Ok people who actually like this story, here's chapter 3. Sorry it took longer than I thought it would. I had a lot of Make-up for school.

Disclaimer: Do I REALLY have to say it?

-Alter ego- Yeah, duh.

-sigh- Fine. I do NOT own any Maximum Ride characters...other than Fang (hehe) However, I DO own the plot and Firefly...or Anna...or whoever you want to call her. Happy now?

-Alter ego- Yep.

Ok on with the story...

"Anna, but I prefer to be called Firefly." She said with a smile.

I took a quick innocent glance at Fang, and could tell immediately that he was pissed.

Really pissed.

"Firefly?" Fang asked, astonished. His voice was so smooth…I shook my head. Did I really just think that?

I decided I'd avoid looking at his face, which I knew was probably glaring at me angrily, by taking in Anna's…or Firefly's, features.

She had a nice heart shaped face. She had long, and I do mean long, black hair flowing calmly and smoothly down her back, with rare streaks of purple showing. Her light brown skin tone was lighter than Nudge's yet slightly darker than mine, which made me wonder if she was mixed or not. Her light brown wings glistened nicely in the sun, and her dark chocolate eyes, similar to Fang's, sparkled innocently at the rest of the Flock.

"Firefly?" Iggy exclaimed, with a bright smile lighting up his face. He stood up from his suspicious spot next to Gazzy, and looked in me and Firefly's general direction.

"That is awesome." He said. I glowered at him.

"You only like it because it has fire in it." I accused. Iggy crossed his arms and shrugged his shoulders.

"What do you expect from a Pyro-Maniac?" He asked with a half smile. He did have a point.

"Max, Me, you, talk, now." Fang said. I had forgot Mr. Tall, Silent and Handsome…er, Dark was here. I wonder how?

Oh right, he's silent.

I bit my lip nervously and followed Fang to a corner of the cave reluctantly. When we reached the corner, further from everyone else, Fang took a deep breath and rubbed his temples, just like I did whenever I became frustrated.

"Max, I thought you were smarter than this." He whispered. Excuse me? Is he calling me dumb on the slick?

"What do you mean?" I asked, trying not to sound angry or sarcastic. He turned and looked at me stunned.

"Why is she here? Do you personally know her?" He complained. Well, no, I didn't. But what was I supposed to do? Before I could answer, he spoke again.

"Let me guess. This was another Ella incident?" He said. He was referring to when I so conveniently saw Ella getting jumped, and thought it was a brilliant idea to be super woman. Of course it wasn't that bright, and I got shot and I had been in a middle of a rescue mission to save Angel. But I can't believe he would bring this up.

"No. Actually, if you must know, you can thank Nudge. I tried to leave her, but she said she had no place to go, and Nudge so graciously offered that she'd stay with us." I whispered back. He shook his head.

Wait, he's flipping the script. I'm the leader.

"Listen, Angel isn't getting any evil thoughts from her. Plus, she's one of the mutants we saved in New York." I told him. He threw his arms in the air.

"Oh, and that makes it better?" He questioned. I sighed.

"And what do you want me to do, Sir Fang?" He was really making me angry now.

"I don't know…how about…not bringing random mutants to the flock's location? Or how about having some actual common sense about who you trust?" He sneered. I gritted my teeth.

"Yeah, 'cause we all know everyone I trust is the spawn of Satan himself." I snapped. Fang turned away, and I walked away.

"Max, what were you and Fang talking about? He had some…bad stuff in his mind again." Angel said when I reached them. I glanced in the direction where he was sitting at, glaring at all of us darkly. Maybe he was the evil one.

"Stuff like earlier?" I asked confused. She nodded innocently. She was so sweet.

I looked over at Firefly who was talking animatedly to Iggy. Turning back to Angel, I smiled. I was finally going to find out what Fang was thinking.

"What was he thinking?" I said as nice a possible. Angel shot a quick look at Fang, and looked at me with reluctance. I sighed, he must have threatened her.

"Angel, he can't hurt you. Not with me here." I assured her.

"Umm…well…it was kind of…about…" Yes, this was the moment.

"Don't get mad, ok, Max?" Angel said quickly. I kept my encouraging smile, despite my impatience.

"I won't. Not at you anyway." I said. She smiled brightly.

"It was about you." She finished. Ok…what was so scarring about that? I think she saw my puzzled face and frowned.

"You were…um…not fully dressed." She said clarifying. OH. I wasn't fully dressed. Now I could see how that would frighten a little girl. Wait…but Angel's seen me…not fully dressed, when we went to pools and stuff, and I had to help her take off her bathing suit.

WAIT A MINUTE.

Why was I not fully dressed in Fang's head? I frowned again, and shot the best glare I could at him, but he was absorbed in his laptop, sitting next to Nudge, who was looking at the screen with interest too.

Angel mistook my frown and glare for confusion, and to my dismay, continued.

"You were dancing…closer to him." She said again. I knew my face turned red. It felt really hot. I scratched at my head in annoyance.

"I was what?" I asked quietly, getting angrier at the moment.

"You were dancing towards him, and calling his name." She said further. Ok, I think I lost it.

