Chapter 3

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A/N

Me: Hey guys! *happy face* Guess what!

BFF: New chapter! *squeals*

Me: That wasn't what I was going to say.

BFF: Well too bad. *pauses for a moment* What were you going to say?

Me: Now I don't want to tell you.

BFF: Tell me.

Me: No, I don't wanna.

BFF: Tell me!

Me: No.

BFF: Come on, please? *bambi eyes*

Me: Okay, fine. I was going to say…*thinks for a moment*…*eyebrows furrow*… I can't remember what I was going to say now.

BFF: *crys out in frustration*

Max's POV

It didn't take long for Nudge and I to get to our destination. Armont, Arizona. (I made up this city for the story, I don't know whether or not there is an actual Armont, Arizona, sorry)

Both of our wards lived in the same city as well as the same neighborhood. Nudge had this teenager called Ignatius, but apparently he went by Iggy. I couldn't blame him, Ignatius was a mouthful and I couldn't even imagine trying to spell it. She showed me his picture. He looked about Fang's age, but instead of having black hair and eyes like Fang did, Iggy had strawberry blonde hair and pale blue eyes.

"He is soooooo cute!" Nudge squealed as we headed toward Iggy and Fang's neighborhood. "If I were human I would want him as my brother for sure!"

"If you think he is cute, then why would you want him as your brother? Wouldn't you want the chance to date him or something?" I grinned to her, teasing my friend lifted my spirits a bit. It helped me forget about what happened to Zeph…

Nudge turned to me with a questioning look. "I don't think about him in that way Max, I'm an angel, we're not supposed to think like that. We don't think like that. We're not meant to fall in love like humans do. Our love is different, more familial. You know that."

I looked down, saddened by this fact. I wasn't one to normally question God, but I didn't understand why we angels couldn't love as humans love. It didn't make any sense to me, and believe me. I tried to make sense of it.

Of course there was no one to talk to this about, as far as I could tell, no other angels felt this way. Maybe there was something wrong with me? Maybe I didn't turn out right? Maybe that's why Zeph ended up dying? Because I was messed up.

"Are you okay Max?" Nudge gave me a concerned look.

I put on my best smile as I added another thing to my list of reasons why I was depressed and I lied, telling her that I was okay. I didn't say I was "fine" or "good" because she'd know I'd be lying right off the bat if I did that, especially after I had broken down earlier about the new assignment.

"So tell me about Iggy, you were pretty quiet on the way here with your nose stuck in that manila folder." I told her, steering the conversation away from love, human love.

"I could say the same thing about you." She retorted with a smirk. I, being the ever mature one, stuck my tongue out at her. Nudge's happy aura seemed as if it was helping me a little bit now. It still didn't alleviate my heart, but it warmed it a bit.

"Iggy's a bit of a pyromaniac, he blows up stuff with bombs he makes. He has a little brother named Gazzy too. I have no heavenly idea where his parents came up with that name, but it is unique. Iggy goes to parties a lot, but he doesn't drink too much. I think I'm going to have more problems with his pyromania than anything else. Apparently he's burned down several buildings. The buildings were vacant and decaying, but still, I need to steer him away from that if I can." She blurted out quickly. "What about your ward?"

My ward. I wish I could just tell her about Zeph like I used to, tell her about the soccer games and antics. But Zeph is gone, however, for some reason, it doesn't bother me that I'm Fang's guardian now instead of Zeph's, I just wish he were still alive. I just miss my little ball of chaos.

"Fang has a troublesome past, and he gets into fights a lot. He goes to tons of parties too, but he gets drunk at them all the time, unlike Iggy." I say with sadness, I wish that none of it was true.

Nudge pats me on the shoulder, there's a smirk on her face. "Don't worry, with your sexy voice in his ear every night I'm sure he'll change his bad boy ways."

