Okay, this chapter would have been up a lot sooner, but a catastrophe occurred… All of my fan fics were stored on my USB stick alone, stupid now I think of it, but whatever. All the chapters I'd written as well as the ones I hadn't were stored on there. Then the day I was going to upload a chapter for another fic, I put in the stick and every single document with my fan fics were gone and those alone. I don't know how if it was a freak accident or why if someone did it on purpose. If I find out they did, I will personally slaughter them. So I apologise now for the delay there'll be. I'll work my hardest to re-write the chapters; hopefully they'll be as good as the originals…
Hope you like this, I'm making you wait a bit for Phoeno's plans to come into action so don't be too mad lol. I like the ending haha, review and tell me what you think!
Disclaimer: I only own the plot and the other character, everything else belongs to Mr. James Patterson.
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Max's POV:
I was completely ashamed of blushing to the extremity I did after Fang kissed me. I caught sight of my reflection in his eyes and I looked like a tomato, no exaggeration. So now on my list of things to achieve for the next year is as follows: 1. Stay alive. 2. Don't get captured. 3. Find some stability for the kids. 4. Find a cure for Nudge's motor mouth syndrome (A girl can dream!). 5. Face the teasing from Fang about my blushing. 6. Kick his ass about it. 7. Never do it again. I think those are realistic goals; granted the first 3 will be difficult and require some expert leading skills, cue me. Number 4 may well be impossible but I'm sure we'll deal; we have done for the last 11 years.
I was snapped out of my thoughts by some giggling in the corner of the cave. I did a quick recon to check I wasn't doing another zombie impression. Nope, my mouth was closed and I was not staring at Fang. Hmm, the melodic yet irritating sounds of giggling, which can only be acquired by little girls. Who on earth would be making that sound? I hope you all detected the sarcasm there. I glanced warily to the corner where Nudge and Angel were sitting huddled together, upon catching sight of me looking at them they burst into another fit of giggles. I rolled my eyes, and got up to investigate.
As I approached Angel quickly hit Nudge's shin and Nudge abruptly bit her lip, still racking with laughter. I raised an eyebrow at the two of them who were both trying to put on innocent faces.
"Spill." I demanded in my no-nonsense voice. The corners of both of their mouths were twitching rapidly as they gazed intently at the floor. "I won't ask you again." I said punctuating every word with a stern glare.
"It's okay Max, really…" Nudge started timidly but confident in what she was saying, "Tomato red is so in this season!" Both of them burst out into laughter causing the boys who were playing cards with Phoeno, yeah the girl who didn't know how to play, to look up curiously. I, refraining from blushing again the whole time, tried to shut them up with ice-cold stares, not wanting the boys to join in mercilessly teasing me.
"Angel!" I hissed through gritted, "My mind is private! Stay out of it!" I pleaded desperately. "And would you both stop giggling! I don't want the boys to know and if they find out both of you are in for it!" My tone stopped them in their tracks and Angel looked sweetly up at me.
"Sorry Max, but you haven't thought of nothing else!" She exclaimed and the blush came up to haunt me. Stupid blood. "Besides Fang hasn't though of anything else either," she hastened to add "and he's already told the boys," she said as an after thought.
My eyes grew, "He's what?!"
"He's already told them!" Nudge stated in a duh tone of voice.
"I heard." I growled menacingly at her and she sunk back against the wall.
"Well, Iggy wanted to know where you went so he told them…" Angel said, trying to justify his actions. That little bugger. Urghhhhh.
"Unbelievable." I managed. There was me thinking he was on my side. This had to be taken care of.
I walked briskly to the card players, glancing nonchalantly at Fang, but not stopping my stride, "You. Outside. Now." I said tightly and proceeded to jump out of the cave. Ignoring the 'Oooohs' I received. I heard Fang's wings open so didn't turn round until we were about a mile from the flock. Abruptly I stopped in my tracks turned round to a Fang who had already stopped, so fast I don't know how, and shoved him in the chest, sending him back a couple of yards in the air.
His face was an image of confusion, "What's with the shoving?!" He exclaimed, rubbing his chest dramatically. He obviously hadn't detected my annoyance.
I rolled my eyes, "Oh that little push I just gave you?" I started off just to annoy him, "That's for telling everyone about the kiss! You little…" I searched for the word, "Idiot!" I finished lamely.
Anger flared up in me as I watched a smirk grow on his face and his lame attempt to suppress it. This was not a joking matter. Clearly he thought it was as he moved closer to me and held my waist so our faces were inches apart. "What kiss would that be?" He said cockily, yeah as if you don't remember. "One like this?" He continued, bending his head down to meet mine.
I don't think so mate.
I pushed his chest away from me, breaking the contact he held. His face was confused again.
"I'm not joking Fang, the last thing I need is them knowing about what we get up to,"
"They know we're a couple, so what's the big difference?" He asked pointedly.
"I don't want them to know." I said in an end-of-discussion voice I usually reserved for the kids.
I saw a wave of realisation pass over Fang's face and he grew serious, "So you're embarrassed about the fact that you kissed me?" He looked at me and before I had a chance to shake my head in protest he'd rolled his eyes and finished with, "Unbelievable."
I watched dumbstruck as he turned to fly away from me, how had a conversation about not giving the kids a reason to make fun of us turned into this? Did I handle it badly or is he just sulky?
I heaved a sigh and used me super speed to catch up with and stop him.
"You're being a gay," I said with my usual tact.
"Fine. That gives you a reason not to kiss me then doesn't it?" He countered with so many icicles hanging off his words I almost shivered. He moved to continue back to the cave and I moved swiftly in front of him and pressed my lips to his while holding his cheeks. He remained still for a minute until giving in and kissing me back. I pulled back when I started to feel light-headed.
"Does that prove I still want to kiss you?" I asked him and he shrugged sheepishly, "I just don't need the kids and Iggy having a reason to make fun of us, I need to remain in charge, okay?"
He nodded reluctantly, "But Angel's still going to know,"
I nodded in agreement while sighing, "I'll sort her out, don't worry about it."
A silence fell between us and it felt mucho awkward, great. "We cool?" I asked uncertainly.
His face grew into a small smile and he murmured, "'Course."
"Alright, cool. But no more being gay," I said and smirked as his face grew momentarily angry, "It doesn't suit you." I finished and grinned as his face softened and he pushed me sideways in the air, making me lose balance.
"Last one back has to sleep next to Gazzy!" He yelled, uncharacteristically, into the night, "No super speed!" He grinned as he flew ahead of me. I couldn't help but grin.
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