Hey guys…I'm back! Sorry I took so long but I really don't have an excuse to why I didn't update so feel free to throw rotten tomatoes at me. The good news is I finally got myself an editor! She's not from fanfiction though, she's my best friend! Say hello Jazmin!
Hey guys I am the new editor…. I guess. Anyway if you see that I didn't does a good job on this please tell me.
So on with the story (The fax has officially started!)
MAX P.O.V
I was coming out of my house, paranoid since Jeb hadn't come home in a couple of days. He hasn't even left me threatening voice mails. But all of my paranoia was quickly changed to confusion because there was a truck, which looked awfully a lot like a moving truck, outside Fang's house. I picked up my pace and walked up to the side of Fang's house. I didn't want to go in through the front door so I walked by the side of the house to their backyard. There was Nudge playing with Total. Nudge's back was to me, so I decided to sneak up behind her. The snow that fell the previous day helped muffle my steps a bit so when I was right behind her I jumped on her and screamed into her ear. "Aghhh!" she yelled. I couldn't help the face she did when she turned around to find it was only me. I burst out laughing right there and fell on the snow. It was easy to ignore the snow getting under my jacket and raising goose bumps on my neck.
"ZOMG Max! That was so not funny, I could've gotten a heart attack you know? You scared me half to death. I thought it was some creepy guy that wanted to kidnap me! You know what I would do if I got mmsafmfcffsd-", she was cut from Fang's hand covering her mouth. By the time I stopped laughing, Nudge also stopped rambling. Fang slowly took away his hands from Nudge's mouth and offered me his hand. I put my own gloved hand into his (always surprisingly) warm hand and he helped me up in one swift move.
"Hi", I said almost touching his nose.
"Hello", he answered back with his sexy half smile that I love.
"Um, guys. What are you doing?" asked Nudge, after an uncomfortable few seconds of Fang and me starring into each other's house. Fang broke our "starring contest" and turned to Nudge. "Nudge, can you take Total back inside? I think he's shivering over there", he said. We all turned to look at Total, who was distracted trying to bite his tail. "I don't understand why", Nudge started to say but turned to look at Fang. "I mean yeah sure. C'mon Total!" she changed her sentence and took Total inside. "What was that about?" turning back towards him after Nudge had gone back inside with Total. "I don't know", he says with a shrug and pulls me toward him. "Thought you wanted us to be alone". I wrap my arms around his neck and stand on my tippy-toes and put my lips to his. He didn't hesitate to return my kiss. His touch sends bolts of electricity all over my body, from the tips of my fingers to my toes. Despite the cold, I feel warm and I'm aware of Fang's hand on my waist, my right hand tangled in his soft, jet-black hair. At some point our tongue's fought for dominance. I let him win, just wanting to feel him, feel his heat spreading through my body.
After a while our kiss became less hungry and more passionate and then we eventually broke away. He leaned his forehead against mine, looking into my eyes. We're breathing hard from the kiss and lack of oxygen during our kissing. When our breathing became somewhat normal, I broke the silence. "Oh yeah. I forgot to ask, what's up with the truck?" I asked. "You're not moving are you?"
"No, we're getting a piano. Well we're getting Angel a piano", he replied. I let out a shaky laugh, relieved that he wasn't moving. "She wants to learn. A pianist came to her school and she just wanted to do it to." I try to picture angel not being fascinated by something like that. "That's nice. Does she have a teacher yet?" I asked. "Not that I know of, no", he said. I thought about this for a second. I wanted to teach Angel, but I didn't know if I still had it in me to play. I haven't touched a piano since mom died. She was fascinated by it and she took lessons in high school. She started teaching me how to play ever since I could write my own name. When she died, I never touch a piano again. Eventually, Jeb threw out mom's piano and he turned to drinking.
"Well, maybe I can teach Angel", I said but then I thought about it. "Or maybe not. It's a great possibility I don't remember much anyways". He looked at me with an unknown expression on his face and considered this. "You play piano?" was all he said. "Well when I was younger. I haven't played it since um, my mom. Well since she um", I stuttered but he cut me off. "Let's go inside. We have hot chocolate", he encouraged me. I broke out laughing, the awkward conversation behind me. "You know my weakness", I replied and wrapped one arm around his waist and moved to his side. Fang was the major change in my life right now. I had no reason to be alone now that Fang and I are dating.
