Sorry it's been so long since I updated! Like I said, I'm really lazy. So anywho, chapter nineteen. It's really short, but important if you read between the lines.
Chapter Nineteen
Max
Fang had been watching me like a hawk watches its prey for two weeks that I'd noticed, but I thought he'd been following me a week or two longer than that also. It had been a little more than a month since Fang had come back. Iggy still wasn't talking much, and Nudge was still talking too much. Angel was quieter than normal, though. And she hadn't tried to take over the flock for a while.
I was seriously annoyed by the stalking by the second week I noticed. I turned around on the couch and glared at Fang, who was leaning over the back of it.
"What are you doing?" I demanded on the fifteenth day of being stalked around the house. Fang jumped, as if being shaken out of a daydream.
"Nothing," he said. I squinted my eyes at him. The liar.
"You're stalking me," I corrected. "Why are you stalking me?"
"I'm not stalking you," he said.
"Yes, you are," I amended again. "And it's annoying. Stop stalking me."
I jumped off the couch and turned around to face him. Then my eyes went all dark and fuzzy. My head swirled and I felt my body sway.
"Max, are you alright?" I heard Fang ask through the ringing in my ears. I felt myself falling. I waited for the impact of the ground, but it never came. I felt nothing as unconsciousness washing over me.
When I came to, I was wrapped in Fang's arms. The rest of the flock was standing around me.
"What happened?" I asked. Fang stroked my hair.
"You fainted, I think," Gazzy whispered. He'd been uncharacteristically quiet since after Fang left. I stood up and immediately clutched my head. My vision spotted again. I felt several hands grab my arms.
"Max, what's the matter?" Fang asked gently. "Is it your voice? Does it still bother you?"
"No," I said. I hadn't heard from my voice much after Fang left. It made me feel kind of empty. I'd sort of grown attached to it, as annoying as it was. "I just stood up too fast, that's all."
Fang gave me an I-Don't-Believe-That-For-A-Second look, but didn't say anything. He walked out of the room, headed for the kitchen. Slowly, the rest of the group distributed themselves around the house.