Big Thanks to Jeanette Black Child of Padfoot. You rock!
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"Max!" Angel called.
"Yeah, Ang?" I answered.
"Can we go swimming today?" She asked walking into my room.
"Um... Sure." We had a big pool in our new backyard but I hadn't noticed it because all of the distractions. I really shouldn't have been so distracted to check the backyard. There could have been something back there. I was sure when we got here, that nothing would change. I didn't think that Fang would come back, or that he would even be around for more than a few days. How could I have been so careless? I put the flock in danger.
"Great. By the way your mom called. She wants you to call her back." Angel was walking out the room. When she was down the hall a little ways, Fang was in my doorway. He placed a hand on each side of my door, like he was doing pushups.
"Did she tell you that your mom called?" He asked nonchalantly.
"Yes, she did. Now leave and close the door behind you." As he was closing the door it came off its hinges in his hands. That was last thing I thought would happen.
"Well you are stronger than I remember." I said sarcastically.
"I didn't mean to do that." He answered awkwardly. He didn't move, he just stood there staring at me.
"Do I have to leave my own room to call my mom?" He got the point and left. When I heard him going down the stairs, I dialed my mom's number.
"Hey, Max is that you?" She answered cheerfully.
"Yeah mom, what up?"
"Is it okay, if Ella and I come and visit?"
"Sure, bring your swimsuit."
"Max, Jeb is coming to tell you something."
"Why does Jeb have to come?" I whined.
"Max it's important, we'll be there in four hours." Before I had the chance to protest, she hung up.
"URRRRGGGGGG" I screamed, I hated seeing Jeb. He made me trust him. He left, just like Fang. At this point I heard the flock running up the stairs. Nudge was the first one in my doorway.
"What happened Max?" She asked. That's when and the rest of the flock entered the room.
"Jebs coming." I growled. " I'm going to change. Fang, fix my door today." Fang nodded and the rest of the flock left. I walked to my closet to find my bathing suit. I found my striped green bikini and my solid navy tankini. I turned to Fang.
"Which one you like better?"Of course I knew which one he liked better.
"I think that is pretty obvious." He smirked.
"Fine." I threw the bikini on my bed and walked to the bathroom with my tankini. When I looked back he looked completely confused.
When Mom, Ella, and Jeb got to the house, everyone was hungry. "Hey Jeb, order us some pizza." Iggy called from the pool. Ella had walked up and hugged him from behind. I'm glad that someone is happy.
"Why can't you make pizza?" Jeb replied.
"I'm in the pool." Iggy said letting go of Ella and jumped into the pool, Jeb sighed.
"I'm going to get pizza. Please go get Fang while I do that." Great now I have to put up with Fang and Jeb. I walked out to the pool area where Fang was laying on a pool chair. He had grown a few inches and a few well defined abs. He was listening to his iPod with black headphones. I guess some things never change. I reached down and grabbed one of the headphones out of his ear.
"Can I help you?" He asked, but he didn't seem irritated.
"Jeb wants to talk to us. So get up and come inside." I walked inside with Fang on my heels. Jeb came back in and sat at the table.
"I have something important to tell you Max. I told you to get Fang because he has insight into the other Flock." I wanted to protest that those kids were not a flock. They were just messed up. Instead I just shrugged and kept my cool.
"Why does the other flock matter?"
"The end is coming, you two. It's about to come and I need the two flocks to go to Hawaii and work on powers on a private Island. You might have to work with the CSM. There is another thing, The other Flock will be meeting you there."
"We have been to Hawaii for the CSM before and I don't want to work with the other flock." I said it calmly and got up to leave.
"Well, Max it might be good to go try." Fang said.
I glared at him.
"We are not going and that's final."
I stormed off to the pool and cannon balled into the pool. I was not going to visit them not now, not ever. I heard another splash and I knew Fang just jumped in. I rose to the surface and got on one of the floats.
