Safety

I felt so safe, as Dylan and I were running through a meadow. You could hear the faint sound of water rushing by in a small river not too far away from where we were now. Small splashed were also heard from the occasional fish jumping. It was so nice out, everything looked so colorful. The grass so green and lush, flowers of all colors dotting that soft grass, and the sky was beautiful-almost unnaturally clear with only a few puffy clouds. Dylan had been leading us to the edge of the woods, where the clearing of the meadow ended and a thick pine forest began. Once we got to the edge we slowed down and then sat down in pine needles. He reached for my face, cupping my cheek, and started to move closer. As he began to get closer he gently pushed me against the tree I was already almost leaning against. When I couldn't be moved further he stopped pushing and looked into my eyes-his eyes were the brightest shade of turquoise I had ever seen them- and then down at my lips and got even closer. He was almost on top of me when our lips finally met. That kiss was so soft and gentle almost as if he thought I was the most fragile thing in existence. I felt the urge to prove to him that I wasn't as fragile as he made me feel. So I pressed into the kiss. It didn't seem to surprise him and he kissed me harder too, but I kissed him even harder than that and sort of knocked him off balance.

While still connected at the mouth, we toppled over and now he was laying in the pine needles and I was on top of him. I felt his lips try to part mine so I opened my mouth and he shoved his tongue in. We started to tongue wrestle while I put my hands on his shoulders and he wrapped his arms around my waist. We had been making out for a few minute when I suddenly realized we hadn't taken a breath. It didn't feel as though I needed oxygen but I stopped the kiss anyway, just for a second. I sat up on his waist, as he moved his hands over to my stomach and under my shirt while looking at me.

Hey Max Dylan says.

Hey Dylan I say happily.

Max we're here he says to me.

"What?" I ask confused.

"Haha Max, are you sleeping?" I hear someone else say close by. I look around and suddenly everything starts to get dark, then I woke up.

When I open my eyes I see Dylan, who was still carrying me might I add. He was walking now though, not flying, and I saw Iggy to his right and Nudge and Gazzy had already run to our door and were in a heated argument about who got the remote while Nudge fumbled with the keys.

"You were dreaming weren't you?" I hear Iggy ask while chuckling a bit.

"Oh yea, I guess I was" I say recalling it.

"What was it about? You kept smiling" Dylan said looking amused.

"Uh, I don't remember" I lied.

"Oh really?" Iggy asked "cuz you moaned like three times and kept calling Dylan's name."

"No I didn't!" I say defensively and felt my face get hot "did I?" I ask, looking at Dylan.

Dylan looked down at me smiling and said "well I'm pretty sure it was only twice but yea, yea you did."

Ok hope you all don't mind, but I'll just go die now…

We were in the living room now and Nudge and Gazzy saw that I was awake. "Um, I can just walk now Dylan. Thanks" I say getting down from his arms.

"MAX, MAX, MAX! Tell (him/her) that it's my turn to have the remote!" Gazzy and Nudge said at the same time. Ah home sweet home…

…

It was dark out now and I had already tucked the younger kids in and said good night to Iggy and Dylan. I was looking at Fang's blog now, which I did periodically, when I felt a buzz in my jeans. I took my phone out and saw that Fang was calling me. Wow that was weird.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked, almost not believing that it was him.

"Hey, we have to meet up soon I think we might need your all's help" Fang said simply. Those words made me feel like my heart skipped three beats.

"Uh, yea ok when and where?" I say trying to now sound too excited.

"Um let's meet where we'd planned to meet in twenty years and tles etme ni rtehe ydas" he says. Now I knew it was him since he knew better than to actually give positions out on the phone and he knew our secret code.

"Ok we'll see you then. I guess bye then" I say reluctantly.

"Max?" He asks quickly.

"Yea, what is it?" I cautiously ask.

"I… Uhh, never mind. Bye I'll see you then" he says.

"Ok, bye?" I say even though I wanted to know what he'd been about to say.

I hang up the phone and put it on my dresser. I then proceeded to change into my pjs and then flopped on top of my bed, which made a whooshing sound under me. Feeling exhausted I let my wings come out a little.

