Fang

"Please, please, please, don't do anything embarrassing. That means you Gasman. And Iggy, no explosives. Nudge not too much. Okay? And Angel, please pretend to be an innocent little 6 year old. And NO wings. We're just 5 orphans who ran away." I don't like ordering them around but this was important. We have to PRETEND to be normal. Or try at least.

Iggy looked at me with a sour look. "But I just wanted to show Emily how I can make a deadly bomb in less than 5 minutes."

"Hahaha. That's funny. But no." Iggy had become close to that Emily girl. He asked her to the beach too. She seemed nice enough. But Abby was all I could think about. She was so easy to talk to. If I ever relaxed around her too much, I'd probably tell her all about my beautiful wings.

"I'm just happy that there is going to be more girls around here. I'll have to ask Abby if she likes my new shirt. I'm not sure if it's my color. Max would have-"

"Nudge." I interrupted. "Lets not talk about it. Okay?" But Iggy was close enough to hear my voice crack a little as I remember her.

"Hey, Fang. We could cancel. If you know, it's too soon. They'll understand."

"No." My heart broke at the thought of staying away from Abby more than I had to. I kept my voice strong this time. "I don't think that is necessary."

"Okay." Iggy seemed pleased not to have to cancel. He went back to picking up rocks and identifying their color.

"Hey!" A different voice called from behind me. I have excellent senses so usually no one was able to surprise me easily. But my mind was too full to hear her footsteps from 20 feet away like I normally could. I jumped.

"Oh. I'm sorry. We didn't mean to startle you." My blood ran thin as I looked at her face. Her hair seemed to be a beautiful light blonde with a mix of bark underneath. Her eyes looked happy and excited as they held to mine.

"Hey." I could feel the smile in my voice.

"Oh," I said as I realized I was staring and not paying attention to anything else besides her. I would have stayed that way but her eyes drifted to my flock. Always the curious one.

Iggy had moved so he could stand beside Emily and now they were side-by-side holding hands. I felt empty not holding her hand. I moved to her side too and lightly placed my hand in hers. "This is Tiffany Krystal, but you can just call her Tiffany." Nudge hopped over to us carrying a multi-colored rock.

"Hey!! Wow you are beautiful. It's so nice to have more girls around here. Me and Ang- I mean Ariel get so lonely living with 3 guys. Ugh!" I gave Nudge a look and she got quiet.

"Haha. It's nice to meet you. And I know exactly what you're, saying I have 2 step-brothers. They're horrible." Abby made a face.

"What? Come on, Tiff. I'm not that bad." I whined.

"Yes you are." Nudge smiled.

"Yeah. All brothers are the same. They are all pigs." Abby said still laughing at me.

"Yeah, Yeah. Let's not dwell on the bad." I mumbled.

"That's Ariel." I pointed at Angel who was now trying hard to make a sand castle and failing. She had a little pout on her face angry. "She's cute isn't she?"

"Aww. She's adorable. How old is she?"

"Six." Then Abby started to walk over to her. I tagged along not wanting to let go of her hand.

"Hey, do you want some help?" Abby asked. Angel looked up at her. Her eyes gleamed.

"Yes! Please." Abby laughed. Than Emily appeared still standing next to Iggy.

"I'll help, too." Emily smiled. I had to release Abby's hand like Iggy had so they could help with the sandcastle. Then the Gasman appeared.

"I wanna make one too!" The Gasman complained.

"You can help us too." Emily said.

"Yeah," Abby said cheerfully. "We will make a really big one. Like a mansion."

All of the kids' faces lit up. They loved doing different things that didn't include running away and fighting.

After about 10 minutes. They had built a big castle decorated with shells courtesy of Nudge. Then I grabbed Abby's waist and whispered in her ear.

"Hey, you wanna go for a walk?" Abby turned so her head was facing me and nodded her head, with a smile lighting up her face.