To: My wonderful readers,

Please don't hate me I'm just doing this for the sake of the story. I really do love Faxness, and please understand that although it kills me to do this, if Max and Fang get together without any problems, then it won't be half as good. Same goes for Flyssa and Msam. But I won't bring those two back… or maybe I will…

Sorry, I'm just being a little evil right now, I'll let you get on with the story.

Disclaimer: I own only my OCs, and the Plot, It's all J.P. and M. L'Engle.

Max's POV

As soon as I got back to my cabin, I clambered up onto my bunk, and sat there thinking. He had been so close to asking me, I'm sure he would have too, but no, he was joking, he must have been. If he wanted to ask me that badly, then he would have. He really can't like me like that, And if he can't like me then it's not possible that I like him. I never have, and I never will, because if we did like each other, then fought, It could break up the flock again. And there's no way in hell that's happening again. I can't let it. So even if I did like him, WHICH I DO NOT, I'll have to keep a lid on it. I love the flock too much to do that to them again. I wonder what's for dinner. Maybe they'll have… um lets see, oh, that lasagna was good…

No, bad Max, think not to avoid the topic!

Oh, hello Voice. I thought without my usual venom.

Nice to see you too, oh, and my day was fine, thank you, and yours?

Shut up voice. I've had a bad day, I don't need you to make it worse.

Oh, really? Well, I'm just going to tell you that your mail has arrived, and while I'm at it, I may decide to take your laundry in for dry-cleaning.

I mentally rolled my eyes, and Mel came in, hopping up onto her bunk, and looking at me with a bored expression.

"What happened to you? You look like Max would if she had admitted her undying love to Fang, he had turned her down, Angel had gotten kidnapped again, Ari had come back from the dead and beaten her up (again), and Itex had taken over the world by plucking out all her feathers." She said

"My name is Max, and do I really look that bad?"

She nodded "except for the feathers part, I suppose."

She looked thoughtful, as though about to say something else, when our councilor, Jamie came in holding up packages for Mel, and a letter for me.

Gazzy's POV

I saw Max stalk off, and although I knew I shouldn't have, I snuck over to the bushes behind Fang's table, just to be close to the action. Fang looked s if he were about to explode, (I could tell by the slight frown lines on his forehead) instead, he just began banging his head on the table, muttering "Why me? why me?" over and over again. Iggy mysteriously appeared again, melting out of the shadows like we all had been known to do, and patted his arm sympathetically as she walked away. Resigned, Fang turned his nametag upside down, and went back to hide in his unit. Still unnoticed, I slipped away.

I am so good I thought to myself.