It Might Be Too Late Chapter 1: FANG, a maximum ride fanfic

Hi guys! This is my first official fanfic so here goes!

Disclaimer: I am not James Patterson or own any of his characters unfortunately:( I also do not own the basic storyline up until the *. I found that part in an excert thingie in my friend's Bible.

FANG P.O.V.

I was afraid I wouldn't get there in time, that I wouldn't get to see her, that I would be too late. Everything felt so surreal. Just moments ago, Iggy had received the call on his cell phone as he was making dinner while I watched the rest of the flock. The flock's leader and the love of my life, Max, had been in an accident while getting the rest of us food, and they didn't think she was going to make it. We left the house and drove to the hospital as fast as we could.

As we walked to her room, everything felt like it was moving in slow motion. I saw Max's feet peeking out from under the hospital blanket. They looked swollen and strange. When my eyes looked up toward her face, I caught my breath. I saw it was covered in tubes and a mask. It didn't even look like her. Dr. Martinez was stroking her hand, but Max showed no signs of life. Was she in pain? Could she hear us? Was she already dead? What's happening? The questions floated through my mind as if I were in a dream.

"Can she…" I tried to speak, but the words stuck in my throat. "Can she hear me?"

"We're not sure," said Jeb softly, who was standing near Max's head. "Go ahead. I know she'd want to hear your voice."

I slowly made my way to her side while the rest of the flock, Ella, Jeb, and Dr. Martinez left quietly. I barely noticed them; my eyes were fixed on Max's face. As I sat in one of the chairs near her head, I noticed her ear had bits of dried blood inside. Is this what it's like to die? I remember thinking as I stared at my best friend's face and strained for words.*

"Max, you can't die. What would we do without you? What would I do without you, Max?" I spoke softly to her, hoping that she could hear me, that she'd be ok. "Max, I...I love you. I'm sorry it's taken me so long to say it. And now that I finally say it, I'm not even sure if you can hear me. Please don't die. I don't know if I can live without you, and how am I supposed to take care of everyone. They need you, Max. If you won't wake up for me, then wake up for them, please."

I stared at her a few more minutes until I didn't think I could bear it any longer. Then the nurse came in and said something about they had to shut of her life support now and I could say a few more words and then I had to leave. I slowly nodded and got to my feet. I bent down over her beautiful face and kissed her forehead softly. "I love you," I whispered quietly. A single tear slid down my face as I straightened up and headed to the door.

"I love you too, Fang."

My hand froze on the handle. I turned slowly back toward her. Did I dare believe it? Had I just imagined it? Then her eyes fluttered softly and opened. "Max...?" my heart caught in my throat. Her gorgeous brown eyes focused on my face.

"Hey, Fang…" she said weakly. I ran back to her side and buried my head in her hair, crying with relief.

"Max…Max…" I said weakly.

"Sshhh, Fang, don't cry. That will make me feel worse." She said.

"I thought I lost you," I said most un-Fanglike.

"Are you kidding me? I am Maximum Ride. I'm not going down that easily." She replied in a tired, mocking tone.

"Please don't ever scare me like that again," I barely managed to choke out through my tears.

"I won't," she replied, "I promise."

"I love you," I told her quietly.

"I know," she muttered quietly, "I love you too."

I raised my head and looked at her. "You do?"

"Yes, now are you going to kiss me or what?" she answered mockingly.

I rolled my eyes and bent down and kissed her. It seemed to last for hours until we were interrupted by an overly excited voice.

"MAX!"

We broke apart and turned to the overjoyed faces standing in the doorway. The flock, Jeb, Dr. Martinez, and Ella all rushed into the room and surrounded Max's bed, knocking me out of the way in the process. I craned my head over the small crowd. I met Max's eyes and she seemed to be sending me a message. We have to talk later.

I rolled my eyes and sent her a message back. Ya think?

After a while Max began to be tired so we all left for the night except for Dr. Martinez, who would stay at the hospital and call us with updates. It had taken the entire flock plus Ella to force me to go home, but I had still refused until Max told me if I didn't go home she would kill me in a horrible way which is probably to explicit to mention. I figured she was feeling a little better if she could threaten me like that, so I finally gave in and went home.

As I lay in the bed in the room that Dr. Martinez had set up for me at her house in Arizona, I couldn't stop thinking about Max. Was she going to be ok? How soon could she come home? Then I thought of the way she smiled when I told her I loved her.

"She'll be fine, Fang. You know she will."

"Angel, if you do not get out of my head right now I will hunt you down, rip out your spine, and beat you with it."

"Ok Fang, but you know she will so just go to sleep."

"Angel, if I go to sleep, will you get out of my head before I take drastic measures?"

"Fine. 'Night, Fang."

" 'Night, Angel"

And surprisingly after that, I actually got some sleep.

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