Chapter 7 Nudge Pov
I yawned a huge yawn. Maybe the biggest yawn yet! My eyes cracked open, dry and itchy. Normal morning feeling, for me.
I looked around and remembered- oh yeah! Max had helped us escape from that awful place! We took her back and gave her a room… right next to ours!
I remembered shamefully we had no food, and sighed sadly. Angel awoke and grinned.
"Hi, Nudge! Wanna go see Max?" She hopped down from her bed and flounced to her dresser.
"Yeah, Sure!" I followed her in dressing. We opened Max's door slowly and quietly, but Angel rushed into the room, staring with a horrified expression at the messy covers on Max's bed. She wasn't there. Had she left? No! I didn't want her to! No one did!
Angel dropped to the floor and cried silently. I stood in the doorway staring in shock at Max's unmade bed. Max seemed so nice, though!
I noticed the window was wide open, and couldn't keep it in any longer. I dropped next to Angel and cried, too. After a few minutes, the sunlight was blocked for a few seconds before we heard a gasp.
Arms wrapped around Angel and me.
"Hey- what happened? Whats wrong?" The voice made us look up in shock, or, more shock, I should say.
"Max? Y-you stayed?" Angel gasped.
"Of course I did! What makes you think otherwise?" Max's eyes held confusion and disbelief.
"Y-you weren't here when we l-looked, so we just asumed-" I couldn't say anymore.
To our surprise, Max laughed. "I did leave, but not for that reason." She said. "I went to go get groceries. You guys were all out of food!"
Angel and I looked over at Max's bed, which, sure enough, had groeries sprawled out messily.
"Oh…" We said warily, smiling guiltily.
Max laughed again.
"I'm not leaving." She said firmly. "No matter what, I'll always come back."
For the first time, I felt assured. For the first time, I knew I was protected.
"Now," Max picked up the grocery bags off of her bed. "What say we go and make some breakfast before the others wake up?"
"Yeah!" Angel and I choroused happily.
We skipped into the kitchen and made a delicious breakfast.