Daddy's Home Part Two

Chapter Seventeen

Max's P.O.V

I woke up the next morning in Fang's arms.

Man, it felt good to wake up with him next to me… With his arms around me; I could get used to this.

I rolled over in his arms, waking him up by doing so, and looked at him.

I was laying on my back with him on his side and his right arm across my stomach.

He smiled and kissed my forehead.

I snuggled into his chest and closed my eyes.

I attempted to fall back asleep, but sadly, my bedroom door burst open.

I peered around Fang and saw Angel standing in the doorway.

"Hey, Honey, what's up?" I asked, sitting up.

"Breakfast is ready!" she chirped, smiling brightly.

"Why so cheery? You're usually a little testy in the morning…"

"You'll see!"

She bounced out of the room.

Fang and I exchanged glances and got up.

He laced his fingers through mine and started down the stairs.

We made it into the kitchen and I just about cried when I saw who it was.

My Aunt Stacy.

I hadn't seen or heard from Aunt Stacy since my dad left…

"Maxi!" she yelped.

"Aunt Stacy!"

I dropped Fang's hand and ran over to her, wrapping her in a huge hug.

"Maxi, I've missed you!"

"I missed you too, Aunt Stacy."

Stacy was my dad's sister. She was also the coolest aunt ever.

Stacy looked around me at Fang.

"Oh! Sorry, Aunt Stacy, this is Fang… My fiancé." I said as I went back over to him and took his hand.

Her eyes narrowed and I knew what she was wondering.

I held up my left hand and showed her the ring.

"Your moms?"

I nodded, giving a small, sad smile.

You see, my mom died when I was little, when Ari and Angel were born, actually.

She came up to me and examined the ring more closely.

"It's beautiful… And so are you, Max."

I smiled as one single tear dropped out of my eye and down my cheek.

"So, Fang, you must tell me about yourself! I don't mean to sound rude, however, Maxi is my little girl. I don't have kids of my own, so Maxi means the world to me."

Fang half-heartedly smiled as we went into the living room.

Aunt Stacy's long blonde hair flowed behind her, covering her butt.

Stacy is only twenty-four years old, so she's a very young aunt.

My dad and her are about twenty years apart.

Stacy had very, very green eyes. Like, the kind of green emeralds are jealous of.

Stacy, Fang and I plopped down on the sofa in the living room.

Stacy had her legs curled behind her, while I was leaning up against one of the sofa's arms with Fang sitting with my legs across his.

"So, Fang, tell be about yourself." Stacy smiled.

"Well, I'm seventeen, eighteen next month. Uhm… What else do you want to know?"

"How long have you and my Maxi known each other?"

"Not that long actually. But we've been through a lot."

"Yeah, my big brother told be about your heroicness. I'm sure Jeb and Maxi have already thanked you immensely, but I also wanted to thank you. Maxi is everything to me. If I lost her, I'd die."

"I did it because I love her."

I leaned forward and wrapped my arms around Fang's stomach.

"Okay, so obvious question, but, I'm sure Fang isn't your real name."

"No, my real name is Nick Martinez."

"Well, Nick, its nice to meet you," Stacy smiled. "And, now that I've interrogated you guys enough, you can go back up to Maxi's room."

"Thanks, Aunt Stacy!" I sang.

Fang and I disappeared into my room.

We laid down on my bed and turned my TV on.

We laid down the same way we were earlier, barely acknowledging the TV.

I curled up in Fang's arms and closed my eyes.

He traced circles on my lower back.

Somehow that made me fall asleep.

I kissed Fang's chest and dozed off.

"I love you, Fang…" I whispered, my eyes closing and sleeping.

I woke up to the phone screaming at me… Okay, it wasn't literally screaming, but it sounded like it. C'mon, when you're tired and something is trying to wake you up, usually, you don't care what it is, on first instinct you'd go to hit it… So I did.

I slammed my hand down on the phone, picking it up and pressing it to my ear.

"'Uhllo?" I asked, almost incoherently.

"Hey, Maxi! Are we still meeting up for lunch?" Susan asked.

I pounced off of the bed, waking Fang in the process, and continued talking with Susan.

"Yeah, of course, I'll come over to your house and we can go. Or do you want to meet here?"

"You can come here."

We said our goodbyes and I hung up.

"I'm going to lunch with Susan Wagner. You can stay here and sleep." I whispered in Fang's ear, and kissing his cheek.

I walked over to my closet and pulled out an outfit. (Pictured on my Polyvore. SoPassionate is my u/n on there!)

I dressed and brushed out my hair.

Fang showed up behind me without making a sound.

"Have fun at lunch." he whispered, bending his head down and kissing my cheek, then down to my neck.

I turned around and sat on my vanity, pulling Fang over to me by his hair.

I leaned down and kissed him.

A few minutes later-and kisses later- I pulled away and whispered, "I really have to go."

He looked disappointed but helped me off the vanity.

I pecked his lips one last time before disappearing down the stairs.

I hugged Dad and Aunt Stacy before leaving.

Dad told me I could borrow his Volvo to go to Susan's.

