I woke up bleary eyed and hurting. I instantly went on alert…before I realized that I was in pain because of my little fight yesterday. When I had gotten home Nudge and Iggy put alcohol on my scrapes and all that, I finally felt the fact that I was actually in pain. Shocking. I looked at the clock on my bedside table and saw that it read 0845. I slowly got up being carful of my bruises. After I had gotten dressed and showered Iggy came barging in, eyes blazing.

"What the heck, man?!" He shouted looking just above my eye.

"What are you talking about?" I said calmly. He came up to me and shook my shoulders.

"How. Could. You. Do. That?!" He yelled in my ear.

"Care to elaborate?"

"How could you do that? How could you let her almost die?! I didn't know that! What is wrong with you?"

I stared at him, "And why are you harassing me now?"

This time he stared at me, "You basically passed out when you got home."

Oh.

"So? Why'd you do it?"

"I…I didn't know she almost died!" I said, looking out the window.

"Oh, okay." He laughed without humour. "So you just thought she was badly injured, am I right? So you knew she was in pain, and she was hurt but you didn't help her? Why, Fang? Because you would be stuck with the guilt? And we cant have you feeling guilty, right? Because it's all. About. You."

He turned on his heel and ran out of my room shouting over his shoulder, "It all makes sense now! Thanks!"

Sarcasm; gotta love it.

Groaning, I went over to my laptop. I hadn't really updated on my blog lately.

Bang.

I groaned, sitting up in bed…well trying to; its kind of hard when there's someone's arms wrapped around you.

"Wha…" Jacob started sitting up, pulling me with him.

I leaned against his chest making us lie down again, before answering, "I don't know. Didn't you hear that, too?"

"No." He said, tightening his hold on my waist. "C'mon. It's Saturday! Can't I spend some time with my beautiful girlfriend?"

"As flattering as that is, Jake, I think we should check it out." I was about to continue saying why we had to but lips were covering mine. It was the first time we had really kissed since we said we loved each other. Jacob's hands ran from my shoulders, under my arms to my sides, and down about an inch past my hip, He continued this circuit as I ran my hands up and down his chest. Our legs became tangled together as well as our tongues and I somehow managed to get on top of Jake—how, I don't know. His hands made their way up my shirt to right in between my wings where he started massaging the tender skin. I moaned softly before I could stop myself. I pulled away, embarrassed, but Jake just buried his face in my neck, kissing from right in front of my ear to behind said ear, then trailing butterfly kisses down to my shoulder/collar bone.

I brought his mouth back up to mine and started kissing him fiercely. He opened his mouth and I couldn't help but whisper, "I love you." Over and over. He seemed to be enjoying that because he smiled, flipped us over so he was leaning on his elbows and put his mouth on my ear. "I love you, too." He said a few times, huskily, before gently nibbling on my ear. I arched up a little and we started making out again. His hands were under the back of my bra—that I forgot to take off last night—and mine were at the front of his boxers, almost like yesterday. Jake looked at me and I nodded slightly. His hands ran over my skin as he was looking for the clasp. He found it and slowly unclasped it. His fingers were pulling the two sides of the fabric apar—

Bang!

Jake jumped up a little, dropping the back of my bra and looked around at the door. I sat up a little so I could see too. The door didn't open and there wasn't any noise audible over our ragged breathing. I looked up and saw Jake was just as confused as I was.

"IS SOMEONE GOING TO GET THE DOOR?! CAUSE I CAN'T!" We both winced as Billy yelled from his bedroom.

"YEAH!" Jake yelled back. He sat up, grudgingly, obviously not happy at all. "Do you want to come with me?" He asked me and I nodded.

He helped me up and before he could make it out the door I stopped him, and took my shirt off. He gave me the weirdest look and I sighed, turning around. "I need you to do my bra up—I can't from the front." I couldn't see his face, but I heard his almost silent foot steps coming in my direction, then nice, hot, hands were on my back, swiftly getting the clasps together. He put a hand on the small of my back as he bent down to get a The Used shirt that was way too big for me. He put it over my head. It ended three inches over my knee, hiding my short-shorts—yes short-shorts; when you sleep in the same bed as a space heater, it's way too hot to wear normal shorts or sweats—and making it look like I only had his shirt on. "Number one; why are you dressing me. And number two; why am I wearing your shirt."

"Because." He turned me around and put his chin on my shoulder and his arms around my waist. "You look hot in that shirt and I think I know who's at the door. What? Do you not like wearing my shirt?"

