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Well, here's some more Max Ride…

An hour after that really awkward conversation, I still couldn't sleep so I told Fang that I'd take over his watch.

It was about 2 AM and I was about to log on and read Fang's latest blog, (as his best friend you'd think I'd read them a little more often).

Before I could even get to the web site Angel came over and snuggled in my lap. I put my arms around her and said, "What's wrong sweetie?"

"I can't sleep, this tree is uncomfortable, I miss my bed at Jeb and Mom's house."

Angel, Nudge, and Gazzy had also taken to calling Dr. Martinez, "Mom".

"Yeah, it was nice. But you know we can't stay there forever." And I still don't trust Jeb. "Oops, you heard that didn't you?"

Sometimes it's useful to have a six hear old mind reader in your flock, but the only bad thing is that it's hard to keep things to yourself sometimes.

"Yeah I heard. I know you don't trust Jeb, neither does Fang."

"After he hurt us so badly… I … I … just couldn't let that happen again Angel." My arms tightened around her as I thought about seeing Jeb at the school after those two years when we thought he was dead.

"I love you Max."

"I love you too Angel."

There was a long silence after that. I thought she had fallen asleep but it turns out she was just as deep in thought as I was.

"Max?" she asked suddenly.

"Yeah baby?"

"I'm listening to Fang's dream."

"Is it interesting?" I hope my blazing curiosity wasn't too obvious.

She paused for second and then sighed. "Usually I don't do this because I think it's a violation of privacy - or whatever – but Fang has been dreaming about you for the past month. He can't stop thinking about the last time you kissed in the cave back when we were hiding out in the canyon. He analyzes your every move so he can try to find out if you feel the same way. I would have helped him out and told him that you do, but I didn't know if you wanted me to."

I don't know exactly when, but sometime during her speech my jaw dropped open, and as soon as I gained coherency, I snapped it shut.

"I know you love him too Max, just tell him." Angel jumped out of my lap and back up to the branch she had been on before. "Goodnight Max." she whispered.

***

"Max! We've been flying for hours, how much longer?" Gazzy had been asking the same question for about three hours, it was about noon now. Usually I could take all the nagging when I actually knew where we were going, but being clueless like this was seriously starting to piss me off.

Fang hadn't said a word since last night. I'm sure he was waiting for me to give in and ask for help. Well, guess what? Not happening.

Gazzy was right though, we were all exhausted and I really wasn't in the mood to sleep in a tree again. We were flying somewhere over the south of Michigan so it seemed like a good place to land.

"Guys! Go down, here's good!" I yelled so they could hear me through the roaring wind.

I heard the cheers of relief coming from the entire flock… everyone was happy to finally be landing, except Fang. Fang knew I had absolutely no idea what to do next.

Apparently my purpose in life is to save the world. Only one problem though, I have no clue how.

Okay what I'm about to tell you next might sound kind of creepy, and no, I'm not crazy, (I don't think). For the past while I've been hearing this weird voice in my head and I eventually found out that it was Jeb. But even after Jeb said that his voice had served its purpose and he didn't need to use it anymore, it still came back.

So there you have it, I have a weird little voice in the back of my head telling me what to do. Well, that voice hasn't showed up since we left Jeb and Mom's house. Hence the reason I'm lost.

"You guys hungry?" I yelled back to them.

"YES! We're starved!" Nudge yelled for all of them.

We were pretty close to the ground now, and I don't think it would kill them if I took just a minute to myself.

And with that, I closed my eyes, broke free from leading the flock and just dove downwards headfirst. That rush, that thrilling jolt of adrenaline I'm almost positive is impossible to get while on two legs. My hair was slapping so hard against my back that it hurt, but I really didn't care. The wind was skimming my feathers and numbing the tips of my wings from the cold.

I didn't even need to open my eyes to know the exact moment I had to turn my wings out to catch the wind before I hit the ground. My wings caught the wind and there was a sharp shot of pain, but it was good pain, it just brought more adrenaline after the shock wore off.

When I finally opened my eyes the flock was still way above me, but lowering to try to land. They were all smiling at me, probably glad that I had the slightest ounce of fun after all the running from Itex in the last few months.

I barely noticed any of the other smiles, because Fang's was the one that made my heart squeeze… and then I blacked out.

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