We went in through the back door and then I followed Fang to the kitchen. There was Fang's mom baking something in the oven. It smelled a lot like vanilla and cinnamon. "Hey Max. Do you want some hot chocolate?" she greeted me with a smile. "Actually that's why Fang dragged me in here for", I said with a chuckle. She gave a small laugh and got 2mugsout of a cupboard above the sink then poured hot water and added the powdered hot chocolate to both. She stirred them and asked Fang to get the whipped cream out of the refrigerator while she took out mini marshmallows from another cupboard. She put some marshmallows in both mugs, then a heap of whipped cream and some more marshmallows on top. She handed one mug to me and another to Fang.
"Thanks", we both muttered and she went back to doing whatever she was doing. I sat up on the small island and set my mug next to me. Fang came over and wrapped one arm around me and set down his mug on the other side. "Hey, mom guess what? Max suggested she could possibly teach Angel piano", Fang said to his mom, or her back since she was facing away from us. But she turned around so she could speak to us directly. "Really? That'd be great Max", she said. "Angel would surely appreciate it".
"I don't know yet since I haven't played in years. I might be rusty", I said blushing. I was more concerned of what she thought of Fang's arm around me then the fact that I can't probably teach Angel. If she minded the proximity of me and Fang, she didn't show it. "We'll have to see. Maybe when they're moving it in here you can play something for us", she said with a smile. "That'll be cool, I guess", I replied. She smiled again and turned back to her baking. I took a sip from my hot chocolate being careful not to burn my tongue. "Let's go see if Angel is cool with it", Fang said. I set down my mug and he helped me down.
"You'll know Angel will be more than cool with it", Ms. Black said. "I'll be more than cool with what?" a small voice asked from behind us. We turned around to find Angel standing there. She was wearing a pink tutu skirt over her jeans with her teddy bear, Celeste. "That maybe Max can teach you piano", Ms. Black told her. Her curious expression turned to a beaming one. She ran towards me and hugged me around my waist. "Will you do that Max? Can you teach me?" she asked, looking up at me with her cute little blue eyes. "I don't know. I haven't", I started to say but I made the mistake of looking down at her. She was giving me…the Bambi eyes. That's everyone's weakness when it comes to Angel. "Oh, alright. But I warn you, I might suck now", I said wrapping my arms around her. "Yay! Thank you Max!" she shouted. Curse you Bambi eyes!
(TIME SKIP!-THANKSGIVING DAY!)
MAX P.O.V
Jeb had come home last night finally! He stumbled through the door drunk as always. He fell asleep right there in front of the door when he tripped over his own feet. Right now he was sleeping on the couch. He must've gotten up and laid down there in the middle of the night. I told him how Ms. Black invited us over for Thanksgiving but he said to make up an excuse that he couldn't make it. He didn't want to go and surprisingly he didn't me crap about me going. But he said I had to be back before midnight. So I put on this cute dress that I had in my closet for a while. It was a simple purple dress that stopped before my knees with a neck scoop. I decided to put something on besides sneakers, so I put on some black flats that I never knew I had. I put some mascara on and some pink lipstick. I know what you're thinking. Pink? But why Max? Well I thought it was better than the other choices I had.
I put my hair half up, half down and put on a black bead choker that was my mom's. It was one of the few possessions I had of her. And to block some of the cold I put on a black knitted sweater. I grabbed my phone and keys and put it in the pockets of my sweater. I went downstairs to find Jeb watching TV with a beer in his hand. "Jeb I'm gonna go now", I said from the living room entrance. "Whatever, just be back before midnight", he replied gruffly. I nodded my head and hurried to the door. It was kind of chilly out but Fang lived right next door. I locked the door behind me and made my way over to Fang's house. I climbed up the small stairs and rang the doorbell. After 5 seconds Fang opened the door and looked down at me. His eyes met mine and then he gave me those half smiles of his I desperately loved.
He was wearing a white dress shirt with a black tie, black jeans and black sneakers. I know! Mr. Dark, silent, and handsome wearing white! I'm just as surprised as you are! "Wow Fang, you're actually wearing white", I said with a hint playfulness in my voice. "Shut up. Mom wanted me to wear something other than black, so I just swapped the shirt", he explained. "Plus, you're one to talk. The great Maximum Ride wearing a dress?" he mocked right back. "Touché my friend", was all I said with a wink. He smiled, a real smile, and leaned down to kiss me softly on the lips. "Don't you mean boyfriend?" he whispered in my ear. His silky voice sends shivers down my back and my knees go weak. "Can I come inside? Believe it or not I'm getting cold", I said breaking whatever was going on between us. He stepped aside and opened the door wider to let me in. I smiled up at him and stepped inside, a blast of warm air hitting me and a waft of different smells reached my nose. All of a sudden my mouth was watering and I couldn't wait to get started with whatever Fang's mom made for tonight.
