Howdy! Thanks for your reviews guys, I'm sorry I made it such a cliffy. Goddess of the Flock, I am SOOOO glad someone else knows her, I'm sure loads of people do but, thanks for sharing! Oh and Merry Christmas to you too :D Again, I'm sorry I left you guys hanging. I'll update more often but I've got a whole lot of assessments, it's complicated... And we're all getting ready to mourn for our best friend Amy, she died last February... Maybe you've heard of her in the freak go karting accident... It was the worst thing in the world, she was so young.
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~Fang's Pov~
Punch. Crack. My Max.
Punch. Crack. He kissed My Max.
Punch. Crack. HOW far would he have gone?
"Fang, stop! Please! Fang!" I heard Max cry behind me, struggling to pull me off him, but as I turned to look at her, knowing that the depth of her eyes would stop me. The bastard shoved me off him and swung his arm, drunkenly, but hard enough to knock me out, to punch me. He missed and hit Max hard on the side of her head, she yelped before falling to the floor. Her eyes closed and her mouth set in a frown.
"You. Did. Not. Just. Hurt. My. Max." I said, injecting every word with my venom. He stared at Max and giggled like a... pretty much what he is... A pathetic, stupid, drunk man.
"Whoopsies... That's gonna bruise." He chuckled. No, he didn't say that. Nope... That's it.
I jumped again, tackling him to the floor easily and punched him once, twice, three times, four, five, six... 15, 16, 17... 20, 21, 22 times. It's not like his drunk ass could feel it anyways, I knew I hadn't killed him though. The bastard had to live to feel the pain the next morning. I looked behind me and Nudge and Iggy was staring wide-eyed at me... They were... Scared?
Of me. Not him.
If they were scared... What would Max say? She wouldn't see me as a friend anymore... What more... A boyfriend... I sat on the floor next to his limp body and buried my face in my bloodied hands and sat there, thinking. Iggy came up and sat beside me, patting my shoulder.
"Dude, it's alright, we would have done that as well, seeing what he did to Max.." He said softly, "We should get him out of the house,"
I nodded and went to pick his arms up while Iggy lifted his feet and together, teamwork, we hauled him out of the house and struggled to put him back inside his car. Iggy stepped inside the car and I hopped in behind, he reached for the keys. I was beyond surprised he knew they were in the glove compartment... well maybe everyone puts there keys in there... anyways, he started the ignition and drove down out, not too far and we left him there. Walking the short distance home.
The first few minutes were horrible. None of us talked and I simply stared at my bloody hands.
"So, who was that?" I asked, after a few minutes of awkward silence. Iggy shook his head, sighing. I wondered if I stepped too far..
"Someone that brought our family A LOT of pain.." He said, turning to look at me, I nodded. "What did he do?" Iggy shook his head again.
"Max will tell you, if she trusts you, that is."
And with that, we walked in silence again. But somehow, this time, it wasn't awkward.
~Max's POV~
Why am I on the couch? And OUCH?
And then I remembered... The bastard hit me.. Again. It hurt, I guess I had forgotten the pain. Nudge was lying down on the floor beside me, she was a sweet girl, I liked her. A lot. I looked around to see Fang, sitting in the armchair a little to the side of the room, staring off into space. I sat up and groaned, my head felt like someone had sawed through it. He heard me and rushed over, kneeling down in front of me on the couch.
"What's wrong? What hurts? What did he do? Are you alright? Do you need me to call 911?" He asked, panicked. And for some reason, I managed to conjure up a laugh, which made him relax and I watched as his tense muscles slowly returned to normal... Was I staring? Had I been staring... oh no.
"Nothing's wrong, my head hurts but it's fine." I smiled reassuringly and ruffled his hair. He exhaled as if he had almost drowned in the freezing cold water and finally got to come back up to the surface. All of a sudden, he had stood up and was leaning down to pick me up, bridal style.
"I can walk!" I groaned, wiggling against him, he only held me tighter. He brought me up to my room, laying me down gently and sitting on the foot of my bed.
"I'm not tired.." I complained, but he only came up beside me and pulled the blankets out from under me to cover me, I stared up into his eyes, getting lost in them.
"You have to rest." He said firmly and stood up, brushing my hair back gently. The movement sent chills down my spine again and I closed my eyes. Slowly, I heard him get to his feet and I reached for him, holding onto his hand for dear life.
"Please stay... Please.." I said, sleepily and I'm pretty sure my words slurred but he understood and lay down next to me, under the covers. I know what you're all thinking, Sleeping. In a bed. Together. And you've only known each other for... 4 hours? It's not like that. He's a best friend. That's all. We were meant to be best friends.
But as I lay beside him, pressed up against him in the small space, his slow breathing calming me down and putting me to sleep. I fell for him.
~Fang's POV~
I'm in love with her. That's final.
But I shouldn't be. I shouldn't. No.
She lay asleep by my side, smiling happily. She looked so peaceful. I loved her. I love her. And then she rolled closer to me and wrapped an arm around my waist, resting her head on my chest and my heart skipped a beat. She was so beautiful. So so so beautiful. I put an arm around her. Holding her close, reaching with my other arm to play with her hair, the golden NATURAL highlights caught in the moonlight, surrounding her face with a halo of angelic hair. Corny.
I watched her and slowly, very slowly, I fell asleep. For the first time not thinking of the bitch that ruined my life. That killed me inside.
But thinking of the girl that saved me. The girl I loved with all my heart.
But I shouldn't be.
It's not too much of a cliffy! Woohoo! But this was a pretty boring chapter... I think... I hope not... Anyways Review, Fave, etc. Max's story will be told soon, just btw.
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