A/N – Yay!! My first ever fan fic! I've been wanting to post something for a while but I didn't really think any of my stuff was good enough, I really like this though so I thought I'd upload it. Creative criticism and advice are appreciated! Please review and tell me honestly what you think! Thanks!

Max's POV

I smiled slightly at the last traces of the sun slowly faded behind the mountains giving the world a strange orange glow. The sky's looked really beautiful at that moment . It's a shame the whitecoats want to destroy it all so bad…

Is your job to stop that happening Max.

I frowned my good mood diminished instantly.

What do you want Jeb? It had been a long day and my patience was worn. I couldn't be bothered arguing with Jeb. It had been a couple of weeks since he'd spoken to me last, when we where leaving Ella and my mom back in Arizona.

I just want you to stay focused Maximum, you need to be alert. Just because you destroyed the Itex back in Germany doesn't mean you won Max. Things are calm for now, but you can't run from your destiny forever Max.

Ergh.

Jeb?

Yes sweetie?

Shut up I thought sourly, funnily enough he listened to me. There's a first!

I sensed someone watching me and turned to see Fang looking at me over his laptop with an eyebrow raised. His expression confused.

His beautiful midnight wings caught my eye, they where extended slightly so I could clearly see his feathers fluttering in the wind. They almost looked purple in this light.

"Jeb?" Fang's quiet voice made its way to me over the fire and I moved my gaze from his wings to his face. His eyes scrutinizing mine.

I could see some other emotion I couldn't place brewing behind the confusion, I'd known him long enough now to notice things like that.

I sighed and nodded looking away from him. "Reminding me to stay focused" I said dryly getting up and moving closer towards the fire Iggy had built for us earlier.

He's good at that sort of stuff, anything to do with fire basically. I extended my wings and wrapped them around my body in an attempt to keep myself warm, the night was cold and I felt the fire wasn't warming me up quickly enough.

The rest of the flock were sleeping, the kids had been playing tag and flying around all day and they where beat. I didn't feel like sleeping and Fang wanted to check on his blog so once again we were the only two up.

I heard Fang put the laptop down and in seconds he was sitting down next to me. He didn't say anything, we just sat there in a comfortable silence.

It's funny how so many people seem to be almost scared of complete silence, always feeling the need to fill them with meaningless conversation. It was never like that with Fang and me.

If I'm being completely honest I was happy just to have him there, I could really appreciate just the presence of the flock much more since we were split up. Especially Fang.

It was so much easier to drift off to sleep when I could hear all five breathing evenly besides me (six if you include Total).

Though things had been a little…odd with Fang and me, I think we're both just happy we're all together.

Of course I still hadn't forgotten what had happened in the cave and at mom's house and I'm sure he hadn't either. I cringe anytime I think about myself crying "I LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!" But he hadn't mentioned it once and I wasn't about to bring it up. Still, I'd felt guilty about over-reacting so badly.

I really didn't know where my feelings for Fang stood these days, I'd kissed him but did that mean that I had feelings for him like Jeb had said once?

I remembered how I'd felt when I'd seen him kiss the Red Haired Wonder back at Anne's, and how I'd felt seeing him for the first time after we split up.

Do I really have feelings for my best friend? Thankfully Jeb didn't decide to answer me like he had back at Anne's.

He began tracing circles between my wings , surprising me, he hadn't done so in a long time. Not since that night back at the cave, it felt like a lifetime ago now. It felt good though, so I didn't object.

Gradually I felt myself relax despite myself. Everything seemed perfect, the flock was together and we weren't in any immediate danger.

Not yet at least. I put that thought aside, too tired to worry. I felt my eyelids begin to droop, suddenly feeling really tired, Fang was still rubbing relaxing circles on my back and I was felt really warm…

"I've got first watch." I could almost hear the smile in Fangs voice, I wanted to turn up and look at him before it disappeared, but sleep overcame me. Sighing I gave in, Fang putting is arm around me rubbing my shoulder with one thumb and tracing hypnotic circles with the other.

Fang's POV

Max finally fell asleep her head dropping onto my shoulder softly, her body still not totally relaxed even as she slept. Pushing her hair away from her face gently I saw that she was characteristically frowning in her sleep, hands balled up into fists at her sides.

I smiled as she mumbled something incoherent and sighed. Her soft breathing one of the things I'd missed badly when we'd been apart. It had been hard too sleep without it.

Having her next to me now, the whole flock together, made my life seem brighter despite the fact that I'm a mutant freak constantly hunted by demented scientists and their army of mechanical werewolves.

It had been the worst kind of mistake splitting up the flock. The feeling I got, seeing Max flying towards us for the first time in weeks had been one that I couldn't describe.

As if a part of myself had been taken with her when she left with the others, when I saw her coming towards us I'd felt whole, complete. So happy that I could have ran to her and kiss her, hold her close to me and tell her that I'd never leave her again, but of course, I didn't.

I let out a sigh thinking about how the day the flock had been reunited had really gone, I'd walked out towards her and them with an impassive expression.

Inside I'd been filled with such happiness I could barely contain myself. Max had run straight at me throwing her arms around me, her tawny wings fully extended behind her so that we smashed together somewhat awkwardly.

"Don't ever leave me again." She said in a tiny voice that made her sound as if she was fighting back tears. I stood motionless for a second not knowing what to do.

Finally my arms came around her and I held her close, pressing her tightly against me.

"I won't," I whispered in her hair shocking myself, the joy of seeing Max and the others again had temporarily brought down my emotionless mask "Not ever." I promised softly.

I brought my arms around Max's sleeping form, pressing my cheek into her hair and breathing in her flowery smell. Thing's couldn't stay perfect forever. But for now everything was perfect.

A/N - This chapter's not very long, and pretty slow but if you like it the next chapters will be longer and better! So review!