ayye

so, we're having a Fourth of July partayyy

and i might do a fanfiction special

y'know, the flock celebrating and all that

it would be cool.

also, can we get this chapter to 70 reviews?

i think we can, hell yah ;)

enjoy this chapter and r&r

Storm's POV

See, it's hard enough to hover in mid air right next to a house.

But it gets harder when you try to think of comebacks.

"Why didn't you TELL ME?!"

"'Cause I thought you knew."

Iggy tapped on the window and the Gasman opened it, obviously intrigued and entertained by all this.

"Go get Dylan for me." Iggy commanded.

My eyes grew a fraction of an inch.

"DON'T!"

"Do you want to be banned from watching X-Files?"

The Gasman ran through the doorway and I shot Iggy The Look.

"Seriously? X-Files?" I asked, crossing my arms in front of my chest.

"He'll do anything for Skully and Smolder."

Moments later, Dylan was sitting on the roof while me and Iggy hovered in midair.

"Sup." He said.

"What have you been doing to my sister?!"

Me and Dylan turned crimson and I tugged my ear.

"Nothing."

"SIR. Nothing SIR."

"Nothing, s-"

"Dylan. Don't call him sir."

Dylan shrugged, and took a bite of his apple, glancing back and forth between me and Iggy.

Right now it was like.. Batman versus Superman.

"Why. Didn't. You. Tell. Me."

"Seriously, Ig, calm down. I just thought you knew the whole time. Heck, the whole flock knew!"

Iggy's face showed too much emotion, but I was ready to just slowly inch my way back into the house from embarrassment.

"Storm. Me and Dylan have to talk alone."

Now Dylan's eyes grew as big as mine.

"WHAT?! I'm not six! I can stay here! What am I saying.. I AM staying here."

Dylan muttered something that sounded like "Stubborn like a mule" but I ignored him.

Iggy gave me the death stare and I finally flew back through the window where the Gasman was waiting for me.

We started working on the Big Boy again, but I didn't talk much as I heard shouting from the roof every now and then.

"What's going on up there?" The Gasman asked after a while.

"No clue, little man, no clue." I replied, embarrassed and sighing.

20 Minutes Of Flat Out Yelling Later...

Dylan flew through the window next to Iggy, and neither of them said a word.

Iggy went out to the hallway and Dylan gave me a thumbs up.

"I think that went pretty well." Dylan whispered, making me smile.

"I still hate you!" Iggy called from the other hallway, making my smile fade.

Noticing my glum look, Dylan ruffled the top of my head.

"It's alright. He'll get over it."

"It's Iggy, Dylan." I shot back, giving him a sullen look.

He noticed what I was getting at here, and he snickered.

"You got a fair point."

"Don't I always?"

"Well..."

I frowned and tackled him to the ground, and the Gasman landed on top of us, making a bear pile.

He grunted and stood up with me on his back, and ran around the room as I laughed.

He spun around before landing on one of the beds on top of the Gasman.

"Suffocating!" The Gasman coughed out. "Can't! Breathe!"

I rolled off of him.

"Jesus, Storm. You way a freaking ton."

I frowned at him, nudging him with my knuckles.

"You're probably not used to my weight because you let all of yours out." I said, making him spread a mischievous grin on his face.

I laid on top of the bed next to Gasser, when his stomach growled.

I took a glance to find him using Bambi eyes.

"Can you make a run downstairs for meee?" He asked, every ounce of innocence in him transferring to his eyes.

"The eyessss!" I hissed. "They burrn!"

"I just want a bag of chi-"

"Okay okay fine." I gave in, making him do a victory dance.

Damn it.. they always get me with the quivering lip.

I walked out into the hallway to find Nudge placing her head inches away from the mirror and squeezing something with her fingernails.

"Uh.. Nudge?" I asked, making her yelp and leap back from the mirror.

She got an angry face.

"If you told anybody what you just saw, you will never see Glenn again." She threatened, slamming and locking the bathroom door.

But I wasn't paying attention.

The whole time she was talking I was staring at the large,

red,

gooey,

zit.

I snickered to myself.

Heh.. I'm so glad I didn't get one of THOSE.

