A/N: ok, I do not own McDonalds…and I don't think they would let this situation take place (later on in the chapter). So you can't sue, you can't scold me about Micky D's service and blah, blah, blah! The content in this chapter may be slightly mature (drinking, fighting, "partying"-not really, and etc.) so…continue reading this way long chapter :D
Caviar or Big Mac
Gwen's P.O.V.
It started to rain, hard. I got up and made my way back to the lake. Everyone was gone and Jes had changed the lake back to its original color. I spread my soaking wet wings and flew home as quick as I could. Luckily, I had caught up with the rest of the group.
"We just got done dropping Redneck and Marigold off at home," Ryan smiled as we landed.
I only nodded. Then I saw Kale. We had a brief moment of awkward staring before both of our eyes ventured to the toes of our shoes.
We all decided to go in the cabin to dry off. There stood The Flock, all dressed up.
"Whoa, what's going on?" Kale asked.
"Anniversary dinner," Fang answered.
"Of coarse," Dylan grumbled as he flopped down on the couch and began snacking on the bowl of cashews.
"So that means we get to party!" I screamed, a little to excited.
"Yes!" "Yah!" "Where's the karaoke?" The Migration responded.
"No, no, no," Dr. M interrupted our high-fives and cheers, "you all will be 'hanging out' at the McDonalds across the street."
All our faces fell to a disgusted frown.
"So…let me get this straight…while you all are downing caviar were munching on Big Macs?" Melee snarled.
"Well…at least you all can crawl around in the play area?" Ella smiled optimistically.
"Seriously?" Flair roles her eyes.
"Yes! Ball pit!" Kale exclaimed as he pumped a fist in the air and fist bumped Jes. I glared at him and he fell silent.
"Ok, this is so unfair!" Alex said.
"How?" Angel asked.
"Uh, lets see…we live in a cave and you get a house. We're eating supper in a fast food restaurant while you get classy food. And…oh yah, WE'RE TREATED LIKE INFANTS!" Flair yelled.
"Amen, sista!" Sparks nodded.
"Well at least you aren't in cages?" Nudge tried.
"Oh my gosh! Hurry! You all go wash your faces! We gotta go to make the reservation in time!" Dr. M screeched as she began pushing us towards the sink.
"Gwen," Max stopped me, "what happened to you?" She gestured at my shorts.
"Oh…uh, we were working on survival skills and we had to start a fire without Flair and Jes got a hold of the matches. It burned up my good pair of jeans," I explained. She didn't look like he believed the story, but she let me go. I mean, I'm not a slut. I wasn't wearing these because I liked denim up my crack.
"Alright! Move it!" Dr. M barked.
"Yes, drill Sargent!" Storm yelled back with a chuckle.
"Could you all possibly be any slower?!" Max complained glancing at the clock.
"Probably," Ebony grinned.
"Ok, Gazzy grab the water gun!" Iggy ordered. Gazzy obeyed and aimed the water gun at Ice.
"You squirt me with that twerp, and you'll wish you had been shot with a real gun," Ice warned. Gazzy dropped the water gun.
Finally we were all "clean".
"Alright! Lets go!" Dr. M called.
"I'm not going," Dylan said as he popped another cashew in his mouth.
"And a group doesn't leave without their leader!" Storm smiled as he stood next to the couch. We all did.
Dr. M put her hands on her hips.
"Get up Dylan."
"No."
-five minutes later-
"Ow. Ow. Ow!" Dylan yelped as Dr. M pulled him by the earlobe down the driveway. We all sighed.
"Everyone in the big stolen bus now!" She commanded. We all stomped up the steps and plopped down in a seat.
"I'm loving your shorts," Ryan whispered to me as he scooted closer.
"Yes, Ryan, influence her to be a stripper," Kale snarled from the seat across from us.
"Kale," I hissed, "shut up."
His eyes met mine and for a moment it was awkward as all the "Do I love him?" questions raced through my mind.
