Me no owny Maximum Ride.

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Max POV

I looked at Fang through my snow goggles and grinned at him. "Race you to the bottom."

Fang smirked his heart-warming smirk at me and I fought to control my heart rate and steady my breathing. "You're on. Count to three?"

I smiled inwardly. Of course, Fangy dearest. "Yup. One –" I instantly took off down the mountain. I was so notgoing to lose against Fang. I heard him curse and take off on his snowboard behind me. I couldn't help the giggle that escaped my mouth, and then I was full out laughing as I flew down the mountain on my snowboard. The feel of the wind and snow against my face was exhilarating.

Approaching the bottom of the mountain, I noticed Fang out of the corner of my eye catching up. Damn it, I couldn't lose against him. He would cruelly bruise my pride and never let me live it down. Of course, I'd do the same to him if I won, but that's not the point.

I saw Iggy standing off the side at the bottom of the mountain with Nudge wrapped up next to him. They took notice of us and waved. I would have waved back, but I was a little busy at the moment. I needed to push further. Come on, come on, almost there….

I slid to a stop and dragged up snow around me. Fang was right next to me. Damn, that was too close. "I won! Now you have to go buy me a treat."

Fang shook his head. "No way. I definitely won. And you even had a head start. Which, by the way, wasn't cool."

"But you still think I'm awesome anyway…" I bit my bottom lip and looked up at him, attempting to give him a puppy dog look. Apparently it was working, because I saw his eyes soften slightly and one side of his mouth quirk up.

Iggy and Nudge came up to us, Iggy's arm wrapped around Nudge's waist. "Sup, guys."

"So, who won? I definitely did, right?" Come on guys, don't let me down here.

"In all honesty, I think it was a tie." Iggy was about to feel the wrath of my full-blown glare.

"It was super close! I really couldn't tell! You guys should race again tomorrow, since they're closing up the slopes now," Nudge commented.

"So even with a head start, we still tied. I think you should get me a treat, Max." Fang was smiling smugly at me. Urgh, I just wanted to wipe that smile off his face. Stupid boyfriend.

"Whatever. I definitely gave you time to catch up at the end. I wanted to be nice and save you from having your ego pathetically crushed."

Fang leaned in to whisper in my ear seductively and I shivered. "Well then I greatly appreciate that, Maxie. How about we treat each other later tonight back at the lodge?" He leaned back and smirked at me.

I fought the blush coming to my cheeks and slapped his arm. "How about you buy me a hot chocolate, and I'll forget you just said that." I looked over to Nudge and Iggy to see them both beaming at Fang and me. Creepy, much?

"Aww, you guys are so cute together! I love watching you two, it's so adorable!" Nudge clasped her hands together. "Anyway, I think we should get back to the lodge since the sun is already starting to set. And our principal will probably throw a fit if we're one second late." She took Iggy's hand and the two started walking towards the hotel.

"Well, now that we're all alone…" Fang smirked at me and started to lean in closer.

I put my finger against his lips and pushed him back. "Ah ah ah, save it for later tonight. When we have more time."

Fang rolled his eyes. "You're such a tease."

I smiled and took his hand. "Yup, but I'm all yours."

Fang grinned at me and his eyes noticeably brightened. He squeezed my hand and we walked together to the hotel in comfortable silence.

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I took a hot shower and changed from my wet clothes. Fang apparently had the time of his life as he continually pushed me into the snow whenever he had the opportunity. Of course I pushed him back, but my clothes were practically soaked by the end of the day because of that jerk. He was such the gentleman, if you hadn't already guessed.

I was watching tv and waiting for Nudge to finish her shower so we could go downstairs together and eat dinner. How long was she gonna take in there? It had already been thirty minutes…

After what seemed like hours later, Nudge came to me ready to go. "Are you sure you don't have anything else to do?" I asked. "I mean, it's already been almost a freaking hour."

