The Angel Experience
By Holly-Batali
Disclaimer: If I really owned Max Ride, I would be signing books, not writing on fan-fiction. I do not own anything (except for Kat.)
Chapter 9: Caffeine
Apparently, the flock had a sort of phobia of public transportation, so they ended up walking everywhere. Which was fine with Kat; but Gazzy and Nudge whined the whole time.
"Max," Gazzy whined, slumping over as he lagged behind. "I'm tired."
"And I'm hungry," said Nudge. Max rolled her eyes. She had been fairly good about placating them--the first fifteen times.
"Gazzy, you slept in, plus you went to fell asleep before we did, so quit complaining. And Nudge--Nudge, we just stopped to eat twenty minutes ago!"
"But Max..." they chorused.
Kat led in front, with Iggy behind her, and then Max, Fang, Angel, Gazzy and Nudge. She rolled her eyes good-natured, and turned to Iggy. "Are they always like this?" she laughed.
"Yup." Iggy said nonchalantly. They were headed to a Starbucks--whatever that was--to do some research on Itex Seattle. Max had promised to show her how to use a computer, but she didn't see what good it would do though since she couldn't read.
When they finally arrived--after much whining and tarrying on Nudge and Gazzy's behalf's--they all sat down together at a cafe table. "Alright," said Max. "Orders anyone?"
"Oh, I want a large vanilla frappe," breathed Angel.
"Lots of muffins and a cappuccino," said Gazzy.
"Same," Nudge said.
"Just a decaf," said Fang in a bored tone.
"Anything with a ton of caffeine." Classic Iggy.
Max turned to Kat. "Kat, you want anything?"
"Um. I really don't know..."
"Oh!" Angel came over to Kat and whispered in her ear, "we're getting coffee. I highly recommend the frappe. But get caffeine. You'll need it. Tell, you what, Kat. You get a coffee, and I'll share my frappe with you, okay?"
Kat just nodded. "Okay, uh, sure thing Angel." Angel ordered for Kat, while the others started talking, mostly about how bad Erasers stink and whether dolphins or chimps were smarted than scientists. In the end, they agreed dolphins. But apparently, chimps were smarter than scientists too.
"Okay everyone," Max came back, arms laden with drinks and plates of cake and muffins. "Eat up." Everyone except Kat dug in to the plates while she sat back in her chair with a surprised expression on her face.
Angel came over to Kat with two muffins on a napkin and a tall plastic cup of some light brown beverage with some kind of white foam on top. "Here you go Kat." She set down the cup and muffins. "Drink up."
"Cheers," Iggy mumbled sarcastically.
Kat was instantly in love with the beautiful brown beverage and it's wonderful caffeine. She spent the rest of the stop drinking, going through three large cappuccinos.
"Um Kat?" Nudge giggled when they were on the road again.
"Yeah?" Kat asked breathlessly, hopping slightly up and down as she walked, her eyes wide and energetic.
"Have you ever had caffeine before?"
"Nopes. I've had hot mustard and sweet and sour sauce, and jalapeno peppers, but I've never ever had caffeine before. I don't think so, anyway. Does it always make you so happy and stuff?"
Nudge and Gazzy practically collapsed in giggles and Max snickered. "So," Max said in a slightly mocking tone. "When's the next coffee break? I need to know how much time we have to buy a straight jacket and some restraints."
Authors Note: Again, I'm sorry for the long delay. I'm going to try to fit in some more linguistics in here, so if you have any requests or advice, questions, comments, please contact me.