Chapter 13
It had been five days since Fang left, and he still hadn't come back. I was totally losing my mind. Where was he? Was he safe? Was he hurt? Was he dead!
I had been obsessing over theses questions for the past five days, and they were driving me crazy.
"Max, come eat lunch." I heard Dr. Martinez's voice from inside the kitchen.
"M'kay," I said as I headed towards the kitchen table. I took a seat in between Iggy and Nudge. I looked down at the plate that was sitting in front of me. A grilled cheese sandwich. I took a bite. It was great.
"Mmm..." Gazzy mumbled as he chewed. Iggy dug his hand into the bag of potato chips that was sitting in the middle of the table. He chomped on themloudly. I kicked him under the table. He scowled at me.
After lunch I made one of my split-second decisions; I was going to find Fang. Alone.
"What?" Iggy said after I had told him my idea. "You're leaving us here?"
"What's wrong with that?"
"Max, we barely know these people."
"They're nice, you can trust them."
"Fine, but if you don't come back in a week, we're gone."
"Ok,"
I was on the floor in Ella's room. We had been talking all night, I realized. Nudge had followed me, so she was here too.
"So, Max..." Ella began timidly. "Is Fang your boyfriend?" Nudge burst out laughing. I felt my cheeks heating up.
"That's funny." Nudge said, still laughing. Then she saw my face. She stopped laughing, looking unsure. "R-right Max?" Huh?
"Oh, yeah." I laughed nervously. "Hilarious." I turned to Ella. "Why do you say that?"
"I don't know," She replied, sounding embarrassed. "It just kinda seemed like it." How so? I thought to myself.
"So you're leaving when?" Nudge asked, changing the subject. I looked at her gratefully.
"Um, tomorrow night, I think."
"Got it," Nudge said, yawning.
"We should probably get some rest." Ella said.
"Yeah," I said. I was getting a little tired.
"G'night." We all said at the same time.
A/N: Ok, another weirdly short chapter. I think the other ones will be longer ( I think). I will be able to update a lot next week, m'kay? But for now you're stuck with this one. Like I've said in many chapters; CRITICISM IS ENCOURAGED! Only a few of you seem to be getting that. Sorry, I like all you people's reviews, but criticism is nice now and then. So, yeah. I love reviews. I think I'll update later today, but I'm not sure. I'm pretty positive I'll be updating all next week, though. So, yeah. Review!