We had just finished dinner and everyone was sitting down to watch a movie I was not in the mood. I walked upstairs to my room and stepped over the door. I sat down to read a book when I heard a person coming up the stairs.
"Hey came to fix your door." Fang said.
"Okay." I went back to reading my book thinking that was as far as the conversation would go.
"So you're really not going?"
"To Hawaii? No."
"Why, this could be helpful."
"Because I said, No!"
"What are you scared of seeing Maya again."
"I am not scared, of anything." My voice wavered.
"Yes,you are or are you scared of losing me again?"
"Someone has a big head."
"Well, that didn't sound bold and sure of themselves your voice wavered."
"What if the thought of Maya all over you makes me want to vomit."
"Hmmm it does," he said cockily.
"I hate mushy gushy things, you know that."
"No you say you do but I think deep down you like romance." I laughed.
"It's like you don't even know me anymore."
"I know you perfectly Max."
"Wrong again. You use to know me. You lost all right to knowing me when you left."
"But I still know you, you can't deny it."
"Nope. You don't remember my favorite band, or if I talk in my sleep, you don't even know where we grew up."
"Your favorite band is the Fray, you do talk in your sleep, and we grew up in an awful place that we were rescued from when we were young."
"How young?" so he remembered the random things. but we did sleep near each other for years. That is the only way he knew that I sleep talked.
"We were twelve years old when we were taken away from that awful place."
"Well Fang, I have to say, you do remember. The sad thing is I will never forget. You left me."
"You don't think I don't kick myself everyday for doing that." He came to sit next to me on the bed next to me.
"Good! But again I don't know why you even came back. You just said you missed me. Well that maybe true, that can't be the only reason."
"It is why do you think I told the flock not to tell or went through all this trouble to be with you, fine if you don't want to go to Hawaii I don't either not if you're not going to be there with me."
"Why, What could going there do for us?"
"Well, I wasn't really thinking of working with the others I was thinking more on the beaches and how romantic it would be, just thinking it would be a free trip."
"With Maya right there." Note the anger in my voice.
"No with you right there, beside me. I don't care about her at all.I don't think I would care if she died right now as long as I was right beside you."
"I don't know what to do."
"Be with me that's what you should do."
"I meant about the flock."
"Ha ha well I feel stupid, well stay here if you think it's safe but you know them they will somehow find a way to get us there. But I would rather stay here."
"I thought you wanted to go to Hawaii." There was a pause in conversation. "If you still have feelings for me. Why haven't you done something?" I whispered the last part.
"Done what?"
He moved closer.
"Grabbed your hand."
He moved his closer to mine.
"Embraced you in a hug."
He moved his body very close to mine.
"Or kissed you?"
He moved his lips towards mine. I clamped my eye shut. I felt his warm breath over my lips.
"Because I have more respect for you than you think."
I was furious with him for making me feel this way. He was unearthing old feelings I wanted to keep hidden.I tried to storm out of the room.
"Max watch out!" I heard Fang yell.
Before I could register it I tripped and was falling down the stairs. All I saw was a black blur jump and fall on the stairs. When I came to earth I felt myself land on something that wasn't stairs, it was Fang. We hit the bottom of the stairs and I noticed he had taken the blow of my fall. I was laying right on top of him.
"Fang, Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine but the question is are you okay, did you get hurt at all?"
"No, I'm fine. Did you hit your head, elbow, anything?"
"Yeah I it everywhere but I'm glad you're fine, but now that you ask my head really hurts and you're a little blurry."
"Stay still. I'm going to get my mom." I got off and ran into the living room, to find mom and the rest of the flock watching a movie. "Mom, Fang hit his head. Will you come look at it?" She didn't bother to answer just got up and followed me to Fang.
"Ms. M I'm fine I'm just a little woozy from the fall." he said trying to get up. He managed to sit up but looked pale.
"Max get him up stair. Put him in a room, where someone can motor him all night. I'll be up soon to check him out." I did as I was told. I put him in my room.
