AN: Hey guys! I'm uber sorry for the lateness, but you know, life gets in the way sometimes. Yeah, I have a life. Don't be so shocked. I'm hurt. :)
Anywho, you guys can thank my lovely reviewers for essentially telling me to get off my lazy butt and write. R&R guys. I have 98 reviews and the 100th reviewer will get a giant shout-out and maybe a character of their own…. ;) Here's the story, hope ya like it!
OH BTW IMPORTANT AN AT THE BOTTOM! PLEASE READ IT!
Previously on SIHOOOT:
I chuckled falsely. "Oh well. You can disagree with the truth, but you can never fully believe a lie."
Suddenly, the happy, fun atmosphere darkened, and the light faded. My words seemed a little off, even to myself. I didn't mean to give it a double meaning. Sigh.
Just sigh.
MAX POV
Fang and I sat there for a moment, all awkward. But luckily that silence made the last remnants of Monster trickled from my brain, and my consciousness- and sanity, including the kind memory of Fang and I's not-so-kind past. Great.
Fang looked down. I looked down. The awkward was all-consuming.
"Uh, Max, seriously though, you were good." Fang rubbed the back of his neck.
"Thanks, Fang." I said quietly. He nodded, and the tense silence resumed.
I sat there for a moment, until I couldn't take it. I jumped up and ran for the door. "Max?" Fang asked, confusion evident in his voice. "Bathroom." I called back, even though I didn't have to go. I hid inside a stall and locked the door. I sat on the seat, and held my head in my hands. A headache had started to form in the back of my head. I rubbed my temples, and stood.
"I am Maximum Ride." I told myself. "And Maximum Ride does not run. Maximum Ride is fearless." I lied to myself, gripping the sink, staring at my reflection. I smiled, and even though I knew it was fake, I smiled wider, and left the bathroom, returning to the studio.
Fang looked up when I came in. I smiled tightly at him. "You ready for lunch?" he asked. My eyebrows shot up, and my eyes flashed to the clock. 12:23. When did that happen? I nodded, suddenly realizing my hunger, and we left. "Where do you wanna go?" Fang questioned, staring at me.
I thought a moment. "Uh, how aboutWendy's?" I suggested. "They have good burgers." He nodded, agreeing, and we set off, walking to Wendy's.
The chilly air bit through my thin hoodie, and Fang put his arm around me. I struggled to find a way to get out from under his arm without hurting his feelings. Finally, I just shrugged off his arm, and skipped forward.
Fang caught up to me, and said in a weirded-out tone, "What's the rush, Maxie?"
"Well I just-" My eyes widened. Uh oh. I had wondered when they would catch up to us. I was surprised it took them so long. Maybe they were waiting. One of them glared at me, and sent me the silence or I kill you look. I nodded, just a little, so the crazed camera people knew that I got the message. Don't tell Fang that they're there and I won't get strangely attacked by a random mugger later in the night, when I'm alone. Deal.
"I'm just hungry, Fang." I lied smoothly, lying about the reporters and that I wanted to escape his arm. He nodded, accepting the lie. For a second, I felt bad, but I pushed it away. What he doesn't know won't hurt him.
Wendy's finally came into view, and I sighed in relief. Fang held open the door, and I grabbed it anyway, just to spite him. He sighed, and facepalmed, and I laughed at him. I walked to the counter and the girl behind the counter's jaw dropped open when she saw Fang. I sighed.
I ordered my meal, and she didn't move, or anything. I sighed, and snapped my fingers in front of her face. "Yes, it's Fang Walker. Get over it. We're trying to order out lunch here." I snapped at her. She seemed to come back to life then, and she frantically wrung her hands.
"Can you please repeat your order ma'am?" she asked. I did, and Fang ordered. We sat down when our food arrived, which was the fastest food had EVER come for me.
I moaned as I sank my teeth into my juicy burger. "You should get me food more often. It comes in like, seconds." I sighed in happiness. The burger was delicious. Fang chuckled.