"How long till we get there?" Jace asked.
"Two hours," Angel answered.
"What?!" 24 shrieked.
"Everyone just remain calm…" Iggy said, teasingly.
"It's already 6:00, what time is the reservation?" Ella questioned.
"8 o'clock sharp," Dr. M mumbled.
"Then ya better gun it!" Kale shouted.
"Just what I was thinking…" Dr. M said as she hit the gas. We all clutched to the seats for dear life.
"Dylan, if we crash and die I'm blaming you for your stubbornness!" Ice growled.
"If we crash and die I'm blaming Fang for proposing!" Iggy added.
Dr. M turned a sharp curve.
"Weeeeee!" Jes giggled.
-one hour later-
Ryan was asleep, his head against the bus window. I had my eyes closed and was thinking about my little "episode" earlier today.
Something, or someone, sat beside of me. My eyes snapped open and I stared at the little devil pressed against my side.
"Two people in a seat, Kale," I grumbled.
"We could just throw him out the window," Kale pointed to Ryan.
"I already told you I didn't mean what I did!" I whisper/yelled.
"But you did mean it!" Kale shot back in the same volume.
"No I didn't! And I'm sorry for giving you false hope," I apologized.
"There's just no winning over your heart, huh? I'm making a fool of myself for even trying," Kale frowned. I could see the hurt in his eyes as he retreated back to his own seat and gazed out the window. I started missing the feeling of him beside of me. Like I had lost something. I never had that feeling with Ryan…
I threw my head back against the seat and bit my lip. Kale…his name repeated in my head constantly.
I glanced over to Ryan. He was so cute though. I sighed and rubbed my temples. This was going to be a hard decision.
-1 hour later-
"Here we are! Get out!" Dr. M screamed as she opened the door of the bus.
"Sheesh," Ryan mumbled as we all stood and scrambled towards the door.
"Dylan, I'm giving you 200 bucks, this is for food," Dr. M said sternly as she crammed money in Dylan's hand. He only nodded.
"And Dylan," Max called, "you all had better behave."
"You watch your people, I got mine," Dylan rolled his eyes as he hurried down the steps. We all followed.
The McDonalds wasn't even new. It was extremely old and there was one car in the parking lot. We all looked at each other wearing 'are you freaking serious?!' faces. The bus screeched behind us as it turned suddenly and sped to the fancy, jam packed restaurant behind us. We slowly made our way into the tiny fast food building. The man behind the register had his headphones on and was playing some game on his phone.
"Grab some tables," Dylan ordered.
"Sweet! Can I has ice cream?! Please!" Jester whined as he pulled on Dylan's arm.
"Real food first Jes," Alex reminded as she pried the smaller boy off Dylan.
"What does everyone want?" Ebony asked.
"Chicken nuggets!" Came the smaller ones' replies.
"Burgers!" Yelled the boys.
"Chicken wrap," Answered most of the girls.
"Food," Selene and Ice grinned.
"French fries!" Kale added.
"I got a better idea. What if we each just go up there and order our own?" 24 tried.
"Right," Dylan nodded. He walked up to the completely oblivious cashier and slapped his hand on the counter. The boy jumped and pulled his headphones off.
"Welcome to…McDonalds! How may I serve you tonight?" He chirped.
"We want food," Storm stated.
"Well, most people coming into a McDonalds do…" the boy frowned. He had a name tag that read, 'Freddie'.
"Ok, Freddie, I want a Big Mac, a number two, three large fries, and a large coke, got that?" Jace smiled politely.
"Um...is that all?" Freddie chuckled.
"No," Kale shook his head.
"Are you all feeding an army or what?" Freddie asked.
"Practically," I nodded. Freddie cracked his fingers.
"Lets get to it," he sighed.
After we had all ordered our food Freddie was complaining of sore fingers. I just felt bad because he was the only one here to prepare the food.
"Alright, give me about five hours and it'll be right out," he joked.
