A/N: Sorry I haven't updated but I had four tests this week plus it was Halloween so I've been busy. I'm also really sick. My voice is gone which totally sucks because I'm used to being able to talk loud and people being able to hear me. Oh well life goes on and so does this story so here goes.

Disclaimer: I do not own any Maximum Ride characters.

I shivered in the blankets and pulled them tighter around me, but I still felt cold. Why was I so cold? Then it clicked. I didn't feel Fang's warm body next to mine. I blindly moved my hands around the bed trying to figure out where he was. Where did he go this time? I asked myself. I got up and noticed there was a note on the pillow where Fang's head should have been.

Max,

Went to go get you guys something to eat. Be back no later than four. Angel wanted to come along.

-Fang

Four? I looked at the clock and noticed it was fifteen minutes to four. Had I really slept that long? I went into the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked pretty bad to say the least. My hair was all over the place, I looked really pale, and my clothes were all wrinkled from having slept in them.

I decided to take a shower really fast before Fang got back from wherever he had gone to get food. I grabbed a towel and some clothes from the shopping bag I had left by the door. I stripped down and turned the water really warm due to how cold it was outside. The water felt so good. I was scrubbing when my eyes landed on the scar I had on my wrist from that time at the beach when I had tried to take the chip out of my arm with the shell. I stopped scrubbing and thought back to that day. If Fang hadn't reached me in time I most likely would have died. I remembered how distraught he had been when he had seen me with my arm covered in blood. I remembered the promise I had made him, that I would never do anything to harm myself again. He was always there for me in some weird way. Even when we were fighting he always comforted me afterwards. Thinking about Fang put a smile on my lips and I felt a little better after remembering that time. I started to hurry realizing Fang would be here any minute.

Ten minutes later I stepped out of the shower and started changing. When I was changing I realized I hadn't gotten any pants. I mentally slapped myself. How could I forget to get pants? It's like one of the basic things you learn when you're old enough to dress yourself. I put my shirt and panties on and creaked the door open to see if anyone was in the room. When I saw that no one was there I tip-toed out of the bathroom and over to my shopping bag. I was looking through it when someone opened the door smacking me in the face.

"Ahhh." I screamed taken completely by surprise. I looked up and noticed it had been Fang who had opened the door. I glared at him but his attention wasn't on my eyes it was down south. I felt myself go completely red. I got up and his gaze didn't really leave my legs, and the fact that I was wearing silky black panties didn't help either. I slapped him across the face to knock some sense into him.

"Fang get out, can't you see I'm changing!" I yelled pushing him out the door. I slammed the door shut after he was out and leaned on it. I took deep breaths to calm myself down. If there was something that totally made me go over the edge was not respecting someone's privacy!

"Max, are you ok in there. Look I'm sorry I couldn't help it." I was fuming.

"Damn right you better be sorry." I said pretty much to myself since I didn't say it loud enough for him to hear on the other side of the door. Why was I so freaking paranoid. I mean so what if he saw me in my underwear? I'd known him for the majority of my life so what did it matter?

"Max come on, don't be like that, and open the door." I realized he was still out there waiting for me and I got up and opened the door. He was sitting in the hall leaning on the wall across from our room. He looked up at me and I thought I saw a blush creep onto his cheeks. He turned around to not stare.

"Aren't you going to put pants on?" He asked trying to look only at my eyes.

"I will once you get in here." I said crossing my arms over my chest. He smiled at me and got up. He bent over to pick up the bags and walked inside the room.

"I swear you're one of the most complicated people I've ever met. Now will you put some pants on, you're panties are too distracting." He said pointing at them.

"What don't you like them?" I said sarcastically grabbing a pair of jeans and pulling them on.

"Trust me I like them." I heard Fang mumble under his breath. He probably thought I hadn't caught it.

"I heard that." I said jumping up and down trying to get the pants on right.

"Someone's been gaining weight." Fang said in a sing-song voice trying to annoy me. I stuck my tongue out at him finally getting them on.

"They're skinny jeans you retard." He made a mock face like he had been offended and started taking the food out of the bags.

"What'd you get?" I said walking over to him.

"Close your eyes." He said. I looked at him confused but did so anyways. I heard rustling coming from the bags.

"Ok now you can open your eyes." I opened them and he was holding like five different types of chocolate chip cookie packages.

"I didn't know which ones you'd like so I just got the ones they had." I beamed a smile at him. I loved him so much right now. I took the packs out of his arms setting them down on the dresser and jumped into his arms.

"Thanks Fang." I said hugging him tight against me. He wrapped his arms around me and nuzzled his face in the crook of my neck.

"I should buy you cookies more often." He said chuckling lightly. I jumped off and looked up at him.

"It's not the cookies Fang it's you." I said. I hugged him and laid my head on his chest feeling the thump of his heart. I felt his hands running through my hair and I sighed loving the feel of his it.

"Come on let's eat before the food gets cold." He said. I noticed for the first time the boxes of pizza.

"What about the flock and Angel I thought you took her with you?" I asked him.

"They already ate earlier, they got hungry and I didn't want to wake you up so I let them order room service. Angel's sleeping, she was falling asleep on the way here" He said laughing a little towards the end.

We ate after that and were lying on the bed with my head on his chest when I started to get a really bad headache. I tried to hide it so I wouldn't make Fang worry but it was getting worse. Should I tell him? I asked myself. And if I did tell him, how could I tell him? I felt a sharp pain and I couldn't stop myself from letting out a small whimper.

"Max what's wrong?" I heard Fang ask. He sat up putting me gently on the bed.

"I'm ok it just hurt for a moment."

"It's not a brain attack?"

"No, it would have hurt much worse. Plus Jeb wouldn't be doing this anymore would he?" Fang stiffened at the mention of Jeb.

"What?" I asked him.

"Nothing I just don't completely trust him. I mean sure he's your dad and all but he's hurt you before." I should have been offended but I wasn't. Fang was right, we still couldn't completely trust Jeb even if he had turned out to be my father.

"Yeah I guess so." I said half-heartedly.

"I don't want to be mean or anything Max, I'm just saying you know." He said looking me in the eyes.

"Don't worry about it, I get what you mean." I told him stroking his cheek lightly to reassure him. He took my hand in his and stroked it gently while he stared into space. From the way his jaw was clenched I could tell he was a little worried and that he was thinking hard about something.

"Max?" He said. He wasn't looking at me, he was still looking outside.

"What?" I asked him.

"We have to leave soon. We've been here for too long already." Now that I thought about it, he was right. We'd been here for almost three or four days.

"We don't have to leave I mean Itex is gone so there shouldn't be anyone chasing us." I told him.

"I know that but you never know. Plus maybe we could go visit your mom if you want." He said looking down at me. I thought about it and it wasn't a bad idea. I hadn't seen her in like three months already. She hadn't heard from us in a long time already.

"Yeah she's probably going crazy. From not seeing or hearing from us in so long."

"And she could even make some of those cookies you seem to be obsessed with." He said grinning down at me.

A/N: Ok people's I need your cooperation for the next chapter. I read the Maximum Ride books like three months ago so I don't remember where Dr. Martinez lives so if you guys could help me out by telling me I'd really appreciate it. I'd also like to know how old Ella is. Please review!!!!!!