After about half an hour I decided I was now wide awake and couldn't sleep. So I grabbed a jacket, opened my window and jumped out for a late night flight. I opened my wings up quickly and barely let myself fall a foot before I was up and flapping. I flew for a little while just looking down at the night scene and all of the lights that were shining below. I saw a little lake in a clearing some distance away from the small town we were in and decided to land there.

When I landed I walked up to the lake and saw there was a little dock, so I walked down to the end of it and sat at its edge. I thought about putting my feet in the water but decided against it remembering how cold it was out. I looked up to the sky and saw that there was a full moon. It looked so nice out tonight that I felt bad I never take the flock out at night to just look at the stars. Sighing, I lay down still leaving my legs dangling from the edge of the dock and swinging them a little bit. The sky was clear and you could see all the stars out here.

I was laying there staring up trying to find any constellation but gave up since I didn't even know one. So I just looked up and try to enjoy this free time but couldn't because I kept thinking of the flock, Dylan, and mostly Fang. I closed my eyes for maybe two seconds when I heard someone say "you're gonna catch a cold" which made me jump a little.

I knew who it was though so I wasn't scared "how'd you find me Dylan?" I ask scooting over some so he could sit by me.

He sat by me with his arms out behind him and looked up before answering "well I heard you go out so I followed you, you got a huge head start though so it took a while to catch up but I could see you the whole time."

"God you're such a stalker" I say joking making him chuckle.

He lay back like me, and looked at the stars like I was "do you know the constellations?" he asked still looking up.

"Sadly, I don't" I tell him.

"Hahah don't be, I only know one myself" he says. "Ok you see those three starts close to each other up there?" he asks while pointing up.

I follow his finger and see the three slightly brighter stars he was pointing to "yea I see them" I say nodding.

He puts his arms behind his head and asks "and then you see the other four bright starts around them? There's off to each corner, not very far away from them, and make a sort of hour glass shape."

"Yea I think I do."

A few minutes later…

"Well that's the Orion constellation" he explains.

"Oh that's so cool" I say "I wish the flock was here so you could have shown them too" I say after a while.

"I can some other time. Oh and before I forget Max, we need to move soon. We should have today but I completely forgot and everyone was really tired."

"Why?" I ask him confused.

"Because I think we're being watched."

"When aren't we…" I say almost to myself. "Yea sure we'll move first thing tomorrow morning. Oh and we're going to meet up with Fang in three days."

"Ok" he says sounding a little disappointed.

"What's wrong?" I ask him. Suddenly I noticed it'd gotten darker. I looked up and saw that there were dark clouds coming in.

"No, it's nothing." After a while of awkward silence he spoke up again "so what was that dream about?" he asks smiling.

"…you" I say a little reluctantly.

"Well I knew that much, but what about me?" he asks again.

"I- I don't really remember it" I say trying to end the conversation.

After a while he asks "Max, where do I stand in your mind?" he asks and I just look at him. Seeing my confusion he tries to clarify "I mean you know that I love you, but what do you think of me?" he asks and gets on his side to look at me.

"Um" I say "I'm not sure" I say honestly. I never really thought about it, I mean I know I sort of like him, a little, maybe… But I also still liked Fang. Even though it felt like Fang had stomped on my heart then spit on it-

"Max a simple 'I don't like you' would have been enough" he says a little hurt.

Then I remember he could feel my emotions and realized I was getting angry "oh no Dylan it- I was just thinking of Fang" I say trying to fix it.

"So you hate Fang?" he asks happily.

"No! I don't hate him; I just hate what he did" and then it started to rain. It wasn't even light at first; it was an all-out shower from the first second. "Oh my god!" I scream getting up "come on, we have to find somewhere to go!" I tell Dylan as I grab his hand and pull him up to me. The rain was like liquid ice- not even joking, so when he slams into me, since I'd pulled him up to me so hard, I felt reluctant to move from his warmth.

We stay together for a moment while he smiles and says "you look so cute when you're wet."

I say "this is so not the time…" but smile anyways.

We run to some cave that was in the surrounding forest as fast as we can and then collapse on the cave floor dripping wet. "Well that was exciting" Dylan says after a while.

"Yup, sure was" I agree feeling glad that he forgot what we'd been talking about.

Dylan was to my right. We were sitting with our legs stretched out in front of us, both facing the cave's entrance, and our hands out behind us for support. "So… how do you feel about me?" Damn it!

"I already told you…" I say turning to look out the mouth of the cave instead of him; at the rain "I don't know."

