Sorry, I know it's Wednesday and I said I'd update Monday. I finished most of the chapter over the past two days, but didn't finish a whole chapter because Monday was Paramore-Takeover on the Fuse Network, not something I'd miss for the world. Then yesterday I watched Happy Town, which I highly recommend, only one episode so far, and it was amazing. This is the only chapter you'll get today, going somewhere tonight and wont be home until late so I have to finish my homework :P So I'll quickly write this before I finish it so I don't go another day without update.

"Excuse me,." A nurse came in, "visiting hours are over." By this time, the rest of the family was in, Ella gave them permission to come back. Technically I begged and pleaded and threatened her until she gave me the go ahead.

"Oh, okay." I frowned and stood up, along with the rest of the flock and mom.

"Ell I'm going to stay with you…" My mom had handled it better than I had, but at this point was more worried, and I'm pretty paranoid.

Ella laughed. "Mom, its okay. Go home with Max. I'll see you tomorrow when the doctor says it's okay to leave." I was pretty sure the only reason she said it was because she wanted to be alone in the hospital. Ella gets joy and amusement from little things.

Like being able to say she spent time in the hospital, alone, overnight. Even if the food was pretty shitty, it was clear she felt fine and was just enjoying the experience.

"Ready?" Fang asked.

"Well I don't want to leave, but I guess if I have to, then yeah, I'm ready, it's not like I brought anything." I gave Ella another hug, "bye Ella, see you later."

"Bye." She let the word drag then gave me a wink then directed her eye's to Fang. I gave her a glare, but ended up laughing.

"Where's your bag?" He asked.

"Shit. Did I leave it in…" I thought for a second. When was the last time I had my bag? "Oh, wait…no, it's in the car. Thank God."

"You sure about that?" He rose is eyebrows.

"Yes. No. Maybe. We'll see." It has all the money, my book, my few clothes, and worst of all, my iPod.

We walked out of the hospital and to the car, "How long ago did this happen?" I asked, realizing I hadn't called, so this could've happened any time.

"Two days ago." My mom replied.

"So this was more recent." I assured.

"Yes."

"Good." I paused. "Well...not good that she got hurt, but good that…you know what I mean."

She laughed, "I get it."

"Mom?" I was thinking over a conversation Fang and I had earlier that week.

"Yes?" She must have thought this was about Ella, she had a bit of annoyance in her tone.

"Can we go to Massachusetts in August?" She looked at me confused, I heard Fang chuckle in the seat behind me.

"Well…um, there's this band…" I started.

"You want to go?" She guessed.

"Yeah." I would've added in 'really, really bad,' but I didn't.

"We'll see. Why don't you go when they come here and not across the country?" She had a point.

"They'll be in Phoenix on August 30, but they'll be in Massachusetts on August 16, that's sooner, plus there's other things…" Those other bands…

"Like what?" She questioned.

"I want to see Fenway Park, Boston is really cool, I've heard, Salem Massachusetts, always wanted to go there, we could travel down to the Cape, heard it was beautiful." Well I always have wanted to visit Salem, so that wasn't a lie, and Boston sounded fun.

"No." She responded, laughing a bit.

"It would be a great experience –" I fought.

"No." She repeated.

"At least think about it." I wasn't settling for anything less than that.

"Fine." But she was obviously just trying to shut me up.

We rode mainly in silence, Angel and Nudge spoke quietly, Gazzy and Iggy sat in the way back, Fang joined them, every few minutes he'd give me worried looks when I looked in the rearview mirror, then would direct his eyes toward Ig and Gaz. Cleary they had something explosive, but I didn't tell my mom, because I knew she'd freak.

Every now and again mom would ask me a question about it, but I'd give her a very vague answer, we both knew that we wanted to wait until we weren't in a car with other people. Most teenagers hate the mother-daughter talk, this was different.

You get a new perspective over it when you find her at age seven, she took you in not knowing if I was really was her daughter, took in two extra kids as well, then halving to leave her just to keep her safe, which did not work nearly as well.

Plus, my mom isn't so bad, it could be worse. Like J.J's mom, who makes her go shopping once every week.

Every now and again she'll rope me into going with them so we can escape expensive, boring stores, and get to music stores, my favorite, Newbury Comics.

We pulled into the driveway.

"Dr. Martinez?" Nudge asked.

"Yes sweetie?" She looked confused.

