I feel like such a freak right now. I have at least 3 songs on my iPod in foreign languages that I don't understand! I mean sure I'm learning another language (guess which language in a review! You guess right and I give you a virtual cookie through PM!), but these songs are in languages I completely don't understand. But they're so DAMN catchy! By the way, I wasn't originally going to add this chapter, but I got a review complaining about not enough romance and I realized Crap! I really have neglected putting in Fax fluff…
Disclaimer: I don't own Maximum Ride.
José: You own ME!
Me: Right now, I wish I didn't. -_-
Ch. 35:
Max POV
"Mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm!"
"Would you stop humming?" Ella groaned.
"Nope… In fact, I think you just inspired me to start singing." I grinned evilly.
"No." Ella's eyes widened. I don't have a terrible voice, but it certainly isn't best.
"I AM TITANIUM!" I yelled, being intentionally horrible.
"Make it stop! The horror…" She whined. I just laughed.
As if on cue to Ella's request the doorbell chimed.
"I'll get it!" Zack yelled to us.
I heard Zack say, "Do you, like, live here?"
With that, I shot up. "Fang!" I yelled. Yes, I knew he was talking about Fang. Fang did practically live here, though.
I wrapped him in a hug. "Hi Max." He said, though his voice was muffled into sounding like 'I Ax'.
"What's up?" I asked, removing myself from his arms.
"We are going somewhere." He emphasized.
"Where?" I asked.
"Surprise."
I groaned. "You know I hate surprises."
"Yes, I do." He grinned cheekily.
"Evil." I muttered.
Taking my hand, he dragged me behind him as we made our way to his 'baby'.
"Hi baby." He said before hopping in.
I crossed my arms; "I'm starting to think you like the truck more than me."
"Oh, I do." He said, earning a glare and a punch. Not a wussy punch, either.
"Ouch… punching your boyfriend, Max? Right before he's about to take you on a date?" He rubbed his arm.
"Oh, my!" I gasped. "Did that hurt?"
He rolled his eyes and started up the truck.
"Oh, I almost forgot." He pulled out a bandana and covered my eyes with it.
"What the…?" I asked.
"It's so you can't see it until we get there." He responded.
"Can't see what?"
He sighed, "Do you not know the meaning of surprise?"
I felt a bit scared as the truck lurched forward. I liked to have all my senses on me, thank you. It kind of felt like I was missing a limb. Maybe an arm, or a leg. No, an elbow! Wait that's part of an arm…
"Fang?" I asked.
"Yeah?" His smooth voice responded.
I thought a moment more. "Is not having your sight more like missing an arm, a leg, or an elbow?"
"An elbow is part of your arm."
"That's what I was thinking!" I exclaimed. Soon after I said that I heard a Smack!
I glared through my bandana, "Did you just facepalm?"
"Err… no?" Fang responded.
"Both hands on the wheel!" I commanded.
"Sheesh…" I heard him mutter and I smirked.
I heard Fang click on the radio.
I am titaaaniiiuummmmmm! I heard Sia shout, which sent me into a fit of hysterical laughter. I wonder if I should torture Fang like Ella…
"Max… you're acting kind of strange today? You're not on drugs, right? Or… have you been to the dentist recently?" He asked seriously.
I turned to him; at least I thought he was there. I didn't know because of this damn blindfold.
"I'm not on drugs!" I yelped. "And why would you think I've been to the dentist?"
I could almost feel his shrug. "I figured that they might've overdosed you on laughing gas."
I scoffed and slapped his… abs? What? Don't blame me. I was going for his arm.
"Any reason you decided to hit my stomach?" He asked.
"I thought it was your arm!" I exclaimed.
"Mmmhmm." He responded.
I crossed my arms and stayed silent until I felt the truck stop. I heard Fang get out of the car, and then come to my side. He grabbed my hand and led me out of the car.
He led me further and further and I kept wondering when this damn blindfold could come off.
Suddenly, he lurched to a stop. He slowly removed my blindfold, and I had to blink a few times to figure out my surroundings.
The first thing I noticed was that the sun was getting lower in the sky. The second thing I noticed was the giant picnic basket in Fang's hand, and the third thing I noticed was the huge blue ocean that was displayed in front of me.
"It's beautiful." I gasped.
"I know." He agreed. We sat down on the warm sand.
Suddenly, a thought struck me.
"Why isn't anyone else here?" I asked.
He grinned wickedly, "It's a privately owned beach."
"By who?" I asked. He pointed to the giant house towering over everything else on top of a hill. Now, that was a beach house.
"Wait… Is this legal?" I cocked an eyebrow.
"Do you care?" He countered.
I shrugged and opened the picnic basket that was set down on the ground.
For the second time, I gasped. It was filled with all different kinds of cake! (A/N: Ha!) I pinched myself. Nope… I'm not dreaming… or in heaven.
I shoved my fork into the chocolate cake, then red velvet, then carrot cake, then yellow cake, then- Okay, you get it. I had lots of cake.
I wiped my face, not caring if there was anything there, though.
Smiling, I clutched Fang's arm. He stared at me. I just dragged him after me as I ran toward the water. I paused just in front of it. After rolling up my jeans, I trudged into the cold waters.
I shivered from the chill of the water, but soon felt to large arms wrap around my waist. I looked up to see Fang. You know, it's the funniest thing. I'm not cold anymore…
"Max…" He said.
"Hmm?" I asked absent-mindedly.
"I-I think I love you." He whispered into my ear. That snapped me into attention.
"What?" I asked.
"I love you, Max." He said more confidently. "You don't have to say it back. I just wanted you to know."
"No, Fang. I love you too." I responded without knowing what I was saying. I immediately was shocked at myself for saying this.
"Really?" He asked.
I didn't know. Maybe I did. I always wanted what was best for him and I was always dying to see him smile. He made me happier than I ever was before. Was that love?
I found myself saying, "Yes."
He bent down to kiss me and I felt electric as our lips collided. I closed my eyes and deepened the kiss, not caring about anything but us. It felt so great to say that… us. Us. Us. Us!
"Hey!" Someone snapped. I turned to see an older man yelling at us. "This is a privately owned beach!" He continued.
I looked at Fang and questioned him with my eyes. Run? I asked.
He nodded. I grabbed his hand and we trudged out of the water and grabbed our picnic baskets. We sprinted past the man and ran all the way to the truck.
I hopped in and Fang sped off quickly.
I laughed freely into the wind and Fang grinned. Which is basically the equivalent of what I was doing, for him.
I couldn't help but smile at his laughing onyx eyes. When he was happy, they seemed to be speckled with gold.
Yep, I couldn't deny it.
I was in love.
You can happily thank some Fax-deprived reviewer for this chapter.
My answer to last chapter's question: I think I made my point clear last chapter. COOKIE MONSTER!
This Chapter's Question: Who's your favorite singer/band?
Okay, maybe I only asked that because I'm looking for more good music, but still answer the question! ;D
~Cake.