Max POV
I stared waiting. I was finally going to find out who that creep was why he kept following us around. And when I finally got a hold of him, I was going to make him pay for every inkling of fear that he caused Angel and the rest of my flock.
Now what I didn't expect is for the creep to walk out of the woods and for me to lets say…recognize him?! Because as different as he looked, taller, more tame hair, cleaner clothes, a stronger build, I would recognize those midnight eyes anywhere.
It was Fang from 21 years in the future.
"Fang," breathed Nudge, "That's you."
"Holy hawk feathers," Gasped Iggy, "Fang, you have a beard!" I almost laughed. But really, Fang didn't have a gross, unfashionable beard. It just looked like he hadn't had the chance to shave in a few days…and it actually looked kind of good…
"I told you!" Angel whispered to Gazzy who was nodding like an idiot.
I just stared as future Fang walked toward us. Then, the spell was broken.
"What do you want?" shouted Ty. I looked over at him and he had a look of pure hatred on his face. But I could also see a small trace of sadness hidden in his eyes.
"I just want to talk Ty." he replied holding his hands up in surrender. Then, his eyes lay on Sam. "Sammy." He called softy to her and I saw the tears spill over in her eyes.
Ty roared. "DON'T YOU EVER CALL HER THAT YOU BASTARD!!" he bounded forward and punched his own father right in jaw. I gasped and covered my mouth with my hands as I saw future Fangs head swirl to the side.
"I guess I deserved that." He said rubbing his jaw.
"Yeah. You did." Said Ty still glaring at him. Then he turned his back on his father and walked back to us. He stood right behind me and I heard him whisper to Fang, "Sorry 'bout that. But you did deserve it."
Fang chuckled. "Don't worry 'bout it. I know I did." He lowered his voice and I just barely caught his last words. "And believe me; I'm not proud of it."
I felt a tugging on my leg and looked down. Skipeo was holding onto my leg staring at the father who had left him. And as I looked at future Fang who was looking directly at Skipeo, I saw a look of sorrow on his face. It was a look I recognized, having once seen Fang give that look to Angel and I knew exactly what it meant.
I bent down slowly and said to Skipeo "Its ok you know. You can go to him if you want." He raised his head to look at me. I gave him a reassuring smile and Skipeo turned his gaze to his Father. Then he sprinted toward him at full speed.
"Skipeo!" shouted Ty. But the small boy kept running and leaped into future Fangs waiting arms. He hung onto him for dear life. Ty turned to me. "What did you do that for?"
"It's his dad Ty! Give him a break!"
"Give him a break? He left! He left us and left you miserable and you expect me to give him a break?"
"Ty, don't talk to her like that." My head whipped around and stared at Fang.
"Just- just don't ok? Let me handle this. I don't need you to come to my rescue ok? Just stop." I said and even though I instantly regretted it, I didn't care. There was way to much going on here at the moment and I needed to get a handle on all of it on my own. Fang stared at me for a moment before turning and walking away.
"You have no idea how much he's going to hurt you Mom," said Ty quietly before walking away as well.
"I-I'll go start dinner," volunteered Iggy and Nudge went to help.
"We'll get fire wood!" Gazzy called after them and he and Angel went off as well.
Future Fang walked toward me and Sam. As he walked he set down Skipeo who ran off after Ty.
"Hey." He said
"Hey." I mean, what was I supposed to say? I find out my best friend is my husband and that we have 3 kids but that then he leaves and then future him comes back and what? So "hey" was a pretty good reaction considering the present situation.
He looked at Sam who was looking anywhere but him, tears still in her eyes. "Sam, do you think I could talk to Max alone?" she nodded and walked toward the campfire and sat next to Maggie who put a comforting arm around her.
I watched her go, trying to prolong the inevitable truth in front of me. This was Fang! This was my best friend and now I couldn't even look at him. For some reason, I just knew that if I really looked at him, and talked to him like he wanted me to, I wouldn't be able to handle this anymore and I would breakdown.
I bet your thinking "WTH! This isn't Max! Max would turn around and kick his sorry little behind!" Well believe me, I AM pissed off beyond belief…but somehow….I don't think that this Fang is the one I'm mad at.
"Max? I know your probably confused and pissed off right now, but I need you to walk with me." He motioned his head toward the woods behind us and without saying a word I followed him.
After a few minutes of silence and we were deep in the woods, I couldn't help but want to know. "So, can I ask you a question?" He nodded. "Why are you here? Why now? And, why did you leave? How could you leave like that? I mean really, you come here and are all sad that your kids hate your guts but in the future, you leave them. What the heck is all that about?!"
He chuckled halfheartedly. "That's more then one question Max." I didn't laugh. I wanted answers and I was going to get them so help me…
"Just tell me." I said a little reproachfully.
Future Fang sighed and looked down at his shoes briefly before turning his head to look at me while we kept walking. "I know I shouldn't have left. It wasn't right for me to do that to you again. And truthfully…I don't know why I did. I just-I just needed to get away."
He tore his gaze from mine and without really wanting to know the answer, I asked, "What happened?"
"We had a fight. That's it. A stupid little fight just like all the other millions of stupid fights we have. But for some reason, I just didn't think we would get over this one without some help. So-"
"So you came back here to where it all started."
"Yeah. I wasn't planning on staying long, but then Sam came. And that changed everything. I needed to make sure that things didn't change. But I messed up." He stopped walking and turned so he was facing me. "Things have changed Max. Sam coming here, you finding out that you and Fang are together in the future, and that Sam is your kid, it changed things."
"What kind of things?" I asked slowly.
Future Fang sent me look filled with regret. And I knew that somehow, the future in those photo's that Sam had, that happy ending, and even the despair of Fang leaving me and our kids, would never happen. Because there would be no kids to leave.
"Everything Max. Everything has changed."
Ok well here it is! I am SOOOOOOOOOO beyond sorry that you had to wait this long. This was my first actually long writers block and I just didn't know what to do! I am SOOOOOO sorry! I mean, I knew what I wanted to happen, but I just didn't know how to make it happen! But then this morning I just sat down and WHAM! Lol so I hope you like it…..kinda a cliffe….but your used to that by now! Lol
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