Crooked Teeth

Damn it, Brigid.

If one thing could bring me back to fight, must kill all, Maximum Ride. It was her.

I made it back home wondering when Brigid could come back. Ella was standing by the door waiting for me. She had arms crossed in a pissed off mood.

Great, just what I wanted to deal with.

I stepped into the home feeling the cool autumn breeze follow me in. She was glaring at me as if she could melt me. That's be a neat trick.

"What's going on Max?" Ella asked.

I couldn't even tell Fang, what made her think I could tell her. Back when Ella was just a friend, and not a sister, she was the only mortal whom I ever trusted. Maybe, if I told one person.

No- I couldn't.

"Ella, I don't have time for this, all right?" I pushed past her seeing Total dreaming lazily on the floor. The flock would all be here after three o'clock. Then, we would talk and then possibly leave.

I made my way to my room. The light blue walls with a single book case, a dresser, and a bed. My bed was beside the large window that I always left open. I would have to start closing it now.

Ella was standing in my doorway. "You never told me," she was really upset. I reached for the bag that I hadn't packed in a year. Now would be the time to start using it all over again. Living back on desert rat wouldn't be so bad.

"I never told you what, Ella?" I screamed my head off. A mirror over my dresser caught my reflection and I had to stare. My hair was crazy and stuck up in all kinds of areas. My eyes were tired. I've looked better living on the streets.

Ella shut the door behind her and then shut the window. She stared at me. I paused to watch as she sit on the bed to look at her hands. "Why didn't you ever tell me that you had slept with Fang? How many times, Max?" Why was she acting like this?

It wasn't like I slept with Iggy!

"Yeah, we shared a bed. All right, now that's out of the way, Ella. I've got more things to worry about." I started shoving clothes into the bag getting ready to leave.

Ella stood up, "What's going on? Max, why are you packing? Are you running away? Is it because of Fang?"

"I'm a war of head versus heart Ella, don't screw with me right now. Mela just came and told me Brigid is after me."

I grabbed my favorite book and placed it into my bag. Ella's skinny, weak fingers wrapped around my arms. "Max! She's dead, don't you remember?" I pushed her away with all of my strength.

Ella fell instantly and her head hit against the corner of my bed. I watched as blood dripped from her forehead. I dropped the bag as my heart began banging in my head.

No, I guess you can't find nothing at all if there was nothing there all along. "Help! Mom!" I screamed but I couldn't recall if she was home or not. Was her car in the driveway?

I fell on my knees and started crying. Ella was still breathing but the cut on her head was bad. "Please, somebody help!"

I heard the door burst open.

There was a scream from my mother.

Through blurry eyes, I looked up to watch Iggy rush to Ella's side. My mother calling 911. Fang was in the doorway sending me this look that I always recognized.

He wanted to comfort me.

But he knew he couldn't.

My heartbeat raced up as I knew what had happened.

"I saw Mela," I told Fang, looking him in the eyes, knowing that Mela had been dead for over a year now. "I saw her and she told me Brigid is after me. Then, I pushed Ella."

Fang walked over just to stare at the bag that I had dropped. As if he was expecting to see this. He was cold, a stone, and the typical Fang.

"God DAMN IT!" I screamed at him. I felt all their eyes stare at me but his was the worst. "Would you care to FUCKING explain why you don't love me anymore?"

Then, it went black and I landed onto the hardwood floor of my room.

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Song is "Crooked Teeth" by Death Cab for Cutie

If you have any suggestions for songs I'll take them because the random shuffle song is getting pretty difficult. =)