We all sat down, except for Jes, 24, and Sparks, who went to play in the play area.
"So what are we going to do until The Queen and her loyal subjects get done eating?" Flair asked.
"Sit here, I guess," Storm shrugged.
"'Cause this is real fun," Kale frowned as he rested his head on his hand.
"We could just go home after we're done eating," Ebony tried.
"And we should like TP their stupid house!" Selene added.
"I like that one," Ryan nodded as he smirked at Selene.
"Or burn it," Flair smiled devilishly.
"Hey kid! What are you doing?!" Freddie cried from the kitchen. Jes was drinking Coke from the little ketchup cups. I sighed.
"Jes, honey, try a cup," Ebony handed him a medium paper cup.
"Oh…that's better. I was wondering why I couldn't get more than a sip…" Jes said in all seriousness.
"Kale, you need to stay away from that kid," Ryan began.
"Why?" Kale asked, offended.
"Because you're rubbing of on him," Ice laughed.
"Come on guys, I ain't that bad…" Kale frowned, "Now how do I get this straw through the lid?"
We all burst into laughter. I poked the straw through the hole and handed his drink back to him.
"Thanks," he said dully as he took a big gulp. I'm guessing he's mad still from the whole 'kiss and run' incident.
Finally our food came out and we were left with 30 dollars and a couple of cents.
"It's 10 o'clock," Alex sighed as she leaned against Jace and put her head on his shoulder.
"Where did Flair and Ice go?" Ebony asked.
"Over there," I pointed behind my shoulder. Of coarse the two were making out 'secretly'.
"How much longer?" Jes whined as he came up to the table.
"I have no freaking idea," Dylan grumbled as he leaned back.
"IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT! THE COPS ARE GONE AND THE PARTY PEOPLE COME OUT TO PLAY!" A man screamed as he stomped in, toting cases of beer.
All eyes snapped to the door where a dozen or so 18-21 year olds came pouring in. I scooted closer to Ryan. Beer scared me, for obvious reasons.
"You're ok, Gwen," Kale whispered to me. I only nodded.
"Hey guys! Finally!" Freddie cried as he climbed from behind the counter.
"Yah, we kinda got a little caught up back there. Here's a beer," One of the guys smiled as he threw a bottle to Freddie. They turned the lights down and someone turned the radio on. Pop music blared throughout the restaurant. The smell of alcohol hit my senses and I was rigid as a rod.
"Gwen," Kale moved closer to me. I didn't know where Ryan went. "It's fine. Dan isn't here."
"I know," I said hoarsely. He pulled me closer.
Somewhere in the thirty minuets I was clung to Kale, Ice, Flair, Ryan, Selene, Jace, Alex, Storm, Ebony, and Dylan were dancing and partying with the 'Bad Boys'.
"Thanks, Kale," I smiled as I stood up. He followed me out to the middle of the McDonalds and we started dancing. Just rocking out…
"Ah man, you gotta swig one of these," One of the boys crammed a bottle of booze in Dylan's hand. Dylan took a sip.
"Gwen," Kale whispered.
"What Kale?" I asked a little more hateful than I meant to.
"Ryan is cheating on you," Kale said. I froze.
"Kale, I know you're desperate, but that's not the right thing to say," I frowned.
"He likes Selene," Kale interrupted me.
I glanced over my shoulder. Ryan stood there, his cup of Coke in hand, he was really close to Selene and he was cracking jokes and giving her that signature smile he gave me. But it couldn't be! I mean…Ryan is almost 15, but Selene is about 16! My thoughts swirled as I remembered all the times in the cave in the past day or so that he was talking to her instead of me. 'Maybe they're just friends?' I told myself. No. He's really flirting with her. I looked up to Kale and then walked away from him towards Ryan.
"Hey, Ryan? Can I talk to you for a minuet outside?" I asked him quietly. He almost looked bored.
"Ill be back," Ryan winked at her. I opened the door and walked outside into he cool summer's night breeze. I made sure no one could hear. No one was even paying attention.
