Disclaimer: I do not own maximum ride or any of its characters; I do how ever own the new characters and the story line.
I smiled allowed Kevin to fly me down to the flock. I couldn't believe he actually said he loved my babies and that he did want to help take care of them. I guess I had been expecting him to reject them as his and as part of the flock, but there he was stealing Alana away from Beverly just to watch her sleep.
"Ok, who has Darren?" I looked around and spotted hunter with his back towards me. I laughed a little and walked over, looking over his shoulder at my little boy. Hunter had made a bed for him out of his cloths.
"Hunter, will you watch him? Im going to look for a town." Hunter nodded and held up a piece of paper. I took it and quickly walked over to where Kevin was helping Beverly make Alana a bed.
"I'll be back in a few, Colton want to come with?" Kevin handed me one of his credit cards with out even looking up from Alana, a huge smile glued to his face. I felt Colton place his hand on my arm and quickly turned away from Kevin.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine." Colton flashed me a reassuring smile and we quickly left the flock.
Turns out that the closest town was almost an hour away. "If I wasn't tired before I would be now" I frowned and scanned the trees for any sign of the flock.
"There they are." Colton pointed a little to the west before going into a small dive.
Relief washed over me as I saw the flock was ok. "Here" I pushed the grocery bag I had been carrying into Hunter's arms and rushed to cheek on my babies. Alana was sleeping peacefully and Darren was being played with by Kevin.
"Hey little guy, are you ready to eat?" I kissed his head and took him from Kevin. He instantly smiled and grabbed a handful of my hair. "Come on daddy; Ill show you how to feed him."
The whole flock was laughing at Kevin's attempts to feed the squirming Darren. But eventually Darren calmed down and allowed Kevin to feed him.
"Ok, now you have to burp him, hold him like this." I took Darren and showed Kevin how to hold him.
He was really getting the hang of it until Alana woke up crying. I watched as the flock jumped to their feet ready for a fight and tried not to laugh as I picked Alana up. "Don't cry sweetie." As soon as she heard my voice she stopped and I saw the flock relax a little.
"Hunter, will you take care of Alana, im going to try to get some sleep." He climbed down from his watch spot in the trees and took Alana happily talking in a small voice.
I made myself comfortable and watched the flock. "Me to?" Maria came over with her teddy bear. "Yep, come on." I opened my arms and she quickly sat down in my lap. I grabbed my jacket and placed it over her.
"Kevin is weird." Marie hugged her teddy bear closer to herself and I looked up to see Kevin staring at us. "He is just excited about Alana and Darren." She yawned and closed her eyes.
"I played a game with them, like peek-a-boo, only instead of hiding behind my hands I would turn invisible. It made them really happy."
I smiled as Matthew came over and curled up next to me. Maria handed him her teddy bear and he looked at her confused. "You can use him as a pillow." I smiled and closed my eyes as Matthew thanked her.
Maybe, just maybe everything would turn out alright.