-- Go Ascend With Ivy --
The flock survived Nudge's first period. Somehow. It was a close call, actually.
During one of the times when Max and Fang went mysteriously missing for half a day, Nudge was laying in awkward position watching TV and leaked blood on the couch. Iggy freaked out and hid in his room, leaving only Gazzy and Angel to deal with the mess and a nearly-hysterical Nudge. Somehow Angel managed to help Nudge get cleaned up and changed, while Gazzy tackled the disgusting task of trying to get the bloodstain out of the couch cushion. In the end he failed to get it all out, and resorted to the age-old tactic of flipping the cushion over.
By the time Max and Fang got home, the situation was mostly resolved. Except that the couch was still bloodstained and Iggy was still hiding in his room. Iggy only felt bad about hiding after Max yelled at him. And then he mostly only felt bad about it because it had caused Max to yell at him.
During dinner that night, Gazzy brought up the question, "Where were you guys today, anyway?"
"We were checking the perimeter," Fang replied.
Iggy would have bet anything that Fang had a shifty look in his eyes right now.
"Yeah, right. You were checking out Max's perimeter," Iggy muttered under his breath.
Apparently Fang heard him, because - even though he couldn't see it - Iggy could feel the death-glare Fang was now directing at him.
"Oh, don't deny it," Iggy said, loudly enough for everyone to hear him this time. "It's totally obvious that you and Max have been gettin' it on. I mean, why'd you think the kids started sleeping in MY room when they have nightmares?"
If this was a '90s anime, Max would have facepalmed. Duh. Of course that's why the kids stopped coming to her when they had nightmares. Fang was always in her room at night.
"Okay," Fang said. "Since there's obviously no point in trying to hide it anymore... Max is pregnant."
And here Iggy had been hoping they would both deny it, because that would have meant that he still had a chance with Max.
- tbc -