ayye

so im not mega nerd anymore

im a dork

becuz my friend gave me her friend's number

so i texted him.

apparently my friend gave him a selfie of me

and he called me beautiful.

so by now i was blushing super hard.

and so we talked for a while.

he called me funny.

i called myself a dork.

i thanked him for calling me beautiful, saying that doesn't really happen.

then he said (QUOTE ON QUOTE)

"People are just jealous, Brook. You're actually stunning."

*explodes

im just praying mom doesn't check my phone today xD

lets just get onto the story

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Asher's POV

I woke up to the beautiful sound of two pans clanging together right beside me ear.

I screamed and sat upright, colliding with the Gasman.

"Ow.. You owe me new eardrums!" I said loudly as he ran out the door, snickering.

I trudged down the stairs and jumped onto the couch next to Max.

"Did you guys wake the poor girl up?" Dr. Martinez asked, scanning the room.

Everybody shook their heads, but the Gasman was smiling.

"Well, Iggy's cooking breakfast in the kitchen, Asher, if you want pancakes." She offered turning to me.

I smiled and walked into the kitchen, sitting on the stool in front of Iggy's counter.

"Asher? Morning!" He said, flipping three pans on the stove and placing them on a plate.

He poured on syrup and slid the plate over to me, a fork beside the plate.

"Thanks! And morning, Iggy." I said, smearing a butt-ton of butter on the top pancake and taking a huge bite.

Iggy: Jesus I'm still tired.. what TIME is it?!

I checked the clock on the stove.

"It's around nine." I reported, taking another jaw full of pancake.

"Oh. Thanks." He replied.

There was silence until Iggy spoke up.

"Oh yeah.. Hey, did you finish that Harry Portland book?"

"Harry Potter, Iggy! Its Harry Potter! You keep getting it wrong!" I said, laughing.

"I know. I just say 'Portland' to tease you." He mocked.

"Well, stop it! And yeah, I finished the book. God, it's my favorite out of the whole series so far!"

"You say that with every book.."

"Your point is?"

"Fine.."

"So anyways... SIRIUS WAS AMAZING! I loved the end with that complete plot twist! And that Patronum was freaking FANTASTIC! I can't believe that Harry actually made one of those! An-"

I paused, seeing Iggy's blank face.

"Sorry.. I was talking nerd again." I mumbled, taking a curl and placing it behind my ear.

"It's fine. Keep going! Actually, I think it's kinda cute when you talk about nerd stuff." Iggy said, smiling.

I thanked Jesus that he couldn't see because I was blushing hard.

"So.. Tell me about this Sirius guy."

"Yeah.. yeah! He's my favorite character. So, there's this place called Askaban.."

Max's POV

"So.. you left your wings outstretched all night?"

"Yep."

My mom and I were standing in her room as her cold hands lightly touched around my feathers.

"Yeah.. a lot of tissue is ripped..." She mumbled to herself. "And your bone's got a crack, I bet.."

I held my breath.

Right now, I could use a hot shower.

All of the Flock could.

But I had to get hurt.

Again.

I feel like I'm dragging them down a little bit..

It's the worst feeling in the world, for those of you who don't know.

"Max.." My mom said with an uneasy voice.

"Yeah?.."

"I'm afraid.. you are going to have to go through surgery."

For those of you who don't know, I absolutely HATE the smell of chemicals. I HATE scientists (except for my mom). I HATE cages. I HATE enclosed spaces.

But the thing I hate most is being experimented on.

So basically my worst fear is being explained by my own mother.

"It's just a small one! There's just some tissues that need to be sewn together." She said, noticing my blank and scared face.

"Is there any other way." I asked, staring at the wall ahead of me.

I felt her shake her head.

"It'll be painless, sweetie."

"It's not the pain I'll be worrying about!" I exclaimed. "It's the fact that my own WINGS are going to be RIPPED. OPEN."

I saw her wince and I softened my voice.

"You're the only doctor here who knows about my wings. Who else will be doing the surgery?" I asked.

"I.. I'm not sure. But we have to do it sometime this week."

Mom explained everything that was going to happen, and the only things she was going to touch in my wings. But I wasn't listening.

When she finally let me out of the room, Ella dragged me into her own bedroom.

"Max! Max, Max, Max, MAX!" She screamed before I covered her mouth.

"What?"

"You gotta help me. I like Iggy but it looks like that girl, Asher, I think, likes Iggy too! I wanna be with Iggy and it's no fair! I've liked him for so much longer and I need help, Max!"

This took a second for me to digest.

"Wait.. you like Iggy?"

