The Life of M.R.
Okay…So, I'm hating this hate. The point of this fic is to branch out of my usual writing style. I get that you all love FAX, but Max can't live forever and Fang won't always be with Max. LIVE WITH IT…pretty please? Like really, so what? Fang turned into an alcoholic ass and got Maya knocked up. He was already an ass as of the end of the book Fang, so it shouldn't be that big of a surprise that he got worse. Now sorry for this somewhat rude rant and here's your damn chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Maximum Ride or any of its characters.
CLAIMER: I do own the fanfiction plot line and any self made characters.
It's been a few days now and I've barely seen Simon and Blythe. Organizing the funeral with Stefan and Derek has taken up most of my time and what little time I have left I've used to read the notebook. I've still yet to figure out what it all means and who all these people with such strange names are. I mean really, who names their kid Nudge?
"Dawn, there are some people here you should meet." Stefan says softly after knocking on my study door. I look up from the paperwork I was scanning over and nod. Stefan turns around and beckons the people in. Once he does a group of people walk into the room and I scan over them. The group is made up of 5 men and 5 women, 7 of them seem to be about the same age as my mother had been. The others are younger, but not by much, the youngest actually looks 60.
"Who are you all?" I ask solemnly.
"Well that's a very long story, Dawn, but we're here to make sure you read the rest of the journal so we can answer any questions for you." One of the men, a tall, turquoise-eyed, old man says to me with a slight accent.
"Okay, but what connections do you all have to my mother?" I ask suspiciously.
"We were all very old friends of hers." The youngest looking of the group says with a soft smile as she remembers something about my mother. My eyes continue to scan the group before my eyes stop dead center on one of the women. She looks exactly like my mum.
"Mom…?" I ask, tears starting to brim. The logical side to me knows it isn't possible, but the illogical side sees my mother, alive.
"No dearie, I'm Stefan and Derek's mother. That means I'm your aunt." The woman says with a bit of a smile as she motions to my two cousins who had silently remained at the door. I nod my head.
"Well don't just sit there! Read the journal!" One of the men suddenly yells. He has blue eyes and farts just as soon as he yells at me. I look at him disgusted and go to open the bay window to let fresh air in.
"Don't yell at Dawn." One of the other women exclaims as she slaps the farting old man upside the head. She has mocha skin and is dressed in very expensive looking clothing. "Dawn honey, could you read it for us out loud?" She asks me sweetly. I nod and begin reading to the so far crazy group of oldies.
It's been already a few weeks since I began staying with Fang's flock but my wing has still yet to heal properly. I miss my flock and can't wait to see them all…my stinky Gazzy, motor-mouthed Nudge, adorable Angel, perverted yet hilarious Iggy, and heck, I even want to see Dylan. Though I can't say that living here has been bad…Fang's flock isn't actually that bad once you get to know them and Maya has even become like a sister to me, which I guess makes sense considering she was originally my clone. I've even begun to forgive Fang a bit, for everything.
"Maxie, let's get that wing checked out." Kate says to me with a smile. I wince as she begins unwrapping the gauze that had been used to loosely keep my wing in place.
"So? How much longer till I'm all healed up?" I ask anxiously. I hear Kate sigh.
"Sorry Max, it doesn't look like your wing is healing properly. You might have to stay with us for a few more weeks, 2 months tops." Kate says as she gingerly rewraps the gauze.
"Arghhh." I groan in frustration as Fang and Maya walk into the room.
"Wing okay?" Maya asks me with a concerned face.
"No, Kate just told me I'm dying." I say with another groan. Due to her pregnancy Maya has become rather gullible.
"Ohmigawd! Nooooooo!" Maya moans as she rushes to hug me while keeping a hand on her rounded belly. It's only been about 4.5 months, but boy was she ever big.
"No I didn't, I just said your wing wasn't healing properly." Kate says, swatting my arm jokingly. Maya then looks up at me (yes she had managed to hug me) and starts giggling while I burst out laughing. Fang though doesn't seem to be as happy as the three of us.