"I think it's a superstar thing." He admitted. We finished our burgers in silence, and Fang held open the door for me again. I held it again anyway, and he sighed.
"Max, can't I do anything nice for you?" Fang asked, exasperated.
The tension from earlier lingered in my mind, and affected my words. "No, 'cause you keep trying to do things boyfriends do, and you're not my boyfriend!" I snapped.
Fang's eyes narrowed. "I was!" He snapped back.
"Well you're not now!" I shrieked, waving my arms around angrily. "And whose fault is that?"
I saw the paparazzi creep out out of the corner of my eye. They were taping our fight. They caught it from the moment it began.
"Look, I said I'm sorry! Why can't you just accept that?" he yelled back.
"Because you FREAKING CHEATED ON ME, and that's UNFORGIVABLE!" I roared. Everyone on the street stopped and stared at us. I clapped my hands over my mouth. The press had no idea about him cheating, and it could ruin his image and career.
Fang stared at me in horror. He noticed the paparazzi too, too late. The damage was done.
"I'm sorry," I gasped, "I didn't mean to.. I just-" I was cut off by Fang speaking.
"No. It had to come out eventually." Fang said quietly. Hopefully the cameras didn't pick up on that. He sighed, and his expression was so broken, so defeated. It hurt me. I've tried so hard to keep him away, but truth be told, Fang will always have my heart. I can never get it back. It's his, always has been, always will be. His arms dropped to his sides. Fang thought his career was over. He probably thought that his fans would hate him for doing that terrible crime. I had to help him. Even though he hurt me, I couldn't let this destroy his career. I called upon my acting skills.
So I faked a hysteria attack. I burst out laughing, clutching my middle, and secretly winked at Fang. Go along with it, my expression pleaded for one second. He laughed too. I ran up to him, and we highfived. The camera people looked confused.
"That was such a great prank, Fang!" I laughed. He caught on.
"Man, those paparazzi people are like, whaa!" Fang laughed. We hugged, and my insides were torn to shreds. I had missed his hugs. Even the same electric shock came whenever we made contact. Eventually the paparazzi started laughing too. Luckily, they believed our lie. His career wasn't doomed. He was saved.
FANG POV
"Because you FREAKING CHEATED ON ME, and that's UNFORGIVABLE!" Max screamed at me. She immediately realized her mistake and her hands flew to her mouth. Oh crap. I had noticed the paparazzi just before she said this, and now realized that this was my downfall.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to, I just-" Max stuttered. But I cut her off.
"No. It had to come out eventually." I mumbled. Oh god. My career is over. All of my fans will hate me, and this will blackball me down to the core. I will never, ever get another gig, or any other job. Goodbye, life. I slumped, and dropped my arms.
Then the weirdest thing happened. Max burst out laughing, and doubled over, winking at me, sending me the universal just go with it look for a second, before quickly changing her expression to one of hysteria. I started laughing too. Just go with it, I told myself.
"That was such a great prank, Fang!" Max laughed, emphasizing great prank. I guess we were gonna play this off as a giant, blow-off prank-to-end-all-pranks. It was a good plan.
"Man, those paparazzi people are like, whaa!" I laughed loudly. I embraced her, and that's when I realized how much I missed hugging her. I missed Max so much. The same electric zap was still there whenever we touched. The reporters laughed with us, and everything blew over as a prank.
Max saved me, even with what I did to her.
Man, I screwed up bad.
AN: So, what did you think? I don't know about this chapter, but overall I think it was pretty good, I guess.
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TIME!: If I started a story, I have two ideas. Please tell me which you would rather me post:
A: Max the Vampire Slayer- Maximum Ride is a vampire hunter. She has been ever since her parents were killed by one. But then she meets Fang, the most human vampire she has ever met. She is wooed by him, and yet is torn by loyalty to her vows of destroying all vampires, and love to a person she is sworn to hate. Which will she choose? Yeah, cliché. Oh well. R&R!