"No." I said in an accusing voice. "And you would, apparently, use that to your advantage." I looked down and saw he was giving me this innocent smile.

Bang!

"WAIT A SEC!" I yelled, rolling my eyes. "We better get going." I pulled him by the wrist down the hall to the front door—after he got on a pair of shorts, though.

At the door, Jake put his arms a little under my hip, before opening the door. It swung open to reveal five people. Fang's flock to be exact. And the look on their faces was epic! First they looked at where Jake's arms were, then his shirt that I was wearing, and finally Jake; shorts and no shirt.

"Why are you guys here?" I asked, trying not to laugh.

"Well." Angel started, "When we were at home, I was saying how us having a pregnant hero wouldn't be very good, and Nudge wanted to know what I meant, so I said you were going to get pregnant and then Fang said you would never be that stupid, so I said you weren't stupid then he said if you were going to go off getting pregnant then you obviously were, so then we came here."

"Um…what?!" I shrieked. Jake tightened his arms around me.

"Basically, the kids wanted to make sure you didn't get pregnant." Iggy said, his voice smug. Loser.

Then I got a brilliant idea to toy with their brains. I put up a mind block. "Well, guys. Sorry, but you're too late. I'm already pregnant. Goodbye." With that I swung the door closed. I heard plenty of 'WHAT?!s but ignored them, laughing silently and went to sit on the couch.

Jake left the room and I instantly stopped laughing, let alone smiling. I moved to the one corner in the couch and closed up into myself. This couldn't be happening. This can not be happening! I started getting mad at myself; of coarse he doesn't want kids! I shouldn't have even joked. I pretty much just ruined everything, I mean, his son or daughter would be a little avian—no one wants that. I kept looking foreword, looking at the drawn blinds, but not really seeing them.

I heard rustling, and then a hand on my arm. I shook it off, not even needing to look and see that it was Jacob. There was a murmur, followed by more shuffling. Someone sat down in front of me.

"Max, what's up?" Jake asked, lifting up my chin.

"I'm sorry, Jacob." I whispered.

"What are you sorry about?!"

I opened my eyes to find Jake's looking strait into mine. He scooted closer to me. "I'm sorry I brought it up! I know you obviously wouldn't want to have kids with me, and I shouldn't have even joked about it. I mean, I have wings; I'm a freak. And, just, don't be mad, okay? I wouldn't be able to handle you being mad at me. I—just, forget what I said, okay?" I kept literally babbling on and on, not really looking at Jake at all.

"Maxie…?" Jake asked, putting a finger on my lips. I focused on his face to see that there was sadness, longing and pain all on his face. He put a hand on my cheek and I instantly leaned in to his hot touch, but I was confused.

"Yeah?" I was almost afraid of what he wanted to say.

"Max," His voice held recognition. "Max. My Max. That's not what just happened, hun. I went to help Billy. And I am so sorry if you thought that. Please, don't be sad." He leaned in and gave me the sweetest kiss, making me still confused.

"So…you aren't…mad at me? At all?" My voice was but a squeak—embarrassing, really—but I wasn't really in the mood to care.

"No." He smiled and pulled me to him, he kissed my head, my face in his collar bone.

We sat there for a few minutes before hearing Billy say, "Charlie's gonna be here in a few minutes. Might go fishing." Then there was the closing of the front door—hopefully the Flock left.

Jake moved so we were lying down—me, stretched out on his chest with his arms around my waist. "How could I be mad at you?" He whispered against my cheek.

"I don't know. I thought you would be mad that I said I was pregnant…like you wouldn't even want to think about it. I mean…it would be part avian, Jake. It would be a freak, and I know you wouldn't want your child to be a…freak." My voice matched his; a whisper almost not heard. I couldn't see his face but I felt his warm lips lingering on my cheek, along with his steady breathing.

"Max…" He tightened one his right hand and brought the left up to my face. "Listen, you are not a freak, got it? You are a beautiful person; nothing anyone says can change that. And so what if you're an avian? I'm a werewolf, can't get any weirder than that, right?"

I smiled a little. "Thanks." Our voices were still tiny whispers, as if we didn't want to ruin the moment…the atmosphere.

"Do you, ya know…um, do you…" He trailed off nervously. I looked over to see Jake's face properly. He was looking at the ceiling and biting his lip.

"What?" I asked but he kept biting his lip. Sigh. I put my mouth over his and—as gently as possible—took his lip out from beneath his teeth with my own. Then looked up at him through my eyelashes. "What do I what?" I brushed a few stray hairs out of Jake's face.

