Ladies and Gentlemen, good evening and welcome to chapter number 10 of "Maximum Ride: Trust". I hope you enjoy it and I would really appreciate it if you'd review. Please and thank you. Enjoy the chapter.
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Angel moaned and groaned miserably and all I could do was look down at her on the guest bed she was lying on in Jane's house. I didn't know what to do. None of us have ever really been sick before. Poor Angel. She must feel absolutely horrible.
"Alright, dearie, this'll make your headache better," Jane said, walking towards Angel with a damp wash clothe in her hands. She placed it on Angel's forehead and tucked in her blankets a little. I watched her do all this and wished I was the one who was helping her out. I hated it when my flock needed me and I was completely useless. It bugged me so much.
"You have nothing to worry about, Max."
I looked down at Michael, who was giving me a small smile. "Mommy use to be a nurse with Daddy so she knows what she's doing. Ariel will be up and at 'em in no time," he said in a chipper tone. I gave him a smile and ruffled his dark brown hair.
"Well, it looks like Ariel is going to be sick for quiet a while," Jane reported, looking over at me and everyone else. "Where do you all live? I can drop you and Ariel off at your guys' house."
Oh, crap! What do we do now? Okay, Max. Think, think, think!
"Um, our parents aren't really with us ma'am," Miles told her. I looked over at him surprised. "You see, we're actually orphans. We don't have any parents. We're all the family we have," he said in a cracked voice that sounded like he was about to cry.
"Oh, I'm so sorry," Jesse cried, wrapping her arms around Miles, making me clench my fist tightly in anger.
That little dunderhead! Who in God's name is going to believe that story?
"Well, if it's okay with you guys, I'd be honored if you all stayed here until Ariel gets better and we'll also try to find a home for you guys," Jane offered.
"Oh, yes! We have plenty of rooms! Please stay!" Jesse begged, looking up at Miles. "I mean, if it's okay with you guys I guess. I don't really care if you stay or not," she said, changing her emotions from happy and begging to not really caring.
Fang looked over at me and gave me a look that said it was up to me to decide. Miles gave me the same look and I looked over at the flock, who were waiting patiently for me to answer.
I sighed and then looked up at Jane. "I guess its okay. We have no where else to stay."
Everyone cheered happily, especially Jesse, while Jane made a loud "Shhh!" noise and pointed at Angel, reminding everyone that she was trying to rest.
"Alright, let's leave Ariel alone and show everyone where they'll be sleeping tonight," Jane said, guiding everyone out of the room where Angel was obviously going to sleep tonight. Jane motioned us all to head upstairs and we did. Crap. I really wanted the room I was going to sleep in be close to Angel's, but mine was upstairs while hers was downstairs in between the dinning room and TV room. Damn.
"Okay, we have four free guest rooms and ten people," Jane informed. She then turned towards us and stood akimbo. "So, how're we going to do this?"
I turned around and looked at my flock and Miles' flock, thinking about how we were going to do this.
"How 'bout, to start, Min, I mean Michelle and Daniel will share a room," Miles suggested. I looked at him as if he were crazy. Pairing up two kids that were the opposite sex. He noticed the look I was giving him and whispered to me, "They're the only ones who are actually related."
I raised my eyebrow in confusion.
"They're actual cousins," Miles told me. I nodded my head. No wonder they looked kind of the same. I knew they had to be related in some way.
"Ah, man. I wanted to bunk with Daniel," Gasman whined. I gave him a smile that told him 'sorry' and rubbed his back comfortingly. "Tell ya what; you can bunk with Nick and Jeff. That okay?" I asked.
I looked up at Fang and Iggy, who were waving their hands and shaking their heads, mouthing the word 'no'. I couldn't help but crack a smile. They didn't want to deal with Gazzy's little 'surprises'. At least when we were on the run and sleeping outside, Gazzy's little 'surprises' quickly mixed in with the air and drifted off, so you couldn't really smell anything, but these guys were going to be in a room with him, where it'll kind of take a while for the smell to disappear.
"I'm sure they'll be very happy to share a room with you," I said, an evil grin on my face.
Gasman turned to Fang and Iggy, who immediately stopped waving their hands and shaking their heads once he turned and then turned back to look up at me with a smile on his face. "Okay."
Hehe. I'm so evil.
"Alrighty then. So if Nickand Jeffare sharing a room with Zephyr, then I guess Calvin and I will share a room," said Miles.
"Then that leaves Katie and Tiffany-Krystal with me," I said, looking down at Kat and Nudge to make sure it was okay with them. They both nodded in approval.
"As long as Tiffany-Krystal doesn't talk in her sleep, I'm cool," Kat said.
"Hey!" Nudge gave her a glare while Kat gave Nudge a small punch on her right shoulder, letting her know it was a joke.
"Okay then," Jane said, clasping her hands together. "For the girls, Jesse and I will be honored to lend you a few pajama clothes and for the boys . . . well, I'm sure Michael's pajama's will fit Zephyr and Daniel, but I don't really know what to give you four." She looked over at Fang, Iggy, Conner, and Miles.
Miles gave her a smile. "It's okay, ma'am. Thank you very much."
Jane smiled and looked up at Jesse. "Jesse, dear. Would you mind and find some pajamas for Nudge, Kat, and Mini?"
