Hey everyone. I'm super glad that you all liked my last chapter. I'm also super glad that I got so many amazing reviews. Well, I have some news. I'm going to be putting up my Harry Potter fanfiction soon, though I'm not exactly set on a date. It might not be for a few months, but I am working on it. It's called 'It Takes Two' (title subject to change) and is about the Weasley twins and a girl by the name of Alyssa Jones (her name might change too). The full summary is on my profile. Please send me any ideas you have or any title suggestions. Anyway, read 'NeoFlock' and 'Deadline' by Talon666 and 'Dark Blue' and 'Maximum Ride: Wings vs. Wands' by Madeline Cullen. With that being said, I give you my next chapter. I really hope you like this and, yes, this is the date. You may squeal as loudly as you please here. Okay, here's the chapter.
As soon as we walked in that skating rink I should've grabbed Skye and turned right around. But I didn't. I should've known that this date would go south. I mean, practically everything else did for us. But did I listen to the little voice nagging me in the back of my head, telling me that this was a terrible idea? No. Because I'm stupid, I pushed forward through the crowd and paid for me and Skye to get in.
Skye was glued to me like a three year old to his mother from the moment we entered the building.
"It's okay." I told him as we were handed our skates. "Everything will be just fine. I promise."
Skye sighed. "I know Mel, but I have this weird feeling. I don't know what it is, but it makes me wonder if this was such a good idea after all."
I stupidly ignored him and sat down on the nearest bench to lace up my skates. Skye sat down next to me and in a matter of seconds we were ready to roll.
Skye stood up, wobbled a bit, and fell down. I had to giggle at him, but I still helped him up.
"You gotta learn to balance." I said, holding him up.
I could see people staring at us, and I suppose Skye noticed too because he said, "Why are they staring?"
I chuckled. "Because, it's usually the dude teaching the girl how to skate. They think it's strange and oddly hilarious at the same time."
Skye sighed. "So, how am I supposed to stay balanced?"
"Just pretend you're flying." I whispered in his ear.
"You're sure it'll work?" he asked.
I nodded. "It helped me. I'm gonna let go now okay?"
Skye nodded back, so I let go. This time he managed to stay upright and not do a face plant on the hard floor.
I clapped. "Yay!" I cheered, teasingly. "Now, let's see if you can skate." I began skating and shouted back at him, "Come on slow poke! Catch up!"
Skye looked uneasy at first, but began to chase after me. Pretty soon he caught up to me, so I decided to do something else. I began skating backwards.
"Let's see you do that!" I told him.
People had started to watch us, clearly interested. When Skye began skating backwards, a few people cheered for him (mostly girls I noticed).
We continued to play this little game for a while when Skye skated up next to me and said, "How about taking a break? I'm kinda hungry."
I was getting hungry too, but I didn't want to say anything unless Skye did first. It was something Max had taught me. Leaders were always the last to break.
"Yeah, okay let's head over to the snack bar and get some food." I agreed.
We skated over to the edge of the rink and made our way through the large crowd that had gathered to watch us. I figured they were all disappointed that Skye and I stopped because several people groaned and a few followed us.
We both got two slices of pizza and a coke and sat down in a booth. I was getting uncomfortable with all of the people staring at us. It was driving me bonkers. Didn't these people have anything better to do? Finally, when I couldn't stand it anymore, I pulled a total Max.
"Take a picture. It'll last longer." I snapped at them. When they didn't budge, I growled, "I mean it. Scram."
All but one of them hightailed it away from us. A girl with long blonde hair was left standing next to our table, making googly eyes at Skye.
After a minute of her just standing there, Skye said, "Uh… hi?"
The girl giggled and said "Hi." back. She totally reminded me of Felecia. She even sort of looked like her, but if this really was my 'friend' she would have noticed me and said something.
"What do you want?" I asked, not even trying to be nice. I knew what she wanted: my boyfriend or whatever Skye actually was.
She gave me an evil glare and flipped her long hair. She turned to Skye, ignoring me. "I saw you skating. You're really good for a beginner." she said in a sugar-coated, sickly sweet voice that made me want to hurl. She was a total Felecia. I loathed her.
"Uh… thanks." Skye said uncertainly. The poor guy. He had no idea what was going on.
She smiled at him. "Well, I was just wondering. There's going to be a couple's skate in a little while and I wanted to ask if you'd like to skate with me." She ran her tongue over her bottom lip purposefully. She wasn't going to give up until Skye went with her.
Skye shook his head. "Thanks for the offer, but I already have someone to skate with." He placed his hand on top of mine. Okay, maybe he knew exactly what she was doing.
She frowned. "Oh. It's just you two looked more like friends. I assumed that's what you were."
"Yeah, well you shouldn't assume things. It just makes an ass out of you and me." Another total Max-like remark. I was on a roll.
Before she could say a word, a guy walked up to her. "Come on babe." he told her, grabbing her arm. "Time to go."
Skye and I tried to stifle a laugh as she walked off with the dude who was apparently her boyfriend. If only the guy knew. I mean, I suppose I could've told him, but that wouldn't have been very nice of me. The poor girl would've been without a boyfriend if I had done that.
Skye and I finished off our food in silence, laughing about what had just happened without actually laughing at all.