"Nudge!" I gasp, shocked by what she said, but then I notice she was laughing her butt off. She was messing with me. I sigh with relief, but for some reason that tingling feeling is back, and I still don't understand what it's supposed to mean.

We finally reach Fang and Iggy's neighborhood. Their houses are across the street from each other, so Nudge and I say our goodbyes and head toward our ward's homes.

I watch Nudge walk right through Iggy's front door, literally, and then she's in the window, waving me on towards Fang's house. I smile, she's so enthusiastic, and then I turn towards the house.

Suddenly a window opens from the second story room and startles me. I jump and hide behind a bush, I don't know why, it's not like Fang or any other humans can see me. Now I feel horribly stupid, so I quickly get out from behind the vegetation. I dust myself off and see movement in the window upstairs. The black curtains are cast aside and someone peers out of the window, taking a sweep of the neighborhood.

Why on earth would somebody be looking out his window at this hour? It has to be nearly midnight!

My eyes narrow at the figure. I'm pretty sure I know who it is.

Fang.

He climbs out the window and jumps into a tree. I clench my teeth as he does this. The idiot! Doesn't he know he could break his neck?

I catch a short glimpse of him in the streetlight and my suspicions are confirmed. He glances both ways before crossing the street, for which I am grateful. Then I start following him.

I'm not stealthy, there's no point in that. He can't see me anyway.

He looks over his shoulder to see if he's being followed. How ironic? I think to myself, but I can tell that something caught his eye and that he picked up his pace. My eyes flicker behind me, but I see nothing. It must've been a dog or cat that he didn't get a good look at it, either that or he's afraid of dogs and cats.

I follow him for several blocks as he ducks through alleyways and takes some almost unnoticeable shortcuts. If it weren't for the fact that I was an angel I would have lost him by now. I wonder who he thinks is following him. After all he must think someone is following him if he's going to this much trouble.

I hear loud music and a few girly screams, the noise is muffled by my distance from the source, but not by much. I resist the urge to cover my ears as Fang and I grow closer to what I know must be some sort of high school party. I mean seriously? You call that music? (Sorry party music lovers, Max is an angel, she isn't used to that kind of music)

Then the place comes into view. It's a large white mansion with colorful lights, dancing bodies, and empty, crushed red Solo cups everywhere. I look upon the scene with disgust, particularly at the girls dressed in slutty clothes that are grinding up against the boys. Come on girls! Show some respect for yourselves! I can see that some of the boys are looking at the girls as if they were something to eat, which makes me want to vomit, while others are too sloshed to care. There are those few that I can tell are sober and uncomfortable as well. Poor designated drivers.

I want to get away from this place. It's loud, it smells of split beer and bile, and the air tastes of irresponsibility and over indulgence.

Then guess what?

Fang walks right towards it.

I roll my eyes and groan, knowing I can't stop him or even talk to him, least I freak him out.

Do we really need to go in here?

He continues on towards the party. I sigh and follow him into the house.

A/N

Me: First glimpse of Fang!

BFF: Yay! *happy dance*

Me: Thank you to everybody who reviewed! You guys are awesome!

Pain-is-just-a-Message I hope you like who Nudge's ward is! I'm sure she'll have plenty of trouble with Iggy. Muhahahaha!

AFanOfFax I'm glad you like the story and bad boy Fang too. If you ever need help, just contact me and I'll send the Flock straight away, and I saw that you wrote a story! So happy! *squeals with happiness*

Sapphira Volkov BFF still hasn't calmed down about the end of the school year being so far away yet. Any suggestions on how to calm her down? I'm glad you got your computer back, and don't worry about being scatterbrained, that's when awesome ideas like to pop up ;)

BFF: I refuse to calm down! Summer needs to get back here RIGHT NOW!

Me: You can tell summer to come back here as much you want BFF, but it's not coming back till its time for it to come back.

BFF: Don't you talk logic to me! I will force Mother Nature to make Summer come back! *marches off*

Me: *sighs* I better go after her. PLEASE REVIEW!