A/N: Okay, so this is How You Love Me Now, a Maximum Ride story, which is different from my other story. But, I'm using the same OC for this story. I just thought this would be a good idea for a story, so here you go! Enjoy!

~Jojo

My powerful raven wings shine in the summer light as I fly across the sky. I need a place to just clear my head for a while. Max has been really weird lately. By that, I mean we broke up, which isn't totally out of the ordinary for us. We've had an on and off relationship for a while now, and to be honest it's really starting to bother me. I want to be with her, honestly, I do. But I feel like she doesn't want to be with me, and that hurts. I don't like to show my emotions around the others. They're not the most understanding people to talk to about these things. I see a cave off to my left, and some rocks next to it. It looks like a nice place to sit and rest for a while. I could use that. I fly down and land easily. I sit back against a few of the rocks, feeling the summer sun on my face. I leave my wings out; I mean who is even out by a cave anyway? I sigh and close my eyes. A few minutes later I think I hear something. I open my eyes and look off to the right. I think I may have seen a flash of black, but blame it on not getting very much sleep lately. I shrug it off and continue to sit in the sun for a few minutes. I hear something behind me, but ignore it. Probably just a rabbit or something. I hear what sound like a purring sound, and then there's a sharp pain in my right wing. It feels like fangs are digging into the feathers.

"Ow!" I yell, getting up and turning around. But what I find behind me comes as a surprise. It's a girl. The first thing I notice about her is her bright, ruby red hair. I like redheads. She has deep chocolate brown eyes, but her pupils are not like normal human circles. They're sort of sliver shaped. She is kneeled on the ground behind the rock that I was leaning back against. She tilts her head to the side, seeming confused.

"You're not a bird…." She says. I can almost catch a glimpse of sharp fangs behind her rosy pink lips.

"No….not really." I say. What made her think that I was a full bird? And then she stands. I tower over her, she is very short. She only comes up to about my chest.

When she stands, a see a tail come out and flutter lightly in the air. And then, atop her head, are black cat ears. Not the fake headband ones that you can't get at Walmart for five bucks, full-on cat ears. Attached to her head. And as far as I can see, the tail is attached to her body as well. She smiles at me, and then takes a step forward. I almost want to take a step back. Is she half cat? It certainly looks like it. But I don't, because, let's face it, she's a rather pretty girl, redhead too. She's wearing black short shorts, and a blue shirt that appears to have black lace for a back.

"I'm Cat." She says, "No pun intended." She finishes with a grin, nodding up to the ears atop her head. Where she is supposed to have human ears, seems to be smooth skin, but I can't tell from where I'm standing. Her hair covers them.

"I'm Fang." I say simply.

"I'm sorry I bit you." She says, looking down and playing with a lock of her ruby hair. "Y'see, I may have thought you were a bird. There's not much food around here." She says, shrugging.

"That's, um, okay." I say, looking back at the wing that she gnawed on. It feels a little sore, but other than that, I'm fine. I take a further look at her and notice that she's very slim. More slim that she should be. What is she doing out here anyway? And all by herself? This isn't making any sense.

"So, uh, what are you doin' out here all alone?" I ask, looking around.

"Oh, " She says, "Well, as you can see, I'm half cat. And sometimes people think that's weird, but I don't think it's that weird. I mean, I'm not dangerous. I just have a little cat in me. But, nobody really liked me, so I ran away. Although, I think it's worse out here than it was back home. But, I'm out here now so I might as well grow to like it." She says, smirking. But then an idea passes through my brain. I almost dismiss it. But, it could work. What if, just if, I brought Cat home, was a little flirty with her, and I know that would just burn her up. Maybe she would see that I'm not limited to her, and she would get back with me. I grin.

"Say, Cat, you could come stay with me and my friends if you'd like." I say, smiling. Her chocolate eyes light up and she smiles widely.

"Really?!" She asks. I nod.

"As long as you don't eat them, it's cool." I say, smirking.

"Thank you, Fang!" She says, running forward and hugging me. I hug her back. Maybe it won't be so bad, I mean, Cat is a very pretty girl, and maybe I could learn to like her. I smirk to myself. She lets go and then grins.

"So, how do we get there?" She asks. I get another great idea.

"Well, you look like a pretty light girl, I could probably just carry you." I say. She smiles. She has a pretty smile. This is going to be so much fun.