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FANG POV

I was frozen. Again. For the fifth or sixth time that hour. I heard my mom telling me to get up, but nothing processed. Max had told me we were "taking a break" because she needed "trust". I had already ditched my old life for her, told her I needed and loved her, what else did I need to do? Apparently more, I told myself, unfreezing and continuing with my life.

I walked upstairs, slowly, with jerky, unsure movements, wishing I had someone, anyone (preferably Max, though) to talk to. Which is usually the last thing I want. You know, to talk.

Trust. Max wants trust. She needs me to show her that I love her. So I will. That's exactly what I'll do. I just need to figure out how.

Turning on the radio, the song Bad by The Cabs began to play, and from there, a plan began to form in my head. It formed slowly, but I am a teenage boy...

Max had said that she would be at the park everyday from now on, I don't know if she was being serious, or if it was just one of those things that couples say to each other, but if that's true, it's probably the best place to meet her.

Standing up, I quickly began to scribble down lyrics on my hands. Humming as I picked up my phone, I dialed a number, one that should help me a lot.

"Nudge?" I asked when she picked up. "You know how to play keyboard right?"

MAXIMUM RIDE

MAX POV

I have been coming to the park regularly now, trying to reduce the sadness that always makes me want to scream and cry and just run away. It has sort of been working. But while the nature calms me, the memories overtake me. I wish this week could just be over.

As I walked towards the part of the park where there was a stage for kids to play on and pretend to be rockstars, I saw something very unusual. There was an actual band on it, not some five year old playing the air guitar.

And as I walked closer, I saw the members that made up that band. Nudge, Iggy, and Fang. You know, the guy that I thought would be hanging out with Lissa.

And when I got closer still, I saw that Fang looked up at me and said, "Well here she is folks, I guess we can start now." And then there was massive applause. What did he do to make the audience so excited? Bribe them?

"Max, I know you're putting me through a test, and I just want to let you know that this how I'll pass," Fang said, then pulled the microphone from the stand as Nudge began to play.

BAD BY THE CAB

It feels just like it was yesterday

Why's it fallin apart?

I've never been one to walk away

But I've had enough, and it's breaking my heart

Cause you love me just the way that you should

It's nothing that you do, no, it's nothing you say

Pretty baby, I know that you're good

But I don't want a good girl, no not today

I want it bad

I want a bad girl baby bad

I want a love that's crazy yea

I began to smile uncontrollably. Fang wasn't even half bad. If anything, he was good. Who am I kidding, he's amazing. American Idol, here he comes.

I want a bad girl baby bad yea

I want it bad

I want a girl who stays out too late

And when I call, she doesn't answer the phone

I want a girl who likes it her way

And through it all, I know I'll end up alone

Yea yea yea, you love me just the way that you should

It's nothing that you do, no, it's nothing you say

Oh pretty baby, I know that you're good

But I don't want a good girl no, not today

He was talking about me. I was the girl that he amde out to be so amazing and badass. He made meirresistible from his point of veiw, and I started to realize how much he cared to do this for me.

I want it bad

I want a bad girl baby, bad

I want a love that's crazy, yea

I wanna fight, I wanna rock and roll and party all night

I want it bad

I want a bad girl baby bad

I want it bad

I'm getting sick of predictable

Tired of logical

Oh yea I gotta shake it off tonight

Oh yea girl I want something physical, not something invisible

I'm tired of being good let's be bad

I want a bad girl baby, bad

I want a love that's crazy yea

I wanna a bad girl baby, bad

I want a love that's crazy yea

I wanna fight

I wanna rock and roll and party all night

I want it bad

I want a bad girl baby, bad

I want a love that's crazy, yea

I wanna fight

I wanna rock and roll and party all night

I want it bad

I almost went deaf from the applause, but I tuned it out as I strode to the stage, marched up the steps, and grabbed Fang's face and kissed him with all of my heart.

He immediately responded, and somehow that made the crowd cheer louder. I don't know how that's possible, they were already destroying my eardrums.

"I am so sorry," I apologized, leaning my forehead against his.

He kissed my cheek before responding. "I understand. If I were you I would've done the same."

I leaned in to kiss him again and was again almost deaf because of the cheering crowd.

I stepped back. "And I have to thank the best friends in the world!" I hugged Nudge, who squealed and squeezed back, then hugged Iggy, who was less responsive but still wrapped his arms around me.

Then I more or less dragged Fang off the stage, pulling him to a place where we could be alone. I can't exactly talk when I can't even hear myself think.

"Fang, I love you, and I am so sorry that I made you sing in front of people. Oh, and for licking the cookie I gave you a while back," I said, pulling him close.

"Ergh!" He exclaimed, pulling back with a disgusted look on his face. "I ate that!"

"Well..." I trailed off, "Don't we swap spit all the time?"

