Love is Blind – Chapter 21
EY! Here's a suprise update! I figured since I'm going away for a while, and since I had this chapter already written, I'd put it up before I go.
By MyNameIsCAL
Shopping. I absolutely hated it. And so did Iggy. It wasn't exactly fun for him not being able to see anything. But we had bought most of our present. The only person left to buy for was Max, and I hadn't a clue what to get her.
"Hey, Ella, you lost?"
I turned to see Iggy tap Ella on the shoulder.
"Huh?" Ella looked confused. "I lost John and Max. We got separated by this huge crowd trying to get into this store."
"Care to join us?" Iggy offered.
She sighed and nodded. I took Iggy's hand and we pushed through the crowd, trying to find a place to stand so I could think clearly about what to get Max.
"Hey, Ella, we need a present for Max. Anything you know she wants?" Iggy asked.
"No not really," Ella shook her head. "Oh wait, actually, there was this necklace she really wanted. It was, well, it wasn't anything fancy, which is why John wouldn't get it for her…"
"Alright, so let's go buy it then," I said.
She took Iggy's other hand and we pushed through the crowd.
"Oooh, this one's so pretty," the saleswoman said as she got the necklace for us. "Are you buying it for your girlfriend?"
I looked down to see that I was still holding Iggy's hand and tried not to laugh. "No, it's for my best friend."
"Oh, I see."
"No, really, she's like my sister," I said. "And I'm only getting her what she wants."
The saleswoman nodded. "It's free to engrave something on the back."
"From Fang and Iggy," Ig spoke up.
"Yeah, that sounds good," I agreed.
That was when the saleswoman realized Iggy and I were holding hands. She gave us a funny look and pulled out a piece of paper, telling us to write it how we wanted it. I did quickly and she disappeared into the backroom. Ella burst into laughter.
"Shut up, she'll hear you." But Iggy was laughing too.
When the woman came back, she thanked us for shopping and gave us a coupon. This necklace was going to leave a whole in my wallet.
"Good thing that's the last present," I said. "What did you buy Mom, Ella?"
She had collected money from us to get Mom one gift. "I heard Gazzy destroyed the grill doing one of his 'science' experiments, so I ordered one over at the appliance store. It'll get shipped to the house the day before Christmas."
"Oh, that sounds great," Iggy grinned.
"You're only happy because you can use it to cook," Ella punched him lightly.
"Hey, enough you two," I said. "Let's go find everyone else."
We still had two more days at Mom's house until we had to head back to our place. I lay next to Iggy on his bed, listening to music with him.
"How can you tell people apart without seeing them?" I asked, thinking how he had just picked Ella out of the crowd yesterday.
"By the way they walk and their scent," Iggy answered in a matter-of-factly way. "Mom smells like a hospital, no offense to her, and walks cautiously, Gazzy smells like chocolate half the time and when he doesn't usually some kind of chemical that he's been sneaking to make explosive. He's usually half running, half walking. Nudge smells like make up because well, you know, that's her thing and has this bounce in her step, Angel sort of skips around and smells like cinnamon. Ella smells like strawberries and she's really slow at walking, and Max, she walks with a purpose and has this very distinctive smell…"
"Of soap that's not scented," I finished for him.
He shrugged. "Yeah, exactly that, and then you, well, I know when you're around." And with that, he pushed himself on top of me, grinning. "Because I cannot resist you."
There was a knock on Iggy's door as we started to pull our clothes on. I flattened my hair, looking in the mirror, waited for Iggy to finish struggling with his buttons, and then opened the door. It was John.
"Can…Could I talk to you two for a minute?" John asked, shifting his weight between his feet.
"Sure," I said, letting him in.
He sat on the computer chair and I took a seat next to Iggy, back on the bed. Iggy's hand found the back of my hair, making me wish we could just usher John out and roll back into bed again.
"Look, I know it's probably obvious that I'm a bit…"
"Uncomfortable," Iggy interrupted.
"Well, yes," John nodded. "And I talked to Max. So I just wanted to say I'm sorry that we got off on the wrong foot, and if we could start over again, so Max will be happy, I'd appreciate that."
"Alright," Iggy agreed before I could speak.
"And Fang?"
I raised an eyebrow.
"Whatever went on between you and Max before, I don't care."
I nodded and he stood, closing the door as he left.
OK! So, I fixed it, if you read this before, I accidentally reposted the previous chapter again, so I switched out the documents, so it's fixed.