Fang's POV

What was I thinking? I pace around my room like a tiger in a cage. How could I have been such an idiot? My racing thought s whirl around in my head. They always go back to one thing in the end though. One person. Max. She's so amazing. I let out a frustrated groan. I never thought this would happen. Her possibly liking me. Me more than liking her. It can't be possible. I make a quick decision and go to the workout room. I walk over to the punching bag. Maybe I can forget her, just for a little while. I feel sweat start to form as I work on my combinations. I don't plan on leaving for a while.

Max's POV

"Max!" I hear my name being shouted into my ear. This is followed by someone jumping on top of me. I automatically shove whoever it is off of me. I feel satisfied when I hear a loud thump and an, "Ow" from what sounds like Gazzy.

When I open my eyes, the first thing I see is Dreslin and Nudge grinning over me while Ashley and Angel laugh at Gazzy from the doorway. "Go away." I croak out at them.

"Get up Max. Iggy is making breakfast for us!" Nudge tells me excitedly.

"Is that supposed to be convincing? " I ask.

"Yes! Iggy is like the best cook ever!" she exclaims.

"The blind guy who is more likely to poison us is the best cook ever? Anyone else think there is something wrong with that?" I ask.

Nudge just giggles and says, "If you're not up in five minutes, we'll let Gazzy wake you up."

"Try it and you'll die." I say with a glare.

"Just get up Max." Ashley says.

"Fiiiine." I say and hop up out of bed all super ninja like which surprises Nudge and Dreslin.

I walk past everyone and into the kitchen where Iggy is indeed cooking something that smells good. I sneak over to his shoulder and ask,"Is that bacon?"

Not surprised that I'm behind him, Iggy just chuckles and replies, "Yep."

I sit down at the island as everyone else wanders in. We are all practically foaming at the mouth by the time Iggy is done. He makes bacon, chocolate chip pancakes, and scrambled eggs. I definitely don't stop to think about whether its poison or not when he sits the food in front of us.

"This is so not bad Iggy." I say.

"Told you," Nudge mumbles.

"Well sorry if I find it hard to believe." I say back.

"She only finds it hard to believe because she's a crappy cook." Dreslin cuts in.

"I'm not that bad." I protest.

"Sorry Max, but you could burn water." MY Ashley says.

Everyone laughs at me. I just shovel more eggs into my mouth. When I'm finished eating, I sneak out of the kitchen so I don't get stuck washing dishes. I go to Nudge's room which is so pink I feel like I might go blind. Later, I hear running and giggling coming in my direction. I stare at the door and just wait for the two girls who I know are going to appear any second.

"No! Don't! Leave her alone!" I hear Ashley exclaim as Nudge and Dreslin burst into the room. I see Ashley give me a look that says 'I'm sorry' before they shut the door and lock it.

Then they turn around to face me, "Soooo Max." Dreslin drawls out, but apparently Nudge doesn't like the slow approach because in the next second she says, "So Max. What's going on with you and Sam? Oh and you and Fang? Which one do you like? Or if you like both, which one do you like most? Or maybe you don't like either and are just leading them on, but that would be completely unexpected because I didn't think you had that in you. So which is it?" and then she looks at me with her hands on her hips and a prodding look on her face.

I let out a sigh, seeing there's no avoiding this by the determined looks on both of their faces.

"Sam," I say slowly, "is really nice I guess, but he's just some guy I met."

"But he kissed your cheek. Yes we saw that. He obviously likes you. Not that anyone wouldn't like you. We saw a lot of guys looking at you at the beach." Dreslin blurts out.

"We won't be here for long so I don't think it makes any sense to try anything with him." I say although I am kind of stuck on the fact that she said A LOT of guys were looking at me while we were at the beach.

"And what about Fang?" Nudge asks, getting my attention again. I blush lightly. "We saw how you guys were looking at each other. Not to mention that you both seemed pretty cozy when we left you alone." she continues.

"Really? Were you two spying on me or something?" I shriek at them. They both look away guiltily. "Well that's just great!" I exclaim. "Not only have you been hacking into my files, but you also made it a point to stick your nose into my non-existent love life!" I go on.

