Chapter 28: Home, Sweet Home!
As we were standing in the front yard of my moms house, I tapped the back of Iggy's hand signaling that we were going inside.
I walked towards the house with Fang and Iggy, with Nudge in his arms, flanking me on either side. We approached the door and I was smacked in the face with the smell of none other than moms chocolate chip cookies. I stopped dead in my tracks; the rest of the flock tensed up at my gesture.
"Mmm…" I said turning to them. "Home… sweet home."
"That sounds so nice." Angel said to me.
"I know." I exhaled.
"CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!" Gazzy screamed and threw open the door.
We all followed him in the house.
"MAX!" Ella ran at me and practically tackled me with a hug.
She went around and hugged everyone saving Fang for last, awkwardly wrapping her arms around him while he stood completely still.
I glared at her unknowingly. She looked back at me as if to say she was sorry.
"Max, you're home." My mom said, a little teary-eyed.
"Yeah, and definitely glad to be here. But, I need a favor." I said.
"Anything, Max."
"I need you to look at Nudge's arm, and I need to know where Dad is." I answered. I turned to look at Fang who was just standing there, like a statue, staring off into space.
"All right. Iggy, will you take Nudge to the basement? And he's away right now but he should be back any time now. Why do you need him?" She said, curious.
I mouthed the words "too look at Fang" and her eyes got as big as dinner plates.
Everyone had scattered throughout the house. Iggy had already taken Nudge down by now so him and Ella were alone on the couch, with her explaining a TV show to him and giggling frequently. Fang staring thoughtlessly out the window in the kitchen. Angel In my room playing dress up with moms clothes, Gazzy in the dining room eating an entire plate of cookies, and Nudge in the basement so mom could look at her.
Mom came up and pretended to give me another hug.
"You know that Fang is not going to let Jeb look at him. Because looking at him will mean running tests." She whispered in my ear as she was "hugging" me.
It was completely true, but I needed to know what was wrong with him.
"I know that. And I'm willing to do what it takes to figure out what's going on."
"All right." She said as she let go of me. I looked around my shoulder to Fang, who shot me a quick glance before going back to his thoughtless staring.
Just then the front door creaked open.
"Max!" He exclaimed.
"Hi dad." I said back. I still wasn't used to calling him that.
We walked towards each other and I stopped mid-step.
"I need you to figure out what's wrong with Fang." I said so fast it all came out as if it were one word.
"Hmm, Let me put these things away and I'll try. But Max, remember who we're dealing with. I'm not going to make any promises." He told me.
"I know, all I want you to do is try." I replied.
Mom had left and I'm assuming she was looking at Nudge's arm.
Jeb sat his stuff down on the counter, and slowly walked over to Fang.
Fang, for the first time in a very long time, looked like his old self… at a glance anyways.
(A/N: Sorry such a short chappie but I just wanted to update so you all would know that it wasn't the end. The end won't be for a very long time now. =) I hope you all enjoyed.)
