I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me…
"Max?" Fang asked, back to back with me so that our wings were touching. "You okay?"
It had been a long day for me. First, Erasers attacked, and then, the stupid Voice had decided we should go to Canada. I had had to listen to five hours worth of complaining from four of the six people with the highest stamina in the world, and a talking dog that hated the cold. But Fang was there… Fang was next to me in the cave. It made everything at least twice better.
"Yeah." I replied at last. And I was.
I still feel your touch in my dreams…
"Well… if you're sure." Fang said quietly, brushing my shoulder with his wing. That tickle was the last thing I felt as I drifted off into dreamland.
Forgive me my weakness but I don't know why…
Without you it's hard to survive!
When the flock had split up, that had been the hardest thing I'd ever done; not just because half my flock, my family, was missing. But because the one person I would trust with my life, no matter what the circumstances, under contract, even, hated my guts, and would for as long as I did what I thought was right.
I had been a wreck, working to keep up the façade for the flock, or what was left. If they saw my weakness, they'd be scared. I couldn't let that happen. They're kids, they need a leader, someone to protect them. And if it wasn't me doing the protecting… they might fall apart. You never show weakness, always stay strong. That's my philosophy.
But when Fang left… staying strong was barely an option. Heck, it was barely possible.
'Cause every time we touch, I feel the static,
And every time we kiss,
I swear I could fly
Swear? More like I could. But still, even without the wings… anything's possible. And with Fang? You've got double the trouble, and a whole lot of destruction on your plate.
Can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last
Need you by my side
That was certainly true. Fang was my best friend, my other half, my right-wing-man. Without him… but I'd been through that once. I didn't want to relive it. That would just be unnecessary pain in my life, which as you know, has all too much of that.
'Cause every time we touch, I feel the static
And every time we kiss, I reach for the sky
Can't you feel my heart beat slow, I can't let you go
Want you in my life
Your arms are my castle,
Your heart is my sky.
Everything was my sky, practically, but Fang… Fang especially.
They wipe away tears that I cry
The good and the bad times we've been through them all,
Also true… But wasn't this a love song? Why was I thinking of Fang? I was in love… with Fang?
You make me rise when I fall!
'Cause every time we touch I get this feeling
And every time we kiss I swear I could fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast,
I want this to last
Need you by my side
If he ever left, I'd be devastated. That much was definitely true.
'Cause every time we touch, I feel the static
And every time we kiss I reach for the sky
Can't you feel my heart beat slow,
I can't let you go
'Cause every time we touch I get this feeling
And every time we kiss I swear I could fly
Can't you feel my heart beat fast,
I want this to last
Need you by my side
Where was this song even coming from? I'd heard it a couple times on Ella's iPod, but we didn't have Ella (or an iPod) currently with us. I looked over at a sweet little pink-blonde-and-blue bundle of Avian-American joy "sleeping".
Yeah right.
"Angel?"
"Yeah Max?" She called back. I knew she wasn't asleep.
"Nice song."
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