"THAT'S NOT THE POINT!" She yelled, jumping onto her bed. "The point is I NEED you to help Iggy like me!"

"But it looks like Iggy sorta likes Asher already, Ella."

"I don't CARE about Asher!" Ella said, crossing her arms.

This took me even LONGER to digest.

God.. Drama..

"What?"

"Just help me Max, PLEASE!"

I can't just leave Asher in the dust, I kinda like the kid, but this is my sister we're talking about! If she's unhappy, I am too. Then the whole FLOCK will be unhappy..

"Alright.. I'll help you.."

"Thank you, thank you, THANK YOUU!" Ella screamed, burying her face into my lavender sweatshirt.

What did I just agree to...

Nudge's POV

Wait.. Ella likes Iggy?

I was listening through the door of Ella's room when I heard footsteps, and I shot into the girls' guest room and pretended to be reading my magazine.

I looked over in the hallway to find Ella thudding down the stairs. Max stayed in the hallway and ran her fingers through her hair and sighed.

"Max?" I asked from the other room. "Is everything okay?"

Max was startled at first then relaxed, and came over to sit next to me on the bed.

"Yeah. Just drama."

"With Asher, Iggy, and Ella?"

Max was startled again, and I smiled.

"How did yo-?"

"I heard." I interrupted, placing the magazine down and sitting upright. "Max, why are you going to ditch Asher?"

"I'm not ditching Asher! I just... I just can't afford to make my sister unhappy."

"Alright.. I understand."

But, I didn't!

I walked downstairs and talked to Iggy in the kitchen.

"Hey Nudge."

"Iggy, two girls like you, y'know." I flat out told him.

He got a small smile and made a cheesy pose.

"I know. It's Ravi and Storm. 'Cause I'm awesome." He mocked, leaning against the wall.

I laughed.

"First of all, Storm HAS to like you 'cause she's your sister. Second of all, Storm's already with Dylan. Third of all, just plain EW with Ravi."

Iggy's funny smile turned into a frown.

I knew that look..

TAKE COVER!

"STORM'S WITH DYLAN?!"

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The Gasman's POV

"Make it a little tighter over there.." I said, pointing to the hatch behind the alarm clock.

Storm placed her fingers in the socket and screwed it even tighter, and it gave a jolt as it couldn't go any tighter.

"That good? 'Cause I'm getting dents in my fingers, Gasser."

"Yeah. Perfect, actually." I complimented.

She thanked me.

"So.. what did you call this thing again?"

"The Big Boy." I said.

We were recreating the Big Boy from when Angel was first captured. I've been wanting to for a while now, but Iggy's been with Asher too much so I decided to give Storm a small lesson.

At first I liked Asher, but now I feel like she stole my best man.

I know this is bad, but I honestly really hope those two don't get together.

We don't need another couple... we already got two.

"Ah. And just to be clear, nobody can know I'm with you right now."

"Why?"

"The flock thinks of me as 'partly innocent'. I would like to keep it that way." Storm winked/smirked, making me snicker.

"But I know your not innocent. Heck, you lost your innocence when you joined the flock."

"Touché. Let's make a deal. You make sure I keep the 'innocence' label, and I don't tell the flock about the Big Boy."

"Deal. Hey! Keep track of the yellow, not the blue!"

"Sorry, sorry."

It's funny because Iggy was the guy saying that to me back then. Ahh, memories.

Suddenly, large, angry footsteps started streaking towards the door.

"Go, go!" I whispered as Storm fell off the bed and rolled under it.

I threw the covers over the device and tried to look as innocent as possible.

I was surprised, though, to find Iggy at the doorway.

"Oh hey, dude. Finally slipped away from Asher's grasp?"

"Where. Is Storm." Iggy asked, panting as if he's been running all over the house.

His tone was sharp, and he only used that voice if he didn't need any crap.

Remembering our deal, I shrugged.

But then, I pretended to lit up as if remembering something.

"I thought I remember Storm saying she was going for a small flight with Dylan." I lied. He ran through the hall way, and I heard his footsteps until he slammed the door.

He flew past the window of the boys' window and I signaled Storm to come up.

"What did he want you for?" I asked.

"'Dunno." She shrugged.

A tap on the window made us yelp as I turned around and saw Iggy at the window, still flying.

He looked at Storm and mouthed, "You're dead."

She ran out the door and I heard the downstairs door open as she rushed into the air and started talking to Iggy.

"I am so glad," I said to myself, "That THAT is not me and Angel."

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hope u enjoyed

r&r and all that mess

i'm gonna text the dude now

and also eat a burger.

peace