Chapter 4: The fight

Hi! Sorry, I'd been busy with volleyball tryouts all week & haven't had time to update. So.. here it is.. :) -A/N: Just wanted to say thanks for the reviews guys! 14! I really appreciate it!

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"Yeah! Fang! God, I'm so glad you remembered. I missed you so much! And I am so, so, so sorry about your dad. He was a wonderful person. How come you never told me he passed? Did you not miss me like I miss you?" Fang said as he wrapped me in a hug.

I stood there; in his arms, shocked as he hugged me. This is not Fang. Fang is not a "huggy" and talk-a-lot person. God what had the years done to him?

As I was fuming inside at what he just said, and knew that I would blow up anytime soon now. I brought my hands up to his chest; his nice, muscular, hard chest, and pushed him away from me. Caught by surprise, he actually stumbled back a few steps away from me before yelling out, "What the heck, Max?"

"What the heck? Don't you dare say those words to me. You were the one who left me; therefore, you have no right to say anything to me. Oh, and why didn't I tell you about my dad? Well… let's see. First, you left when I needed you the most. You left when my dad was dying. I needed somebody there to comfort me and tell me it's okay and that everything was going to be fine," I was choking back sobs by now. "And secondly, you also abandoned your own family. You never called or visit them at all, Fang. Don't you know how much your dad misses you? Or how your mom cried every night because her oldest child left her for some typical boring dreams and never contacted them? Or how your little sister graduated kindergarten without his brother there? You missed out on a lot of things Fang, so don't 'what the heck" me." Tears were running down my face now.

His gaze immediately softened after my rant. He stepped forwards and reached out a hand to my face to wipe the tears away like he always does whenever I cry. "Max, I'm sorry. I didn't mea-"

I stepped back as he stepped towards me with his outstretched hands. "No. No, you're not. You're only saying that so you can get my trust again. You hurted me, Fang. And I'm not letting you do that again!"

He sighed in frustration and let out a breath of air. He stepped towards me again and reached out his hands again while saying, "Max, listen to m-"

I slapped his hands away and wiped my eyes and cheeks furiously. And say in a serious, calm voice, "Stop, Fang. Nothing you say or do will ever repair what you did to me. You hurted me. You broke my heart. Not even Nudge or my mom can fix it. And where were you? Right, New York. And you never called any of us back in Arizona to check on us and see how we were doing. You lost my trust and respect for that, Fang. Now, if you'll excuse me, I got to get going." I said as I tried to step around him and walk away.

Before I can take my second step, he had my upper arms in his hands and pinned to the wall. Wow, I didn't remember the wall being that close to me. Probably happened while I was backing away from him. I glared up at him and saw that his eyes were full of anger. Oh, no. 'The emotionless brick wall is mad!' I mentally thought.

"Why are you being like this, Max?!" He yelled. "Why are you getting all bitchy from a problem that happened, like, what? 2 years ago? Can't you just forgive and forget?" I tried getting him away from me, but he just held me tighter. "Stop being so selfish and think about other people too. After all, it did also affect me for leaving too! Keep this in mind, Max. I spent months moping around and thinking about you. You think you were the only one affected by this?!"

"Yes, Fang!" I yelled back. "I actually thought you wouldn't be moping around for months, because I thought you would be happy off and living your dreams. I thought you would forget about me and focus on your career!" I looked down at my shoes and whispered quietly, "I thought you wouldn't have missed me as much as I missed you for months." But, due to the close proximity, I knew he heard it.

"Then you thought wrong, Max. I missed you so much it hurts. The only thing that got me going was Iggy. He was there for me to cheer me up everyday. I want you back, Max. I want to make up for the last 2 years I'd missed in your life." He said, as he looked deeply into my eyes.

The last part he said really started to make me fume up again. "No, Fang! You want me back? Last time I checked, you said and I quote, 'Oh, and I hope you get hit by a bus or something so you won't have to live every single day regretting that you should have came with me, you stupid slut.' Hhhm. Slut? Really? I look like a slut to you? T-shirts and jeans are slutty? Cool, Fang. Really cool." I finished the last part glaring up at him again.

He huffed in frustration again and ran his right hand through his hair, sighing loudly. He then balled his hand into a fist and slammed it into the wall next to my head, causing me to flinch. "God, Max! I was mad! I wasn't thinking when I said those stuff. I did something really nice for you and you threw that away. Of course I would be mad. Who wouldn't be? I'm very sorry I said those things to you. Please forgive me?" He said with a hint of softness in his voice. He was so close now. Too close for my likings.

And again, I pushed him away from me, but he just grabbed my arms again. "Stop! I don't give a shit if you were mad! You still left. You left when I needed you the most. I needed you, Fang. I needed you and you weren't there. You left and didn't even say goodbye. Who do you think you are trying to come into my life again after hurting me so much? Just...go away Fang." God! Tears were coming out again. Dang, I shouldn't be crying. I am Maximum Ride. The Maximum Ride. I hate being weak. "I don't want you in my life as much as you didn't want me in yours years ago." But even I could hear the lie in that sentence. And knowing that he knew me too well, I knew that he could hear it too.

