Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride

OK, here we go. Max is having a tough day.

This is my first try on this website, so I'm copying Seiina13's way of giving the readers a message before the story starts (sorry Twin!).

I wrote this during my free time between final exams, so please don't kill me if you don't like some things!

It's all in one big chapter, so sorry if it bothers some people, but that's just the way it is. Also, sorry if in some places, my English isn't that good. I'm French, so it's pretty normal. My apologies!

Enjoy!

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"Angel?" I called.

The little bugger had pulled a disappearing act. Again.
"Angel, where are you? I need to talk to you!" I tried again, deciding that if she didn't answer, I wouldn't try again. Which she didn't. Obviously.
So I turned around, giving up, and bumped right into someone.
"Oh, sorry!" I said, not even bothering to check who it was.
"It's fine." said...
Fang. I. Had. Bumped. Into. Fang!
Not being able to stop myself, I looked straight into his eyes.
Big mistake. Very big one.
Now I was lost in that neverending darkness.
"Are you okay?" he asked, sounding amused.
"Uh..." I started saying, using my wonderful ability to use sensible speech. Not.
Then, as I was starting to make myself look away so I could remember to breathe, he took my shoulders in his strong hands and pushed me against the wall.
Slowly, he lowered his face so that it would be level with mine.
"Uh...Fang!" I practically squeaked. "What are you-"
He cut me off by kissing me.

However...it wasn't one of those kisses he liked to astonish me with-not that it happens often!!!.
Right...keep telling yourself that.
Shut up, Voice.
Anyway, to get back to the point: it wasn't a good kiss. It was a kiss that was more likely to come from an unexperienced kisser, a kid... And he wasn't either of those. So...huh??
I stopped struggling, then when he stopped forcing me, I pushed him away.
"What the hell??" I practically yelled.

And that's when I noticed it. He wasn't acting like himself at all. He looked as if he might be drunk, all goofy, and weird.
Which was weird, since we didn't have any alcohol around here. At all.
He kept looking at me steadily, but I noticed a spark in his eyes that I'd never seen before. It was more like the one I always saw in...

"Angel???" I screeched. "What the hell do you think you're doing? This is so not funny!!"
And that's when Fang turned into my six-year-old "baby", or rather, she turned back into her own self. And started running away at the same time she started giggling like crazy.
Good for her, 'cause she needed the head-start.
Oh yeah... Did I forget to mention that Angel's been practicing her shape-shifting abilities??
WHAT?? You knew about this and you didn't tell me?? I thought back to the Voice as I started running after her.
"I'm going to kill you!!!" I screamed after her, but her laughter was already starting to calm me down. She always finds a way to get herself out of trouble.
But that's not what stopped me. What did stop me was that I happened to-again- bump into someone.

"Sorry... places to be, people to kill." I said, only half-kidding.
Without looking at whoever it was I had run into, I started walking away, only to be stopped by someone's arms.
"Uh-uh, not killing anyone today!" said that person.
Slowly, hesitatingly, I turned around, only to find myself looking straight into someone's collarbone. That someone's arms were holding me tight against him. I was frozen. His hands were stroking my back, trying to make me relax.
"Hey" he said softly. "Relax! I'm not gonna eat you!"
Very softly, I started untightening my muscles, one by one, from head to toe.
Then, Fang-hopefully the real one- backed away a little and looked at me straight in the eyes.

"Why did you have to kill Angel?" he asked, genuinely curious.
"Uh...um... Long story!" I said, trying to escape his embrace.
"I have time3 he said simply, not letting go.
Of course, in the usual conditions, I would have been free in second. But the again, it wasn't a normal situation. I was still super angry at Angel, my heart was still racing from the kiss- yes, I know, major yuck, but... what can I say? I really thought it was Fang. I mean... who could've known?- and now, I was starting to get dizzy from the lack of air (I'd, again, forgotten to breathe as soon as he'd started staring into my eyes -and apparently, my soul too!).

So, to make a long story short, I wasn't able to loosen his grip, which evidently surprised him
"Yo, seriously, what's wrong?" he asked more urgently, now starting to get anxious.
"No, really, it's nothing. It's just that Angel pulled a crank on me." I said as honestly as possible. I just couldn't tell him what she had really done. Too embarrassing
"Oh... OK." he replied, relaxing after the sudden tension.

Then he let me go, and before I knew what was happening, I was falling.
Of course, with the reflexes he has-which I normally have-, I'd hardly fallen a couple of centimeters when he caught me
Now he was looking at me like I was a freak.
"Are you OK?" he asked softly.
"Um, yes... It's just that I... wasn't ready for you to... let me go." I replied confusedly. And then blushed furiously when I realized how that must have sounded to him, and quickly added, "Not in that sense! I just meant that you were supporting my weight and I wasn't ready when you let me go!"
He had a weird mocking smile plastered on his face that told me everything he was thinking. And I didn't like it.

"Yeah... OK. You ready now?" he asked. I could actually hear the mocking in his voice
"Yes."
When he let go, I didn't fall (thank God for that!).

You should have fallen again, it would've been even more romantic!
I gasped.
"What's wrong?" Fang asked.
"Nothing. Just that stupid Voice!" I answered, putting all my anger and frustration in the word so that the Voice would shut his mouth. (I actually wonder if it has one??)

In my head, I said, Shut up, Voice.
What? I mean, you know you want to kiss him, nor surprise there! So why deny it?
Again, I say, SHUT UP!!

OK... the Voice won't shut up, Angel kissed me, I acted stupidly in front of Fang... What now?

