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Our Sister Has Wings

Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings)

When we got to the venue, it was already packed. Kids and teenagers dressed in black moved like an excited wraith into the tiny area. The bus pulled around back and the guys got off. I told them, I'd wait until they were ready to go on stage before I joined them. This meant I had about 35 minutes to kill.
I walked into the tiny bathroom that came off of my "bedroom" and took off my shirt and bra, exposing my wings. I got out the special feather comb, I'd bought at a pet store and began to brush out the kinks in my feathers. Right as I finished with one wing, I heard the door to the bus open and shut. I figured it was one of the guys, who'd forgotten something, and continued brushing my other wing.
Suddenly, the door to my bathroom slammed open, revealing Mikey. His eyes grew wide and his jaw dropped as he surveyed the dark coffee-colored wings that protruded out of my upper back.
"Mikey! What the hell?!" I shouted. I pushed him back and slammed the door. 'SHIT! He saw them! Now, I'll be sent back to the orphange for sure! Damn, damn, damn!' Angry tears poured out of my eyes, as I slid my clothes back on. After I'd stopped crying, I slowly opened the door. I didn't see Mikey at first, so I hoped he'd gone back to the venue. But, when I turned to go to my room, I saw him sitting on my bed.
I slowly walked closer to him, "Mikes?"
He didn't say anything. I moved closer still. He didn't move, didn't speak, didn't even look at me. It was then that I realized, 'He's gonna tell everyone and I'm gonna be sent back.'
"Mikey, say something please?"
He sighed, "Why didn't you tell me?"
"Because I thought if you knew, then you'd send me back to the orphange. You're probably still gonna send me back, now that you've seen what a freak I am." I looked down, trying to hide the tears that snuck out of my eyes.
"We'd never do that, Ash! We love you! You're our little sister. We don't care if you have wings, or a tail, or a unicorn horn! It doesn't matter because on the inside you're still our Ash." Mikey explained.
And, that's when my resolve broke. I flung myself into my older brother's arms and began to cry.

After a few minutes, Gerard and the others came to find Mikey.
"Why's Ash crying?" Bob asked.
"We'll explain after the show, okay guys?" Mikey replied. They nodded. "I gotta go now, are you coming to watch?"
"Yeah, I'm coming. Let's go." I choked back the last of my tears and folowed Mikey out of the bus.
The venue was even more packed on the inside. I stared out at the crowd from backstage and was looking at a sea of black clothes and glittering piercings of every kind. It amazed me that the guys weren't freaked out by all of those people staring at them.
"Wish us luck!" a voice said from behind me. I turned to see Frankie and the others smiling at me.
"Break a leg!" I smailed back. They nodded and ran out on stage.
"Good evening, mother fuckers!" Gerard yelled into the mic. "Are you ready to die?!"
The crowd roared and the guys busted into the intro of Dead!
The rest of the concert consisted of Gerard yelling profanities, Frankie doing crazy stunts, and all of the guys playing their hearts out.
Gerard yelled the parting words to the crowd and the guys ran offstage.
"You guys did amazing!" I exclaimed.
"Thanks." Ray said.
"Now, what do you and Mikey have to explain?" Gerard asked.
I shook my head, "Nope, you guys need to be relaxed when you hear this, so it's gonna wait until after the five of you have had a nice shower. Now, GO!"
They all ran off towards the bus, trying to be the first to reach the shower.
"ONE OF YOU CAN USE MINE! JUST DON'T TOUCH MY SHAMPOO!" I yelled after them.

