Sage's POV
I was only two months into term, but I looked a lot like four.
Whenever the flock went to movies or other places, people would stare. I even heard a woman whisper to her daughter, "You don't want to end up like her do you?"
It was awful!
And now I'd endure more of this. Today was August thirty first. First day of school.
Uniforms, books, teachers, this would all be new to us.
I gently shook Iggy awake.
"Good morning Sage. Morning Peanut," he said, talking to the baby. We still weren't sure on a name, so everyone called him Peanut.
I rolled out of bed and took out my uniform: a white polo shirt with a navy blue knee-length skirt and white knee socks along with black flats.
"Is this it?" Iggy asked, holding up navy blue dress pants and a white button up shirt with a green clip-on tie embroidered with the school emblem.
"Yea. Oh I look horrible, Ig."
"I'm sure you don't. Besides, everybody else will have on the same exact thing."
"Talk about no self expression!"
We went downstairs to see that Max, Ella (who'd come back from camp) and Angel had beaten us to breakfast; toast, bacon, and eggs.
"Don't you two look ravishing," said Max, laying on the sarcasm really thick.
"Oh ha-ha. You look the same," I said while gesturing to everybody at the table.
"Calm down. Now we're just waiting for Fang, Gazzy and Nudge before I give my speech," interrupted Dr. M.
Iggy and I sat next to each other, opposite of Max and Angel. Ella sat at the head of the table.
Not long after we'd started eating, Fang followed by Gazzy, joined us.
"Where's Nudge?" asked Dr. Martinez.
"Probably still sleeping. She's not that good at getting up at six in the morning," answered Max.
Dr. Martinez sighed, "Go wake her up, please?"
Max left the table and came back about twenty minutes later with a groggy looking Nudge.
"Okay first of all, all of you go by the last name Ride, even Max. Fang and Iggy, I managed to get you both in all the same classes. Please try not to screw it up. I had to work really hard to do that. Angel, you're in first grade. Gazzy, you're in third. Nudge, you're in fifth. Max, Fang, Iggy, and Sage, you're all in ninth."
Everyone just stared, even Iggy.
It was getting kind of awkward when Angel broke the silence, "The baby doesn't like all this stress. It's making it hard for him to sleep."
What? How'd she even know this?
I replied jokingly, "Tell him to sleep when I do. Maybe that will make it easier."
Seriously though, he was always awake when I was trying to sleep. I felt him move, he was big enough now. I'd even felt a kick once or twice. During the day, he slept. There was absolutely no movement, unless he woke up to switch positions or something.
After breakfast, we all piled into the car backpacks and all.
Max was up front, Nudge and Angel double buckled in the middle while Ella and Gazzy sat on either side of them. Fang, Iggy, and I were in the way back.
"You're taking the bus tomorrow," remarked Dr. M. as she observed us.
It was almost seven, and classes started at seven thirty. Dr. Martinez had to be at work by eight.
We pulled up in front of a large brick building called Arthur Monroe School. It was supposed to have kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school all jammed into one building.
"Bye! Good luck and have fun!" called Dr. M. as she drove off in the SUV.
"Let's just all try to be normal and fit in," Max said as soon as Ella had left.
Right, be normal. After all, having avian DNA in you was a pretty common thing.
Iggy's POV
"Let's just all try to be normal and fit in."
Normal? Us?
What was Max on? Whatever it was, it must be pretty strong to make her forget about the wings.
"I guess we're going to the office first."
"Iggy, the school is huge! I wish you could see it!" said Angel.
"Maybe someday I will. But for now, that's not gonna happen."
Carefully, I went up each step and followed the sound of the flock. Eventually, I had to hold onto Fang's shoulder because there was more sound. I couldn't recognize anything.
"You must all be the new students," said some lady in the office I now suspected we were in; the sound had all of a sudden been muted.
"I'm Miss Cranlon, the headmistress here. Well, there's not much for me to say but welcome to the school. Here are your schedules."
I felt a paper being placed into my hand.
"Off to class now. Don't be late on you're first day!"
We all filed out of the office and back into the hall.
"Okay, I guess I'll take Gazzy and Angel to their classes first. Will you be okay?"
I quickly gave Sage a hug and told her, "Be strong. Don't let what teachers or any of the other students say about you gets to you. I love you."
"I love you too, Iggy."
And we were on our own.
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