Chapter 10

When we walked into the living room, all eyes turned to us and everyone was smiling. Iggy and I, still blushing, sat down on one of the couches.

"So, you 2 love birds, watcha been up to?" Max asked her smile widening.

"We aren't love birds," I said looking down at my hands, my face getting hot.

"Sure you're not," Gazzy teased watching me and Iggy's face get redder than before.

"Um…..can we, like, not have this conversation anymore?" Iggy asked sounding as uncomfortable as I felt.

"Sure, Iggy," Nudge said trying to smother her girly giggles.

"so…where's Angel at?" I had just noticed that the youngest member of my new family wasn't there.

"Here," Angel called from the kitchen.

I hoped she wouldn't read my mind….that would be embarrassing.

"I did already," she said.

I cursed under my breath and tried to suppress my thoughts without much success. I guess I would have to get used to not being able to hide any thoughts from Angel; she never loses an opportunity to listen to our most secretive thoughts. Maybe I could use her to an advantage and find out what everyone around us was thinking about….that would be fun to use for…

"No, Ja'leese," Angel yelled out reading my mind.

Again, I cursed under my breath and reminded myself to watch what I think about whenever Angel's around. Iggy looks above my right shoulder, very close to me, confused, and I just shook my head at him and patted his knee. Nudge started having a giggle fit again and I glared at her.

She put her hands up defense, "it was something Angel put in my mind. It was funny," she smiled.

"What was it? Hmmm…?" I asked suspiciously, narrowing my eyes at Nudge.

That you and Iggy would probably sleep together again tonight and that this time, you guys will most likely kiss.

I glared at the kitchen and thought back to Angel, we will not. From the kitchen, I heard Angel snicker, and I started to wonder what it was that she was doing in there, exactly.

"Nothing," Angel called out to me.

I rolled my eyes, and leaned on Iggy causing Nudge's giggles to start up again. Max winked at us and Fang and Gazzy smiled.

"Max just winked, and Fang and Gasman smiled at us," I whispered.

Iggy chuckled a little, "why did we come out here if we knew they were gonna be like this?" he asked me his lips barely moving.

"I don't know," I said.

The sweet smell of home-made cookies drifted into the living room as Angel walked in carrying a tray of chocolate chip cookies and 7 glasses of cold milk. She set the tray on the table and we all fell to our knees by it, and attacked the still warm cookies. I grabbed 5 and sat back against the couch with my glass of milk. I bit into a cookie and felt like I had died and gone to heaven. Not only did the cookies smell good, but they tasted delicious; they were soft and gooey and just about the best cookies I had ever tasted. We all complemented Angel and in the middle of her bow, I heard a car engine. It sounded close and when I stood up and walked to the window, everyone looked at me with alert eyes. Max stood up, tensely, and walked to the window I was standing by. She moved over the curtain just slightly, and looked outside just as a jeep parked itself in front of our secluded home. Max loosened up as the car's door opened and 2 adults walked out.

"False alarm, guys," Max told the flock, opening the door.

The flock stood up and followed Max out and on the porch. I looked at them confused, but followed.