Nudge's POV
I couldn't breathe. My whole body had shut down and I think the only thing that was keeping me alive was Iggy's presence in front of me waiting for an answer.
"Nudge?" Iggy asked.
"Nope nothing" I lied.
"Ok" he sighed relief and left.
My legs collapsed from under me and I fell on the bed, kicking my leg to keep me on it and I crawled up in a ball. Max had taught us to be strong and never cry, but nothing had prepared us for this.
Iggy had come into my room and asked me to take a look at the back of his neck coz it was itchy, and sure enough I lifted his hair and bright as day was a barcode tattooed into his skin.
I didn't know what to say and before I could think I had lied to him.
Tears poured down my face. I couldn't just let him die. He had so much to live for. We had moved in with Max's mum and Ella, the world was saved, we were starting school, Iggy was fitting in, him and Ella had just started dating. Everything was perfect.
"Don't do this. Don't do this to him. Don't you dare take him away from us!" I hissed at the ceiling, praying if there was a God he was listening.
"Iggy is a good guy. He saved you bloody world, you made him blind, your ruined his life, the most you can do is let him keep living it!" I cried.
This couldn't be happening.
Fang's POV
I couldn't breathe. I was really going to do this. I was going through with it and I couldn't back out.
"Max, we need to talk" I said trying to act emotionless as she looked up at me with those sharp brown eyes.
"Ok" she said.
"Somewhere privet" I added and she nodded and we headed to her room.
"What's up?" She asked sitting down on her bed.
"I think we should break up" I said.
"What?" she asked.
"I don't want to keep dating" I sighed.
"Why? Don't you love me?" She asked jumping up.
"I do Max, just not in that way" I said, keeping my voice calm and quiet.
"But were supposed to be together" she said, her voice breaking but no tears.
"Exactly" I said and she just looked confused.
"I think that's one of the reasons I let this happen is because I assumed that's how it was supposed to be. Two best friends that have known each other since birth and always been together and all that, finally fall in love and live happily ever after. Well I thought that would be our story, that's how it's supposed to be right? Well it just isn't. And I can't play that role" I said, shocked I had actually said it.
"Typical. We're together and you can never be emotional and honest with me until be break up" she snapped.
"Don't bullshit me. You know you liked it when you think of me as you strong emotionless rock. I'm your shadow, your robot. You liked me being like that, but that's not me" I said.
"Not you? Are you even listening to yourself Fang? Of course that's you and your kidding yourself if you're thinking otherwise" she snapped, storming out and taking off into the sky.
I watched her go, and for once I felt free, like a big weight had been lifted.
Nudge's POV
It'd been a week since I had found out about Iggy. I hadn't told anyone yet. How can you tell someone that their best friend and practically brother, has a death sentence? All week I had been quiet, kept to myself and breaking down in tears randomly.
I was locked in a stall in the girl's bathroom. I had been in health when the teacher mentioned something about expiration dates and I burst into tears and ran out.
So here I was rocking back and forth, tears pouring down my face in a toilet stall.
I finally cleaned myself up and left the bathroom and noticed it was lunch time.
"There she is" I heard someone say and looked around to see about 6 girls from my class heading my way.
"Need a tissue freak" one of the girls sneered and the rest laughed.
I tried to ignore them but they started pushing me around.
"Leave me alone" I said, not in the mood to be tough, I was too depressed.
"Or what? You're going to go cry to your inbreed family?" One girl said, literally spitting in my face.
They pushed me into walls; I felt my skin bruising and some blood seep out as the brick walls scratched me. I don't think I could have fought back even if I wanted to.
"Hey" someone called and I didn't even look up to see who it was. I was slumped down against the wall but I heard the girls run off.
I felt someone pick me up but I didn't look, I didn't care.
"Nudge?" someone asked and I finally looked up.
"Are you ok?" Fang asked.
He had carried me out of school and to a park near it, I didn't even notice.
"Fang?" I asked softly.
"It's ok, I'm here" he said and I just started crying again. He just held me until I finished.
"What's wrong sweetie?" He asked.
I felt safe in his arms as I looked up into his dark eyes. Fang was now 17 and I was 15. He looked at me with worry yet i could see it wasnt patronizing, he wasnt thinking of me as a little kid. I remembered when we were younger, how he had looked at me the same way when i had tried to find my mum back in the cabe when Max had dissipeared from us.
"It's Iggy" I whispered.
"What about him?" He asked.
"His expirerary date showed up about a week ago" I whispered and he froze.
It felt good to tell someone. It was silent as Fang digested it all.
"It'll be ok, we'll find a way to fix it" he soothed.
We just sat there for what seemed like forever until we noticed school would have finished by now so we hurried home.
We got home and Max's mum was the only one there.
"Where is everyone?" I asked.
"At the hospital" she said softly, looking like she had been crying.
"What happened?" Fang asked.
"It's Iggy. He was hit by a car" she said but didn't get to finish her sentence because Fang and I were gone.
Fang's POV
We arrived at the hospital and saw the rest of the flock standing around a very battered and well dead looking Iggy.
"What happened?" I asked and they all looked over at Nudge and I.
"We're have you two been?" Max snapped accusingly at us and I just shrugged.
"We were coming home from school and he got hit. It just happed so fast" Ella cried.
"We got him here and they tried everything but they lost him for a few minutes" Gazzy said with teary eyes.
"What do you mean lost him? Nudge squeaked.
"As in he died. But its ok they managed to bring him back with CPR and those shock things" Gazzy said.
"You don't think…." Nudge looked up at me with hope in her eyes.
My heart jumped. Was it possible?
Nudge walked over to Iggy and the others looked at her with confusion and I prayed she was right. She nudged him and lifted up his hair exposing his neck. His bare neck.
"Oh my god, Fang!" she squealed.
"I know" I said, shaking, my heart feeling weak.
Iggy had technically died so his date had gone.
Nudge threw herself at me and hugged me.
"He's going to be ok" she cried and I felt my own eyes sting with tears.
"I know" I said with a shaky voice.
She pulled back, her arms still around my neck and mine around her waist.
"It's going to be ok" she whispered and I forgot about the others.
Nudge's big brown eyes burned into mine and I smiled. Nudge was everything I wasn't and everything I wanted. I leaned down and kissed her, her lips formed a shocked O but then she kissed me back.