This Maximum Ride
Chapter 14 – Max POV
"We need a story." I said a while into the trip. That was really the only part that still needed to be defined. I needed to get everybody's minds off of the subject they were most likely on.
"Well we just need the details." Iggy said from across the small area, where he was still sitting on the couch.
"What happened to the bands?" I asked suddenly. I was going to play with local bands. Darius had set it all up so that there was a band at each venue that could back me up during the show. I would have normally played with SME as my backup band but really they were Jude's band. She needed them since she was recording tracks for her album this whole time.
"Max they really wanted us." Angel said sadly, "The whitecoats and erasers went to each town and brainwashed the people that were there."
"Oh." I said.
"How do you know that?" Nudge asked, "Did they tell you that? Because they didn't tell us. Or at least I don't think they did. You would have thought that I would have noticed that, you know?"
"They thought it." Angel answered Nudge's first question.
Everyone, except for me, looked at Angel. I was the only person that knew about her ability. "Angel can read minds and send thoughts," I answered for her.
"That's amazing!" Nude was first to speak, "Can you read my mind? Ooh, what am I thinking?"
"Are you sure you want me to repeat that thought Nudge?" Angel asked.
"That's awesome!" Nudge exclaimed, "I wish I had a power like that. That's not entirely fair that you get to read minds while I can't do anything special." Nudge got up and went to go sit by Iggy and Gazzy on the couch.
After sitting down, Nudge shot right back up. "Oh my gawd!" She yelled and then touched the part of the couch where she was just sitting with the palm of her hand.
Her face scrunched up in disgust. "Ew Max. Did you and Fang make out on this couch?" She asked.
"Er, yes?" I answered. We had given the bus a little 'christening' before when we had stopped at a rest stop on the way to Death Valley. All the kids had gotten out to go get food and such while Fang and I stayed here. 'Nuff said.
"Ew." Nudge repeated and went to go sit back by Angel. She gazed out the window and watched the surroundings go by.
Meanwhile everyone stared at her. Did she not realize what just happened. That moment with Fang had happened almost 3 weeks ago. I kept wondering how she knew about that.
"And how do you know this, Nudge?" I asked since she obviously wasn't going to say anything more.
She turned back around to face me. "I don't know." She answered, "I just felt it. But then it got me thinking and I really miss home, you know? And what's going to happen when we get there? We have wings on our back, Max. What if my parents don't love me anymore?" She asked with tears in her eyes.
"It'll be alright sweetie." I said, trying to comfort her from where I was. I would have gotten up and hugged her but Fang was sitting right next to me, making it impossible to get up. I settled for placing my hand on her arm.
"We still need a story." Iggy reminded us, breaking our little moment.
"Yes," Fang agreed, "But that's not nearly as important as songs."
I looked at him blankly.
"Max, Jude expects songs describing your life on tour." He explained.
"Oh yeah." I remembered Jude telling me that, "Well I've got My 'Sweet Time'."
"We've been gone for almost 3 weeks, you really think she'll accept 1 song?" He asked.
"No." I said, "But I could say I was too busy living the life of tour."
He raised an eyebrow at me.
"Fine." I opened my journal, which was conveniently on the table in front of me, and opened up to a blank page.
"We'll help you write a song, Max!" Angel said, her eyes sparkling with excitement over the idea.
"Alright." I said, going along with it. It was nice that the mood could be so easily lifted. "What's our idea?" I asked.
"It should be kinda fake happy," Nudge said. "Like not happy, but just a song that makes you smile just because of it's fakeness. Wait that doesn't make sense, does it?" She looked quite puzzled.
"Actually I get it." I said. And so we spent the next few hours arguing over the lyrics. We finally had a finished product so I started singing it, looking down at the paper since I didn't have all the lyrics down yet.
Just Dance
Life, all in all,
Is your destiny,
So take what you have,
And live it with glee,
And dance, dance, dance.
Take what you have and dance,
You never know when you will go,
So just dance,
'Cuz I know ya wanna,
Dance.
So when you're down,
There's no reason to frown,
There's a world out there for you to discover,
No need to be shy, come out of your cover,
And just,
Dance, dance, dance...
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No need to be shy,
Just get out there and fly,
The world will come for you,
So just shine right through,
I know we can do it,
'Cuz there's nothing to it,
Just come out and shine...
And dance, dance, dance, dance,
Dance, dance, dance, dance,
For the world...
And dance, dance, dance...
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JUST DANCE!
When I was finished everyone had smiles on their faces. We had wings, yes, but we could still be happy. Whether we liked it or not we would just have to deal with that fact. We'd live.
The only thing that bothered me was, how did we know we were actually safe? For all we know the whitecoats could come back for a surprise checkup in a few weeks. Little did I know...
So first I'd like to credit Kelli (ForeverIndebted) for the song she wrote, Just Dance. And thanks to her for letting me use it. Sorry I haven't updated sooner. I'm going to try and update faster this time though. And if you wanted a way to get me to update faster, review. Your reviews are what keeps me going. I was seriously thinking of putting this story on hold until I saw some of the reviews I got. Reviewers get a quote from the next chapter.