Maximum Ride is property of James Patterson. Kisha, Deveann, Lash, and Jamie are property of ME! Kumali is property of Jwan!

That was not what I had planned to do! I was just writing and I go, "I hate my life at the moment, maybe puberty's getting the best of her." Then it hit me, EPIPHANY! She's in heat, a good explanation for the desire to have Deveann kissing her every waking second of the day. You may not have figured that out but that was indeed what was going on. This is going to be fun to write. I was thinking on it while doing the dishes.

Kumali's POV (still)

"Why'd you say it like that?" Kisha scoffed.

"No wonder you've been talking about marriage so much." I muttered.

"You guys, it's not like that. I have more self-control in my pinkie than you guys do in your and your best friend's body." She rolled her eyes. "Nothing, nothing is going to happen between me and Deveann. Nothing of that magnitude, anyway. Now if it were Max-"

"Hey!" Max put her hands on her hips.

"Look, you're responsible but, come on, you have, like, no self control. If it were you... well... abstinence would be a lost cause."

"Not true!"

"Uh, yeah, it is." Kisha snorted back a laugh.

"Kumali, Nudge, what do you think?"

"Uh... I'm gonna have to go with Kisha on this." Nudge murmured.

"Yeah, Kisha's right. You're just not cut out for handling those levels of stress. Especially not when you pretty much get rewarded for doing the wrong thing." I mumbled.

"What's abstinence mean?" Angel asked sweetly.

"Nothing." Max huffed, crossing her arms.

"Still, does it get any worse, like, are you sure you'll be fine?" I thought aloud.

"My fever will go up but I won't be able to feel it so it doesn't matter. I'll be just fine. Deveann and I are just friends..." then she smacked herself in the head.

"Ha!" Max pointed an accusing finger at her. "You said Deveann! It's Deveann! You are in love with him, you wanna have kids with him!" She taunted. Revenge for pointing out she has no will power.

"No, no, no, it slipped-"

"Someone say my name?" Deveann opened the door a crack. Kisha's face turned bright red.

"Uh uh." She lied.

"Hm... coulda sworn-"

"She was just declaring her undying love for you, nothing out the ordinary." Which pretty much translated into Max saying, "Kisha would you murder me? And don't make it quick and painless, make it long and abhorrent!"

"Max..." Kisha clenched her fists.

"Actually..." I cut in, becoming concerned with the situation that no one seemed to be taking seriously. "Kisha's in heat."

"Hm. That's what her mom meant. Jamie didn't seem all too concerned about it." Deveann leaned in the doorway.

"Jamie's never concerned about anything. She trusts Kisha and looks upon her as an equal, not just a daughter." Angel stated.

"Kisha, if you're going into heat-" Deveann started, not seeming to be bothered by the subject.

"I'm not going into it, I'm coming out of it. It's fine, really." She snarled. Deveann sighed.

"Well, it certainly would explain your behavior this evening. Good night, girls." He closed the door.

"What does that mean?" Nudge asked.

"Yes, what happened earlier?" I added.

"Nothing, nothing happened, okay? You make it sound like something happened." Kisha glared at us in frustration.

"That's because it sounds like something happened-" Max began.

"Kisha!" Deveann barged in again.
"What?!" She screamed.

"I know why Max and Fang were late getting back from the woods after Lash went Eraser the first time!"

"Yeah, why?"

"Fang was wearing the pants."

"What?" We said in unison.

"The pants, Kisha, the leather pants!" Kisha's hands flew to her mouth as she gasped. She glared at Max. She wagged a finger at her.

"Shame on you! You're over here saying I've done something wrong but Fang was wearing the pants!" She hissed.

"What are you talking about?" Max's face became flushed.

"Those pants are bad. Bad things happen in those pants... well, disgusting things anyway. You and Fang were late getting here and I know why!"

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Fang was wearing the pants, what's that got to do with Max?" I said. Nudge gasped.

"Max... are you and Fang doing stuff we don't know about?" Angel glared intently at Max.

"No." Max said firmly.

"Ew... that's... disgusting, Max..." Angel looked utterly repulsed.

"How would you know the pants are bad?" Max spat at Kisha.
"I lent them to a friend once..." Deveann murmured. "I thought maybe my friend was just a perv, so I lent them to another later... that didn't work out well... and Fang stole them... and you're not pregnant so that's a pleasant change!" Deveann laughed nervously.

"You and Fang were making out in the woods?" I snickered.

"Max, why didn't you tell us you and Fang had something going for each other?" Nudge laughed.

"I don't want you guys taking our relationship as an example." Max shrugged. "Kisha's right, I have no will power and if I slip up I don't want any of you making the same mistakes.

"But you didn't do anything with Fang other than make out, right?" I asked.

"Well yeah..."

"Kisha and Deveann make out-"

"KUMALI!" I ignored her.

"You have will power, you weren't like the other victims of the pants."

"Well, the voice told me that it was getting late and I thought of what Angel would do if she were to see something like that... so I had us stop." Max murmured.

"Very good, Max. You do actually have will power. Deveann, I want you to burn those pants." Kisha said wistfully.

"But-"

"I'm in heat, Deveann, burn the freaking pants." Deveann nodded and closed the door.

"That was interesting." Angel smiled innocently.

"Well, I think we have now proven that all of us in here are good girls, at least a little, wouldn't you say?" Nudge said. We all nodded in agreement.

"When does heat end?" I said, getting back on track. Kisha shrugged.

"Haven't a clue." She blushed. "Soon, though."

"So you're basically just going to be really mad at everyone until then. Gosh, you're like a freaking dog in heat, mean, grouchy, rude." Angel confirmed, remembering Total.

"Yeh, pretty much. It's not a big deal, really. Remember, this happened last year and you guys weren't even aware of it. It's just apart of being a Changelum is all."

"Wouldn't that mean Deveann's gonna go into heat?" Nudge asked. Kisha pondered it for a while.

"No, I don't believe so. Deveann's got Eraser blood in him as well as human and avian blood. Going into heat is a recessive trait, for all I know our daughter might not even have that." Max and I started laughing at her as she realized what she'd said. "Kill me now." She moaned.

Tee hee hee. That was so fun. You don't even know. I was surprised I actually put in the pants part. The chocolate cake and marshmallows I have no idea what you were getting at there, Tremma. I decided I'd want to have it known to the others that Max and Fang had a thing going behind their backs but I didn't want them to know all the details so that they were still sort of ni the dark. For all they knew, Fang and Max could be really passionate in their secret lives, though they aren't really. Not from where I'm standing anyway. I mean... they didn't really even french kiss. Kumali, congrats on being pure, you're the one and only. Please Review! Kisses!