Asher's POV

"NUDGE! Nudge, Nudge, Nudge, Nudge, NUDGE!" I screamed, pounding on the bathroom door.

I heard her growl at me.

"I'm almost done.." She mumbled. "Almost... YES! DIE YOU DEMON SPAWN DIE!"

Nudge: I thought that thing would never pop... Jesus, zits are the WORST.

"You had a ZIT?!" I said loudly, shocked.

"SHH!" Nudge said, opening the door. She held a piece of toilet paper to her forehead, just above her right eyebrow.

"Fine. Now, outside." I said, grabbing her hand and dragging her outside.

We were standing on the patio, and I heard thunder rolling in and I shivered.

The air got colder again, and it didn't help that the heater in the girls' guest room is down.

"What?" Nudge asked impatiently.

Nudge was so far my bestest friend in the flock, and I could talk to her about ANYTHING! Ravi was nice to talk to too, but most of the time she's with Storm or Max.

"I think.. I think Ella has it in for me." I confessed, drumming my dirty nails on the railing.

I felt Nudge's shocked gaze before she spoke.

"Why would you think that?!"

"Whenever I'm talking to Iggy.. she flat out glares at me. Whenever I try talking to her, too, she doesn't honestly talk."

"You're over exaggerating, Asher. You did take the last pancake yesterday when you were talking to Iggy, maybe that's why she was glaring. And maybe she's just shy. She was shy to me when I first came, but now we're best friends!" Nudge rambled.

I nodded, but I knew something was up.

We went back inside, and we were going upstairs as Ella came down. Ella moved her shoulder, making it collide into mine as she kept walking, deadpan.

Ella: They think I'm gonna be friends with YOU?! You took Iggy from me. You're going down, Asher.

When we were in the girls' guest room, Nudge looked at me and sighed.

"Yeah." She said. "She's hunting you down, Ash."

Max's POV

I clapped my hands together and scanned the flock.

We were in the girls' guest room, and we decided to hold a meeting without Ella or my mom.

"So.. I have some.. news I want to share with you." I said, making sure it was loud enough for everybody to hear but not too loud.

The Gasman was in the rocking chair, and Storm and Ravi were laying next to each other on the bed. Fang and Iggy were on the other bed, leaning against the headboard. Nudge, Asher, and Angel were on the floor in front of my feet and Dylan was leaning against Storm's bed.

"I won't be here all throughout tomorrow because.. I'm going through surgery."

I squinted my eyes shut so I wouldn't have to see their faces, but I caught a glimpse of Nudge gasping and covering her mouth.

BOOM

Thunder rolled in the background but I pushed that aside.

"I don't want you guys to come and worry; I'll be home before you know it."

I opened my eyes again and the horror on everybody's faces were heartbreaking to see.

"No." Fang said suddenly, making me jump. "I'm coming."

I sighed.

"Fang. Now's not the time."

"I don't care. I'm coming." He shot back, crossing his arms.

There was silence until the Gasman spoke up.

"Me too! I'm coming, too!" He piped up.

"Me three." Iggy said, waving his hand a tad.

Out of the corner of my eye, Ravi and Storm looked at each other and shrugged.

"We're coming too." Ravi said bravely.

"Us too!" Angel said below me, tugging on my sweatpants.

I sighed again and blushed furiously.

"Okay. We'll all go."

BOOM

Thunder striked again, and I stepped out of the bedroom and went to my mom, who was on the couch reading.

I sat down next to her as I grew the best idea I've had.

"Hey sweetie." She said, noticing me. "What's up?"

Just ask, Max. Don't make a fuss about it.

"Mom, I need to ask a huge favor out of you." I said, gathering all my bravery.

"Of course. Anything I can do!"

"Have you... Have you ever done an eye surgery?"

She went silent as if thinking. My toes curled tightly in my tan fuzzy slippers.

"I suppose so."

"Could you do it on a human?"

Silence again.

"I suppose so, why, Max?"

"Could you preform an eye surgery on Iggy?" I burst out, staring at my mother.

BOOM

Stupid thunder. Making everything dramatic...

She looked shocked, but I could tell she was thinking.

Dr. Martinez started to mumble to herself, as if thinking aloud.

She finally spoke.

"Yes. But it would be a difficult procedure. It would take about four hours tops, and he would have to stay overnight at the hospital." She reported, looking into my eyes.

