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Chapter 23

Here's a good excuse to take me I think as I black out. All I see is black, miles and miles of pure darkness. I stare into the dark with no hope of anything. I have never in all my life felt such a numb. I wounder if this is how it feels to die or if I'm already dead. A part of me argues that a dead person wouldn't be able to think seeing as I can't see, smell, or feel but another part remembers that it'd be a miracle to survive a crash like that.

A small petite figure moves closer to me. I wounder aloud if it's the Devil ready to take me to his home. No fear passes over me though. A feeling of great happiness captures my body as I recognize that small frame. It's my sister Angel. Angel gets closer and closer until she's finally standing before me.

"Oh Max" Angel says her face sporting a disappointed look.

"What?" I ask her.

Angel just shook her head like she was a wise mother hen and I was her trouble making chick. I remember when it use to be the other way around. When I was the wise one, or at least as wise as a ten year old could be, and she was the little one.

"You shouldn't have run from Fang he was only trying to help you." Angel says her face looks worried as she shakes her head again.

"Angel he lied to me! He hide his entire life from me while I played the stupid teenager who falls in love and trusts the stupid mysterious new guy. God I feel like a complete loser for trusting him." I tell her on the verge of tears for everything coming out of my mouth was so true.

"Max your not a loser." Angel tells me putting an arm around me.

She has this sad kind of scared look in her eyes. This is the first time I have ever cried or been remotely close to tears in front of her. I don't care how wise she thinks she's gotten in heaven nothing could brace you for having to be the tough one after years of being the emotional one.

"It's a lot hard than it looks" Angel tells me.

I look up at her with a questioning face.

"Being strong. Doing what you've done my whole life. Sometimes I wounder how you do it, how you even make it through the day." Angel admits to me laying her head down on top of mine.

"Years or practice" I whisper to no one precisely but into the dark.

Angel looks at me again with that same face and tells me "I love you, you know that right?"

My lips turn up a little as I nod answering her question.

"Good. Don't you ever forget it or even doubt it. Iggy, Gazzy, and I are so damn lucky to have such an amazing sister." She says and kisses my forehead.

We stay like that for a while just enjoying each others presence but then a white beam comes out of nowhere. It shines down just to the left of where we stand. Angel starts to walk towards it. The white beam has transported into an escalator going up. Angel stands at the foot of it about to get on when she turns and waves good-bye leaving me completely in the dark again except this time I can feel, hear, and smell.

A small noise that resembles a door opening startles me. I look but I still see nothing but darkness. Four pairs of feet enter what I suppose is some kind of hospital room.

"Our analysis give us evidence that she may be able to hear you but is not yet in the state to be able to form responses with her words or body." A voice says somewhere in the darkness.

My brain right away places the voice as a doctor or nurse because of the way it's spoken.

"Thanks Doc" A familiar voice responds somewhere to my left.

I think and think of who's voice it is until it hits me. Fang. It's his voice. The same noise I first heard appears again as what I presume to be a doctor leaves the room.

"So what do we do Fang?" Iggy's voice asks.

He sounds like he's being my little solider trying to be strong for his brother even though he may be dying on the inside.

"Just talk to her. Tell her something that'll make her fight to get back here." Fang suggest his voice laced with comfort.

"Hey Max, I don't know if you can hear me but I just wanna say I love you. I know we have our moments but their isn't a doubt in my mind that you only do whats best for me and Gazzy. I know you miss Angel a lot. I miss her too so if you get the chance tell her I love her and I miss her tons but also tell her to watch over you and to not take you from us cause we need you" Iggy says his voice cracking through out his speech.

"That was sweet Iggy" Fang says and then adds "Would you like to say anything to Max Gazzy?"

I feel small arms wrap around me and tears stain my shirt. I want with everything in me to hug him back and whip away those tears but I feel a restraint. Someone takes him off me.

"Come on Gazzy lets go get some chips" Iggy's voice suggests.

The door closes for the second time and I know I'm alone with Fang.

"Maximum Ride if you can hear me you better knee God in the balls and run like the wind back here. Don't you think for one moment your leaving me or your brothers. I may not need you the way your brothers do but I still need you." Fang tells me taking hold of my hand.

I feel a light pressure on the pit of my stomach as if someones laid there head there. Small wet drops land on my skin in the form of tears.

"I'm sorry Max. I should have told you. Please make it out of this and I promise I'll never ever keep something like that from you" Fang says trying his hardest to keep his voice from cracking.

The door opens and the nurse says "Times up it's the next persons turn."

I feel Fang collect himself and make his way out. A minute later I hear the door open again. Two pairs of feet come in this time. I wounder who it is.

"Damn Max you look like shit" Gustavo's voice says.

I hear a grunt come from him as Sonya's voice says "He's just kidding you look great! Nothing a little mascara some eye liner, okay who am I kidding you look like crap."

I tell me brain to smile and say 'Thanks that's what every girl just loves to hear' but it doesn't listen.

"Well Max It's Gustavo here. They told us to tell you something heart felt. As if you were going to die." Gustavo says like it's not a possibility.

"I know you too well to know you'd let a small thing like a car accident make you give up on life. You'll be up and kicking ass in no time kiddo. Well get better soon cause there's no way in hell I'm attending your funeral alive." Gustavo adds.

"Wussup Ride? Guess not much huh? Well I just wanted to say you better not die on my ass cause we still got a million of memories to make, okay?" Sonya says trying to keep her cool but her voice sounds worried.

"Come on lets go I think the doctor said there was one more person waiting to visit her." Gustavo says.

"You go ahead I just got one more thing to say." Sonya's voice answers.

The door closes and Sonya says "Ride your like my sister you have stuck by me even when I had nothing. You keep our whole messed up family together and you still manage to stay off the streets and take care of your brothers. Your my hero."

"And I would hope my hero wouldn't let everyone down by doing something as stupid as dying. So lets make a promise like we did when we were girls. You don't die and I'll stay sober." Sonya says taking my pinkie and hooking it with hers.

I beg my brain to respond to her to tell her it's a promise. To do something but it does nothing.

"See ya Ride" Sonya says as she leaves.

A couple of minutes pass until another person enters my room. The steps sound scared, a little sad and quite as if so no one should make them out. I feel someone take hold of my hand and hold it tightly. Small hot tears hit my arms from the person holding my hand up to their lips.

"I'm so sorry mi grande...for everything." My mothers voice whispers as more tears run down my arms.

My whole body goes into shock. She was my last visitor? Did anyone know she was here? How'd she find out I was here? My mind can't seem to wrap around the thought that my mom had cared enough to come visit me or that she had admitted to doing something wrong and was apologizing.

I hear foot steps approaching my room and the warmth from my mothers hands surrounding mine vanish in an instant. I guess no one did know she came and she didn't seem like she wanted anyone to find out. I hear the door quietly click shut only to be opened a second time.

"Are you sure you'd like to spend the night in Ms. Ride's room?" The doctors voice asked.

"Yes" Fang's voice answers.