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After that whole humiliating situation was over, I managed to maintain a little dignity by shooing the boys away and getting dressed quickly.

Nudge, Angel, and I switched places with the boys and sat around a tree nearby. Everything was quiet and I could hear birds chirping and the faint sound of the waterfall when Nudge decided to interrogate me.

"Sooooooo, Maxxxxxxxxx" She began, drawing it out slowly.

"Yes?" I asked, looking at her expectantly.

"What's going on with you and Fang?" One of the shortest sentences she'd ever said in her life, and yet I wished she'd never said it. I could already feel my cheeks heating up.

I tried to play it cool anyways. "What do you mean?" Thank whatever god there may be that Nudge couldn't read minds, too!

She huffed. "You know what I mean Max. Those looks you always give each other, how your face lights up when he smiles. The connection, it's there. We can all see it. Even Iggy." I was too flustered to laugh at her small joke.

I could feel my cheeks beginning to heat up. "I don't know what you're talking about." My fingers were now absentmindedly tracing swirly patterns in the dirt.

"Well, if it means anything, we don't care. It wouldn't bother us if you and Fang were a couple ya know? It would be just like having a mom and dad! You'd be the mom and Fang would be the dad, obviously but-

I started to drown out Nudge's rambling on why Fang and I should be a "thing".

Angel?

I asked in my head.

Yeah Max?

Would you mind changing the subject?

Angel mind-giggled as a response and said,

Ok.

Uh oh. There was a mischievous undertone to her answer that made me wary.

"Hey Max. I was thinking that we should go visit Ella and for a while. It would be so much fun! We could even go shopping!"

As soon as Nudge heard "shopping" she immediately shut up. Oh great. Angel was pretty devious for a six-year-old when it came to this type of thing.

"Yeah Max, we should! Oh my gosh think of all the things we could do!" Nudge said excitedly, a bright smile lighting up her face.

I turned to glare at Angel, but I couldn't bring myself to do it. It was the Bambi eyes, they got me every time. She was just too darn cute!

"You guys, we just can't. There are too many risks. Besides, do you really want to go back to school again?"

Angel nodded enthusiastically. "I liked it! Especially when I played Swan Lake with my friends." Nudge nodded in agreement.

"But is it really worth risking Ella and my mom's lives?" I asked, hoping they could see things from my perspective.

"Well be fine! Dr. Martinez can take care of us, I just know it." Nudge said determinedly. I could tell no of them was going to falter.

Couldn't anyone see how dangerous this could be?

(A/N Ha, that's rhymed! "See and Me", get it? Ah, well, I tried ^__^)

Fang POV

Iggy and Gazzy had just cannonball into the water as I carefully folded my black attire and set it on a rock. What? You didn't think Mr. Emotionless tough guy would do that? Well, the truth is, there's more to me than meets the eye. I'm actually pretty neat and tidy when it comes down to it and I don't have to worry about fighting flyboys all the time. Just something most people wouldn't guess. Max even laughed at me for it sometimes.

Just thinking of Max was kind of awkward at the moment, considering the fiasco that happened earlier. Iggy, of course, still didn't understand the entirety of the situation considering that he couldn't actually see anything. But trust me, I saw enough for the both of us. I wished I could go back in time to stop it from ever happening. Don't get me wrong, Max is extremely beautiful, but seeing her like that wasn't worth it when I saw how mortified she was at the end of it all. Being the tough girl that she is, she just muttered "sexist pigs" under her breath and shooed us away, acting like it didn't bother her.

Seeing her in pain hurt as me as well, and she was definitely in pain right now. I'm guessing it was because we were constantly on the run and couldn't seem to catch a break. It seemed like one thing was always leading to another and she was always reminded of her duty to save the world instead of living like a normal teenager. Well, as normal as a teenager with wings could be.

I waded in the water for a while, and tried to think things through. Should I talk to Max? All this running (flying) all the time wasn't good for any of us. The younger kids especially needed a good, stable home to grow up in where they could feel safe. And, there weren't any immediate threats at the time so why not?

"Aww man! Not again Gazzy!" I heard Iggy cry. Total barked and swam to shore.

My eyes shot to their direction where little bubbles were forming around the surface by the Gasman. He just floated there with an innocent smile.

"Ok, everyone out!" I cried.

Max POV

We had just landed after a few hours of flying and were trying to get our bearings. We were currently in the beautiful state of New Mexico and were taking in the landscape. Yes, I am aware that New Mexico is basically just one big, dry desert, but it had its perks. It wasn't called "The Land of Enchantment" for nothing. With its vast skies, and warm weather it seemed like the perfect place to settle down for the evening.

The kids were trying to find some food as Fang gently grabbed my arm and pulled me aside. "Max? Can we talk?" He sounded strange, but I went with it anyways.

"Um, sure." I answered uncertainly. Had Angel told him about our conversation earlier?

We flew not too far away and sat down on the ground, facing the horizon that was bursting with the bright colors of the sunset.

We just sat there in silence, enjoying the landscape. Suddenly, I felt something on my shoulders and discovered that fang had draped his arm over them. I felt comfortable and claustrophobic at the same time, not knowing his intentions. In any case, I laid my head on his shoulder and sighed happily.

"Max?"

"Yeah?" I replied. Then I saw something. A look. The look to be exact. The look he got that time in the cave when he was trying to "convince" me to stay. It was the same look he had on the dock not too long ago when he kissed me. I didn't know whether to stay put or use my super speed to fly away as soon as possible. He started to lean down and…

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