Prisoner- Chapter 52

I woke up to see the sunrise which is one of the definite pluses about having to sleep outside. It's normal and beautiful, not to be taken for granted.

I sat up to see Iggy sitting by the fire.

I was supposed to have second watch, not Iggy.

"Ig?" I whispered walking over and sitting next to him. "Why are you on watch?"

"I woke up about an hour before Fang's watch was over and went ahead took over." Iggy explained with a shrug.

"Are you having trouble sleeping?" I asked getting kind of concerned.

"Just the usual." He said with a small smile.

I felt a smile form on my lips too.

"I know what you mean." I said with a small laugh.

"Oh yes, you're an expert on the subject." He said with a larger smile.

"Haha." I said standing up. "I'm gonna go make a breakfast run."

"You should take someone with you." Iggy advised.

"Psh."

"Max…"

"Fine." I said rolling my eyes wishing Iggy could see it.

"You're debating who to take aren't you?" He asked with his back still to me.

"Yeah." I said looking over the four sleeping flock members.

My eyes shot over to where Fang was sleeping. Fang would easily go with me, but he needed his sleep, since he took first watch.

Next, I looked over at where Nudge was sleeping. She took forever to wake up. Not to mention it was too early to hear the 'Nudge channel'.

My eyes caught sight of Gazzy, my little trooper. He was a sweet kid, but also was harder to wake, so that left me with his little sister, Angel.

I walked over to where Angel slept and brushed her blond locks out of her face.

"Ange." I whispered.

She opened her eyes groggily and I immediately felt bad for waking her. Her crystal blue eyes were looking at me questioningly.

"How would you like to go get breakfast with me?" I asked her.

Her eyes lit up and a smile spread across her face.

"Okay." She said moving to get up.

Then we headed to the nearest store to pick up breakfast.

LATER

Angel and I got back to the flock a half an hour later to find the flock awake and waiting for Angel and I.

"Good morning." I said setting the bags I was carrying on the ground.

I gave everyone their breakfast then went to sit by Fang who was sitting by the fire, alone.

"Hey." I said plopping down next to him.

"Hey." He said looking over at me.

"How'd you sleep?" I asked meeting his eyes.

"Fine." He said with a nod. "You?"

"Fine." I said just as vague, cracking a smile at the look he was giving me.

I think Fang always has known that I don't have normal dreams, I have nightmares.

"Where we headed now?" Fang asked studying me.

"No idea." I said rolling my eyes. "I think we should just find an empty house and stay there for a few nights."

He nodded silently.

"That way we can rest up and have time to plan out our next move." I went on then realized Fang was giving me one of his 'shut up' looks that he always gave Nudge.

"What?" I asked.

"You don't have to convince me, Max."

I blinked.

"I'll follow you and so will the flock."

"I know." I said with a small smile and nod.

He kept his eyes on me and I had to turn my head away to hide the blush creeping onto my cheeks.

When I was sure that my blush was gone I turned back to him.

"We should go." I said standing up.

He stood up then went to get his backpack.

"Flock, let's get ready to go." I said turning to them.

They all grabbed their stuff and we were off.

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