Fan pov

Friday after school I went to my room.

"Hey." I mumbled to Iggy and Gazzy. Iggy waved in my direction and Gazzy walked out the door to his friend's dorm. Gazzy wasn't on my side very much, he was on Max's side. So it was just me and Iggy.

"So...is Emma coming over tonight again?" he asked. I shrugged, realizing he couldn't see it. "Probably." I said.

He nodded.

Emma.

She was such a stuck up girl, like Lissa. Well, Lissa is related to her.

I sat on my bed and laid down. Usualy I wouldn't care if Emma came over, but today I didn't want her to come. I don't know why.

"Iggy, uh, do you think Max would ever talk to me again?" I asked. His head snapped up. I usualy never spoke of Max.

"Uh....well...you would be very lucky if she did." he answered. I shrugged. She has to talk to me one day.

"Why don't you ever see what's going on, Fang?" Iggy asked. I looked at him. "What do you mean?" I asked.

"Fang, Max likes you so much, but she has to take care of the flock! I understand you wanting to be with her, but why can't you give her a break? She made a friend. Ya, he kissed her, she wanted a normal life!" he yelled.

"Iggy, I do understand, but she could have ad a normal life with me." I told him. He shook his head. "Fang, are you blind? It would ruin your frindship if you guys ever broke up!" he said. I thought about that. "But Iggy. She also ruined it by not being with me."

"Oh, so this is all Max's fault?" he asked. I shook my head. "No! Of course not. We both take the blame, but I'm just saying-"

I was interuppted by a knock on the door. I sighed. Emma didn't usualy come until after dinner. I opened it saying. "Not right now, Emma."

"Well, then I guess I'll come back later." Max's voice rang through my ears. I snapped my head up to look at her. "Max." I said.

She nodded. "I could come back..." she said, but I grabbed her arm. "No." I said. She looked at my hand on her arm. I removed it.

"Uh, Iggy?" I asked. He nodded and left the room. I sat on the bed. She stood next to the dresser. "Sit." I ordered. She shook her head.

"I'll only be here for a minute."

"Why?" I asked. She took a deep breath. "I'm leaving, and the flock is staying." she said.

Max pov

He stared at me in shock. "Max, you can't do that." he said. "Yes I can." I replied. He stood up, pacing around the room. "No! Max, no! You can't do that to me! To the flock!" he raied his arms and put his face in his hands.

"I'm sorry." I whispered. "Max, don't be sorry. We just...have to settle this." he said. "Ya, and I'm settling this the easy and not awkward way." I told him.

He looked at me. "Please, Max. Don't do this." he whispered. I sighed. "I already packed my stuff and warned the girls."

"You can't." he protested. "Fang. I'm tired of arguing." I said.

"We haven't argued in 2 weeks!" he said.

"Fang! First of all, we are fighting now. Second, we haven't fought in weeks because we were in the middle of a fight." I said.

He shook his head and muttered to himself.

"Good bye, Fang." I said. "Where are you planning on going, exactly?" he asked. I thought for a second. "I'll live in one of the houses my mom bought."

He smirked. "You don't have money."

"I have my Maximum Ride credit card." I said. "What is the flock gonna do? Live here for the rest of our lives?" he asked.

"That would be up to you. I'm leaving you flock leader." I told him. He shook his head. "No."

"Yes." I said.

"I'm here!!!!" Emma's screechy voice interuppted us. She stopped when she saw me. "What's that doing here?" she asked. I ran at her. "I am a human! Not a 'that'!" I yelled. Fang ran and grabbed my arms from ripping out her throat. She smiled.

"Please, you couldn't hurt me. Fang would be very mad." she said. I glared at her. "Fang doesn't give a crap about what I do anymore." I said, struggling to get free from his grip.

"Max, stop." he ordered. "Yeah Max, stop." Emma said. I forced my way out of Fang's grip.

"Ah! Come here!" I yelled, but Fang grabbed my wrists. "Fang, let go of me." I said. He only stared at me. "No." I stared at him.

"Yes!" I said. "No. Both of you need to stop." he said. I sighed. "Well, it will be easy to stop if you let me leave!" I told him.

"Max! Your not leaving." he said. "Ya, I kinda am!" I yelled. "It's okay, let her leave." Emma piped up.

"You know what? Just shut up!" I yelled at her. "Both of you, stop!" Fang yelled. I gave up and pulled my arms out of his grip, but just stood there.

Emma walked over and sat on Fang's bed. I glared at her the whole time. "Max. We need to talk. Out side the room." he added.

I walked out, and he followed, closing the door. "Max. Please don't leave I'm begging you." he said. I crossed my arms. "No, your just playing with my mind." I said.

He looked hurt. I sighed and went back to my room, and unpacked.

