For those of you who are reading this, thank you for reviewing and for continuing to read my story, you guys are awesome!!! There is a lot of foreshadowing to Fang's secret in the last chapter, and in the upcoming chapter too. So we will soon know what Fang's secret is don't worry!!!

Disclaimer : I do not own Maximum Ride JP does.

You know when you feel you're mad at someone; all you want to do is punch something until it hurts. Well I was feeling completely pissed and the someone I was mad at, was me. Fang missed the rest of the school week and I couldn't help but feel anxious that something had happened to him.

I told the fucking asshole to stay home and he just left anyway. It was all his damn fault; I didn't have to blame myself. I hadn't seen Fang since he left home.

Today was just as disappointing as yesterday. I had waited, hoping Fang would come through the door all irritating and quiet but just as yesterday, he didn't show.

Everyday I'd wait for him to walk me home after school. I didn't want to go through the forest alone, and even though I wasn't afraid of it, I had become used to Fang walking me home. I took the long way home and avoided the path through the forest each and every day.

During the little time I knew Fang he had become close to me. I had never met someone so similar to me and yet so different from me too. I felt stupid and even madder at myself for feeling like this. I have also never met someone so cocky and arrogant in all my life. To sum it all up, Fang was just frustrating and puzzling.

I sighed as I went to my room. I sat down on my bed and looked out the window. I saw the beautiful scenery of the forest and I groaned. I turned my head and noticed the date in the calendar next to my bed and my eyes went wide. Shit! I forgot mom was coming home today. I scrambled up and went to check my voice mail and indeed I had two messages; both of them from mom.

Apparently something happened at work and they had to send her home. She was staying the weekend here with me. I groaned, don't get me wrong, I loved my mom and everything but she was always different and every time I saw her, something about her changed and not in a good way.

I sighed and got up from my bed to face mom when she got here. I didn't bother cleaning up. I just didn't care enough to do it.

"Max, how are you?"

My mom was very different from me, she loved talking, she was always good with the emotional shit, and she had many friends, pretty much the whole opposite of me.

Mom came up to me and hugged me. I awkwardly hugged her back, since I didn't like hugging people. The truth was that as much as I liked mom, she felt like a complete stranger to me, maybe because she was.

"Fine," I answered her simply. She looked at me and sighed, she never did get me.

"I called your sister, she said she was coming home too, her boyfriend is driving her here."

Mom always liked my sister better, maybe because Lisa was more like her or maybe it was because Lisa was very girly and stupid, either way I didn't care.

"Max, be a dear and carry my stuff inside," she pinched my cheek as she went inside and I could hear her scream at the mess in the house. I laughed and left her suitcases where they were. I didn't take orders from any one, not even my mom.

Right then a black, shiny car parked in our driveway. I could see my sister glued to her boyfriend from where I was standing. They were practically sucking each other's faces off and he had his hand up her shirt. Talk about too much PDA. I was sure that at any moment someone was going to take their clothes off, but before it could get too graphic, Lisa opened her door and stepped out.

Her make up was smudged all over her face, her hair was a mess; I guess from her make out session. Her blouse had a few buttons opened, exposing her cleavage. I'm sure that if you looked for the word slut in the dictionary, you'd find Lisa's picture right next to it.

"What are you staring at?" She sneered, looking all superior, like she owned the damn place. She looked me up and down; apparently I wasn't worth her time or something because she tossed her hair and turned. Now, I wasn't going to let this bitch win so I said, "Actually I was staring at you and all I see is a nasty bitch, who thinks she's all that, but really Lisa you're nothing but a whore, I mean look at you."

I signaled her opened blouse to her way too short denim skirt. I shook my head in disgust and left her there, staring at me with her mouth wide open and gaping at me like if someone had bitch-slapped her.

As it turned out, in the end I was the one who got the short end of the stick. Apparently Lisa didn't want to share a room with me, so mom ended up giving her my room, forcing me to sleep on the couch. When I was little, Lisa and I shared a bed but now that we were older and she was living with her boyfriend, I had the room to myself.

