Hey, I had a review asking some questions, that I can't figure out a way to make them fit into the story so I'm just putting them as author's notes:
Why are they going to school? Dr. Martinez wants them to try and live a normal life.
What's the deal with Max and Fang? Read previous chapter.
Did the Itex thing end? Yes, but apparently there is someone still trying to get them (hence the cat people).
Did that answer some questions? I hope so. Now sit back and enjoy this next chapter.
(Max POV) The next morning, we all piled in my mom's van. We were all prepared for a couple days driving up to New York, and then a week stay. Nudge, Ella, and Angel were in the backseat; Fang, Iggy, and Gazzy in the middle; and then me riding shotgun with my mom driving.
I was kind of avoiding Fang since he kissed me last night. There had been an uncomfortable moment when I had run into him on the stairs on my way to breakfast. He had looked like he was going to say something, but of course, my terrible confrontational skills led me to hurry past him before he got a word out.
I looked in the rearview mirror to see what everyone was doing. Nudge and Ella were reading the magazines that they had brought; Angel was listening to the iPod my mom had gotten her for Christmas last year; Gazzy and Iggy were talking quietly, making me very suspicious; and Fang was on the new laptop my mom had bought for all of us, no doubt updating his blog.
I reached into my bag to pull out my iPod. I popped my earphones in and closed my eyes.
(Fang POV) I closed the laptop, sliding it back into my bag. I looked up at Max, who had her earphones in and looked like she had fallen asleep. Her nose kind of twitched, and I thought of how beautiful she looked.
I leaned my head back against the headrest, sighing. I heard Angel giggle, and looked back to see her whispering to Nudge and Ella. I rolled my eyes and looked out the window.
We were driving through a kind of mini-desert, surrounded by sand and some dead plants. Up in the sky I could see circling hawks, and I remembered the time we had lived with a flock of hawks who had taught us some cool flying maneuvers. I missed those days.
(Max POV) By the time I woke up to the sounds of Nudge and Gazzy complaining of being hungry, we were out of Arizona and into the north-west corner of New Mexico.
"I'm starving. Can we please stop to eat soon?" Nudge whined.
"There's a fast food restaurant in a mile. You can you make it that long without dieing of starvation?" my mom asked.
"Nudge," I said groggily. "Cool it, ok? I know you're hungry but I think you can go five minutes without complaining."
"Sorry, Max," Nudge said, finally quieting down.
"Why is it that they only listen to you?" my mom whispered.
"They aren't used to having to listen to adults," I whispered back.
"Oh," she replied, nodding. She pulled into the parking lot of a fast food restaurant, and we all piled inside. It was almost 2 o'clock, so we were the only people inside.
"Hello, how may I help you?" the lady behind the counter asked.
My mom gestured to me. "Umm, I'll take three double cheeseburgers, two large fries, two apple pies, a large coke, and a chocolate shake," I ordered.
She nodded, punching it all in.
Fang stepped up and said, "I'll take two double cheeseburgers, two chicken sandwiches, three large fries, and a large root beer."
She put it all in and asked, "Is that all?"
"No," Nudge said, stepping forward. "I'll take three chicken sandwiches, a Caesar salad, two apple pies, and a large sprite."
The lady raised her eyebrows but continued to put in all the orders. By the time everyone was done ordering, she said, "You know, that's quite a bit of food. Are you sure you want all that, because we don't give refunds."
"Yes, we want it all," I said, getting impatient.
"Alright then, your total is one hundred fifty-seven dollars and twenty eight cents."
Mom pulled out her credit card and handed it to the lady.
"I don't know how I'm going to afford feeding you guys this entire trip," she said to me.
I smiled apologetically.
When we got our food, we sat at a big table and started eating. After about half an hour, all of us were sitting back, patting our very full stomachs.
We all piled back into the car and were off again. We had done that another time before we pulled into a Holiday Inn for the night. Mom got three connected rooms with two double beds each. Angel, Nudge, and I would sleep in one; Fang, Iggy, and Gasman in another; and Mom and Ella in the last room.
After my mom went to bed, we all gathered in the boys' room. We sat around and watched TV for awhile, until Nudge complained of being bored.
Then Angel said the magic words that made everyone but her, Ella, and Nudge groan: "Let's play Truth or Dare!"
She made Bambi eyes until everyone agreed to play. We all sat on a circle on the floor.
"Can I go first?" Nudge asked.
Everyone nodded. "Umm… Max, truth or dare?"
"Uh, truth," I said.
"Have you ever kissed anyone in this room, and if so, who?"
I blushed, knowing that Angel must have told her about last night with Fang.
"Yes," I answered. "Umm, I kissed…" I blush furiously and finished quickly, "Fang."
Everyone but Fang and I erupted into laughter, while Iggy said, "I told you so! I told you they kissed! Pay up!" Gazzy handed him five bucks.
By the time they finally quieted down, both Fang and I were blushing.
"Ok, truth or dare, Iggy?" I asked.
"Dare," he said.
"I dare you to…" I said, thinking. "Kiss Ella!"
He blushed, and then walked over and kissed Ella on the cheek. After he sat back down he asked, "Truth or dare Fang?"
He looked a little startled and replied, "Dare."
"Kiss Max, on the lips!"
He gave him an "I'm going to kill you later" look as he walked over to me. He bent over and kissed me on the lips, held it for a couple seconds, and then pulled away. I felt my cheeks grow warm and I stared at my lap.
Nudge giggled and squealed, "That's so cute!"
I shot her a death glare, and the game continued. Eventually everyone was asked a question or dared to do something.
Soon I decided that we had better go to bed before we woke up my mom. She would not be happy to wake up at two in the morning to find us playing truth or dare.
Nudge and Angel got one bed and I got the other. As I crawled under the fluffy white covers, all I could think about was Fang's kiss.
Ok, I threw in the truth or dare part out of complete randomness. I don't know if it was all that good, so PLEASE REVIEW! Should I do more Fax, or focus a little more on the story line? I WOULD LOVE TO HERE YOUR OPINION! I WILL GIVE YOU COOKIE IF YOU PRESS THE BUTTON! Press the button! You know you want to!