"Uh…where are our parents?" She asked noticing their car's weren't in the driveway.

"They went out; they're staying here as well." My mom explained, "you can call them when we get inside."

"Okay, thank you Dr. Martinez." She said sweetely.

"Oh, call me Valencia." She replied with a smile.

"Okay." Nudge, clearly, was fine with it.

"First thing's first," my mom said, "you all need showers, you stink, frankly."

We all grinned, "Yeah," I said realizing that we really do, "that's what happened when we go this long without it."

"You've been gone a week and a half, maybe two." She looked disgusted, she thought we went that long. Well, I didn't, Angel, didn't, Fang didn't, I don't think Iggy did, but Gazzy probably did.

"No, we did, but only once or twice." I explained.

"I took none!" Gazzy called from the backseat, proudly.

"Dude. Ew." Fang remarked, and got out of the car. He had to sit next to Gazzy.

We all piled out, Gazzy didn't look offended, this wasn't the first time everyone has cleared away from him because of stench. He actually felt pride in it.

"I get it first!" Angel bolted to the door.

"Second!" Nudge called.

"Gazzy gets third!" Iggy yelled.

"No, give him first, I'll go second." Angel compromised.

"I get third then!" Nudge clarified.

"I get fourth, I swear to God if you guys use up all the hot water…" I said. I meant it, I needed hot showers.

"Fifth. Ha! Fang you get last!" Iggy said with a grin.

"I took a shower before we left, I don't need one as much as all of you do." He explained.

"Damn it." He looked at Angel, "I mean…darn." He clarified and walked away.

My mom unlocked the door and Gazzy bolted in the direction of the bathroom.

My grandparent's home was pretty big, but really nice. There where two bathrooms, and twelve people, eleven until Ella comes home.

"I'll show you around." I said to Fang, Iggy, and Nudge.

"I can feel myself around." Iggy said.

"Okay, come on this way…" I wasn't sure which way to go.

The kitchen, dining room, and living room was one big room, one of those really big and open rooms.

The rest was really only bedrooms. There was one for my grandparents, one for the Stone parents, my mom has her own, Ella and I share, Nudge and Angel will probably share, there's one more, the guys will have to fight who sleeps on a bedroom and who gets the couch.

"Mom, who gets which bedroom?" I asked calling into the kitchen.

"Your names are on them, on the doors, the guys' only have one, someone can take the couch if that will be comfier.

"I'll take it." Fang said almost immediately, he saw us all look at him confused, "like I'd share a room with dumb and dumber: explosive edition." Ig and Gaz had huge grins on their faces.

"Don't you dare blow anything up." I warned.

"Angel, Nudge, you get this room…" I pointed to the door on the right.

They ran in to get comforatable.

"Ig, Gazzy, looks like you get that one," I pointed to the room right across the hall.

"You sure you want the couch?" I asked Fang.

"Would you want to share a room with them?" It wasn't a question really, he knew the answer.

"Good point." I nodded in the direction to the room Ella usually gets when we come here.

I walked in and saw my computer hooked up on a table. I pushed past Fang and bolted to the kitchen.

I halted in front of my mom, "You got my computer going?!"

"Yeah." She chuckled.

I hugged her. "You. Are. The. Best." She kissed the top of my head, "thank you!" I yelled as I ran back to my room.

I jumped on the chair sliding across the forgetting it has wheels.

I checked my email and saw that I had many new messages, many from J.J.

I checked the most recent one from her. It read:

DUDE!

ANSWER YOUR FREAKING EMAILS AND PHONE!

I miss you, you don't reply to anything I send you, I even made Sam send you stuff, hell, I don't even know where you are. Where are you?

It's boring here, Sam doesn't get it when I do weird things, I can't tell him half the stuff I wanna because he's…you know…not you, not a girl.

Lisa asked where Nick went, I was tempted to slap her, but I'd get suspended, so I didn't. I just told her to go away.

Reply, or I will fill your inbox with as many messages as I can.

You friend, who really, really, REALLY, misses you, and wants you to reply ASAP,

J.J

I looked to find Fang laughing at me.

"What?" I demanded.

"You have a big dopey grin on, let me guess, funny email?"

"Maybe." I said, but in a tone that made it obvious that it was an email.

"God I miss the internet…" I said, mostly to myself.

Okay I'll update Friday.

Please review!

~XxIgnorancexX~