-Friday afternoon-

I still couldn't believe she was taking me shopping just for a party, I had enough clothes sitting in my closet from previous spending sprees she'd taken me on but she insisted that we find something new to wear. Stupid loaded friend. So now here I am stuck in a mall while JJ scours the store for something to wear because I was an idiot and told her about what Fang had done the night before.

-Flashback-

You're joking right?" She gaped at me from her bed across the room, her jaw practically hitting the floor.

"Nope."

"But- he- you. Oh I give up. One thing is for sure though. You're going to that party which means we get to go shopping!" She grinned happily at me and laughed at my sour expression.

-End Flashback-

"JJ, you take forever!" I whined following her around the store we had just entered

"Maximum Ride shut your mouth and go sit down, I'll call you when I've found it." she ordered waving me off concentrating hard on the clothes.

"Well in that case." I mused hightailing it out of that store before she realised that I had left and pulled me back by the hair.

Once I was satisfied that I was far enough from the storm in a teacup I call a friend I sat down on the grassed section in the centre of the mall and pulled out my phone. Who can I bug…? I wondered opening my contacts

Dad, no way in heck

Ella, too irritating and she'll probably decapitate me when she finds out we went shopping without her.

JJ, rather pointless

Mum, nope.

Well that was about it for my contacts list, very sad I know. I was about to put my phone away when it started vibrating madly; I swear I almost hit the roof I jumped so high.

I realised it was my phone and clutched my erratically beating heart trying to slow it down. Checking my screen I frowned at the unknown number. I answered it since there was nothing else to do.

"Hello?"

"Hey Max." he chuckled and I groaned.

"Oh no, not you." I mumbled and I could just picture his face.

"What's that supposed to mean?" he asked hurt.

I laughed and shook my head, "How exactly did you get my number Dente?" I asked running over the time we had spent together sure I didn't give it to him.

"I have my ways." He said in what I guessed was meant to be a mysteries manner.

I rolled my eyes and sighed, "Ella gave it to you." I stated simply shaking my head when I pictured that conversation.

All he had to do was walk up to her flash a smile and she'd be putty in his hands.

"How'd you know?" He asked.

"I have my ways." I mirrored his words.

Before Fang could reply though I caught sight of JJ searching the area around me and finally landing on me.

"Oh no." I groaned when she glared at me and made her way over. "Got to go, bye." I mumbled quickly snapping the phone shut. "Hi JJ." I said casually.

"Don't you 'hi JJ' me, just ditch me why don't you?" He grumbled crossing her arms and pouting at me.

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I don't want to be here, I don't want to be here. I chanted in my head ten minutes after JJ had pulled me into the house overflowing with people, alcohol and thumping music. I was dressed in long black jeans and a black and white off-the-shoulder top. I didn't have an issue with the clothes, it was the shoes that I hated JJ for. They were seriously high heels that I would break my neck in if I even tried to walk so I had holed myself up in a chair in a dark corner praying that no one would notice me.

Ugh, I didn't even know why I had come in the first place; I hated parties and I hated the drunken imbeciles that went to them. I attempted to search the throng of people for JJ but couldn't see passed the first four people that had yet to notice me. She would probably be on the dance floor with Iggy- well that or she would be snogging him senseless somewhere. I rolled my eyes at the stupidity of those two; it was obvious they liked each other so why the heck they hadn't gotten together was beyond me (Haha sound familiar?). Staying in the corner for a further five minutes I then decided that outside might be a better place to be but I wasn't risking the shoes. I slid them off and shoved through the crowds heading towards the open glass doors leading to the garden and pool. Looking around I spotted a bench at the end of the garden and started heading over there without noticing the person basically hidden by the shadows. His black clothes didn't really help.

I only realised who it was about ten feet from the bench and raised an eyebrow. What was he doing out here? "Fang?"

His head snapped up and landed on me "Oh- hey Max." he whispered facing the pool once again, his hands clasped tightly together and his shoulders hunched.

Something was definitely wrong. I sat down beside him dropping the shoes somewhere beside me and faced him. "You ok?" I asked lightly placing a hand on his shoulder.

He didn't look at me but shrugged.

"Are you going to tell me what's wrong or am I going to have to beat it out of you?" I joked trying to lighten the tense atmosphere.

Fang didn't reply.

"Hey, I was only joking." I frowned at Fang's defeated demeanour and shuffled closer.

"Can I ask you something Max?" He asked after who knows how long.

I nodded and tilted my head to the side waiting for him to continue.

"Am I really that bad?"

"What?" I asked confused, what was he on about?

"You hated me since the first day we met. Why?" he still wasn't looking at me which only added to my confusion.

"Uhm…To be honest I didn't." I stated uneasily wondering why I was telling him this. Because you like him dimwit. That stupid inner voice chimed in. deciding to ignore it I continued. "You were- you know- every girls dream, totally mysterious utterly gorgeous and when you decided to talk you were really good with words." I couldn't believe I just said that. Talk about awkward. "I kinda had a crush on you for a while but then I realised that you were just a pigheaded idiot like all the other guys." He winced. I wasn't any good at this, "When you hit on me I was a little more than insulted, so I punched you. Don't ask me why. We've kinda been at each others' throat since." I shrugged feeling the urge to get up and run away but I managed to calm myself enough to stay put. Oh god, he hasn't replied. I felt completely mortified and hid my face in my hands but since I don't know when to shut my trap after a minute I carried on. "And then you were so nice and funny and sweet on the weekend…" I trailed off confusing myself with I was saying, I was babbling, even worse.

"Max?" I glanced at Fang to find him staring intensely at me, his onyx eyes boring into mine.

"Y-yeah?" I stuttered unable to break his gaze.

"Are you saying you like me?" I was so distracted by his eyes that I didn't notice he had moved slightly closer.

"I-uhm, yes." I whispered suddenly aware of his close proximity. I could feel his warm breath fanning across my face and the swirls of what I had thought to be black were now identified as an impossibly dark brown.

"Good." He breathed before connecting our lips.

I should have pushed him away; I should have slapped him for doing it. There were a thousand things I should have done but I was so dizzy from everything that I just let it happen melting into the kiss. He was a bloody good kisser I'll give you that but it didn't really help my pushing him away in the first place.

Wait for it… ah there you go, brain just fizzled out.

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