine, whatever."
And You know what? The smiles on the kids' faces made it totally worth it.
A/N: Okay, it's not that much longer. But still. Hope you liked it. Review and tell me what you think.
