A/N: And here's chapter 4! I'm really on a roll today! I think it's because this is a new story...
Fang's POV:
I had finally found Max, and she didn't forgive me. I'd been looking for her for 3 long years. She told me that I was a father, but she wouldn't let me meet my daughter.
I stood where she had left me for a few seconds before noticing that people were staring. I walked over to the forest area to think. I had never expected Max to keep the note I had left her. I had never wanted, or meant, to hurt her so much.
As I walked, something clicked. She had said she was staying at her mother's house with the flock.
I looked over my shoulder to make sure that no one was following me and took off into the air. I could tell that it was well past midnight. I started flying toward Max's mother's house. I couldn't stand another sleepless night without Max. Sure, I had slept when I had lost her, but only when I absolutely had to, only when I was at the point of passing out.
As I reached Dr. Martinez's house, I was careful to block my thoughts so that Angel wouldn't hear me.
I flew around the house, remembering where Max's room was, and saw that the window was open. I landed silently on the windowsill and was about to go into her room when I heard her voice. At first I thought she had found me when I heard what she was saying.
"Fang," she cried quietly, her voice muffled by her pillow. "Oh, Fang, how can you do this to me?! First, you show me you love me, then you leave me, and now you decide to come back three years later to try to get back together with me," she paused, and I could hear her walking around the room, almost pacing. "Oh, Fang, how am I supposed to be able to trust you after that?" I could tell that she was sitting by the window now, and I could see her beautiful, tear-streaked face looking at the sky.
I wanted to reach out and wipe away her tears, but I held back, not wanting to make her mad at me all over again.
After a few minutes she sighed. "Fang, if you came back tonight, I'd probably forgive you," she said, still gazing up at the sky. Looking for me, I realized. I heard her sigh again and she got up and walked back to her bed.
I listened to her breathing for a while until I was one-hundred percent sure she was asleep, and climbed through her window, at last.
I knelt down next to her bed, balancing on the front of my feet, and carefully wiped away the tears she had missed. Max stirred slightly at my touch and her eyelids flickered a little bit. I leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
As I started to pull back, I felt her hand on the back of my neck. Her eyes were all the way open by now.
"Fang," she whispered, a small smile playing on her face. "You came back." Max pulled my face close to hers, and our lips met.
"I tried to come back to you less then a week after I had left, but you were gone," I told her quietly.
"I know," said Max just as softly. She sat up on the bed and pulled me up to sit next to her. "I saw you at the door of the house when the flock left. I knew you had come back. I thought that you didn't love me anymore, though, so I just left quicker." She leaned against my shoulder and I felt her tears falling on my shirt.
"I saw you, and I left anyway," she said in a choked voice.
"Max, it's ok. I deserved it. I shouldn't have left you in the first place. I deserved to think that..." I stopped talking. I didn't want to make her feel worse then she already was.
"Fang, what did you think happened when you found the house empty?"
"I thought that some surviving Erasers had gotten you," I admitted. "I had thought you were dead."
FLASHBACK
I walked up to the house, feeling terrible for having left in the first place. I saw a shadow of something big, and ran into the house. The shadow had looked like it belonged to an Eraser.
I ran upstairs to mine and Max's room and saw some clothes scattered on the floor, but no Max.
My stomach dropped and I ran into the others' rooms to see if they were there, but their rooms were also empty with random stuff on the floor. I went back into my room and sat on the bed.
I felt tears falling slowly down my face. Max was probably dead, and the last think I'd done to her was leave and break her heart. If I ever found her, I would do anything I could to make her forgive me.
END FLASHBACK
I held Max closed, kissing the top of her head.
"Oh, Fang, I'm so sorry. When I told the flock that we should leave our house and come here, I did mean to make you feel bad, but I didn't realize that you'd think we were dead," Max said, reaching up to wrap one arm around the back of my head. I bent down slightly, and kissed her passionately.
"I'll never leave you again," I swore after I had caught my breath.
"I know," Max said. She looked over at her clock. It was nearly 3:00 AM. Max looked back at me. "Meet me by the stream tomorrow at noon, and I'll introduce you to Lacey, your daughter. You should probably go now, though. I don't think anyone would react well if they came in here in the morning and you were still here," she said softly.
We kissed again, and I ducked out of her window.
"I'll see you tomorrow by the stream at 12:00," I promised. She smiled, and nodded.
"Good-night," she said. Max smiled and quoted one of her favorite books. "'Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good-night 'till it is morrow.' I love you, Fang." I smiled.
"I love you, too, Max. Good-night," I said as I flew off of her windowsill, waving good-bye.
I was so happy that I had found Max. That Max had forgiven me for leaving. That she wanted to introduce me to her-our daughter.
A/N: Alright, you know the drill! Review so I'll think of more to write because, for once, I've typed up everything for my story that I have written! And I'll just say this; god bless the 5-star notebooks!
