BTW! I do NOT own Maximum Ride. The wonderful auther James Patterson does. Not me. Just thought we'd get that clear. Now, enjoy you're reading. I hope you like it!

~Max's POV~

We've been running from the erasers for days now, non-stop. When will it end?

Fang and I haven't had the chance to be alone together at all. The last time we were able to just be together was about three days ago. I guess that's where I could begin..

Three days earlier...

"Max, can we please stop for food soon? We're all starving."

I thought about this. And since Angel gave me those puppy dog eyes that she uses to get her way, I gave in.

"Yes, Angel. We can stop. Everyone! Head down! We're making a food stop!"

And of course, there were multiple shouts of happiness. I hadn't really been paying attention to our hunger needs too much. I hadn't been paying attention to anything really, besides Fang that is.

Fang and I have gotten a lot closer over the past couple of weeks. We haven't had an attack for quite some time now. Sure, we were getting quite antsy, but every second we got to be alone together, we accepted with no questions asked.

Okay, we asked a few questions, but didn't stress about it. Probably not as much as we should've, but oh well I guess.

We landed no problem. We all walked into the McDonalds as a family and ordered quite a bit of food. So much food, that we got some weird looks from a lot of people. The only one who didn't give us a weird look, was this fat kid in the corner scarfing a triple cheeseburger and fries. At the same time.

We took our food and sat beneath an oak tree in the nearest park we could find. It was quite peaceful in this little town. Maybe a little too peaceful, but we ate our food with contentment.

Everyone finished their meals without a word. All you could hear was the occasional burp or the chewing sounds coming from a very loud chewer *cough, cough, Gazzy, cough, cough*.

"Okay, since we're all done and we all look quite full, I suggest that everyone takes a nap before we head out of here. It'll give us more air time."

Everyone settled into a nice spot either in the tree or under it to take a nap. Gazzy and Iggy were up in the tree talking real quiet, which was pretty suspicious, but I let it drop. For now.

Angel and Nudge were lying in the tree's shadow, completely blocked from the sun's rays. And that left Fang and I to find somewhere.

As you may not have known, Fang and I have become, what humans call, a couple. At first, we didn't really think it was such a great idea, since if we ever break up, it'll make everything real awkward in the Flock, but we decided that even if we ever DO break up, we'll always be good friends and that nothing could break that.

I sat down on the other side of the tree from Angel and Nudge and where Iggy or Gazzy couldn't look down at me. Fang, of course, sat down next to me and rested his head on the tree and closed his eyes. I just stared at him. I loved watching him sleep. He looked so peaceful.

He opened his eyes after a few minutes and gave me weird look.

"Why are you staring at me?"

I smiled. "I like to watch you sleep. You look so...peaceful. You know, unlike when you're awake and are a real grump." I gave him another little smile to show that I was kidding.

He smiled back and put his arm around my waist, pulling me closer to him. He gazed into my eyes for what seemed like the longest time. Then, he finally moved his face closer to mine, and leaned in and kissed me.

It wasn't one of those pecks married couples give their spouses all the time, it was a deep, passionate kiss where you could feel all the emotion he was putting into it.

I never wanted that moment to end. I could just be here with Fang for all eternity, if I had anything to say about. Which, unfortunately, I didn't. At least not that time.

That's when I heard the crash and the scream. The scream came from Angel, I was sure of it, but the crash was a mystery.

Both of us jumped up and ran to the other side of the tree to see what was happening. It turned out that Iggy got startled from Angel's scream and fell out of the tree.

I then ran up to Angel and asked, "Baby, what's wrong? What's going on?"

She looked at me with wide eyes. "I can hear them. They're coming for us. They're very close."

"Who are? Whose coming?"

"Erasers."

That, made my blood run cold. Erasers were coming. What were we going to do? I really didn't feel like fighting today. Not after such a long break from it.

"Everyone! U and A! NOW!"

We all jumped into the air with me bringing up the rear a millisecond after everyone else. If we were going to fight, we would do it on our terms. In the air.

Hey guys, author's note. I wrote this out of nowhere. Literally. I was reading some fanfics on Max and the Flock and decided to write my own. Again. So here it is. I'm going to start on Chapter 2 as soon as I post this. So, you better give me reviews. I won't post Chapter 2 until I get...3 reviews. at least. Then as we progress, I may step it up a few. Just to see if anyone's really reading it or not. Okay, how about this. If I don't get ANY reviews, I won't post Chapter 2. If I get at least one on the first chapter, I'll post it. Deal? Deal. Okay, get reviewing. Please and Thank you! =D