"Max?"
I froze at the sound of my name. Fang was gone, and I hadn't recognized the voice that had called me. Slowly, I turned around to find... Iggy, who was right in front of me.
"Hey!" I said, relaxing a tiny bit. Just to freeze all over again.
Why? Simple! Iggy was touching my shirt with both of his hands, going up and down, occasionally scraping my boobs and collarbone with his sensitive fingers.
"What are you doing?" I asked him, trying to stay as calm as was possible in this awful situation.
"Nothing! I just wanted to know what color your shirt was. It's a sky blue tank top, right?" he answered calmly, as if it was the most normal thing he could be doing, though he did sound slightly out of breath. And there was definitely something going down in his downstairs. Bleaah. FYI, this sound is me being completely disgusted: just imagine me making a face and sticking my tongue out while making that sound, and you'll understand!

Uh oh... here's another one with a crush on you! said the Voice, clearly delighted by the situation.
Shut up! He's not in love with me, he's just a pervert and a sexist pig. Which I will tell him right this instant. Now, if you'll excuse me-
"Pervert! Oh, and, yeah... Sexist pig!" I said, then stormed away.

This day was seriously getting worse and worse.
"OK... ANGEL! Get your skinny butt right here, right now!" I screamed.
Just as I was getting ready to go outside to look for her, I heard a huge explosion coming from the garden.
"Aw dammit! GAZZY!" I yelled as I rushed outside.
When I got to the source of the explosion, I saw (obviously, who else?) the Gasman, shaking bits and pieces of Flyboy off his wings.
"Gazzy, I believe I've already told you countless times not to set off bombs on Flyboys so close to the house. I mean, I know how much you hate them, and I also know I allowed you to keep them to practice, but I'm fairly certain I mentioned the NO BOMBS rule. OK?" I finished more loudly because he looked on the verge of exploding into laughter. And possibly something else.
"Sorry, Max." he mumbled almost unintelligibly, though his face showed the complete opposite of remorse.
"It's fine." I said, though I sure as hell knew that my face didn't support what I was saying. I mean, now I was all twitchy, nervous, and very likely to explode like that bomb of his any moment!

Now, everybody, including the Voice, had done something very weird today.
Well…except Fang. In that case, I was the one who'd acted…not goofy, but…strange. Yeah, that's the word!
No! Wait! Nudge hadn't done anything…yet.

"Nudge! Where are you?" I called, hoping to catch her before she did something awful too.
"Here! Why, what's wrong?" Nudge answered.
"Um…nothing. Just… Wait, what've you been doing?" I said, raising my voice when I noticed that she was completely covered with metal.
"Oh! That! I've been practicing my new ability! I mean, isn't it so cool that I'm magnetic?"
"Yeah, yeah, I know it is, but come on! I mean, you're covered in metal from head to toes! It's a little too much, don't you think?" I answered.
"Well…no, not really!" she replied, and then ran off giggling.

Oh yeah. Today was a complete disaster.

As I set off in search of Angel, I started to feel someone's eyes on me, but when I turned around, I saw nothing. However, I stayed on guard, adrenaline already pumping into my blood, my muscles tightening in anticipation of a fight.
Seconds later, there was a noise to my right, and I turned to see… still absolutely nothing.
I started wondering if there were ghosts around here (and seriously hoping there weren't) as I continued walking, still alert for any sound.
And that's when someone's arms grabbed from behind. He, or she, was holding me in a way that prevented me from making any move whatsoever. However, when I turned my head to see who it was, I saw nothing. Or rather, everything but the person who was holding me. Whoever it was was invisible.

I was about to start kicking when Mr. Invisible released his hold on me.
As fast as possible, I turned around.
However, my captor was still holding my waist very tightly.
"Who are you?" I asked silently.
When I talked, the air in front of me started shimmering, then, slowly, eyes, then the rest of a face appeared.

"Fang?" I breathed.
"Hey!" he said, smiling.
His face was inches from mine. It would only take a slight movement for his lips to touch mine.
Oh God. Oh God!

"Um… Did I miss something? Or did I just show up in a world where everyone has new and exciting powers and are using them in extremely stupid and useless ways?" I asked, out of breath.
"Well, you're in the same world, that's for sure, but you did miss something. I practiced my powers and found out that I can go completely invisible even when I move. And I think that if I practice more, I'll be able to make others invisible by touching them too! Isn't it awesome?"
"Yeah!" I said forcibly.
As long as you don't use them for the wrong reasons, like, say, perverted ones! I thought.
Aw, come on! Do you really think so badly of him! interrupted the Voice.
No, but you never know with boys! I mean, look at what happened with Iggy!
True!
"OK, so now, you can be invisible. But that doesn't explain why you're holding me." I told him.
"Well, I suppose it doesn't. But this does!"

And he kissed me. Really kissed me. Not the kiss of a six-year-old girl, but a real kiss. After a few seconds, he tilted his head to kiss me deeper.
And here's the thing: there were no interruptions- not by me (I usually resist), not by the Voice, not by one of the Flock, not by Total, not by evil mutants…No interruptions whatsoever.
And it lasted…and lasted…and lasted.
And you know what? I loved it!

After a moment, he started pulling away because I was still frozen by his sudden action, but instead of letting him go, I put my hands on his cheeks and kissed him back.
I could feel the surprise in the way his body was frozen like mine had been seconds ago.
Then, he tried again, and I let him because I was too out of breath. We were both breathing raggedly.
He looked at me with questions in his dark eyes.
I answered them with another deep kiss, then looked at him in the eyes and said:
"I'm tired of running away from my feelings for you. I love you, and since I can't do anything against it, I'll help it. OK?"
"OK, all right!" he said with a touch of his typical sarcasm, then kissed me again.

OK, so I had had a really weird day. So weird that I even wondered if the people up there were determined to make me crazy.
But anyways, who cared?

I loved Fang, and he was my boyfriend, and I was happy.
Why would I want more?

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