AN: Hey guys. So look, I'm being a good little author and updating! Aren't you proud? Haha, just kidding. Don't answer that. Anyways, this chapter is gonna be sappy, *barfs*, but they have to make up eventually. So, just warning you now.
Oh, and anyone who can point out the BBC Sherlock reference gets a shout-out. All caps, I promise. :)
Disclaimer: I don't own any MR stuff or any stuff like it. Yeah.
LAST TIME ON SIHOOT:
Then Fang's and our phones buzzed simultaneously.
Here's the game:
You two will talk it out. Make up. Be friends again, or more. Then we'll release you.
If you do not make up, or fake it, you will stay there.
That room is your home until you make up.
Enjoy.
Love,
Iggy and Nudge
Fang and I got the same text, and groaned.
Looks like we're gonna stay here for a while.
CHAPTER 14
After five minutes of shouting some more and threatening to eat certain people's first born children, Fang and I had given up on escape.
"This is awful. I'm not gonna talk to her, guys!" Fang shouted. I gasped, and crossed my arms angrily.
"Talk to me!?" I said in outrage. "I'm the one who shouldn't speak to you, you freaking cheated on me!"
"But I was trying to fix things and you kissed my brother!" Fang replied hotly.
"You started this mess!" I shrieked. "I can't help it if your brother is nicer than you!"
"Nicer than me?!" Fang started.
"Yeah, way to be obvious and repeat me. Ten points for observation." I said snidely.
"No. No way! I was the best! At least I tried to apologize for what I did!" Fang yelled.
"I did too, idiot!" I yelped. "I tried, but you ran away like the coward you are." I taunted him.
"I am not a coward! You were the one who ran away! After the mistake, I tried to fix things. I tried to call you. But you didn't answer your phone. You cut me off, so I had to move on. You wouldn't let me fix things, so I had to leave them be."
"Maybe next time you shouldn't cheat on me!"
"Maybe there won't be a next time!" Fang shouted.
"Good!"
"Good!"
"I don't want you back anyway. You're stupid." I said like a child. But I didn't care.
"What are you, five?" Fang snorted. "you're stupid." He mimicked. "Please. You're a child, Max. Let the grown-ups work."
I hissed. "Please, Fang. Don't play make-believe, it makes you look like a girl."
Fang narrowed his eyes. I did the same. We glared at each other.
"I hope you guys are happy!" I screamed at the door. "Nudge, Iggy! I hope you're happy now!"
I glared at the ground. Stupid Fang. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
"Mature, Max." Fang commented. "All you do is prove my point. You're an immature child. At least Lissa acted like an adult."
I gasped. That was a low blow. "Yeah, sure, getting drunk and messing with you. So mature. If she was an adult, she wouldn't have picked you to sleep around with." I hissed back.
Fang opened his mouth to argue back, but I continued on. "Really, Fang. You call yourself an adult, but when I try to apologize for a mistake, you run away. But you know what? I don't care if you run around. I don't care if you run 'round and 'round the garden, like a teddy bear." I mimicked, waving my hands. "I don't care. Do what you want."
"Good." Fang replied. " At least I won't be stuck with you. You're annoying and stupid and you suck at everything. I hated our relationship. I regret it every day."
"I hate you, Fang." I hissed. "Do the world a favor and go die." I used the words that were used against him so long ago from another, and it hit him like a freight train. He fell back against the wall and wore a kicked-puppy expression.
"Fang." I breathed. "Oh no. I'm sorry. It slipped out. I couldn't control myself." His dad walked out on him when he was younger. And before he left, he said that to Fang. Fang's mother got pregnant and his dad didn't care. So he walked out on them, and it hurt Fang down to the core.
He remained silent. He turned his back to me, so he was sitting cross-legged facing the wall.
I waited five minutes for him to speak. But he said nothing.
Finally, I couldn't take it. "Fang?" I whispered.
"Yeah?" Fang whispered back.
"I'm sorry. Will you let me explain?" I asked. 'Cause I really did want to talk it out, but Fang's and my anger got in the way.
Fang turned from his position to face me. "Go ahead, Max. It's not like we have much of a choice."
"Well, when you cheated on me, I was heartbroken." I began. Fang opened his mouth to protest, but I cut him off with a wave of my hand. "Let me speak, Fang. It'll be your turn once I'm done." He nodded, so I continued. "So when you came back, I warred with myself. Part of me wanted you back. Missed you, even. But the other part of me hated you. Wanted you to feel the pain I felt.
"So then when Alex came along, I thought he was a godsend. He was lovely and kind and funny, and just what I needed. He distracted me from you, and yet made you jealous at the same time. So for our situation, Alex was perfect. And I really did think I liked him, you know. I thought I was falling for him."
Fang winced.
"But I wasn't. That was the thing. It was me, subconsciously trying to get rid of the pain that was you and replace it with Alex's warmth." I gave Fang a half-smile. "But then I realized no one could replace you and I couldn't be with Alex. Not anyone. I couldn't be with anyone but you, Fang."
Fang smiled at me, but it was weak. "I'm sorry too, Maxie." He murmured. "That night, a year ago… that wasn't me. I was smashed as hell and I can't possibly tell what I was doing. Otherwise…." He trailed off. "I'm just really sorry."
We both smiled, and both of the smiles were broken and sad, but they were hopeful smiles. Because we were finally mending. I guess shouting at each other had helped a little, too. Because we could say how we felt. Lonely, lost. Confused. Empty.
"And I didn't mean what I said, earlier." Fang said. "I loved us. I never wanted us to end up like this."
I sighed, and sat next to him, leaning into his side. "Neither did I."
Fang wrapped his arm around me. "How about we try again?" he suggested wearily.
"I don't know if I can." I admitted.
"Then are you ready to end us?" Fang asked, pain in his voice.
"Yes." I murmured. "I'm ready to end us."
AN: Cliffie! Dun dun DUN! Haha, don't worry. They might want to end, but this story isn't over.
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