Chapter 13

(AN: Here's chapter 13! I got…let's see…6 reviews! Which means, Max and Fang will kiss 3 TIMES. Oh ya. That's right ladies and gents. 3 TIMES.XD This is pretty much just Chapter 12 in Fang's POV, 'cuz I feel like it, but I'm adding on to the beginning and end.)

Fang POV

I flew sluggishly. I knew Max was no longer strong enough to fly for this long. She's used so much of her strength at the school. But she'd never let us know it. She was so good at hiding it, I doubt even she knew she was tired.

earlier that morning…wait…earlier in the middle of the night. XD

I woke myself up a few hours into the night. She'd be too stubborn to let me carry her if she were awake.

I got up and, after detaching her arms from my neck, scooped her up. I walked over to Cain and kicked him awake.

"Wha-" He started sleepily.

"C'mon. Let's go. And, be quiet. I don't want Max to wake up." I whispered as quietly as I could. Max was still tensed, like she usually was when she slept, so I knew that she'd wake up from even the slightest noise.

Cain just nodded, getting up and brushing off his jeans. I waited as he flew down to the nearby river and filled up a bucket of water. He poured it on our fire and it extinguished with a sizzle. I jumped slightly as Max's head lolled to the side to rest against my chest, but then I smiled crookedly.

By then, Cain was done. We took off soundlessly. After about 15 minutes, the nagging started. (AN: dun Dun DUN!)

end flashback

"Let me carry her."

"No."

"C'mon. I know you're tired."

"No."

"You can't carry her the whole time."

"No."

"So you agree with me?"

"NO!"

"Can you say anything except no?"

"Not for you."

"Just for a few minutes."

"No."

"Please?"

"Why do you want to carry her so badly?" I tried not to yell, to wake up Max as I glared at Cain. A slight blush touched his cheeks, but he was determined.

"Because."

"Because why?"

"Fine."

I turned away from him, almost smiling. He was just like a little kid who didn't get his way. He didn't even look at me for the rest of the flight. Lucky me.

We wandered for hours, with no sign of the flock. At least Max was still knocked out. We were alarmed by the sound of fireworks coming from somewhere below us.

"Found 'em." I mumbled to myself. It was about 10:30 at night. I couldn't really tell, considering none of us ever sprang for watches, but I've gotten pretty good at reading the position of the moon. We spiraled down closer to the trees and after scanning for a few minutes, I saw Angel down near a fire, holding Total. I dived down, landing swiftly on my feet, stumbling slightly. Cain landed almost soundlessly behind me.

"FANG!" Angel ran over and hugged my legs. Her head barely came up to my waist.

"Hey, kid. You okay?" I asked.

"Ya. I'm fine."

"Where's everybody else?"

"Gazzy and Iggy went off to use up the extra 4th of July fireworks, Nudge and Akila went down to the beach, Total's over near the fire, and you're HERE! YAY!" She hugged me again.

"And they left you here alone?" I asked, raising and eyebrow.

"No. Total's here to look after me." She said, smiling, well, angelically

"I'm gonna kill 'em…" I mumbled to myself.

"Ooh! Who's he?" Angel asked, running up to Cain. She stopped right in front of him, looking up at him.

"That's Cain. We found him a few days ago." I said.

Be careful with him. We don't know if we can trust him yet.

Angel nodded. She attacked Cain with a bunch of questions as I walked over to Total.

"Hey, Mutt."

"I could say the same about you, what with that bad haircut."

"Shut up, dog."

(AN: I know that made now sense. They're uneducated bird kids, wat do u expect?)

I carefully placed Max next to the fire. I glanced over and saw Cain preoccupied with Angel. I quickly knelt down and kissed Max gently on the forehead. (AN: 1) "Goodnight, my Max." I whispered.

I got up and walked over to the tree on the other side of the clearing. I climbed up to the bottom branch, which was about 15 feet high. It was a great spot to keep watch of the flock for when they came back. At one point, though, I must've fallen asleep, because I was awakened by someone yelling, "FLYBOYS!"

I jumped up and immediately lost balance, falling off of my branch. I slammed into the ground. I struggled up into a sitting position, rubbing my head.

"Well, hi there." She said smiling. I was extremely happy to see her awake, but I wouldn't let her know that.

"Talk about a rude awakening." I mumbled. She offered to help me up, but I ignored it, getting up myself.

"So, where'd you bury the body?" She asked as if she hadn't noticed.

