Chapter 20

I could feel his muscles tense as he said the word 'father'. His hand subconciously grabbed mine and he squeezed it. I returned the pressure and he let out a breath. Stephen started speaking again.

"I'd prefer dad, if that's okay Fang. Father is a bit too formal for me."

"Well considering I haven't had a dad for the past sixteen years I hope you will forgive me for my ignorance of the proper formality with which I am supposed to address my recently aquired father figure." He continued to crush my hand with the strength in his fingers.

"Fang… Please understand we wanted to see you over the past few years but-" Celine spoke.

"Few years?" I spat. "It's been over a decade."

"But-" She continued as if I hadn't spoken "We just couldn't find you."

"I'm sure the person you sold me to at the School could have given you some clue."

"Sold you? Never! We gave you up for adoption at a well respected agency! We had no idea what had happened. One day we read in the newspaper that a child had been kidnapped from the agency we gave you to. We were heartbroken when we found out it was you, so we tried to sue but we just didn't have the money." It sounded legit but I knew that the more detailed a story was, the higher a probability of it being a lie.

"Ha! That sounds like a lie to me." Jace voiced my concern. "So, you gave Fnick here, up for adoption because you were too young to raise him but it was okay to have me like, a year later?"

"We had you more than a year after we gave Fang up Jace. It had been 4 years since we'd given Fang up and both Steve and I were older, physically and mentally. We weren't foolish 18 year olds anymore. We were 22 with jobs."

"So, having Fang was foolish?" I asked.

"No! Giving him up was foolish! My baby was kidnapped from an adoption agency because I didn't think I could take care of him, and what did they do? Experiments!"

"And what do you do now? Experiments!" I shot back.

"Experiments to try and control what the ITECH did to you. Everything we did was because of Fang and Jace." Stephen finished the story. "So, what do you say, son?"

What I wanted to happen was:

Fang: I say that you're stupid for giving me up. I also ask what you want me to say to you after you spring that on me.

Stephen: I don't relly know how to respond to that but you were born in Finland and so your real name is Kulmahammas. We were going to call you Kull, or Hammy, but you can go by Fang if you want.

Fang: You've got to be kidding me. –storms out of room and pulls me with him- Wow. I can't believe them.

Me: Neither can I.

Fang: You know I really missed you.

Me: Who doesn't? –Fang looks at me and rolls his eyes- I missed you too.

Fang: -Kisses Max-

But what really happened was:

Fang looked at Stephen. "It's nice to finally meet you Mom and Dad." And then they all left the room as one big happy family.

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User: Maximum. Ride
You are reader number: If you really wanna know it's probably something like maxillion ha.

Hello dear faithful readers.

Guess what? A. I'm in a top secret institute! B. Angel left me and C. Fang found his parents! D. I'm not dating Fang anymore, E. Jace and I kissed but aren't dating either! F. Alex hates me, G. Iggy and I are tight, H. Ian rocks my socks when he speaks and I. Dylan's fallen off the edge of the earth. You've missed out on a lot!

So ya. Now for my points of view on these things.

A. I'm in a top secret insitute. That speaks for itself. It ROCKS. Looks like a shack, but is really like some super cool place like the basement of the house in X-Men. OMG WE'RE LIKE THE X-MEN. Sorry. I've entirely lost my marbles due to events A-H.

B. Angel left me. Boo hoo. Srsly, I miss her and I don't know why she left. I'd go find her but I think this is something she has to do on her own. That I don't know where she is. Angel, if you're reading this, I miss you baby and I hope whatever you're doing goes safely and you come home soon (with a better attitude, but that would just be a plus).

C. Fang found his parents. The biggest thing that happened so far. I don't really know what to make of it. I always knew we'd probs find each others parents, but I didn't think any of them would run an institute, or trigger my lying detector. I don't know whether or not to trust them, but I should give them a chance. Right?...

D. I'm not dating Fang anymore. I'm still in love with him. I always will be, but we're trying the just friends thing for now. HA. See how long that lasts. No one can resist my charms…. Well that and I still love him and hopefully he loves me.

E. I kissed Jace. Yup. Multiple times. We're not dating. I don't love him, but I do like him. We'll see where it goes but I doubt it's gonna go that far.

F. Alex hates me. What else is new?

G. Iggy and I are tight. We're BFFLs. It rocks.

H. Ian rocks my socks when he speaks. I heard Ian speaks! And he's hilarious! I adore him. In a very mutual friendship way.

I. Dylan's fallen off the edge of the earth. Where'd he go? If you find him or his voice/points of view, please return him to me. Thanks.

Enjoy the ride.

Yours featherly

Please R&R! Tell me what you think!

PS: Live life to the Max!

Q+A (13587 questions)

Well now I'm just honoured! You're amazing! So many questions… But unfortunately, so little time. The parents Fang limited my computer time and so I can only answer a few. SORRY!

Jessica Where on earth is the institute? I'd totally love to visit

MaxTheUltimateRide I totally love to tell you. Except it's totally top secret. Hehe.

Angel Wish things were different Max. But they aren't. Thanks for the wishes I'll make sure to save you when the world ends.

MaxTheUltimateRide Thanks for the generosity.

Ella OMG THAT IS AMAZING! FANG FOUND HIS PARENTS! AND YOU AND IGGY AS BEST FRIENDS ROCK!

MaxTheUltimateRide Haha thanks Ella. I'll be sure to talk to you soon :) Say hi to mom for me.

TheRedHairedWonder So you and Fang broke up? Darn. Hope Jace works out for you!

MaxTheUltimateRide Did you miss my whole 'I love him' thing. Guess so :)

DylanLover I feel so bad for Dylan. I hope he's okay.

MaxTheUltimateRide So do I, if only he'd speak more and stop being a ghost. I'm sure everything will work out.

I closed the laptop.