Disclaimer: I don't own maximum ride.

Astor's POV:

When I woke up this morning I could tell that something big had happened last night; the air in the house was filled with tension and Max was frowning in her sleep and I could just tell that something major had happened last night that had really hurt her. I got slowly up out of my bed and walked the short distance to the living room even though I had this strong feeling that something was missing yet I could not place my finger on what it was. I lowered myself gently onto the sofa and turned on the TV. Argggh! There is absolutely nothing on at 6 AM just all of this Dora the Explorer crap which I could not tolerate at all so I just turned on my Xbox 360 and played some Star Wars: Battlefront 2 for an hour or so. At about 7:00 AM I heard the soft sound of footsteps behind me and turned to see Max standing behind me rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.

"Good morning! Max"

"'Morning"

"So how did last night go?"

"What do you mean?"

"I don't know I can tell something big happened and now Fang is missing"

"WHAT? FANG'S GONE?"

"Yeah"

"OMG, this is so bad"

"Why would he leave?"

"No idea, you were the one that talked to him last, you are the one who knows him best"

"I know, I know I just can't believe he's really gone" she lowered herself into a chair looking defeated.

I got up from the sofa, turned off my Xbox and walked over to her "do want to talk about it?"

"Not right now maybe some other time"

Later that night

Astor's POV

I woke up suddenly assuming it was morning but when I looked at the clock it said it was only 11:54 PM. Then what woke me up you might ask? I turned my head sideways and found the culprit Max was halfway out the window I weird glow in her eyes like she wanted to hurt someone really badly, boy I feel really bad for whoever that someone is , probably Fang.

"What are you doing" I asked

"Nothing"

"Well then get off of the window sill before you hurt yourself"

"I am not going to hurt myself by falling out a window"

"Max, what's wrong?"

"Nothing"

"clearly something is wrong or you would not be trying to jump out of the window"

"Fine I might be a bit troubled"

"Do you want to talk about it?"

"Not really"

"talking always helps max"

"fine let's talk"

"good now let's go to the living room"

I grabbed Max's arm and gently pulled her down the hall to the living room she sat in the same chair as this morning and I sat in one opposite her.

"now, what's wrong?"

"Everything"

"well can you name one thing that is troubling you?"

"Fang" she said so quietly I almost didn't hear her

"what about him?"

"I don't know just the fact he is gone I guess, I mean how could he just abandon us like that! We need him!" she yelled standing up I stood up with her

"you can't change his absence tonight, but if he is as smart as you make him out to be he'll realize how great you are and he will come back" after that statement I quickly hugged Max but when I tried to let go she still hung on

"Don't leave me" she whispered

"I won't not now or ever" after I said that something surprising and amazing happened, she kissed me not on the cheek full on the lips, so, I kissed her back with all of the passion and love I could muster. After a while though we needed air so we broke apart.

"I think it's time we went back to bed" I whispered

She nodded in agreement and held my hand as we walked slowly back to our room.

Don't worry there will be Fax just at a later time so you will not be disappointed