Hands Where I Can See Them
Chapter Forty-Nine
September 26, 2009
Max
"Max, I know you like being in charge, but you have to let Fang lead!" Nudge scolded me, pushing Fang away from me and smacking my shoulder.
"Hey, I'm good at being in the lead."
"Not for dancing! The man leads!"
"Sexist bas-" I began.
"Max!" Nudge screamed, obviously frustrated.
I groaned and flopped down on Nudge's living room couch next to James.
"How do you live with her?" I muttered.
Yes, James and Nudge had finally moved in together.
"Hey, she doesn't force me to dance with her." James replied, laughing.
"Max, James, since you're both sitting here I'll demonstrate how Max should be dancing with Fang, considering he hasn't had a single problem all night."
I rolled my eyes at Nudge's comments and watched as she danced with Fang, occasionally pointing things out to me and complimenting Fang's dancing.
Fang mentioned something about Abby forcing him to dance with her, but I hardly paid attention.
Don't get me wrong, I love Fang, but we've both been on edge for the entire month. October 9th was quickly approaching and everyone was on edge. Me, Fang, Abby, Ari, Beth, my parents, Fang's mom, everyone at the station... Everyone.
Speaking of people at the station, Sam and I still weren't speaking. Probably because I punched him in the face, but I can't be sure. He's still with Tess. It's funny though because Ella hates Sam. She's almost seven, so she talks... A lot. And she once told me that she prefers me over Sam. I felt a sense of accomplishment when she told me that. Fang liked it too.
"Okay, Max, now it's your turn!" Nudge chirped, letting go of Fang.
I groaned and stood up, going over to Fang, holding one of his hands and resting the other on his shoulder. One of his hands held mine, the other held my side.
"I don't like letting other people be in charge." I muttered, partly to myself and partly to Fang.
"Don't worry, Max. It's making Nudge happy that you asked her to teach you to dance. Just be patient, she's excited."
"Patience is a virtue, Maximum!" Nudge yelled from her kitchen, using my full name.
"My virtues are fucked, Monique!" I screamed back, tripping over my feet and almost falling onto the floor, had it not been for Fang catching me.
My lower back landed right on the crook of his left arm while his right held my face.
Fang's right hand slipped down from my cheek to the back of my neck as we looked at each other.
Fang leaned down and kissed me lightly before Nudge interrupted, screaming, "Ohmigosh! That could have been so cute if Max hadn't fallen to make it happen!"
Fang lifted me back up and laughed at Nudge's comment.
"I can't help it. I'm a goddess on my knees!" I joked, obviously kidding about being graceful.
Fang's cell phone interrupted everyone's laughter.
He pulled it out of his pocket and flicked it open.
"Hello?... Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We'll be there in five. Maybe ten. She looks like she's gonna kill her best friend. Alright bye... Yeah, tell her I love her too. Bye, Tess." he said into the phone.
"Tess ready for us to get Ella?" I asked, assuming that's what he'd been talking about.
"Yeah. She's down at the station with Sam. Didn't you say you needed something from your desk anyway?"
I nodded.
"Aww. You have to leave?" Nudge pouted.
"Yeah. Sorry. I'll see you at work tomorrow... Both of you."
I hugged Nudge and James goodbye and left with Fang.
After about five minutes driving and another five making out with Fang, he and I decided to go inside the station.
Fang found Tess and Ella and began talking to her about some arrangement for the next few weeks.
I went over to my desk to look for a few case files that Jeb had asked me to look through, but I couldn't find them.
"Jeb! Where're those case files? They were on my desk, but they're not here now..." I called to Jeb, who was at his desk.
Jeb got up and came over to me.
"I think Sam said something about checking them out too. You could ask him if he knows where they are."
"I don't particularly want to talk to him. He's really not worth my time."
"Max. I don't like rifts between my employees."
"And I don't care. There's a lot of things I will come to you for advice on, but this isn't one of them. He started this, and he's gonna end it."
"I think you started it. You punched him. He was black and blue for a week."
"Then I guess my right hook is better than I thought. He completely attacked me! He yelled at me outside of James' hospital room."
"And then you punched him."
"I can't believe you're siding with him on this."
I gave him a disgusted look and went over to Fang to tell him I needed to leave.
After saying goodbye to Tess, Fang, Ella and I left to go back to our apartment.
Someone's gonna need to remind me not to kill Jeb at work tomorrow.
"You did good dancing tonight." Fang smiled as we laid in bed later that night.
"Are you kidding? I tripped over my own two feet. You're gonna need to make sure I don't fall at our wedding."
"We still haven't decided what song we're going to dance to."
"Well, I have a few in mind. I already have the song I want to dance with my dad to ready to go. The singer has been practicing singing it and he sounds amazing. So we just need to figure out what our first dance song will be."
"Okay, well tell me your suggestions."
I told him the four I had in mind.
"They're all great. That's a really hard decision."
"I know which one I really want to do." I smiled, bending closer to whisper the song title in his ear.
"Perfect." he smiled, kissing my lips.
"I know a wedding is supposed to be every little girl's dream, but I'm twenty-five, and I'm stil excited."
"Max, I'm a twenty-seven year old male, and I'm excited."
I kissed him lightly and held him close to me.
Even in September, New York was freaking cold, and I still only wore underwear and one of Fang's shirts, so I was freezing, so having him so close to me kept me slightly more warm.
Maybe I should start wearing more clothes to bed... Hmm. Nah.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter! I enjoyed writing it. It was fun.
I love you all and appreciate your support so so much!
By the way, I've started ANOTHER FictionPress story. It's a romance story!
A lot of people said they didn't think they'd be interested in the one I've already posted because it's a horror one, but they said if I wrote a romance story, they would consider reading it. And while I had no desire to listen to my Civics teacher in school, I began writing a story for you guys!
xoxo,
K.J