"It smells good. I can't wait to eat", I said as Fang closed the door and wrapped his hands around my waist. "Well mom has been in the kitchen practically all day with Nudge and I helping. Plus, I've been in the kitchen smelling everything and not being able to eat anything. How do you think I felt?" Fang joked. I leaned my head back on his shoulder so he could see me roll my eyes. He pecked me softly on my forehead and unwrapped his arms from my waist but held on to my left hand. "C'mon, everyone's here. We were just waiting for you", he said leading me to the dinning room. Everyone was already seated. Dr. Martinez, Ella, Iggy, Gazzy, Angel, Nudge, and Ms. Black were all seated and they were just talking to one another.
Iggy and Ella were holding hands and no one even questioned to why they were. Nudge, Angel, and Gazzy were having a conversation and Ms. Black was talking to Dr. Martinez. They all looked up when Fang and I entered the room, holding hands. "Hey Max, you made it. We were waiting for you to come so we can get started", Gazzy spoke up. Iggy then slapped Gazzy upside down the head. "What was that for?" Gazzy whined. "For being so impatient. Now shut up, you're wasting time and therefore taking up eating time", Iggy replied. "Look who's being impatient now", Ella replied to Iggy's comment. Everyone gave small laughs, even Iggy, who was blushing and apologized to Ella.
"C'mon on Max honey, sit down!" Ms. Black said patting the chair next to her. Nobody seemed to notice that Fang was holding my hand as I took a seat next to his mom. Or if they did, they didn't show or mentioned anything. "Alright everyone, why don't we go around the table and each give thanks individually?" Ms. Black said to everyone. "Angel, honey why don't you start since you seem the most eager". Angel nodded and everyone bowed their heads and listened for Angel to start. "Uh…" Angel looked at me and I smiled tightly.
"I'm thankful for my family", she said gesturing at all of us. "I'm thankful I have a dog. I'm thankful I have Max to teach me piano lessons, if she can. And I'm thankful for this good time here". Ms. Black smiled at her. "Thank you. Now Gazzy?" "Um, I'm thankful for all this food", said Gazzy. "And you know my family". "I'm thankful for food and my brother and sister and everyone else", said Nudge. "And I'm thankful I have big brown eyes and long lashes. I'm thankful all of you could be here. I'm thankful for MTV. And gummy worms".
"All right", said Dr. Martinez. "Iggy?" "Uh, what my brother said". Iggy's fingers drummed on the table. "Fnick's turn". Everyone looked up at him with a puzzling expression. "That's what I call Fang", he explained to everyone. Fang looked like he rather be at the dentist. "Me too. Family. Food. Everyone". His dark eyes met mine and he gave me a half smile. I smiled right back while Ella said her things. "I'm grateful for what basically Nudge said and cute shoes and America's Next top Model", she said. "I'm thankful for my job during these hard times", Dr. Martinez started. "I'm also thankful that everyone's healthy and that we're all gathered here". "Thank you to my children who helped me make this amazing Thanksgiving dinner. I couldn't have done it on my own", Ms. Black said. My turn. I was thankful for stuff – but not anything I wanted to mention in front of everyone. "Um, I'm thankful that we'd had this time here", I said. "It's been great meeting all of you, it's been great. And you know, thankful for my family and for getting the privilege to eat here with all of you". Everyone lifted their heads when I finished my statement. Only 3 people knew that half the stuff I was thankful for weren't true. "Alright everyone, let's eat!" Ms. Black declared. Iggy and Gazzy gave whoops of delight.
ALRIGHT! The next chapter might take long for me to update. But the next chapter is the ice breaker! But for now some news! I heard the Maximum Ride awards are on! Whoop! Now, it would be a great honor if I was nominated. Please, someone nominate me! But only if you think this story is good! Aside from that little thanksgiving bit I took from the second book it changed it a bit, so all JP owns that. Well guys review PLEASE! Dark Angel out! Say bye Silent Rider!
Who is Silent Rider? Anyway (again) I really hope you guys nominate Dark Angel I am a fan of this fanfic and don't worry if she doesn't type quick enough I will kill her. Bye guys!
