Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride or the song in this fic.
Max and I had been on our own for a few weeks now. Her mom― aka Mrs. Martinez― had agreed to watch the rest of the flock while the two of us were out scouting a new place to call home. Bless her. I don't know how she can watch all four of them, Total, and Ella all at once. That woman is down right amazing.
As of right now, Max and I were settling down for the night at some fairly decent hotel/motel we found somewhere east of the Mississippi. For all of those wondering, my relationship with Max is . . . interesting to say the least. Gosh, I know that I love her, and I'm more than sure that she feels the same, but who would have known this whole relationship thing could be so hard! I mean, it's hard for us to be together, to love each other the way we want to because of the flock. It's just awkward, honestly, and with Mrs. Martinez around so often, geez, we're talking major freak out here. Still, as hard as it is for us to act like there's nothing going on between us, it's even harder to just say we're only friends.
It might be hard to be lovers,
But it's harder to be friends
But tonight, with just the two of us together, that's all going to change. We've been avoiding this for too many years too long to put it off any longer.
"Are you going to sleep any time soon?" I heard Max call from the other room.
I poked my head out of the small bathroom. "Yeah, I'll be in there in a minute. Do me a favor and pull the blankets down," I said with a toothbrush sticking out of the corner of my mouth. With the cold water from the sink still running, I splashed my face a little bit before rising once more. After thoroughly drying my face with a towel, I switched off the light and walked out into the main room.
Max was sitting on top of the blankets on the bed, a novel in her hands. She was taking up a bit of space there in the middle of the bed.
"Move over, Max," I coaxed her. "Let me in under the blankets. I want to get at least some sleep."
Baby, pull down the covers
It's time you let me in
She quirked a smile and returned to her book, ignoring me. I rolled my eyes and went over to our bag on the desk next to the TV. In there, I found a small candle and a lighter. With a shrug, I grabbed a ceramic plate and put the candle in front of the mirror and lit it. What the heck, I figured, light a couple candles. The place won't burn down.
Max watched me light the light the candle, and I headed for the door and locked it. As I walked back to the bed, Max set her book on the nightstand and looked up at me expectantly. I stood there for a minute, watching her watch me.
"Hello, beautiful," I whispered, "how was your day?"
"It was fine," she said, playing along. "It's about to get a little better, though."
I grinned as I brought the corner of the blanket down so I could slide in next to her under the covers. If I was lucky, we would spend the next while just talking until we weren't strangers to each other anymore.
Maybe light a couple candles
I'll just go ahead and lock the door
If you just talk to me baby
Till we ain't strangers anymore
Fang and I talked for a while. We could talk for hours on end when the time was right. Normally, I would have sat there right beside him for even longer, had I not forgotten to brush my teeth. I crawled out of bed, trailing my fingers on the blankets as I walked around the bed to get to the bathroom. He watched my every movement as I sashayed by in front of him.
Hurriedly, I scrubbed my teeth with the toothbrush that we shared. After one last check to make sure that I had rinsed off all of the toothpaste, I bounded out of the bathroom to go back to him. I dropped myself back onto my side of the bed and sat down next to him. Fang laid his head on my pillow, gazing up at me like the way that I was gazing down on him.
"Is there anything else you want to say?" he asked me.
I smiled, lying down next to him. "What do you want me to say?"
He sat up a little more, propping himself up onto his side and resting on his arm. His bare chest was exposed, and I could feel myself want him even more.
"I don't know," he said, smiling when he noticed me looking at him, "something that we haven't said yet."
"It's coming, just wait," I assured him. Now I caught him watching me. My shoulders were nearly bare, with just a tank top on with a deep neckline. That was how we stayed for the next ten or so minutes, our eyes traveling over every inch of each other.
Lay your head on my pillow
I sit beside you on the bed
Don't you think its time we say
Some things we haven't said
I could have sat there all night just looking at Fang, and I know he would do the same to me if he could. There was no doubt in my mind that he wanted me, and I wanted him, too. We were just too happy together for us not to love each other. Both of us knew what we wanted, but usually we were too tired or we could never just be alone long enough for us to even talk.
"Let's go back," I said abruptly.
Fang tilted his head to the side. "Go back to where? Your mom's house?"
"No," I said, shaking my head, "let's go back to that place we were at."
"You mean Nebraska?" he asked, trying to figure out what I meant.
With a laugh, I playfully smacked him in the head. "No, Fang," I sighed, "let's go back to where we were before. You know, like, the last time we went out like this."
His eyes lit up. "Oh, that place." Fang kissed my hand. "I want to go back too."
I let out a relieved sigh, joking with him even more. He took my hand in his, and I held on gently. Fang looked at me, and I looked back at him. For the next while, this would be all we would do, just look at each other. He would look at me, and I'd looked at him until we weren't strangers anymore.
It ain't too late to get back to that place
Back to where, we thought it was before
Why don't you look at me
Till we ain't strangers anymore
Okay...I am officially on a SONG FIC SPREE! xD This is part one...meaning there's TWO parts to this story. -snort- I'd post the whole thing, but it'd, like, huge. I mean, it's big already, but this is seriously only half of the story. o.o
The song is 'Till We Ain't Strangers Anymore by Bon Jovi featuring LeAnn Rimes. I thought this song would be just perfect for a nice, romantic Fax fic. So...did I choose a good song or did I choose a good song? lol
Anyway...next half coming up...once I get back from dinner! :D
- Saz