"All done," Mom said as her and Fang were walking out of the operation room. They had been in there at least three hours. I sighed and looked up. Fang walked normally out.
"You ready?" he asked calmly. He had no limp, and his steps didn't change at all. I nodded, and we stood up.
"Now it's time to get Jason!" Angel squealed. I nodded, and we all walked to the car.
"Mom, can you drop me off by the house? I want to get some stuff," I said quietly.
"Me too," Fang said quickly. She nodded.
"You too?" I asked once they drove off.
"Yeah. You heard me." He wrapped his arms around my waist. "It's not your fault, and you know it." I nodded.
"Yes it is." He smirked.
"If it's your fault about my leg, it's my fault about getting us there in the first place." I frowned.
"Fine. Okay. It's not my fault," I said giving in. He smiled.
"Thank you." I sighed.
"Does it hurt?" I asked curiously.
"What?" he asked. I rolled my eyes. "Oh. That. No." I nodded. "You want to see the scar?" I nodded, and he lifted up the leg of his pants to his knee. It was really long. Like from the ankle to right below his knee. I pouted.
"I bet that hurt," I said quietly. He nodded.
"Yeah." I kissed him.
"You almost made me forget. I needed to think without having a nine-year-old mind reader right beside me. What should we do? I mean, I don't want to save the world, again, but can we just forget?"
"We need somewhere safe to go." I nodded.
"Basically disappear off the face of the earth," I agreed. "We could all get new identities. Like my name will be…"
"Maxine." I grimaced. "Okay, how about, Allison. We'll call you Aly." I shrugged.
"As long as your name is Austin," I said poking his chest. He frowned.
"Why?" I shrugged.
"I don't know. I've always liked that name." He sighed.
"Fine, Allison."
"For now, it's Max," I corrected. "Let's think of new names for everyone else!" he grinned.
"Shouldn't they be here?" I shook my head.
"Nope."
"Okay. We'll call Iggy Leroy." I laughed.
"Yeah. Okay. How about something like Justin or something," I suggested. He frowned.
"You ruin all the fun," he whined. I smiled sweetly.
"That's what I do." He sat on the couch and pulled me into his lap.
"I love you," he whispered.
"I love you too. Oh. We'll call Angel Marie. And Jason—"
"I've always thought he looked like an Aaron." I nodded.
"Okay. So, Gazzy…we'll call him Avery." He just stared at me.
"Why?" I shrugged. "We'll call Nudge Amanda." I nodded.
"And Ella Lindsey."
"We'll call your mom Samantha."
"Let's call the dogs Fluffy and Fudge," I teased. Akila would be Fluffy. Total could pass as a Fudge since he was brown and black. He nodded.
"Get in here Fudge!" Fang yelled. Total walked in.
"Who the heck is Fudge?" he asked.
"You, dipstick," I snapped. He frowned.
"Huh?"
"We have to change our names, so your new name is Fudge. Your girlfriend's is Fluffy. Mine is…Austin." Total laughed and Fang took a deep breath. "Max's is Allison, Angel's is Marie, Gazzy's is Avery, Nudge's is Amanda, Ella's is Lindsey, and Iggy's is Justin.
"Val's is Samantha, and there will be a new kid. Start out calling him Aaron. No matter what they say his name is, it's Aaron. Okay?" Total nodded…Fudge.
"What's a good last name?" I asked curiously. Fang thought.
"Would it be better to be related?" I nodded.
"It would make it easier," I said quietly. He nodded.
"Okay. How about Davis?" That would work.
"Okay. Our dad was killed by a drunk driver," I added.
"Right. We'll get new bank accounts and everything." I nodded.
"Okay. We'll have to sell the cars, and basically get a new life," I said sadly. He nodded.
"In public, I won't be able to do this," he whispered before kissing me. Fudge mumbled something as he walked out. I stood up and pulled him in my room.
"Come here." He looked at me for a second, but then when I sat on the bed, he followed.
"What?" he asked blankly. I pushed him back on the bed.
