Max's POV
Back to school shopping was okay. No one jumped up and tried to kill us, thought some weirdo jocks kept trying to flirt with Ella, Alice, Nudge, Rosalie, and me. I finally told them to stop (my exact words being, "Hey, I think those guys over there would be more interested than us.") and they left us alone.
We paid for our stuff and went for a road trip. Why? So then the Imbecile would leave poor Nudge alone. That guy really had guts.
No, really. He did.
First he tells Nudge he loves her, then she tells him her secret and he's all "Oh," making it sound like she told him she had kids already. Then he keeps trying to contact her, WHILE she is trying to recover from the pain of rejection. THEN he disrupts a "Fang and Max" moment, which he should be killed for doing.
After I had thought of all this, I felt an enormous need to get home and give him a little concussion. He would have to go home, not come back for a while, and then he'd realize we didn't want him here. Volia, a plan!
Hey, he deserves it!
Fang's POV
I was glad when Max had told those guys to leave her alone. Sure, I felt jealous of them flirting with her, but I knew she loved me, not them. We left a little while later, hitting the road for a nice tour of Brighton, England. We found the schools we were going to go to, the little stores and houses all squished up next to them. England was just like a giant sandwich, but maybe that's because I'm hungry.
We went and found a restaurant, ordering nearly everything on the menu. We ate and left, leaving a 5-pound tip for the waiter, who was the only one able to watch us eat. We started to try to think of other places to go, but we had visited everything here. The only place to go now was home, unless we wanted to tour London as well, but everyone was pretty beat.
We drove home VERY slowly, barely hitting 20 miles an hour at the most. It took us over 2 hours to pull up into the drive, then another hour to drive up to the house. By then it was 6:30 at night. Time for dinner, then straight to bed. Tomorrow we would go get school supplies (Alice wanted us to get the most major thing for school now: clothes).
Max's POV
I was so glad when we found he wasn't there. I seriously almost did a jig, but I still wanted to beat the crap out of him. Oh, well.
We ate dinner then went out to watch a movie. I snuggled up to Fang's side, he wrapping his arm around me. I put my head on his shoulder, and he pulled me tighter to his side. We sat like this for 2 hours then Esme and Mom sent us upstairs, straight to bed.
As we walked up the stairs, I began to feel weird, so I stopped. I was trying to figure out what it was when suddenly I had a brain attack. I dropped to my knees, my hands trying to keep my head from exploding. Fang was there, trying to keep me from falling down the stairs, but I didn't care. There were images and information passing in front of my eyes, filling my head and making it hurt. The voice came in, saying, "MAX! Go to Hawaii, NOW! Save the World! Do your job!"
And I shouted, "NO!" at the top of my lungs, knowing that the voice heard. Then, the voice began to push even more images and things into my head, even faster, making me want to pass out. I opened my eyes and saw Fang's hand reached out in front of my face, so I grabbed it and squeezed, knowing he could handle it. He let me, ignoring the pain.
Then it stopped.
I was breathing rapidly, still holding Fang's hand, but not squeezing it. I leaned against him, he kissing my hair and rubbing my back, as I tried to catch my breath. After a minute, he helped me up and to my bedroom, where I closed all the curtains so I could get rid of this headache.
The moment my head hit the pillow, I was out. The pain was numbed and I slept, not dreaming or seeing images flash in front of my eyes anymore. I slept in till 10, no one bothering me or something. I sat up, went and took a shower and dressed into sweats and my Lovedrug t-shirt. I opened my door and went downstairs, ready to make my own breakfast.
When I came to the bottom, I heard swearing, then Fang said, "Iggy! How do I do the bacon without burning myself?" There was silence and then Fang said, "Well, I tried to put it on the fryer-" but he was cut off. There was silence and then Fang said, "Man, I wish you were here too. I have scars from this, Ig. I really need your help."
I walked in and said, "I can help."
Fang turned to me and then said to Iggy, "Gotta go, bye!" and hung up.
"Whatcha doin'?" I asked, eyeing the bacon and the eggs.
"Trying to make us breakfast," he said, walking over to the sink to wash his burns with cold water. I walked over and hugged him, then helped him dry his hands. I looked at them, saying, "Do you want me to get the first aid kit?"
"No, it's already bad enough that I almost burned down the kitchen."
"And the skin on your hands. It looks like 2nd degree burns, Fang. I'll go get the kit," I said, turning to get to the closet right outside the kitchen. I grabbed the kit and went back into the kitchen him sitting at the table, not touching anything.
"I'll finish making breakfast," I said as I treated his hands. He nodded and smiled a small smile at me, making my heart race. "When did they say they'd get home?"
"They want to stay out later, like yesterday."
"OK, so after breakfast, what do you want to do?" I asked.
"Hum….anything you feel like doing," Fang said, looking to my eyes, all serious suddenly. He was still worried about me.
"I'm fine, Fang." I finished his hands, and then got up to finish breakfast. After 10 minutes, it was done and we sat down to eat it. It was a comfortable silence as we ate, then when we finished. We cleared the table and decided to watch movies.
Fang sat on the end of the couch, and then I laid on my side, my head in his lap. He kept running his figures through my hair and playing with it as we watched. When the movie finished, he turned off the T.V. and stood up, pulling me off the couch with him. Then he gave me my jacket and said, "Let's go flying."
I threw my jacket and my shoes on, then we left, flying together.
Fang's POV
I still worried about Max some. Yesterday's brain attack was bad. She was whimpering and mumbling, and then she shouted out "NO!" scaring everyone in the room. I knew she was okay, but I wondered why did the voice do those? We're working on saving the world. We just need a break every now and then.
I just hope Flyboys don't come.
Max's POV
We flew past the field and over the trees. I began wondering where Fang was taking me, but I didn't ask. After a few minutes more of flying, he began his descent. I followed him, trying to avoid crashing into trees.
We landed in the middle of the forest of trees. The sprinkling rain didn't pass through the trees, so we were perfectly dry here. We closed our wings, then Fang grabbed my hand to follow him. He pulled me to his side and we walked.
"Where are we going?" I asked after a few minutes of silent walking.
He shrugged, smiling. "How about we just explore for a minute?"
I nodded, and smiled at him. We walked on and on, not knowing where we were going. Fang stopped suddenly, then turned and looked at me. He smiled then kissed me. And kissed me again, and again and again, a hand on my cheek and one around my waist. And when we broke apart, he put his forehead to mine and said, "I love you, Max."
Where all that came from, I don't know, but I'm glad it did.
We walked back and when we got there, the front door was opened. We walked cautiously inside, then checked in every nick and corner. We found nothing and nothing was missing, at least that we could see. We went downstairs, concluding that we maybe left it opened ourselves or someone came in to rob us, but changed their mind.
We sat on the couch and watched movies till everyone got home.