Or B: It Came From My Blogging Website- Max Ride and Fang Walker are famous bloggers. People soon begin to comment on their blogs, saying they ship "Fax", and sending them links to awkward Fanfictions about them dating, etc. When Fang finally gets tired of seeing all of the stuff telling him and Max to get together, he decides to pay the legendary Maximum Ride a visit. Maybe, the readers were right.
Tell me which one you would rather read! Oh BTW, my other story, The Other Ones, I didn't mean to post. I was half-asleep, and that does funny things to your brain. So unless people tell me not to take it down, I'm gonna take it down.
Ok, RRT:
Disney'sGurl: Yay, Belle is back! You're welcome. Aren't Grandma's always fun? Yay, me too! Ok, Relient K, I'll check them out. Thanks. No Doubt is cool, too. K, thanks! I'm working on that one. Sure, Belle. Aw, Alex, don't make her feel bad! The readers of this story like you, Max likes you, I like you, DG likes you! Everyone likes you too DG! Don't be a meanie, Alex. :( Hehe, kicking people. Fun. ;) I never saw that one. I saw the full movies, but not the werewolf ! It's a children's movie, and they're encouraging young dating! Awkward! Ugh, musical chipmunks. We were watching the Super Bowl, and suddenly my dad flips the channel to High School Musical! I died. Too… much… cliché…. It's cool, I give long responses, so yeah. Bacon lurving all the way!
FangAKat: Thanks! Me too.
: WHOA! Cool! Magic… just kidding, I'm not that weird. Yes. Thanks, Fax will come soon, even though it wasn't on this chapter. Sorry. Please don't die!
CJ: Yeah, wow. I just have so many great people to respond to! :)
UnicornPrincess21: Thanks! And thanks for pointing that out, I tried to play it off with her being on Monster… oops. Yeah, I guessed you weren't a cat, but I guess you can never know… ;) Ok!
MusicIsMyLife14: Yup! I'm glad.
boxtoplad999: Yeah! YES! REDDITORS FOREVER! They are, right! I love those shows. I love Imagine Dragons, Linkin Park, Mumford and Sons, and My Chemical Romance! I don't know Rise Against, though, so I'll check them out. Cool. Nice taste in music, bro.
MissSemi-Dependent: Correct, and it's like a password thing for a website… Thanks! Yeah, but plot twists are needed to keep this story alive. He is, I know right! Hehe, you go on and do that!
: Thanks! Me too! Plain White T's are awesome too!
AlwaysLookinUp: Thanks! Yes!
Elemental Dragon Slayer: Thanks. Yeah. Scary, if it was real… XD *shrugs* well, he's not in this chapter. And yeah, it makes it longer.
sorenity4eva: nice. :)
Whosaidblondescan'tread: Yup! YAY, another Redditor! MY BROS! EXACTLY! Yeah, I normally read on my Kindle and IPod, so it messes up typing on those… sigh. Thanks! :D
Lel Christo: Thanks! And I don't know, they're both pretty epic, if I do say so myself! :D Which do you prefer?
SingingWaffle: Yay! They are, right? Indeed. Tsk tsk, mistakes people make when drunk. Tsk tsk. Oh yeah, Fax is WAY serious. Way.
Guest/girllybel: I LOVE YOU TOO BRO, totally not in an awkward way. Sure! Thanks, I stole them from the President. It's cool.
bailar: Thanks, and I have no idea. Me too. It's great.
DarkAngelWithWings: Ok! Thanks!
SOTC:
Since she left me high and dry.
Split me like a Gemini.
All those days are passing by.
Like flowers in December
Last SOTC was She's So Mean by Matchbox 20. Congrats to those who answered!
QOTC: Who did you want to win the Super Bowl?
Last QOTC answer: Sorry, classified information.
VOTC: (Video of the chapter, a Youtube video you should check out): Manspider by Smosh.
That's it ya'll! Until next time! R&R!
Fly on,
Sky