Nudge put her hands on her hips. "I need to look my best! Iggy's gonna be down there."

I rolled my eyes. "Yeah, yeah. Let's just go already. I'm starving."

We took the elevator down and got out one floor later. Yeah, taking one flight of stairs required too much energy. You probably would have taken the elevator, too.

Entering the dining area, we located Fang and Iggy sitting at one of the tables. After getting our food, we joined them, Nudge sitting next to Iggy and across from me, while I sat next to Fang.

"Fang! There you are!" We all turned our heads to the owner of the voice, who happened to be Lissa. Oh God. Couldn't she take a hint already? He. Was. Not. Available. Nor ever will be, if I could help it.

She approached our table and sat in an empty chair next to Fang. "I haven't seen you all day! Where have you been?"

"Snowboarding?"

"You must have been on a different slope than me. Ski with me tomorrow! You can help me up in case I fall!" Lissa giggled and flipped her red hair back. Stupid bimbo.

Smiling wickedly, I got up from my chair and sat in Fang's lap, wrapping my arms around his neck and straddling him. Time to show that bitch who's boss. "Baby, I've missed you so much! How has your day been?"

Fang's eyes widened for a second, but then he quickly caught on and smirked. "I've missed you too, babe. I've been so lonely without you."

I had the satisfaction of seeing Lissa's mouth hang open and anger quickly fill her features. "Oh yeah? Show me how much you missed me, then."

Fang wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me flush against his chest. Slowly but surely he lowered his soft lips to mine. I moaned dramatically. I wanted to make this a great show for Lissa since she had a front-row ticket. I deepened the kiss and parted my lips, as did Fang. I heard an angry screech from Lissa and she got up and stomped away. Fang and I didn't stop, though. Our tongues fought for dominance and we let each other explore the other's mouth.

I heard an awkward cough from Iggy. "Uh, guys? You do know Lissa is gone, right? So can we please keep this PG?"

I pulled back to tell him to shut up but Fang started peppering my jawline with kisses and I instinctively moaned. "Go get a room, then."

"Shouldn't I be the one telling you that?"

A sudden bang on the table jerked Fang and me. I turned to see one of my teachers glaring at us. Gre-eat. "PDA will not be tolerated here. Though we are not in school, this is a school-authorized trip and we expect you to be on your best behavior. You have this one warning but it is your last. Do you two understand me?"

We both mumbled barely audible yes's and sat there waiting for her to go away. She didn't.

"PDA includes sitting on a lap of the opposite sex, Miss Ride." She was still looking at us. Okay? Feel free to leave whenever it was a good time?

The teacher sighed. "That means get off of his lap, Miss Ride."

I grumbled to myself something that involved using the Avada Kedavra curse and sat back down on my own chair.

The teacher smiled but it wasn't exactly warm. "Thank you. Please refrain from any further physical contact in the future. And as a reminder, no having any members of the opposite sex in your bedrooms at all this trip." She stalked away, on the prowl for any more 'misbehaving' kids.

"Wow, good thing you guys didn't really get in trouble. And oh my gosh that kiss looked so amazing! Was it amazing? You certainly scared Lissa off! I hope she learned not to mess with you guys anymore. She can be so mean," Nudge rambled.

"Mean's your only adjective for her? I think I have plenty of more creative ways to describe her in my head." I turned my head to Fang. "Well, I hope that means Lissa won't be coming near you any time soon."

Fang cocked his head. "Jealous, Max?" His face was still slightly pink, and his hair was disheveled from the kiss. His eyes were almost sparkling.

"Sure, I'm always eager to punch her face out, but I know I don't need to be jealous." I smiled at him. Cue cheesy sigh from Nudge and a "That's so cute!".

Out of the corner of my eye I saw another teacher approaching our table. Golly gee, what did we do this time?

"Nudge, could you do a big favor for me?" Nudge was our class president and all the teachers' favorite student. Aka, big suck-up.

