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Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride, only Xavier.

Max was introducing Xavier to Ella, Gazzy, Angel, and Total when I snuck upstairs to my room. It's not that I don't like the kid; it's just that he's already choosing favorites.

And guess who he wants to hold him, all the time?

I had officially been dubbed his 'royal carrier' from the first moment I picked him up. And he didn't let me put him down after that. He already hates Nudge, glares at Max, doesn't even look at Iggy, and seems indifferent to Gazzy and Angel. But he absolutely loves me and Total.

And I know Max saw me run upstairs, but I think she understands.

"Xavier!" Nudge was calling downstairs, "Where are you?" Great, they lost him already. Not my problem. I pulled my laptop out to catch up on blogging.

Title: B—

Before I could even write the title, two little hands slammed down on the keyboard, shutting down everything. Xavier gave me a big smile. "PUTER!" he shrieked, "I have it!"

Crap, I forgot to lock my door, "Uh uh," I said sternly, moving the laptop away from him, "Not touch. Fang's computer."

Xavier frowned and pulled it back, "I have it!" he said again, "Xavier's puter." I pried it away from him and scooped him up in my arms.

"No," I told him, "Don't touch." He seemed to understand this time and repeated what I said in a soft voice. Then he pointed to the door.

"Fwang?" he asked, "Max!"

Thank God, "You want to go to Max?" He nodded and squirmed out of my arms. I watched him run away yelling 'zazoo Max'.

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We lost him. Two minute playing with him and we'd lost him. Fang was wrong; even I couldn't take care of a pet rock.

"Check in the kitchen," Iggy dictated from the couch. This is one of the rare times he's glad to be blind.

Gazzy stopped and turned to him, "You could help look too, ya' know," he grumbled.

Iggy shook his head, "Nope, I can't look if I can't see. Besides, I thought I was helping."

"No," everyone said at once.

Don't worry, Max. Soon enough he'll have little ones of his own running around and driving him crazy, and then he'll be asking you for help.

That time won't come soon enough. I doubt Iggy could e that responsible if his life depended on it.

Now where is that kid?!

"Max!" I felt something attach to me leg. Guess who it was?

"There you are," I sighed with relief, picking Xavier up, "Don't run off like that!" He looked down, as if to say 'I'm sorry for worrying you' and rested his golden head on my shoulder. I set him down and the others crowded around him.

"You scared us," Ella said, ruffling his hair.

Gazzy hugged Xavier, "Yeah, don't do that, wittle guy," he cooed.

Iggy pulled him into his arms and tickled him, "Ok?" he asked sternly.

Xavier nodded and giggled. Then he stopped and his face fell, "Fwang," he sighed, "No touch Fwang's puter."

"No touch Fang's what?" Nudge asked, picking up the notebook, "Oh! Computer! Fang wouldn't let you touch his computer?" Xavier shook his head sadly. He tugged oh Iggy's shirt.

"I have it! Xavier have puter!" he whined.

Iggy stood up with him, "Alright, let's go see if Fang feels like sharing."

I stopped him, "I dunno, Ig. He could mess something up on there," I told him.

Iggy shrugged, "We could just turn it off and let him press the key for a little while." Xavier nodded and (unnecessarily) directed Iggy up the stairs.

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Not ten minutes later Fang ran downstairs and shoved Xavier into my arms.

"Take him!" he said angrily, "And do not let him near anything electronic!"

I looked at the grinning baby and then at Fang, "Um," I hesitated, "Why?"

Fang pointed accusingly at Xavier, "Because, that little monster deleted half of my pictures, renamed my files, set up a myspace account, signed himself up for a credit card and then crashed the whole laptop!"

Xavier pointed at Fang, "No touch, Xavier's puter," he said smugly, "I have it."

Fang looked like he was going to explode.

"Ok," I said calmly, handing Xavier to Gazzy and ushering them out of the room and Fang's wrath, "Fang, he's just a baby, if he really did do those things—"

"Oh, he did…"

"…then I'm sorry, but we can't yell at him. He won't understand."

Fang grumbled something unintelligible and went back upstairs. Could a baby really have done that much damage in so little time? He seemed so innocent.

Gazzy ran into the room and grabbed my arm, "Uh, Max?" he asked frantically, pulling me into the kitchen, "We need you in here. Now. And if worse comes to worse, we may need a new fridge."

"I HAVE IT!" Xavier's voice screeched.

Why, why me?

I love bad babies. They're so cute!

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