"Um, Max? Are you staying?" Angel walked in. I turned to her and opened my arms. She ran and gave me a hug. "Yeah, sweetie, I'm here for good." I told her.

Nudge followed and gave me a hug. Kendyl walked in and looked at us. "Still going?" she asked. "Nope." I said. She smiled. "Good. I don't want you to leave."

I smiled at her.

Later that night I went back up to the boy's room. I knocked on the door, and Gazzy answered. He smiled and hugged me.

I walked in and Iggy was 'looking' at me. Gazzy glanced behind me. I turned around and saw-of course-Fang, holding Emma's hand. They were sitting on his bed. He stared up at me. So did Emma.

"I'm not leaving." I mumbled. He gave me a small smile. "Just came up here to tell you that. And I'm waiting for Kevin." I added.

Fang's eyes grew angry. I turned away from him. "So, that's it." I said, walking out the door.

I closed the door and ran into someone. "Oof!" I took a step back. "Oh. I was looking for you." I said to Kevin. He was smiling.

"Is it a good thing or a bad thing that you came out of that room?" he asked. "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing." I said. He bent down and kissed me. I kissed back and we walked down the hall and into the night.

We walked down to the cafeteria. I picked out a small table and Kevin got our food. l waited at the table and saw Iggy and Fang and Emma walk in. I groaned. "Here you go." Kevin handed me a tray.

"I could have helped you." I told him. He smiled. "I didn't need help. Plus, I didn't want you to have to carry stuff." he added. I smiled at him. "Thanks."

"So, any chance your gonna be friends with your...uh...ex boyfriend?" Kevin asked. "Uh, he's not my ex boyfriend. He just tries to be even though I tell him I can't because it would ruin our friendship." I told him.

"So your gonna stay mad at him forever?" he asked. I sighed. "I don't know. Probably not." He took my hand. "It's okay. He can't stay mad at you. After 3 weeks of not talking to you, I would go crazy." he told me.

"Thanks." I said, taking a bite of my dinner. I watched Fang and Iggy go get food while Emma stayed at a table. She watched a guy pass by and smiled at him. A flirty smile! He winked at her and she giggled.

"Oh. My. Freaking. God." I said. Kevin looked in the direction I was looking. "What?" he asked. "Emma is giving random guys flirty smiles and stuff. While she's dating Fang!" I told him. He looked at the same guy she smiled at. They were smiling

at eachother.

"That's not such a good thing." he said. I shook my head. "Should I tell Fang? Or will he not believe me?" I asked.

"I would try to tell him." he said. I nodded. "I'll talk to him tonight." I said. I turned to Kevin. "Kevin, would you believe Fang if he told you I was cheating on you?" I asked.

"Um, well, I would want proof. Like, I would want to see you with the guy. Or if he spied on you and like, video taped it or something I would want to watch it. But your not cheating on me, right?"

I shook my head. "Of course not!" He smiled. "Okay. But, how do I know your not lying?" he asked. I smiled and leaned up. I kissed him for about 5 seconds, then pulled away. He smiled. "Okay. I beleive you." he said. "Good." I replied. We got up and walked out.

"There you are! I have been looking for you! I cant find Jake and was wondering if you knew where he was? Oh, never mind I found him. So I heard you went to talk to Fang, Max. How'd it go? Oh, hi Kevin! How are you?"

I bet you'll never guess who that was.

"Nudge. Shut up already!" I said. Kevin waved at her and she ran to go find Jake. I sighed. "That girl needs to take her voice box out."

We walked to a big tree and sat down. We were silent for about an hour, until Kevin spoke up. "I'm going to go. I have to finish home work."

I looked up at him. "Okay. Bye." I said. He gave me a kiss then left.

I closed my eyes for like 10 minutes. I almost fell asleep, when someone was kissed me. I pulled away, eyes still closed. "Kevin, I thought you had homework?" I asked.

The person picked me up and took me inside to his room. I opened my eyes, but I couldn't tell who it was, it was too dark outside.

I was set down on a bed and before I had a chance to see who it was, his lips were on mine again. They felt...familiar. I thought it was Kevin.

I kissed back, and wrapped my arms around his neck.

Then I opened my eyes after he pulled away. "AH!" I yelled.

Fang.

He was sitting in front of me. "Um, Fang, what are you doing?" I asked. He looked at me. "I know about Emma." he replied.

"How?" I asked.

"Angel read your mind, then told me." he replied. "Oh."

"But Fang. I'm still dating Kevin." I told him. He shrugged. "Not for long." he said. I sighed. "Fang, I can't break up with him. He makes me...happy." I mumbled. Fang looked hurt. "Max! I make you happy too. I know because we have a mind reader in the family and I can read your eyes." he told me.

"But Fang, this could ruin our friendship! You should know that. I've told you a million times." I said. He sighed in frusteration.