"Sure thing, Mr. Brown. What do you need?" See? Suck. Up.

"I left my medicine which is in my bag on the school bus. Would you be able to get it for me? I would, but I need to supervise all these unruly teenagers."

"Of course, Mr. Brown." She took the keys from the teacher and left. Mr. Brown turned and walked away. Gah, anyone could clearly see he was just lazy and didn't want to go out into the cold. Teachers. The nerve.

We talked for about thirty more minutes downstairs as other kids got up to leave.

"You know, there's a karaoke bar here! I bet that's where everyone's going. Wanna go too?" Iggy asked, looking hopeful. The boy loved to sing, but sadly, not everyone on earth was meant to be a singer. Fang nodded. I began to wonder where Nudge was, because surely she would have been back by now; I didn't push that though further, though.

"Yeah, but you guys go ahead. I'm going to go back to my room first to… call my mom."

Fang gave me a quizzical look, but let is slide. Iggy nodded, eager to get to the karaoke, and dragged Fang off with him. I didn't want them to come with me because I didn't want them to worry at all. I'm sure Nudge was just fine, but I felt something nagging at the back of my head. I wanted to go check and make sure she got back all right.

I left the practically deserted dining area and headed to the lobby. I could see it was completely dark outside and the snow was picking up heavily.

Coming into the large lobby, I noticed Lissa and her posse of friends lounging on the couches off to the side. I wasn't interested in talking to her, but she must have seen Nudge walk in earlier, if she had walked in earlier.

I approached Lissa and she and all of her friends simultaneously turned to glare at me. Slightly creepy. I rolled my eyes.

"Well look what the cat dragged in," sneered Lissa. "Little miss man-snatcher. Come to rub it in my face?"

"Actually no, but I could certainly give you that satisfaction another time. Listen, have you guys seen Nudge come in? She had to go run an errand for a teacher and I haven't seen her since." Please actually take me seriously.

One of the girls looked up at me. "Actually we-"

"No, we haven't seen her. It's been quite a while though, hasn't it, Max? Maybe you should go check outside and see if she's still out there. What if she's stuck out there? Oh, no! What if she's lost out there? She could be hurt!" Lissa placed a hand over her heart.

I ignored the dramatics, my mind focused on panicking about Nudge. Oh crap, was she still out there? And the parking lot wasn't even in close proximity to the hotel! I needed to go out there to look for her. "Thanks, guys. I'm gonna go look for her."

I ran up to the front desk to ask for a flashlight, and then I was out the doors. Good thing I had my coat with me. Having the door close behind me, I was instantly blasted full force in the face by a gust of wind and snow. I shivered, feeling much colder than when I was inside. All I could see was a great expanse of white snow and dark sky. Where the hell even was the freaking parking lot?

Flurries of snowflakes flew all around me and I had trouble seeing even two feet in front of me. I turned on my flashlight, which barely lit the way in front of me, but it had to do. Nudge, I'm on my way!

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Fang POV

What was taking Max so long? She had already been gone forty-five minutes. I didn't know where she went, but I did know she didn't actually go to her room to call her mom. Her voice and demeanor slightly wavered when she said so; I could tell she was lying.

I drummed my fingers along the bar as I sat and watched Iggy make himself look like even more of an idiot than he already was. He was singing some Katy Perry song and dancing like he was imitating someone's having an epileptic seizure.

"Hey, Fang." Oh, God. Not her again. When was she ever going to get the clue that I clearly wasn't interested? Before I started dating Max, Lissa and I had a little 'fling', but obviously it never turned into something more. I dropped her as soon as I had the balls to tell Max that I liked her instead of Lissa. I never actually really liked Lissa, though.

I turned to her and saw her sitting on the stool next to me. She had this weird smile on her face and it looked like something was caught in her eye, causing her to rapidly blink. I didn't know what I ever saw in her.

"What do you want, Lissa?" I asked, trying to sound as uninterested as possible.

