"Angel came to us a short while later," I said, taking it upon myself to continue the tale.
"Only, she wasn't called Angel back then," Fang cut in. "Her name was Betsy."
Angel looked pouty. "Fang, I wasn't really called Betsy, was I? I don't like that name. I don't like it at all. "
Iggy cracked up. "Ange, he just came up with the most random name he could, like, two seconds ago. We actually knew that we wanted to name you Angel… almost from the start!"
Glaring at Fang for being so doggone bizarre, I coughed to get the flock's attention. "Guys- the story…"
Yup. The Gasman was right. The little blond girl in front of us DID look like him.
"I told, you, she's my sister!" Gazzy cried. "That's what Jeb told me!" Gazzy's sister opened one blue eye. She blinked.
Gazzy's sister. What a nice name! Note the sarcasm there.
Iggy seemed to be thinking along the same lines I was. "What are we gonna call her? I mean, we've thought up enough crazy names to last us a lifetime. We can't just call her The-Only-Blood-Relative-Of-One-Of-Us-AKA-Gazzy's-Sister… can we?"
I shook my head. "Nope."
Gazzy was still staring at his sister with a kind of silent reverence. "I can't believe I actually have a sister. It's like… I've been given an angel."
"You deserve it, kiddo." I said, ruffling his hair, just the way he hates it.
"Hey!" Gazzy protested. "You're only six years older than me. You can't call me kiddo!" The two-year-old was getting a good pout on.
I heard Fang mutter something that sounded like I was acting older than I was. I just rolled my eyes and looked at… well, Gazzy's sister.
Quite bizarrely, Nudge came up with a name. "Angel!" We all stared at her uncomprehendingly. "Gazzy said she was an angel. She looks like one. And have you seen her wings? They're pure white! She IS an Angel!"
As if already knowing her new name, Angel rubbed her eyes and smiled a toothless grin up at us- the image of childhood innocence. "That's a great name!" Gazzy said, enthusiastically. We all sat there silently in our crates, just happy to be together.
TBC…
All that's left is a really short ending piece. This isn't the end!