Chapter 8
Edward POV
We were sitting in the living room waiting for Max and Ella to come. Rosalie was still mad at me because I asked her if I could go with her to San Diego.
"Edward are you crazy asking her to go to San Diego with her. Do you know how sunny it is down there? You would sparkle in front of the world's richest person." Rosalie yelled at me
"Rosalie please we're vampires we can hear you" Alice said covering her ears.
"Rosalie I know we sparkle in the sun. I asked her so I could get the secret from Nino." I said
"Yeah right you know you're in love with her" she said sticking her tongue at me
"Am not" I said sounding like a two year old
"Are too" Alice and Jasper said. Great the emotions guy and the vision girl it must be true.
"Enough I hear Max's motorcycle coming up the drive way" Esme said. Carlisle got up to open the door.
Max POV
Me and Ella walked to the up to the Cullen's door that was opened by Carlisle. Why does he open the door before I get a chance to knock.
"Hello Carlisle" I said smiling sweetly "You remember Ella" she stepped out from behind me and gave a shy smile
"Yes I remember your sister. Won't you come in." he opened the door for us. We walked in and Alice rushed over to me giving me a bone crushing hug.
"Alice you're crushing me" I said and she let go and took a step back giving me a smile "Seriously I just saw you 20 minutes ago."
We walked into the living room where everyone was waiting.
"Hi Max" Emmett said like always
"Hi Emmett" I said smiling
Edward had that look on his face that said I'm reading your mind right now. I turned to Ella.
"Block your mind now" I said
"Okay" she said looking at Edward.
"She knows too" Esme asked
"Yeah she's smart for a human" I said
"Ha ha Max you know I'm smarter than you" Ella said sticking out her tongue
"Maybe" I said rolling my eyes "Oh yeah you never got introduced"
"Oh yeah"
"Ella this is Carlisle, Esme, Alice, Jasper, Emmett, Rosalie, and Edward" I said pointing out everyone.
Alice walked up to Ella. Oh no if they become close friends Alice will give Ella tips and she'll need someone to test it on and that will be me. The universe must hate me.
"Ella, Max and Edward told me you like clothes as much as I do" Alice said with hopeful eyes
"That's what everyone tells me" Ella said and Alice grabbed her arm and took her upstairs.
"Okay" I said walking over to Esme and taking out my photo album "I brought pictures just like you asked me to"
"Great I can't wait to see them" she said and we sat on the couch. Edward sat next to me like the stalker he is. Rosalie sat next to Esme. I opened the book and looked at the first picture. It was the first picture ever took of the flock. It was when we first escaped the school with Jeb. I turned the page because I couldn't bear to look at that picture. Normally I would have had 5 pictures per page but the first two pictures were special. The second picture was my favorite. It was a picture of me and Angel after we picked strawberries. Edward nudged me. I looked at him.
"You never told us her name" he said
"Yes please tell us about them" Esme asked with begging eyes. And to my surprise Rosalie nodded in agreement.
"Okay. Since you asked so nicely" I said turning the page to the individual pictures of the flock. "Everyone had their own special skills" the first picture on the page was Angel "Angel was the baby of the group. She was so sweet nobody could say no to her. She read minds and sometimes controlled them, talked to fish, breathed under water, and was able to change her appearance."
"What do you mean change her appearance" Edward asked
"She could change the way she looked like change her hair from blonde to brunette. Or change her eyes from blue to green. One time she made herself look like a bird."
"Why a bird?" Rosalie asked
"It fits our character" I said. Dang that's a clue maybe they won't notice.
"Was that a clue?" Edward asked. Damn all these smart vampires in this room.
"Yes I hoped you wouldn't notice that one." I said looking down at the pictures.
"Please continue" Esme said
"Okay the next is Gazzy. He was Angel's blood brother. He was the groups bomb expert. He could make a bomb out of anything. He always loved Angel as much as I did. I remember when Angel was kidnapped. He was so mad at me for making him stay behind so he wouldn't get hurt. He made my favorite Mickey Mouse alarm clock into a bomb." I shook my head I really loved that alarm clock.
