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Chapter 2: Waking up here

FANG

" Fang..." Max passed out, and her weak body leaned into my chest.

The pungent smell of blood filled my nostrils.

I sighed. There was really only one thing to do. I knelt next to Max, picked her up, and took off into the sky. A few flaps later, I was on my way to camp.

She was beautiful. I watched her sleep.

Life had been hard on me the past few years without her.

No one was there to lead me, or help me. No one to care if I died, or nurse me back to health... no one to argue or yell at. No friends. I'd lived in many places over the years. Abandonded houses, hotels, ( no one knew I wasn't paying, of course..) I'd even stayed with some people. But I missed the flock. They were my family. The one I couldn't go back to.

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MAX

Ugh. I hurt, man. I slowly opened my eyes to see a large room with boarded walls like a cabin, and a brown carpet. I layed in a fluffy bed with sheets and pillows. The whole package. Which, me being Max, made me suspicious.

Someone walked up next to the bed.

"Max..." It was a guy. Before he could say another word, I jumped up next to him and kicked him in the stomach.

He made a noise somewhere between an 'Ah!' and an 'Ooof!'. Then I felt him quickly reacting, grabbing my hands and stepping on my feet.

"Geez, seriously, Max?" His black eyes looked into mine, and I really looked at him for the first time.

Fang.

A bigger, older-looking Fang, but still Fang.

We stared at each other for awhile, until I realized my wings were out and tried to pull them back in, but my bone...

"Ah!" The pain was worse than any broken bone before.

"Max! You don't have to do that." He said in his mesmerizingly deep voice. Geeze. Talk about swoon.

"But... " I shook my head, trying to gather my thoughts. " The... I mean, humans?"

"There aren't any here." He went on to explain the whole camp thing, and it's owner, Teresa, who we'd saved so long ago.

"Oh... Teresa..." Memories came rushing back of New York, of Ari, and of the Flock as kids. Memories that I'd tried to forget without him.

" So... what's going on with... you guys? You know... the Flock?' He mustv'e been thinking about the same thing as me.

I sat on the bed and sighed. we were all older. I was 20, Dylan was 20, Iggy was 19, Nudge 16, Gazzy 14, and Angel 12.

"Truthfully?" I asked Fang.

He nodded and sat next to me, looking interested and worried.

"After you left... I was a mess. We all were. Especially Nudge too. And we all really... Well, missed you. A lot. Things haven't been the same. Everythings changed about the Flock."

" I wish I never left. " His sholders slumped, his head hung. " I... I still... Lo-"

The door opened. Fang sighed like he was upset.

"Fang? Oh! Our, uh, guest is awake!" A tall, slim, pretty blonde came in.

"Teresa." Fang sighed again."Yeah, she is. This is Maximum Ride. Max, this is Teresa."

"Y-you were there when I met Fang! you were the leader! You opened the cage!"

"Heh. Yeah..." i scratched my hair, uncomfortable. " I- I did."

There was an awkward silence.

"THANK YOU!" Teresa yelled at me, and came over to hug me.

I am NOT the 'huggy' type. I looked at Fang franticly over her shoulder. He was smirking at me!

'Shut up!' I mouthed.

His smirk turned into a full on grin.

Well. that almost made me faint. Literally. I mean, that black hair...and those eyes like the night sky with stars, and that body! I just want to- STOP! STOP RIGHT THERE MAX! It's Fang! FANG! And you barely know him anymore!

"Max? Are you okay? Youre kind of... wobbly. Mabye you should sit." Teresa let go.

Oh, geeze. See what he does to me? How embarassing.

Teresa gently pushed me onto the bed.

"Uh, yeah. I'll sit." I ansered. My wing hurt soo bad.

"Well. it was nice meeting you... again, Max. Oh! Fang! I forgot! You have a class in 15 minutes! So.. yeah. Bye, Max!"

I gave an awkward smile. "Heh. Bye!

She closed the door behind her.

There was an... you guessed it! Awkward silence! ( Thats just how my days go!)

"Um... You- you have a class? um... what type?" I asked. Curious, partly desperate.( Haha, desperate Max.)

"Oh, yeah, I, uh...I teach a class here."

Every word he said was like a drop of honey on my tounge, all deep, and sweet,and Loving... CRAP! Never mind.

"What class? Do you... teach? " Well. this was going smooth.

"Defensive Arts." He blushed, leaned against the wall, arms crossed, I could see how totally different he and the Fang I used to know were. i mean... Fang had always been scrawny all over... but now he was...

OKAY! NOTE TO SELF!: STOP having embarassing and awkward thoughts about Fang!

I blushed.

"What?" He asked.

"What, 'what?' " I replied panicky. Please,no...

"Youre blushing."

"Oh, I am? I-I didn't even know..."

He took a step closer, then smirked as I blushed more. Stop blushing Max!

Max. Don't ignore what you feel. The voice.

"STAY OUT OF THIS!" I snapped out loud.

Fang grinned, now only 3 feet away. My face was on fire.

"The voice again?" He asked.

"Y-yeah."

"Hhmm. What'd it say?" Hm, do I hear sarcasm?

"Nothing. Well, it wants to know where the bathroom is."

He laughed. "Down the hall to the left."

Whoa. ( I'm not whoaing about the bathroom)

"Oh well. The voice asked, not me. For future reference." There's a lot of E's in that word... seriously. Wonder who made up tha-

"Max? You zoning on me?" Fang was bent down staring in my eyes, eyebrows raised.

"Yeah." I blushed. "I'm thinkin of the word reference. It has a lot of E's."

He gave me the 'WOW, special.' look.

"Shut up!"

"Why do you always say that when I'm not saying anything?"

"Hah. Cause. Youre face says more than youre mouth."

"Wow, good to know."

A teen with long blonde hair and green eyes walked in the room. "Hey, uh, Fang?"

"Yes, Kat?"

"Um, class starts in 7."

"Kay. Thanks."

She nodded, then looked past him at me.

"WHOA! Is that MAXIMUM RIDE?" She ran in the room."Oh, my gosh, youre like, my hero! " She shook my hand like crazy. " I escaped form the school when I was 11. Whoa! I can't belive this! It's really you! I mean, we always had our hunches about Fang. And wheres the Flock? Are they with you? And what about Dylan? Can I punch him? PLEASE! Oh... If I ever get my hands on him..." She made a strangling motion with her hands.

Fang turned to her. "Kat."

"Yes, Fang?" She grinned.

"We know. You don't like Dylan. Thanks for you're support and all, But-"

"I'm Team Fang!" She pouted. "Will you two fight? Huh? Oh... Fang, you'll win don't worry."

"Kat! Kat! CALM. There won't be any fighting. The Flock's not here. I'll see you in class."

"But-"

"GET!"

"...Okay. Bye Max! See ya!" She went off laughing like a maniac.

"...Are all you're students like that?"

"Hah. just gets excited. She's really not that crazy... all the time."

I laughed" You better get to you're class. "

"Yeah... I'll come see you later. Don't worry. I've aranged some... company for you."

Oh, no.

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