Maximum Ride is property of James Patterson. Kisha Reaper, Deveann, and Lash are property of ME, although they aren't in this chapter. Kumali and the Kimmy relationship is property of Jwan!

Here is Jwan's chapter that I am totally in love with and hope you feel the same way!

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Kumali's POV

It was a clear sky as the sun set. It had been a confusing and disappointing week. Deveann is part Eraser, Fang is part Siren, and I had been fired from my dream job. I tried to find a new job in the Chicago area, but to no avail. I rested my head on my knee and sighed. I felt I should at least get a job to help support my flock and everyone else. That burden alone weighed down upon me like a ton of debts unpaid. I was probably being too hard on myself. A cloud of despair drowned even those who were extremely optimistic, like Nudge and Angel. Either no one talked much, or were on edge for the next Eraser attack or something to that effect. I shook my head and tried to clear it of thoughts. I moved over to the piano in the hotel. It wasn't as fancy as the one in the hotel we stayed in before, but it was a piano none the less. I cracked my knuckles and lined them up on the white keys. I then began to play "". I knew it so well that I could close my eyes. Then someone stood in the doorway of the "ballroom" who was humming the same song along with me. "Oh. Hi Ig." He had his long-ish shaggy hair strewn about his face. That's what happens when you can't see your own hair. But, that was one of the many things I liked about him. He wasn't image-conscious. I tapped the side of the bench, and Iggy came over and sat next to me. Never had I known him to run into a wall or trip over the stairs or miss the furniture he was aiming for. I really didn't have to be his guide-dog, I chose to. (I think he was the only one who he would ever let guide him around.) I continued to play, forgetting my worries for the time being. Then Iggy interrupted the song.

"Do you think we're running away for nothing?" I looked at him astonished. "What do you mean? We run away because we're being chased." I replied. "I mean, do you think we'll survive… or are we just delaying death? Do you think the Erasers will not stop chasing us until we're all dead?" I had pondered the very same thought again and again.

"Iggy, that is just the same as asking whether the egg came before the chicken or if the chicken came before the egg. No one can say for certain." Then I turned to his blind face. "Why are you asking such a depressing question in the first place?"

He raised his shoulders and requested, "Can you continue playing… Kumali?" He said my name sweetly and I was glad he couldn't see me blushing. I continued the song until I finished it, Iggy pretending to conduct as he had before. The reason for Iggy to come here was bugging me until I couldn't bear it.

"Alright, did you just come here for company or what?"

"I just feel really… relaxed when I'm around you…" he trailed off. "Isn't it odd how everyone is paired up like that?"

"Yes, I noticed." Where was he going with this?

"Um, Kumali."

"Yes." I was now intrigued in his sudden bashfulness.

"Will you… dance… with me?"

"Where did you learn to dance?"

"Do you know how to dance?"

"No…." I admitted. He then got off the piano bench.

"Neither do I." he took me by the hand and we went to the center of the regal looking carpet. I put my right hand with his left pale hand. Then I put my left on his shoulder. Iggy then paused. "Where do I put my right hand?" I took his hand and led it to my hip, blushing as red as a rose.

"I think it goes there… I'm not sure."

"It's fine with me." Iggy chuckled as I looked down at the floor.

"I'll lead." I spoke as I started to step. At first we were all over each others' feet. Then, as we continued, it smoothed out. It was odd. A girl with pointy ears and a blind guy (who were both mutants), dancing is an interesting site to see. I felt like I was dancing on clouds and bliss was the air around us. I felt like I could fly. (Ha ha get it?) It came to a point where I could honestly tell you Iggy and I were the only ones in the world. The corny wallpapered walls of the hotel faded and I all I could see was Iggy's face. We then separated all but our right and left hand as he spun me. I threw back my other hand, care-free and then Iggy pulled and I spun back. Then I was presses tightly to Iggy's front. I could even feel the beat of his heart. Our heads were so close. And, surprisingly, I was slightly tense, being this close to someone. Especially some one I really liked. I didn't know what to do now. After a moment of silence, Iggy spoke.

"I'll lead then." The next moment, Iggy's lips were angled on mine. He was kissing me! I was in utter shock. He was kissing me. I slowly closed my eyes and put my arms loosely around his head and pressed my lips onto his. I relaxed completely and then, we had to break apart. It was short, but it was my first kiss. And it was from Iggy!! I opened my eyes, still dreamy and dizzy. I took a glance at the door. I wouldn't be surprised if everyone had their ears pressed against the door, listening in. (Though there wasn't much to listen to.) Then Iggy and I slowly walked back and our hotel rooms. He dropped me off at my room and he whispered a goodnight as if to a lover. I didn't start blushing there because I already was. Then I closed the door and a slow creaking sound erupted from it. I placed my fingers to my lips, reassuring it wasn't just a dream. Then I collapsed on my bed, shut off my bed-stand lamp, and replayed what had happened. I replayed it all through the night until I fell asleep, into a world of similar dreams.

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OK! Wasn't that awesome! Everyone clap for Jwan! This is her first fully written chapter! Yay! Granted, it took forever for me to post but YAY! It was, as it usually is for the two of us, odd reading it over the phone, seeing as we aren't the kind of girls that talk about guys and gosh, you should see how red my face gets when I'm writing a love scene (a habit I'm just now getting into). It was very well written Jwan, props on your second-ever-that-you've-read-to-me love scene. I do not expect you to review this chapter, seeing as you wrote it but if you want to read everyone else's reviews to the chapter and respond to the reviews that makes more sense. In the next chapter I will explain what the heck is going on and how because yesterday I was thinking about the fanfic MR:Bloodlust and I suddenly noticed that the Deveann being an Eraser thing sounded way too much like it. That's when it hit me, I was like EPIPHANY!