Yay! I'm back! Here's your weekly update! Sorry I haven't written at all this week, I just started school and, just the other day, I switched my schedule around a bit since I wanted some classes with my friends. XP I switched out study hall and drama for mixed chorus all year. It was fine but I had some getting used to. I met new people and made new friends, still keeping my old ones- so that was cool. I like someone so I'm happy! ;D His name is- HA! Yeah, right, like I'll tell any of you! Anyway, here's your chapter, I'll try to update next Saturday...

After a ton of arguments with Angel, Ella, and Nudge, I finally was ready. They all wanted to do my hair and make-up but I wanted to it myself- meaning wearing no make-up and just leaving my hair semi-curly. I was wearing my dress and I was waiting for the girls to finish getting ready so we could get downstairs.

"Max," Angel started timidly. She put the hairbrush down. "I think… I think you should tell Fang."

Ella and Nudge stopped working on themselves and turned to face me, totally confused.

"Max, what's she talking about?" Nudge asked.

"Yeah, I don't know either." Ella crossed her arms worriedly.

"It's nothing."

"No!" Angel stood up. "It's not nothing! I talked to Jeremy." I glared at her. "I think he's right. If you don't share-"

"Angel, stop."

"-everything with Fang-"

"Angel,"

"It's not real love-"

"Angel!" I cried out. I looked at her through watery eyes. "I can't tell him. Okay? I don't want him to get hurt."

"You're already hurting him by not telling him. He can handle it- whatever it is." Nudge told me.

I shook my head, inhaling deeply. "No, he can't."

"Don't you trust him?" Ella asked.

"Yes, I do but I can't let him know."

"Max, you two had sex three weeks ago- you can tell him anything." Angel pointed out. "Tell him at Prom."

I hesitantly nodded. "Yeah, I'll tell him at Prom."

We all walked downstairs where the boys were waiting. I was going with Fang, Nudge was going with Iggy, Gazzy had brought a date, and Angel was meeting her friends there. Technically, Nudge and Iggy weren't going together as a couple but just as each other's dates. Ella was going to help out at the Prom since she was on committee.

Everyone's jaws dropped when they saw us. Fang smiled his smile at me. I smiled back but I was thinking of what to tell him. We took our pictures and got in the limo. I sat next to Fang and Nudge sat in between Iggy and Ella. Gazzy and his date sat near Angel.

Fang kissed my cheek. "You look beautiful."

"Thanks," I mumbled, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear. "Um, I need to talk to you alone when we get there, okay?"

Fang nodded, confusion in his eyes.

-!-

We've been at Prom for a while now, Fang and I not discussing what I wanted to discuss. We hadn't had time to. We were all announced our Royal positions two minutes ago and now we were all up on stage. Lissa and Brigid standing off to the side. Lissa looked a little happy for me since I put Brigid in her place. Brigid was smiling…well, a little evilly.

"And now the King and Queen will kiss." Barb announced. She winked at me, smiling. "Along with the Nymph and the White Knight."

Fang cupped my cheek with his hand and pulled my face to his just as Iggy was doing to Nudge. As our lips touched, people started clapping wildly and wooting.

The gym door opened loudly, door hitting the wall. Fang and I pulled apart to see what had thrown the door so violently. My eyes widened and I noticed that Fang's had as well.

There was this man that was picking on a kid near the door, taunting him and looking ready to beat him up- or worse. Fang moved forward, off the stage, setting his crown on it. I gave Barb my crown and made my way behind the stage. Brigid was still smiling, staring at the guy and Fang who was making his way over to him. I grabbed a bag from behind the curtains and changed quickly. Instead of my dress, I wore my old Gang Uniform.

Mine had been different than Tabby-Cat's and them. I wore brown tights/leggings and a brown shirt that went to mid-thigh. Over the top, I wore a brown and white vest-thing. Over THAT, I wore a black jacket that ended at my knees. I left it open. My shirt was long enough to cover me. My shoes were brown boots that stopped right under my knees. (pic on profile but minus the bag)

I rushed off stage, setting my crown next to Fang's. He was standing a good distance away from the man, arms crossed, glaring at him with a scary look in his eyes. I wound up next to him. The man stared at me and smiled a toothy grin.

"Ah…Lilith." He greeted. "Long time no fight."

A feral growl rose from Fang's throat. "Don't talk to her." Fang went to stand in front of me but I pushed past him and stepped right in front of the guy.

I could feel Fang's tension and anxiety. I stared at the guy right in the eyes, not backing down even though he was taller than me. I noted that the scar under his eye was exactly as I remembered (and no, it's not Doctor Evil standing in front of me…) "Stand down." I ordered.

"Lilith, last I heard, you can't order anyone else around anymore. Maybe the Vampire here but not anyone else." I scowled at him and he rubbed his thumb against my cheek. "But maybe you can come back to power if you help me."

I grabbed his wrist and twisted his hand away from me, ready to snap it in half. "Remember last time you touched me?" I growled. "Leo, leave now."

"I can't." He panted. I was still in the process of breaking his wrist. "I have an order- more like a request."

"From who?"

"My cousin."

"Why?"

"She wants me to take care of some business."

I let his wrist go and he held it in his other hand, rubbing it soothingly. "Get out of my territory."

"I'm afraid I can't do that, Boss. The business I have to take care of is standing right behind you."

"Leo, I am ordering you, as Lilith, to leave before I take your gun from you and make it happen where you won't be able to have kids, let alone pee." I threatened.

