A/N So I've realized that how frequent I update depends on how much school work I have and I do have some huge projects due this week and like a million tests to take and study for, so I won't be able to update much after today but I'll try my best! Also, I really shouldn't be updating right now because I have a million things I should be working on for school but I felt that I should update even if the chapter ended up being a little short, so I apologize it it's not the usual length. Please review, love you guys :*

Lissa's POV

"I've been your best friend since we were in diapers! I saw you hugging Dylan earlier this week and sometimes I know what's better for you than you do and Dylan's a jerk! He's only interested in sleeping with you and then throwing you aside for some other girl" I can hear Fang's distinct voice from my current spot on the staircase.

"Who do you think you are? You can't tell me who I can and can't hang out with!" I can hear a girl's voice, presumably Max's, coming from Fang's room.

I'm right outside Fang's bedroom door now, but I don't feel like it would be a good idea to burst in on their argument at this particular moment.

Fang and I had a change of plans and decided that I'd meet him at his house as apposed to him picking me up for Haunt, but I assume that might not be happening now.

I know it's wrong to eavesdrop, but I can't help but listen. I've been jealous of Max since I first saw her and Fang together.

And I don't mean jealous as in I hate her and think she's a slut etc. I mean I'm jealous of her relationship with Fang.

I think Max is a really nice person and I can tell that she really cares about the people she's close to, it's just unfortunate that my boyfriends in love with her.

At first, I was in denial and I didn't believe it. I thought that the love I saw in Fang's eye's when he looked at Max was just me being paranoid, I thought I was trying to convince myself there was something wrong with him before I got hurt.

I should've just accepted it.

I love Fang and I haven't told him, mostly because I can tell he's in love with Max.

The way he looks at her gives it all away and I don't think he realizes just how in love with Max he is which is probably why we're still together.

Gradually, I've started to notice that maybe I'm just a distraction for Fang, a way for him to not have to think about Max.

And I know it's wrong to date him when I know he's in love with Max, but I love him and I'm just not ready to let him go yet, I'm not ready to stop trying.

I snapped out of my thoughts and heard that Fang and Max were still arguing.

"God dammit Max, I'm not trying to upset you okay? I'm just trying to protect you from getting hurt, what if you fall for him? All he's going to do if hurt you Max." I hear Fang's voice quiet as he say's this.

"Well maybe you should stop trying to protect me" Max whispered.

Max stormed out of Fang's room and noticed me standing there, "Oh, uh, Fang's in his room" Max said awkwardly as she wiped a tear away from her eye and went downstairs.

I slowly made my way into Fang's room and sat next to him on his bed where he had his head in his hand's.

"Fang?" I asked, he didn't make a sound and just continued sitting there, silent, with his head down.

I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and eventually he lifted up his head and placed it on my shoulder.

"I'm sorry" Fang sighed.

"Sorry?" I asked, "You have nothing to be sorry about Fang".

Fang just closed his eyes and sat there, resting his head of my shoulder.

After sitting there for several minutes, Fang finally raised his head and looked at me.

"Are you alright?" I asked him.

Fang gave me a small smile, "I'm fine, just worried but I'll be okay. Thanks" Fang kissed me on the cheek.

"Do you need me to stay here with you?" I asked him as I started to get out of my place next to him.

"No it's okay, I think I just need to be alone for a little while" Fang said as he got up to walk me to the front door.

"Oh, okay" I smiled weakly.

As I was about to walk out the front door Fang grabbed my arm and turned me around and kissed me.

After we ran out of air he rested his forehead on mine and smiled "Really Lissa, thank you"

Max's POV

Jesus Christ, I can't believe Fang. Who does he think he is? Telling me I shouldn't be hanging out with Dylan. Fang doesn't even know Dylan for god's sake.

I don't see why he cares anyways. Fang know's I'm smart enough to look out for myself, plus I know exactly who Dylan has his eyes set on and it's definitely not me.

I just wish Fang would trust me, it hurts that lately, all we do is argue and fight.

It's Friday and I guess Fang noticed that Dylan had walked me home from school because the second Dylan walked off my front porch I got a text from Fang saying that he needed to talk to me.

What an asshat.

I know that in a couple hours when I've had time to cool down I'll probably regret mentally calling Fang an asshat and I'll end up bursting into tears because boo hoo poor me I'm in love with Fang.

But it' hard having someone try and protect you, when in reality they're the ones hurting you.

And I don't blame Fang, it's not his fault because he doesn't know what I know about Dylan and he doesn't know how I feel.

What is his fault, is the fact that he doesn't trust me.

I decided to text Dylan and ask if he wanted to come over, since my plans for the night had clearly been cancelled.

Dylan said he'd be over in an hour so I decided to try and get my music theory homework done so that I wouldn't have to worry about it later.

After finishing my homework within 10 minutes, what? Music theory is easy...

I ended up re-organizing my binder since it was kind of a huge mess.

It must have taken me longer than I thought because before I knew it Dylan was knocking at my front door.

