"What are you four doing?" Mom asked once we managed to get in the door. Fang beat Iggy to it. They put me and Ella down, and we burst out laughing. She looked confused.
"I think they are going to be like this for a long time," I said, after I quit laughing. They both nodded.
"It's sweet," Ella said. We looked at them and walked off together.
"'He's gorgeous!'" I mocked. She rolled her eyes.
"Tell Iggy I said that, and I will kick your skinny white ass," she said, playfully shoving me. I scoffed.
"Oh, you will? I think I can take a weak, little, bitch," I said emphasizing bitch. She pretended to be hurt, but then shoved me again. Fang and Iggy burst through the door. I shoved her back. Iggy playfully shoved me.
"Don't hurt her!" he protested. Fang shoved Iggy.
"Don't hurt her!" he exclaimed. Iggy hit his chest.
"Bring it, buddy!" Fang laughed.
"Okay." They tackled each other. Ella and me just stood by each other and watched as they playfully beat each other up.
"What are they doing?" Nudge asked, walking in my room. We laughed.
"Defending the mother of their children," we said in unison. She smiled and walked beside us.
"So, are you happy?" she asked. We nodded.
"Yeah. I was scared at first, but Iggy talked me through it," Ella said happily.
"Oh! You hear that? I talked her through her fears!" Iggy remarked. Fang rolled his eyes.
"I did what she told me to! I got her pregnant when she told me to! So, there!" he retorted. I looked at Ella and nodded. We walked in between them.
"The mothers of your children say to stop!" I ordered. Ella nodded.
"Okay," they said in unison. Nudge laughed. Iggy shot Fang the bird.
"Oh wait, that's Max's job!" he teased. I gaped at him. Fang rolled his eyes.
"You know, normally right now, I would say go fuck yourself, but you're probably already going to," he said simply before grabbing my hand and walking me out. Iggy stood there glaring at him.
"You know, it doesn't have to be a competition, and that's my room!" I reminded him. He grinned.
"You can stay in mine," he said sweetly. I rolled my eyes. "I have to have someway to keep my eye on you twenty-four/seven." I sighed.
"Part of the competition," I said blankly. He nodded.
"Yep. Iggy said he could watch Ella more. I'm so going to prove him wrong!" I sighed. This was going to be bad.
"Guys, is everyone ready to go?" Mom asked. It was dark, midnight, like we had planned. We had put all six boxes and all nine bags in there too. Akila got to bring her chew toys. Total didn't have any.
"Yes," I said quietly. Fang grabbed my hand and walked with me out to the car. He opened the door for me. Was this another part of his competition? Probably. I sighed and got in.
"Max," Ella said from the backseat. Her, Iggy, and Gazzy were in the backseat. Fang, Angel, Jason, and me were squeezed in the middle. Nudge and Mom were up front. Akila was with Nudge, and Total was in Angel's lap. Fang had put me on the outside so I wouldn't be as squished. Ella was on the outside too. She was directly behind me.
"Yeah?" I asked quietly, turning to face her. She smiled and gave me a we-have-to-talk-soon look. I nodded and turned back around. Fang smiled at me. I laid my head on his shoulder.
"Max, we need to get new bank accounts made, right?" I nodded.
"Yeah. We need to sell the car too," I whispered. She nodded.
"Or we could just leave it there," Nudge suggested. I shrugged.
"I guess." I was silent. Fang noticed.
"Are you okay?" he whispered in my ear. I nodded, but he rolled his eyes. "What's wrong?" I sighed.
"I'll tell you later," I promised. He reluctantly nodded.
"Okay. We're going to stop at a hotel tonight," Mom announced. We all nodded. No one was talking much.
Why were these two being so stupid? I mean, having a competition? Boys will be boys. To think, they're going to be eighteen soon. I guess it's men will be men. I think.
Why did I still see them as boys? They were definitely not boys, or just guys. They were men, no doubt about it. Was I afraid of everyone growing up? That's definitely it.
"Max," Mom said from the front seat. I had been staring out the window. I felt a tear on my cheek. I hadn't noticed that. I wiped it away. "We're here." I nodded and got out. Fang grabbed my hand.
"What's wrong?" he whispered, pulling me close. I sighed.
"It's complicated. I mean everyone is growing up so fast. It's kind of stupid, but—" he shook his head.
"Max, that's not stupid," he said comfortingly. Was this part of his competition? Probably not.
"Okay," I said simply. I gave him a quick peck on the lips, and I went to get my bag. Him and Iggy raced to get mine and Ella's bags. We both took deep breath, and walked inside with Mom.
"I can't believe my only two daughters are pregnant," she said happily. She hugged us.
"Yeah, and the daddies are being ass holes," I muttered. She looked confused.
"They're having a stupid competition on who can do more for us, and it's already getting annoying," Ella explained. Mom smiled.
"You'd think you like that," she said shaking her head and walking inside.
"Not quite," we said in unison. We smiled at each other.
"God you're a great big sister," she said sweetly. I smiled and hugged her.
"You're a great sister too," I whispered. She smiled and we walked inside.
"We have five rooms," Mom announced. "You can pick who you room with. Boys with boys and girls with girls." She looked at me and smiled. She knew me too well.
I love Fang to pieces, but he's really getting on my nerves. Besides, I wanted to stay with my sister. I wasn't in the mood to hear anything about the competition.
"Me and Max," Ella said quickly grabbing my hand. I nodded and Mom handed us each one of the keys to room 304. We grabbed our bags from Fang and Iggy, gave them a quick peck on the cheek, and ran to our room.
