December 31st, Tuesday, 2012 (Max's POV)

Only 5 minutes until the clock strikes 12. Only 5 more minutes until New Year's. Only 5 more minutes until my relationship with Fang last more than 6 months.

Everyone at school agreed that we should have a party on New Year's Eve at school. Since there was no education involved, it was obvious that everyone came. Fang was next to me, holding my hand and just looking at the view. It was beautiful. Even though it was the city, we could still see the stars.

"I think I can see the little dipper." Fang suddenly said and I laughed.

"What?" He asked self-consciously.

"We're outside, just standing together, and you suddenly say the little dipper. It's funny." I explained.

"I just wanted to break the silence."

"Mr. I don't say anything but a few words wanting to break the silence? Impossible." Fang chuckled (a very sexy chuckle I might add), he moved in front of me and grabbed my shoulders.

"Well, I am known to conquer the impossible."

"And where did you get that reputation?"

"When I started to date the undatetable Maximum Ride." He said and I rolled my eyes.

"I am not undatetable. I'm just stubborn."

"And I can match that stubbornness."

"You know, and here I thought, 'wow, I really want to kiss Fang right now.' You can forget it now, Walker. Maximum Ride ain't kissing you." I said stubbornly and he chuckled that annoyingly sexy chuckle.

"You know you want to." He leaned in but at the last moment, I blocked his lips. He ended up making out with my left hand. Now it's going to have dreams about him. Oh left hand, I just might have given you the best and the worst gift ever.

"Why'd you block my kiss?" He pouted and I rolled my eyes playfully.

"I told you I ain't kissing you."

"I thought we were joking on that."

"Nope." I said, popping the 'p'.

"Seriously?" He asked incredulously.

"Not everyone drools for your kisses."

"And you wonder why I called you undatetable." He rolled his eyes while I laughed.

"Get over it Fang. Hey look! 20 seconds!" The digital clock inside the school brightly shined the number 20 and started to go down backwards.

"Only 20 more seconds until everyone parties like crazy." Fang said.

"Aren't people doing that now?" I asked, looking at the scenery. People were already getting drunk from the 'punch' *cough* vodka *cough*.

"Well, it will surely get crazier. Which reminds me…" And leaned in once more. I blocked him once more (can we say HA!) with my right hand. Sorry and your welcome, right hand.

"Really? We're still keeping this up?"

"Yes, yes we are."

"10! 9! 8! 7!" The people started to shout. Fang and I simultaneously looked at the digital clock. Then we both looked at each other and smiled.

"5! 4! 3! 2! 1!" Total chaos ensured after that but I didn't even realize it. Why, you ask? Because I kissed Fang before Fang could finish saying 'one'. We were then on a full out make out session and when we finally pulled apart for air, he breathed,

"I thought you didn't want me to kiss you?"

"It doesn't count if I kiss you." I said logically and he grinned.

"I guess I'm wrong." And pulled me into another kiss. I didn't block it this time.

January 1st, 2013, Wednesday

"Kissing on the start of a new year? Such a cliché." Lissa spat out while she looked at her nails casually. Maya just stared at her twin sister and her boyfriend.

Boyfriend.

A year ago, when she heard Max had a boyfriend, she would have laughed out until she felt six-packs forming. Now she was just impressed and… though she didn't want to admit it, she felt jealous.

She knew Nick, or Fang, when they were both little. Back then, he was just cute. Not hot or handsome or even funny, but cute. Not the OMG he is just soooo cute! cute but the chubby cheeks and small legs cute.

Now… Now he was a looker. His chubbiness was now gone and his small legs and grown long, making him so tall she would had to tilt her head up to see his face clearly. She betted that he even had a six, maybe eight-pack!

Had she known Max would become this lucky?

No. Never. Not in a million thousand years.

But now… her luck was beaming right in front of her eyes. She had no evidence to prove that Max wasn't lucky.

She looked toward Max once more. She was now laughing with Fang. They were probably talking about their childhood.

Maya felt regret. She never had a good childhood like Max did. She didn't have a best friend. She didn't even have a friend! Yet she had always pretended to.

Maya was always jealous of her twin. Even thought she had everything, looks, brains, fashion sense, Max always seemed to be more than that. And she had hated her for it.

Yet now, she felt something else. Was it because she hadn't seen Max in over a year? Impossible. She had once spent exactly 30 months without looking her face, she had almost forgotten that she had a twin. And back then, she had been happy she hadn't seen Max.

Then why was she feeling this way? And what was this 'feeling'?

January 26th, Sunday, 2013 (Fang's POV)

"Iggs, did you get the cake?"

"Yup, and it's as good looking as ever."

"Angel, Gazzy, are you done with the banner?"

"Yup." They chorused.

"Nudge, did you –"

"The presents are wrapped and as beautiful as they can ever be!" Well, thanks for interrupting.

"Guys, remember the plan. When I get the signal, we all hide and we yell surprise."

"Like we did when we young?" Iggy asked and I nodded.

"Oh, and leave the cake where Max's butt won't be." Iggy joked and we all laughed. At that moment, my phone beeped.

"Max is approximately 10 steps away from the door. EVERYBODY HIDE!" And we all scattered like mice. The door opened and Max stepped forward with her dad.

"I still can't believe that aquarium is still open. I mean how long has it been?"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" And like last time, she lost her balance and landed on her butt. This time though, she landed on one of her presents.

"NOOOOO!" Nudge yelled as she ran to her greatly wrapped present. Max, on the other hand, was still shocked by the surprise. Then she said,

"You idiots! I told you I hated surprises!" But she was smiling. We all were, well excluding Nudge who was trying to do something about the crushed present.

