ANGEL

I remembered what had happened the day before -

After a long day of going through the rubble, looking for Angel, I was exhausted and angry and sad and disappointed and it hurt so much. Not just physical pain because of the exertion but also it hurt inside, it was like someone had pit their hand around my heart was was continuously moving it, squeezing it and stabbing it all at the same time.

And all I wanted to do was escape this pain, so I did the only thing that made sense then.

I went to a bar. And got drunk. REALLY drunk. So drunk that I don't even remember what I did.

What I do remember from last night is that I passed out and then I kissed Fang and slept in his arms.

But Fang had gone back with his Gang so who did I ….?

SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! SHIT! NOOOOOOOOO!

So my conclusion is that I either kissed Dylan or a random stranger. I can't decide which is worse, kissing an absolute stranger who you just met and know nothing about or kissing Dylan who would be in heaven because of my kiss and leave me feeling guilty as hell.

"Max, what are you thinking about, if it's about last night, don't worry it's cool, I get it, you needed a way to get all that pent up anger out and you did. So please don't feel guilty ", said the guy under me. That is when I realized that i was still on top of Dylan and got off him for real this time. I sat up and asked him, "What exactly did I do last night?"

"You don't remember?"

"No duh, Genius".

"Last night you got drunk and said that I was a stalker and then you started hitting me. Hard."

When he said that I noticed the bandage on his head, his black eye and his fractured arm. Shit.

"Dylan, I am so sorry for doing that to you" and he started laughing. I was so confused he must have seen that look on my face because he said that I had actually gotten into a fight with some kind of a gang leader and Dylan had stepped in to save the day because I was too drunk to do it myself.

And that, ladies and gentlemen is when I gave him another black eye.

"Geez, Max, thanks for showing how much you appreciate my help".

"You should know better than to make jokes like that. When did I ever intentionally hurt you?"

"Um Max….", was Dylan's reply with a smug smile on his face.

"Just continue with the damn story", I said. What an intelligent reply.

"After the fight you helped me, Dr. M patched me up and you out of guilt kissed me."NO.

"Do you want another fractured arm,Dylan?"

"I'm telling the truth, Max. After the kiss you said that you would protect me and told me to sleep in your room so that you did a good job at protecting me."

"Well, you should know that that kiss meant nothing", yes that is exactly how I said it, all rude and stuff.

"It's okay Max I know because if it did you wouldn't have called me Fang for most of the night".

I was about to say that he was right when Nudge, Gazzy and Iggy came into the room. All of them were grinning like idiots.

"Everything okay guys"? I asked them and got three heads nodding enthusiastically as my reply.

I was about to ask them why they were grinning like idiots when I heard a voice from the door "Hey Max, guess who is back?".

Angel.