I drove out to Susan's and knocked on the door.

Her older brother Tommy opened the door.

"Holy shit! Maxi Ride! What the hell are you doing here?" he screamed excitedly.

"Hey, Tommy! Susie and I are going to lunch."

Susan appeared behind Tommy.

"Maxi!" Susan chirped.

Tommy moved out of the way while Susan came up and hugged me.

Yes, everyone but my Dad and Fang seemed to call me Maxi.

I hugged Susan back.

Tommy picked me up cradle-style and carried me inside.

"Yo, Tony!" Tommy yelled.

Tony came from down the hallway.

"Look who's here, bro!"

"Maxi!"

Toby ripped me out of Tommy's arms and hugged me.

"Maxi, wanna take my car or yours?" Susan asked.

"We can take mine."

Her and I said our goodbyes to Tommy and Toby and left.

We drove out to Brick town, which was where the closest Applebees was.

Susan and I were seated and given menus.

"So, Max, how've you been?" Susan asked.

"I've been… Okay. And you? How's cheerleading?"

Susan was cheer captain of the school's JV cheer team.

"I actually recently quit the Hornets. Joined the debate team. And the Mathletes."

I gasped in surprise.

"You quit the Hornets?"

She looked down, chuckling a bit, and nodded.

"Well, that's great! The debate team will be good for you. Are Vidia and Mercedes on the debate team with you?"

"Are you kidding? Mercedes and Vidia on the debate team? Vidia got promoted to captain when I quit the Hornets, and Mercedes got co-captain."

I laughed when our server came over to us.

I looked up at him.

"Hello, my name is Chris, I'll be your server this afternoon. Welcome to Applebees, may I take your order?"

Susan went first, "I'll have the chicken fajitas and a raspberry iced tea."

"Okay, beautiful, and you?" he asked, turning to me.

"Same except I want a root beer."

"Okay, gorgeous, anything else?"

"Nope, that's it." I whispered, trying to discretely show that I had an engagement ring on my finger.

Chris saw it and left, winking at Susan as he did.

I raised my left hand and pushed some of my hair out of my eyes.

Susan gasped and grabbed my hand, examining it.

"What?" I asked, startled.

"You're engaged?"

"Oh, that…" I laughed.

"To who? That guy?"

"Fang? Yeah. Him."

"He's hot." Susan winked.

"He sure is."

I wiggled my fingers on my left hand around a little.

"When did you see him last? I haven't seen you two around school or anything."

"I saw him this morning. He spent the night at my house last night."

"Jeb allowed that? He hated it when Tommy or Toby would come over and come within ten feet of me."

"He likes Fang… After all, he did save my life."

"That's true."

Chris brought over our food.

We ate, talking about other random things as we did.

We finished and paid.

Chris gave Susie the receipt, and winked at her.

She turned it over and laughed.

He put his number with a smiley face saying "call me"

We smiled and left his money and tip on the table.

I drove Susan back to her house and drove home.

Fang wasn't there?

I dropped Dad's keys on a little table in the foyer and went to find him in his study.

"Dad, where's Fang?" I asked.

"His mom called. She needed him for some wedding details. He only left about five minutes ago. Oh! And he left this for you."

He handed me a note.

Max-

I went home- Mom needed me. Come on over when you get back.

Love Always

Fang

His handwriting was very messy, but still readable.

I took the keys off of a little table in the foyer and got in Dad's Volvo.

I drove to Fang's house and parked on the side of the street.

I went up to the door and knocked.

Fang's mom opened the door.

"Why are you knocking, Max? You can just come in."

"Thanks, Mrs. Martinez."

"Geeze, Max. Call me Anna."

Iggy appeared from the kitchen- Surprise surprise.

"Max!" he cheered, coming up to me, picking me up and spinning me in a circle.

"Woah. Hey, Igs. Happy I see?"

"I haven't seen you in a while."

"True, true."

"Did I hear Max?" Fang asked, coming from down the hallway.

"Sure did." I smiled.

He came over to me, placing his hands on my hips and kissing me.

We stood there in the middle of the living room, making out for like, five minutes.

"Ahem." Anna coughed.

We pulled away and laughed.

"How was lunch?" Fang asked, towing me by the hand into the kitchen.

Iggy and Anna followed.

Iggy got a few bottles of root beer out of the refrigerator, tossing one to Fang and one to me.

I caught mine with ease, as did Fang.

I popped mine open and took a swig.

"It was okay. I mean, Susan and I got a lot of time to talk… We both got flirted with by the server… Until the server saw my ring. Then he turned his attention to Susan."

Fang seemed to get angry when he heard of other guys flirting with me.

Iggy and Anna took that as their cue to leave.

Fang gripped his root beer tightly.

"What's wrong?" I asked, knowing full well what was wrong.

"I just don't want to ever lose you, Max."

He pressed the bottle to his lips and took another gulp.

"You wont," I walked a little closer to him. Close enough that I could grab onto his free hand. "Baby, I love you. You know that. I'm not going anywhere."

He drank the last little bit of his root beer and as he was swallowing said, "Good."

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