"If you're going to get me pregnant, you better do it now, because if you don't, I can't say I was raped later. Then they would have an investigation. So, you've got two hours." He grinned and stood up.
"If you say so," he said before he shut the door. Thank God 'Fluffy' couldn't open doors.
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"Max, say I did just get you pregnant," Fang said as I pulled
on my shirt. I looked at him. "What are you going to put on the
birth certificate?" I thought.
"Well, for the mother's name, I'll have to put Allison Davis. Under the father's…I don't know. I guess I won't put anything." He nodded.
"Okay." I smiled and laid beside him.
"I would write your name on there, but what if it needs it's birth certificate for something?" I asked. He smiled.
"We could say we're married, and that they're all my brothers and sisters, except you. We'll say Nudge was adopted." I nodded.
"That works. Then I don't have to say I was raped." He nodded.
"Right." He kissed my nose. "I love you."
"I love you too," I whispered. We heard someone pull up in the driveway.
"Good timing, huh?" I nodded, and we both stood up. He put his hands on my hips, and we walked out of my room.
"Max, how are we going to do this?" Angel asked walking in. They had Jason…soon to be Aaron, with them.
"Hello Aaron," 'Fudge' mumbled.
"His name is Jason," Angel corrected.
"That's not what Austin said," he said simply before walking out. They all stared at him, and then me.
"What is he talking about?" Nudge asked. I sighed.
"Sit." They all did. "Our new last name is all Davis. We're all blood related. Except Nudge. I don't think we could pass with that one. Your new first names are, Iggy, Justin. Angel, Marie, Nudge, Amanda, Gazzy, Avery, Ella, Lindsey, Jason, Aaron, and Mom, Samantha. Oh Total and Akila are Fudge and Fluffy." They all stared at me.
"Whose brilliant idea were all of those names?" Iggy asked. Fang pointed to me.
"Mostly hers. I came up with hers, which is Allison," they all laughed and I nodded. "And Val's, Nudge's, and Jason's." They all stared at me.
"Iggy, you better thank me. Fang had said Leroy." His eyes shot open, and I nodded.
"Wow," Angel said, breaking the silence.
"So, we have to be related?" Nudge asked. I nodded. Angel had a worried look on her face.
"Max, I'm not so sure if that's a good idea," she said. "There's someone here who's pregnant." I froze. It worked? Fang rubbed circles on my back. I looked around, and Ella was biting her lip. She looked at Iggy, and he looked back at her.
"You don't think…" She shrugged. I gaped at them.
"Oh my gosh Ella, come here for a second, I have to show you something," I said in my tone she knew as we had to talk. She nodded and reluctantly followed.
"Is it you?" I asked quietly. She shrugged.
"I don't know. Maybe." I stared at her.
"You and Iggy have…but…no! It can't be you!" she stared at me.
"God I hope not, but why?" she asked. Angel ran in.
"I hate to ruin your talk, but it's both of you," she said quietly. We both stared at her, and then I took a deep breath.
"Thanks Ange. Now, please go." She nodded.
"Okay." She skipped out.
"How the hell are we supposed to tell them?" Ella asked, really panicked. I shrugged.
"When did you two…?"
"Last night. It was the first time," she answered honestly. "We actually didn't mean to. It just kind of got out of control."
"Like our first time," I said quietly. She sighed.
"So you know how bad this is," she said. I nodded.
"It would have been so much worse if I had gotten pregnant our first time," I muttered.
"Why?"
"I was kind of still married. When I went to talk to him, things kind of got out of hand." She gawked at me. She opened her mouth to say something, but Fang and Iggy ran into the room.
"Which one of you is it?" Iggy asked quietly. I sighed and pointed to Ella, who was pointing to me.
"Both of you?" Fang asked, clearly stunned. They were staring at us. We nodded.
"Shit!" Iggy exclaimed quietly. Fang nodded.
"When did you get pregnant?" Ella asked. I sighed.
"Does it matter?" I asked, fake laughing, trying to get her to drop it. She nodded.
"Yes, because we need to know when it will be here!" I looked at Fang and he was staring at the floor.
