35.
Let me tell you, dinner that night was less then fun. I was, as informed earlier, perched on Fang's lap; Mom was at the far end of the table from the two of us, but her eyes never left us, and she spent the entire time shooting me a look that simply said 'We need to talk.' On our left hand side, we had the pleasure of Iggy, who spent the entire meal making comments- under his breath, luckily enough for him, and probably Fang and I- that had me nearly willing to whip put my wings and reveal our secret to these strangers, just to hit him round the head with one; I begrudgingly settled for my hand instead. But let me tell you, the difference was vast, and hitting him with my hand seemed just so mundane that I gave up after two hits.
Fang, however, seemed to enjoy watching me squirm, and I could tell that he was resisting the urge to grin throughout the entire meal. Ella was gazing at the two of us with an confused expression on her face, Gassy seemed unfazed and Nudge and Angel were both grinning like Cheshire cats on some sort of happy-pill. But, let me tell you, it was John and his three kids that made the entire ordeal worth while. Mariah spent the entire meal with a small scowl on her face, to which I replied by being sickly sweet; John was glancing between mom, and Fang and I, and then Ella so fast that I could practically see him shooting his eyes round so fast that they rolled into the back of his head. Jordan and Lewis, obviously having seen mine and Fang's less then discrete episode earlier- and possibly the one before, I wasn't sure- seemed stumped as to why mom was seemingly trying to kill Fang with her glares. A wasted attempt if you asked me, I mean, Fang gave out the worst death glares I'd ever seen, and hers didn't even compare.
All in all, the atmosphere was let then inviting, and throw in a dose of claustrophobia and I was about ready to throw myself out of the nearest exit. Luckily, my exit came in the form of mom announcing that the two of us needed to talk.
On second thoughts, maybe dinner wasn't so bad.