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Time for a break

Chapter 4 Surprise Answers

Fang glanced down the lane, that he had watched Max disappear down over an hour ago, for what felt like the umpteenth time. 'Where is she, and when will she get back? I know she wanted us to stay here but I want to go after her,' Fang thought as he glanced at the empty road yet again. Fang smiled, 'Iggy definitely took Max's words to heart.' They had stuff piled all around. When they had finally finished and had headed to the check out Fang had decided that Iggy must of gotten at least one of everything in the store. 'I can't believe that two hundred wasn't enough. Iggy had to put back two things he said were just extra luxuries.

"When is she going to get back?" Gazzy complained just as Fang spotted Max in the distance.

"She's back!" Nudge cried as she raced out to meet her with a million questions, "Max, where did you go? What did you do? Why were you gone so long? …" Nudge trailed off when Max held up her hand for silence.

"Come on guys! I have a surprise," Max said picking up an armful of grocery bags and setting off at a ground eating pace.

"Whoa guys, what is going on? Don't forget to fill in the blind guy," Iggy stated.

"Max came back, but didn't tell us anything, and now she's hurrying off. We have to hurry or we'll loose her," Gazzy told Iggy as he grabbed his own load of bags and led Iggy along after Max.

"Angel, where did you go?" Nudge asked running with bags in both hands to catch up.

"Max told me not to tell yet," Angel replied as she skipped along squeezing Celeste to her chest.

"You will absolutely love it," Total yipped running after Angel.

Fang scooped up the remainder of the bags and joined the flock rushing to see Max's surprise. Max led the way down the footpath and finally she began to slow.

"Why are we stopping?" Iggy asked when he crashed into Gazzy, who had stopped suddenly.

"We're here." Max said with a flourish toward the beautiful cabin that stood proudly in front of the flock, "Surprise!"

"Oh, it's beautiful," was all Nudge could say. She was speechless for the first time in her life.

"Gazzy, can you describe it to me?" Iggy asked with a slight frown.

"It is huge Ig! More like a house than a cabin. I don't really know how to describe it," Gazzy said slightly exasperated.

"This place is amazing. On our secret mission Angel, Total, and I went to rent a cabin. Mabel said this would be perfect but I was still shocked when we got here. I definitely did not expect anything like this. It is nestled in a small clearing within this wonderful grove of trees. Looking at it you wouldn't think that just on the other side of those trees you will find a beautiful, sandy beach and the wide open ocean. This place is nice and secluded here. We will have all the privacy we need. Oh, and wait till you get inside," Max said grinning with pride.

Angel grabbed Nudge and as she dragged her in side she said at almost Nudge speed, "Guess what! We get our own rooms! They are a bit small but there are six and every two are connected. We figured it all out. There's Max then Fang, Iggy and Gazzy, you and me. My room is all pink! See this door here," Angel was pointing to a door in the right wall, "this opens into your room."

"This is awesome! I have my own room but we are still close together," Nudge exclaimed, her speechlessness finally going away.

"Ig, this is so cool," Gazzy said as he led Iggy into his room. The bed is over here and you have a closet. There's a window if you want a breeze and this door opens into my room."

"Hey you two, don't even think about hiding any explosives in those rooms! You will not accidentally blow this awesome place up!" Max yelled at them.

"Let's go check out this kitchen and put the food away." Iggy said.

"Okay."

"Wow! There is a fridge with a freezer and tons of nice dishes, pots, and pans," Iggy said while everyone else unloaded their bags into the fridge or the many cupboards. "Tonight I am going to cook something extra special!"