"Remind me never to surprise you when there are a lot of expensive plates." Nudge grumbled as we all laughed. And right then, a sleepy Maya came into view.

"What's with all the ruckus?" She asked annoyed and then she saw the surprise birthday party we made for Max. Her eyes scanned the decorated room and her eyes landed on the banner which spelled out "HAPPY B-DAY MAXIE!"

"We were just going to celebrate Maxie's birthday." Gazzy piped up and most of us face-palmed.

"Oh." Was all she said as she went back upstairs.

"You idiot!"

"Why did you say that?"

"You have no sense at all." Everyone chorused as Gazzy just looked sheepish.

"Sorry guys." We all sighed and laughed whole-heartedly.

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's party!" Nudge yelled and everyone cheered.

January 26th, Sunday, 2013

What was Maya feeling right now?

Shock, anger, misery, remorse, and the worse, she felt hurt. No one seemed interested enough to write her name in that banner. Everyone knew that Max and Maya were twins but did they write her name on the banner? No!

Too busy worshiping her sister.

Maya huffed and blew a piece of hair out of her face. The worst of it was that this wasn't the first time it happened. When they were little, Max would always get the attention. Whether it was because she had more friends or because she had good personality, she didn't know. But it didn't hurt to make Maya go into the spotlight sometimes.

She could hear music from downstairs and the laughter pouring with it. Jealousy stirred into her. Max always got everything she wanted while Maya had to suffer.

Her phone beeped at that moment, signaling a message. She opened it and saw that it was from Lissa.

Happy b-day Maya, honey. –Liss and with it, there was a photo attached. Her eyes widened as she realized what this photo was.

Another message came in and it was also from Lissa.

Final step of the plan: Divide and separate. –Liss

Maya's eyes flared as she downloaded the photo. The door suddenly opened and her dad stepped in.

"Hey honey, why don't you join the party?" Maya just huffed.

"Why should I? The party was specifically for Max and Max only. I'm obviously not wanted there." Her dad's eyes were sympathetic.

"Oh honey, you always did think the total opposite." May looked at her dad in confusion.

"What does that mean?" She snapped and her dad chuckled.

"After you went upstairs, everyone chastised Zephyr for saying such a thing and Max changed the banner to say 'Maxie and Maya'." Her said and her eyes softened a bit.

"She did?"

"Yup. Come downstairs and join the party. The cake is simply amazing." He said and left without another word.

'Max actually did that?' She thought as she slowly stood up to go downstairs. Music was still on and there was a lot of chatter. Did Max actually care about her? What changed? Another message came in.

Maya, remember one thing. Max has a reputation for lying. You never know if she's telling the truth or simply enjoying your suffering. Final step, Maya and it's done. Final step. –Liss

Max had that kind of reputation? Was she simply just lying to make her suffer? Maya's mind was in a total turmoil as she thought about the final step of the plan. Should she do it?

January 26th, Sunday, 2013 (Max's POV)

"Fang, don't test me here. No surprises, I thought we already got over that." I warned him as he just chuckled. The party was amazing, especially since my friends were so funny, especially Iggy and Gazzy. Maya had shown up for the party, even though I made my dad go up to her. Hmm, maybe she was just tired. The reason I kind of put her name in the banner as well was because no one deserves to be forgotten on their own birthday. No one, no matter how evil the monkey is.

The party started fade and soon Fang had covered my eyes with a blindfold and leading me to some place.

"Fang…" I warned one more time.

"We're almost there. Trust me." He said and soon enough, he took the blindfold off. It took me some seconds to adjust to the light and soon saw that we were at our secret place.

"Fang, why are we here?"

"Because I wanted to tell this in someplace special and this was the only place I thought of."

"Well, tell me what you want to tell me." I said, not in a harsh way.

"Come on, let's go up the tree house." We both climbed it and looked at the scenery in front of us. Fang must have come here often because it looked a bit different. Did he plant… Fire lilies?

"Fang, are those fire lilies?" I asked and he nodded while smiling. Fire lilies were my favorite flowers in the world but it was also one of the rarest.

"How did you –"

"Fang secrets." I punched him playfully and sighed, relaxing more and more. He then took my hand and I looked at him, surprised.

"Max, remember when I said that I was going to wait to tell you something really important?"

"Yeah. You said it was really important. Tell me." I said and I saw him struggling to say something.

"Come on, Fang. Just spit it out." He looked at me for a second before pulling me towards him and soon enough, we were kissing like there was no tomorrow. He was the one to pull away but only by a little bit.

"Max, I think I love you." He whispered and I gasped a little bit. Then I closed the gap, meaning that I felt the same way.

I loved Fang Walker. Wonder when that happened, right?

Just a few more chapters left guys!

Here's a preview of the next chapter because I feel happy that it's almost over (or am I?)

Everyone stared at me as I walked through the hallway. Why were they looking at me? It's not like I was having one of my explosions and I certainly didn't dress different. Hmm, I wonder what the ruckus was. They were all pointing and staring at me and I gave a look to a random girl. She just pointed to the end of the hallway.

Feeling something bad was going to happen, I ran to the end of the hallway and saw that there was a group forming. I pushed past and the wall came in view. Yet, the wall had a picture on it.

My eyes widened as I kept processing the meaning of this.

It was Fang. And the prom. Kissing someone. That was not me.

I read the description that was under the photo.

Fang is busted!

Fang Walker, currently infatuated with Maximum Ride, is caught kissing Maximum's sister, Maya Ride in prom.

Small mistake or on purpose?

'Maya.'

R&R!

Mikki is out! Peace!