Here it is! Chapter 15!! YAY!! Sorry for the long wait, I've just been out of town and stuff like that, but here it is chapter 15!! PLEASE REVIEW!!
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--SarahBelle--
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Chapter 15
I woke up at eight o'clock in the morning, feeling like the dead. I bet I only got about three hours of sleep before daylight finally came. My mind had been racing so much that I couldn't seem to fall asleep, but now all of the sudden my eyes felt like led.
I walked down the stairs in a zombie-like state, my eyes were closed, and I would bump into things ever now and then. I really don't get how the Igster does it.
"Max!" I heard Nudge gasp and soon I was attacked in hugs.
I opened my eyes and saw three bodies hugging my numb frame. I slowly put my arms around them and laid my head down on someone else's. I couldn't see, because my eyes had drifted close again.
"Max?" I heard my mother's voice and I wearily opened my eyes.
They felt so heavy.
I looked at her and saw her frightened expression. I didn't look that bad did I?
"What happened to you?" she came up to me and put her hands on my shoulders. She looked at me carefully like I was going to collapse any minute, which might be true.
"I just had a long night." I muttered, frowning against the morning sunlight, "That's all."
My mom studied my face for a minute, like she wasn't sure if I was telling the truth. Then she finally let go of me and went to fix me a plate of food.
"Max?" Angel looked up at me with her clear blue eyes.
I bent down to her level, trying not to fall over, "Yea, sweetie?"
"Why are you sad?" she looked like she was about to cry.
My mind suddenly rushed back to my earlier conversations, with Jeb and Fang. I bit my lip to try to cover my face, but I forgot to cover my mind.
Angel was suddenly clinging onto me for dear life. She was crying nonstop, tears flowing out of her like a faucet tuned on high.
"Shh," I said, rubbing her back in small, warm circles, "Shh, Angel it's ok. Everything's ok."
She abruptly pulled back from me, almost angry. Her face was in flooded with tears, but she still looked mad, "Max everything's not okay! It's never going to be okay again!"
"What do mean Angel?" Iggy asked. I turned and saw everyone, but Fang, turned toward Angel and mines direction.
I hadn't seen Fang at all this morning. He wasn't even downstairs.
Angel looked at me with tears filling her blue eyes, "Max?" she whispered, silently asking me if she could tell them.
I gritted my teeth, exhaustion long gone from my body, and stood up.
"Flock meeting, now."
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About an hour later, after many tears, laughs, and hugs, I had told them the long painful story.
I told them everything that had happened yesterday.
Well, I skipped the part Jeb said I was a disappointment to him. I dying was enough at the moment.
Angel had been clinging to me the whole time, like she was thinking that I was going to die any minute, and she wanted to be with me with whatever time I had left. Nudge was now sitting beside me on the couch, along with the Gasman, who was grasping onto my belt loop so tightly I thought it was going to break.
Iggy was standing by the armrest of the couch. He had been sitting in the big chair when I started the story, but had inched closer as I came to the end. He had his arm around Ella, whose was silently crying into his chest.
My mom had excused herself after I had finished and went into her room. I had heard her crying from where I was sitting.
Fang never came downstairs. I don't know if he was asleep or just couldn't face me or what, but I needed to see him. I needed to see Fangs face.
"I'm gonna go check on Fang." I said quietly, trying to extract the kids off of me. Nudge complied, but Gazzy and Angel were a little bit harder to make do. Gazzy had finally let go after I kissed his head and told him that it's ok, but Angel had a death-grip on my waist.
"Angel, it's ok." I shushed her, "I'm right here. I just need to go check on Fang. I'll be right back."
She finally let go, and when I stood up, she ran to Iggy and hugged his legs. He picked her up and held her close to him. Sometimes, Iggy is a really good big brother.
I walked upstairs and went down the hall to Fangs room. I put my ear to his door, not even daring to breath. I couldn't hear anything. Not even the squeak of his bed springs, or the scuffle of his feet shuffling in the floor. I knocked on the door softly, only a certain amount of times, a secret way of telling him it was me. We had made it up when we were still living in the E-shaped house.
"Come in." I heard a tired, dull voice say.
I opened the door and quietly walked inside. I closed the door and then turned around.
I kept my expression careful, cautious. I didn't know what his mood was going to be, and I didn't want to make him mad.
Fang was lying on his bed, face up. He was staring up at the ceiling with his hands behind his head. His eyes were open, but narrowed in thought.
I walked over to his bed and sat down on the edge. I looked down at my fingers in my lap, not knowing how to start.
"Max,"
My head snapped towards Fang. It was a surprise to hear his voice for the first time today.
"I'm sorry." He wasn't looking at me the whole time.
I blinked.
Then blinked again.
Did he just…? Did Fang just…apologize?
"Why?" I whispered, trying to cover my shock, though I don't think I quite succeeded.
I heard him sigh, and then, finally, he looked at me. His eyes held sadness and pain. The only time I've ever seen Fang in emotional pain.
"I'm sorry that you, out of all people, had this crappy life." He sat up and leaned against his headboard.
"Well, you're kinda in the same boat with me." I said, moving beside him, "We all are."
"Yeah, I guess." He ran a hand through his hair, "But do you remember when we got Angel back after the Erasers took her?"
I nodded slowly, letting the memory enter my head, "Yeah,"
"And how she said she knew about our parents? Her and Gassers selling them. My mom a teenager." His jaw tightened at the last part.
"Yeah, I remember." I said, remembering that I wanted to take away everyone's pain. It was an emotional day that day.
"I told you that you were lucky, since you didn't know. That sure it could be worse, but it could also be a heck of a lot better."
I smiled grimly, "Yeah, it turned out to be worse. I have a traitor for a father." If he's even known as my father anymore…
I felt Fang grab my hand. It was strong and calloused, with muscle.
"Max, but think about your mom and Ella. Sure Jeb's a jerk, but your mom and Ella aren't."
I laid my head on Fangs shoulder, "I see what you mean." I sighed.
"Max what did Jeb tell you?" Fang asked quietly, "Beside that you're…dying." He seemed to choke on the last word.
I hesitated, not really wanting to tell him, "He said that I'm a disappointment to him. That his daughter is an embarrassment to him. Basically, he said he disowned me." I looked down and fiddled with my pajama shorts. I bit my lip, trying not to cry.
Fang let go of my hand and wrapped his arms around me. Holding me close to him. He rocked me gently as I stifled my cries.
My dad had hurt me too much in my life. Too many scars have been made and can never go away. It hurt too much.
He kissed my head gently and whispered into my hair,
"I'm sorry."
OK, here is chapter 15 finally! I'm sorry for taking so long. I've just been busy! I hope you liked it! I'm sorry if you think it's cheesy, but I wanted a little bit of FAX in the story. I mean, doesn't everyone!
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--SarahBelle--