Me: Sorry, too tired to type....sorry for taking so long to update
Iggy: She hasn't been able to sleep lately and she's really cranky
Me: I hope that you enjoy the chapter.
Iggy and I stood up off the ground. I wiped tears from my bloodshot eyes and decided it was time to head to the school.
Wow. I never thought that I'd think of doing that...
"Come on, Ig. Let's get the heck out of here," I said as I took a few steps back, getting ready for my running take off.
"Wait!" Iggy said, touching my arm.
"What?" I asked impatiently, wanting so bad to take to the air.
"I, uh, well....." Iggy stuttered. He looked really nervous and uncertain as he looked down and fiddled with his torn jeans.
"What is it?" I asked more calmly.
"I don't think that I can fly," he said thoughtfully.
I just gaped at him.
"I mean, I might be able to fly but it's been so long that...."
"Iggy, I don't think that it's possible to forget how to fly. Run, jump, spread your wings and flap," I said reassuringly. "You can do it."
He took in a deep breath before nodding.
I took off at a running speed, hearing Iggy's footsteps behind me the whole time, and at the last second, I leaped into the air. I unfurled my wings and flapped rhythmically – getting more and more lift as I did so. I felt the rush of adrenalin and the blood pumping through my veins as I reached ten feet, then twenty, then fifty feet.
When I was high enough that I thought that no one could see me, I looked over my shoulder and hoped that Iggy had followed me.
Sure enough, a figure emerged clumsily out of the clouds. Sure he was a bit shaky and off balance, but he could fly well enough to get to the school.
I put my hand on his arm to steady him and he smiled.
"Hmm, I guess that I forgot about this feeling," he said thoughtfully.
Even though he couldn't see it, I smiled back.
"C'mon, let's go get Fang." And with that, we flew off in the direction of the school.
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It felt good to fly again – scratch that. It felt good to fly with one of my flock again. Even though I was down four members, it felt....right to have company again. It felt right to be able to share the sky with one of my family again.
I closed my eyes and just let my wings carry me along while the wind blew tendrils of hair off my face.
I felt so free and relaxed, while I made large arches in the sky.
I then heard someone chuckle next to me and I opened my eyes – glare at the ready. What a waste of a facial expression....
"What?" I asked Iggy with a frown.
"I have absolutely no idea what you were doing, but, by the sound of it....." he couldn't finish his sentence because he erupted into hysterical laughter while clutching his stomach tightly.
"What!?" I asked a second time, feeling more and impatient.
"You....were.....making......grunting....noises!" he grounded out through his laughter. He was now laughing so hard now that he forgot to flap for a few seconds and dropped a few feet before rising to meet me again.
I rolled my eyes and lifted myself above him and used the palm of my hand to whack him upside the head.
"Ow," he exclaimed as he rubbed his head.
That shut him up...
"Hmm," he said deep in thought while seeming to stare right at me.
I sighed, "What is it now!?"
"I'm just wondering how much you were thinking of Fang while you were making those grunting noises..." This caused more hysterical laughter to erupt from Iggy.
I lifted a hand to whack him again when I abruptly froze.
You know how in those movies where the main character meets an old friend and they see them the way that they used to so long ago? Well, that's what happened to me. For a second, I was able to see 14 year old Iggy again after five long years. Seeing him laugh like this reminded me of how he used to be before all of this happened – the first time that I'd met him he was all serious and stoic. But, suddenly he was back, and I felt an unbelievable rush of happiness flood through me. Not that I would ever tell him that...
I just hope that Fang can be changed this easily...
"Max? Max? Anyone there?"
I snapped out of my trance-like state and turned back to the 19 year old Iggy.
"Are you alright?" He asked seriously.
"Yeah. I was just thinking."
"About?" He asked with his eyebrows raised.
I sighed. "How things were."
Iggy nodded and stared off ahead of him. "We all want to go back, Max. But, unfortunately, none of us are equipped with time travel.
Yeah, none of us from this time
No one but Nudge.
Me: R&R!?!??!!!?!?!?!?
Iggy: Uh...sorry about Bell and her crankiness. This is just a faze that she goes through when she can't sleep....
Bell and Ig