"Twenty minutes ago," I whispered. She nodded.
"Damn it! They're going to come at the same time!" she said, breathing heavy. I nodded.
"About the same time. I hope and pray neither one of us has twins," I said, trying to brighten the current shitty mood. I took a deep breath.
"When did you get pregnant?" Fang asked, pointing to Ella.
"Last night," Iggy muttered. He nodded.
"This is going to suck!" I whispered. "Two babies in the same house. Oh! I've got it!" they all looked at me, and then, I think they got it, because they smiled.
"Do you really think your mom is going to let us move into our own house when we're only seventeen and sixteen?" Iggy asked. I shrugged. Ella had just turned sixteen a few months ago. March, actually.
"I don't know, but she'll at least let us by the time I'm eighteen, and that'll give us around two months until time," I said, cursing to myself in my head. Fang took a deep breath.
"When do we tell everyone?" he asked quietly. I sighed.
"Angel probably already has," I pointed out. He nodded.
"Either that or they suspect it by the way we all four conveniently walked out right after she said something about it," Iggy muttered. I nodded.
"True. Let's just go see," I said slowly. My breathing got really heavy. Me, Fang, and Iggy were supposed to be the ones the Flock looked up to. We were the three oldest, and soon we're all three going to be parents!
"We have to get married soon," he whispered in my ear.
"Now how are we supposed to get him to sign the papers?" I asked quietly. He shrugged.
"Kill him. That way, we don't have to."
"There's a thought," I said enthusiastically.
"Max, Ella, talk, now!" Mom said glaring at both of us. We both were silent.
"Either way, there is a chance it was both of you. We just want to know which one it is!" Nudge pleaded. We both looked at each other, and then we both raised our hands slightly.
"Both of you!" Gazzy exclaimed. We nodded.
"You…I…what am I supposed to do?" Mom asked, breathing really heavy. I bit my lip. Like I was supposed to know! I sighed and looked at Fang. He shrugged.
"What do you want me to do?" he defended. I sighed and thought.
"I…don't know." I took a few deep breaths.
"How are we supposed to live with two babies? One was loud enough, but two?" Mom asked. I smiled.
"I have an idea," I said happily. Fang looked at me.
"You were serious?" he asked, stunned. I nodded.
"Yeah." Mom looked at me.
"You aren't going to get an abortion, are you?" I shook my head.
"God no. I…no. Neither one of us are. That wasn't my idea." I looked down.
"What was then?" Mom asked, curiously looking at me.
"I'll tell you later," I promised.
"Uh…okay." I think she was happy, upset, and excited at the same time.
"Okay everyone, get one bag ready of stuff. Only one bag," I said firmly. They nodded.
"So only put the stuff we really want to keep?" Nudge asked. I nodded.
"Only get one extra outfit," Mom said quickly. "We'll go shopping once we get there." I nodded, and we walked off to our rooms.
"So, we're seriously going to just leave our boxes here?" Fang asked as him and me were taking our one bag out to the car. The one we had a piece.
"No. One bag and the boxes," I said turning to face him. He nodded. He sat me down in the back of the SUV. He brushed my hair behind my ears, and he kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck, and I pulled him closer.
"That's smart. It worked," he whispered. I nodded, and he kissed me again.
"Um…" Ella said behind Fang. He pulled back and turned around. I smiled.
"Excuse me," Iggy said putting his and Ella's bag in the SUV. Fang frowned.
"You're trying to get me in trouble, aren't you?" he asked, crossing his arms. Iggy smirked.
"No. I'm just trying to help out the mother of my child out," he said innocently. Fang frowned.
"Well, maybe…I am too!" he defended. I smiled.
"Yeah. I see how playing a game of tonsil hockey is helping her out," Iggy teased. I laughed. Ella sat beside me. This was getting funny.
"Well, I'll just take the mother of my child and go!" Fang said, kind of loud. He pulled me to where I was on his back. He was giving me a piggyback ride. Iggy frowned and did the same thing. He got up right beside Fang.
"Ella, I think we might have a competition on our hands."