When I reached the bottom of the stairs I found that Ella had answered the door, and Fang was standing in the doorway.

"What do you want?" I ask, crossing my arms and glaring at him as best as I can.

"Max, please just let me talk to you" Fang sighs and runs a hand through his hair.

"I'll be upstairs if you need anything Max" Ella nods at me and makes her way up the stairs to her room.

Fang doesn't leave the doorway, "I know you're mad at me, but I just wish you would listen to me" he said.

"Fang, I did listen to you" I'm trying to keep my voice from shaking.

"If you had listened to me you would've reali-" I cut Fang off.

"How about you listen to me? Okay? Fang, I trust you and I understand what you're trying to do but you can't protect me from everything and I wish you'd trust my instincts for once okay? Dylan isn't a threat" I manage to get through my whole sentence without raising my voice.

"Max, I do trust you. It's Dylan that I don't trust. I know guys like him, and I know what he wants from you and all that is, is to sleep with you and then throw you away"

I have that feeling in the pit of my stomach again, it's anger boiling up inside me.

"That couldn't be farther from the truth" I hear a voice come from behind Fang.

Fang turns around and moves to the side and I can see Dylan standing on the porch.

"Why are you here?" Fang snarls at Dylan.

"I'm here because Max invited me over" Dylan said.

Fang turned around and gave me a look that you'd expect to see after you'd killed someone's entire family.

"Dude, you don't need to protect her from me okay? I'm not trying to pull any shit. We're just friends" Dylan said, walking past Fang into my house and taking a spot beside me.

"I absolutely need to be protecting her from you" Fang said, I can see his fists are clenched at his sides.

"Fang calm d-" Dylan cut me off, "Maybe I'm not the one she needs protecting from".

"What?" Fang said, taking a step closer to Dylan.

"I said, maybe I'm not the one she needs protecting from, get it? Maybe I'm not the one hurting her" I could tell that both of them were getting riled up now.

"Guys come one take a chill pi-" I was cut off yet again as Fang threw a punch and hit Dylan right in the eye.

"Fang!" I yelled and ran in between the two, knowing they wouldn't fight with me stuck in the middle.

Fang suddenly seemed to realize what he'd just done, "Max I-I'm sorry I don't know why I-" Fang lost his train of thought.

"Get out"

"Max I-"

"No Fang. Get. Out." I said.

Fang lowers his head and walks out of the door without saying anything else.

"Shit. I'm sorry" I said as I grabbed Dylan's hand and lead him to the kitchen so I could ice his eye.

Dylan just chuckled, "Why are you sorry? You're not the one who punched me in the face" he said as he took the ice pack from my hand and placed it over his eye.

"I know, but it is partially my fault" I said, sitting down next to him.

"Really Max, I shouldn't have provoked him, I knew what I said would piss him off, but I still don't regret saying it"

"Is it because of Lissa?" I ask him.

"Partially yes, I guess I was angry at him because of Lissa and because were friends now and he's hurting you" Dylan shrugged.

"I guess I didn't really care if I pissed him off because I felt that he deserved it" he continued.

"Strangely enough, I understand but it's not his fault Dylan, he doesn't know how either of us feel" I replied.

"I know, and as much as I wish it did, it doesn't stop me from being angry at him" Dylan said.

"It's okay" I said, I leaned my head on his shoulder, in a strange way I guess I understood his anger, because I feel the same way about Lissa and Fang.

And not because I hate either of them, but because I was mad at them for making me feel this way even though it's not their fault.

God, I never thought Dylan and I would have anything in common, but lately in seems like we have more in common with each other than anything else.

After sitting there for a while, Dylan and I sat down and I told him about the huge fight I'd had with Fang earlier.

It felt good to tell him, because oddly enough, I knew I could trust him.

I realized that I should probably go upstairs and ask Ella to call everyone and tell them that our plans were cancelled, unless they wanted to go without Fang and I, which was fine by me.

"Hey Ells" I said leaning my shoulder on her doorframe.

"Hey Max! What's up?" Ella said cheerfully.

"As you've probably already figured out, Fang and I aren't getting along too well at the moment so you guys can continue the plans without us if you want but would you mind calling everyone and telling them?" I ask her.

"Already done, were not going, it's not the same without you two there" Ella smiles at me.

I chuckle, "Thanks" I say and walk back downstairs.

After that I text Lissa and ask her to check up on Fang because as much as I want to do it myself, I know that it's something Lissa should be doing.

And if I go over there I'm basically saying that I'm okay with how he acted and I'm not.

I'm really not.

A/N Sorry guys! That was probably my shortest chapter ever but I figured a short update is better than no update right? Anyways, pleasepleaseplease review because it honestly makes my day and I love hearing your feedback/predictions of what will happen in later chapters. It's 10:00 on a school night and I need to head to bed so I'm sorry if it's been poorly edited. I'll try and update again this week but it's very unlikely so don't count on it, hopefully I'll be able to update next week! :)