He nodded, then pulled me into a hug. "Max, I need to tell you that I love you. I will love you forever and always, for the rest of my life. Through the wind and rain and pranks pulled by Gazzy, I will be here for you. No matter what. Forever and always."

I didn't need to respond. He knew I felt the same. He kissed me, sweetly and slowly, and I knew in that moment, I would never have to lose him again. He was mine. Forever and always.

MAXIMUM RIDE

NUDGE POV

"Gazzy, that was an amazing date, thank you so much. I honestly had a great time," I said as Gazzy walked me up my porch steps. I can't believe that I went on a date with one of my best friends!

"I had the time of my life, Nudge," Gazzy told me honestly, then pecked my cheek. "Willyoubemygirlfriend?" He asked quickly, looking down in embarrassment.

"Of course I will!" I told him, then pulled his chin up and kissed him hard.

I'm going to keep my business and romantic choices to myself here, so just imagine what happened.

And I guess this is where I want to be. I can just feel that this is perfect, that it will work out. I trust him with every bone, and every drop of blood in my body. He would never hurt me, not like Iggy. He's too sweet and innocent, and I'm ninety nine percent sure that he loves me just as much as I love him.

Woah. Hold the phone and shut the front door. Did I just say that I loved Gazzy? Was I being serious?

As I looked into Gazzy's eyes, I decided yes, I was being serious. I did love him, I could already tell. So I told him just that.

"I do too, Nudge. I love you too."

Yea, this is definitely where I want to be.

MAXIMUM RIDE

IGGY POV

So... I went out with Ella. And I actually enjoyed myself. I thought it would be a one time thing, with me just trying to get my mind off of Nudge, but I had one hell of a date. The setting was perfect, the conversations were perfect... she's perfect.

It had just been a simple dinner, but she still blew me away. Her hair has been pulled back into a bun, she showed off a beautiful navy blue dress. It reached her knees and sparkled in the light. Damn, that's the most I've ever paid attention to a girl's outfit. Maybe besides Nudge when she wore that... never mind. I promised myself that I was over Nudge. She has obviously moved on from me, and I now have to move on from her. Hopefully with Ella. I will always love Nudge, there will always be a small spot in my heart reserved for her, but now Ella has a spot of her own.

I shook my head. I didn't need to be thinking about the past, I should be enjoying the present and expecting the future.

I should resolve all of this. I picked up the phone and dialed Nudge's number, quickly pressing call before lost my nerve.

"Hello? Iggy?" Nudge answered, obviously surprised. I doubt she thought she's hear from me anytime soon.

"Nudge I want you to know that I went out with Ella. I will always love you. I know you went out with Gazzy, and that's great, I'm happy for you. I've promised myself that I would be happy for you, no matter what. So I'm keeping that promise. I will be like your big brother again. I want to be best friends again."

I heard a strangled breath from the other side of the line. After a second I realized Nudge was crying. "Nudge did I say something wrong?"

I could imagine her shaking her head as she said, "No, no, you said everything right." She paused. "Let's be bet friends again. Just like old times. The good times."

A smile lifted the frown off of my face. "Yea. Just like the good times."

MAXIMUM RIDE

SEVEN YEARS LATER

MAX POV

"Fang, I'll be ready in a minute," I shouted, hoping that my call would echo through the apartment and reach Fang.

Luckily it did, because he shouted, "I know you're a girl, but this is ridiculous!"

I rolled my eyes, zipping the back of my dress up. Yes, you read that correctly. I'm wearing a dress. And jewelry. I refused to wear heels, though. My dress is long so I was able to get away with Converse. Fang doesn't have to know that though.

"You're lucky you're not dating Bridged or Lissa anymore, the wait would be excruciating!"

"Yea, thank God I dodged that bullet!" He shouted, and I could practically feel his smile. "But how long does it take to lace up Converse?"

How did he know? Instead of shouting something back, a grin covered my face.

So... in case you were wondering, Fang and I both have completed college, and now live together in a small town in Massachusetts. We didn't really want to go back to California or Arizona, considering all of the history there. Plus, Angel and Ella are going through their last year of college nearby-Gazzy goes to school back in Arizona, he visits every break and is planning to move here when he's done-, so we can visit them anytime we want. Iggy lives in the same apartment building, and Nudge lives in a small house not so far away. Gazzy is moving in with her as soon as he completes college. Yes, Gazzy and Nudge are still going strong, and this may surprise you, but Iggy is planning to propose to Ella as soon as she completes college. Angel plans to move in with Gazzy and Nudge or buy an apartment of her own. Surprisingly, it depends on whether her boyfriend wants to move in with her. His name is Daniel, and according to Angel, "He's amazingly perfect."

So as you can see, our crazy, dramatic lives have resolved themselves, and we're all still great friends. Everything seemed to sort itself out.

So when Fang screamed, "If you're not ready in five minutes, I'm leaving without you!" I knew this had to be important. Last time we missed reservations he shrugged and took me to McDonald's.