Bang.

Not. Again.

I groaned.

"Just leave it." Jake said running his fingers down my back—instantly soothing me.

Bang.

"Argh. Not unless we want peace and quiet." I said in a normal voice. "C'mon." I groaned again and pushed off Jake's chest before helping him up—grunting.

While Jake opened the door, I pulled my—his—shirt down a little more at the bottom. When the door swung open it revealed…

"Mom?!" I screeched. I watched as the longer she stood there (with Ella), her eyes just got bigger and bigger. First Jake, shirtless, messy hair, then me, with my boyfriend's shirt—seemingly no pants—and messy hair. And on top of it all my lips were probably swollen from our earlier…make out session.

"Hi, Max…Jacob." She nodded.

I opened the door a little more, "Mom, Ella, come in." We all walked into the living room and sat down. It went Ella, me, Jake and Mom sat on the chair.

Mom looked around. "This is a cozy place Jacob." She smiled. "Is your father home?" Jake looked at me before shaking his head, no. Her face went white.

Aw, shrimp.

I looked over at Ella to see she was staring at me, opened mouth. How am I supposed to convince them?! "Mom." I started cautiously. "It's not what you think."

"Oh?" She raised an eyebrow. "And what is it that you think I'm thinking?"

I opened my mouth to speak but Ella started talking, "We heard what you said to the flock. I was checking Fang's Blog and he was saying how you said you were pregnant. And seeing you now. Wow! I don't know if I blame them for not questioning you." She giggled suggestively, making me blush.

"No, no. They were being annoying, 'making sure I wouldn't get pregnant' and saying that was the only thing that I could think of to get them to leave." The look on Mom's face was not what I was looking for.

"And why were they making sure you wouldn't get pregnant?"

Seriously?!

"Um…uh, no, no reason. No reason at all! They um, yeah…" I finished pathetically.

She didn't buy it. "Maximum. Don't lie to me."

Oh, no, she didn't. She used my full name, now I have to tell her. "Well, we were kissing and Angel was…jumping to conclusions. Alright? That's all!"

"Max. Were you hav—"

Bang.

Thank freaking goodness! That just saved me a lot of embarrassment.

I jumped up and ran to the door. I pulled it open to reveal the boys and Emily. Paul stepped up. "Why are you wearing Jake's shirt?"

Before I could even open my mouth, Jared stepped up and said in a very 'duh' voice, "You know why, stupid. It's because they've been—" I covered his mouth before he continued and glared.

"Jared, say one more word and I will kill you myself." I growled. The guys knew not to mess with so he instantly backed off. Em giggled while taking Sam's and leading him into the living room.

"Okay, so what are you guys doing here exactly?" I asked, plopping myself down on Jake's lap; one arm around my stomach and the other on my thigh.

"Well, gee, I'm glad to see you, too." Quill said with heavy sarcasm before rolling his eyes. "We wanted to go to the beach again. Forecast says weather'll be good all week. We need to take advantage!" I looked out the window to see that in the back of the Jeep they had come in no doubt, had many bags in the back; probably swimming stuff. It was also really sunny which was rare.

"Sure!" I looked over at Ella. "You want to come, Ella?" She shook her head no. "What? Too cool to hand out with our band of freaks? Cause, personally, I think you would fit right in!" I joked.

"Hey! No! I just need to go to a library! And I am no freak, Maximum Ride." She narrowed my eyes and I just laughed.

"Well, I'm going to get changed." When I got to our bedroom door I noticed Mom and Ella were heading out. I shouted a goodbye before slipping into the room. I looked everywhere before finding what I had been looking for; a dark purple beach towel, black flipflops, dark purple short-shorts, a white spaghetti shirt and finally my bikini; blood red with TWLOHA in black (To Write Love On Her Arms; Google it). I put my hair in a loose pony tail—knowing Jake hates it like that—and my sunglasses in my hair.

When I got into the living room I was just getting my shirt over my head. There were a few wolf-whistles—the irony—but I ignored them and went to sit beside my boyfriend that now only had on shorts.

"Dude. You are a luck man!" Paul said. We all ignored him; he usually said this.

"Alright, lets head out my band of freaks!" I laughed and walked out the door. Because First Beach wasn't that far away me, Jake, Em, and Sam all decided to walk. The whole was there was a lot of fun.

"So, Max." Emily said, a few minutes after we arrived, steering me over to a more secluded part of the beach. "You and Jake actually sleepin' together, eh?" She giggled as I blushed.

