Ok, so Hayden gets a little emo, but you have to see where she is coming from.

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Ohgodohgodohgodohgod. What was going on to me? It felt like someone was taking apart my body and changing everything. Have you ever had that unbearable growing pain where it just burned and burned and would not go away? Well, imagine that a billion times worse. It felt like my bones were stretching and my back was killing me. I was so nauseous, and I wasn't exactly sure why. I moaned and tried to turn over so that some of the pain would go away, but I couldn't move. I could barely wiggle my fingers without almost passing out from the pain.

"Oh good, she's awake." I struggled to open my eyes and see who was talking.

"What…is…happening…to…me?" I barely gasped out.

"We're not exactly sure. The voice told me that you and Ashton are new experiments. They picked you out of billions of people because you were athletically built and were very healthy. The voice said that you were at extreme risk of dying because it wasn't sure how your muscles would be able to change with everything else. You are also incredibly short for your age. The voice isn't sure how easy life is going to be for you from now on." Max. Max was talking. She was still talking but I couldn't hear anymore. I gasped and blacked out as a new pain started up.

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I awoke in the middle of the night and I was actually able to move. I was sweaty and my hair was plastered to my forehead, exactly how my aunt looked after she gave birth to my cousin. Gross! My stomach growled. I hadn't eaten since the guy shot himself. I felt sick all over again thinking about it. With much difficulty I sat up and found myself on the family room couch. Ashton was on the other one. Occasionally, he would moan and turn over. I was astonished to see all six kids lying on the floor sleeping. And Total was curled up by Angel.

With even more difficulty, I sat up. I found the pain wasn't quite as unbearable today. I was mostly stiff by now. I stood up and headed toward my bathroom. I started running a bath. My thoughts were swirling around in my head, it was hard to think. Then, my stomach chimed in, demanding to get food this instant. I am an athlete, I am constantly eating and I hadn't eaten in close to eighteen hours. I was ravenous!

As I crept passed the dosing bird kids into the kitchen I noticed that Max wasn't asleep. I nodded in her direction and continued to the kitchen. I opened the fridge and without thinking started making a huge salad. I was practically drooling when I was done. I tiptoed back to my steaming bath with my salad. It was almost 6:45 am at that time so I just decided to turn on my radio.

Black dress, with the tights underneath…

I sang along in my head as I ate my salad. The warm bath was starting to ease my sore muscles.

She wants to touch me, woo ooh She wants to love me, woo ooh

She'll never leave me, woo ooh, woo ooh, ooh ooh

Don't trust a ho, never trust a ho

Won't trust a ho 'cause a ho won't trust me.

I couldn't help it, I regretfully thought of Ryan and Tracy. The night of Homecoming I was so excited. I loved Ryan, a lot. Obviously the feeling wasn't mutual because he went to go get punch and got Tracy instead. I was talking with my friends when I realized that Ryan hadn't come back yet. I turned towards the drink table and saw him sucking face with Tracy. Tears slid down my cheeks as they did every time I thought of him.

I was once in the 'in' crowd, and I hate to admit that I miss it. Mostly I miss Ryan. I don't think that I can ever love again, there's too much heartbreak involved.

When you see my face Hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell When you walk my way

Hope it gives you hell, hope it gives you hell

I smiled through my tears. This was the song that I used whenever I was around him. I would put on my 'ohmygod why did I waste my time with such a dick?' face. I wanted him to feel bad, but that never happened. He was always so sure of himself, he always knew what to say, always knew how to make me feel better when my parents were fighting.

"Are you feeling any better?" Max asked as she walked in without knocking. I blushed and went to cover myself up, I was laying in a bath after all.

"Sorry!" Max said quickly, turning away.

"You're fine." I sighed, "I'm achy, but otherwise I feel fine. It just feels like I had a massive workout yesterday."

"You have no idea. You were out most the time, but you and Ashton looked like you were going through hell."

"Yeah that's pretty much what it felt like."

"Um, I need you to turn around so that I can see you back." She said after awhile.

I did as she said. After a little while she hollered for Iggy.

"What do you want?" He asked groggily.

"Hayden, get some clothes on. We need to check out what happened to your body."

When I was fully dressed I showed them to my room and I hopped up on my bed.

"So is this like a physical?" I asked.

"If by physical you mean me physically touching you to see how your body is doing then yes." Iggy said. I did not like the sound of that. I didn't want him to touch me everywhere. That's just…*shudders*

Barely touching me he skimmed his fingers over my arms. I shivered at his touch. He took my pulse when he reached my neck.

"Her heart beat is the same as ours." He said grimly.

Then, he rolled me over and felt around my back.

"There are two bumps here and here," he said pointing things out for Max, "I can barely feel them, but they are growing. I don't know when her wings will be grown in, but I do know that she is in perfect shape for it. She is solid muscle and has been well fed her whole life. I think she is in better shape than we are."

"Fuck!" I muttered, "You're saying that I am growing wings?" Then the realization set in. How was I going to skate from now on? I felt so sick. Skating had been my life. I poured my heart into it when Ryan and me broke up, it was the only way I survived. It was the only way I lived. I was hyperventilating at this point to keep myself from crying.

"Calm down!" Max commanded and for some reason that bugged me. "You're going to get nowhere if you start blubbering."

Man, I was furious at this point.

"You have no idea what this is doing to me!" I shouted, lacing my voice with venom.

"Oh are you saying that I have no idea what it's like to have freakin' wings?" She shouted back.

I slapped her hard across the face. I don't think she was expecting that because she staggered backward and held her face. When she pulled her hands away there was a red handprint there. I congratulated myself in my head. The mighty Maximum Ride got a five-star from me.

"No you moron. I don't care how tough your lives have been. My life has been tough for me in my own way. My parents are constantly fighting. I am always ignored by them, ignored by everyone! The only way I have lived is through skating. My coach is more of a mom than my mom is! Do you not realize that having wings means that I can't skate for the rest of my fucking life? Why should I even bother living beyond this point? Obviously the incredible Maximum Ride is too stuck in her own world to realize what this is doing for me. Get your flock and get out of my house!" I screamed at her.

"Calm down…" I cut her off. I was speaking my mind for the first time in my life and it felt great.

"Get the fuck out of my house!"

Stunned, Max walked out of my room. Iggy followed close behind her muttering something about a catfight. Then instantly Angel was there.

"Hayden, I'm sorry. I don't know what it's like for you personally, but I know what my life has been like and it sucks. I'm sorry that you have been thrust into this awful mess, but I want to be friends with you. You are a good person and Max is just very controlling sometimes." Angel said very calmly.

"Angel you can stay. Everyone can stay but Max. I don't want to see her until she gets over herself." I said very quietly.

"Don't worry we'll work this out somehow." She said. And then she hugged me. That's when I burst into tears.

Yea! At least Angel knows how to calm down an emotional tennager.

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