"Oh, nothing really. I just wanted to hang out." She started twirling a strand of her hand and looked up at me with what I supposed was an attempt of seduction.

"Really."

"Yeah, since Max isn't here or anything, that leaves me more access to you." She trailed her fingers down my arm and I grabbed her wrist and set it gently by her side. I will not hurt her. I will not hurt her.

"Lissa, I'm not interested in you. In other words, piss off."

"But this is the only time I get to be with you! Since Max left and probably won't be here for a while, we can be together!"

I furrowed my eyebrows. "What do you mean, 'Max left'? Where did she go?"

Lissa absentmindedly looked off into the distance, still twirling her red hair. "Oh, I don't know. I have no idea." But I could tell from her tone of voice that she did know Max's whereabouts.

I glared down at her, causing her to flinch. "Lissa, I'm going to ask you one more time. Where. Did. She. Go?"

Lissa looked down, afraid to meet my eyes. "She left the hotel, okay? I told her Nudge hadn't come back yet, even though I saw Nudge come in earlier, so Max went outside to go look for her and I haven't seen her since. Geez, don't freak out or anything. I'm sure she's fine."

I looked out the window. It was turning into a freaking hurricane out there, and Lissa thought Max would be fine? And she was still out there… I curled my hand into a fist.

I shoved Lissa and she fell to the ground and recoiled down dramatically. What a coward.

"You bitch. Max could be dying out there for all we know, all because you wanted to fucking spend some time with me." I turned on my heel and quickly strode out the door. I made my way to the lobby and asked to borrow a snowmobile to drive in. Yes, they did actually provide those at the front desk.

One of the men there got it out from the back and set it up out front for me. "Are you sure you want to ride this outside right now, sir? I would suggest waiting until –" I didn't bother listening to the rest as I sped off and turned the front lights on. Max, I'm going to find you. Hang in there.

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Max POV

I didn't know how long I had been walking, but I was pretty sure I couldn't feel any part of my body. I was so numb that I eventually didn't even feel the cold anymore. It was as if I were nothing, a puppet gliding along in the snow. I had no idea where I was or where I was going. All I could see was darkness except for the flurries of snow that flew right in front of me.

I had run into a few trees here and there due to not being able to see them. I hoped Nudge wasn't still out here. Maybe she was able to find her way back to the hotel.

"Nudge," I weakly called out. My voice sounded hoarse and I had to cough repeatedly to clear my throat. "Where are you, Nudge?"

I suddenly tripped over something, maybe a branch, and landed on my side. I tried to get up but I couldn't get up or even move. But I felt comfortable, like I was lying in bed. I didn't really want to get up. I felt peaceful and calm here. Maybe a nice nap would make me feel better. I was so tired from walking and all I wanted to do was rest.

My eyes shuttered close as I felt the darkness consume me.

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Fang POV

Max was such an idiot. Why would she come out here when the freaking weather was this bad? She could be so narrow-minded and rash sometimes… but that was part what made her Max.

I had been looking around for about ten or fifteen minutes so far and didn't see any signs of her. I was panicking on the inside, hoping to God that she was okay, or even alive for that matter. I tried not to picture her with a pale face and no pulse and eyes staring motionlessly back at me… I shuddered. No. I was going to find her.

The winds picked up even more since when I had left the hotel, and the only thing I could see was a few feet in front of me because of the front light on the snowmobile. I saw a lumpy figure on my right side and drove up to it, only to see that it was a log.

I didn't know exactly where I was, but I had a general sense of direction as to where the hotel was.

Hold on… I saw another lumpy figure that looked bigger than the log, and I drove towards it, only to have the snowmobile run over something and flip over. I flew from the vehicle and landed in the snow. Shit, what did I run over? I saw that it was only a big branch and mentally sighed, but still, fuck. The snowmobile freaking crashed!