He scoots a little closer and holds the left side of my face with his right hand. Then lightly turns my face to him, before kissing me. I was a little caught off guard but didn't try to resist. I realized soon that it felt nice, and I felt safe. The storm outside just kind of drifted away quickly and the only thing I was aware of was Dylan and that I wanted him.

I guess Dylan sensed my want because he leaned more into the kiss, and more into me. I fell back a little and he was leaning over me still kissing me. He started to open his mouth, I did the same (deja vu –my dream), and his tongue went in my mouth. While we were tongue wrestling he was still coming closer and closer. Pretty soon he was on top of me but I could tell he was still holding some of his weight with his hands on either side of me so he wouldn't crush me. He came off my lips and started trailing kisses down my neck which made me feel all tingly.

Then he looked up at me with a smile that made my heart jump in my chest. "Then how do you feel about that" he asked.

I just smile. "I'm pretty sure you know how I felt about that" I say.

He shrugs "I just want to hear you say it."

"Well, I might have liked it" I say.

He smiles and runs his fingers through my hair "you're so beautiful Max" he tells me now caressing my cheek. I blush "really Max, you are" he informs me.

"Thanks" I tell him "and you know, you're actually not that bad yourself" and I grab his shirt and pull him back down to me.

After making out for a few minutes (and I was on top of him now) Dylan reached under my shirt and stared to rub my stomach.

I moaned and taking that as approval he went back to the hem of my shirt. He took my shirt off and put it off to the side. He then started to trail his fingers down my back a few times but I made him stop. "Hey if my shirt comes off so does yours mister" I say and start to take off his shirt. Now, I don't know about him, but I could barely see a thing with it being night and with the clouds covering the moon. But I could see enough to think 'Man he's got muscles' when I take it off. I could see his well outlined six pack below me.

He started to trail his fingers up and down my back again and then he came to my bra strap. He paused for a second and looked in my eyes. I then realized that I was cold to the point of goose bumps so I shook my head and got off of him reluctantly and put my shirt back on.

"Oh sorry Max, I didn't mean to do anything you weren't ready for" Dylan says sadly sitting back up.

"No Dylan, it's not that. It's just- I don't think this is the right time or place. Sorry" I tell him remorsefully.

"Aww Max, are you cold?" He asks.

"No" I lie.

"Max, I can see your goose bumps" he informs me.

"How? I ask "it's like pitch black in here."

"Oh I guess my sight power thing's got some night vision too" he guesses.

"Oh that's like Iggy, before they blinded him…" I say a little sadly.

"Maybe since his sight came back a little he can see a little in the dark too" he says trying to cheer me up.

"Yea" I say and my teeth start to chatter. Man it really has to be cold if it's getting me to do this. Since our bodies run slightly warmer than regular humans we usually never get cold so this is a little new to me. Kinda reminds me of when we went to Antarctica.

"See, you are cold" he says and goes to where my jacket was lying. He comes to me and helps me put it on.

"Why aren't you cold?" I ask him noticing that he was still shirtless.

"I am a little" he tells me.

"You don't act or look it at all" I point out.

"Well I am" he says and goes to put his shirt back on and then his jacket.

He comes over to me as I stand up and go to a wall of the cave. I sit there and wait for him to sit too before I say "we'll have to stay here for tonight. We can't really fly in that" I point out to the outside of the cave. It was still pouring buckets.

"Ok" he says. I lay down and he does the same. The cave wall and floor were colder than I thought so I scoot down a little so my head wasn't so close to the wall, and Dylan does the same. "Here, lift your head" he says and puts his arm there for me to use as a pillow.

"Thanks" I tell him as I put my head back down. Wtf I was over here shivering but he was really warm, what's with that? I was looking away from him and I felt him move closer to me and put his other arm over my waist so we were spooning. It actually felt kind of nice, I thought to myself. I got a chill that didn't really have to do with coldness but I guess he thought it did so he took out one of his wings and put it over us too; like a blanket. I didn't complain though cuz it was warm. So I snuggled back, closer to him and quickly fell asleep feeling very safe in Dylan's arms.

A.N sorry Fax fans/ Mylan hating people. I had to do that, it's part of my story so you'll just have to endure some more of Mylan moments but trust me there'll be some Fax soon;)