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This was my first multichaptered fanfic. I am attempting to edit it to make it well...legible? This is the edited chapter one. I shall attempt to improve it all I can.
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Disclaimer: No I do not own Maximum Ride...although it would be nice
Fang.
Even saying your name hurts, I thought you felt the same way. I thought you loved me as much as I loved you. I lay heart bare before you and you laughed in my face. When She came along my heart was shattered into a million pieces. After that night I wasn't the same, and you didn't even notice. I'm just part of the background, the one remaining spot that refuses to leave. I'd say don't worry, but I don't think you see me as a threat to your happiness. I won't try to ruin things anymore. In the morning, I'll be gone, and you and your new girlfriend will be able to live happily ever after without me always being in the way. I just wish things were different. I always wish there was something I can do to change the situation, to stop Her from joining us, to get you to stay with me.
"I love you." The words spilled from my mouth before I had the chance to stop them, but I found oddly I didn't care. I smiled, looking at Fang, almost expecting him to say reply instantly, he paused, his dark eyes searching my face, expecting me to suddenly go "Haha, gotcha, you're so gullible." I will admit I did do that once or twice, but that was in the past. This time I was serious.
"You know I do Max, I always have." Fang said seriously,
"Just say it; I want to hear you say you love me. Call me paranoid in my old age." I joked casually, slightly disgusted by my newfound dependence on other people's feelings.
He sighed and shook his head, but the edges of his mouth curled into a smirk and he leaned forward, pulling me closer.
"Maximum Ride, I…" He stopped suddenly and tensed, as a sharp crack echoed through the trees. Instantly we were on our feet, fists curled and ready to attack whatever had been watching us. Suddenly, a teenaged girl with dark red hair fell from the tree, pale russet wings peeking through her jacket. She pulled herself up as we watched her warily, unsure whether she was a threat or not. When she'd righted herself and pulled her hair back from her face, she smiled widely.
"Max, Fang, you have no idea how long I've been looking for you." She said, the smile growing wider.#
"Who are you?" I asked hesitantly, still keeping a good distance between the two of us.
"My name is Rachel, and I'm like you. I want to join you. I want to be a member of the Flock."
Perhaps it was just my inability to trust anyone properly, but Rachel never seemed real enough to really want to be a member of our family. Somehow she integrated herself fine, the younger kids accepted her instantly. We never questioned her on whether she'd developed powers similar to Angel's mind control. I think she was somehow empathic. Fang had been as wary of her as I had at first, but she'd placed one hand on his shoulder, smiled and he was practically falling at her feet.
I like to think of it like that anyway. It hurts to think he just dumped me for someone new. There's no changing the past though, but you can change the future. Which is exactly what I'm going to do, I'm leaving. Tonight. Forever perhaps, perhaps not, but I can't deal with living in this dysfunctional family. So, I'm writing down my goodbyes on a piece of paper leaving it for them to find in the morning. A cowards exit perhaps, but it's the one I've chosen; Maximum Ride can't always be brave. I wish I could, but it's like I'm missing an arm without Fang there. So bravery can go to hell for all I care.
They can all go to hell for all I care.