AN: Ha. I just noticed that my name is Aislinn Night and I'm writing an Author's Note. Same initials. Ha. Oh, yeah. My name is pronounced Azzlyn. Weird I know.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.

Ben: Hey! What about me?

Ben's Buddies: Yeah!

Me: Oh yeah. I own them.

Ben and his Buddies in unison: Thank you very much.

Anyway, this story is about Max and Fang's relationship and how they let their feelings out. It's a very complicated story. Please have patients. I'm kind of fast pasted and slow at the same time. This is when The Flock has already saved the world and now have a permanent home. A month of perfection the government finds them and says they need to attend school. Max is fifteen, same with Fang and Iggy. Angel is seven, The Gasman is nine, and Nudge is twelve, so about a year later. Here it's the weekend before school starts. Max still has her Maximum Ride credit card. Jeb keeps the card taken care of. He makes sure that the card is paid off. The card has no limit. Being a mad scientist really pays the big bucks.

"Well, I never thought I would say this, but… Off to the mall. Ugh. It doesn't sound right. Well, let's go," I said.

"This will be fun," I heard Gazzy mutter to Iggy, not meant for my ears. I decided to brush it off.

"Max? I think I should get a, like, pink school bag. Do you thing I should get a backpack or book bag? If I get a backpack then, like, well, it'll be unfashionable. But if I get a book bag and the books are heavy then what ever arm I use will be, like, stronger than the other and I don't want to be lopsided, in a way. Do we have to get uniforms? What do they look like? Why do we have to go to school? How are we going to pay for it? If w—"Thankfully Iggy covered her mouth.

"Thanks Ig. I don't know, Nudge. We just need to go. Come on, up and away."

About fifteen minutes later…

"Oh. My. Gawd! I love the mall! It's so big. I wonder how long it took the people to, like, build it. Max? How long did it, like, take? I wonder how people get their stuff in here. I mean the carts won't fit in this door. Why do they have a, like, glass door? I mean, people who have houses get to have a, like, wooden door. Well, anyways I really like the mall. Can we go to the food court? I love the mall's food. I really do. I think I want a churro. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaxx, can I get a churro? How do you think they make churros? I—"



Bless Iggy. Oh my goodness I was ready to hug him to death, but being Max I didn't. Besides I think it would freak him out.

"Okay guys, let's get this over with. Just being around all these people is making me anxious," I said. I spared a glance at Fang and he looked at me with an expressionless face but his eyes held sympathy. Anyone else would have said that his eyes held no emotion, but not me. I knew him to well. His eyes said that he feels the same way. "Nudge you said you love the mall, right?" I could see she was going to babble on so I interrupted with, "Yes or no is all I need to know."

"Yeah. I love the mall."

"Okay, lead the way." I saw a sparkle in her eyes, so I knew I did well.

At the uniform store. It's so cleverly called… "Uniforms…And other school supplies."

"Colors?" Nudge asked me.

"Hmm?" I replied.

"The mandatory colors of the school uniforms. Jeez, Max, what would I be asking?"

I shrugged and pulled out the school paper. I scanned it, and then grinned. "Fang, you're gonna like this. The uniforms are all black. That's all it says. No rules other that wear all black. And when I mean all I mean all; all the way down to the underwear."

Just then Iggy burst out laughing. He was clutching his stomach with one hand and the other was on his knee trying to hold himself up. It didn't work. He fell on the floor still laughing.

"Anyway, let me get you guys settled," Nudge said, sounding serious.

After all of us got our uniforms…

"Hi. Umm, I was wondering if I could get your number."

I looked up at the speaker. He was fairly cute. Handsome. Brown hair, hazel eyes, taller than me by about five inches. He was muscular but not buff. I didn't know what to say. I looked around me and saw about five other guys smirking and winking when I met their gaze. I glared in return.

"No."

"Why not? I just want to get to know you. I'm Ben."



"Sorry Ben," I said but I wasn't the least bit sorry. He just came up to me and asked for my number. I didn't even know him. At least I don't have to worry about him being an Eraser or a Flyboy. That's a relief. But still, I could feel Fang stiffen and hear Iggy stop cold.

Ben walked backed to his friends and I heard him mutter something along the lines of, "She so wants me." Then something like, "I bet you five bucks you couldn't do better."

I was starting to get annoyed so I said to the flock, "I'll be right back. I need to handle something. Angel, explain it to them while I'm gone." And with that I walked across the mall and towards the group. I didn't look anywhere but the back of Ben's head. He stiffened, then turned around.

Ben smiled and asked, "Miss me?" He had the nerve to come next to me and put his hand around my waist. "I knew you would. Now what's your name sweetheart?"

I shoved him against the back of the fountain he and his buddies were standing next to. He smiled, thinking I was going to kiss him. His buddies were staring in shock. I decided to mess with him. I leaned into his face. I could feel his breath on my face. I starred at his lips and he just stood there wide eyed.

I had trouble keeping a straight face but I did. He started to lean in on my lips when I pushed harder with the hand on his chest. He fell into the fountain.

"See ya' Benny-boy," I said grinning. I waved to him and his friends, who were still shocked, then came back to the flock.

Fang looked mad, fuming actually, Iggy was laughing again, probably got the info from Gazzy. Gazzy was laughing right there with Iggy. Angel looked as shocked as Ben did. Nudge was the first one to talk to me.

"Max, why did you do that?" she asked.

I shrugged and said, "Let's go."

Back at the house…

"Max, can I talk to you?" Fang asked me and I sighed and walked out of the kitchen and into my bedroom.

"Yeah, Fang?"

"Why did you do that with that Ben guy?" he asked me.



"Because I felt like it? I don't know Fang; I just thought it would be funny. Did you hear Iggy and Gazzy? So I guess it was funny," I said then sighed. "Fang, I was just messing with him. Don't worry." I put my hand on his shoulder and said, "Fang, I'm going to take a shower."

I walked over to the hanger on the door, took my towel off of it, and walked out of the room.

After taking the longest, hottest, most relaxing shower ever I went back to my room. I had my bra and underwear on and was going for some sweats when Fang walked into the room.

"Jeezums Fang! Knock next time!" I screamed and threw a pillow at him. Before he left I saw his cheeks flush a little but it could have been the reflection of my scarlet cheeks on his skin.

Outside I heard Iggy laughing. I heard a muffled, "Okay, Fang. I didn't think you'd do it. Here, you won the bet. Twenty bucks."

I was fuming. This was a bet to see me in my underwear. I pulled on my sweats and a tanktop, then came outside of my room to find Fang counting his money, smirking,

I walked right up to him and knocked him out. Then I went to Iggy standing next to him and did the same. They lay there, unconscious.

"Gazzy? Come here right NOW!"

He got here in a matter of seconds. "I swear, it blue in the first place…" his excuse trailed off when he saw Iggy and Fang. "What happened to them?"

"Ask them when they wake up again. I need you to take care of them until they wake up. But I would like to know what is blue."

"Umm, well." He reached out and turned Iggy over, extended his wing and I gasped. The inside of Iggy's wing was blue. Not even a dark blue but a baby blue.

"We will talk about this later." I said in a stern voice. "Take care of them and when they wake up tell them that if they ever do that again then they will be very sorry."