Turning my head to the lumpy figure I had seen earlier, I jogged over to it. Most of it was covered in snow, but I still couldn't figure out what it was exactly yet.

Please be Max, please be Max, please be Max. I started brushing the snow off the figure or object. I saw an arm, so I hurriedly tried to brush the snow off faster. This was definitely a person.

After most of the snow was off, I was able to see the face of the person clearly and it was Max. She was unconscious, but I could feel her faint pulse. "Max," I breathed. I pulled her to me and started rubbing her arms, attempting to somewhat warm her up. "Max, come one, wake up. Wake up for me."

She made no indication of movement. I picked her up in my arms and held her to my chest. She was so cold…. my Max…

But shit. What was I going to do? The snowmobile was obviously broken now, and I now had no idea where I was or where the hotel was. But I knew that the hotel had off-campus cabins for people to rent out, so maybe I could find one of those around here somewhere.

I started walking in one direction, hoping it would lead me to either the hotel or the cabins. I held Max to myself as closely as I could, trying to radiate some of my body heat to her. She looked painfully pale and her skin felt colder than the snow itself.

Another ten minutes of walking, and I saw the faint outline of something big. Upon coming closer, I saw that it looked like a small house; more specifically, a cabin. Thank God. Maybe someone would be inside and could help Max.

I pulled Max to one side of me and banged my fist on the front door. There were no lights on inside, but maybe they were sleeping. After a few moments, there was still no answer.

A banged my fist against the door again and waited, but no answer. I laid Max down softly on the front rug on the small porch so I could check to see if any windows were unlocked. "I'll be right back, Max. I promise."

I tried the first window, but no luck. The second window was the same, and the third. I ran around to the other side of the cabin and tried those windows. One of them thankfully was unlocked and slightly open, so I stuck my hand through the slit and lifted the hatch so the window would open fully. I ran back around to Max and picked her up. Going to the window I gently slid her through and laid her on the floor. I followed after and quickly shut the window.

The room wasn't too cold, since the heater was luckily working. I spotted a bed and put Max on top of it. I knew she needed to take most of her clothes off so she wouldn't catch hypothermia.

I turned the light back on in the cabin and returned to Max on the bed, sitting down next to her body. Despite her paleness and current state, she still looked like an angel to me. I would never get tired of looking at her beautiful face.

I started to take her shirt off, looking away. I knew she would kill me for looking at her like this, let alone doing this. But I knew I had to. I quickly took the rest of her clothes off until she was left in her bra and underwear; definitely did notwant to take those off… yet…

I lay down on my side under the covers after I had taken everything off of myself except my boxers and pulled her to me. I rubbed circles on her arms, trying to give her more warmth.

"Max," I said softly. "Wake up. I'm here, and I'm not gonna let anything happen to you. Please wake up."

After a minute or two, her eyes squeezed momentarily and then opened.

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Max POV

"Please wake up." That sounded like Fang's voice…. what was he doing out here with me? I groggily squeezed my eyes and opened them… only to see something big and tan right in front of me. What the hell was that? I looked up and saw Fang's dark eyes looking down on me with concern. Oh… that would be his body. Wait – what?

I took a double take and saw that he was shirtless… oh, it was not nice to tease people, Fang. "Fang?" I hated the way my voice sounded. It was all crinkly and weak. "Where are we, and why aren't you wearing a shirt?"

I let myself peek again and saw how defined they were. Ah, I could just touch them… oh wait, I already was. I also noticed the proximity between him and myself, and how his arms were wrapped securely around me. I felt so warm. I snuggled further into his chest.

I felt Fang's chest rumble slightly, and I assumed he was chuckling. "Wouldn't you like to know?" I poked him in the stomach, not amused. "Fine. I undressed in everything except my boxers so I wouldn't catch hypothermia or anything, and I did the same to you."

I looked down, just now noticing how I was only in a bra and underwear. My bra wasn't even a sports bra. My cheeks reddened and, feeling exposed, I tried to back away from Fang and cover myself with the covers only to back into the wall.