"It exists Max. Now tell us how you feel about Fang." Dreslin demands.

"I…I like him okay?" I say, giving in. Nudge and Dreslin look at each other in surprise; obviously not expecting me to give in so easily. What they don't know is that these 'feelings' I've been harboring inside for Fang for a longer time than I am even aware of, exploded in me after last night.

"I knew it!" Dreslin exclaims with a grin.

"Fang obviously likes you too. Maybe even more than you like him…" at that point, I just tune out Nudge's rambling and just think.

About who is obvious. Do I like Fang? Yes. Do I want anything to happen with him? Yes and no. Why yes should be obvious, but why not? Well….it's Fang. He found me when I was still an orphan and gave me a purpose. A chance to start over. It would be like being with my older brother. If I had an older brother who is really hot and funny but caring and…wait that's off track. Anyway, I'm also just too much like him sometimes. What if we were together and he stopped being Fang? But that wouldn't happen. Okay, truth is…I don't have a good enough reason NOT to be with him. And that scares me, but I don't get scared right? I'm Max. Maximum Ride.

"Max?"

"Yeah?" I turn my attention to Dreslin.

She is looking at me with a bit of concern. "I said, do you want to go spar with me?"

"Spar?" I perk up a little bit. "Sure," I say and nod my head. Sparring always does me good.

"You can borrow some clothes from me." Nudge offers.

"So you're both done interrogating me?" I ask. They nod at me.

"Okay." I say and jump up. Nudge tosses us both a sports shirt and shorts.

"So what floor is your gym and stuff on?" I ask her.

"Third." she says.

Dreslin and I take the elevator to the third floor and go a smaller padded room and start sparring. Soon enough, the only thing I'm thinking about is anticipating Dreslin's moves and what my next ones should be. I pin Dreslin four times and she only gets me once. We take a break and start to sip on some water. I grin at Dreslin, "Best six out of ten?" I ask her. She shakes her head no quickly.

"I'll take you on." a voice says from the doorway. I look over and my heart skips a beat when I see Fang smirking at me. He's already sweating so I assume he'd been working out before he came here.

"Oh yeah? Think you can handle me?" I ask, automatically smirking myself.

"Who's the teacher here?" he asks me.

"Sometimes the student surpasses the teacher." I say.

"Well not today," he says and walks toward me.

I put my water down and start jumping on the balls of my feet. "Ready to get your butt handed to you?" I ask.

He just rolls his shoulders and smirks at me. Both of us are in our element now. I make the first move and punch at him. He grabs my arm and twists it around, me with it. "Still confident?" he asks me in my ear.

A shiver goes through my body, I don't respond, but instead I sweep his legs out from under him and grab his arms and pin them down. "Gotcha." I say.

This continues for a while. At some point during that time, I remember Dreslin leaving. We are at five and five now. He's just pinned me down and we're both breathing pretty heavy.

"Not bad for a student." Fang says smirking and still holding my arms down.

"Not too bad for the old teacher yourself." I say back.

Then I become aware of the extremely awkward position we are in and glance away. When I look back, I see him watching me.

"Max," he says with a question in his voice.

"Yeah?" I ask.

"Can I try something?" he asks.

I just look at him curiously and nod. This time, there are no interruptions. He leans his face down slowly to mine; watching my reaction. My eyes not closing until right before his lips meet mine. As soon as they do though, my brain shorts out. He lets go of my arms and cradles my face in one hand and wraps the other around my back. I wrap my arms around his neck and try to pull him closer to me. The only thing I care about at the moment is Fang and the way his lips move perfectly with mine. I feel like we are there in our own little world for an eternity when in reality it had probably been only a few minutes. He pulls back and looks at me.

"See something you like?" I ask with a smirk.

"Yeah, I do." he says and captures my lips again in a glorious kiss that I'll probably think about for the next few days.

AN:Im soooo sorry this one is shorter but I really just wanted to put SOMETHING up. Ill try to make another longer one tomorrow. Sorry. Review!