MAXS POV

I was back with my flock, finally. I was so happy to be back, what I was mostly happy about was flying again. I still have to break the news that I can't fly anymore. Fang carried me all the way back to the house they actually bought. I was super surprised that they bought the house. I guess they want to stay here awhile.

"Hey dinner!" Iggy yelled from the kitchen. I was upstairs with Nudge and Angel; we were looking though some of their stuff when we heard Iggy yell.

"Okay we will be right down." I yelled in response. I looked at the girls and nodded towards the door. We all got up and headed down stairs.

"Yum! Smells great." Nudge said sitting down at the table. She sat next to Angel and I sat next to Nudge. Gazzy ran into the room looking suspicious and then sat next to Angel. Iggy put the spaghetti on the table and then sat down next to Gazzy.

"Where's Fang?" I asked as the kids dove into the food. I stood up and almost instantly Gazzy did too. I looked at him strangely for two reasons 1 he has spaghetti sauce all over his face and 2 he was acting funny.

"Umm I'll go and look for him." Gazzy said standing up, he gave Angel a sharp look and then she stood up. Angel took hold of my arm and pulled me into my chair. Gazzy ran out of the room and down a hall.

"Okay then." I said as I twirled some pasta on my fork. Fang and Gazzy came rushing back into the kitchen.

"Sorry guys had to finish some stuff." Fang said as he took his seat next to me.

"Oh don't sweat it Fang." Nudge said as she tried to hide a smile "I'm sure it was important whatever you were doing." Gazzy and Iggy snickered then stuffed pasta in their mouths to stop.

"Shut up." Angel hissed. Okay they were up to something and everyone was in on it but me.

"Okay then…" I said studying all of them. Fang gave me a quick smirk then he ate his pasta.

"Anyways how's the pasta?" Iggy asked as he stuffed his mouth.

"Great, one of the best meals I have had in a while." I said with a little laugh, the kids laughed too and Fang tried to hide a smile.

"It's the best meal I have had to since Max has been cooking for me!" Total said as he trotted into the room.

"Hey, I'm not that bad!" I said in my defense. That caused more laugher from the kids and a hidden smile from Fang. I just rolled my eyes and put some pasta in a bowl for Total. "So what were you two doing, before dinner?" I asked poking Fang in the ribs. Total took a seat by Fang.

"Oh, um nothing just helping Gazzy clean his room." Fang said stuffing more pasta in his mouth to avoid more questions.

"Yeah ha that's a joke." Nudge said. Then she grabbed her leg and groaned Angel looked satisfied.

"Okay you guys are really bad at keeping secrets." I said trying to hold back laughter. Everyone just stared at me. I put a hand over my mouth to hide my smile. Fang rolled his eyes then continued to eat.

"What do you mean we are bad at keeping secrets?" Nudge said. "You don't find out about a lot of things."

"Oh yeah like what?" I said eyeing her.

"You did not know that Iggy and Gazzy blow up your bra when you were 13." Nudge said looking satisfied.

"I did know that remember I beat Iggy to a pulp." I said without even thinking about it.

"I bet you did not know that while you were gone Ig and Nudge got together… as in dating." Angel said as she stirred her 4th serving of pasta. I dropped my fork and so did Nudge. Iggy kept his head down and Nudge got up and ran from the table. My mouth was wide open and I just stared at Angel then at Fang, Gazzy looked just as shocked as I did. Gazzy did not know either because if he did he would not look like he was going to pass out.

"I did not know that." I stood up and so did Fang. "We will be right back; I'm going to calm Nudge down." I walked upstairs with Fang right on my tail.

"Okay that's one thing I forgot to tell you when you got back." Fang said as I knocked on Nudge's door. I gave him a not know look.

"Sweetie can I come in." I said kindly.

"Is someone with you?" Nudge said through tears.

"It's just me." Fang said in his nicest voice. I heard a click then tried the door, it was open and I walked in slowly.

"What's the matter Nudge?" I asked.

"What do you think?" Nudge said sounding irritated.

"Honestly I don't know." I said thinking about it, really there was nothing wrong it was a little embarrassing but other than that I don't know.

"Why did Angel have to tell you, I was hoping you would never find out?" She looked up at me with red eyes. I gave her a hug and held her for a while.

"Fang will you give us a minute and go talk to Angel about minding her business." I asked Fang sweetly. He nodded, left then shut the door behind him. "Would it make you feel better if I told you that you're not the only one crushing on a 14 year old boy in our flock?" Nudge gave me a funny look. "I'll give you a hint, I'm the girl, Fangs the guy." Nudge smiled and so did I. Right then Iggy walked into the room.

"Hey Ig." I said so he knew I was there.

"Hey Max, mind if I talk to Nudge for a second?" Iggy asked. I smiled at Nudge and stood up and walked towards the door.

"Sure knock yourself out, I have to go and knock some heads together." I said walking out of the room and shutting the door. I literally ran all the way down stairs and into the kitchen. I stood right in front of Angel and crossed my arms. She was sitting in Fangs lap playing with Total. Well that's his idea of lecturing, here's mine…

"Oh hey Max." Total said, I gave him a sharp look and he scurried out of the kitchen. Angel looked up at me with a shy smile. I gave her a look and she looked away.

"Little missy come here." I pointed down towards my feet. She stood up and walked over to me making sure she did not look at me. "Now keep your nose out of other people's business. How many times do I have to tell you not to read people's minds or mess with their heads?"

"I don't know a lot, I know that much." Angel said with a weak smile. I gave her a stern look then lightened up a bit.

"Get out of here and go take a shower." I said laughing. (Hey it was my first day back I was not going to drill her about it.) She smiled and then skipped up the stairs. "Don't forget to say sorry to Nudge and Iggy." I yelled up to her. I walked over to Fang and took his hand. I pulled him over to the couch he sat down and I sat down next to him.

"How are you enjoying your first time with us in exactly one year?" Fang asked as he put his arm around my shoulders.

"I was just thinking about that day, you know the day that we broke into the school. About how Ari had wanted me so bad, well what he did surprised me… I'll tell you about it later when everyone else calms down. Anyways I was thinking about how worried you were about me, so I'm surprised you have not said I told you so." I said laughing a little then I leaned towards him and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. I smiled. "It has also been a year since you kissed me for the first time." I stood up and left Fang sitting there. "Oh by the way can you gather the kids I have to show you guys something." I blow a kiss towards him and laughed as I walked up the stairs. Fang just sat on the couch smirking.