(A/N Hello. Im at a bit of a dilemma here with the songs. Some of you love them, some of you hate them. What do I do?)

Angels PoV

I had English with Max and Fang, so I headed there first. Apparently today was a free day, so we could sit wherever we wanted and just talk, which was perfect. When Max got up to ask the teacher something, I plopped down in her seat next to Fang.

"Hey, Ange." He said. "Whats up?" "Are you falling for Max?" I asked, cutting right to the chase. Fangs head snapped up, and he stared at me for half a second before going back to what he was doing. "Angel, ive known her for three days." "Ever heard of love at first sight?" I badgered. He wasn't getting away that easily.

He just sighed. "Your being ridiculous." "Suuuuuurrrrrre." I made sure he knew I didn't believe him. I would have said more, but Max came back at that moment. She looked at me in her seat, then smiled a little and dragged over another desk. "What are you up to this time, Angel?" she asked, smirking.

"Me?" I feigned innocence. "I don't know what your talking about." Max laughed. "Come on. Ive known you for three days and I already know that your name is completely misleading." Darn. "How could you tell?" I asked. "I guess im just good at reading people." Not as good as I was.

I could still see that little secret, that little spot of darkness hiding behind her mirth. I knew I wasn't the only one wondering about it. Fang was curious too, but there was something holding him back from asking. Not me.

"Whats your secret, Max?" I asked out of nowhere. She froze. I felt Fang shooting me a warning look, which I pointedly ignored. "Excuse me?" Max said slowly. "I know you have one, Max. Just tell me." "What are you doing?" Fang whispered. Again, I ignored him. "Why do you assume I have a secret?" Max asked, trying to cover her fear with a laugh.

"That is the fakest laugh I have ever heard." Maxs face shut down, but her eyes still shone with terror and anxiety. "Angel, cool it." Fang hissed in my ear. I finally acknowledged his existence by glaring at him. He glared right back. "And to answer you question, Max." I said, after breaking eye contact with Fang, "Im also good at reading people. And you have a secret."

Max just turned around and dug her headphones out of her jacket. She shoved them in her ears, and I could hear the loud Breaking Benjamin playing. "Nice going." Fang snapped at me. Yeah, Angel. Real nice.

Time Skip

At lunch, Max dodged us and went to eat by herself. Fang tried to talk to her, but she only said a few words and eventually he left her alone, frustrated as hell. "Whats up with Max?" Iggy asked. "She isn't eating with us today because a certain devil child," here he gave me a hard look, "Kept badgering her about a 'secret'."

Iggy frowned. "And why is that a problem?" he asked. Fang looked exasperated. "Don't you guys get it? She barely trusts any of us. Just leave her alone, ok?" "Jeez, Fang." Gazzy said. "Getting a little territorial, are we?"

Fang glared at him. "Whats that supposed to mean?" "What is means, Fang," Iggy sneered, "Is that we would like to be friends with Max too. Its not fair for you to hoard her." "Im not hoarding her." Fang shot back. "Is it my fault you guys are always trying to figure her out?" "Don't tell me you aren't curious about her, too!" I said, interjecting myself into the argument.

"I am curious." Fang admitted. Then his eyes grew angry again. "But at least I have some tact, Angel." "Tact?!" Now I was pissed off. "Coming from the boy who is quite possibly the bluntest person in the world!" "Says the girl who just flat out asked me if I was falling for Max!" "Which you are!"

"No im not!" "Stop lying to us, Fang." "Im not lying!" "Then tell us the truth!" "Why should I? Its not like you guys are the most truthful people either!" I was running out of comebacks, so I said something I would regret forever. It was childish and immature, something a ten year old would say, not a fourteen year old.

"At least our parents aren't criminals!" Everyone froze, including me. No one ever mentioned Fangs dad. Never. Iggy, Nudge, and Gazzy stared at me in shock and disbelief while Fang just looked at me steadily. "Oh, my God, Fang im so sorry." I said, frantically trying to sew up the wound I had just reopened. "I didn't mean to-" "Save it Angel." Fang snapped. "You did mean it. Every single word." I saw Max over Fangs shoulder, staring at us. That's when I realized she could hear every single word of our conversation.

She got up and walked over to us. Just as she reached us, Fang walked away. "What the hell was that, Angel?" She hissed angrily at me. I was nearly in tears. "Im sorry, im sorry. I was just angry and upset and I didn't know what to say and…" I saw Maxs gaze soften for a minute. "Your truly sorry about that?" her voice was softer and less harsh than a moment ago. I nodded frantically, and Max sighed in defeat.

"Ill go talk to him. You guys wait here."

Maxs PoV

I could not believe Angel actually said that. She knew how much those words could hurt him. But I also knew she didn't mean to say it. Might as well help them patch up their friendship.

Im not sure Fang would want to talk to me either, after all the crap that happened earlier. I was sorry I was so short with him, but I was just scared of telling anyone else. Or coming as close as I did with Fang. So I pulled back into my old loner habits.

And I wasn't the only one. I saw Fang leaning up against a tree on the edge of the campus, his head resting on his drawn up knees. He was perfectly still. I walked over and knelt softly down beside him. "Fang?" He just turned his head away. "Angels devastated about what happened." I continued. I didn't care if he acknowledged my existence, I just needed him to hear this. "She was nearly crying when I talked to her. She knows what she said hurt you a lot, and shes really sorry. She didn't mean to say it, it just came out in the heat of the argument."

After a few moments of silence, Fang finally looked up at me. His face was impassive, but his eyes were full of sorrow. "So you heard all of that, huh?" he asked. Slowly, I nodded. He sighed. "Im sorry." I shook my head. "Don't be. Just, don't treat me like a puzzle to be solved, ok? Ill tell you when im ready." He nodded. "Now, will you go make up with Angel?"

(A/N Yup! And to anyone who thinks this is short, It is at least 1200 words! So hah!

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