A/N: Here it is, shorter than my usual but I wanted to post something.

Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride. If I did, would I be writing here? No. Exactly.

R&R

Max's Pov

It's official, I'm avoiding Fang. After that kiss I…I kind of freaked. Yes, I, Maximum Ride, freaked out over a kiss. I didn't want it to be awkward around us and I didn't know where we stood, where I stood. I was also avoiding Nudge. Man, I was just avoiding everybody!

I badly wanted my best friend back, but she seemed to have left and in her place was a girl that wasn't considerate of others. And Dylan, jeez Dylan, what was I going to do with him? I didn't want anything to do with him but he couldn't seem to get that in his head. I thought that was the last fight, and time, that I'd seen him. But no, then Nudge and him get together and make the Lets-make-Max's-life- horrible club. I don't know who to trust. Now, it's just Angel and Me. I'm perfectly fine with that.

"Max?" Angel looked up from her drawing and I nodded, my fingers briefly stopping over the keys to show her that I'm listening.

"Mhmm."

"Are you dating Fang?" She asked and I almost choked on my spit.

"What?" I asked, looking up from my computer. How does this little girl know about all of this stuff? My eyes were wide and I felt like a child caught with their hand in the cookie jar.

She smiled knowingly at me and nodded a little, going back to her drawing. "No, I-I-I'm not." I cursed my stutter and her smile widened.

"Then you like him!" My cheeks grew hot and I looked down at my screen, trying to hide my bright blush. Angel clapped happily and continued coloring, not bothering to hide her smile.

"No, Angel, we're just friends." But I was just trying to convince myself. I didn't know what we were yet, so I think it was safe to say that we were friends…nothing else.

"Yeah, but you like him, you're blushing." She smiled proudly at me and I grit my teeth together.

"No, he's dating someone." Even in my ears I heard the jealousy, and Angel's not an idiot.

She frowned a little and gave me a look that I couldn't read. Since when did she get older than me? "Oh," She said quietly and looked back at her drawing.

I sighed and saved my work, closing my computer. I slid off the couch and sat down across from her. I replaced the old (broken) glass coffee table with a brown wooden coffee table and I honestly liked it better, the glass coffee table just didn't fit. I looked at her drawing and tried to figure it out. I saw two people, a boy and a girl; they looked kind of like… me and Fang. I gasped a little and Angel smiled at me. "You fly with him!" She said happily using that old baby voice that she used to have.

"I have…"

"Wings," She said happily and took out a blue crayon, coloring in what I think is a lake underneath us. We were standing on a rocky ledge looking over a lake. She has a lot of imagination. Then she looked up suddenly, "Can I have some orange juice?"

I froze for a second, rethinking of everything that I have in the fridge. "Let's go shopping!" I said and pushed myself off the floor. Angel stood up and ran after me; she grabbed the keys for me and took my hand in hers.

"Can we buy ice-cream?" She asked happily skipping as we walked down the hall. Let me tell you something, the more you try to avoid someone the more likely it is to run into them. I only wished that I could've thought of that before I kissed him.

In the hall we ran into Fang…and his girlfriend. She was talking his ear off and he looked like he was in agony. Angel squeezed my hand reassuringly and I gave her a look, asking her why I needed that.

He still hadn't seen us. Then he looked up and gave me a pleading look. The girl was grabbing his arm as if it was a life preserver and I felt bad for him. I held back a laugh and wanted to look away but I had to help him. He was my friend. The word burned in my thoughts and I struggled to look nonchalant.

I let out a sigh but stopped, "Hey Fang!" I called as they were passing us.

"Hey," He said, forcing the girl to a stop. She glared at me and I shrugged it off.

"Were you at that meeting?" I asked him, raising my eyebrow at him, "The residents meeting where they explain all the new changes and stuff?"

He pretended to look thoughtful for a minute, "Shit, no I didn't."

"Well you can go make it up now, that's where I'm going," I lied easily. The girl at his side pouted at him.

"But Fangy you said we could watch the Muppets!" The girl whined and I rolled my lips, hiding a smile at her pet-name for him.

"There's only one make-up and it's mandatory." This girl must be really stupid because in reality if the apartment building is having a meeting they will schedule a bunch of them so that if you miss one you can easily make it up.

She frowned and shot me a look, as if I would be scared by her. "Sorry Brigid, but I have to go, it's mandatory." He shrugged easily and slipped his arm out of her grip, "I'll walk you to the door."

She pouted at him and glared at me, "We can watch the Muppets later." I laughed a little and Brigid shot me a look. I covered my laugh with a fake cough, trying not to burst into fits of laughter as she started talking about how much she loved and wanted to be Ms. Piggy.

At the front door Fang all but pushed her out of the turning doors. Once she was down the street and out of sight I burst out laughing. He shot me a look and crossed his arms. I dropped Angel's hand and clutched my stomach. "Th-the Muppets?"

"This is uncalled for Max," Fang said in a serious tone that sent a new wave of laughter through me.

"THE MUPPETS!" I shouted, earning a few odd looks but kept on laughing. Even little Angel was giggling behind her hand.

I felt Fang's hand on the small of my back and soon I was being pushed out of the building, "I'm so sorry for her behavior, she hasn't taken her meds today." I whacked Fang's arm and glared at him, most of my laughter gone. He chuckled a little and I glared at him.

I mimicked his voice, making mine really deep only I sounded nothing like him, "She hasn't taken her meds today, hahahaha!" I said angrily shoving him at the end.

"No fair! I sound nothing like that!"

"Well, to me you do so HA!" I yelled, obnoxiously jabbing my finger in his face. He rolled his eyes and smacked my hand away.

"Can we go buy ice-cream now?" I heard an innocently little voice ask and I turned to see Angel looking up at us with big blue eyes, playing with her fingers nervously.

I laughed a little and bent down to her height, "Why are you so nervous?"

She looked away, twirling a small strand of hair on her finger, lost in thought. "I don't know." I smiled a little and stood up, outstretching my hand to her.

"Of course, now that Fang's saved we can go." She frowned a little at me and I knew that she wanted him to come. I gave her a pleading look, begging her not to offer him.

"Okay…" She murmured, giving Fang an apologetic look, "We're going to buy ice-cream!"

I gave her a shocked look. Were my ears deceiving me, or was that actually an invitation? He smiled a little and nodded, "Sure."

I gave her a hard look and she smiled innocently. She tugged my arm a little and I bent down until my ear was next to her face. "You like him…" I shot straight up and almost tripped a man walking past it.

"WATCH IT!" He yelled while he raced in the other direction. I was too stunned to actually give him the finger so I settled for being mature and stuck my tongue out at him.

"Come on, let's go," I sighed, trying very hard to keep the sadness out of my voice. Fang smirked at me and I smacked his arm, glaring at him.

"Jerk," I muttered under my breath and Fang chuckled silently next to me. Angel giggled and I gave her a sharp look. I was being ganged up on. For once, I didn't know who to trust.

A/N: It's short but I wanted to post something so here it is. I already complained about my math, so I'm just going straight to the quote and signature.

Dream Beyond Infinity

"I don't know the difference between flying and falling"

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