Chapter – 2

I landed in our spot where there a small bon – fire just to keep us warm. All the flock members were sleeping. I didn't saw Fang sleeping with the flocks though. Well, he might be still using his power and being invisible.

I sat on one on the round, leaning my head against a tree. All I had on my head was: Where are we going to go tomorrow?

I didn't have an answer. I felt like I had failed to become a leader. Failed to guide my flocks. I sighed. What am I going to do tomorrow?

"Hey," I suddenly heard a sound from behind me and gasped as I turn around, finding Fang. I sighed in relief. "Goodness Fang. Can you at least make some noise before you talk to me?"

Fang said nothing and sat beside me. Our arms brushed against each other and I tried to move a bit far from Fang when he caught my wrist.

I looked at Fang. "Fang?"

"Tell me what is going inside your pretty head, Max," he said.

I sighed, backing my seat beside him. "I don't know, Fang. I don't know what we are going to do tomorrow. We sure did escaped from lab and I did get the chip out of my arm, but, I just don't know what to do now. I have no idea where are we going tomorrow or how are we going to be living . . . I just feel . . ." I let a tear ran down my eyes and I quickly whipped it off. "I just feel like I failed you guys."

"Max, you never failed us," Fang said. "We are a bunch of avian – humans who are being target for something that they are not responsible for. It is normal for you not to know what to do, Max."

"What should we do, Fang? We cannot live in this forest forever," I sighed.

"You are right, Max. we cannot live in a forest forever, and that is why I think, we should just begin to live like normal human," Fang said.

"But, we are not normal, Fang. If the scientists find out . . ."

"That won't happen, Max. We can disguise. Plus, the flocks need a life. A normal life where they don't have the fight all the time and do whatever is good for them."

"But . . ."

"We should live a normal life, Max," he said as he held my chin with his finger. We were only an inch away from each other. My checks were red from the way he was looking at me. It feels like he can make me weak for him. "And, we should think about each other. About us."

I looked at him, confusingly. "About us?"

Fang smiled, leaning closer to me near my ear. I could feel his warm breath on my neck. My stomach was twisting and my heart was beating fast. It always happens where I am with Fang. I felt him leaning close to my ear and felt his lips touching my ear lobe as he whispered. "About us. You and me."

I flushed. "What about us, Fang?"

Fang lift his lips near my cheeks. "I have always wanted a life with you, Max. A normal life, where we will be together . . ." I felt his lips touching my cheeks, pressing a small kiss in my cheeks.

I blushed.

Fang held my cheeks with his fingers as he looked at me. "I always wanted a normal life with you and me together," his lips twitch a smile. I felt myself blushing more as he leaned again on my another cheek and pressed a kiss on my cheek. "We can have a family," I heard him say as he kissed my forehead. "Our own family," he kissed my nose. "I just . . ." he looked at me as his lips were only millimeters away from mine. "I love you, Maximum Ride."

I was stunned. I never thought that Fang would say that. And, he . . . loves me? But how? When – oh! Before, I can think more, Fang had already crashed his lips against mine.