Suddenly, there came an announcement over a loudspeaker. "Alright it's time for a couple's skate. If you don't have a partner then get off the floor. We're staring in two minutes so find that special someone and make your way to the rink."
Skye grinned. "Wanna skate?" he asked me, standing up.
"Hmm?" I pretended to think for a second. "Sure." I laughed. "Why not? It could be fun."
We made our way back through the massive crowd and held hands and skated together as the lights dimmed and a slow song played.
What day is it
And in what month
This clock never seemed so alive
I can't keep up
And I can't back down
I've been losing so much time
"Hey, I know this song." I whispered. "My parents love this one." I said to Skye. "I sort of love it too."
Skye looked at me like I was crazy or something. I just shrugged and began singing along in my head.
All of the things that I want to say
Just aren't coming out right
I'm tripping on words
You got my head spinning
I don't know where to go from here
That sounded about right. What was going on with me and Skye? Where would we be five years from now? Five days from now? Five minutes from now? I wondered if Skye and I would last. Out on the run, on our own nothing was certain. I didn't even know if we'd be alive in the morning.
The song ended and Skye and I skated over to the edge of the rink. I checked my watch. It was almost midnight. We'd been out later than I thought.
"Guess we better head out huh?" Skye asked, noticing my face.
I nodded, unlacing my skates. "Yeah, it's late and Jewel's probably worried sick by now."
Skye took off his skates and then we went to exchange them for our shoes. We walked out onto the streets and began walking in the direction of the hotel. It was going to be a long walk.
Before we even got a quarter of the way there, Skye whispered, "Why don't we just fly back? We can take off in an alley and land a few feet away from the hotel."
I was so tired that I didn't use my common sense and just nodded in agreement. That had been a huge mistake.
We turned into the alley and unfurled our wings. Just as we were about to take off, I heard someone behind us. Oh no. We'd been spotted. To add to my stupidity, instead of taking off I turned around.
"Willow?" I asked, immediately recognizing her.
Skye tensed up next to me. His fists were clenched and his jaw was locked tight. He was ready to protect me.
"How sweet." Willow jeered. "A cute couple finishing up their date. So very touching."
"What're you doing here?" I asked angrily.
"I was in the neighborhood and thought I'd drop by." she said, grinning evilly.
"How'd you find us?" Skye asked.
Willow walked forward a little. "Not important." she said. "What is important is that you two are about to die. Kinda like Romeo and Juliet. Tragic lovers and all that jazz."
I was about to laugh at that (She actually thought she could kill us by herself?) when I noticed something about her that was different.
"Skye, do those look like claws to you?" I asked him, backing up a few paces.
"Claws?" Skye asked also backing up. "I'm looking at her fangs. Do you not see them?"
I looked closely and she did indeed have fangs. What was this? A bad horror movie?
Before I could even act, Willow lunged at me. I quickly threw my arms up to shield myself and closed my eyes. The next thing I heard was Willow falling onto the asphalt.
I opened my eyes and Skye was staring at Willow, who was rubbing her head. I was so confused that it was not even the least bit funny.
"What just happened?" I asked Skye.
"I have no idea." he whispered looking as shocked as I felt.
Willow stood up. "I don't know what that was, but I assure you that it's not going to happen again." Without warning she swiped her hand at me, but was stopped in mid air.
I looked at Skye. Suddenly I knew what was going on. It all made perfect sense. It was also totally awesome.
"Skye, you have a power." I told him while Willow was trying to figure out what was going on. "You can make a force field."
"Is that what I'm doing?" he asked and I nodded in response.
Willow shook her head and growled. "Well, this has all been very interesting, but I'm through playing. Try not to make too much of a mess when I kill you."
Just as she was about to do something, I heard a loud beeping noise and Willow looked exasperated.
"Are you kidding me?" she asked, looking at the sky. "I almost had them and then Tanner wants me to come back." She turned to us. "You just got very lucky. Next time I will kill you." She then took off leaving me and Skye in a state of confusion, disbelief, and immense relief.
"Come on." I said. "We gotta get back to the hotel. Something could've happened to Jewel." Then I got an idea. "But first we're making a pit stop."
"A pit stop?" Skye asked me incredulously. "We can't afford to make a pit stop Princess." he told me, reverting back to his old ways slightly.
I nodded. "But we also can't afford not to."
Skye opened his mouth to argue, but looked at me and shut it. After a second he said, "Okay, where are we going?"
"Any kind of small store. I need supplies." I told him, checking my pocket for the small plastic card that helped to keep us alive.
"Supplies?" Skye asked. "May I ask for what?"
I sighed. "You'll see when we get back to the hotel. I promise. It'll help some. Or, it should."
Skye simply nodded and we took off in silence.
I hoped I could do this. It would take a lot of work, but if I was anything like my father then this would be a little piece of cake. I certainly hoped it would work.
Wow. What a first date huh? Well, next chapter is sort of going to veer off from Mel, Skye, and Jewel. However, it's not going to go to the Flock either. It's going to go to Tanner and the other bad guys. Should be interesting right? Oh, I don't own the song 'You and Me' by Lifehouse. So, leave me a nice review. Updating next week if I'm sane enough. I'll explain later. Bye guys.