Fang rolled his eyes. "You don't have to try and hide yourself from me. I undressed you, you know."

My face reddened even more and I started banging my fist on his chest. "Ugh, you're such a pervert! Enjoying the show, aren't you? So not cool, Fang! I hate you!"

Fang caught my fist with his hand and pulled it against his chest, me along with it, so I was back in my previous position next to him. "You know you don't hate me," he murmured softly. "In fact, I know it's the opposite." He started rubbing circles on my back with his other hand.

"Fa-ang."

He smiled. "What?" I just shook my head and didn't say anything. Instead I took my hand out of his grip and wrapped both of my hands around his neck. Fang placed both of his hands around my waist and pulled me even closer to him until I was only a few inches away from his face. I couldn't remove myself from his gaze and instead looked deeply into his eyes. His eyes were so dark, so beautiful. His smile had dropped and he was staring intensely at me.

I decided to break the distance and leaned over, pressing my lips against his. There was no inch of space between us. My previous shyness of not wearing as much as I'd like quickly dissipated and was replaced by passion. I loved the feel of his warm skin on mine. I wanted more, needed more.

Fang shifted me onto my back and gently climbed over me, keeping most of his weight off me and still maintaining the kiss. His tongue traced over my bottom lip and I opened my mouth to let him in. His tongue explored every inch of my mouth and I sighed. I then explored his mouth, and tasted perfection. We stayed like that for a few minutes. I had to remember to breathe through my nose.

Finally we broke apart and Fang leaned back, his arms still around my waist and mine around his neck. His lips were swollen and his cheeks a slight pink. His eyes were blazing. I giggled at his appearance, unable to help myself.

Fang lifted his eyebrow, but smiled at me. "What's so funny?"

I shook my head. "Nothing." I found him staring at me again with intense eyes. I cocked my head to the side. "What?" I asked.

Fang shifted his position from on top of me and returned to my side. My hands dropped to around his waist. Fang sighed and closed his eyes for a second. He opened them, and whispered, "I'm just glad you're okay. Did you know how worried I was when I was looking for you? And to find you unconscious hidden under snow? But why did you go out there by yourself? Do you know how stupid that was?"

I ducked my head and looked down. I didn't want him to be mad at me. I was just looking for Nudge. And what if she were still out there?

Fang gently grabbed my chin with one hand and raised it up. I still averted my eyes. "Max. Look at me."

I looked up at him to see him staring intently at me again. I couldn't look away once again.

"I'm sorry, Max. But you scared me so much. I honestly thought that you could have died."

"But I didn't die, and I'm here with you now." I smiled at him. Then forgetting Nudge, that smile disappeared.

Fang of course noticed this. "What? What's wrong?"

"I'm worried about Nudge. I don't know if she ever came back to the hotel or not. That's why I went out, because Lissa told me she still hadn't come back. Did she come back?"

Fang's jaw clenched and I traced it with my fingers. Nudge must not have come back, I thought sadly.

"No, Nudge did come back. Before you even left the damn hotel to look for her."

My head snapped up. "But Lissa… she said…"

"Yeah, I know. She fucking lied to you so you would leave the hotel. All because she fucking wanted to spend some time with me." Fang shook his head angrily, glaring off to the side.

I inwardly sighed. I was so glad Nudge was all right. I didn't know what I'd do if anything happened to her.

I put both of my hands on each of his cheeks and pulled his head to look back at me. "I know she's a bitch, but it's fine. I'm okay now, and we're both safe together. Besides," I smiled at him, "she unknowingly put us closer together. You know you love this right now, right?"

Fang's eyes softened. "Of course I do." He placed a kiss on each cheek, then my forehead, then my chin, and then my nose. "Because I love you." Then he kissed me on my lips. It was soft and unlike the last kiss, but my heart beat just as fast.