"Max, I told you I promise to never leave again." he said. I shook my head. "No. Fang." I said.

He scooted closer. "Yes, Max." he whispered. I tried to scoot back, but I was sitting against the wall. He got even closer.

"Fang, please. Don't do this to me." I whispered. "Do what?" he asked. I groaned. "This. You always do this so I would agree with you." I told him. He grinned. "That's the point." he said. I shook my head.

"Fang."

"Max." he said. His sweet breath was trailing up my neck and around my jaw. I sighed. I can't let him do this, but it's working. I slowly leaned into him. "Please, just be with me." he said. " I can't. The flock." I replied. He put a hand around my waist and brushed his lips against mine. I let out a long, slow breath, then leaned into him, tangling my fingers in his hair.

Our lips moved perfectly together. I leaned into him more, so I was now laying on top of him. I tried to pull away to get a breath, but Fang pulled my head back down. I let him. His tongue rubbed along my bottom lip, so I opened my mouth. I pulled back and kissed along his jaw. Then my lips found their way back to his. I pulled away slowly, breathless. "Your lucky I'm not gonna slap you." I told him. He smiled. I got off of him and stood up. "Is there any chance you've had a second thought about me?" he asked.

I walked over to him. He stood up. I kissed his neck. "Yes. Definately a second thought." I said. He grinned and took my hand.

"Now, I have to deal with Kevin." I said. He nodded. "That would be the hard part." he added. I walked out and ran into Kevin.

"I keep finding you coming out of that room. Are things okay?" he asked. "Well,not for you." I mumbled. "Huh?" he asked.

"Um, Kevin...we need to...well, Fang, uh...we have to break up." I said. He nodded slowly. "Okay, I understand." he said. I gave him a hug and smiled at him. He smiled back and waved to me. I felt so bad.

"He alright?" Fang asked from behind me. I turned around. "Ya, I guess. He took it easily." I told him. "Well, isn't that a good thing?" he asked. "I guess." I said.

"Well, it's like 9:00 and I'm not supposed to be here, so I'm leaving." I said. "It's okay. Stay." he said. I rolled my eyes. "Where are the boys?" I asked. "Gazzy went with Iggy to the office..." Fang said.

"Uh-oh. What did they do now?!" I asked. "Well, they got caught making a bomb in the gym." he replied. I sighed. "Fang! Where were you?"

"Um, I was on my way to a big tree with a girl under it, and she looked like she was asleep, but she wasn't-"

"Okay. I get it." I said. I have never had to stop Fang from talking. Is he sick? I turned aound and headed down the hall. Fang followed, though. "Need something" I asked. "Well, we have 3 weeks worth of talking to do." he told me.

"Oh, alright." I said and we went to my dorm room.

I knocked on Angel's and Nudge's room on the way. Nudge opened it. "Hey-OMG! Did you guys make up? Are you friends again?" she asked. "Nope. They're more than friends." Angel skipped to he door. Nudge grinned. "Oooohhh!" I put my hands on my hips. "Alright, guys. Bed by 11:00 got it?" I said. They nodded and we left.

I opened the door to my room. "Hey." Kendyl said. She looked at Fang holding my hand. "Well, hi!" she squealed. I rolled my eyes. She grinned and excused herself. She 'had a friend meeting' to attend, but I wasn't buying it. She just wanted me and Fang to be alone.

I sat on my bed and Fang sat next to me. "So, how the heck did you break up with the queen of the school?" I asked. He looked at me. "Simple. I said we can't see eachother anymore." he said matter-of-factly.

"Why is it so simple for you to tell someone that?" I asked, amazed. He shrugged. "It's easier when you absolutely hate them." he told me. I nodded. "Which is why it was hard to break up with Kevin. I was so popular with him, because every girl wanted to be in my position. But he was so sweet and stuff." I said.

"I'm not?" Fang asked. "Of course you are! You just, don't express yourself much. Which is fine with me." I said. He nodded. "If you honestly say so..." he said. "Of course I honestly say so. There isn't anything I would want to change about you." I told him.

"Thanks...I think." he said. I smiled and kissed him on the cheek. "So, what do you want to talk about?"he asked.

I thought for a second. "Well, Nudge broke up with Jake Edwards. Uh...Angel found a friend. Gazzy comes around here a lot. I haven't seen Iggy much. I am doing horrible in school. I finished the series about the girl who had to go to a vampire school. And let me tell you, it's rated ages 12 and up, but even I felt too young to be reading it!" I told him.

"Well, I've been doing horrible at school, also. And Gazzy has been avoiding me. That's about it." Fang informed. I sighed.

"Fang, you never have much to say." I said. He shrugged. "I can't help it. I'm quiet."

"Whatever." I said.