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MPOV
The pain became more and more unbearable. Then I blacked out, so it probably got worse.
FPOV
She was lying on the ground, moaning and screaming alternatively, so I did the first thing that came to mind. I knelt down and picked her up and held her in my lap, waiting for the pain in her head to stop. Déjà vu.
MPOV
Eventually, I could tell where I was. And boy, was I loving it. I opened my eyes to see Fang looking down at me, worry clear in every line of his face. I smiled up at him, and he tried to smile back, and partly succeeded.
FPOV
"I'm hungry." Huh. No shocker there. She had been out cold from pain meds for a solid eight hours, followed by six hours of sleeping, and then four in my arms. Not that I was keeping track.
I smiled and picked her up, bridal style. Ignoring her protests, I headed downstairs to where Iggy was making supper. I nearly drooled from just the smell. Nearly. Not quite. But still, you get the point.
Iggy heard her protesting and started laughing.
"What'd you do this time?" he asked, trying to sound patronizing, but the relief in seeing Max conscious sort of ruined it.
"Stupid voice. This is what happens when you don't appear for seven years," Max said, randomly, to no one in particular. Then she clapped her hand to her mouth, like, I didn't just say that aloud, did I?
"What happens?" Iggy asked- he hadn't been informed of her brain explosion. And, since my room is sound-proof, he didn't hear it.
"Nothing," Max said, just as I said, "Brain explosion." Iggy raised his eyebrows, and I knew he was trying to decide whether to laugh or be concerned. He chose the second.
"Are you okay?" he said, worry saturated in his voice.
"It's nothing." Of course, she wouldn't admit to how bad it had been.
"She was out for four hours."
"For some strange reason, I think I believe Fang."
"I'm gone for seven years, and you become a chatterbox?"
"You're gone for seven years and I worry about you," I mumbled into her ear. Then I kissed her, gently, on the lips.
Her stomach growled. Laughing, I pulled away and sat her down in a chair, and she immediately dug into the food, eating more than I've ever seen anyone eat.
Guess what! Next chapter is going to be in Max's pov about this chapter. Yay!