"W-what?!" I exclaimed. I didn't think anyone would know…I'll have to flee the country…live under a new name…Just kidding.

"How about, where's Cain?" She asked.

"Oh. I don't know…he might've gone out flying. Or maybe, if we're lucky, he left…" I muttered. She slapped me halfheartedly. "Calm down, calm down. You're boyfriend wouldn't leave without thanking you first, at least." I mumbled, rubbing my cheek and looking away. Suddenly, she grabbed my shirt and pulled me into a kiss. It was short. Much shorter than I'd wanted, but good enough for me. (2? Nah, I'll just give you guys that one free. ;D)

"C'mon, Fang. Let's go find Cain." She ordered. I followed obediently. We flew everywhere. We saw Iggy and Gazzy, but didn't stop to say hi. We had no time. We flew over to the beach and didn't see anybody...even Nudge and Akila. We decided to split up.

I knew Nudge was in her direction, so I pretty much just wandered while I waited for them to come runnin' together. I walked down the beach a little and found a log. I sat on it and started skipping rocks across the surface of the water. I sighed. I can't believe I still doubt her…but …she seems really interested in Cain lately…then I heard giggling.

I turned and saw Nudge sprinting towards me. "Hey, ki-" She cut me off by ramming into me.

"FANG!" She hugged me with all of her strength. I saw Max running to me, too. She stopped in front of me, crossing her arms and looking away.

"Where's Cain?" I asked. She huffed.

"He's still back in the cave. He'll come when he feels like it." She mumbled.

"Hey, Nudge, go get Akila before she's carried away by the waves." I said, seeing her running around in the waves. She nodded and ran off. "Max-" I started. She turned away from me.

I took advantage of it and wrapped my arms around her waist, placing my chin on her shoulder. "What's wrong?" I whispered in her ear. She just shook her head. I glanced over at Nudge again to make sure she wasn't looking and looked in the direction Cain was to make sure he wasn't coming.

When I found nothing, I placed my head back on her shoulder and started kissing from where her shoulder met her neck up to the hollow at the base of her ear. (AN: 2) She shivered. I made the circuit three times before she pulled away.

She turned to glare at me. "Just leave me alone, Fang." She said, icily. I dropped my arms, shocked. She ran off in the opposite direction of Cain. I knew I shouldn't stop her. She'd cool down faster when she got it out of her system. Hopefully she'd come back before morning. I can't be nice to Cain by myself…

Nudge came back, holding Akila by the collar. It was kinda funny that she had one, considering, if she got lost, nobody would be able to return her to us, since we didn't have a permanent address, but, hey, the kids thought she needed one.

"Where's Max?" She asked. I shrugged.

"She went back to the clearing. C'mon we should go too." I said, grabbing Nudge's arm.

"But what about Cain?" She asked.

"Oh, ya. Let's go get him." I said. We ran down to the cave and found Cain leaning against the entrance, smiling.

"Why're you just waiting here?" I asked. He shrugged.

"I figured she'd come back to me." I rolled my eyes. He really was full of himself.

"Let's go." I ordered. We took off and I dropped them off with Angel. "Stay RIGHT HERE." I ordered. Nudge nodded. I took off again. I'd find Max eventually. I had to.

I flew for only minutes before I just knew where to go. I swooped down and landed next to Max, sitting on the same log I'd been sitting on a few minutes ago. "I knew you'd be here." I said, sitting down next to her. She said nothing, but I gathered her in my arms and rubbed her shoulders.

She gave in and cried into my shirt. I was a little amazed. She never cried this easily. Something must really be bothering her. When she no longer had any tears to cry, I asked again. "What's wrong." I was surprised to hear her answer this time.

"I-I…I can't BELIEVE myself, Fang! I can't believe I'm torn between you two! I love you! I know I love you! But I…I...I just can't resist him, Fang! I don't know why!" She sobbed into my shirt again, somehow finding more tears to shed. I just held her tightly, trying to act strong for her. But inside, I was dying. I knew it…I knew it…she loves him…

I brought her head up with one of my hands, but she didn't look me in the eyes. She probably thought I'd be mad. But I'd never be mad at her... I brushed a strand of her tangled hair behind her ear. She looked up at me, finally, like she was searching for an answer in my eyes. I wiped a tear away from her cheek with my thumb and I leaned in until my lips touched hers.

It felt so good to finally let out my emotion. All those years of acting like I cared of nothing but myself…when I really cared of Max more than anything. It wasn't something that I could express in words.