He stared from me to Fang. "Has Lilith the Great fallen in love? With Vampire, of all people?! Unbelievable. Lilith the Great- former leader- has fallen from the map to lose her heart to the man she suggested I kill all those years ago."

"I didn't know it was him-"

"Still an order."

"Leo!" I shrieked. He silenced. "Leave." I pointed to the door.

He took something out of his pocket. It was a 45 pistol. He pointed it at me. "I'm sorry, Boss. I have to get rid of anyone who stands in my way." He pulled the trigger and a loud buzz went through the air, people screaming and running away from him, all the way toward the stage but not looking away from us. Fang was still behind me, even when I went down like a sack of potatoes.

I laid there, listening to everything around me, face down to the floor.

"You see, Vampire? That's what you get for hurting my baby cousin." Leo said.

"Why did you call Max 'Boss.'?"

"Hoe dare you call Lilith her personal name! Have you no respect for higher ups?! She ruled all the gangs over in the East! She was the top notch- the best of the best- the toughest, meanest, most ruthless leader in the country!" Leo paused in explaining and took a couple steps forward. "And she's the one who told me to shoot you in the mini mart back in Virginia. I told her you tried to leave and she said to kill you, you Bloodsucker."

"You're lying. Max would never-"

"Lilith did!" He yelled. "The girl you know is completely different than she really is. You think she's so innocent- well, you're wrong. She gave me this scar!" He pointed to his eye. "We were arguing over some trivial matter and she clawed me! I had to be sent to the hospital because she almost murdered me! I looked as though I was hit by a bus!"

"You probably deserved it, Leo."

"Don't you dare call me my Gang Name- you dropped out."

"So did Max."

"No, she didn't." He laughed. "She never did. Her gang turned their backs on her, trying to ambush her, to take over her throne. They saw her as nothing but weak. Those morons. Lilith turned them in and she was forced into hiding. She never dropped out. If she told you that then she told you someone else's life. Not hers."

Fang was quiet for a moment. "Whose you're cousin?"

"Leo! Why didn't you do anything to him yet!?" Brigid whined. "I told you you'd regret not going with me." She smirked at Fang.

Leo took another step forward, gun at his side. He was right next to me. "I'll deal with it in a second." I waited. "Vampire, I'm telling the truth. Lilith did tell me those years ago. And you know that once I'm ordered to do something, I can't back down." He started raising the gun.

I spun my legs around and tripped him, Leo landing on his back. I got up and took his gun away. "One thing I'm glad I never taught you, Leo, was how to hit your target." When Leo had shot me, the bullet grazed my shoulder. I was totally fine. I faced Fang. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you. I didn't know he would take it seriously about the killing part- I was joking."

"About his eye…" Fang trailed off.

I nodded. "Yes, I did that. But it wasn't trivial. He wanted me and I didn't want him. He wouldn't leave me alone." I looked at Brigid and she looked terrified. "Thought your plan would work, did ya?" I raised the gun and cocked it. She ran.

Fang took the gun away from me and took the bullets out, putting the gun in his pocket. "You shouldn't handle a gun."

The Twins, Nudge, Iggy, Gazzy, and Angel came running over, pulling me and Fang outside.

We all went home early.

-!-

I laid in my bed on my side. I was in my silk pajamas, staring at my wall. Fang hadn't talked to me after that- no one had. I breathed in deeply, a few tears trickling down my cheeks.

I heard my window slide open and a body came in through the open space. It was Fang.

"Why didn't you tell me?" He asked after a deafening silence.

I sniffled. "Because I thought that if I didn't tell you, then I could forget my past. That it wouldn't be real."

He sighed and sat down on my bed. "You wouldn't hire a hit out on me again, would ya?"

I shook my head. "I'm sorry… Vampire." I sighed. "I can honestly say that I like my life here better than my old life." I bit my lip, looking down at my hands. "You- you probably hate me now, don't you?"

"No." I looked up at him. "No, I still love you. Once you fall…"

"You can't get back up." I finished quietly. He nodded. I moved the sheets away from me, scooting back. "Get in."

He got under the covers and I laid my head on his chest. He held me closely, kissing my forehead.

I sighed. I told him everything…but is that enough? Will I go or will I stay?

Okay, everyone, I'll clear things up for those who are confused about what was going on. Max and Fang were in gangs back on the East side. Leo was the leader in Fang's gang. Max was named Lilith and Fang had a couple nicknames: Bloodsucker and Vampire are the main ones. With all the gangs, whomever was the toughest conquered all, controlled all, commanded all. That was Lilith. Max's gang was jealous of her power over everyone and ganged up on her, trying to gain her status and her position over everyone. But, before that, Fang had dropped from his gang. Leo went to Lilith, Max, asking what he should do with him. As a joke, she said kill him, she even laughed and said "Ha! Yeah, right!" But he still did it. He went to kill Fang but Fang's dad had gotten in the way at the time, Fang living. A little after that, when Max found out Leo tried to do what she joked about, she was attacked by her gang, left bleeding anf dying. Her gang went to credit themselves for victory against the most powerful while she healed and turned them in. She went into Witness Protection and became Max again, not Lilith. She started over.

So, that's the explanation of Max's life in case some of you were confused over that. By the way, the gun Leo pulled out against Max was the gun he used when he shot fang seven times. (Random fact of the day...) But that little fact is kind of important because when I rewrite this in Fang's POV, he'll see the gun and remember what happened before- maybe some flashbacks. i'm not sure... we'll have to wait until I write it. XD