Chapter 5:
I lay there staring at the ceiling. Fang was still asleep next to me. His hand moved across my stomach in his sleep. I looked at the clock- 5 AM. I didn't feel like sleeping anymore because I probably slept really early yesterday. I wanted to get up but I was afraid of waking Fang. His dark black hair framed his olive face perfectly. He lay on his stomach facing me. I slowly lifted his hand off of me and carefully slipped out of the blankets.
"Where are you going?"
I flinched. "You were awake?! For how long?! Geez… might as well be invisible."
Fang became completely still and slowly faded into the bed until he really was invisible.
"Thanks. I got it." I rolled my eyes slightly annoyed.
Fang reappeared and smirked at me. "You never answered my question."
I just smiled at him and walked over to the window. I lifted the latch and stepped out onto the ledge. I looked back and Fang and nodded at him to join me. I turned back and leapt up towards the sky before falling a couple feet and opening my wings. I gracefully arced up and waited for Fang.
He stood on the ledge of the window and was looking at me intently. I blushed and flew a couple feet away.
Why am I blushing? Stop blushing! It's nothing to be embarrassed about!
The flock has been teasing Fang and I about having a "thing" for a while now. Of course we liked each other… we just haven't admitted it to each other yet and I don't intend to anytime soon. I can't be distracted when we are constantly being chased, I can't afford to be distracted.
I looked back at the ledge. Dammit! Fang was still looking at me.
"Are you coming or what?" I yelled.
He did a front flip off of the ledge and opened his wings and arced up towards me. His black wings almost blended in with the night sky and almost put my powerful wings to shame.
"Nice touch." I said laughing at him.
"Eh… I was feeling it I guess." He looked straight ahead with a smirk.
He led me up and we hovered there for a while looking at the city lights further away from the dark wooded area where Dr. Martinez lived.
"Lets go over there." I pointed towards the cliffy area that we were quite familiar with from previous experiences.
We flew in unison towards the mountainous area. The sun was rising behind us and created a shadow of our wings below us. We reached the cliffs and Fang landed first. I circled once before I landed. I flew towards Fang but just as a touched my foot on the edge, a hawk barreled into to me and I lost my balance.
"Quick, grab my hand!" I yelled. I usually don't ask help from anyone but my wings were already half way pulled in and if I snapped them out, they would for sure break. Not to mention there was a flock of hawks about 15 feet below me.
Fang grabbed my waist and pulled me in. He kept his hand on my waist for a couple seconds before letting go.
"You okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine… what I'm more concerned with is why a hawk barreled into me." I peered over the edge and observed the hawks.
"Maybe something was chasing them?"
"Paranoid much?"
"We have a reason to be paranoid." I said pointedly.
"Touché" Fang chuckled.
After observing the hawks for a couple minutes, I decided that there was nothing to worry about and that they were just having a little fun.
"Better?"
"Much." I sat down with my legs over the edge and looked at Fang. I patted the area next to me.
He walked over and sat next to me, our shoulders almost touching.
"So how long?"
"How long what?"
"How long are we staying here before we run off? You know we can't stay in the same place for long." The wind picked up and tousled Fang's hair.
"Hmm … I was thinking of staying here for a couple days or so and then going somewhere southeast? Or at least anywhere far from the school. Now that we know their plan, they'll want us more than ever."
Fang shifted at the mention of the school.
"We can't tell anyone about their plan, Fang." I turned to face him. "Fang. Promise me, you won't tell anyone about the school's plan."
"What if it already happened?"
"That's impossible- "
"Remember we both blacked out before we left? Have you forgotten that there's a huge gap between us blacking out and how we ended up in Dr. Martinez's house?"
"Fang!" I grabbed his shoulders and look him in the eye. "Don't worry! I'm sure that if anything actually happened, I would know. What matters now is that we're all safe… okay?"
He narrowed his eyes and nodded. I knew that he didn't believe what I was saying and I failed in reassuring him. But I needed to convince myself.
We watched the horizon and sat there in silence until the sun was shining bright.
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"We should go back now. The others are probably worried about us."
Fang nodded slightly as an agreement and we both jumped off together and flew towards the house. After flying for about 10 minutes, I decided that it was too quiet.
I cleared my throat. "Hey Fang, why'd you sleep in my bed?"
"Cause it's more comfortable than the sofa they dumped me on."
"Oh." I glanced at Fang. He was looking away with his hair over his eyes.
I pulled my hair out of my ponytail and let it go free in the wind. I closed my eyes for a second and just enjoyed the feeling. As we neared the house, I opened my eyes and we began to circle down. We landed just behind the house. Fang almost tripped over the hose that was snaked around the backyard garden. I grabbed his hand and pulled him away.
Laughing, I said "Who's saving who now?"
"I'd hardly call that saving." Fang smiled.
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A/N: So I decided to put a little FAX haha. Like I said before, I'm not a big romance fan but recently I've been LOVING Max and Fang romance 3
Also I read the new book, Maximum Ride Forever, like 2 months ago and I LOVED IT. I might use some concepts later on in this story. *hint hint*
~ Shyla