A.N- I know, I know… Super long chapter, but I hope you like it anyway. Happy Valentine's Day! I (less than)3 you all!

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Mother- Daughter

I had forgotten that Dylan could sense what I felt, and that I had to control my emotions around him; like I'd used to have to do around Angle with my thoughts.

"Max!" Dylan screamed getting scared when I wouldn't answer and pounding on the door some more.

"I'm fine; now quit it before you break the fucking door!" I yell at him, through the door.

I took my hoodie off and threw it on the ground, then I lifted my shirt up some to expose my stomach. As I turned to the side to look at the mirror, I let out a quiet sigh of relief.

I was showing, but no one that didn't know what it normally looked like would be able to notice. Or at least I hoped…

I quickly snatched my sweatshirt and put it over my head.

When I bent over I could have sworn I felt something in my stomach so I froze. I waited a moment, but since I didn't feel it again I just forgot about it and finished what I had been doing.

I bet that Dylan was still freaking out behind the door to my left. So I took my hair out of my sweatshirt, so I wouldn't look different from when I came in, and I took a few deep breaths to calm myself.

"Max?" I hear Dylan say quietly.

Once I open the door, Dylan almost falls in. He had been leaning on the door with all of his weight and I had to catch him, which pissed me off.

"Were you listening in to me in the bathroom?" I scream.

"No! It wasn't like that!" He says trying to defend himself, with his palms out in front of him. "I was just…"

"God Dylan, you're such a creep!" I tell him and walk away disgusted to Fang's bed.

"No, Max, hang on!" He says after a sigh and then runs to catch up to my speed walk.

When I get to Fang's bed, I feel Dylan's hand on my shoulder and turn to face him head on.

"Don't touch me." I say lowly.

"Listen to me!" He screams.

"Don't. Touch. Her." We both hear as a growl, from behind me.

I turn my death glare intended for Dylan, to one of surprise after hen I see Fang's opened (and angry) eyes; which were looking behind me now and up to Dylan. He was holding his breathing mask thing away from his mouth so he could talk.

"I wasn't doing anything to her! She's just not listening to me and I had to say something."

"Fang, you're awake!" I shriek and kneel beside his bed.

"Yeah, I woke up when someone started pounding on a door." He says, changing the angry expression on his face to his normal, expressionless, one.

"Oh, that was Dylan…"

"She was freaking out inside!" Dylan shouts.

"You were, why?" Fang asks worriedly.

"I was not!"

"Max, I could feel it. You got so scared it was almost as bad as your dream."

"What dream?" Fang asks from down below, after I quickly stand.

"You could see my dream?" I ask loudly with wide eyes.

"I never said that Max. I could feel your emotions through it all though and it felt bed. What was it anyway?"

"I saw the whole shooting thing from the other day again… I- saw you both dropping again." I lie.

Dylan looks unsure and opens his mouth up to say something, when Fang speaks up again. "So what was so important that you had to grab her like that Dylan?" He asks a little angered again.

Dylan closes his mouth and looks down at Fang, then back at me and says. "Oh yeah, I got confused because when I was trying to find out if you were ok, I got kind of mixed emotions. It was like I was reading two people's emotions, it was weird… And I didn't even grab her hard!"

"It was just me in there though. Maybe it was just because I was feeling a lot of things at once." I say confused that he felt that.

"No, it felt like more than one person's feelings." He defends.

"So what happened in the bathroom that made him almost break the door?" Fang asks.

Crap… I'm screwed…

"I dropped my phone in the toilet." I try.

They both look at each other, then back at me.

"Max, you gave your broken phone to Gazzy. Remember?" Fang says.

"I don't think anyone would react that way for a phone either, Max." Dylan adds.

Crap, crap, crap, crap!

Just then, the door opens and a nurse, who didn't even look old enough to work here, comes to this half of the room.

Thank you God!

"Oh hello." She says, checking Fang out, which pissed me off completely. "We just got a notice that Fang regained consciousness, so I was just making sure. I'll be right back and get a doctor alright?" She says in a sweet voice that made me want to punch her stupid little face.

She looked at me when I thought that so I smiled at her and she smiled back.

"You don't have to stay here, you know?" She said smiling still, her words sounding like they had a hidden meaning under them. "And Dylan, you're allowed out now."

I glared at her as Dylan says. "Ok, thanks."

She looks at Fang again with a smile, then back at me, with a less friendly smile; before walking away.

I hear the door close and remember what was happening before it had opened.

I look up at Dylan "Stay here and keep and keep an eye on Fang, alright?" I tell him, and walk away before either of them has a chance to protest.

I walk as quickly as I can, without breaking out into a full out sprint, to the room my flock was in.

When I get in, I remember that it was night time when I see that all the lights were out. "Oh Max, it's just you."

I look around the dark room with the little light that was coming in from the opened door and see a tall, slender figure- (that I guess to be Iggy from the voice) holding something in the air.

I turn the light on and instantly get attacked by two bird-kids that were super happy to see me. "Max! You're finally back; it's been like two days! We thought that you like forgot about us of something." Nudge squeals.

