So I think I'm going to change the summary for this and just say that it's mostly Fax with some action stuff later. Lol
Anyways…here's another one! ^_^
CHAPTER 7
Fang POV
The next morning, I sat in the kitchen as Dr. Martinez began preparing breakfast. I heard footsteps coming down the stairs and assumed it was Max. She always seemed to be the first one up.
"G'mornin'," I heard Iggy mutter behind me.
I turned around, just to confirm that is was, in fact, Iggy up before the others.
"Mornin', Ig," I replied.
"Good morning, Iggy," Dr. Martinez smiled. "I'm fixing pancakes for breakfast. I'll go wake everyone else for breakfast."
"Fang?" Iggy asked as soon as Dr. Martinez left the room.
"Yea?" I said glancing over at him.
"I was wondering…" he began. He sounded kind of embarrassed. I had also felt his embarrassment for all of three seconds.
"What is it, Ig?"
"Could you…do me a favor?" he finally managed to ask.
"Such as…"
"I need to know if…well…Ella likes me."
Ok. Didn't see that coming.
"Do you like her?" I was curious.
He blushed, scratched the back of his head, and said, "Kinda. Can you just help me out?"
"You want ME to ask ELLA if she likes you?"
I must admit, I wasn't sure why Iggy came to me first. Then, after thinking about it, I realized why he wouldn't go to Max, for obvious reasons, or Gazzy or Nudge, because I doubt they had any experience with that. Angel, I could see. She could just read her mind and there! It would be done!
"No!" he said slightly irritated. "Dude, you have a brand new ability just waiting to be put to the test."
Oh. Proved me wrong. He wanted my new-found ability, not my advice.
"Why not ask Angel to do a quick mind-reading on her?" I asked.
"Because Angel has a tendency to let things slip. I don't want Max, or Ella, for that matter, to know yet," he said.
"Umm…I can't really control it yet," I explained. "It just kinda comes and goes right now."
"And what better way to practice than to try to help one of your best friends out?" he pointed out.
The guy made a point. I had to start somewhere.
"Fine," I agreed hesitantly. "But, you can NEVER tell Max I'm doing this. She may just kill us both."
Iggy smiled gratefully and said, "Thanks!"
Speaking of Max, she entered the kitchen just as Iggy and I finished our conversation.
Max POV
Fang and Iggy were already sitting at the table when I came down for breakfast.
"Hey, guys," I yawned.
"Hey," they said simultaneously.
"How'd you guys sleep?" I asked, mostly to Fang, as I heard the others making their way downstairs.
"Good," Iggy said.
"Fine," was Fang's reply.
"No problems on the couch?" I asked him jokingly.
Fang sarcastically said, "Yea. It was really uncomfortable compared to that cave we were in last night."
Although I rolled my eyes at him, I couldn't help but to laugh on the inside.
I'm not sure why, but Fang always had a way to make smile no matter how I felt.
'You should tell him that. He likes it when you smile,' Angel's voice seeped into my head.
I whipped my head around to see Nudge, Angel, Ella, and Gazzy walking groggily to the table. Well, everyone but Angel looked extremely tired.
Mom set a giant plate with a huge stack of pancakes in the middle of the table, and we all began scrafing them down quickly. There's nothing like warm, home-cooked meals!