It's amazing how I ended up in the living room couch. I punched the pillow in agitation and glared at the ceiling. To top it all off, I was still thinking about Fang and the weird growling I heard the other day. I tossed and turned in the uncomfortable couch. The thing is that I missed Fang and as much as I wanted to deny it and aside from the fact that missing him was completely stupid, I still did miss him.

Since I couldn't sleep, I decided to go for a night stroll outside and me being, well me, went for a walk through the forest. Yes, it wasn't very smart due to the fact that there might be someone out there waiting to rape me or maybe even kill me, but I could care less right now.

The forest was dark and it was windy outside. I tucked my blanket more closely around me, and looked at the trees that were creepier at night than during the day. The sky had a full moon, so it wasn't completely dark. The shadows of the trees made the forest look gloomy and murky. I was heading deeper into the forest and before I realized it, I was completely lost.

I was feeling edgy and every sound made me paranoid and I started cursing myself for my brilliant idea of taking a midnight stroll through the forest. My heart was pounding against my chest and I took deep calming breaths.

I knew that the real reason I took this stroll was to look for Fang. I don't know, maybe I would find his dead body or stumble upon his rotting corpse. I flinched as I thought about this and immediately pushed those thoughts out of my head. I knew it was useless to look for him so I gave up and started heading in the direction I thought was home. But it turned out that I went even deeper inside the forest.

"Calm down, Max, your fine just retrace your steps, it's nothing but darkness and trees and wind and… creepy sounds, and creepy animal sounds and leaves cracking.."

Oh God someone was there! I heard leaves crack, I heard leaves crack!! I started running in the direction from which I thought I came from, I could hear feet thudding and leaves breaking and I ran even faster. The night air was chilly and it was very cold. I hid in some bushes hoping, that whoever was there would not see me.

I strained my eyes against the darkness and tried to see a silhouette or a figure, to no avail. It was then that I felt two hands take my feet and drag me forcefully out of the bush. I started screaming and trashing, trying to get away from my captor.

The hands that were holding me were strong and suddenly the person who was holding me said, "What in the world are you doing here, Max?" And suddenly I was looking into the familiar beautiful eyes of no one other than Fang.

"Didn't I tell you not to walk through the forest by yourself?" He was mad, I could feel the anger radiating off of him. I was so shocked to see him here, alive, that I forgot to breathe and I couldn't remember how to speak.

Suddenly I surprised myself and him by throwing my arms around him and holding him tight against me. His embrace was warm and comforting and he smelled amazingly good.

"Fang, you're alive, you're here and you're not dead."I couldn't believe what my eyes were seeing, did I finally go crazy? Am I imagining him here? Maybe I was, but at that moment it was only Fang and me, nothing else mattered.

Fang sighed and slowly he relaxed his arms around me and pulled me more tightly against him. He rested his chin against my head and rubbed soothing circles against my back.

"Max, I told you I'd be fine," his voice wasn't mad anymore, it was more soothing and gentle.

"I...I..."

I made the mistake of looking at his eyes and immediately blurted the truth, "I came looking for you. I thought you were dead. You missed school, I hate the place too, but I didn't think you'd ditch it every day. I waited for you to come, but you never showed up..." I stared straight into his eyes and blurted what I didn't want him to know. "I..I..missed you, Fang."

Never, ever in a million years would I have told that to anyone. That was my most embarrassing rant ever! Not only was that embarrassing but I just told those things to…Fang. God, kill me now!

I buried my head in Fang's shoulder and refused to look at him. His hands grabbed my face, and he forced me to stare at him. He gently placed his lips against my ear and whispered, "I missed you too, Max."

His voice made me shiver and I smiled against his shoulder. I felt relief wash through me as I realized Fang was okay and that with him here, I didn't feel alone anymore, because by his I was never truly alone.

Okay so I know you guys hate that I put Lisa in this story {please don't kill me!!} but I promise that this is the only chapter in which she will appear!!! It was necessary to show Max's family, because now we know why Max is how she is. Please tell me if you like the story so far!!! Review!!! Review!! REVIEW!!! and I'll post the next chapter later tonight!!