"Do you love her?" I asked, looking at the parking lot instead of him.
"What?!" He asked, his voice cracking, "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Yes you do! Selene. Do you like Selene?!" I spun around now, arms crossed.
"No…" he shook his head.
"Don't you lie to me Vasquez!" I snapped.
He finally broke down and nodded. My jaw almost dropped.
"Bye Ryan," I growled as I pushed past him and continued inside.
I walked right past my ex, the party, the people, the radio, my friends, my family, and Kale. I continued to the play area, why? The world may never know. I crawled inside and hid myself in a corner above the slide. I pulled my knees to my chest and willed myself not to cry. It hurt so bad. I loved Ryan, and now it was all over. I heard someone crawling in too. 'Probably just Jes,' I thought to myself.
"Gwen?" Kale poked his head through the little plastic tunnel.
"Go away," I said, my voice shaking. He didn't listen and made himself comfortable beside of me.
"Sorry," he mumbled.
"I just…I don't know what to say," I whimpered as I leaned against his chest, "Thanks Kale."
He only wrapped his arms around me.
"Do you think this was a…a sign?" I questioned, craning my neck to look up at him.
"Maybe?" He shrugged. I rolled to my knees to face him.
"Why did it take me so long...?" I whispered as my eyes scanned his.
"What?" Kale asked.
I ran my fingers through his hair as I leaned forward and planted my lips on his.
"Why did it take me so long to realize I love you?" I smiled as I pushed back from him. He grinned too.
"'Cause you're slow," he chuckled as he pulled me closer again, his lips brushed mine.
"Uh huh?" I laughed playfully.
We sat in that corner for a while before we decided to go back out to the party.
Dylan was chugging beers, the girls were grouped together giggling, the boys were trying to break dance, the littler kids were still playing, Melee was watching it all, and Ryan was still flirting with Selene.
"Ah, dude! You're rocking this out!" One of the bad boy's smiled as he patted Dylan on the back.
"Ever had a beer before?" Another asked him.
"No," Dylan shook his head as he bottom-upped his bottle. The boys snickered.
Dylan was soon vomiting in a trash can.
I walked over to the girls.
"What are we talking about?" I asked.
"You missed it Gwen! Ice break danced!" Flair cackled.
"Oh my gosh! Seriously?!" I asked.
"Yah! He busted his nose too!" Alex added between hysterical chuckles. I looked over to Ice. He had napkins stuffed up a nostril. I giggled.
In the middle of our laughter one of the 'bad boys' strolled over.
"Hey, baby," He said, blocking Ebony from the rest of us.
"Wanna come home with me?" He asked while he slipped a hand down the front of her shirt.
Ebony's jaw dropped. Me and Flair acted fast, bolting forward and pushing the guy back. Selene picked a metal napkin holder up off a nearby table and conked him in the head with it.
"Storm!" Alex called.
But Storm had already seen. He bolted forward, grabbing the doubled-over player and threw him onto a table, back flat. Storm had the 17 year old's shirt collar between his balled up fist. Storm's free hand coiled and he beat it into the bad boy's pretty little face …repeatedly.
"Fight!" One of the guy's yelled.
Kale grabbed Storm by the shoulders and tried to pry him off the bad boy.
One of the other bad boys decided to take up for his "bro". He punched Storm. Kale tackled that guy to the ground and pinned him. Then it was on.
Another came at Ryan. Ryan smacked him. The next lashed out at Ice, but Ice threw him into the drink machine.
"Girls! Grab the littler ones and go get Max!" Jace screamed as he latched on to Jes. Jester was trying to get to Kale. Flair raced into the play area and fished 24 and Sparks out of the slide. Melee watched the fight with growing excitement. Alex had to literally grab her and run out the back door before one of the bad boys chucked something at them. Flair, Alex, Ebony, Selene, Melee, 24, Sparks and Jester got out, but it was a different story for me.
