A/N Wow its been a long time...to think i said i'd update soon...oh well, i want to finish this story eventually so here goes nuthin

-madicullen

Disclaimer - i do not own any of the maximum ride characters or the basic plot...too bad i dont own fang...sigh

(btw i cant even remember but if i was switching POVs regularly, i aint now this is fang)

My head ached as I ran to the window on the other side of my bed. Yanking back the curtains and throwing it open, I took a breath of the fresh air and sighed deeply. Slowly, I crawled onto the window ledge. Perched their, I looked down. Not a good idea.

Oh Shit

I teetered and the world below me seemed to wobble back and forth. That was a long way down...but I had to do this. I had to prove to myself, and to Max, that I could still fly. So I lept from the sill. For a moment, I was suspended in the air, then I began to drop, slowly at first but picking up speed as I tumbled downward.

Think, Fang, think!

I snapped open my wings a second before I would have fallen on the ground face down and pushed them down. Suddenly, with a feeling that sent me into a bout of deja vu, I was flapping. It felt so comfortable, so normal. I remembered the Fang in my memory and soared higher. My mental gauge told me that I was about 1,500 feet up. I copied memory Fang and twisted and turned, soaring about like in the flashback.

The air felt so wonderful in my lungs. Gulping it in, I flew higher. I soared and corkscrewed and loop-the-looped, all the while keeping Jeb's house in sight. After what seemed to be hours, I finally began to descend. Wow, that had felt amazing. I had no idea how my body flew, especially after the flying lesson incident. I just all of a sudden could.

Grinning madly, I landed gracefully back on the windowsill and let my eyes quickly adjust to the dark, letting out a quick scream. Max was stading with her back against my door, tears streaming down her face.

"Are you okay?" I asked with concern in my voice.

"You...where'd you go?" Max hiccuped.

"I, well, you probably won't believe me, but I think I remember how to fly now." At this, Max smiled widely and I walked over to her.

"Well, now what are we gonna do? Should we leave soon?" Max was all buisness in a milisecond.

"Um, yeah I guess so. Do the others want to stay?"

"Probably, but they know the deal. We've still got a friggin world to save." Max sighed. "It's so hard Fang," She mumbled.

"What?" I asked.

"I said it's hard!" She repeated. "You wouldn't know this, but you're the only one I'll probably ever admit that to. I don't want the kids to think I'm weak." Max looked at her feet.

"I don't think you're weak. In fact, you're the strongest person I've ever met. Well, I guess I wouldn't remember things like that but you're the strongest person I know I've met." Max smiled at me weakly.

"Thanks, Fang, but that doesn't really mean a lot coming from you, no offense. It's 'cause you really don't know anyone else accept me, the flock, and Jeb currently. Trust me, there's people - and things - out there that are way stronger than me."

"Okay. If you say so, but I still think that it's alright to admit that it's hard. I mean, you're saving the world here, how could that possibly be easy?" Max nodded.

"Yeah, I guess so," she replied. After this there was a pause. It wasn't really an awkward one, at least not for me, 'cause I was thinking about what Max had said. Thinking about her made me feel warm for some reason. I had the urge to take her hand, so I did. To my surprise, she didn't pull away. I would have thought that, because of the awkwardness of our kiss the other day, she would have, but nope, she held on tight and gave my hand a squeeze.

I smiled and squeezed her hand back.

"It'll be alright, Max. I'm here to help." At this, we both smiled.

"Well, you'd better get some good rest tonight if we're gonna take off in the morning. You're sure you can fly alright now?" She asked.

"Yeah, perfectly. Okay, goodnight, Max."

"Goodnight, Fang."

A/N Record time for writing a chapter here. That took me like ten minutes tops. I hope it isnt crappy now. Plz review ppl Im actually going somewhere with this story now YAY!

-madicullen

Ps yeah yeah its short - but im tired. More soon.