I'm sorry it's been so long. I try but I haven't been in the writing mood lately. I'll try to update again soon. -Sugarx123
As soon as the bell rang, once again causing me to jump, we were outta there. We flew to the middle and elementary schools to pick up Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel. Then we headed off to our lovely campground.
We ate the last of our food supple and I sighed, knowing we'd have to go to the store tomorrow and use even more of our quickly dwindling pile of cash. Oh well.
Before the Flock went to bed, I had first watch, we all stacked-and-tapped. They headed off to bed and I got into position for watch.
It was time to wake Fang up for his watch. I sighed and stood up. The contents of my stomach swirled and I ran to a bush before crouching and puking my guts out. This must have woke Fang up. He was there, holding my hair and rubbing between my wings, in two seconds flat.
When my moment was over I sat up and wiped my mouth. I opened my eyes and grimaced before I turned my face to Fang. He looked at me questioningly. I shrugged and leaned into him, placing my head on his chest. He wrapped me in his arms and kissed the top of my head.
"It's going to be okay" he said.
And that made it all better.
When I woke up, I realized two things.
The bad thing, we had school again.
The good thing, it was Friday. This, of course, meant I didn't have to go to school tomorrow and deal with that stupid bell ringing all day. Yay!
My first two hours passed swiftly with me jumping every time the bell went off, again.
We walked into biology and sat down in our seats. Class started and I tried my best to ignore the teacher. When my paper landed on my desk I was actually surprised. I must be losing my touch. Well at least I got and A. The only points I got off were for spelling.
"Ms. Martinez, could you come here please? Bring your paper" Mr. So-and-so said. I stood up with my paper and walked to his desk. I threw a glance over my shoulder to Fang who merely shrugged. Ig had tensed when he heard my name.
"What's up" I started, trying not to sound nervous.
"Ms. Martinez, you had an excellent paper but I have to ask where you saw all these hybrids."
"Umm. I didn't really see them. My parents just passed on their knowledge to us."
"Well maybe I should meet these parents."
"You can't, they're out of town. Camping. We're supposed to meet them tomorrow morning at the site."
"Okay then. I will meet them sometime, though, correct." He said it as more of a statement but I answered anyways.
"Yea." I nodded and headed back to my desk.
"Mr. Brandon will you come up with your paper please?" Fang looked at me. I rolled my eyes and he grinned before walking up to the teacher.
By the end of the class he had called up Iggy too. We all said basically the same thing, thankfully.
School passed by quickly, with me jumping at the beginning and end of every class.
At the end of the day we split up. Fang went and got the kids. Ig and I went to the grocery store.
Ig and I were walking through the aisles getting enough food to last a month for a regular human. It would probably be gone in a week.
I wasn't paying attention when I turned a corner and crashed into another cart. Iggy burst out laughing behind me. I sighed and crouched down, trying to gather everything that fell out of my cart. I picked the last grocery up and stood. Someone cleared their throat.
"I believe that's mine." I looked up to see that guy from biology.
"Hey you're Chris, right?"
"Yea." "Hold that thought." I turned around and smacked Iggy in the back of his head. Then I turned back to him.
"Go ahead."
"Why did you just smack him?"
"He was calling attention to us. He was being too loud."
"Oh, well um, can I have my stuff back?"
"Yea, here." I handed him his stuff and he walked away.
"Well I better warn Fang about him" Ig said. I smacked him again and we headed to checkout. When we got up there, Chris and two other people, a girl and a boy, were standing there.
"Oh, hey guys. This is my brother, Wyatt, and my sister, Prue. This is Max and her brother Derek. They're in my biology class." When Chris finished introducing us I looked over at them. Some animalistic instinct told me they were… different.
"Do I need to talk to Bianca about this?" Wyatt said jokingly. I winced and glared at Iggy when he opened his mouth, temporarily forgetting his blindness.
"That's exactly what I said. See Max. I'm not the only one who thinks this needs to be mentioned to Jim." This earned him, yet again, another smack.
"You know if we ever get stopped you're going to have to explain all the bruises" he said before rubbing his head. I just smirked.
"Does this happen often" I heard Prue say.
"Only when he gets on my nerves so… yes. It does."
"Next please!" we heard the cashier yell. They started unloading their cart.
"See you guys tomorrow!" Chris yelled as they walked away. We waved.
When the cashier finished we pick up our bags and headed outside. I did a quick 360 and we walked toward the forest. After checking around one last time we took off, flying back to our campsite.
We landed and were quickly overcome by hungry flock members.
"Guys! Let them up" Fang shouted. The kids quickly dispersed. I jumped up and set the bags down in a pocket in the dirt. Fang walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. I turned in his arms, put mine around his neck, and laid my head on his chest.
We just stood there for a while. I was slowly relaxing after a day of school followed by a trip to town for groceries.
"Better?" I sighed and nodded.
"Yea. Better."
"If school is affecting you that much, we don't have to go."
"I know but the kids really want to and I can't do that to them. Besides, we all need a wider variety of education. I don't want them growing up like we did." He sighed and looked down at me.
"I know what you mean. They can still go though. We can stay here."
"But we can't do that to Iggy either. We can't send him there alone." He sighed again knowing he wasn't going to win.
"You know for someone who doesn't want to go to school you sure put up a hard fight."
I smiled up at him. He leaned down and kissed me. My smile widened before I kissed him back. We broke apart but kept our foreheads touching.
"I love you" he said. I smiled.
"I love you too." His face broke into a smile, instantly brightening my day. We heard some bell-like chiming and my face screwed up in confusion. When a twig snapped we both instinctively tensed and faced where it came from.
"What now?" I muttered my breath.
This couldn't be happening. We just started our lives; they couldn't do that to us. I looked at Fang, panic in my eyes. He shook his head slightly. No erasers.
"We know you're there!" he shouted.
"Come out, come out, where ever you are!" I yelled.
We heard a sigh and more twigs break before someone stepped out of the shadows.
"Hey guys. What are you doing here?" Chris stepped into the light and I relaxed slightly, glad he wasn't and Eraser but wondering why he was here.
"We were just going for a walk" Fang said, once again coming to my rescue.
"Well then why are there groceries behind you?"
"You know, Chris, you shouldn't dig into other people's problems. You might end up hurt." Fang took a menacing step forward.
"I think I can take care of myself" Chris said and made the mistake of taking a step toward Fang. You see, in the animal world this would be considered a challenge. We've been trained to be animalistic when it comes to stuff like this.
Fang could tear him apart.
This would not be good.
"Jim. Come on. He doesn't realize you could kill him if you wanted to. Don't ruin this for the kids." Fang closed his eyes for a minute before picking up the groceries, giving me a look, and walking back to the Flock.
I sighed, threw a look at Chris, and followed him. When I got there I looked around. Angel was talking to Total. Nudge and Gazzy were arguing about one thing or another. Iggy was cooking.
It took me a minute to find Fang. He was sulking in the shadows, only half visible. I sighed and walked over to him. I sat down next to him and laid my head on his shoulder. He laid his head on mine and sighed.
"I'm sorry. I shouldn't have done that. There's just something messed up about him" he said.
"I know." I sighed and closed my eyes.
"Maybe we could take a couple days off next week. For our sakes" I said quietly.
"Yea" he said simply.
"Dinner's ready!" I stood up and walked over to the fire, him following shortly behind me. All I could think was…
Thank God it was the weekend.