I was grabbed and tossed against the ordering counter. The guy who had me was about 19 and he smelled of booze and smoke.
"Take the cash!" I heard Kale cry. I glanced behind me to see him picking up the register and chucking it at the boy. It hit the bad boy in the face and he let go of me and fell, crashing to the floor. Kale grabbed me by the shoulders from behind and literally pulled me over the counter.
Once safe and hidden from the creepy alcoholic gang I realized that we were cornered. Ice, Ryan, Storm, Kale, Dylan, and me were hunkered down here, waiting.
"Where's Jace?" I asked, panic rising.
"He followed the girls…" Ice explained.
"What are we going to do?" Ryan asked.
We all looked to Dylan…who had his head in the trash can.
"That quarter pounder not sitting well with that pack of beer?" I asked with a grin. Dylan glanced up at me and shook his head. Then all the color flushed from his face and he had to go back to the trash can.
"We need a plan…one without using our powers," Storm started.
"That's kinda why we have Dylan…" I mumbled.
"I got this…Im not that drunk," Dylan said as he looked over at us, "but you all might wanna come a little closer and put your ears back on…"
"What?" Ice asked.
"Ice! Stop screaming!" Dylan's words slurred.
"Man…thats the beer talking…" Kale whispered.
"I'm not listening!" Dylan pinched his nose shut.
"Ok…well that's not going to work," I sighed. We all looked to Storm.
"Guess we're stuck following this guy…" Ice frowned.
"Me?! Why me? I'm honored!" Storm grinned and straightened.
"Let the air out of your head…we picked you 'cause you're the oldest and you follow Dylan like a lost puppy," I hushed.
"Well," Storm said standing up and throwing his fist in the air, pointing a finger towards the ceiling, "my first command as leader is to…"
"Hey! They're hiding behind the counter!" A bad boy cried.
"Get down!" The four of us who weren't drunk on power or beer hissed as we pulled Storm down.
"We need to think of something fast!" I almost screamed as we heard unsteady footsteps racing towards us.
"I got this!" Kale yelled as he clamped his hands together in the shape of a gun. He jumped up on the counter.
"BANG! BANG!" He screamed as he acted like he was shooting the 'gun'.
"He's got a gun! Everyone down!" One of the bad boys called as he swayed back and forth as he ran to a booth for cover.
Well we know how many drinks that guy had…
The others had to stop and stare before they figured out it was only a sad attempt to keep our faces unground.
We then decided to charge and just fight it out.
I heard Freddie on the phone…
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Max's P.O.V.
This was a nice place. Calm, peaceful, classical music playing in the background… a seven coarse meal, Fang's hand slipped into mine under the table. We were safe and happy. Gazzy and Iggy were cracking jokes about how they never thought we'd get this fancy. We were telling stories of the old days. Some reaching so far back that they recounted the E-house adventures. We were so glad just to be able to prop our feet up, so to speak. Not like I actually let Iggy do it in the restaurant-even though he begged.
"Alright! Lets make a toast!" Ella smiled as she grabbed her glass of low fat sparkling water-or something like that.
"Me first!" Nudge jumped up.
We all groaned.
"Well…to start off I guess I have to admit that I always thought you two were perfect for each other. Me and Angel always fantasized about you two growing up and getting married. Then we imagined that we planned the wedding. And then our dreams finally came true! We got those purple drapes and delicate gold decorations with little birds on top…" Nudge just went on and on…
"Can I talk so I can clank my glass and get back to stuffing my face, or are you just going to keep blabbering and burning my ears off?!" Iggy stopped her. Nudge blushed from embarrassment and sat down.
