Sing For The Moments

Chapter Two

Max

"Max, can you help me carry this back to my mom's house?" Fang asked, gesturing to a coffee table that Ari was getting rid of.

It used to be in the basement for when Ari has his friends over, but he got a new table, so he decided to give the old one to Fang's mom because she was really into home decor.

I nodded and picked up one end of the table while Fang picked up the other side. He and I walked in silence over to his house, concentrating on carrying the table, rather than talking.

The shirt I was wearing wasn't low cut by any means, but you could still see down it if you tried hard enough, which I could tell Fang was. I didn't care enough to yell at him for it though.

Fang kicked the door and waited until his mom opened the door.

"Why aren't you taking this to your apartment? Couldn't you and Jennifer use it?" I asked as we waited.

Jennifer was Fang's sister, who was my age, but lived with him, rather than their parents. They also had another roommate, Arden.

"I don't need it. Plus, my mom would make better use of it. Jenny and I would probably break it or something."

Fang was the only one who called Jennifer "Jenny". She hated the name Jenny and only let him call her it because he's her older brother, and her primary source of shelter.

"I don't doubt it."

Before Fang could say any more, his mom, Chloe, came out and smiled brightly.

"Max! Don't tell me Fang made you bring this over with him?" Chloe said, looking at Fang.

"Can we just put this in your house so I can go home?" Fang groaned.

Chloe rolled her eyes and moved aside so Fang and I could carry the table inside.

Chloe and Fang had never really gotten along, even when he was a kid. That's why he moved out as soon as he could, and offered to take Jennifer with him.

Fang and I placed the table in front of the couch in his mom's house, said a quick goodbye and left.

"I don't exactly want to go back to the house because odds are Iggy and Nudge are sucking face on the couch, and I'm sure you're still pissed at Iggy for stealing your pictures and breaking your vase, so you're coming to the park with me, and you don't have a choice." Fang said, grabbing my hand and towing me down the block.

As we walked, he stopped dragging me along when he realized I wasn't protesting. However, he didn't let go of my hand.

It didn't feel weird to be holding hands with Fang as we walked down the deserted street at nine o'clock at night. I'd known him forever and sure, I thought he was a good-looking male, but it's not like he gave me butterflies... Anymore.

Okay, fine, I liked him. When I was like, ten. Almost ten years later and those feelings subsided. Partially.

"Max?" Fang asked about five minutes into our walk.

"Yeah?"

"Close your eyes." he ordered.

I did as I was asked- or more like ordered, but whatever- and waited.

Fang released my hand and, I assumed, walked somewhere because I could hear his footsteps.

"Keep 'em closed."

"What are you-" I was silenced by something on my lips. Fang's lips.

Once I realized exactly what was going on, I rose both of my hands to his neck, a silent way of showing him that I didn't mind him kissing me.

I felt Fang's hands on my sides as he and I kissed.

Oh, if only Iggy knew about this. He'd be chasing Fang down the street with a pitchfork.

I honestly felt like this was the best thing to happen to me all day.

But too soon for my liking, it was over and Fang was pulling away from me.

"Sorry. That was really random, but I just-" I cut Fang off by placing a finger over his lips.

"Don't apologize. You don't know how long I've been wanting that to happen."

With a smile, Fang leaned down and kissed me again.

But of course, even though he wasn't here physically, Iggy somehow managed to call me while I was kissing his best friend.

I sighed and pulled back from Fang, pulling my cell phone out of my back pocket as I did.

"Hello?" I asked into the phone.

"Where are you guys? Chloe said you left like fifteen minutes ago. Her house is like, not even ten feet away from ours. It shouldn't take you that long to get home." Iggy said.

"Uh, yeah, Fang and I were headed to the park, but we're probably gonna head back soon."

"Put him on the phone." Iggy grunted.

I laughed slightly and handed the phone to Fang.

"Yeah?"

I didn't hear what Iggy said, but Fang laughed, so I assumed it was something big-brothery.

"Dude, don't worry. You know I wouldn't let anything happen to her."

Ooh, bad choice of words, Fang.

"Not what I meant! I mean I wouldn't let someone kidnap her or something. Yeah, we're on our way back now. Chill."

The whole time Fang was on the phone, I was pretty much dying of laughter.

"Oh, and by the way, I'm crashing at your house tonight. Jenny's got a bunch of her friends over and I might die if I have to watch The Notebook or A Walk to Remember again."

Fang hung up the phone and handed it back to me, grabbing my hand once it was freed.