His eyes looked pleading before he said "Max, ple-" He said, before being interrupted.

"Max!" Fang and I looked up to see Blaine, Nudge, Gazzy, Ella, and Iggy fighting through a forming crowd, we didn't even noticed because we were too busy arguing. Note to self: Thank Blaine later. WTF? Paparazzi's? Fans? Of course, Fang is famous. I almost forgot.

Seeing the crowd come closer and closer to us, my claustrophobic started to kick in. Cameras were everywhere.

"Nick, is that your new girl?"

"Nick, are you cheating on Maya?"

"Who's the girl, Nick?!"

God, how could I had missed them forming a crowd around us? Stupid Fang.. I looked around and see not only that crowd, but more people from outside were coming inside to check out the scene too. Well.. Shit! What do I do?

I ran. Of course I ran. I ran through the large crowd and managed to make it through with only strands of my hair being torn down from my ponytail. When I was finally a few yards away from the building, I pulled out my hair tie and let my hair fall around my shoulders and back providing my face warmth in this cold weather. I called a taxi over and gave him the address to the hotel before leaning back and think about what just happened.

I came to New York. Took a tour in Central Park. Met Iggy. Met Coach. Met Maya. Fled the room. Met Fang. Got in an argument with Fang. Fled the hotel. And now here I am. Sitting on the back of a cab. I miss my car. I really do. Six months! Six months without driving at all! Wait, maybe I can get mom to rent a car here in New York for me! Yeah, brilliant idea!

I called my mom and after a lot of persuasion she finally said yes. YAY! I was still thanking my mom and suddenly heard a throat clearing sound in front of me. Oh, right. Taxi. I quickly paid him and got out, while still talking on the phone with my mom and telling her the events of what happened today; excluding mine and Fang's argument.

I got to my hotel floor and went straight to the kitchen where I knew food would be stored. I pigged out all the chocolate chip cookies, chocolate soufflé, chocolate ice cream, chocolate truffles, etc. etc. Damn. Hotels got some good ass food. You see, when I'm mad, sad, depressed, stressed out, or seem to be over thinking, I like to eat to keep my mind distracted from all those things. And chocolate is the best for that job.

After freshening up, I checked the time. Hhhmm...Only 3. I made my way into my room, and noticed that I haven't set up my instruments. Although we had used a hotel room on our floor for a music room, I still don't want any of my instruments in that room. Who knows? Lisa can go in there anytime and cut the strings on my guitar up. Or she could mess up my piano keys. After setting up my instruments, I checked the time again. It was only 4:30. I went over to my piano and started playing some notes.

As I was in the middle of playing a song, when my phone started ringing from my bed. I walked towards it and lay down, swiping the icon to the right so I can answer Nudge.

(Nudge= Bold Max= Italic)

Max! Girl, Where you at? You will never guess up happened!

Home? What's up?

You know how there were like...so many people in the room when you were in it?

Yeah?

Yeah. Then after you left, the whole crowd started getting wild, asking questions about who you were and shit. Then Gazzy started hitting and punching Fang. I don't know why though. Gazzy was saying something like 'don't hurt her again or da da da. I couldn't hear because of the mob of people. But then cameras started flashing everywhere and we tried to pull them away but we couldn't, so these big, big, security guys started to come out of no where and pulled them away. I think Fang got a broken nose and a few bruises. Ha! Serves him right! And then we were all, as in Iggy, Blaine, Ella, Fang, Gazzy, and me pulled into the elevator to get to the penthouse. You should've seen the other models and Nancy and Maya's face! It was too funny! So currently, it seems like Nancy hates us for getting into a fight with her "best" male model and singer. Damn. Even if it's through the phone, that girl could talk. I swear she said all that in five breaths.

WTF?! I shrieked! I was gone for what? Two hours and you guys got us on Nancy's bad side already? Wait until she figures out why the fight even started. She is going to hate me even more!

Angrily, I hung up and lay down on my bed, staring at the ceiling. WTF? I was going to beat the hell out of Gazzy when I saw him. I needed that scholarship. I needed to be on Nancy's good side. Ugh! But Fang did deserve those punches though. Haha, take that!

My phone continued ringing and ringing as I thought. Frustrated, I turned it off and went to my room's tiny living room and turned on the tv. (Because it's a 4 star hotel, every room is basically like a house but just smaller) (A/N: I've never been to a 4-star hotel before, so I'm just making this up, so… don't judge me!) Every channel I had flipped through was about Fang. Fang and me. Fang and the fight. Fang. Fang. Fang. Ugh! I switched it off and went into the kitchen again. Thank god the dancing group is still gone, cause you know.. Nobody wants to see Lisa's clown face. After scarfing down all the food in my fridge to kill time, the group finally returned.

"Gazzy!" I yelled as they entered the hotel floor. He quickly came into my room and closed the door.

"Please don't hate me. I can explain." He said innocently. Too innocent.

Whew! There. Done! I'm tired, so I'm gonna have to stop it there. And I know. Not the best, but..yeah... I don't really like this chapter, but oh well.

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