Chapter Six

Max, Fang, Angel, and the Gasman were left in the kitchen.

"What do you think Iggy wanted to talk to Danni about?" Fang asked no one in particular.

Max shrugged.

Angel seemed to think about it, "To tell her that one day he could love her. Also that he wanted to be friends, I think."

"Great, that's all we need. Another love sick flock member," the Gasman said letting one rip.

Max opened a window hoping that would help lessen the smell. "What do you mean?"

The Gasman looked up with an infuriated look, "What do I mean? I mean you and Fang. It's obvious you two like each other, but neither of you are making a move. All the while giving each other those looks."

"What looks?" Fang asked.

Turning to Fang, "You know. Those 'head over heels' looks," the Gasman explained.

Max and Fang had their mouths open and their jaws dropped on the floor. For a seven year old he was very perceptive.

---Bedroom---

Danni held both of Iggy's hands in hers, "What now?" she asked looking up into his face.

He shook his head, "I'm not sure. I do know though that we aren't officially a couple until we kiss. Full lip on lip."

Danni laughed. A kiss? Sure she's kissed before, but not on the lips and not someone her age. So whom had she kissed? Easy her parents and grandparents.

A steady breath and she raised her head. Her lips softly made contact with Iggy's. A few seconds then she pulled back.

"Wow," she was stunned, "As far as first kisses go I'd give that a twelve on a scale of one to ten."

He smiled, "Is that a compliment?"

"I think it is," she said encasing him in her arms.

He was warm. It felt safe. Then something jarred into her brain. There were bumps up and down his back and it wasn't his spineal cord.

"Uh, Iggy?" her voice trembled. She hated herself for the show of fear, but she couldn't help it. "Iggy, can I ask what the bumps on your back are?"

His head shoot up. Shoot, stupid me, stupid me, he scolded himself. He had two choices. One tell her the truth or two run like a coward and never look back. Gee which to pick?

He steeped back, "What ever you do don't scream."

He lifted his shirt over his head. Next he turned revealing his wings to Danni. She gasped and walked over running a hand over a wing to see if it was real. Guess what? It was real.

"I've always thought that supernatural beings existed, but now I know they do," she said to herself.

"Uh, about that. I'm not a supernatural being. I was mad in a lab. I'm 98 percent human and 2 percent bird," Iggy explained.

Danni's eyes widened. Come again?

She looked like a deer trapped in the headlights when she asked, "You were genetically engineered?"

Iggy turned back around to face her, giving her a nice view of his abs, just scant outlines. He was kind of scrawny and Danni wasn't complaining.

"In a word, yes. We escaped from the School a few years ago," he explained.

Her eyebrows furled, "'We'? You mean the six of you?"

Iggy slowly nodded.

Danni backed up and walked out the door. She was heading for the kitchen slowly and in disbelief. She just needed some air. This was a lot of information for one girl to handle.

Iggy thought that she was afraid of him and that she was going to tell the others that he told her their secret. He slumped to the floor and went into a blank stare. Was shock setting in?

AN: Just wanted to say hope you liked this chapter and...
Twighlight13: Thanks for the review! And I know, poor Nudge.