"Your brothers are too protective. I mean, I'm a big brother, so I know what it's like to see some guy all over your sister. It's weird. But Iggy has taken it to a very weird level."

"How so?"

"He's just very protective. Which is good for you. He wants to make sure you're safe, which I respect because that's how I am with Jenny. But because I'm like that with Jenny, he knows I'd never do something I would kill someone for doing to Jenny. Well, within reason."

I laughed and hugged Fang's muscular arm.

"Max, we kissed. Not that I'm expecting you'd want to, but we can't exactly date for a few reasons. Iggy would kill me, Ari would kill me, and you have school, so I wouldn't want to distract you from that. Again, not saying you'd want to."

"I would, though. But you're right. My brothers would murder you."

"Okay, so, why don't we just do this. I'll talk to Iggy and see if I can ease him into the idea. Meanwhile, we'll see each other when I'm over your house. I guess that's how we'll have to deal for the time being."

Just as we were coming up on my house, I turned to Fang and kissed him one last time.

"Just in case I don't get a chance to do that for a while."

Fang smiled and let go of my hand reluctantly before we finished walking into the house.

"Finally, you two are back." Ari said as he came over to us.

"I would have expected Iggy to be the one to throw himself at us when we walked in the door."

Ari rolled his eyes and jabbed his thumb over his shoulder, pointing toward one of the living room couch, where Iggy and Nudge were horizontal, connected at the mouth.

"I don't think I'll ever get used to that." I groaned, not being able to tear my eyes from the happy couple kissing on my couch.

"Are you two gonna come up for air?" Fang asked sarcastically.

Iggy rose the hand that wasn't wrapped around Nudge's waist and flipped Fang off.

"Right back at you, bro!" Fang laughed.

"Okay, this is making me sick. Nudgey, if you want to, you can borrow some of my clothes because I'm sure you're going to be staying here tonight." I told my best friend who, at the moment, was kissing my brother.

Nudge gave a quick thumbs-up before returning her hand to Iggy's hair.

I pushed past Ari and headed into the kitchen to get myself a water bottle before going upstairs to my bedroom.

I placed the water on my end table and quickly changed into my pajamas which consisted of flannel pajama bottoms and a fitted t-shirt before going across the hall to Hannah's room to make sure she was going to sleep.

Hannah was pretty low-maintenance for a toddler. Usually, we could leave her in her bedroom to play with a toy or something and wouldn't have to go check on her every ten seconds.

When I walked into her room, I noticed she was- as usual- playing with one of her dolls in the middle of the floor.

"Hey, baby." I smiled, kneeling down in front of her.

"Maxi!" she cheered, tossing her doll to the side and reaching for me.

I picked her up and kissed her forehead.

"Tired, honey?" I asked, rocking her back and forth gently.

She nodded, rubbing her eyes.

I took her over to her crib and laid her down, pushing some of her hair out of her face.

"Night, baby. I love you." I kissed her forehead and left, leaving her to sleep when I knew I wouldn't be able to sleep.

Before going to my room I stealthy crept downstairs to see if Iggy and Nudge were still sucking face and- more so than that- see where Fang was.

I couldn't help but gawk when I saw Fang standing in the kitchen in just his boxers.

"Like whatcha see, Max?" Fang laughed, taking a swig of something out of a glass.

I laughed slightly and looked away to hide the blush I could feel creeping up from my neck to my cheeks. When my eyes hit the living room couch where Iggy and Nudge had been, I noticed they were absent, most likely ended up in his room.

"Um, I'm assuming you're sleeping on the couch?" I quickly changed the subject.

"I was going to. Unless you have a better idea." he whispered, stepping closer to me.

"Maybe."

Fang looked back over his shoulder toward Iggy's bedroom before kissing me lightly on the lips.

"Yeah, you're definitely sleeping in my room..." I mumbled when I could finally catch my breath.

Fang laughed lightly, headed up to my room with me and laid down, wrapping one arm around my stomach, pulling me tightly against him.

Fang and I had slept in the same room- the same bed even- when we were younger, but it was never like this. I would stay on my side of the bed, and he'd stay on his. Plus, Ari was always in the room.

This was different. But I liked it.

Hey, guys! (: So, I might not be able to upload for the next couple days, so I decided to give you guys this chapter so you'll have something to read. Also as an apology.

And for those wondering where "Young Girl"'s update is, I promise it's coming! It should be out by next week. (:

xoxo,

K.J