I ran my fingers through my hair quickly, but they got caught in tangles.

"We could manage. Thank you, mom. Thank you so, so, so, SO much." I said, mumbling the last part and hugging her tightly.

I felt her smile and I broke apart from her and head back upstairs.

This can sort of be a surprise present for Iggy.

"What can be a surprise present for Iggy?" Angel and Asher said together, making me jump.

I winked.

"That's a surprise for you too." I cooed, ruffling Angel's hair and kissing the top of Asher's head. "Now you guys should get to bed. Me and Storm have to catch up on The Walking Dead anyways."

Angel frowned and crossed her arms.

"How can it be a surprise for EVERYONE when Iggy's gonna have to find out first?" Angel asked.

I groaned. There's never getting past this stubborn, stubborn child.

"Okay. Get all the girls in our guest room." I whispered to them, and they nodded and set off to find them all.

Ravi's POV

Rain was pounding the windows and lightning shot everywhere but the house.

I could go to sleep at any minute.

"Ravi! Stop day-dreaming!" Dylan said, waving his hand back and forth in front of my face.

I gave him a sullen look and moved my red checker piece across the board, capturing three of his pieces.

"You should've left me day-dreaming." I smirked, making him frown.

"Ravi's the queen of checkers!" The Gasman yelled. "All hail!"

Dylan gave me a fake disgusted look and said, "Like I'm 'hailing' THAT."

We laughed as Asher came into the playroom.

Well it wasn't really a playroom. It was just an empty piece of the attic that had all these games to play. So now we call it the playroom.

"Hey Ravi? Can I talk to you for a sec?" She asked through the attic's doorway.

I nodded, confused, and walked out telling Gazzy to keep my checker throne.

"Max wants you." Asher said, suddenly smiling as we went into the girls' guest room.

All the girls in the flock were there already, and that's saying something 'cause there are a LOT of girls.

Max smiled as I entered, and I smiled back as I took a seat next to my right hand girl, Storm.

"Wonder what she wants us for." Storm whispered, barely audible.

"Maybe she found out about the tunnels we're building throughout the house."

"That would suck." Storm replied, frowning.

I nodded.

"So, I've got some amazing news. It's a present for Igster." Max whispered loudly, looking excited.

She left us at a dramatic pause and continued.

"Mom's gonna preform an eye surgery on him. He's getting his eyesight back!"

Nudge, Asher, and Angel squealed as I covered my mouth shut. Storm's jaw dropped open and her eyes were the size of Frisbees.

"I know! It's going to be the same day as my surgery. I'm gonna tell Iggy I want him in there with me, and we'll surprise him with the procedure!" Max said excitedly, nearly bouncing up and down.

I haven't seen Max this excited since the day she got her first pair of Converse that weren't donations or from the thrift shop.

"Are you sure he'll like this?" Nudge asked. "I mean, we're all really scared of 'procedures'."

"Yeah.. That's true. And who else is going to preform the surgery WITH your mom? She can't do it all on her own." Asher pointed out, nodding at Nudge.

Angel was silent and staring, so I had the thought that she was reading minds.

Suddenly Angel looked at the door and frowned.

I opened my mouth but I was shushed by Max as she crept over to the door and swung it open, finding the Gasman snooping.

The Gasman was leaning against the door so he fell when it was opened.

"Are you kidding me?!" Max yelled/whispered, giving the Gasman The Look.

The Gasman shrugged, but he looked excited out of his mind.

"Are YOU kidding?! Is it really happening?!" He asked and Max covered his mouth and nodded, her smile forming back.

He did a small victory dance and left.

"Now let's get some sleep. Two surgeries are happening and I already have enough anxiety as it is." Max said, waving her hands to make us go onto the beds.

I scowled but I went under the covers.

Finally I went to sleep thinking about Iggy and his eyesight.

hope u enjoyed

r&r and all that.

also, ive seen that u guys are thinking im not.. including Asher that much.

i feel like i've been doing well with her, though.

i guess i should either:

A) Ignore all that.

Or

B) Take your advice and feel like an idiot for not doing it before.

jesus doing this is hard...

oh well.

cya guys in the next chappie!

;)