I burst out of our room and said, "Ready," As I walked into the kitchen where he was waiting.

Walking into the room, a uncharacteristic grin covered his face. "You look amazing," He said, kissing my cheek before pulling me to the door. "And I would love to admire you some more," He paused to wiggle his eyebrows, "But we really have to make these reservations."

I stopped dead. "Why are you so uptight?" I asked him, my hands sneakily snaking around his neck. "We could just eat in the apartment." I smirked evilly, pulling him from the hallway back towards the apartment.

He shook his head. "Sorry, this is important."

I sighed. "Alright, whatever has got your panties in a twist, I'll go along with it."

He smiled. "Thank you," For a second his lips were on my cheek, then he resumed pulling me towards the lobby.

As we got there, I saw the doorman discreetly wink at Fang, and then Fang smirked back. What's going on here?

Fang walked out to his pickup truck and climbed in, inviting me to sit next to him simply by using his eyes.

As soon as I was buckled in, he was off, taking the necessary turns to go to wherever we were going.

I expected him to turn into some ridiculously expensive restaurant that takes years to get a reservation, but he didn't. Instead he drove right out of town, and came to a small little lake in the middle of nowhere.

He stopped, pulling to the side of the dirt road, and climbed out of the car. He walked around the front of the vehicle to reach my door, which he eagerly pulled open.

"Fang, do you have to pee or what, I've never seen you this excited!" I joked as he grabbed a picnic basket from the back of the truck.

He took my hand into his and lead me to where the grass meets the lake of the beach, then opened the picnic basket.

Out came two bathing suits, a pair of swim trunks and a bikini, along with a red and white checkered blanket and sandwiches and lemonade and all sorts of food that I love. I realized with excitement that he had brought chocolate chip cookies. (I still have an obsession with them.)

"Go change," He ordered, tossing the black bikini at me.

"Fang, we have been dating for about seven years, and you still haven't realized how incredibly stupid it is to order me around. Especially when trying to get me to wear a bathing suit that will most likely show off more of me than I want it to, so you can have a good show," I said sternly, my hands on my hips.

"It's so we can go swimming," He said, pushing me towards the truck so I could change in privacy. "And besides, Nudge picked it out a while ago."

Deciding it wouldn't be fun to argue and would ruin our little outing, I decided to just go with it.

I returned from changing, pulling the suit so that it covered what I wanted it to. Which was way more than it was capable of.

"Why did you make me dress fancy if we were just going to change?" I shouted so he could hear me from the truck.

"Because this was supposed to be a surprise, and if you thought we were going somewhere fancy, you would never expect this," He explained, coming back from behind the truck to hug me.

I smiled and turned into his hug, then pecked him on the lips before ducking under his arms and running to the water.

He shouted-it sounded like a war cry-and ran after me.

We splashed around, hitting each other with water, playing tag, Marco Polo, and whenever Fang caught me, he wouldn't release me without a kiss in return.

I don't know how much time had passed, just that the sun was setting and it was getting too cold.

"Fang, I'm cold," I whispered as we got out.

His only response was to go to the basket and take out what looked like my favorite pair of jeans and a tight black t-shirt. There was a sweatshirt, too, but he smirked and said, "The t-shirt is pretty tight, I doubt you'll need the sweatshirt."

"That doesn't even make sense!" I giggled as I went to change.

"Doesn't matter!" He called after me, probably beginning to change himself.

After that we ate, and it was delicious. I must have crammed myself full of the food and then I had about sixteen cookies. Fang didn't even compare to me, he said he wasn't that hungry. I found that weird because usually we bicker over food, and he almost always matches or eats more than me.

When I asked he shook it off, muttering something about not being hungry.

I shrugged it off and leaned into his shoulder, and we both fell back onto the blanket.

At first we talked, talked about anything really, then we lapsed into the comfortable silence that we were used to.

I was about to look at my watch and announce the time when a shooting star whizzed across the sky, almost too fast for my eyes to see.

"Make a wish!" Fang exclaimed, pointing it out, unusually excited.

"I wish that I will always have you as somebody I love and that I will always have the Flock backing me up," I said, sighing contentedly. "What about you?"

"I wish that you would be my wife," He said, and slowly pulled me up, but stayed down on one knee himself.

I gasped, happy tears starting to flow down my face as he pulled out a small black velvet box and held it out to me. He opened it, revealing a beautiful diamond, set around sapphires.

"Maximum Ride, I promise to love you forever and protect you when you need it. I will hold you back when somebody pisses you off too much, but release you if I'm pissed too. What I'm trying to say is, will you be mine, forever and always?" He asked, biting his lip nervously. "Will you marry me?"

I can't believe that he remembered that conversation after he had sang for me when we were fifteen.

"Yes! Yes! One trillion times yes!" I cried, pulling him to his feet and kissing him, and he twirled me around before holding me still and whispering, "You're mine, forever and always."