A/N sorry it's been so long but I warned you. This story is going to start to come to an end. If there's anything you want to see happen really badly let me know because I'm a couple chapters in advance so I'll need time to write it in. The song is La La Land by Demi Lovato I thought the song fit Max a lot.
"I am confident but," I sang from the booth.
"I still have my moments
Baby, that's just me
I'm not a supermodel
I still eat McDonald's
Baby, that's just me," I shrugged.
"Well, some may say I need to be afraid
Of losing everything
Because of where I
Had my start and where I made my name
Well everything's the same
In the la-la land machine, machine
Who said I can't wear my converse with my dress?" I pointed to my feet even though I wasn't wearing converse.
Well, baby, that's just me
And who said I can't be single
And have to go out and mingle
Baby, that's not me, no, no," I sang out happily.
"Well, some may say I need to be afraid
Of losing everything
Because of where I
Had my start and where I made my name
Well, everything's the same
In the la-la land
Tell me do you feel the way I feel
'cause nothing else is real
In the la-la land appeal," I sang out. I loved being able to jam out out the music.
"Some may say I need to be afraid
Of losing everything
Because of where I
Had my start and where I made my name
Well, everything's the same
In the la-la land machine
Well, I'm not gonna change
In the la-la land machine
I will stay the same," I said softly.
In the la-la land...
Machine," I sang out feeling my diaphragm deflate.
Machine
Machine
I won't change anything in my life
"I won't change anything in my life," The prerecorded voices echoed in my headphones. When it was live the band would just say it.
I'm staying myself tonight," I pointed to my chest to prove it.
"I'm staying myself tonight," The prerecorded voices said again. I looked up expecting to just see the band, Ash, Jimmy, and the guys helping us record but instead I saw a familiar black pair of eyes staring into mine. He was smirking mischievously making my stomach go into a frenzy I hadn't intended it to have. I felt my grin grow and didn't bother to try and hide it I just ran out of the booth after throwing my headphones around the microphone.
I wrapped my arms around him and smiled into his chest. I missed him so much.
"Surprise," He whispered into my ear and I just held him tighter. When I finally let go of him, almost unwillingly, all eyes were on us.
"I need to go call Josh," Nudge said close to tears before walking out but there was smile on her face. I know Nudge was missing Josh as much as I was missing Fang.
"Hey man," Iggy said walking up to Fang and giving him a man hug thing. Then Gazzy and Dylan gave him the weird hug too and Ash patted him on the back.
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Fang POV
"That's too much," Max said turning one of the many nobs and earning yet another glare form the man who was supposed to be the only one to touch this stuff.
"Please don't touch the equipment," He said impatiently.
"I wouldn't have to if you did your job right," Max mumbled but I had heard her and so had Iggy who was laughing from behind me. Max was perched on my lap but she wasn't at all focused on me but on the music coming through her headphones.
"Listen I went to school for years-"
"Why don't you go get a snack with Fang, Max," Ash suggested cutting the guy off. Max rolled her eyes but stood up taking me with her. The last thing we needed was for Max to get in a fight with this guy.
The second we shut the door Max groaned and rolled her eyes at me.
"Any monkey can do that job. The least he could do was actually do what I said." She said frustrated. I didn't mention that he job was actually really hard and there was no way I could do it I just let her get it out of her system.
"It's fine, let's go take a break and spend some time together. I have to leave soon anyway." I said putting a hand on her back and guiding her towards the front of the building where I had seen a vending machine.
We each got a snack and drink and sat at one of the tables that seemed out of place in the fancy building.
"Are you coming to the concert tonight?" She asked me while looking inside of her bag to pick witch chip she wanted. To Max everything needs to be considered including which chip is better than the other.
"No I have a giant paper due tomorrow and an early class," I said though I wish I could be say the exact opposite. I wanted to spend time with her. She looked up at me. Her brown eyes were sad and she looked miserable; almost like I had just stabbed her in the back. She quickly flicked her eyes back down to her chips but I saw the look. The way she was pleading me to say that I had just lied and I really was staying. It almost hurt now. Maybe I shouldn't have come. It's always harder to say goodbye.
I reached my hand across the table with my palm up and waited for her to look up. I watched as a smile grew on her lips making everything feel a little better. She brought her hand up and placed it in mine before looking up.
"Everything is going to be fine. You're coming up to see me in a couple days and I'll be counting the seconds. We're going to make it work. It's just a tough time right now because both of schedules are mad crazy. When everything settles down it'll be a lot better. Things will get better and less stressful and I'll be able to see you for more than a day at a time." She nodded and I knew I said the right thing. Sometimes I was just winging it with Max. I figure when I'm in doubt I'll just talk about what I actually feel and that seemed to work. Sometimes what I felt made her get mad and made us argue but I'd rather be honest.
"Love you," She said softly. Her hand was smooth in mine unlike my callused one. Sometimes people forget that Max isn't superwoman but right now when her hand rested in mine the strength she gave me made me think they might be right. There's no way any other regular person could make me feel like this.
A/N so it's kind of filer but it's so we can move along in the story. Don't forget to REVIEW! Please they make me happy.