Sorry, slow updates, but I'll update whenever I can and when I get ideas!
We where home, finally! I was kind of sick of that place, as fun as it might be. Total woke me up at like 4:30 in the morning after I had gone to sleep two hours before, because he was bored and had to pee. I sighed, then put a sweatshirt on. I was wearing the matching sweatpants already, plus a t-shirt, so I was all good. I went outside, Total only had a color, because I knew he wouldn't run away. I decided to take him to the park, since it wasn't very far away, and that way I could sit down anyway. I sat down on a bench. Total took a while, I think he found a creek or something. I decided to go looking for him. Eventually, I got lost in the woods (don't know how they got here…) and didn't find Total either. Once I got to the other end of the forest after an hour, I found a creek, but no Total. I began going in the direction of the water. I was walking on the stones, my flip-flops off. I noticed a boy landing near the waters' edge. But he was no normal looking boy. No, this boy had a pair of wings. He seemed to be about an inch taller than me. He had blinding white hair and vibrant green eyes. His wings were almost a pale green, but more an off white. I began walking towards him slowly. My heart began pounding, I felt butterflies in my stomach. Then, he turned.
"Are you Angel?" he asked. My heart began thumping more, the butterflies went wild. I nodded.
"I'm Ghost. I've been looking for you." He said. My heart went wild, the butterflies went insane.
"Oh. Why's that?" I asked.
"Your dog, Total. I found him. And other reasons." He said, the final sentence barely a whisper. My heart was beating at the speed of light, the butterflies where a twister destroying everything.
"Where's Total?" I asked. I think that's about when I passed out. I felt warm strong arms pick me up. I heard Total and Ghost. Then, I blanked out completely. When I woke up, I was still in Ghost's arms, but this time, he was setting me in a recliner. Not fully awake yet, I put my arms around him, then kissed him. My heart and the butterflies went insane. Shockingly, he kissed back. Then Max walked in.
"ANGEL?! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?!" She screamed.
"Uh, kissing Ghost?" I said.
"YOUR NINE! YOU DON'T NEED A BOYFRIEND!" Max screamed. Everybody came running. Ghost put me down.
"You wouldn't understand Max! You've had FANG all your life! I have to deal with everybody's thoughts, good or bad! I have wings, but nobody to lean on! Gazzy has Alice, Iggy has Lily, Nudge has Jasper, Total has Akila, and you have Fang! I have nobody! NOBODY! You guys are all so obsessed with each other! I have nobody! I can't go to anybody! Nobody but your ELLA! But she's YOUR sister, not mine! It just wouldn't feel the same! I always thought of YOU as my mom and NUDGE as my sister, but now your so distracted by Fang now that you've saved the world already and Nudge just talks and makes out with Jasper! Everybody else has somebody but me! I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE SOMEBODY! I SHOULD have somebody! But I don't! I don't! Until Ghost came along! I'm 9, he's 10. You where THREE when you met Fang! I'M ALLOWED TO HAVE LOVE!" I screamed, crying. I ran out of there, then into the sky. I knew they would follow me. Max almost caught me. But I evaded her. I swooped through trees, brushing against them, cutting myself. I had just yelled at Max. I finally found what I was looking for. A little cave. I ran in, crying. I had rebelled. I didn't even care that I had hurt everybody I cared about. It didn't matter anymore. Sad songs and thoughts ran through my head. I was so tired, too. Eventually, I just cried myself to sleep.
I woke up. I remembered what had happened, and began crying again. I still didn't care that I'd hurt them. But I had to go back. Ghost might be there. Probably not, but he might. I was still angry and confused. I NEEDED somebody to talk to. I needed somebody to lean on.
"Lean on, so you can be strong." I whispered, sniffling. It was a song Max had sang to me and Nudge at the E-house when I was four. I closed my eyes, heading back to the time before we had to go out and save the world, before I had been kidnapped, before Max and Fang got together, before Lily and Jasper and Alice. Before Total and Akila, Ella and Dr M. After Jeb and the school, erasers and whitecoats, cages and shots, tests and fights. After the escape. After I was potty trained, crawling, learning how to walk. When Gazzy learned how to make bombs with Iggy, when Nudge started talking too much, when Fang would rock me to sleep, when Max would sing me and Nudge and Gazzy lullabies. I was pulled out of my trance by the sound of feet landing. I knew those feet, it was the flock. Just our old flock. Not even Total was with them. I hoped it was just my trance still, but I knew it wasn't from the weight they're footsteps carried. I sniffled. They approached me. Gazzy tried leaning down to talk to me, but I shoved him, then curled up tighter. Gazzy slid and hit the cave wall. But I didn't really care. I was digging my nails into my arm, yanking my hair –HARD-, doing anything I could to hurt myself, but stay in my little ball at the same time. Nudge leaned in, but I wouldn't hurt her. I knew I was stronger than even Max by now, I am fairly certain that I had developed super strength, but who knows. I heard Gazzy get up. I felt Nudge stroke my hair. I heard Max whisper to Fang. I heard Iggy crouch down and whisper to me.
"Go away." I whispered. I knew only Nudge and Iggy could hear me, and then just barely. Gazzy came and crouched down too.
"Make Max and Fang go away. I can't stand their loving thoughts. They wont stop thinking about each other!" I said, my voice gradually getting louder, tears streaming down my face. I knew that Max and Fang where hurt by my words. Max was showing it, but Fang wasn't. He went into himself. I knew Max had snapped.
"Fine! We'll leave, you little brat! But I hope you know, you will NEVER see that boy again! He's GONE! C'mon Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy. We're LEAVING." She yelled. I could hear the pain in her voice, the anger, the sadness. I felt Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy get up. They stood their ground.
"She doesn't mean it. Stop thinking about each other." Nudge said, angry that they had caused this. She knew that it wasn't only Max and Fang, but herself and everybody around me. I was starting to get more upset. I had to think, but they wouldn't let me. I darted out of the cave right before Max could start replying. I was sick of all the arguing! Of nobody but Lily paying attention to me! I had had fun at Dr M's but if it brought all this chaos into my world, I wasn't going to stay. I was leaving this world. I was leaving to go to Angel's World. So, I ran off the cliff and jumped. But I didn't open my wings.
Ooh, cliffy! And a scary one, too! Sorry for all those Max lovers, but Max is confused. She doesn't know what to do. Angel's never acted out quiet like this. But anyway, it's up to you guys if Angel will live, or if somebody will catch her. And who! Make your decisions, then tell me.