"Ok, first of all I just want to pat Fang on the back in the non creepy way, because I never thought he'd do it. He's so stubborn and slow that he couldn't even see what was in front of him the whole time. Then he didn't want to make it official until the time was right. Finally Gazzy just stood up and smacked the stupid out of him explaining that there was no 'perfect time' and that he just needed to suck it up and get down on a knee. The first few days before he proposed all he did was whine and practice. It was creepy. And then and the big day came, and me and Gazzy secretly watched from a tree. I'm glad we did because we saw Fang screw up real bad and loose all his 'macho act'. Yes, he broke down into tears ladies and gents. The emotionless Fang balled his eyes out and all he could get out is 'will you…will you…will you?'. Max finally just nodded. That was about a year ago…and look at them today…well not really much has changed except their having a kid and Max is a little more hateful…" Iggy seemed proud of his speech.
"Thanks Igs," I gave a fake smile as he sat down.
"Um…I guess I should say something touching now?" Angel stood, "I was so…thrilled when I found out Max had a ring on her finger, even though they tried to block it from me until they could tell us all at once. Then came the day we found out about the baby. I knew you'd be the perfect mom Max. You were to me, you were to us all…and that's what we toast to, no worries, no troubles!" It was so precious. I almost cried, but I prepped myself for this and only said a silent 'thank you'. I could cry later at home in our giant group hug.
My mom and Ella stood up and talked about the night they found me. How it was such a blessing. Mom ended it by saying that Fang needed to be there for me and then she threatened to beat him to death if he ever did anything to hurt me or crush my feelings. That was…nice?
I heard Iggy tell Gazzy to get up and say something. Gazzy shook his head. Nudge smacked him. He finally stood up.
"Max. Fang. Max and Fang. Fang and Max. Yah…" Gazzy was bright red. He's never good with these kind of things.
"Gazzy?" I stopped him. He looked up to me with innocent blue eyes, "You can sit down." He smiled and plopped back down in his seat.
We all clanked our glasses together and continued with antidotes and our meal.
A little later a loud commotion came from the front of the store.
"Hey! Stop!" A waiter ordered. Then I saw some of The Migration come barreling through the store, knocking chairs over and tipping a tray out of a waitress's hand. I put my head down and hid my face behind my hand.
"Max! Fight. McDonalds! Now!" Flair shook me. I stood up and rushed out he door, beet red, my Flock following.
We got outside and saw cop cars. Lots of cops. We sped up a little as we crossed the road. We came close enough to see them dragging drunk boys, or should I say men, out forcefully. Then I spotted the police cramming Ryan, Kale, Ice, and Gwen into the back of one of their cars. I didn't think it could get worse until Dylan was taken out kicking and screaming.
"Sir! Get down on the pavement and put your hands behind your head!" A badged man commanded. Dylan pushed away from the cop. It resulted in him being tazed to the sidewalk. He hit with a sickening thud and the four trouble making winged beings crammed in the car shouted at the police. Mom gasped and covered her mouth. I was so angry that when they pulled Dylan up to beat him into the backseat I shot him a bird.
This anniversary dinner is ruined…
Ok…so long, boring, dramatic chapter here for ya! :) and I left you hanging! Not really, but anyway. The poll has gotten one more vote!
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Ok, now…um I got more reviewers and in sooooo glad, but some of my regulars didn't review :( anyway! This story is going to be EXTREMELY long…but I'm already thinking of a sequel…lol I guess I'm weird like that…Its really late right now when I'm typing this up-notice bunny and Other random crap!-
REASON FOR NOT UPDATING: So last week I was on vacation as you already know and my vacation started picking up (not in funness). We went to like 5 state parks, white water rafted the wild an scenic Chattooga river (Deliverance was made here-"PADDLE FASTER I HEAR BANJO MUSIC!") (ps: a man died where we went rafting 2 days before we went…they still haven't recovered his body-eek!), and we went zipin (zip-lining)! So yah…I was gonna update on our way home in the car, BUT we hit a deer so yah. And now for this week…uh, lets see. I've been working with my cows (getting them ready for show), watching my horse-waiting for her hopefully first successful foaling-(I have to stay up until 2 o'clock am!), and then I just have farm chores. So…I pretty much told you this as a way of Hinton that I'm not going to be able to update as much…
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