"Want to get a burger?" I grabbed her ass and pulled her closer into my chest, if that was possible. "I really want a burger."

"Fine but I really wanted pancakes. Iggy can make them here…" She didn't understand so I had to cut her off.

"No. We are going out to get a burger." She still didn't get it.

"No, there are no burger places for like 50 miles…" Then it registered. "I really want to try a burger from Texas." She winked and tried to get out of my grasp. Her lack of underwear made this too easy. She tried to get up but I grabbed her ass tighter until she gasped and hit my chest. I let her go and let her think she won. But right when she got up I wrapped my arm around her waist and shoved my fingers up her. "HOLY!!" She screamed in pleasure and then turned around to smack me. I kept my fingers in and her movement only made her moan more.

"Is everything okay in there?" A husky voice called out for us. It wasn't Iggy.

"FANG!" It wasn't pleasure this time. "That's the voice!!!" She was freaking out. Gassy had become a man almost overnight. Max pulled herself out of my grasp and ran out the door while putting on her shorts.

"MAX!" He had his arms wide. Maybe he thought a different girl was with me. Idiot. I would never cheat on Max.

"GAZZY!" She ran at him and picked him up with ease. I watched from the door. Her week away had restored my quietness.

"You scared me! I thought you were gone!" He looked more like a child reunited with his mom then a 13 yr old going through puberty.

Nudge was next. She wrapped her arms around Max and tickled the Gasman happily resting on Max's back. It was the closest thing to a home movie I could imagine. Usually the people of our little family would resent the members who left. After I left Max she was torn apart. It took her all of 5 seconds to forgive me. The rest of the flock took more time to adjust to my presence. But everyone trusted Max. No matter how she felt about me, the flock was behind her. So when she was gone for a week, the flock mourned for her like she was gone forever. Even Iggy's blind eyes registered tears and the whole flock was crying, hugging, and reaching for any piece of Max they could find. Which is why no one was behind me when I presented our tiny vacation plan.

Max was given time to rest while I talked to the flock about it.

"Max needs to stay here!" Iggy was the first to speak.

"We lost her for a week. Now she's back. Why does she need to go on some vacation?" Nudge agreed with Iggy.

"I need her. She's my only mom figure and I'm going through FUCKING PUBERTY!!" Gazzy had a reasonable argument. But Angel was the one with the answers.

"Max needs this vacation. If you need help with puberty, talk to Nudge. Max doesn't even wash her face. She's just naturally perfect. But if you want her here crying herself to sleep and staring at the clock waiting to find out about the baby, don't let Fang go."

"Who says that if she's gone she won't cry about the baby?" A chorus of yeah's echoed Iggy's prediction.

"Because," I spoke up. "I know Max better than all of you. She needs to preoccupy her mind with relaxing and fun, not with worry. If she stays her, all she's gonna do is sit around while you're at school and cry."

"Why doesn't she just go to school?" Angel had suddenly chosen the perfect argument for the opposition.

"I want to go to school Fang." Max had heard the whole conversation. Iggy made her pancakes and we went into town to register her into school.

"You start tomorrow." The secretary at the registration desk was the end of the discussion.

"I can't wait!" Max was excited enough for the both of us. So in her happy fest I took in what she looked like for the first time. She had grown another inch, probably her last, and reached my chin. Her hair was a rainbow of black, blonde, red, and purple. Her clothes were ripped and she wasn't wearing an undershirt, so you could see her bra right through her tshirt. She had finally worn one and it made her breasts look huge. She was a C cup and I hoped she wouldn't grow up there anymore. I guess she figured I was checking her out and she gave me the middle finger. But when I focused my eyes more, I found it was her ring finger on her left hand, and there was my ring. It was a black diamond surrounded my smaller white diamonds and finally circled her finger in white gold. It was so beautiful and everyone would know that the pregnant hotty was MINE!!!

She read my mind and decided to annoy me. "I don't think I'm gonna wear it on tomorrow. I'm thinking about playing the field." I grabbed the small of her back and kissed her nose.

"I was thinking that too. Maybe we should double sometime." This time she bit my nose and wrapped her arms around my neck. I kissed her lips and she ran her hands down my arms to my hands. I left go of her back and intertwined my fingers with hers. "Will you dance with me?"

"Sure." She let go of one of my hands as we lifted into the air and we danced on clouds and watched the sun set. It was perfect. Just like Max.