Prisoner- Chapter 26
There was a knock on my door and I knew that person was either Fang or Anne. Judging by the loud, stiff repetitions, my guess was Fang.
"Who is it?" I called trying to sound less miserable in case it was one of the younger flock members.
"Fang." He said opening the door enough to pop his head in.
"Go away." I said looking back out the window.
"Not until you tell me what I just walked in on." He said coming in my room, shutting the door behind him.
"Well then you'll be waiting for quite awhile." I said stubbornly.
The problem with me being stubborn with Fang is that he can be just as stubborn. Need an example?
He crossed his arms and leaned up against the desk. He was staring me down, waiting for me to say something. "Then I guess we're going to be here awhile." He said raising a dark eyebrow at me.
"I guess so." I said crossing my arms in a mock gesture.
We stayed there staring at each other, slowly getting madder with each blink. We were too stubborn for our own good, we could do this for hours. I wasn't going to let it go on that long.
"I'm getting out of here." I said making my way toward the door only to be stopped by Fang's newly found grip to my wrist. "Let go." I said through clenched teeth. I was staring him down and he was doing the same to me.
"Not until you tell me what happened." He said tightening his grip. It was tight enough that I couldn't pull away, but not enough to hurt me. Fang would never hurt me.
"Fine." I said yanking my hand away when I felt his grip loosen. I walked over to my bed and took a seat, leaning against the headboard.
"Anne told Angel, Gazzy, and Nudge that I was sick." I explained rubbing my temples.
"And you didn't want them to know because you didn't want them to worry about you?" He questioned walking over to my bed and sitting with his back against the headboard next to me.
"Yes." I said looking over at him.
"And because you hate looking weak?" He asked raising one of his dark eyebrows.
"Do you and Anne have little meetings just to analyze how I feel, because that's exactly what she said." I said letting out a frustrated huff.
"It's true isn't it?" He asked studying me.
"Yes." I whispered. "I just wish she would have asked me if it was okay before she opened her big mouth."
"She'll probably think twice about it now." He said with a small smile. "That fight looked like it was pretty intense."
"If by pretty intense you mean ready to throw a punch right at her smug face, then yes." I said breaking into a small smile myself.
"Then it's a good thing I walked in." He said looking over at me.
I rolled my eyes in response.
We sat in silence for awhile. I think we were both tired after the latest events that unfolded. There's been a lot of stress lately, more than usual. I think.
Then Fang looked over at me.
My eyes were closed, so I opened them when I felt his eyes rest on me.
"What?" I asked looking back at him.
"You feeling better?" He asked.
"Yeah." I said nodding. "I think I'm better."
He reached his hand out to my forehead.
"Fever's gone." He said pulling his hand away.
"And I feel fine." I assured. "So we can leave soon."
"When?" He asked closing his eyes.
"Would now be too soon?" I asked closing mine too.
"For me, no. For the others, yes." He answered.
I let out a breath.
"Fang, there's something I need to tell you." I said opening my eyes to see his already open and alert.
"What?" He asked looking at me.
"The voice, it told me something." I began.
Fang's jaw stiffened.
"It said that someone was going to betray me." I explained taking a deep breath. "And I don't think Anne telling the flock I was sick counts."
"Did it tell you who?" He asked climbing off my bed to stand up.
"No." I said with a bitter laugh. "It never tells me something straight out."
"So we need to watch our backs not only for erasers but someone you trust and maybe even the rest of us." Fang said in thought.
"Great, isn't it?" I asked sarcastically.
He watched me as I went to stand up.
"You think it's one of the flock?" He asked furrowing his brow. "They had a second Max, they could have a second one of us."
"None of them have been acting weird." I said shaking my head. I shuddered at the thought that there could be an imposter in the group. I knew it wasn't true, but I couldn't stop my brain from thinking about it.
A knock came on my door.
"Who is it?" I called.
"Angel." I heard my baby say.
I went over to the door and opened it, letting her in.
"What is it sweetie?" I asked.
"Can I go flying?" She asked with pleading blue eyes.
I looked up at Fang to make sure we were through talking, he nodded.
"Alright, we'll all go." I said with a smile. "Go get Gazzy."
She nodded with a smile and went to get her brother.
"I'll get Nudge, you get Iggy?" I asked looking back at Fang.
"Okay." He said shrugging following me out of the room.
Then we went flying.
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