I woke up, the smell of chocolate chip cookies filling my nose. I sat up and stretched noting that the sun was already out. I walked out of the room and saw my mother in the kitchen with Ella who, by the looks of it, had just woken up also. Ella was asking my mother why she was making cookies and my mother just said that today was a special occasion. Ella went back into her room to change giving a small huff at the fact that she didn't know why the cookies were being made. I walked into the kitchen and when she saw me my mother dropped what she was doing and came over to place a small kiss on my cheek. I let a small smile cross my lips. and after grabbing a small glass of water I sat down.
Once she took the cookies out of the oven and placed them on cooling racks to cool my mother came over and sat across from me.
"Max, I missed you" she said. I knew she was curious I knew she wanted to know what I had been doing. 'I saw you, you were all over the news" she said and at that moment I just couldn't hold it in anymore I told her the whole story from my flock leaving to the threats. I didn't leave out anything not the lives I had taken nothing. She didn't interrupt me, she just sat there silently holding my hand comforting me. Ella had come out of her room and when she saw the serious looks on mine and my mothers face, she silently sat down and grabbed the hand I had resting on my leg under the table. I refused to cry but I could not keep a perfect poker face like Fang.
After I ad finished my story it was almost three and my mother had to go to work. I nodded when she said she had to go and instead I made a resolve to talk to Ella, even when checking up on my flock I had neglected the only biological relatives I had left.
Ella and I talked for hours she talked about everything that had happened since I had visited them last. She told me that out Mother was still very sad that I had refused to stay with them. And without thinking about it first I said that I was considering staying with them this time if they still wanted me to. After saying it I was surprised just a couple days ago I was thinking of the pain this place inflicted on me but this time it was different this time the memories didn't cause me pain. Ella became ecstatic at this news she talked about going to school together and all of her friends. Talking to her made the hours pass quickly and when my mother got home Ella couldn't wait to give her the new that I would be staying. My mother looked surprised when Ella told her but she quickly got excited too although she refused to debate the issue of school she was adiment that I would be attending school.
After that Life was practically normal, we went shopping and bough clothes for me to wear to school. my mother had got my registration all set up. I would be starting school in no more then a week's time.
A week passed and I was getting ready for school. Ella had insisted on helping me by choosing my outfit and pulling my long blonde hair into a ponytail. As I sat there I thought about my flock, even with Ella and my Mother here something was still missing and I knew exactly what it was, my flock. I pushed the thought out of my mind, I refused to think of them, this was a happy day My life was finally going to be normal.
My mother drove Ella and I to school and when she dropped us off, much to my dismay, she placed a small kiss on each of our cheeks.
Since she was my half-sister, the school had decided to make Ella my escort. Ella brought me to my first period which was Math, great! I though to myself Math was never my strong suit. She lead me into the classroom and introduced me to the teacher. After introducing me to the teacher and making sure I didn't need anything else Ella left. I walked around the class looking at the posters on the wall I read the names of the students on the class, Nick, Kelly, Drew... I continued reading the names and looking at the work.
"Hello, Mr. Davis" I abruptly turned I knew that voice I would know that voice anywhere...
Fang.