"Nudge, shh. We're in a hospital and it's in the middle of the night." I say and realize what a hypocrite I'm being, when I had just been screaming at Dylan not more than five minutes earlier.

"What did you do Max? How are Fang and Dylan?" Gazzy asks.

I go and sit on the bed closest to me as Iggy puts down a metal rod beside it. There was a piece on the side of the bed that was missing so I guessed that, that was where he's gotten it from.

After I was sitting, Nudge sat to my left with eager eyes, to hear more and Iggy to my right with Gazzy plopping down on my lap.

"Sorry I left for so long, the time just flew by. Well anyway, Dylan is doing fine and he can leave the room now, but I made him stay with Fang so I could come to you all. And Fang, well he just now woke up; I think he'll be fine (thank God)." I inform them.

We talked for a few more minutes after that until I made Nude and Gazzy go to sleep so I could talk to Iggy.

"So did you tell them?" He whispers casually after we think the kids fall asleep.

"No. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. I got this close-" I make a pinching motion with my thumb and pointer finger "to telling them when I ran out of lies, but then I chickened out after an interruption and couldn't do it." I tell him sadly.

"… So you wanted my help." He summarizes with a smile.

"Yeah…" I sigh.

"Fine. I'll help you, but you better not leave me like last time with your mom."

"Oh, that reminds me-!" I say remembering. "I need to tell my mom too!"

"Shh." He tells me.

"Whatever… They're probably listening in anyway. Aren't you guys?" I say.

"No we're not!" Gazzy exclaims.

I roll my eyes and walk to the door. "I'll be right back." I tell them as I walk out.

I go to get my mom, who was about to leave Fang and Dylan's room when I opened the door, and I take her to my room.

"Max, what were you talking about? Iggy won't tell me." Gazzy begs.

Nudge was looking awkward on the chair she had been 'sleeping' on, but didn't say anything.

Iggy came beside me as I sat with my mom on the bed and Gazzy stood in front of us.

"I'm about to tell you." I answer Gazzy nervously.

"Ok Max, so what was it you had to tell me." My mom finally asks.

I take a deep breath and try to swallow the huge lump in my throat.

I feel Iggy put his hand on my shoulder reassuringly and look up at him. He nods as if telling me to go on and I look back to my mom.

"Mom… Please don't love me any less after I say this…" I start, sweating bullets.

"Oh honey, there is nothing you could ever say that would ever make me love you any less." She tells me, grabbing my hand in hers.

I smile at her for a moment, looking into her eyes. Then the smile goes away and I close my eyes. "I- I'm pregnant." I stutter out quickly.

There was a long quiet pause until Gazzy innocently asks "Again?" and I open my eyes.

My mom looks shocked and looks at Gazzy, then back at me and asks. "Again? What does he mean, 'again'? When did this happen? Who did this happen with? I thought you wanted to wait." Then she looks up at Iggy. "You, two…" She gestures to us. "You didn't…"

"No mom!" I yell.

"No!" Iggy exclaims behind be and takes his hand away from my shoulder and backs away.

"Oh, ok. Sorry, I just thought- since you know, you've been around each other so much.

"No, I've just been watching over her."

"Yeah mom. And as I was about to say, I didn't exactly do this out of my own free will." I relax a little once I see that my mom isn't freaking out like I'd thought she would. "Hans sort of-"

"Hans! I thought we'd made it very clear that you were too young!" She exclaims, flabbergasted (haha funny word).

"Yeah, I know! But anyway, he gave us this gas or something while we were all out in the desert and well… need I say more?" I say looking down.

"Aww, sweetie. I can't believe that idiot did this to you." She says furiously. Then she looks at me. "Who did you-" She looks around and notices that Iggy, Nudge and especially Gazzy were listening intently at our conversation. "-Who's the father?"

"I don't know actually. It might be either Fang or Dylan, I'm not sure." I say, looking down again- blushing.

"Have you told them yet?"

"No." I look up. "I wanted to tell you first. Oh and the first time this happened, it was Hans too. I'm not sure how, but he somehow got me impregnated with Dylan's child."

"Well thank you for telling me Max, and remember, I will always love you no matter what. Especially if it wasn't even your fault to begin with." She says coming in to hug me.

I was used to her hugs now. They were like one of the flock's hugs; they'd always be welcomed. "I love you mom." I whisper into her hair.

"I love you too sweetie and I always will." We break apart and she puts on a more serious look. "You'll have to be more careful now, alright. What might not do anything at all to you, might be really harmful to the baby. Do Dylan and Fang know yet?" "Uh, no… I was actually going to tell them, with the help of Iggy here, after I told you."

"Ok, I can stay here with the kids, if you want."

"Thanks mom, and make sure they go to sleep. It's way past the time they were supposed to be asleep."

"How do you expect us to sleep with this much stuff going on!" Gazzy asks.

"Yeah Max, now we want to be there to see their faces! Oh em gee! I can already imagine! Does anyone have a camera? I want to capture the moment you guys!"

I roll my eyes, but can't help the smile that comes to my lips. "Go to sleep you two. You'll get to hear all about it tomorrow morning. Now good night." I tell them.

"Night Max, good luck!" They both tell me.

Love you!

~L