I kissed her passionately, but sweetly, not passing her limits. She was willing enough…maybe more than willing. She wrapped her arms around my neck, and she brought one of her hands up to tangle in my hair. I kept one hand locked around her waist, the other rubbing between her wings, trying to keep her from falling apart completely.

I tilted my head slightly, making it easier for us to kiss. It felt like we were made for eachother. I don't remember how long we went on that way. It seemed to last forever. But we eventually parted when a few drops landed on our heads.(AN: 3.)I sighed.

"Let's go back to the others." I said. Was that really my voice? It seemed so quiet, yet it still broke the silence menacingly. She merely nodded in agreement.

We got up, but couldn't fly. It wasn't safe in the rain. "We'll have to walk." I muttered, putting a hand out to let a few drops land on my palm.

"It'll take hours to walk back…" Max complained.

"Well, we have no other choice. Unless we want camp out here…" She looked up at me pleadingly. "No." I said simply. Then she…no…anything but that!…bambi eyes…

I let out a frustrated sigh. "Well, I guess we're sleeping on a beach tonight…" I huffed, looking away from her.

"We can use the cave where I found Nudge. Let's hurry, it's starting to rain harder." She said. I nodded. As we ran to the cave, the rain started coming down even harder. We were both drenched, and if Max's white shirt hadn't been covered in dirt, I would've been happy about it. We heard thunder and exchanged glances. Great.

The waves became fierce in the 3 minutes we were running. We narrowly avoided about 3 tidal waves. We sprinted into the cave. Max slumped against a wall, wringing the water out of her hair as I shook it out of mine.

"Fang!" She yelled as I got water all over her. I almost smiled. I ran my fingers through my hair, fixing it into a more organized mess. I sat down next to her and pulled off my drenched shirt. Her eyes widened.

"F-Fang! What are you doing?!" She exclaimed, not taking her eyes away from me.

"I'm taking off my shirt. I don't like getting sick, do you?" I asked, looking at her.

"N-no, it's just…not IN FRONT OF ME!" She yelled. Normally I would've put my shirt back on, but watching her was just downright hilarious.

"You know, you should take off your clothes too, unless you want pneumonia." I said. I know, I know. I'm a horrible person. But I had to go there. I was about to crack up from her expression, and that's really saying something.

"FANG!" She yelled. I laughed.

"Calm down, calm down. I came prepared." I rummaged through the backpack that I always carried around, and pulled out some of my clothes. They were still a bit damp, but better than being soaked. I threw them to Max.

"What about you?" She asked, looking down at the clothes.

"Only my shirt got soaked. I'll be fine like this." I said. She hesitantly looked over at me and blushed scarlet.

I turned my back as she changed.

--A few minutes later—

Max POV

Don't look…don't look…ignore it…go to sleep…Ugh. I couldn't take it! Fang had found a blanket in his backpack. Only one. He had his ropey arms wrapped around me, his perfect, buff chest pressed to my back. I couldn't sleep like this. I didn't want to move, either, to wake him up. I wiggled a little bit away from him experimentally, but he just pulled my back subconsciously, holding me even tighter. But he didn't wake up. I turned over to face him and met his, extremely amused, coal-black eyes.

"You were awake?!" I whispered harshly. He smiled a wide grin that made my heart stop and my face flushed. "And you- UGH!" I whispered.

"Calm down. I was having fun watching you toss and turn while trying not to 'wake' me." He laughed. "By the way, you don't have to be embarrassed. Don't you see guys on the beach with their shirts off all the time?" He asked.

"Well, yes, but I've never seen YOU with your shirt off…" I looked away. He took my chin in his hands and turned my face to look at him. He smiled again. Wow, that's a new record for him.

"I LOVE you. You don't have to be ashamed of loving ME. Get a good look at me. There's nothing different from any other guy. The only difference is, it's all yours." He hugged me tight with that.

"Fang…that was really cheesy," I sighed. He shrugged. "…But sweet." I finished, kissing just above his collarbone.

"Now, go to sleep. You'll be able to sleep now, right?" He asked. I nodded and cuddled into his chest, no longer embarrassed. I fell asleep quickly after that, dreaming of Fang.

(AN: Okay, the mood in this chappy changes really fast, but that's because I wrote different parts of this at different times, and I was in different moods, so there. I think it's okay. SO wat do u think? Lemme know in the reviews. U know the rules, 2 reviews and I'll start writing the next chappy. But more would be appreciated. Show me how much u luv me. XD. The more loved I feel, the more likely I am to write longer chapters… hint hint nudge nudge)