Chapter 3

The Explanation

Joe and I were waiting for our parents to finally explain. We were growing impatient and angry at the same time. Finally, spoke.

"OK. This took place when we were in college. We needed some cash. We saw a flyer that said if we do this experiment, you would get 200 dollars. We needed the money that bad. We signed up for the experiment."

"This experiment involved injecting bird DNA into an egg and see if it would develop." my mom said. "Out of 30 women, only 6 worked. By birth, though, only 2 stayed alive. You two. We both raised you until you were 3 years old. That is when Nick started doing Broadway shows. Your family moved to New Jersey so you could live closer to New York. We haven't seen each other since that day. Well until now."

"Oh. So you just let them turn us into FREAKS!" Joe said.

"They didn't tell us what they did to us until it was over." said.

"You know what?"Joe said "I'm going to try the wings out right now so I could fly far away from you for not telling me the truth."

"But..." said but was cut off by Joe leaving the room and flying away.

"I'll go find him."I said

I left the room and started flying too. It was INCREDIBLE!!" I eventually found Joe's scent and followed it. The scent lead to a high tree about three miles away from the house. Joe was crying and punching the tree at the same time. I went over to start comforting him.

When I got over there, I saw a dent in the tree. I put my arm around him and Joe started to talk while he was crying on my shoulder.

"I can't believe they didn't tell us about this."Joe said

"I know but you don't have to talk your anger out on the tree."I said pointing at the dent.

"Hahaha. You really know how to make a guy laugh when he is mad."Joe said.

"Really. I thought I was just acting stupid." I truthfully replied.

"No. You made me feel better." Joe said.

He was now smiling at me. I smiled back. It was hard not to smile back. He was just so cute. Then we were looking into each others eyes while smiling. I was the first to break to silence.

"Joe. Are you over the whole bird-kid thing yet?"

"Yea." Joe said "You know. I just noticed something."

"What?"I asked

"Your eyes are so beautiful!" Joe said

"Thank You."I said "You're really handsome yourself."

"Thank you"Joe said

Then we were looking into each others eyes again. He was holding me tighter now. He leaned in to kiss me. I leaned in too. Our lips are about to touch when Joe's phone starts to ring. It was his mom. He ignored it and went right back to my lips. Before I knew it, we were kissing. It felt so good, like it was meant to be. This was my first kiss. It lasted about a minute and a half. That is when Joe's phone started ringing again. It was his mom again. He answered it this time and he told his mom that we were on our way. We flew back. We flew slower now, taking in the moment. While we flew, we looked into each others eyes. He was truly beautiful, especially in the sunset. When we got back to the house, our parents were waiting for us. I knew Joe was in trouble. I felt so bad for him and I could see he was scared. I gave him a look to show that I was here for him. He smiled. We then landed and Joe awaited his punishment.