Changed Forever

Chapter 1 - Golden Pancakes and Poor Behavior

GOLDEN PANCAKES AND POOR BEHAVIOR

I’m Max. I’m seventeen and I live with my flock. Flock as in birds. As in my flock and I are genetically mutated and we have wings on our backs. To be precise, were 98% human and 2% avian. Starting from the youngest, we have Angel whose only nine. Then we’ve got Gazzy, age eleven, Nudge whose fourteen, and then we have Fang and Iggy who are also seventeen. Oh, and by the way, we all kick ass. Even the blind dude, Iggy.

____________________MAX’S POINT OF VIEW________________________

“You and I, we’re forever. Don’t ever forget that okay?” Fang told me.

I blushed like a ditz and leaned in for a kiss. Fang lips were centimeters away from mine.

“I love you, Max,” Fang whispered before he crashed his lips to mine.

• • •

Sunlight filtered into my room, blinding me as I started to wake up. Note to self: close the stupid curtains. I looked at the clock and noticed it was 9:00 am. I groaned and swung my legs over the side of my bed.

‘You and I, we’re forever,’ I thought. A stupid grin slowly pulled my lips up and I mentally pictured him, Fang with his dark messy hair and that sexy smirk. I mentally face palmed myself and decided that:

a) I should spend a little less time with Nudge

 b) I should get ready

I stood up and walked towards the bathroom. I wrinkled my nose as I noticed how disastrous my hair was. After ten minutes of brushing my hair, I quickly brushed my teeth and washed my face. I pulled on some dark-washed skinny jeans and tugged a sweatshirt over my plain black tank top. I exited my room and made my way to the girls’ room. I quietly opened the door and slipped right in. I let a light chuckle escape my lips as I looked at the two sleeping girls. Nudge was sprawled face down, spread eagle (eagles as in bird, get it?) on her bed. Her one of her legs was dangling off the side of the bed and the poor girl was snoring. Loudly. Angel herself was wrapped in a cocoon of blankets on her bed. Her blonde hair was tangled and made a mane around her angelic face, framing her little chubby cheeks. I couldn’t help but coo softly at the cutie. She even had a teddy bear poking it’s head up out of the burrito of blankets.

I walked over and gently smoothed down her hair.

"Morning Max," Angel murmured sleepily with her eyes still closed.

"Good morning Angel."

She mumbled incoherent words and sat up. I kissed on the head while she rubbed her eyes. I then walked over Nudge’s bed.

“Nudge, you got to wake up,” I sang. I then shoved her lightly.

She was still asleep. Fine, time to get nasty.

"If you don't get up Nudge, I personally will confiscate all of your Teen Vogue, Nylon, Guess, and whatever other magazines you have," I threatened.

"And Cosmo..." Nudge mumbled.

"What?!" I screamed in her ear. She was not a loud to have Cosmo magazines!

"Shhh, talk later..." Nudge nodded off again.

I rolled my eyes.

I began to tickle her and she shrieked with laughter.

“I’m-,” Nudge broke into another fit of laughter, “awake!”

I grinned and kissed her on the cheek. Nudge rubbed her eyes and rolled out of bed. Literally. She rolled off and onto the floor. My eyebrows rose in amusement and I started walking to the door. As I was closing the door, she heaved herself up. I continued onto the boys’ room except I didn’t go in. That’s a no-no if you want to get scarred. I just banged on the door until the boys woke up. Fang and Iggy shared a room while Gazzy got his own. Gazzy got up eventually after a couple minutes of knocking. Iggy was already up and he told me that he would wake up Fang.