AN: Here you go; another chapter. It didn't come out nearly as well as I wanted it to, but I don't really care, since I'm just writing to break my writer's block, which I've gotten again. :( It's becoming harder and harder to write these chapters. Anyways, I hope you like it, even ifI don't.

DISCLAIMER: Maximum Ride belongs to James Patterson.

CLAIMER: Any new plot ideas and characters in this story are mine, unless otherwise noted.

Chapter Twenty-Three

"Hey guys," Iggy said, raising his hand slightly in greeting. Serena stood by his side looking at the ground, refusing to meet our eyes.

I looked up at Fang, letting him choose what to do for once, since I had no idea.

"Nudge and Serena, go to Angel's room. Iggy, come with us," he said, walking over to the pullout bed and sitting down on it with me following behind him.

Nudge finally tore her eyes away from the couple and headed into her room, her eyes just beginning to water slightly. Iggy placed a quick peck on Serena's check, then she followed Nudge.

Iggy reluctantly headed over to us, sitting down in the chair.

"So, what's up?" he asked, twiddling his thumbs nervously.

"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Fang asked, cursing for the first time in a while.

"Fang," I warned, putting my hand on his knee to calm him down slightly.

"No, Max, let him finish," Iggy said calmly, leaning back in his chair and looking at the spot Fang's voice was coming from. "Please, Fang, go on. I just love to hear your rants."

Fang rolled his dark eyes. "What about Nudge?" he asked.

"Right, I'm going to ignore an amazing girl just because the girl who might as well be my sister has a crush on me."

"You should have talked to her. How do you think she felt when she realized that you spent the night with Serena?" I asked.

"Then I'll talk to her. It's really not that big of a deal."

"She was crying!" I said, glaring at the boy. "How could you hurt her like this?"

"It's not like I'm trying to hurt her! I'm not going to stay away from Serena just because Nudge has a stupid crush on me! She's three years younger; she'll get over it."

"Iggy, what are you doing? This isn't like you," I said. Fang sat beside me silently, knowing that if he spoke up he'd just yell again.

"I've never liked someone who liked me back before!" Iggy defended.

"Wait; did you like someone who didn't like you back?" Fang asked suspiciously.

"Kinda…" he mumbled, looking into his lap.

"Who? One of the million beach bunnies you made me describe?" Fang asked.

"No. It was Max." Fang's arm subconsciously wrapped around my waist, pulling me closer to him. "But I'm over it now, because I have Serena," Iggy quickly added, hearing Fang's defensive movements.

"Well, wasn't it hard to see me with Max before you had Serena?" Fang asked, his voice finally calm and understanding. He actually knew how it felt; he had had to see me with Sam for a while back at Anne's.

"Well, yeah, but…"

"That's how Nudge feels now! And you know that she feels this badly, and you're just ignoring her!"

"I'll talk to her," Iggy said, finally relenting. "But I'm not going to stop being with Serena. I care about her."

"We're not saying you can't be with her. You don't just go off and spend the night with someone you barely even know!" I said.

"It's not like we even did anything."

"So what? You guys need to slow down. She's only been with us for a few days," Fang reasoned.

"What do you have against Serena, anyway? You seem to trust Jayden. Well, Max does, at least, but since he keeps hitting on Max, it's not too hard to figure out why you don't," Iggy said.

"The Voice told us that we can't trust Serena," I answered, not liking being spoken about as if I weren't there. Besides, if I let Fang answer, he'd most likely start a rant about Jayden. Him becoming more talkative probably wasn't the best thing in the world.

"The Voice that's trying to kill you?" Iggy asked.

"Well…yeah…"

"Why would you believe it? It's most likely lying. Besides, if you're so worried about Serena, just have Angel check her over." Iggy suggested.

"Yeah, I guess," I said. I had completely forgotten about having Angel check the new kids over. Some leader skills there, huh?

"Anyways, it's getting late. I'll have Angel check them out in the air. Go wake Gazzy and tell him to meet us in the lobby for breakfast in ten minutes, 'kay, Iggy?" I asked, allowing him to get away from Fang and me and out lectures. He nodded and walked over to his bedroom to wake his pyro brother.

"I'll wake the others while you pack," Fang offered, walking over to the deadly silent girls' room. I nodded and grabbed our bags, quickly stuffing them with our belongings.

AN: So, what do you think? Was it as terrible as I thought it was? I pretty much knew what I needed to say, and just forced it to come out. It wasn't easy to write at all. :( Oh, well, please review anyway:P