Hi sorry I haven't updated in a while but I hope you like the chapter. When I had writers block I asked for some ideas, so this idea is from Just your average surfer girl. Not all of it is her idea but a good amount of it come from Just your average surfer girl. So like fifty, fifty. Thank you to anyone else who gave in there ideas. Maybe if you have any ideas for future chapters just tell me them and I'll see what I can do. :)
Max and Nudge sat in their room. They had decided to ignore everything that had happened in the hospital. Nudge made spaghetti and chocolate chip cookies for Ella's arrival back home. Max cleaned u around the house and put pictures of Ella and the family up.
When everyone else arrived back home they were surprised to find the table set. The smell of chocolate chip cookies drifted through the house. Ella walked into the kitchen and smiled. "Spaghetti, my favorite" She said. Max and Nudge smiled. "We were hoping you'd like it" Max said. "Nudge made the food though, my cooking skills are non existent". "Why?" Ella asked. "Why what" Nudge said. "Why did you make this for me" Ella asked "You just met me yet you're making me dinner". "Oh, well Iggy and Fang told us about you, they really love you and well we wanted to show that we care about you too"
Ella POV:
They wanted to show they cared about me. Jeb said they were evil and hated me and my family. He told me I had to get rid of them. But here they're saying they care about me. I mean they haven't done anything to me. They made spaghetti and chocolate chip cookies, and they put pictures of me and my family around the house, they even cleaned the house just for my arrival. I don't understand what Jeb was talking about. But Jeb hasn't done anything bad to me either so I guess I'll jeep an eye on Max and Nudge. "How do you know my brothers and why are you here?" I asked them. "well it's a long story" Max, I think it was Max. She had pretty blond hair. "Well your mom adopted us and we're your brothers girlfriends" Nudge, It must of been Nudge who said that. I nodded. "Who's dating who" I asked. The blond girl, Max said "I'm dating Fang" and the other girl, Nudge said "I'm dating Iggy". l nodded as everyone else walked in the house. "What smells so good" I heard Iggy ask. They walked into the kitchen. "Oh spaghetti" Fang said with some enthusiasm. I smiled. Nudge cooked dinner" I said "And Max cleaned the house". Everyone looked from me to the two girls next to me. "really" mom asked, "You guys did all this". Both Max and Nudge nodded. "We saw how you guys looked at Ella, with love and we wanted to give her a proper welcome home" Max said. Mom smiled "Thank you" She told Max and Nudge. "But why did you do it? you were both hurt pretty bad" Mom questioned. Nudge shrugged "We were feeling better" she said.
"Why are we talking when there is clear food sitting on the table shouting eat me" Iggy said. We all started laughing. Everyone sat down and started eating. It took only 5 minutes for everyone to finish the spaghetti. Nudge brought the cookies to the table and we all inhaled those in under 3 minutes. We all went to watch a movie. Max sat next to Fang and Nudge sat next to Iggy. I sat with mom. I was starting to question why Jeb told me I had to hate Max and Nudge they seemed so nice. But I looked at Max. She looked so familiar. Then I remembered. that girl that would torture me. Maya. Max. Maya. Max. I couldn't even think about it. When the movie finished I got up to go to my bed to sleep when Fang stopped me. "Sorry but we gave your room to Max and Nudge because well you know..." I nodded. "So where am I sleeping?" I asked. "Oh don't worry" Nudge said "we cleared our stuff out so you have your room back". I looked at them, "You didn't have to, I mean, you guys it wasn't necessary to..." I started to say but Max interrupted me, "It's ok, it's your room anyway".
I couldn't believe it. They were being so nice to me. I nodded and went up to my room. It looked just the same way the original Ella remembered it. I remember Jeb telling me that he put the real Ella's mind and memories in my head. I flopped down on the bed. I felt sleep take me over as soon as I shut my eyes.
Max POV:
She's not Ella. She may look like Ella and sound like Ella. But in her eyes she's just like Maya. A copy. I know what Jeb can do. I remember seeing Ari walking around Jeb's house. And I knew he was somehow involved. But right now the best thing to do is to play along. I could tell Nudge suspected the same thing I did but we both kept quite about it. I smiled at Ella but whenever I did I always saw something in her eyes. Fear, hatred I don't know. But it was a little unsettling. I walked out of Ella's room as soon as she fell asleep. I walked downstairs to find Nudge on the computer. "What are you doing?" I asked her. She looked up at me. "learning how to speak Japanese." She said nonchalantly. I looked at her. "But you already know how to speak English, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Russian, and Chinese" I told her. She looked at me, "Yeah but I can memorize things easily, plus I love to learn" She stated. I looked at her. How could she learn so much and still want to know more. I sighed and sat down on the couch. I felt someone sit next to me. I looked over and saw Fang. I avoided looking at him. I watched Nudge stand up and go to the basement. Alone, she had left me alone with him. I sighed and stood up. I walked towards the stairs. I felt two arms wrap around my waist. I felt myself being pulled onto someone's hard chest. I can feel the familiar warm breath on my neck. Fang. I knew it had to be him. I turned and faced him. I looked him right in the eyes. "what do you want?" I asked. He looks me dead in the eyes. He puts his forehead on mine and mumbles something. "What?" I ask. "I'm sorry." He says "I really am." I look into his eyes they are full of sadness. I nod and he wraps me in a hug. I sit on the couch and Fang sits next to me. I leaned on the arm of the sofa and drifted off to sleep.
Nudge POV:
I left as soon as I saw Fang talking to Max. two thoughts ran through my mind, one, Max is going to kill him and two, I think they need to be alone. I went into the basement to give them some space. I sat down. I don't know how long I was down there but I am now finished with learning Japanese. I stand up, ready to go back upstairs. I turn to find Iggy blocking the stairs. He looks at me. I don't say anything, which is highly unusual. I look away from him and sit down again. "Nudge" he says. I don't answer. He sits down on his knees in front of me. "please look at me" he says. My eyes slowly make their way to his. glancing at his chin then his nose until I'm staring into his eyes. He stares at me for a while and I start to shift a little, feeling uncomfortable under his gaze. I look away again. "Nudge" he says. I glance back up at him. "I'm sorry" I muttered and stood up quickly. He grabbed my arm holding me in his strong grip. In his eyes I saw all the sorrow he felt. I wrapped my arms around him and we sat down with him after a while of just sitting I fell sleep in his arms.
Next day:
Nudge and Max both awoke in a guest bedroom completely confused. They went downstairs to find Fang and Iggy both eating breakfast with Ella. "Morning" Ella said. "Good morning" Max and Nudge both said.
Max POV:
I wasn't really that hungry so I went out side to get some fresh air. Nudge followed me. "What are you doing" I asked. "I am not hungry" she said. I nodded. We walked and talked for a while. We started walking back home when I saw Fang and Iggy out side. We walked to them. I saw Iggy pull Nudge aside. I stood facing Fang. "I need to talk to you." He looked at me "I don't want you to be around Ella or the rest of the family any more". I looked at him shocked. "but...but..." he raised his hand and slapped me. I looked into his eyes, they had a certain hardness about them that made me quiver. I turned and ran off. followed by Nudge apparently had a similar conversation with Iggy judging by the tears in her eyes.
Nudge POV:
Iggy pulled me aside and looked at me in the eyes. "I want you to leave e alone and I don't want to see you again." "But why" I asked. His gripped tightened around my wrist. "Iggy you're hurting me." he let go and my wrist and I noticed a bruise start to form. I looked at him horrified and ran after Max. We ran to Jeb's house. He opened the doors. "So you've made your chose I see" he said as we walked in.