Prisoner- Chapter 67

I sat on the couch with my head in my hands. The flock was behind me eating minus Fang. He was in the bedroom we shared by himself. He went in there after I told him the truth and hasn't come out since, that was two hours ago.

I knew I was going to have to talk to him later when the rest of the flock fell asleep and I was preparing myself for the worst case scenario.

Someone walked over and sat by me, I looked up to see Iggy.

"Hey Ig." I said with a small smile.

"You okay?" He asked looking at me with his sightless eyes.

"Yeah." I said letting out a sigh.

"I take it you two had a fight?" He asked raising a blond eyebrow.

"He figured out that I was lying to him and now I'm paying the price." I said rubbing my temples and closing my eyes.

"Want me to try to talk to him?"

"No, just let him cool off." I said brushing a strand of hair behind my ear. "I'll go talk to him when you guys go to sleep."

He nodded.

"I should have listened to you." I said looking up at Iggy.

"You did what you thought was best." He said laying his hand on my back.

"And look where that got me." I said bitterly.

"He'll get over it, Max." Iggy sounded so sure. "He just needs some time."

"You're forgetting, we don't have much time." I said in a harsh whisper.

"You don't know that. Gazzer's vision didn't have a time limit."

"No, but I doubt we can evade Ari and his gang for much longer." I said shaking my head.

"What if we leave here?" Iggy suggested. "Then the vision couldn't come true, because Fang died here."

"I don't know if Fang would go along with it." I said shaking my head. "He probably wouldn't even listen to me."

"He wouldn't even talk to me after I told him, not even to yell at me." I said furrowing my brow. "He just walked inside and slammed the door behind him."

Iggy nodded.

"Max, can we go swimming?" Angel called from the kitchen table.

"You already went." I said looking back at her.

"Yeah, but not for very long." Nudge whined.

"It would give you time to talk to Fang." Iggy said so only I heard.

I looked over at him and then back at the three pleading faces behind me, plus Total.

"Okay, but if it looks like it is going to storm…"

"We'll come right back in." Nudge finished running over and giving me a hug.

When she released me, she grabbed Iggy's hand and led him towards the door.

"You're not coming Max?" Angel asked.

"No sweetie." I said shaking my head.

She looked a little disappointed, but I had bigger things on my mind. She'd get over it once she was in the water. Gazzy followed her out the door.

I turned my head to look at the door that separated me from Fang and took a deep breath.

"Now or never." I said out loud.

I stood, walked to the door and knocked lightly.

"Fang, can I come in?"

No answer, that didn't surprise me. It wouldn't even surprise me if I was permanently bound to the silent treatment.

"Fine, don't talk to me, but I'm coming in."

I opened the door and immediately saw Fang standing looking out the window.

"Fang?"

No response, not even the slightest acknowledgement to let me know he knew I was there.

"Fang please talk to me."

Nothing.

"I had my reasons for not telling you, even if they do seem pretty stupid now." I mumbled. "I just did what I thought was best."

I kept my eyes on him for any sign that he was listening, there was nothing.

"I'm sorry, I really am very sorry." I said feeling tears sting my eyes. "I know you hate it when I keep things from you and I should have respected that and told you about Gazzy's dream, but I honestly thought I was protecting you.

"I don't want you to protect me, Max." He said still looking out the window. "And I don't need you to protect me either."

"I know." I said looking at the ground.

We both were silent and that's when I heard the door open.

"Must be a storm coming." I said looking up at him. "I didn't think they would actually listen to me about coming in if they thought it was gonna storm."

A small smirk formed on my lips.

"The sky's clear." Fang said turning to look at me.

The door opened behind me and I looked at it desperate to see one of the younger flock members. No such luck… it was Ari.

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