Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride.
There's a smile on my face. Actual and whole.
My Flock is sitting around the campfire. Nudge and Iggy are talking in whispers. Gazzy is having a tickle fight with Angel. Total is chewing on a forgotten hot dog. Fang is sitting next to me, occasionally talking about our next plan.
"So Itex is going to destroy the world. We have to save it. I think we should blow up Itex before it blows us up." I say.
"Yeah, that'll end well." Fang says incredulously, "I can see the headlines now, 'Mutant Bird-Children Commit Arson on the World's Largest Manufacturer.' Meanwhile, we rot in prison."
"I never planned on us getting caught. Besides do you have any better ideas? We don't even know how Itex is going about destroying the world, let alone how we're going to stop it." Take that.
Fang sighs heavily. "Listen I don't know. Let's think about it tomorrow. Tonight, they're peaceful." He looks over the rest of the Flock, still enjoying the activities previously mentioned.
"I s'pose." I say. He smiles at me and it's like daytime again.
"You know," he says coyly, "I'm kinda tired. Maybe I get a bedtime kiss?" He gives me Nudge's patented Bambi eyes.
"Maybe," I say just as innocently. I lean towards him and he tilts his head downwards and we kiss.
It's funny. I've jumped off cliffs, flown with hawks, fought with people, killed Erasers, escaped a torture facility multiple times, fed and clothed five other children my age and younger for almost my whole life, and done a multitude of other wonderful and horrible things. I still can't find an emotion that fits what kissing Fang feels like. All I know is that I'm happy wherever I go now. Even when we're fighting Erasers. Though, the happiness there is somewhat lessened by the fear that Fang will get hurt. He confided in me he thought the exact same thing about me.
"Stop that!" Fang and I break apart and look over at Iggy, who is staring blindly in our direction.
"You're blind, what do you care?" Fang asks, annoyed.
"I can still hear the smacking noises." Iggy grumbles.
I laugh. The Flock still loved us, but only put up with our closer relationship when we had both sworn, no matter what happened, we wouldn't split up the Flock. I couldn't blame them.
I was happy now. Everything seemed to be in bright colors, more beautiful sounds, more intense feelings.
I would never have it any other way.
A/N: Special thanks to Twilight xx3 for pushing me to do this. I really didn't know I had it in me.
