Our problems aren't gone, far from it, but we've decided to take a break from saving the world and all and visit Mom. We're celebrating Groundhog Day (another useless holiday… like seriously do we worship groundhogs on this day or what) at the beach. So I'm sitting on one of those little foldy chairs and all the sudden this guy comes up. Classic beach boy with blond hair, a tan, and aggravatingly perfect teeth.

"Hey, you're Max, right? I've heard so much about you and I think you're SO hot!" says Beach Boy. I don't know about you but I don't take well to random strangers coming up to me and doing weird stuff like that. How'd he honestly expect me to respond? "I think you're hot too. Want to go make-out?"

"Look, sorry, but I have a boyfriend."

"So, I can make it worth your while." Then he kisses me. I was about to make sure he never made anything worthwhile again (if you know what I mean), but all the sudden he is pulled off of me by one very pissed off looking Fang. Fang was shaking; he almost threw him into a wall. He still wanted to go after the guy after I stopped him.

I persuaded him to go on a walk with me. After the others were out of sight, Fang turned to me. He look, I don't know, intense. "Hey, Max, are we like dating?"

"No. Like I told that guy, I have a boyfriend."

"What? Who?" I swear I was going to tell him but then I had a better idea.

"Iggy."

"Since when?"

I did some quick math in my head. The day before Nudge broke her arm, I heard him tell Iggy he liked me. So I added three days to that knowing he would get mad. "The 23th of December. Ig said he told you. All the little ones know." Must not laugh. Will not laugh!

Now I decided to push him even farther. So I said the unthinkable. "Look, Fang, can you not tell Iggy about us? I mean you're hot and all, but the sex with him is good." I expected him to punch me or something but he just turned around.

He pinned Iggy against the wall.

"How could you man? How could you? You knew I liked her and you still went there?"

"What are you talking about?"

"You and Max! I can't believe you did that!!!!!!!" I thought he might kill him. I was on the ground crying I was laughing so hard.

"Um… guys," my sweet Nudge says.

"Not now Nudge!"

"But Max…"

"What about Max?" Fang snapped.

"She's on the floor crying and she's having trouble breathing." Nudge looked really concerned. I really couldn't breathe though; it was SO funny. Fang cooled down instantly.

"What's wrong?" He looked so scared. He turned to my mom. "What's wrong with her?"

"It's just so funny," I managed to say.

"What?"

I figured I had a lot to make up for so I kissed him. "But I thought… you and Iggy…"

"Nope. I just wanted to know what you would do."

He looked murderous. Like I might actually kill Max murderous. So I finally told him.

"I love you." He looked so shocked.

"Did you just say…"

"That I love you," I filled in for him.

"Sorry, Ig." Then he kissed me and we kept walking down the beach.