Chapter 2
We decided to take refuge in an arboretum, a tree reserve on the outskirts of Bartlesville and settled down for the night. Close to midnight, Fang woke me up. "We need to talk." He said. I mumbled an okay, and stood up. We (but more Fang) shot up in to the air. I more swayed and stumbled into it. As I relaxed my wings to the overly familiar feeling of flying, Fang started to speak. "I want to be your boyfriend" He said, a tad outright. I was shocked, and for some reason I couldn't tell, my heart did a flip, and my stomach filled with butterflies. Then he started kissing me. I don't know what made me not want him to stop. He was a pretty good kisser after all. It was such a gentle kiss, with a certain edge to it, a certain edge I knew only Fang could add. We hovered there, kissing for what seemed like forever, but was probably only a couple of minutes. When we broke off, my breathing was ragged, and I know I wasn't the only one. Then, without thinking, I started kissing Fang. We flew down to a little lake (still kissing by the way) and continued to kiss. Then all of a sudden, Fang broke off, his breathing heavy and jagged. "Is it really going to be like this? Are you sure you want to be boyfriend and girlfriend?" He asked. I thought for a second, hard. "I want to be your girlfriend, but the flock comes before us, before our relationship. For the meantime, they are NOT to know. It's a bit of a big deal, and right now, we do not need another big deal. We'll still be a couple, but not in front of Angel, Gazzy, Iggy or Nudge." I replied, honestly and openly. "Okay then. We are a couple." agreed Fang. We kissed, and then returned to the Flock, conscious of the time, and pretty sure that we were missed. It turns out, I was right.
When Fang and I had gotten back, I saw Nudge and my little Angel up and eager. It was 3 am. "What are you guys doing up?" I asked them. "I was worried when I couldn't hear you. You know hear you hear you." replied Angel. Angel is psychic for our new comers. "Fang and I went for a walk, and we talked a bit about our trip." I told her. I can't be little miss honesty all the time you know! "We thought you had been taken by the Itex people" said Nudge "We were about to wake up Iggy and Gazzy." "I'm glad you didn't Nudge, you know Gazzy needs his sleep." I told her. "Now go to bed, it's really late and we have a long flight ahead." Nudge and Angel mumbled their goodnights, and snuggled up under their jumpers, and fell asleep. When we were sure they were asleep, Fang kissed me on the forehead and snuggled around me. We fell asleep in said position.
Chapter 3
After a long nights sleep, we all awoke early, ready to meet Mom and Jeb at Pancake King for breakfast, and farewells before our long trip. We were meeting them in main city Bartlesville, and so our flight was not going to be too long. We quickly scoffed a pre-flight breakfast of some berries and fish, and we launched into the air. Total's wings were fully developed by now, though he was still disappointed that we couldn't bring along Ikara. She was the 'hot dog' that Total met down in Antarctica. He flew alongside Angel, who missed carrying him, though she found it so much easier to fly. "I had no idea what I was missing" said an excited Total, over and over again. Fang soon got annoyed. All Total would say was how beautiful his wings were, and how amazing it was to fly on his own. Even though Fang and I wanted to keep 'us' a secret; Angel picked up on it. "Now that you and Fang are boyfriend/girlfriend, will you guys kiss and stuff?" Fang and I were shocked. Sweetie, don't tell the others please! It's probably a big shock for you, and that's why it is a secret. I thought. I won't, she said telepathically, but only if you want me to keep it a secret. "I won't even tell Nudge." She said out loud. Close call, I thought, too close. Hurry Max, said the voice because in five days, the world will end, unless you can stop it.