"You can take a shower first," I said once we had shut our door. She smiled.
"Thanks. Can I fix your hair? I promise it won't be girly," she said reading my uneasy expression. I smiled and nodded.
"Sure." She happily walked into the bathroom and turned on the shower. Someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" I yelled.
"Fang," he said quietly. I opened the door and smiled.
"Yes?" I asked, grinning. He smiled when he saw me.
"I just wanted to say good night," he said happily. "I mean after all, it's almost one o'clock." I smiled and nodded.
"Good night," I whispered. I pulled him in the room and pushed him against the wall. I kissed him. He tilted his head and wrapped his arms around my waist. "I'm sorry you can't stay here." He smiled and kissed me again.
"It's not your fault," he reminded me. I nodded. I kissed him one last time before pushing myself off of the wall. He smiled and nodded.
"Good night," he whispered as he was happily walking out. I rolled my eyes and shut the door.
Ella came out a few minutes later.
"Was that Fang I heard in here?" she teased as she was drying her hair. She had gotten her pajamas in there. That was her extra set of clothes. Her favorite pajamas. I had done the same thing. Might as well be cozy.
"Max, this is going to be fun!" Ella squealed once I dried my hair. She had two hair bows. What is this girl going to do?
"Brush it," she ordered. I nodded.
"Yes ma'am," I teased. She grinned. I brushed it, and sat down reluctantly.
"How much farther do you think this competition is going to go?" she asked as she parted my hair in two sides. I sighed.
"I don't know," I answered honestly. "If it goes too much farther, I swear I'll go insane!" she nodded.
"Me too. I mean, yeah it's sweet, but they've already taken it a wee bit too far." I smiled, even though she couldn't see me.
"I'd be nodding if you didn't have my hair," I told her. She laughed quietly.
"Well, I'm halfway done," she assured me. She finished wrapping the rubber band around one side of my hair. She was French braiding my hair in pigtails.
"So, we're both going to be moms," I said happily.
"Yeah. What did Fang mean by he only got you pregnant when you told him to?" she asked, as she was getting close to finishing the other side. I sighed.
"Well, I told him if he wanted me to be able to say I was raped before we moved, then he had to get me pregnant. Otherwise, he would have to wait a very long time. And at first, we were going to say we were all brothers and sisters. Now we're going to have to say you and Ig are married, and Fang and me are married." She smiled and nodded.
"Okay. We were talking about that before…yeah. He said he could wait, but he said he wanted to spend the rest of his life with me!" she squealed. "I mean, he is so sweet when it's just me and him, but he can sometimes be such an ass around his friends." I scoffed.
"Same with Fang. He's super, super sweet. But then you just want to kill him when he's around friends," I agreed. She smiled and stood up.
"All done." I smiled and looked in the mirror in the bathroom. It looked…actually good. I smiled.
"Thanks Ella," I said quietly. "I don't see how he isn't mad about his leg getting shattered!" She smiled.
"He loves you more
than he does his leg," she said simply. She sighed. "Good night
Max. See you in the morning."
"Yeah. See you." She turned
out the lights, and I quickly drifted off to sleep.
"Max, Ella, wake up!" Fang said knocking on our door the next morning. We both sat up, and I got out of bed. I opened the door and he smiled.
"Good morning. I like your hair." I smiled and hugged him.
"Good morning." He started playing with one of my braids. Ella came up and playfully punched his arm.
"Ow. What the hell was that for?" he asked putting his hand where she hit.
"You mess up the braids, I don't care how strong you are, I'll kick your ass," she warned. I grinned.
"Ella's about as strong as me when she tries," I informed him. His eyes popped open wide.
"Uh…okay. Well, your mom said to come get you two up. We're about to leave." I nodded.
"Okay," I said sweetly. "Now bye." He stood there for a second, and then frowned.
"Yeah. Bye." I shoved him out the door and shut it. We both burst out laughing.
"He so wanted you to kiss him," she said after we had quit laughing. I nodded.
"Yeah. He definitely did," I agreed. She smiled.
Ella and me walked out into the lobby with our arms locked together. Iggy and Fang silently grabbed out bags at the same time.
"I'll beat you to the car," Iggy said smirking.
"You wish!" Fang exclaimed before they ran out the door. I looked at Ella and we both rolled our eyes.
"That's really going to get annoying," Nudge muttered. We nodded. "So, anyways, what are you going to name them? Do you have names? I like the name Tom for a boy. For a girl, it should be Alyssa. Won't their last names be Davis? That's cute! Tom and Alyssa Davis. Oh my gosh, this is going to be so awesome! I'll be like their aunt. But I won't be. They can call me Auntie—"
"Nudge, calm down," Ella said putting her hands on Nudge's shoulders. She nodded.
"It's a good thing Gazzy knew what he was getting in to," I teased. He rolled his eyes.
"Okay. I'd still feel the same about her. She overlooks my problems too." I smiled.
"True." Fang and Iggy were waiting by the SUV.
"Sit by me," Ella whispered in my ear. I nodded.
"Sorry guys. Me and my sister are going to sit together," I said simply. Angel grabbed my hand.
"I'm sitting by Max!" Angel squealed. Fang frowned.
"What about me?" he asked sadly.
"You can sit by Gazzy, Iggy, or Jason in the middle," I said patting his shoulder.
"No! Jason's sitting in the back with me," Angel protested.
"The back is smaller," Ella pointed out.
"Fine. He'll sit with the other guys."