"If your wing isn't healing properly then maybe you should be on bed rest." Fang says; starting to sound like the concerned boy friend he used to be.
"Fang, if anyone here should be on bed rest it should be Maya, it's not even 5 months and she's huge!" I say while glancing down again at Maya's pregnant belly.
"I know that, and as of today she is." Fang states, catching not only Maya and Kate, but also me off guard; Maya gasps.
"Now we can be bed rest buddies!" Maya squeals, suddenly sounding like Nudge as her choppily layered-multi coloured hair bounces up and down with her mini jumps. I was about to say no when Fang gave me a look.
"Yeah, that'll be great." I say with a smile. The rest of the topic goes without discussion.
Later that night at dinner we were all seated around the table. Ratchet and Holden had somehow managed to carry around 15 pounds of Chinese take-out home and we were now pigging out. I currently had a pair of chopsticks digging around in a take-out box for the perfect egg roll.
"So, tonight I was thinking we could all go for frozen yogurt tonight, seeing as it is Star's birthday." Maya says happily as she swallows a chopstick full of some kind of noodle dish.
"Sure, why not." Fang says, shrugging while he tries to balance a dumpling on a single chopstick.
"Sounds super yummy!" Kate exclaims. The others nod in agreement, and so, 20 minutes later we were all walking to the local frozen yogurt place. Once again my wing was cleverly hidden from the public eye. When we got to the shop I was relieved to find it wasn't too busy. Fang's flock, obviously having been there before, quickly set out in getting together the perfect frozen yogurt. I on the other hand had no idea what to do.
"Need some help?" Fang asks me. I swallow down my smart ass remark and nod. He smirks and grabs two fro-yo cups and hands me one.
"So, what do I do now?" I ask, eyeing the multiple machines. Fang sighs.
"What flavours do you want? I guarantee this place has them."
"Okay…umm…Marbled chocolate and cookie dough."
"Max, this isn't an ice cream parlour."
"Fine, uh…could I have chocolate and cake batter?" I ask, taking a wild swing with cake batter.
"Okay then." Fang says with a hint of a smile as he takes my cup from me and fills it with the two said flavours. Then he hands the cup back to me.
"What now?"
"Go over to those tables over there and put toppings on, don't go too crazy though. We get charged by the weight here." Fang says as he points to two long tables with lots of different toppings to choose from on them. I nod and go. As I wander to the tables I notice that the other have already sat down and started eating their frozen yogurt. Then I reach the table.
"Oh my god, chocolate chip cookie dough…and snicker bars!" I whisper to myself before grinning at the snicker bar memory. I then quickly begin piling toppings on. Fang comes over a couple minutes later and stares at my cup wide eyed.
"Max, don't tell me it's that time of the month." He says, eyeing the different types of chocolate I had piled on.
"It's not, I just love chocolate." I say as I go over to the counter to get my cup weighed. Fang sighs but quickly puts his toppings on and joins me at the counter to pay.
"That'll be $89.95, please." The very peppy looking cashier says to Fang as he takes his wallet out. I watch him and am surprised to find a picture of the flock (as in Nudge, Gazzy, Angel, Iggy, him, and I; before Dylan) in one of the licence slots.
"Alright, thanks." Fang says to the cashier, in the corner of his eye he motions for me to go sit with the others. I nod and do so. When I sit down everyone gives me the same reaction as Fang did and I only grin happily as I dig in. 10 minutes later we're all enjoying out frozen yogurt, that is until a group of teenagers walk in and completely fan girl.
"Hey, aren't you guys Maximum Ride and Fang, from the Flock?" One of the girls squeals, she looks about 17. "I love your blog Fang!" Suddenly a bunch of other people in the shop look over and see us and notice the same thing.
"Oh my god it's FAX!" Someone else squeals, and with that I know that all hell has broken loose.
Again, sorry it took awhile to update. Hope you liked the chapter!Review and keep reading!
-JAMZD