"How did he learn that" Rosalie asked
"I have no idea" I said and Rosalie nodded "Moving on to Nudge. She was the motor mouth of the group. She would just talk for hours and hours on one topic that wasn't that important. She could hack into anything on a computer. FBI files, secret organization websites you name it she'd hack everything. She could also fix any car. Take it apart and put it back together in an hour. She was probably the most girly girl I've ever met." I sighed. My life has been super quiet without her. "Next is Iggy. He was blind but you probably wouldn't notice it. If we didn't have our secret he would have been the most successful. He also built bombs with Gazzy. Since he's blind he had a super scene of touch and hearing"
"I understand a better sense of hearing but touch please explain." Carlisle asked appearing out of nowhere.
"Okay Doctor. If broke my arm in 5 different places. He would know where and how serious it is by touching my arm. Or if I painted a wall with 31 different colors he could describe what it looked liked and which colors I used." I said
"Interesting. Was he blind at birth?" Carlisle asked. He is such a nerd.
"Eye surgery gone terribly wrong" I said
"How horrible" I heard Esme say taking my hand
"It couldn't be helped" I said "Last but not least is Fang. He was second in command. If I failed to my job he would take my place. He could blind into his surroundings like a chameleon. It really got annoying sometimes but I love them forever" We continued to look at the pictures and I noticed most of the pictures were taken with the birds of bats that taught us different things about flying. This could be bad.
"Your family seems to like birds a lot" Edward said. Damn you Edward every time I hope you won't notice something you do.
"Yeah they're majestic creatures. The way they fly in the air is so cool." I said
"Are those hawks trained" Esme asked
"Nope found them when we were camping in the mountains" I said
"They let you get close to them. How" I heard Carlisle ask appearing out of nowhere again
"I guess birds like me" I said flipping the page.
"Who's that" I heard Rosalie gasp
"My brother Ari"
I think I just died a little bit more on the inside. I forgot about the pictures of Ari. I almost cried when I remembered he died 2 years ago and tomorrow would make it 3. But I felt my sadness go away. Jasper.
"Thank you Jasper" I said giving a little smile
"You're welcome Max" I heard him say from somewhere in the house. I turned the page
"Why is there a picture of you puking into the water?" Edward asked. I looked at the picture. It was me puking into the water on the way to Antarctica on the Wendy k.
"I got sea sick on the way to Antarctica" I said as my phone rang "Excuse me" I got up and walked toward the wall that was made out of glass that I just noticed. No point of walking out side because they'd hear me anyways.
Cell phone conversation
Hello-me
Max my friend and his son are coming to check on you in a half hour-Jeb
Okay tell them not to come tomorrow or this weekend-me
Why not this weekend-Jeb
Nino wants me and Ella to visit him-me
Sure talk to you later-Jeb
Bye-me
End of conversation
I looked at my watch. It was 5:30. Dang time flies when you're looking at pictures. We got out of school at 2 so we were here for 3 hours. I could stay for a few minutes but I'll have to order pizza instead of Ella cooking. And it wouldn't take long for the pizza to come. I started to walk back to the couch when Alice and Ella came running down the stairs. Great they're probably going shopping.
"Max, Alice is the coolest she's taking me shopping tomorrow" she said. Of course she is.
"Of course she is. Why is it you go shopping when you make new friends?" I asked
"Force of habit" she said and shrugged
"Get your stuff we have to go home we're expecting guests" I said rolling my eyes
"Okay" She went back upstairs to get her bag. I walked back over to the couch and picked up my bag.
"Don't forget your pictures" Esme said holding out my photo album
"Thanks" I said giving her a small smile "Thanks for having me over"
"Anytime Max I enjoyed having you over" she said and gave me a hug. I heard Ella come down the stairs. I turned to her
"You ready to go?" I asked her. She nodded. I could tell she didn't want to leave. To tell the truth I didn't either. "Bye you guys I'll see you later" I said walking to the door. I heard several goodbyes as me and Ella left. Oh well I'll see them again. But not tomorrow I won't be going to school. Tomorrow is Ari's death anniversary.
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