"FANG!" I hissed. He looked up from his laptop and saw who I was talking to. His face went whiter and his eyes widened. Gazzy looked up from his corner. I didn't care if he was making a bomb. Maybe I'd use it to blow up Fang. That was a thought.

I marched over to him, his face slowly growing redder as I approached him. He knew exactly why I was angry.

Iggy and Firefly looked over at us, and Nudge took a few steps back further from Fang.

"What?" He said when I reached him.

"You know exactly what." I said.

"If I did, I wouldn't have asked you." God I hated him. Spite him now if you're up there.

"Thought I wouldn't find out what you were thinking in your head? You know, that weird little thought that scared the holy crap out of Angel?" I asked. I smiled in my head as his face went blank.

"Max, I can explain." He said holding up his hands in defense.

"Please do." I said. Suddenly, his face wasn't so red, and he was smiling. I frowned. What was so funny?

"I was thinking that, because you loooooove me." He said grinning. Now it was my turn to have a white face. I gritted my teeth.

"That's not fair." I said under my breath.

"What isn't fair? I loooooove you too." He stated. My face turned red now, and I turned on my heel. That freaking jerk. He was teasing me. I was under the influence of Valium when I said that.

I walked back to Firefly, my face as red as a fire truck.

"Are you ok?" Iggy asked. He must have sensed the way I was walking or something.

"I hate Fang. I hate him, hate him, hate him." I muttered. Iggy smiled. I ignored him and looked back at Firefly, who I noticed was blushing slightly. Wow, there was a lot of red on everyone's face in a matter of an hour, and it wasn't even Valentines Day.

"What are you blushing for?" I snapped. She looked startled, and then pulled me to the side.

"Isn't Fang and Iggy…a little…hot?" She asked. I coughed, and suppressed a laugh.

"How old are you?" I asked her.

"Thirteen." She answered, shooting bashful looks at Fang. Maybe if I punched her, she'd rethink how he looked to her.

You're just jealous Maximum. My voice kicked in. UGH. I did not want to here this.

No I'm not. Girly girls just annoy me. I replied.

You think Fang is "hot." Does that make you a girly girl? He asked. I gritted my teeth, and Firefly looked at me puzzled.

"I do not think my best friend is hot." I stated out loud. Everyone turned and looked at me.

Oops. You'd think I would've stopped talking out loud by now, especially now that I actually know who the voice. Jeb. But I prefered calling him voice.

"Max, what are you talking about?" Asked Nudge.

"Aren't all of us your best friends?" Gazzy asked innocently. I smacked myself in the head.

"Yes Max, what are you talking about?" Iggy asked amused. I took a deep breath and looked at everyone, ignoring Fang's smug look.

"We, meaning the girls, found a hotel. Nudge thought it'd be a good idea to stay in one." I said, ignoring Iggy's snickers.

"So we're taking advice from Nudge now?" Fang said. Nudge glanced at him defensively. I ignored him and continued.

"So we're going to go and stay in a hotel. At least until I can figure out what we're going to do next. I think we all need a break." I finished. Nudge smiled brightly and stood up.

"Let's go." She said. Everyone went to the edge of the cave and took off, our magnificent wings glistening brilliantly as the sun began to set.

I looked at my flock…and Firefly, and smiled. We all worked hard. I wasn't sure about Firefly though. She seemed a bit, flirty with Iggy. The last thing I needed was for her to get attached to a flock member.

We landed in font of the Inn that Nudge had suggested, and walked inside. A girl, no older than sixteen, smiled at us as we entered. I did a quick sweep to make sure there weren't any of our Flyboy, or flying robotic eraser, friends near by.

"How may I help you?" She asked, looking specifically at Fang. I hissed under my breath and cleared my throat. She looked at me, and I noticed her smile go down slightly.

"I would like six rooms." I declared. Firefly and I would be sharing a room, then I could keep an eye on her.

"I'm sorry, but we only have 4 rooms, and you can't pay for more than three." She told me. I smacked my hand on my head.

"Ok, I'll take three rooms." I accepted reluctantly. She gave me the key cards, and turned back to Fang.

"If you need anything, I'm right here." She said with a big smile. He didn't respond, but instead ignored her and followed the rest of us to our rooms.

As soon as we got to our rooms, Iggy snatched a key and was off with Gazzy. Angel and Nudge shared a room, but Nudge wanted Firefly to stay with them.

"No she can stay with us." I said grabbing Firefly's arm and leading her to what was now me, her and fang's room.

To my relief, there were two beds. One for Fang, One for Firefly.

I started spreading some extra sheets on a small couch when Fang stopped me.

"What are you doing?" He asked. What did it look like I was doing?

"I'm preparing my bed for later." I responded. He shook his head and sat on the couch. I sighed.

"Fang move." I said. He shook his head again.

"No, you sleep on the bed, I'll sleep on the little couch." He argued. No.

"I'm the oldest, I get the couch." I stated. He still didn't move. I didn't feel like arguing, so it came to no surprise when I just took a deep breath, and accepted the bed. I looked over at Firefly to see what she was up to, except, there was no Firefly.

"Fang, where's Anna?"

Good question. Where is Anna? just review and tell me whether you like it or not.