I climbed onto the bus a few minutes after the guys ran off, hoping to avoid the chaos. I had. Now, I could hear two showers running, and saw Mikey, Frankie, and Ray sitting out on the couches.
"They beat you?" I asked Ray. He was the fastest out of the guys, so I was shocked.
"Bob jumped on me and Gee tackled Mikey and Frank." Ray explained.
"Ah. Well, they shouldn't be long."
"No, I shouldn't." Gerard said as he walked out from my room, a towel hung around his waist. "Your shampoo smells nice, by the way."
"You used it?!" I thundered.
"Yeah, lilac and rain, right?" he asked.
"Ugh! I said DON'T use my shampoo, genius face! Grrr, you're buying me something nice to make up for this!"
"Fine, fine." Gee muttered. I kicked him in the butt, "And, put some clothes on! There's a lady in the room!"
He yelped, grabbed some PJs, and went to change.
"Ray, you can use my shower next. Frankie goes after Bob and Mikey goes after whoever finishes first." I stated.
"Why do I have to go last?" Mkey pouted.
"Because you already know my news. Duh."
Ray and Frankie laughed and Ray went back to shower. Bob came out minutes later and Frankie went next. Gerard walked back into the front room, fully clothed, and sat down next to Bob.
"Grrr! I wish they'd hurry! I wanna know what Ash's news is!" Bob hollered. Gerard huffed in agreement.
Ten minutes later Ray came out of the back dressed and smelling like lilacs.
"RAYMOND! I just kicked Gerard for using my shampoo! Ugh! Now you both have to buy me something nice! You buggers!"
The both of them just laughed. Finally, Frankie came out and Mikey went in. With the four guys who didn't know my news, sitting in the same room as me, staring at me like a side-show freak, I honestly couldn't wait until Mikey got out of the shower. So, I sat there, on the opposite couch for 15 minutes, with everyone staring at me.
"Alright! Let's get talking!" Mikey cheered as he walked out to the front room, his hair not even dry and glasses askew.
"O-Okay, I guess." I was suddenly extremely nervous.
"Okay. So, today when I went back to the bus, I accidently walked in on Ash in the bathroom." Mikey started.
"WHAT?!" the others yelled.
"NO! Not like that!!!!!" Mikey and I defended.
I sighed, "He walked in on me brushing this."
I took off my jacket and slowly extended my wings through the slits in my The Devil Wears Prada shirt. I fully extended them amd fluffed out my feathers a bit, where they had gotten pressed in.
"Whoa!" Bob gasped. Frankie's jaw dropped, Gerard looked like he was gonna pass out, and Ray just sat there.
"C-Can you really fly with those?" Gerard asked.
"Yeah. When I sneak out at night that's what I'm doing. I fly around at night because I don't wanna risk being seen during the day. And, the reason I didn't show you guys until now was because I thought you'd think I was a freak and send me back to the orphanage."
"We'd never let the Ways do that!" Frankie yelled. "I'd take you in for sure, Ash!"
"Thanks, Frankie." I smiled.
"Well, we'd never take back Ash! We love her too much!" Gee got up and hugged me, careful not to crush my wings.
"Can you explain what it means for you to have wings?" Ray asked.
"Um, sure. Well, I can fly for one, and I have to eat alot because my metabolism is super fast. I have a larger heart and larger lungs and lighter, stronger bones. Uh, I'm super strong, well at least stronger than your average 16 year old. And, um, I could probably carry one of you while I flew."
"That's so cool!!!" Mikey exclaimed.
"Yeah, I guess it is." I blushed. "Um, if you want I could fly for you? And, I'll take Frankie with me, to see if I can lift him cause he's the lightest."
"YAY!!!" Frankie screamed. He grabbed my hands and pulled me out behind the bus. "Let's go!"
"Alright, let me get a running start and when I say now throw your arms in the air, okay?"
"Okay!"
I took off running and used a bench as lift-off. I snapped my wings out and began to fly through the night sky. I flew in a wide arc around the guys and could hear their shouts and gasps of amazement. I came back around and yelled, "Frankie! NOW!" and his arms shot up into the air.
I grabbed his forearms and pumped my wings in a strong motion Before I knew it I was flying over Delware with Frankie screaming in my arms.
"WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Ash! This is amazing!" Frankie yelled.
"I know." I told him. "It's the best feeling in the world."
"You're so lucky! You get to do what most people only dream of doing."
"Yeah, I guess you're right."
I smiled and flew around for a few more minutes, then set Frankie back down on the ground.
"I'll fly one of you a night because I'm burning more energy flying with an extra person, okay?" I said.
The guys nodded.
"Now, come on, let's go to bed!"
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Sorry sorry sorry!!!! I haven't updated ina few days! My internet went down and then my little Maltese, Cisco got really sick, and work's been crazy! We had someone come in tonight and try to steal Vagisil! Ewwww, lol.
Anyway, here's this update and I'm gonna work to get the next one of this story and of The Book Isn't The Only Thing I'm Looking At out soon!!!!
Title credit goes to A.F.I. and their song Paper Airplanes (Makeshift Wings) because at the end of the chapter Ash was Frankies "makeshift wings". And, because I really like that song!

Punk Out,
Ash