I woke up to the oh so annoying sound of my alarm clock. I rolled over away from the sun reaching for the snooze button. The clock said 4:35 a.m. Why is my clock going off at 4:30 in the freaking morning?!? Thats when it hit me. I had band practice.

Yes you heard me right. I the once great Maximum Ride have band practice. When the flock and I had saved the world by destroying the entire School along with all of Itex, we had settled in a small town in Kansas. Why Kansas you ask? Well, because there is a LOT of open sky in Kansas for us to fly freely in. If you don't know why we would want to fly, what the flock is, or who I am, maybe you should go read the series that Mr. Patterson wrote based on out lives.

Anyway, when we settled in Kansas, Fang and I got into music. He played guitar and I sang and wrote songs. Mostly we just played for the flock, but one night, they convinced us to play one of our songs at a local karokee club. We didn't really want to, but of course Angel and Nudge used the dreaded bambi eyes which to this day I STILL cannot resist. So we did our favorit song and it went great. The crowd loved us and wanted more. Of course we gave it to them. By the time we were done, it was 10:00 at night. As soon as we stepped back stage, a guy around my age walked up to me.

He introduced himself as John and asked me if Fang and I were intrested in joining his band. I of course said that I would love to. Fang on the other hand did not. And that's how I joined my now world famous band. And no, we NEVER did tours or even left Kansas. We had school, yes i did say school, and I had to take care of the flock so we stayed in Kansas.

I rolled out of the bed and nearly hit the floor. i heard a soft chuckling from the door way. I turned to see Fang standing leaning against the door frame with his arms crossed. "What do you want?" i snapped. Don't mess with Maximum Ride in the morning befor she's had her shower! I am sooo not a morning person. Fang shrugged and pointed to the still beeping alarm clock. Shit. I forgot to turn it off!

"Sorry. I was about to turn it off when i rolled off the bed." i explained turning off the alarm. Again Fang shrugged turning to leave. "Jeez, good morning to you too Fang. Gah. i swear you need to learn to talk." i said, my voice dripping with sarcasim.

"'Morning." and with that he went back to his room. He makes me want to stranggle him sometimes.

I walked to the bathroom shutting the door behind me. I turned the water as hot as it could go and got in. I let the water beat down hard on my back and wings relaxing me at the same time waking me up. When I was done, I wrapped myself in a towel and walked back into my room. I heard a shap intake of breath and turned to see Fang sitting on my bed staring at me. I felt my face heat up, wishing he would go away but at the same time, not wanting him to leave. Come on Max. Tell him to get out. There is no reason for him to be in here and no reason I should want him in here. It's not like I have feelings for him or anything.

Fang's rose his left eyebrow, asking the question i was asking myself. 'Why haven't I told him to leave?' I slowly walked over to him and sat on the bed next to him. He slowly lifted his hand and gently carresed my cheek. I closed my eyes, his touch sending shivers down my spine. Before I could open my eyes, his lips crushed into mine. At first it was harsh and comanding, but then the kiss turned passionate and longing. More shivers shot down my back and all through my body. Slowly, Fang laid me back on the bed, moving on top of me. I felt something that felt like electricity shot through me. I ran my hands through Fang's silky black hair. Then I realised what I was doing.

I was KISSING Fang. A guy who I had know my whole life and did not like like this. I pulled away, gasping for air. For a moment we just sat there. Then i pushed him off of me and grabbed the clothes I had laid out before i had gotten in the shower. I ran to the bathroom and got dressed. I stood there looking in the mirror. My eyes lingered on the light pink scar that I had gotten during the very last fight against Itex and the School. The fight where Fang had nearly lost his life.

**flashback**

I flew at the last group of flyboys we would ever have to face with the flock right behind me. I slammed into the one in front, breaking his neck. He dropped from the sky like well dead weight.

The next 15 minutes were spent fighting flyboy after flyboy. I finally got a break and looked around the flock. Nudge was using her magnitism to slam the flyboys into each other. Angel and Gazzy were tag teaming them. Angel would go at one from the front and Gazzy from the back. They were handling themselves very well. Iggy was throwing bomb after bomb at the groups of flyboys in front of him, hitting the mark every time. How he did that, i have no clue.

Fang was fighting about 15 flyboys at one time. He landed every hit and immedeatly went into the next move. He went to do a roundhouse kick but one of the flyboys flew under him and swiped at his stomache. It his its target. Fang cried out in agony, not worring about his emotionless mask. His face contorted into pain as the flyboy swiped again and hit, ripping tendons and muscle. Fang started falling to the ground. Fast.

"FANG!!!!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I immedeatly went into warp speed and caught him right before he hit the trees. Unfortunatly, this was the time that i discovered that I can't carry anyone while in warp speed. As we hit the tree line, i wrapped my wings around Fang, protecting him from the trees and the ground. I did not howerer protect my face. When we hit the last branch a large limb slammed into my head, gouging into my face under my eye. I cried out in pain and then we hit the ground.

Thats when everything went black.

When i woke up, the 6 worried face of my flock and Total were staring at me. "She's awake." "Oh thank God" "Max are you okay?" "Max can you hear me?" All of this was said at the SAME EXACT TIME making my pounding head hurt even more.

"Guys, calm down I'm fine. I just have a very bad headache." i said quietly. A hand started to run through my hair.

"Yeah I had one too when I woke up." a soft voice said close to my ear. I could feel his warm breath caress my ear. Wait. That was Fang. He was alright. He was up before me and i hadn't nearly had my stomach ripped out. I jumped out of bed and slung my arms around Fang's neck.

"Fang. Your ok, i thought i had lost you. Are you feeling well. How bad was it? How in the hell are you out of bed???" I wispered all of this into the crook of his neck. At first, he stiffened but then he relaxed, wrapping his arms around my waist.

"Yes I am ok. I feel fine. It was horrible. That flyboy nearly ripped out part of my stomach. And I think Iggy should answer the last question." That was a lot coming from Fang. Wrapped in his embrace like this i felt safe.

I turned to Iggy and asked him how Fang was out of bed so soon.

An excited look flashed acros his face. "I have a new power. I can Heal people."

**end flash back**

Iggy's power had saved both me and Fang. We both had scars but Fang's were way worse than mine were. I finished getting ready in the bathroom and walked back to my bedroom. Fang was still sitting on my bed. I walked past him. "I have to get to practice." I mumbled. When i get home tonight, i will pretend that nothing happened.