I know it sounds dumb, cheasy, stupid and idiotic, but it was a plan none the less. It is probably the most horrible thing I have ever said, but aw well.

Well, what if I made Josie look like a jerk or something? I flinched at the thought. I barely knew her! what if I made myself seem perfect? No, I couldn't. I backed up from him twice before and he doesn't want that to happen again.

I rubbed my forehead in irritation. This seriously was a cheasy high school drama! It was the second freakin day I knew her, and we are already fighting. I instantly hated my life. Again.

"Ooh! We should dock down here, Max! Look it! Look it!" Nudge pointed excitedly to a lake down.

I smiled. "Okay!" We all narrowed our wings and bulleted down. With a splash, we hit the water like arrows. I was laughing. The cold water felt good against my skin. I twirled, and with my awesome vision, I saw Fang.

He had his rare Fang-smile. I smiled more broadly at the site of that, and angled towards him. He looked at me and laughed a little. Almost in unison, we surfaced with gasps for breath.

I circled my arms, trying to keep floating.

"OH MY GOD THAT WAS AWESOME!" Nudge screamed. I turned to her.

"Totally." I agreed.

Eventually, I got out of the water and watched them play. Josie came out.

"Hey, Max." She said. She sat down next to me.

"So you liking the life of the flock?" I asked.

"It's cool." She replied.

"Yeah, it got better after we got away from the Flyboys and Erasers."

Then Fang lingered out of the water. I tried to gleam as brightly as I could. He sat next to me, so I was surrounded by them.

"Heeeeeeey Fang." I said.

"Hey, Max. Can I talk to you?" He asked.

"Uh, I guess." Fang got up and I got up. Josie's eyes bore into my back, I could tell. We took off and we were gliding over the tops of the forest trees. He didn't smile now. He looked extremely concentrated.

He docked onto a ledge on the side of a canyon. I followed and we both sat down. He sighed and turned to me.

"Okay." He sighed. "I need to tell you something."

"Yeah?" My heart sped a little.

"Please don't judge me on this. I asked Angel what you two were thinking-"

"Aw, great." I said sarcastically and looked away. Angel seemed like she betrayed me. This time it was for real.

"Well, yeah. I know. I heard you guys were, kinda', well... Fighting over me, I guess?" He said. I still didn't look at him.

He sighed again. "I wanted to tell you this, though. No hard feelings, but I like Josie."