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Dylan's POV:

I awoke to the sounds of running and screaming. This is not something I'm used to. Sitting up with a jerk, my head turned from left to right, taking in the scene before me.

Nudge was holding Angel, who was grasping her like she was her lifeline, Gazzy and Iggy were running throughout the house, slamming every door open with a thud, screaming Max's name frantically. Total was following them, screaming as well.

Max.

Standing up, I immediately scanned the room and saw no sign of Max.

What the hell? She wouldn't go look for Fang on her own…right? No. She hated Fang now. There's no way she'd do that. But…there was also no way she'd leave us without telling. She was like these kids' mom. She would never do that—not the Max I know.

Worry started to crawl it's way up into my stomach, and when Iggy and Gazzy came back with no sign of Max, I began to panic.

Where was she?

Max's POV:

I was sitting on the sand, letting the waves tickle my toes as I held my knees to my chest. I'm glad we picked a cave right above the ocean. The sounds of the waves always relaxed me…

Memories flooded back to the time the Flock and I went to the beach and Fang offered me his jacket because I was cold. Though I'd hate to admit it, I missed the old days more than anything, back when Fang and I were happy. But he's different now.

That's what sucks about real life: everyone goes through this process of growing up, and within it they change who they were before to the person they swore they'd never be.

He swore he'd never hurt me, but that's exactly what he did.

Running my hands through my hair, I started to pull on them. I was so damn frustrated…so damn upset and I hated this vulnerability.

"Can we talk?"

Squeezing my eyes shut and exhaling a breath of exhaustion, I didn't even turn around. I knew who it was. There's no way I could ever not recognize that silky, velvety voice.

"I'd rather not," I replied.

He sat beside me, putting his arms around his knees and staring out at the horizon that divided the blue waves with the blue skies.

"Please? We need to. I know you hate me but—"

"Fang, there's really nothing left to say—"

"No. There is more left to say, because you're angry at me without hearing me out!" He shifted so he sat in front of me, right in front of the waves that slowly began to catch up to us.

My eyes were looking everywhere but at his face.

"Look at me," he pleaded.

Reluctantly, my golden eyes stared in to his onyx black ones.

I've known Fang for the longest time and he was never one to show any emotion. He was the cold, hard quiet one who rarely ever left himself open to anyone.

So seeing him looking at me like this made my heart stop.

His eyes held hurt, anger, desperateness, guilt, and sadness and he looked on the verge of tears. His hands held my shoulders, and he looked at me right in the eyes. They were pleading me to listen to him, so I said not a word and allowed him to speak.

"Do you think you were the only one who was hurt by all this? I died a little every day without you. I died a little every morning when I woke up, only to remember that you weren't by my side." He let out a humorless laugh. "Hell, I never thought I could feel like that. But every time I was flying and I looked to my side, and you weren't there with that spacey smile and look in your eyes, I didn't even feel alive anymore. I missed you. I missed you so damn much it's not even funny. I only left because Dylan told me I was putting everyone in danger. And that's the last thing I wanted for you. I wanted what's best for you…and I thought…I thought I wasn't that. So, Max, just can you please—"

Fang's POV:

Before I could finish my sentence, her lips were on mine. She kissed me with such force that I got knocked off my knees, I fell back a little so I was sitting with her on my legs. Her arms were around my neck, her hands in my hair. Putting my arms around her waist, I pressed her against me.

She tilted her head and deepened the kiss.

I don't think my heart's ever sped faster than it did just now. Happiness rushed through my veins like blood, and all my loneliness and despair just withered away.

She pulled back to look in my eyes, but I leaned in and kissed her again. She fell to the sand with me hovering above her, kissing her as if it might be the last time I'd ever get to again.

Pulling back, I breathed heavily, staring at her as she looked at me with a smile.

"Do you forgive me?" I breathed.

She nodded, her fingers tracing patters on my back that sent a chill down my spine. "Yes."

I smiled for the first time in what seemed like an eternity.

That's when I heard a splash, and the last thing I saw the was the tail of a mermaid hitting the water not too far from where I was now.

A/N: This was for all of you FAX lovers out there! So tell me, FAX or FangXEver? BATTLE IT OUT ON THE COMMENTS, GUISE! :D seriously, just press that button..every time you do, Fang will let you touch his hair ;D