Chapter 14-Liliana's POV

We were about to walk in when I had another thought. "Fang, what will the Flock say about this?" I didn't want to hurt any of them.

"The Flock has known for a while. Angel read my thoughts and was not long in letting the Flock know. Iggy is constantly falling in and out of love, whereas I hadn't dated anyone since Max, so Angel was excited. Actually, there were bets going on to see how long it would take me to ask you. Since it took several years with Max, I'm not surprised. But I believe Nudge just won a large sum of money. Something to look forward to telling her when she wakes up." Fang pulled me over to where the Flock was sitting as I thought about this new information.

The silence stretched on. Each of the Flock members spared a glance for our intertwined hands, but they were so worried that none of them commented. The fear began to press down on me again. If someone would ask a question, this would be better! Finally I couldn't take it anymore. I had to know for myself.

"She's going to make it through. She's strong and we got her here quickly. We'll be able to see her soon." All of them, including Fang, stared at me, but I could have cared less. Nudge wasn't going to die because of me. That was all that mattered.

The silence continued, but it didn't hurt so much anymore. In fact, it felt like no time at all, when a doctor came out and told us that Nudge had pulled through and was resting a bit. She was all right. She would even fly again soon. Suddenly, everyone in the Flock was hugging each other in relief, and I found myself pulled into it.

Max pulled back after a second. "Nudge will need time to heal and we can't fly far with her. Fang go with Gazzy, and Iggy go with Angel to look for an abandoned house or a very cheap apartment we could stay in for a while. Liliana, I want you to stay here. The moment one of you finds a house, make the arrangements and come straight back here. If both of you find a house, we can take a look and choose one. You know what we need. Go." The four nodded their heads and quickly flew out into the town.

"Why did you want me to stay here?" I asked Max quietly.

She sighed. "Nudge trusts you. She's gotten surprisingly close to you in the time we've known you. Also, you are still weak after your little stunt in the air and we need to find a place to stay as soon as possible. It was the easiest thing to do."

I blushed a little at the mention of my new talent. She caught the flush and raised an eyebrow. "Yes, you're going to need to tell us about what that was and why you didn't tell us about it sooner. But that can wait until we are all here."

We settled down to wait a bit longer until they told us we could go seen Nudge. She had recovered enough to take a very short visit. The doctor also told us that she would have to be in the hospital for another two weeks at least so they could monitor her healing. Max gave a snort at that, but I didn't ask for more details. I would probably find out soon enough.

Nudge's room was stark white and completely boring and sterile. Max gave a little shudder but she went confidently over to Nudge. "Hey, girl, how're you doing?"

"I'm doing fine. The hospital people fixed up my stomach and it hurts some still, but they said it should get better really soon, and that I would probably be out of here in two weeks, but I know it will really only be a few days cause we heal super fast and so I started to laugh, but that hurt to so I stopped. Where are the others? Hi Liliana! Are you ok? What was that crazy thing you did in the air where you were just walking around? It was really cool! Could-"

Max interrupted her smoothly, "The others went off to find a place to stay for a little while, until we are positive you can fly again. You just make sure to rest up so then you can get out of here in record time. Ok?" Nudge nodded.

We were about to leave when I remembered what Fang had said. "Nudge? Fang told me that you just won a fair bit of money. You might want to look into what stores you can spend it on." We left just as we heard her squeal of excitement, and I knew that she would be busy for a while looking up the stores in the area, and what things were there, how much money she had to spend, what could be carried easily, and all the other important details that went along with shopping on the run. Max and I couldn't help but laugh.

I apologize for not updating in so long. Between school issues, dead computer, writer's block, and trying to transfer files to the new computer it has take me ages to get this chapter down. And then, it all wanted to be typed at once, so I hope you like it. Please review and tell me what you think.

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