A/N: Sorry I took so long to update, but I got sick…. again and I couldn't even get out of bed for the past two days. I'm feeling much better today, thank God. Also, of course teachers crammed all the tests possible before we left for break so I had to study. It was also the end of our grading period so I had to turn in some unfinished work. As you see my week hasn't been easy. Anyways I'm finally updating and I hope you all like this new chapter.

I woke up and I noticed that it was still really early. The sun wasn't yet out, just a dim light tinting the room with a baby blue color. I looked over and I saw Fang sleeping next to me. His breath was light so he was still asleep. I felt tempted to run my fingers along his face but I refrained myself from doing so, not wanting to wake him up when he was so sound asleep. I got up as slowly and as silently as I could and made my way to the bathroom, making sure to take some clothes with me.

I walked into the bathroom and looked in the mirror, the bruise was still there, I noticed. It had already started healing but it was still noticeable. I lightly touched it and it didn't hurt too much. I sighed and stripped down making sure the water was warm before stepping into the shower. I just stood there for a couple of minutes, letting the warm loosen my muscles, relaxing me. I remembered that we were leaving to go to my mom's place today and I started to hurry up a little faster. I lathered my hair with some strawberry scented shampoo and quickly sponged.

I stepped out of the shower and dried myself off. I wrapped my hair in a towel so it would dry faster and stepped out into the room. Fang was still sleeping, something that seemed weird to me considering the noise the shower must have made. I walked over to him and shook him to wake him up. He turned away from me trying to ignore me.

"Fang get up." I said shaking him again. He groaned and looked at the clock before looking at me.

"Max, it's six thirty, at least let me sleep for another half hour." He protested.

"No, I want to get to my mom's as soon as we can." He protested one more time and finally got up.

"Fang, do you know my mom's phone number or have it written down somewhere?" He looked up at me confused, still half asleep.

"Yeah I think I have it written down somewhere, let me check." He got up and rummaged through his backpack for a couple of minutes and finally took a piece of paper out of one of his jeans.

"Here, I think this is it." He said handing me a crumpled piece of paper.

"Thank you so much, I'm going to call her and give her a heads up that we're going."

"Ok, I'm going to go take a shower." I nodded and he went into the bathroom closing the door behind him. I walked over to the phone and dialed the number, it rang three times and then I heard a girl's voice on the other end of the line, but it didn't sound like Ella.

"Umm is this Ella?" I asked hesitantly.

"No, I think you've got the wrong number." She said.

"Oh I'm sorry to have bothered you then." I choked out.

"No problem." I heard the dial tone signaling that she had hung up and I clicked 'end' putting the phone down on the nightstand and sat down. Why'd he have that girl's number? I took a deep breath, not wanting to overreact and jump to any type of conclusions. I waited for Fang to come out of the shower and when he did he looked so hot with the water dripping from his hair that I almost forgot about the whole thing.

"Did you call you're mom already?" He asked me walking towards me and sitting down next to me.

"Some girl picked up Fang, it wasn't her number." I said through gritted teeth not looking at him. I didn't realize I was so mad until I heard myself talk.

"Who was it?" I asked a little more calm.

"I don't know, let me see the paper." I handed it to him and he looked at the back.

"Alex." He mumbled trying to remember something.

"Alex, she's a girl I met at the mall the other day." He said shrugging and walked to his backpack.

"You are such a hypocrite!" I yelled at him. He looked obviously surprised at my outburst.

"You get all mad because I hug some guy at the mall, when you'd probably been doing the same thing a couple of minutes before!" I yelled.

"I can't believe you, honestly!" I needed to punch something but there was nothing. Fang started to walk towards me and I don't know what got into me. I raised my hand in a flash and I slapped him hard on the cheek. He looked back at me and I saw that I had scratched him and his cheek was bleeding.

"Are you done?" He asked me. His voice was calm but I could tell he was hurt by looking into his eyes.

"That girl gave me her phone number, but that was it. You can think what you want." He said and walked away, out into the corridor. I had hit him. That was just something that we didn't do. It wasn't a rule but it was just a silent agreement that we all agreed to. The look of sadness in his eyes when he'd looked at me. I felt tears stinging my eyes. I didn't want to cry, I couldn't let them see me like this. It was bad enough they'd see the blood on his cheek and they weren't stupid they'd figure out it had been me.

I walked out into the hallway, I wanted to apologize. I was walking through the corridor when Angel came out of her room. She looked at me and then at my face. She didn't look away.

"Max, what happened? Fang was bleeding and then y-you." She touched her cheekbone and I was confused for a second, but hen I realized what she was talking about. She thought Fang I had-.

"No sweetie, that's not what happened." I said shaking my head for emphasis.

"Then why was fang bleeding and why do you have a bruise on your face?" She asked me confused.

"It was an accident." It was half the truth. She nodded her head but she still had some doubt in her eyes.

"Angel, where's Fang?" I asked her urgently.

"He's in the bathroom in my room." I rushed past her and went into her and Nudge's room. Nudge looked up at me with wide eyes.

"Max what-." I walked up to the bathroom brushing Nudge's question of by putting my hand up.

"Can you too step out for a minute; I need to talk to Fang." They nodded and walked out of the room silently. I reached up to knock on the door but before I could Fang had opened it and was standing in front of me. I looked into his eyes and they were void of emotion. Somehow it hurt more to seem him like this than seeing him sad or mad at me.

"What do you want?" He asked me in a monotone voice.

"Fang I'm sorry." Was all I could say. I looked down at the floor not able to meet his gaze like that. After he didn't say anything for two minutes I looked up again and he was just staring at me.

"Say something, don't just stand there." I half yelled half squeaked in frustration.

"Why do you always jump to conclusions?" He asked me. This time he sounded a little angry.

"Well what did you want me to think?" I yelled at him.

"I just thought you trusted me more." He said, I noticed the anger in his voice.

"You've got to admit that it looked bad, I mean come on. You probably would have erupted in anger if that had been me with some guy's number in my pocket!" I yelled at him. I noticed his anger die down.

"Yeah you're probably right but I wouldn't have gone as far as to hit you." He hissed.

"Fang…" I looked up at his eyes. He was right and it hurt.

"I just came here to say I was sorry. I'm going to go start packing." I whispered. I walked out into the corridor. I felt the familiar sting in my eyes, but I was able to hold the tears in until I reached my room.

I locked the door behind me and let the sobs come. It had been nice while it had lasted but things hadn't really changed.

Ok peoples, I know I took long to update but please review!

Love,

dreamtofly