"I said 'leave me alone!" I shouted pushing her away even though she never touched me. I shut my eyes as the tears streamed down my face. No, I'm not giving her the satisfaction. I wiped away the tears and lifted my chin a notch. I stormed out of the hospital and began my way home.
      I was about to turn into the subway when I changed my mind. I needed to get out. And my wings were aching for a chance to stretch. I spin on my heel and was careful to place my foot before taking off.
      I shot my wings out and pushed down hard, slowly lifting my body up. The air tickled my feathers as I rose above the tall buildings that surrounded the hospital. I searched for the one thing that would relax me.
       "There," I whispered to myself locking my gaze on a cloud bigger and fluffier than the rest.
       I shift my feathers to guide me to the cloud. Adrenaline flooded my veins and I tucked my wings in for just a second before releasing them. I spiraled towards the white mass. I plunged into the cloud and as I felt the cool center I popped my wings out and the cloud broke apart.

      "Meg! Come on! I promise you it's fun!" Alex called from the clump of clouds above the school.
       "But we're going to miss class!" I complained.
       "No, because we're at the doctors!"
      "Are you sure you're mentally stable? Because I'm on the roof of my school," I retorted.
      "Trust me, Meg! It's worth being a rebel for once!" Alex called.
      "Alright fine, but you have to explain the doctor thing," I said climbing onto the little box above the door. I jumped off and before I could land pushed down hard with my wings. I followed Alex into a cloud. As she disappeared in the cloud, I felt the cloud begins to wrap around me. Suddenly Alex appeared and shot her midnight black wings out beside her causing the cloud to break apart. She laughed and let herself drop below the drifting white masses. I tucked my dirt brown wings in and followed her.

     The wind rushed dangerously around my body, and my hair whipped against my face. My clothes were plastered to my back and wings but hovered above my chest. I could hardly move my body, keeping me from flipped onto my stomach. So I curled into a ball and then straightened myself out, but on my stomach. My face burned from the wind. Tears blurred my vision.
     Just fall. My ego suggested. We were gone before you even flew.
     I watched in a haze as the earth grew steadily closer and closer.
     A couple more seconds and all your pain and problems will drift away.
     Ground was only a glimpse away from me. And in that split second I didn't want to die. I didn't want to let go...

but it was too late.