…..A COUPLE OF MINUTES LATER…..
We landed behind a gas station. Max goes inside and orders eighteen bags of chips plus twelve bottles of water. She comes outside, and we grab all the food and eat. We drain our water bottles and eat our chips. And I'm still a little hungry. But I wait for Max's orders. When we finish eating, she gathers us together. "Okay guys, we're almost in California, where Angel is. We're probably going to fly, I just-"
"Max," Nudge breaks in. "My wings ache."
"Me too," chimes in Gazzy.
"Same here," adds Iggy.
I raise my hand and nod. Max looks to Fang. He nods as well.
She looks frustrated. "Then what do we do?"
Just then, like magic a guy parks his car, and walks away, just leaving it there…..
I look at Max and know that we're thinking the same thing.
"Stealing a car? That's low, even for us," Max says.
"Then we'll just…borrow it," I offer. "We'll leave some money or something….."
Max sighs. "Let's go."
…TEN MINUTES LATER…
Max pumps the gas. Finally the car starts and Iggy slams the hood shut, covered in car grease. He squeezes in the back with us. This car is a minivan, intended to seat eight people so luckily, we all fit. Nudge and Gazzy sit in the individual middle seats, and Iggy and I sit together in the back. Max is driving, and Fang is sitting shotgun. I hope to God Max knows how to drive.
…..A FEW HOURS LATER…
Max veered the car again, making us all fall to the right. "Max, why are you driving!?" Screams Iggy.
"Because I'm the oldest," she replied, straightening out the car so that we all fall back into normal positions.
I rub a bump on my back. "Max, I'm hungry," I say.
She nods. "Me too. I'll find a place soon.
"Okay!" Choruses everyone from the middle and back. (Me, Gazzy, Nudge, Iggy)
…A FEW MINUTES LATER…..
Max carefully backs into a spot. Gazzy practically jumps out of the minivan. "I'm alive!" He exclaims. We all laugh, except Max of course, but eventually she joins in. We walk inside, and it smells like burgers and fries. Thank you fast food heaven.
We wait in line. I'm so hungry I can barely stand it, but I wait and let Fang order a couple burgers, and let Iggy order the same thing, then it's finally my turn, thank god. I smile at the cashier. "Hey, I'll have six bacon cheeseburgers, two large fries, one large onion ring, four chocolate milkshakes, and a large lemonade." She types out my order. Max orders some food for Nudge, who apparently has stopped eating meat….but she ate the bacon we made before….oh well, whatever. The Max orders for herself, and Gazzy orders, and we finally get our food a couple minutes later. We ordered so much food, it takes up six trays. We each grab a tray, find a table, and then eat away. For five minutes, all you could hear was us eating. Kind of gross, but still. Why was it so quiet? Oh…..I slowly realized that all of the people around us were gone, replaced by young good looking males. And yes, it's a bad thing because they were Erasers