Sigh. "No. Actually…We almost did this morning, though." I looked up at her through my lashes.

"Seriously?" She put a hand on my shoulder. "Okay, well, what do you mean 'almost'? Did he push you away? Or did you?!"

"No, no. Fang's flock interrupted us." I grunted, showing my disliking.

"Ah, well that sucks, hard—" Oh, she is funny; sarcasm "—I'm betting Jacob was really annoyed, hey?"

I raised an eyebrow. "Huh?"

"Jake is a boy, obviously. He's probably been thinking of the perfect moment, you know? Jake is smart, he would wait for the right moment. He's probably going to be in a bad mood for a while. Maybe not in front of you, but he still is pissed."

"Alright. Well, we should get back before they send a search party for us."

We both walked back and headed for our respected soul mates.

"Hey, what was that about?" I leaned up and just smiled before going up on my tiptoes to give him a kiss. His hands went to my waist and mine went into his hair, pulling his head closer to me. We broke apart and Jake whispered, his breath tickling my ear, "Let's go swimming."

I smirked, and took my short-shorts off followed by my shirt and flipflops. I stretched out my wings as Jake grabbed my wrist and pulled me into the water. Now let me tell you; even if there is lots of sun it doesn't mean the water is warm. So by the time we got so far that we couldn't touch the bottom my teeth were chattering.

"Jacob!" I whined. "It's cold!" He grinned and wrapped his arms around my stomach from behind. "Why'd we have to go into the water, anyway?"

"I think you know why." He said, biting in between my neck and shoulder.

"Yeah. You just wanted to see me in a bikini, correct?" I questioned.

"Yes." He answered simply. Suddenly I was being crushed into his chest.

"Jake…?"

He breathed in gently, face buried in my hair. "I just never want to lose you, Max. You mean everything to me…and I was just thinking about how I would die if I ever lost you. So…don't ever leave me, or die, okay?" I smiled and turned around. I put my arms around his shoulders and looked him strait in the eye.

"Jake. I wouldn't even think of leaving you! I love you so much…what made you start to think about this?"

He sighed. "Before. At the house when you thought I wouldn't like you when you said you were pregnant. Max, I would never. I, actually—"

I put a finger on his lips. "Shh. I'm sorry. I over reacted. But it's the past. We can move on now, right?" He nodded slightly.

We, then, started a giant water fight that lasted about twenty minutes before just snuggling up together in the water. I noticed it was getting past noon, and decided we needed to get back.

I put my hands on Jakes chest and pushed off a bit, like before. "C'mon. We should get back." I grabbed his hand and we swam back. Half an hour later we were at the shore again.

I looked around when I saw that no one was talking. Why? Angel, Nudge, Gazzy and Iggy stood there.

"What is it now?" I snarled, everyone looked in by direction.

"Max," Iggy smiled. "We want to be a flock with you again."

WHAT?!

"Sorry. Its not flock. I'm in a pack" I said calmer than I felt, and leant back on Jake's chest.

"No, Max." Nudge said. "As in, we want you as a leader. We kicked Fang out."

I repeat, what?!

So! Long awaited chapter has come! I'm sorry for the almost-lemon, I know it was horrible.

Oh! Good news! I actually have a pretty good plot now. I'm still taking suggestions, though, because all I have really, is the body and I still need the rest, but I think it's a great idea! I think said plot will be put into action next chapter pr the one after that. And this will turn a little more interesting!

And that you all of my fans and again sorry about no updating sooner; I've actually been missing A LOT of school due to horrible nightmares, but hopefully that's behind us!

Iggy's away, sorry. He got swine flu from kissing me and is off somewhere in my house.

So don't forget! Tell me what ya think and what ya want!

And my laptops is about to die…so I've only beta'ed this about twice—so tell me if you see any mistakes and I'll try to fix them.

Also WHITCH AND WIZARD COMES OUT TOMORROW! AND I AM SO EXCITED! I hope everyone is going to get it and hasn't just downloaded it cause you're lazy! heh

Okay and the last thing—I swear—is that I am starting a new story it's going to be really long and it'll have a lot of detail. Its about Nudge falling for Iggy, but when he gets with someone else what will happen? Basically she tries to find another Iggy. Its—hopefully—every day from summer to Christmas. And every chapter is, like, 16 pages, so it'll be long. Then I will also have a few Christmas specials later in the month!

Thanks, and have a great almost-Christmas.

Hales.