A/N: I'm sorry, but Fax is just so fun. And I love April Fools day ;)

I sat high up in a tree, watching my flock play tag down below. I smiled. No one was stealthy enough to escape Iggy. He'd started referring to himself as "the all-seeing eye", which made no sense. The boy has problems.

Iggy currently had Gazzy cornered and was grinning madly. Some kind of tickle fight was bound to occur. I smiled. "Die!" Iggy was yelling, tickling Gazzy so that the smaller blond boy's face was turning red with laughter.

I frowned when I noticed a missing flock member. Angel was on Iggy's back, giggling and trying to wrestle him off of her brother and team member, and Nudge was sitting with Total, laughing and pointing.. But where was Fang?

"Yo."

I jumped about a foot in the air, then whirled to face him. He sat on a branch close to mine, his face inches from my own. I gasped and almost fell backwards. "Hey," I said, after I had regained my composure.

"We need to talk," Fang said seriously. Ohh, boy. When Fang wanted to talk, it was usually about feelings. And he was the one with a reputation for lacking emotion! What was up with that?

"Look, Max...." he sighed. Oh no. I tried to stay cool. Fang went on, "You know how I've always liked you..."

"Fang," I interrupted, "Please. Don't."

"No, Max. You have to hear this. I think, maybe...well, you never really liked me back, did you?" He sighed, and went on before I could stammer out an answer, "You don't have to answer."

What the heck?

"It's just.... you don't have to worry anymore. I know how you feel. I know how I feel. I don't....it was just a crush."

Fang was being oddly wordy today. And what did he mean, "just a crush"? He made out with me – or tried to – multiple times! I was just coming to terms with my feelings, it was simply taking a while. He couldn't be giving up on me....

Could he?

"I just... I don't want to hurt you, but...Max....I don't like you like that."

It felt like a blow to the chest.

He turned to leave, but I grabbed his arm.

"I like you like that." There. I'd gotten it out in the open. Now I could breathe.

Sort of.

Fang, looking oddly triumphant, smiled that mysterious Fang smile and said,

"April Fools."

And that's when he kissed me.