When we walked into the restaurant, the delicious aroma of cooking burgers grew stronger.

"I want my room to smell just like this," I said, breathing in deeply, eyes closed.

"It would be an improvement," Max said.

I'd never been inside a restaurant before. I wished I could read the menu. My stomach was growling like crazy, and I wasn't sure if there was a limit for how much we could order. I followed the rest of the flock as they got in line.

"I don't eat meat anymore," Nudge said. "Not after seeing the hawks go through rabbits and snakes and other birds. It's just icky."

I frowned. I couldn't even imagine what it would be like to not eat meat. Just the thought of a thick, juicy hamburger made my mouth water.

"Hi, may I help you?" the cashier asked. I realized she was talking to us. Fang stepped up.

"Um, I'd like three double cheeseburgers, a chocolate shake, a soda, three fries, three apple pies." Wow, that sounded good.

"Feeding a crowd?" the cashier asked.

"Yes, ma'am," Fang said, piling on his Fang charm.

"Okay," Max said to Nudge, trying not to sound frustrated. "But you still need lots of protein."

I stepped up to the counter, hoping the cashier wouldn't notice that I was blind. "Um, what he ordered," I said, then stepped to the side to wait for the food.

The cashier sounded a bit weirded out. "Um, that'll be sixty dollars." (A/N I just made up a price :))

Max paid for both of us, we got our food, and Fang led me to a booth in the back. I practically ripped open my bad and grabbed the first thing that made contact with my hand. Fries. I shoved about ten of them into my mouth.

Eventually, Max, Nudge, and Gazzy joined us at our booth. They followed our lead, pulling the food out of their bags and stuffing their faces. I heard Max whimper across from me.

I stuffed more fries in my mouth and tried not to make any gross noises through the food.

Suddenly I noticed that Max had stopped eating. Which wasn't a good sign, since she had been starving, and a second ago she had been close to choking on her chicken sandwich. That's when I realized that the chattering and laughing that had been going on around us had disintegrated.

Something wasn't quite right.