AN: YES! I actually didn't take a month to update! :D Anyways, on with the story!
Chapter 28
Max POV
"WHAT?" They all shouted in unison. Oh, I just told them we were living with Jeb for a bit, they took it really well.
"Okay, JEB? You mean the Jeb that betrayed us?" Iggy asked, anger in his voice.
"What other Jeb is there? C'mon guys, he changed!" I said.
Fang said, "How do we know for a fact that he changed though? What if he just betrays us again?"
Ugh, I hate when he's logical, "Fang, I don't know, but we have to learn how to forgive and forget."
"Coming from the person that hated him since we were ten." Nudge added. Okay, that stung, Nudge was always the one on my side.
"Nudge, how would you feel if you discovered that your dad was a jerk who left you?" I said, getting angry.
"At least you got the chance to meet your dad! Or mom for that matter! The rest of us never met our parents except for Iggy! And we all know how well that went!" Nudge said, her voice rising with each word. Her eyes darted back and forth with anger.
I was about to say something, but just stood there, speechless.
"Okay guys! We all know that Jeb betrayed us, but does that mean he doesn't get a second chance? Everyone deserves a second chance whether they're a jerk or not! And Nudge, bringing on that parent thing had nothing to do with this problem but your own problem! You know that if you wanted to meet your real parents we would go right now! Max would let you stay with them as she did with Iggy! So, bringing that up was just stupid! Plus, if Jeb were to betray us again, who cares? It's Jeb! We know how to live on our own now; we've been doing for the past how many years! So everyone just SHUT UP!" The Gasman said.
Yeah, that's right, Gazzy, the second youngest member of the flock, giving words of wisdom.
I'm impressed.
The rest of us just stood there, gaping at him, in complete silence.
Strangely enough, Fang was the one to break the silence, "Please excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor."
Everyone let out a small chuckle thing that Fang usually does, while Gazzy looked at the floor embarrassed.
I let out a small laugh and put a hand on his shoulder, "No need to be embarrassed Gaz, you're completely right."
"Sorry Max…" Nudge said softly, finding interest in her nails.
"Its fine, but seriously guys, we really should consider staying with him." I said with sincerity and strength in my voice.
"And," Angel piped in, "I can read his thoughts, he's wanted a second chance with all of us, and he's not lying."
It was silent for a moment until Fang said, "I'm in." Everyone looked at him and I gave him a look of appreciation, which he sent back a look saying, 'No Prob.' I love how we can have complete conversations without saying a word, and the best part, it annoys the rest of the flock.
"If Fang's in, so am I." Angel said and smiled brightly at me.
"Me too," Gazzy said.
"I'm in if Gazzy's in." Iggy said staring at my chin, eh close enough.
We all looked at Nudge expectantly, she sighed dramatically, "Ugh, okay fine!"
After that we all sat around watching T.V. in Fang's room, I wasn't really paying attention to what we were watching, okay, that was an understatement of the century. I was staring at the T.V. but had no idea what was on. Too many things were on my mind, and before I knew it, I was having a brain attack.
I gave out a small yelp in pain as I got into a fetal position and cradled my head in my hands, rubbing circles on my temples.
I saw images flash by and didn't even have the chance to identify most of them, one I saw Fang with a face of sheer terror on it, which scared me to most. Fang was, well Fang, not afraid of anything. If something freaked him out that much, it must've been worse than anything we've ever went through.
As the headache, wow another understatement of the century, start to go away, I felt the strong arms I love wrapped around me, and started to hear comforting words coming from him.
Voice? I asked.
No response. Okay… That's really weird…
You there? I asked again.
Still no response.
Well, damn.
If only I could see the images he sent me slower so I could actually see what they were. It would make my life a little bit easier, but who am I kidding? My life was never easy since the day I was born.
So, what else is new?
Fang started rubbing soothing circles in between my wings, he knows I love when he rubs there, for some reason it calms me down and honestly, it just feels amazing.
I gradually felt better and better as the minutes went by, until I was able to open my eyes again.
The brightness of the light stung my eyes for a moment until I was able to see again, and I wasn't like blind or anything, just took a few second for my eyes to adjust.
I looked around for a minute to see my flock not there, I slowly turned my head to the back and saw Fang watching T.V. still rubbing circles on my back, which still felt very good.
Fang noticed me, "You okay? And the flock went early with Jeb to the house." He said looking right into my eyes. I nodded slightly, and even that agitated my head. I winced slightly from the pain, nothing I couldn't deal with.
I tried to say something, but Fang put a single finger on my lip, the universal way to say 'shut up!'
"Jeb gave me directions, he told me to carry you, even if you felt fine. So don't argue."
I was about to argue but Fang put his finger on my lips again, "Don't talk, you'll end up hurting your head, so like I said, don't argue with me, I'm carrying you whether you like it or not." He said putting stress on the word 'don't'
He irritates me sometimes.
Suddenly I felt really tired and just wanted to go to sleep, I felt my eyelids get droopy, and started to sink down.
Fang noticed and laid me down correctly on the bed, covering me in a blanket before taking a chair and sitting next to me.
He grabbed my hand and continued watching whatever was on T.V. and I drifted off into wonderful unicorn and pink fluffy cloud dream-land.
Just kidding, I despise unicorns and the color pink.
But I did go to sleep.
AN: Well, that's that. Chapter 28! Woo!
Sorry I had to add the argument with the flock, but I just had to, family's don't always get along.
I would know :P
So anyways, I'm continuing trying to update quicker again considering now I have a bit more time.
Last but not least…
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