Jesse nodded her head and showed the three girls where her room was at.
"And I'll lend you some clothes, Max," Jane said, motioning me to follow her to her room. I did and looked back at the rest of my flock.
"I'm sorry we don't have any clothes for you guys," Jesse said, looking up at Miles with a disappointed look on her face.
Miles gave her a smile and looked into her dark brown eyes. "It's okay. We're just honored that you let us stay in your lovely home." He grabbed hold of Jane's hands and brought them close to his face, looking deeply into her eyes. "We can't thank you enough," he said in a low whisper, giving her a wink with a sly grin on his face making Jesse's face turn redder than it's ever been before and start hyperventilating a little. God, it seemed like she was having a heart attack.
That cocky little son of a—word-that-stands-for-'female dog'-that-I-don't-have-the-heart-to-say!
There's that jealousy again, Max. I'm telling you, you're heart is starting to grow on Miles.
Yes, it is. I like Miles, but as a friend
Sure you do, Max. Sure you do.
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It was midnight. Exactly midnight, and I couldn't get a wink of sleep. I hated when things like this happened. When you had a rough day and just want to hop into bed and enjoy the wonderful feeling of sleep, but end up having a really hard time actually falling asleep. For those of you who don't have nights like this, I desperately need to be you right now.
I groaned and whined, stirring restlessly on the pull-up bed Jane put in here, staring up at the ceiling in the guest room I was sharing with Nudge and Kat. I looked over at the bed they were fast asleep on and heard the faint sounds of their snoring, their breaths still and their eyes closed. How could those two sleep so peacefully and soundly?
Just when I felt like I was going to scream at the top of my lungs, I decided to get out of bed and walk around the house in the dark. That's what most people do when they can't sleep, right? (A/N: Well, that's what I do when I can't sleep.)
I pulled the blankets off of my body and got up from the pull-up mattress, tiptoeing across the room without Nudge or Kat waking up. I managed to get to the door without making a sound and slowly, turned the handle, walking out the room.
I looked over at the hallway and almost gave myself a heart attack when I saw a figure standing near the window at the far end of the hallway. I took in a deep breath. It was only Miles.
"Miles," I called over in a whisper.
He turned and gave me a smile. "Hey, Max."
I started walking through the hallway. "What are you doing up?" I asked.
Miles smirked. "I could ask you the same question."
I gave him a small glare but then smiled. "I was having one of those nights again. You know, where you want to go to sleep but are having a really hard time doing so."
He nodded his head. "Me too. Its times like these I really wish I had Nyquil."
I laughed. "We should raid Jane's bathroom and see if she has any in her medicine cabinet." I smiled, but Miles just looked out through the window, staring up at the luminous moon and shinning stars. I looked at his emotionless face, which reminded me so much of Fang's and then asked him what was wrong, but before I could, he started to say something.
"December 14," he said in a low whisper. "12:03. At this exact time and day, Jeb helped me and my flock escape the School a year ago." His jaw tightened. I looked down at his hands and saw that he was clenching his fist so tight you could hear the faint pops of his muscles.
"Miles." I tried to get his attention, but he kept his gaze on the moon. He then slammed his right fist on the wall next to the window, making a loud banging noise that made me flinch.
"You idiot!" I yelled in a faint whisper. "Did you forget that everyone is asleep?"
"Do you know," he started to say. I looked up at him with my brown eyes and saw the empty, serious look on his face. "do you know, how much it hurts having people talk trash about the one you care about?" he asked. "I know what Ari said is a bunch of bull, but it still makes me wonder if Jeb really did free us because he cares about us, or because he was sick of us like what Ari kept on saying."
He turned his gaze away from the moon and looked into my eyes. "I mean, he helped you guys escape, but now he's sending Erasers after you guys. What if that starts happening to me and my flock? What if Jeb really does let Ari start sending Erasers after us?"
I gave him a look that showed I was really sorry for him and that I knew what he was going through. I placed a comforting hand on his right shoulder, which made him look deeply at me and I did the same to him. "I know its hard having someone you care about betray you. I felt terrible when Jeb let Ari and his Erasers take Angel away from us. And to believe that he actually let the whitecoats experiment on Ari and turn him into an Eraser. His own son."
Miles gave out a sigh and ran his fingers through his jet black hair. "I don't know what to do now, Max," he said. "I guess what Ari said was true. It's not going to take long for Erasers to start coming after us, now that Ari told him about us." Miles gave one last groan. "I just wish I could give that bastard a piece of his own medicine."
I looked at the hurt/angry look on Miles' face and couldn't help but feel sorry for the guy. I knew exactly where he was coming from and knew all the pain he was going through. I hated it and just wish there was some way I could make him feel better.
"Well, I'm not that fond with solving your problems with violence," I told him. Yeah right. "but when it comes to the Erasers, the School, Ari, and Jeb, I guess I can make an exception. I promise, Miles. Once we get to the School, we're going to show what happens when you mess with people like us."
Miles gave me a smile. "Now that's what I'm talking about," he said happily as he raised his hand, waiting for me to give him a high-five. I smiled and slapped his hand with mine.
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Well, that's the end of that chapter. I hope you liked it. I'll post the next one soon. Maximum Ride rules! Peace and in the words of EdwardAddict, reviews are loved! Oh, and Merry Christmas to you all!