This is going to be Fang P.O.V. of what happened in the last chapter and a couple minutes before it, too. In the previous chapter I think I accidently Arianne for Max's daughter's name and I meant to put Arianna. I know it's not that big of a difference, I just didn't want to Arianna in this chapter instead of Arianne then someone asks who Arianna? It has happened before…..
To IggyLikesToExplode: I re-wrote it cause I felt like I could do a better job and add a lot more detail so you would actually feel like you're in Max's shoes.
Disclaimer: Max and everybody (except Arianna) belongs to James Patterson.
Previously:
It was Angel. But it was a teenager-version of her.
"Max?" she whispered, shock on her face.
Fang P.O.V.
"I'm hungry." Nudge whined for the tenth time in two minutes.
"Chill Nudge, I'm finding a place." I said.
We were flying back to Dr. M's place coming back from another search for Max. I know it's been three years, but did you honestly expect us to give up?
I remember when she told me we were expecting. At first I was shocked and very scared, then later I became over-joyed and couldn't wait.
"Fang!" Angel yelped in a panicked way interrupting my thoughts. "We have to go down there, now!"
"Why? What's wrong?" Nudge piped up. Angel just kept pointing and couldn't take her eyes off the building below us.
"No. No! It can't be!" she kept saying over and over, her eyes getting watery and a smile starting to form on her face.
"Can't be what?" Iggy asked, trying to calm her down.
She took a shaky breath, trying to control herself. "I picked up Max's thoughts." She says deathly calm. If you didn't see anything wrong with that sentence, you might want to read it again.
"Max?" Gazzy choked out.
Angel nodded her head, with a look of confusion still on her face. She was probably thinking the same as all of us were. How could we not know that Max was one town over, this whole time?
"Well, what are we waiting for?" Iggy shouted. "Let's go!"
We landed in the parking lot, concealing our wings with sweatshirts. Walking around front, we tried to look normal (pfft, like that ever works…). Through the front window of the diner I saw a swish of blonde-brown hair and that was it. Walking inside I couldn't find her again. Where did she go?
"Ange, watch out." I heard Gazzy hiss and looked up to see her really close to the woman in front of her.
Just then Angel collided with the girl. She whirled around and my breath got caught in my throat.
Max.
I heard Max try not to yelp as the hot coffee splashed down her legs. Ouch, that's gotta hurt.
"Max!" she whispered, unsure of what to do. "Max!" she shrieked this time as she tackled Max with a giant hug.
Max P.O.V.
There was no way of explaining how I felt right now. I mean, suddenly seeing your family that you've been looking for, for three years? How would you react?
Then getting hugged and having coffee spilled on you, again? Not my idea of fun. I placed the coffee down on the table next to me and wrapped my arms around Angel. Honestly, I could care less about the coffee burn right now.
She pulled her head up and her cheeks were tear-stained. I looked up and saw the rest of the flock beside us.
I put my free arm out and Nudge ran to me. I brushed the hair out of her face and planted a kiss on her forehead. I stepped over to Gazzy and he threw his arms around me. God, he was taller than me now.
Feeling my eyes get wet, I wiped them with the back of my hand. He stepped back and I could see he was trying hard not to cry. My little trooper.
"What about me?" Iggy asked, he voice barely a whispered.
I let out a small laugh and wrapped arms around him and hugged him tightly. He let go and turned me around to face Fang with a smirk on his face.
I looked up at Fang and threw my arms around his neck as he snaked his arms around my waist. He lifted me up so I was standing up on my toes.
"I missed you so much." I barely heard him say. Tears were running down my face, soaking into his shirt. He set me back down and I realized what a scene we were making. "Oh, god. What happened? We thought we'd never see you."
"Let's sit. I'll explain." My voice cracking. I made my way over to a booth with the Flock following closely behind. We sat down and Andy brought us drinks, apparently seeing what had happened. I mean, who wouldn't? We were kinda in the middle of the diner…
"Hey, Max? Where's the baby?" Angel asked and I started choking on the Pepsi I was drinking.
How. The. Hell. Did. She. Find. Out?
"That's all you, Fang, and Dr. M would think about." She said to me in my head.
I saw Fang's eyes widen and his face pale. Iggy and Gazzy looked at me with identical looks of confusion and Nudge's mouth was hanging open.
"Uhhh…." Was all I could come up with. Smooth, Max, just smooth.
"What baby Max? Did you have a baby? You weren't pregnant when…ummm…you left…were you? You were! Why didn't you tell us? When were you going to tell us? You were going to righ – " she got cut off when Gazzy smacked his hand over her mouth.
"Relax Nudge, I'll explain it all, okay?" She nodded her head in agreement and Gazzy took his hand off her mouth.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Re-opening them, I started my story. "When I found out I was pregnant, I only told mom and Fang."
"How did Angel find out?" Iggy asked.
"She read our minds." I turned to look at Angel with a smirk on my face. She smiled back angelically with a playful glint in her eyes.
"Anyway, we didn't tell you because we didn't want to let everyone know, then something happen to the baby…." I trailed off, looking at the faces of everyone around me. "The night we were going to tell you guys, well that's when…the attack happened." I said the last part in a whispered, trying to rid the memory from my mind.
I felt something warm slid into my hand. Looking down, I saw Fang's hand grasping onto mine. I gave him a small smile. "Later when I had her –"
"It's a girl? Aw, that's so sweet! ZOMG! When she grows up I can dress her up and put make-up on her and make her all pretty! Oh what about on her first dat –" She shut up when I glared at her.
"Max?" Gazzy asked.
"Hmm?"
"What's her name?"
I chuckled at that, remembering the whole reason I named her what I did. "Arianna, but Ari for short." I got a bunch of different looks at that. "You know, since Ari really turned out to be good in the end…."
"That's adorable." Angel whispered.
"What time is it?" I asked urgently, forgetting that I had to pick up Ari from pre-school.
"3 o'clock." Gazzy said, looking at his watch. "Why?"
"I have to get Ari from pre-school." I stood up and turned and faced them.
"You guys coming?" I asked.
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