He pulled back and smiled at me. "Come on, we should get to sleep now. Tomorrow I'll take you to the nurse right when we get back to the hotel to make sure you're really okay. Deal?"

"Deal."

Fang got up to turn off the lights and returned to the bed, under the covers. He wrapped his arms around me and pulled me closer to him. I snuggled into his chest.

"Oh, and Fang?"

"Yeah?"

"I love you, too."

~* O *~

"Race you to the bottom of the mountain?"

"Didn't we already have a race yesterday?"

"Yeah, which I totally won by the way, but this one is to truly declare the real winner," I proudly announced.

Fang smiled his award-winning smile at me. "Fine. But no cheating this time. And I'm counting. Got it?"

I exaggerated my sigh and rolled my eyes. "Fine. But don't get any tears on my jacket after you lose miserably."

"You don't have to worry about that cause it's not gonna happen. Ready?" I nodded. "Okay. One – " and then he was off. I stared, gaping at him for a second before my senses kicked in and I jumped right on after him.

He was so going to lose this time. Once again, my precious ego was at stake here and I wasn't going to let Fang trample all over it.

I saw Nudge and Iggy at the bottom both watching us; this time they were ready to declare a winner.

Nudge, as it turned out, was late only because she got snow on her jacket from the trip to the bus and insisted on taking yet another shower; hence her long absence.

Fang and I were able to find our way to the hotel the next day with the storm calmed down and light guiding us. According to the nurse, I was fine and just had a cold. I felt extremely lucky. If it weren't for Fang, who knows what could have happened…?

I had to take that whole day off from snowboarding and rest. Lucky for me, Fang stayed by my side the whole time and refused to leave me, except for when one of us needed to use the restroom. Thank God for that boundary.

After spotting Lissa later that day, I might have thrown in a few punches and curse words. Nothing too much to worry about. She wasn't in a hospital, so I deemed she was just fine. Only a big wimp.

Approaching the bottom of the hill, I was just two feet away from him. Come on, just a little closer…

An idea formed in my mind and I grinned manically. Reaching out, I pushed Fang. He stumbled over his snowboard and rolled.

…. That was a very stupid and not-well-thought-of idea. Since I was right behind him, I tripped over him and rolled right along with him. We finally both stopped together at the bottom in a tangled mess.

Iggy and Nudge came over to us; Nudge's eyes wide and mouth hanging open, Iggy grinning like he won the lottery.

"So? Who won?" I got out. I was lying on top of Fang and my head was on his chest.

"To be honest once again… that was a tie." Iggy sounded remorseful.

"What? Noooo! And after all of my efforts!" I pushed off Fang to get up but his hand kept me firmly planted.

"Efforts? I'm pretty sure the correct term is cheating."

"Stupid Fang. You cheated too."

"Only because you did so the first time."

"That was to save you and your precious ego."

"By going even further to try and beat me? I don't think so."

"But – "

"GUYS!" We all turned to Nudge. She had her hands on her hips and was looking down at us. "Geesh, you two act like an old married couple. Come on Iggy, let's go get hot chocolate." The two left Fang and me in our tangled little mess. Well, this was awkward.

"I quite enjoy this intimate position."

"Shut it, Fang."

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Two updates in less than a week? Man, I'm good. Don't get used to it though...

So sorry if any character seemed OOC to you! But this iscliché afterall. And very cheesy.

Thanks so much again for the reviews last chapter! They motivate me to write and make me feel all happy :) If I didn't reply to your review, I am so sorry! I try to reply to everyone's!

By the way, check out my other story, Independent. Updates aren't as often, but give it a try!

Any ideas for the next chapter? I made a whole mental list, but then forgot all of them. Writing them down would probably be a good idea for me. So, tell me what you would want to see in a chapter! Make note that it will only be a chapter, so it would be sort of hard for a full relationship to suddenly go from strangers or something to in love. Notice my example in chapter 3! Not a good idea.

~ aalaal