After dinner Max and Nudge went back into their room. they shut the door. "do you want to leave" Max asked Nudge. "no" Nudge said quietly. "i like it here. can we give this place a chance" Nudge was nearly begging now. "Fine" Max said. the girls crawled in to bed and went to sleep.
the next morning both Max and Nudge were awakened by a knocking at their bedroom door. "get up mom is taking you two clothes shopping". it was Fang. the got up and went down stairs. Every one was eating breakfast. "good morning Max, Nudge" said. "are you ready to get some new clothes" she said excitedly. both girls nodded. "great well just fill in empty seats" she told them. there were only 2 seats left one next to Fang and one next to Ari. Max sat down next to Fang, but Nudge kept standing. she was shaking. "go on Nudge sit down" Mrs. Martinez said. Nudge just backed away until she reached the front door. with her back against it she opened the door and ran away. Max got up and ran after her followed by Fang and Iggy.
Nudge kept running trying to put as much distance as she could between her and the house. "how could i be so stupid" she thought. "how did i not recognize him when i first walked into the house". while she was thinking this she didn't notice a branch in front of her. she tripped and fell. giving Max time to reach her side. Before Max reached her she looked across the street. she kept staring at it remembering all the horror that took place at that house. the beatings, the experiments, the abuse. she was transfixed on that house. "why did you run away" Max asked when she reached Nudge's side. Nudge didn't answer she was in a trance, just by looking at her former foster home. "NUDGE" max shook her more violently now. Nudge lifted a shaky finger and pointed across the street. max followed her finger and froze. "no" she thought "they had to move" Max thought but they were just glued there frozen in shock. Fang and Iggy reached their sides. "what's wrong" no response. both girls just pointed across the street.