The first thing Fang was aware of when he opened his eyes, was that he was not in his own bed, or his room. He sat up groggily and looked around. The second thing that struck him that he was under the covers…naked. And the third—there was a girl lying next to him in bed—and she was probably naked too.

His first thought—Lissa.

But this girl was definitely not Lissa. Her head was facing away from him, but he could see her hair and her bare back. Her hair was dirty blonde in colour. Lissa's hair was red.

He groaned softly, as the events of the previous night rushed back into his head.

He had just cheated on his girlfriend with a girl he hadn't known for even two minutes before he had…

"Shit," he whispered. He looked at the girl—Max—lying next to him.

He thought of waking her up. But that wasn't necessary, as she stirred in her sleep slowly, and turned around.

Fang sat still.

Her eyes opened, slightly unfocused. They fluttered close before snapping open again, and she sat up and looked around. When she saw Fang, she hastily covered her naked chest and opened her mouth to scream.

Fang attacked her and covered her mouth with his palm. The blanket fell off, revealing his member.

"SHHHHH!" he said. "Are you crazy? Someone will hear you!"

She let out a muffled response, and then suddenly bit his hand.

"Ow!" Fang said a bit too loudly. He removed his hand and glared at her. "What was that for?"

She looked down at his area, and then quickly back at his face again.

"What are you—I—you're—" Max stuttered, blushing furiously.

"Do you remember what happened last night?" he asked her, covering himself back up again.

"Vaguely," she said, still looking horrified. "All I remember is that I had too much to drink and then you—I—we—"

"Had sex, yeah," Fang said.

"Oh my God," Max groaned, covering her mouth. "Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god—I just—I just had sex with someone I barely know. And I'm not even legal yet…what if someone finds out?"

"It will be worse for me," Fang said. "I have a girlfriend."

She looked at Fang angrily. "Well, then you should have stopped! Oh god, this entire thing is your fault!"

"MINE?" he asked incredulously. "I was as drunk as you were. I had no idea what I was doing."

"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit," Max said.

"Look—" Fang started, but froze when he heard a knock on the door.

"Max?" Ella's voice emanated from outside the door. "Max, are you okay? I heard someone shout…"

Max and Fang looked at each other, their eyes wide.

"Uh…yeah," Max called out hastily. "I'm in here…I—uh, stubbed my toe." She invented wildly.

"Oh." Ella said. "Okay, come down quickly, alright?"

"Yeah, okay," Max said. "Uh…give me fifteen minutes!"

She turned to Fang, panic clear in her eyes.

"Look," she said, wrapping the blanket around her tightly, "we can discuss what happened later. Or even better, we should just forget about it and never talk about this ever again. But you need to leave right now—without Ella seeing you."

"Okay." Fang nodded, desperate to grab his clothes and jump down the window. "Okay, I go with the second one."

"Cool." Max nodded quickly. "Put on your clothes, quick."

Fang looked around. There were clothes scattered around the entire room. His boxers lay on the farthest end of the room.

"I…uh…"

Max rolled her eyes. "Oh come on," she said, "We've had sex. I've seen you naked."

"Look," Fang said, "I have a girlfriend. Despite the events of last night, I'm not really…uh, comfortable with you watching me naked."

Max rolled her eyes again. "Whatever," she said. "I'll cover my eyes. Now hurry up."

Xxx

Max slowly opened the door, and looked left and right. The corridor was deserted.

"Alright," she mumbled. "Fang, come out."

She slowly padded her way down the stairs, Fang following close behind.

"Max? Is that you?"

Max stopped mid-step, holding her breath. Fang bumped into her.

"Uh…yeah," she replied, and then smacked her forehead. Learn to shut your trap sometimes, Max!

She signaled at Fang to run back up as she heard Ella's approaching footsteps. Fang ran upstairs and hit behind the curtains just as Ella came around the corner.

"Did you hear that?" she asked curiously.

"Hear what?" Max asked, trying to sound nonchalant.

"I…never mind," Ella shook her head. "Anyway, where the hell did you go yesterday?"

"I…got really sleepy." Max said. "So I went to sleep early."

"You didn't get to—what was that?" she asked suddenly.

"What was what?" Max asked horrified.

"There," Ella said, pointing behind Max's shoulder. "Something moved…behind the curtains, there."

Max's heart rose to her throat. She grabbed Ella's shoulders and turned her around, so that Max was now facing the curtains, and Ella's back was to it.

"What?" Max asked. "I don't see anything. Uh—you were saying something?"

"I was saying that you didn't get to meet Dylan," Ella said. "You know, I had promised him I'd make you meet him."

Meanwhile, from behind, Fang's head popped from behind the curtain and signaled at Max.

I need to GO. He mouthed.

"Not now!" Max said aloud.

"Huh?" Ella asked, confused.

"Uh…not now," Max repeated. "I told you I didn't want to hook up right now…."

"And I told you that you didn't have to right now." Ella rolled her eyes. "You just had to meet him."

Fang glared at her Max angrily.

Make her go!

"Sorry," Max said, to both of them.

"It's okay," Ella smiled. "You'll see him in school."

"Right," Max said, "but I feel I should make it up to you. Come on, how about I…uh, make cookies for you?"

Ella stared at Max. Then she lightly touched her forehead with the back of her palm. "Are you okay? Do you have fever?"

Max laughed nervously, as Fang glared at her. "Uh…ha-ha…you're so funny!" she said, punching Ella's nose lightly. "Now why don't you go wait in the kitchen? I'll be right back."

"Okay," Ella said happily. She skipped to the kitchen.

Max stared at her retreating figure.

"Couldn't you make it faster?"

Max jumped her hand flying to her throat. Fang stood near her, leaning into her ear. She sighed.

"It was the best I could do, okay?" she said angrily. "Now leave!"

"Max?" Ella called out. "Are you coming?"

"YEAH!" Max called back. "Just a second." She turned to Fang. "GO!" she whispered.

Fang quickly ran towards the door, and left, shutting it quietly behind him.

Max breathed out a huge sigh, relief making her knees go weak and sank to the floor.

Xxx

When Fang finally got home, he headed straight for the shower. Nothing like a good hot bath to clear your head.

As water ran down his body, Fang thought of the events of the previous night.

So he had cheated on his girlfriend. He had actually cheated on his girlfriend. The thought set a pool of guilt bubbling through his stomach. How was he going to face Lissa on Monday? Would she find out, as soon as she saw his face?

How could he even do this? He was the most disgusting person on the face of this planet.

He closed his eyes, and Max flashed through his head. Fang may not have remembered the entire night, but the sex was still fresh. Max was pretty hot, and she was quite good at it, especially when she—

NO. No, he could not think like that. He was not the type to just go around sleeping with girls.

Tomorrow, he told himself, I'm going to tell Lissa everything. I'll go to meet here, and tell her every-damn-thing.