Max POV

Wow. Fang was warm. Really warm. Wait...groggily i opened my eyes. This didn't seem right. I looked over at Fang, who was right beside me asleep. God, he was gorgeous. And he smelled better than...wait Max there was a reason you woke up at...I glanced over at the clock. It said 3:57. Why did i wake up, again?

Then I laid my head back on Fang's chest only to jerk it up in suprise. That was why. Fang was really hot! (A/N ok laugh if you want to) I extended my hand to touch his forhead.

Like moments before, I jerked my hand back in shock. His forhead was even hotter.

"Fang!"

I whispered raspily. He started awake instantly and glanced from me to the clock. "What's wrong Max?" He said, sounding slightly annoyed.

"You're really hot!" I said a little worried.

This made him smile, and he said, " Don't worry. I'm sure that it's nothing you can't handle."

Scowling, I simply grabbed his hand ,(that was hot, too!)and pressed it to his forhead. He looked slightly awed and said ,

"Well that's something. But I don't feel bad or anything."

"Fang you're burning up! You don't have a headache or anything?

Fang POV

I felt fine. With the exception of being woken up at 4 in the morning, but other than that I felt great. Max in my arms probably had something to do with that.

I looked at Max. She looked really worried.

" It's alright max, I really do feel fine." She looked at me sceptically.

" I really am ok."

Seeing Max so concerned about me made me want to kiss her. I mean I knew she cared about me...but this in particular made me feel loved. And that sounds really corny but Max made me do, and feel things that were alien to me. Sometimes I just want to sit and hold her, and talk to her for hours. Talk to her! See what I mean? I hardly say complete sentences and here I am wanting to hold her and talk! Of all things.

But I loved Max. I knew I would die for her. So why not kiss her? I loved her, and we were together now for good and in each other's arms. The kids were asleep. And god, she just looked so beautiful . Even if she did just wake up. And who knew. I might not get another chance.(Unlikely), but maybe she would think it was too weird and not want to be with me.

I reached up to delicately touch Max's chin and press my lips to hers.

Max POV

Oh, wow. Fang was going to kiss me, again! This was...different. And unexpected.

I let Fang's lips touch mine but for only a moment. As I pulled away I smiled sheepishly at him and he looked disappointed but didn't try to kiss me again.Which was good. And bad. I needed to think about this for a minute. God, I was so confused! Should I go along with this? Or stop it right now? Geez. The joys of being a hormonal teenager.

While we're on the subject, my hormones were in fact telling me keep kissing Fang. But the more logical part of my brain was telling me to stop and think. So me being Maximum Ride-the maximum rainer on parader, maximum ruiner of the moment, got up and walked to the bathroom to think things over, so I wouldn't have to deal with Fang scrutinizing my every expression.

Angel POV

I was suddenly startled awake with a rush of emotion coming from Max.This happened occasionally when I wasn't guarding my brain, which meant usually in my sleep, and when Max was going through some emotional situation. Since Max was the person I was the most telepathiclly attuned to, her being like my mom and us having such a strong bond, it only happened with her.

Insecurity, indecision, worry, confusion, and a little happiness that was swallowed by the intense amount of anxiety overwhelmed me. To avoid bashing my head against the nearest wall, I took three calming breaths and began to put up my mental walls one at a time. With all of them in place except for one I began siphoning through the thoughts and listened to what Max was thinking now. Instead of a sentence I got only one emotion, which meant she wasn't thinking any complete thoughts at the moment. Indecision. She was debating about whether or not she should let Fang kiss her? I stiffled a giggle and continued to listen. No, it was deeper than that. She was trying to figure out if she wanted to have a relationship with Fang. This time I couldn't stop my chuckle. Oh Max and Fang! It made me so happy. Me, being the evesdropper on all of their emotions and knowing that they liked each other and not wanting to interfere, had to sit around and just hope for the best. But now they were admitting their feelings! Before I could stop myself the surge of happinesss went to Max, and she shot back,

Angel! get out of my head!

Max POV

Angel giggled again. I couldn't help but smile at the sound. She quit raiding my mind, but not before she sent me reassuring thoughts. Calm surged over me in waves and I instantly felt better. Why stress about it? I should just go with it and stop worrying about everything. Just enjoy it Max, and try to be a normal teenager. Ha, I almost laughed out loud at myself. But I was right. I was going to quit all this useless worrying and relax. Finding a solution to this mental jumble in my brain felt great and I felt extremely relieved.

I walked out of the bathroom to find Fang asleep and curled up in a ball. He looked so cute asleep. And when he slept there was a certain innocence about him that you couldn't really see when he was awake. He just looked so vuhlnerable, it made me want to protect him.

I pulled back the blanket and lay down beside him, and then froze. Fang was burning up, you idiot! You forgot all about it!

Angel honey?...

Yes Max?

Check on Fang for me. He has has a really bad fever. How's he doing?

He's fine Max. Don't worry. He's dreaming and not in any pain.

Relief flooded through me.

Ok, Angel. Goodnight, I love you.

I love you, too Max. Goodnight.

So there it is. Sorry it was shorter than the others and I'm sorry for the wait,but I'm sick an I really felt horrible on Turkey Day and earlier this morning.Hope you liked it and I'll be working on the next one as soon as I finish typing this.

so long and don't forget to r&r.

thanx,

chelsea