Right hi everyone I suppose I have an apology to give, I am so very sorry that I have not updated. I now have a story plan to keep me going as I know where the story is going and I also intend to keep the chapters shorter as it means it will take me less time to update. Also whilst I'm at it anyone have any tips to make revising fun, got GCSE's coming up. Back to the story I want to make one minor adjustment; Max, Fang and Iggy no longer have the extra powers.

Without further ado here you go

Chapter 7 ride meet rider

Max's POV

She was fading away. We could all see it. It's been a month since he's vanished without a trace; no one seems to care even Tom told us not to worry "it was normal". What was normal? For a 15 year old boy to just vanish of the face of the earth to visit some non-existent relative.

"Hey"

I turned, there fang stood in all his glory framed in my doorway. I smiled and made my way over leaning up to brush my lips against his. "Hello, when's dinner?"

He smiled down at me. "20 minutes, what you worrying about?"

I sighed and led over to my bed, where I flopped down pulling him along with me. I stared at the ceiling for a bit before replying. "It's Asha, I don't know what to do. I've tried everything."

He pulled me onto him and nuzzled into my hair, "you worry too much, she'll be fine. We've been through so much, she can handle a broken heart."

"it's not just a broken heart though. She literally has lost the will to live." He contemplated my words.

He was about to reply when nudge yelled at us to 'stop snogging and come and help lay the table'. Fang smirked at that and murmured into my ear "well we wouldn't want them to believe a false hood." And with that he leaned down to claim my lips with his.

*magic line (can someone tell me how to make a proper one?*

Asha POV

It's like half of me is missing. I know that sounds melodramatic but sitting here at the table watching my family eat and laugh, Gazzy and Iggy whispering behind their hands, max and fang getting told off for kissing at the dinner table. It just seems too normal like I'm watching from behind a piece of glass. I always felt slightly separated, I couldn't join in with the flock's conversations but I managed. But now it seems as though it's just not worth it.

Just then it suddenly got to me, I pushed back my chair it scrapping loudly on the stone floor and stormed out the room, the flock's eye's burning holes into my back. I could hear another chair being pushed out as I walked up the stairs followed by Max's voice.

By the time I reached my room I could no longer contain the tears that began to flow down my cheeks. I slumped against the wall and slid down till I crumpled in a pile on the floor. I felt a hand gently almost hesitantly lean down and rest itself on my shoulder, and for one glorious minute I thought he had returned. But then the dream faded as I smelt Max's perfume. I felt her picking me up and setting me gently on the bed and sitting down next to me, letting me lean on her as the tears continued to come.

"I know it probably means nothing and that I can't do anything, but we are here for you." Max said gently.

I nodded and continued to cry because ladies and gentlemen, Alex Rider left me and now I can't seem to function.

Max POV

I sighed as fang poked his head in the door, his eyes filled with worry. "She alright?" he asked in a whisper nodding to Asha who had fallen asleep on my shoulder about half an hour ago.

I shook my head and gestured for him to come help me. He gently lifted Asha of me and I slid of the bed pulling the covers back for him. He placed her down and I pulled the duvet back up and leaned down to gently place a kiss on her forehead.

We walked out and I turned round. "Right that's it. Tomorrow we are going to find that bloody idiot and we are dragging him back kicking and screaming." I said with conviction.

Turns out we never got to fulfil that promise.