A/N- Iggy: You haven't talked to me in a while.

Me: I've been busy. What do you want to talk about?

Iggy: I don't know.

Me: -facepalm-

Iggy: I heard that.

Dancing in the Dark Chapter 35

Ella POV

"Did you tell them I'm blind?"

"Some of them know, but not all of them."

"What about the wings?"

"I thought that would be up to you."

"Thanks."

Iggy wasn't going to tell me this, but he was kind of nervous about meeting my family. I personally thought that they would love him, but you know how it is, you never know. Anyway the reason he asked the question was because we were about five minutes away from our destination. It was only me, Iggy, Max, Fang, and my mom in mom's van. Max came because technically she is a part of the family, which meant Fang was going to come too. We left the other three at home since mom thought they could take care of themselves.

"Okay, we're here." Mom said as she pulled into the parking space. Since our family is so big we have to have our reunions at the park. I looked Iggy in the eyes even though he didn't know it.

"Just be calm, it'll be fine. Besides, we are going to be overshadowed by Max and Fang's wedding anyway." I said.

"Hmm, I never thought about that." Iggy said back. Then Max spoke up a bit rattled.

"Uh, neither did I, can I leave?"

"It won't be that bad dear." Mom said.

"Famous last words." Said Max sullenly.

But mom was right, it wasn't that bad. Once Max told one person, everyone started crowding around, but they dispersed in a few minutes. Iggy pretty much stayed within five feet of me the whole time, which actually made more people ask who he was. This is pretty much how most of the conversations went:

Relative: Hi Ella, how have you been. My how you've grown.

Me: I'm doing good (Insert name here). It's nice to see you here too.

Relative: And who is this handsome man you've been sitting with.

Iggy: I'm her boyfriend. My name is Iggy. –Iggy extends hand to shake-

Relative:-Shakes Iggy's hand- Boy, you're a tall one. And such red hair. Does anything else about you stick out?

Iggy: I'm blind, does that count?

Relative:-Doesn't quite know what to say- I'm sorry.

Me:-says something to get off Iggy being blind-

And then the conversation would go the normal route. Most of my relatives were amazed as I was that Iggy was able to cook and do other things as well as he can. I thought about that and when everyone had met Iggy I said something about it.

"You know, I still think it's amazing how you do those things too."

"That's very nice of you to say, I think you're amazing too, the way you care for other people, how you can handle almost any situation, and the fact that you love me for the way I am."

I started blushing. Since I didn't feel like kissing him in front of everyone, I locked my arm inside his and rested my head on his arm. "This is nice." I said after a while.

"I agree." But just then my cousin Ricardo came towards us.

"Ella! You and your boyfriend need to get over to the field. The games are about to begin."

Iggy POV

Ella forgot to tell me that during Martinez family reunions that they have all the couples participate in silly contests. I was game and so was Ella. The first event was an egg tossing contest, it was interesting to say the least. I had Ella whistle to tell me how far away she was. Everything was going well until I threw the egg a little too hard. I heard Ella's footsteps turn around and start going faster and then tangle up in themselves. I ran up quickly to where she fell.

"Are you okay?" I asked extending my hand so she could get up easier.

"Yeah, there's no blood or anything."

"What about your leg?" I was still kinda worried about it.

"It's good. Man, you should have tried out for the football team with that throw."

"I'd have an unfair advantage."

"Oh, yeah."

"It's a nice thought though."

The next event was, well, very easy for me. The guys had to carry their girlfriends and walk in a straight line to the finish. Sounds easy right? The trick was that the guys were blindfolded. Guess who's already blind? I didn't even need Ella to tell me where to go and we won by a mile.

"The funny thing is, we do that one every year." Ella said later.

"I have a feeling that will change." I said back.

The last contest was to see who knew more about the other person. And, as luck would have it, we we're paired up against Max and Fang.

"Oh, we're going down." I said.

"Probably, but we can still try."

The contest consisted of three questions. The first was, "What is the other person's favorite color?" That one was easy. I wrote down purple as fast as I could. Dr. M. was the one asking the questions, so she told us to show our answers. I flipped over my board and said, "Since I always feel it on Ella's clothes, purple."

"And that would be right." Ella said giving me a hug.

"Now what's my favorite color?" I asked.

"Light blue, because it reminds you of flying."

"You know me so well."

Fang's answer was so obvious that Max didn't even need to show her answer, but I was surprised Fang knew Max's favorite color was red. I didn't even know that, and I know most people's favorite colors. Anyway the next question was, "What was the name of the other person's last boyfriend or girlfriend?" Not the best question to ask us. It was Max and Fang's turn to go first.

Fang flipped over his board and it said 'Sam' Ella told me. Close Fang, don't you remember the singing manipulative jerk. Max must have had a look that mirrored my thoughts because of what she said next. "Sorry dear, but you know, I did go on that date with Dylan before I knew he was evil. But I do know that I'm the only girl who you've been on a date on so I put never had one."

"I'm so whipped." Fang said with what sounded like a straight face. Everyone laughed so much.

Ella POV

After everyone calmed down it was Iggy and my turn to answer the question. I remembered Max telling me that Iggy had met a girl when they were in Virginia. So I put down Tess as my answer.

"Oh, I remember her, she was actually nice to me." Iggy said. "But I never went on a date with her. You are the only girl I've been out with."

"Eh, it was worth a shot. What's your answer?"

"The only reason I know this is because he had a very nasally voice, Mark."

"Yeah. He was nice, but I don't know, he changed when he joined the baseball team. He became a jerk." So that tied the score at three. The final question was always more of a challenge than an actual question. This year's was too see which guy could make his girlfriend laugh the most. Iggy only had to say one thing to make me laugh.

"We're good, Fang couldn't win a laughing contest even if Max was on a valium trip." And I must have laughed for three minutes straight. Fang must have said something funny too, since Max was laughing as well, but that just made me laugh more. When it was all said and done Iggy and I actually won.

"We got lucky." Iggy said as we got back into mom's van.

"Yeah, it could have gone either way." I added.

"I don't care that much." Max said wrapping her arms around Fang. "I'm perfectly content with my Fangles here." Is she high?

"Are you high?" Iggy asked.

"No. Just tired." Fang started stroking her hair and Max laid her head in his lap. In a few minutes she was asleep.

"We're going to win next year." You can try Fang, you can try.

A/N- Max and Fang: Fangles?

Me: What? I thought it would be cute.

Fang: Well, now that I think about it, it could be worse.

Max: Yeah, I kinda like it too.

Me: 101 days until Nevermore. Fly on, prosper, and may the odds be ever in your favor.