I'm SSSSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry. I haven't posted in over a week, so THANK YOU to everyone who is still willing to read my new chapter. I promise I won't do this to you again.

MAX POV

As soon as I was back in the air, I already felt better. I mean, nothing's better than the feeling of air rushing through your wings, and knowing that eventually, everything will be OK. (Even if you'll never speak to your ex-best friend again.)

I rushed back towards my mom's house, hungrily thinking about chocolate chip cookies. I wondered if Fang would dare show up at the house before tomorrow morning. Probably not.

As soon as I landed on the porch, I was swamped with questions. But surprisingly, they weren't from Nudge. Instead, Angel came out, both mind-yelling and really yelling questions for me to answer.

"Did you kiss Fang? I know you love him. Did you get in a fight with Fang? Did you hit him? Is he bleeding? Or did he hit you? Are you okay? TALK TO ME!!"

"Angel. Calm down. One question at a time. No, I didn't kiss Fang. In fact, he's the biggest jackass on the planet. I'll never talk to, let alone kiss, Fang again."

"But Max! You two are so perfect for each other! And deep down, you know and I know you still love Fang. You're just mad for a teeny little while, right Max?"

Shit I thought. Angel was right. As much as I tried to hide it from myself, no matter what, I would still love Fang. But he completely humiliated me, and it was his turn for some embarrassment. But how could I get even with him? I would have to think about that.

"Angel. No. No, no, no. I hate Fang, not love him."

"Yeah right."

That did it. It was one thing for Angel to be fishing around in my personal thoughts and act like the next Dr. Phil, but it was and entirely other thing for her to talk back to me, Almighty Maximum Ride. Or something like that.

"Angel. Your room. Pronto. Before I really get mad."

"But Max, I can't. Nudge is in there, crying. About Iggy."

She projected the last word to me, and I got really worried. Nudge? Crying? About Iggy? Huh???

"Okay then. Wait here. And don't move."

"Fine."

I rushed up to the room that me, Ella, Angel, and Nudge shared. Trust me, it was cramped, but I wasn't complaining.

Sure enough, when I got to the room, Nudge was sitting on Ella's bed, tears silently running down her face. I quietly approached her, not wanting her to get embarrassed.

"Nudge, what's wrong?" I asked softly.

"He's such a j-jackass."

Funny! I was just thinking the same thing about Fang a few seconds ago.

"I know," I replied. "Fang does get annoying." I didn't want Nudge to know that Angel had just told me she was crying about Iggy. But I still didn't know why.

"No. Iggy" Nudge whispered. I had never heard her be so quiet before.

"Tell me what's wrong, Nudge."

"Fine. You see, a month or so back, I started thinking. It was on my twelfth birthday that I realized I had a crush. A really BIG crush. On Iggy. I didn't know why it had taken me so long to figure it out, but I guess it's just one of those things that sneak up on you. So for the last three months, I've been trying to figure out if Iggy likes me back. I mean, the flock needs SOME romance." She let out a nervous giggle. "But then I saw that Iggy really didn't want to do anything with me, romantic or not. He HATES me. Even if I touch him a little bit, he jumps away like I'm poison or something. Finally, today, I couldn't take it any longer. When you and Fang were out fighting, I cornered Iggy and told him how I felt. And guess what he did?" She didn't even pause for me to guess. "He laughed! In my face! He told me that I was only twelve, and that I talked way too much, and that he would never like me in a million years." Finally, Nudge took a deep breath, and burst out crying.

I tried to comfort her, but really, I felt like crying myself. Iggy had said that to my little Nudge? How could he? Then, realization hit me like a ton of bricks.

This was the classic scenario off of any teen magazine. When a boy really likes a girl,he pretends like he doesn't. He's rude, and pretends to hate her. So really, Iggy liked Nudge, he just didn't want to admit it.

Although I was totally freaked out about the whole Max+Fang thing, I was totally OK with Nudge and Iggy possibly being together. Maybe because that way, if Iggy had a girlfriend, I wouldn't have to constantly worry about him sneaking of some night with some human girl. And I'm not even kidding.

So I, Maximum Ride, broke all my rules. Looking at Nudge, I replied in a strong voice, "Looks like it's time for some revenge. On both Iggy and Fang."

How was that? Don't worry, the next chapter will e SO FUNNY. Just wait.