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Chapter four: Butterfly

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-Max's point of view Five years later-

I heard the alarm go off so I got up. I walked over to my closet and picked out a kaki pencil skirt and a dark blue shirt with ruffles down the front. I walked into the bathroom and over to the shower and turned it on. I stepped in and let my long brown hair fall down my back. I rubbed my hand over the bones in my back. They stuck out a little further then considered normal. I guess it makes sense when you once had wings that were cut off by hedge clippers. I finished my shower quickly and got dressed. I let my hair dry then pulled it up into a neat ponytail. I slipped on a pair of heals and was out the door. I walked out into the busy streets of Uniden. Uniden is a city of just past experiments that don't have families. When I first arrived five years ago I was surprised of how many experiments there were enough to have high schools, malls, and many businesses. The only problem is no one is allowed in or out. That is why my wings were removed.

I ran up the stairs leading into the building that I worked at. I am a secretary for a prestigious law firm. I walked in and marveled at the beautiful building, decorated in rich inviting colors. I walked over to the elevator as the doors were shutting a man ran up the stairs.

"Hold the elevator!" I stuck my hand in between the doors. As the man got closer I could see that he is around my age. He is dressed in a well fitting suit; he has blonde semi shaggy hair. "Thank you, I really didn't want to have to wait for another elevator." He leaned across me and hit the button for level twelve, one level above me.

"No problem I know how you feel. You would have been waiting another ten minutes for the elevator." I looked over to him a smile spreading a cross his face. "I'm Anna." I looked over to him and noticed how hot he is. A slight blush played across my cheeks.

"Nice to meet you I'm Ryan." He held out his hand and I shook it, a smile spreading across my face. We talked about ourselves until the door opened at my level. As I stepped out of the elevator Ryan stopped the doors with his hand. "Anna, I was wondering if after work you would like to go out for coffee with me."

"Sure, I'll meet you in the lobby at six." He smiled and let the door shut. I let out a little giggle. I probably sounded like a twelve year old, but I felt like one at the moment. I walked behind the desk and turned my computer on; I stared down the hall of offices letting a sigh out. My friend Natalie walked up to the desk handing me a mug of coffee.

"You seem happier then normal. What happened to you?" I sat down in my chair scooted along the long desk to the computer.

"Nothing major. I just met this really cute guy in the elevator this morning, and we are going out for coffee after work." A smile spread across my face. Natalie leaned over the desk to look at me.

"That is just the definition of something happened." I gave her a look that said I was going to ignore her. I logged onto my computer, and turned to look at her. I handed her a paper.

"You need to go see John, you and him will be visiting the TV station. They are casting today and they need your opinion." She gave me a smug smile and walked across the hall to his office. I opened the internet and logged onto a chat room. One I have been talking on for a while.

Butterfly has just logged on…

TDH just logged on…

TDH: Good morning, how are you?

Butterfly: The same as usual, work is slow for a secretary. How is work for you?

TDH: Being an artist has its slow uncreative days, even though I'm in one of the most exciting cities in the continental United States.

Butterfly: We've been talking for about a month and all I know about you is that you are an artist living in New York City.

TDH: Okay, ask me a question and then I will ask you in return.

Butterfly: How old are you?

TDH: 20… you?

Butterfly: 20… favorite color?

TDH: Black… yours?

Butterfly: blue… an artist whose favorite color is black, that's interesting. What is your biggest secret?

TDH: I've been searching for the girl I fell in love with, I lost her about five years ago. Yours?

Butterfly: I'm trapped in a place that I can't escape from, even if I tried. What is the girl's name?

TDH: Her names is Max, but I don't know what has happened to her.

Butterfly: Ride?

TDH: What?

Butterfly: Was her last name ride?

TDH: Uh…Yeah it is, have you met her?

Butterfly: Ummm… I guess you could put it that way. What is your name?

TDH: I'm known as Virgil. I don't like it I use another name.

Butterfly: Is the name you like to go by Fang?

TDH: Who are you? What's your name?

Butterfly: I'm known as Anna. I'm a secretary at a law firm. I know max, but she doesn't exist anymore.

TDH: Oh… and yes I'm Fang.

Butterfly: I'm sorry but I have to file a lot of papers and I need go.

Butterfly has logged off…

My mind started racing. Fang is alive, what if he doesn't love me.

Hours passed and it was time for me to go home, actually on that date. I fixed my hair and met him down in the lobby with only one thing on my mind. Fang.

-Fangs Point of view-

"Fang, I need to use the computer." Nudge ran out of her room and plopped down on the couch next to me.

"No way, I have a report due in history today! I need the computer." Gazzy ran out of the bathroom with a tooth brush in his mouth. "I get it."

"Fang, I need lunch money. I'm all out." Angel walked down the hall from her bedroom and into the open living room.

"Will you guys ever shut up?!" Iggy walked down the big spiral staircase. "You guys are so loud." Iggy said as he walked down from his room fallowed by Antoinette or as we like to call her natty.

I'm sure you're surprised we are all together. Over time we have all found each other, none of us adjusted very well to normal lives and we missed each other. My parents turned out to be rich snobs that could care less about me or natty. Natty and I left our parents and went to live in New York. One day I ran into Nudge, she had run away from home. Next I found Angel and Gazzy; they were at a toy store hiding from their parents. The last I found was Iggy, he was sent to live with foster parents, they kicked him out after he beet up his foster dad. Iggy was pretty shaken up about it, natty was there for him. They fell in love and got married about two months ago. The only person left is Max; I went looking for her about a year ago. I went to her mom's old house, when I arrived I found out it had been burned to the ground many years before. There were no survivors. I won't let myself believe that, max has to be alive.

"Iggy, it's fine if they want to be loud. It's not like we were doing anything important." Iggy turned around on the stairs to face natty.

"It was important to me." Iggs smile spread across his face. He set his arms around natty's waist and pulled her close to him. She wrapped her legs around him and started to kiss him.

"Guys save it for the bedroom, there are kids in the room." I looked back at them as I said this. Natty pulled herself off of Iggy, she straitened her pajamas out and pulled her long black hair out of her face into a ponytail.

"Anyhow… there is this sale after school today and I really want to buy this coat. It is dark blue, like an old fashion sailors coat and I…"

"Nudge, if I give you the money will you not go into detail about it?" She nodded her head. "How much does it cost?" She put a smile on her face.

"It's on sale for four hundred dollars." I crinkled my eyes as I pulled my wallet out of my back pocket. I handed her the money.

"Gazz, Ang. Time for school! Nudge take them in a taxi, and this time don't ditch them they are too young to be alone in New York City." Nudge stared at me in disbelief.

"Gazzy is as old as you and max were." With that she ushered them out the door. All I could do is think about max now. I walked into the kitchen were natty and Iggy are. Iggy has his arms around Natty's waist kissing her neck. She's trying to do something else but is getting distracted.

"Iggy stop there are kids here." She giggled trying to shrug him off but he wouldn't stop.

"They're gone." I said as I walked by. I walked up the stairs to my room when I remembered I left my laptop on the couch I walked back down the stairs and grabbed it. As I walked by the kitchen I looked in through the French doors. Nattys petite body was sitting on the granite counters wrapped around iggy kissing him passionately. I looked away before that image was permanently burned into my mind. I walked up into my room that over looked into New York City. I logged onto the chat room.

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Ok sorry to leave it there… but the next chapter will be the conversation in Fangs point of view. Maybe Max will admit who she is to him. Review and find out : )