Chap. 22

Since When Are You So Stubborn?

Fang POV

I dived after Max. Her wings were still spread out, and she didn't fall like a rock, but I had to flap downwards.

Oddly, I remembered Max's words about the ground.

Falling toward the windshield of Earth.

I swooped and caught Max in my arms and began to descend.

"Nudge!" I yelled, "going down!"

We landed. Nudge, who had not been watching Max's every move, was asking frantically, "What's wrong? What happened to Max? Is she okay? Why is she -?"

Finally, we're back to the talking version of Nudge. "I don't know. She just fell."
I checked Max's pulse. It was a bit faster than normal, but not dangerously quick. Actually, nothing really seemed to be wrong with her except for her state of unconsciousness.

"Do we have to get her to a hospital? Last time we went to one -"

"No, Nudge."

"Oh, okay, 'cause I REALLY don't want to…"

I tried to decide what to do. WWMD? (What would Max do?) We couldn't keep flying. I couldn't carry Max that far, no matter how much I protested. I really didn't want to get into a hospital, either, like Nudge suggested. We could either sleep here or in a hotel somewhere.

"Fang?" said nudge anxiously, "where are we gonna sleep?"

"Hotel."

"Okay. Hotels are so much better than sleeping outside or in trees -"

Again, I tuned her out. The nearest hotel. Hm. The easiest way to find one would be by the Internet, so I pulled the laptop out of my backpack and searched 'hotels in Brazil'. Some results popped up. A few clicks later, we were in the air, heading for our destination.

(Still Fang POV)

I was scared for Max. She had been unconscious all night with still no sign of waking up.
I grew tired of watching Max breathing during 2nd watch. You must be wondering, who has watches in a hotel?
Actually, it was a habit of Max's. We always had watches. Anywhere. The only place so far we weren't forced to have night watch was at Dr. Martinez's in Arizona. It made me sad to know that Max had only one place where she really felt safe.
I had taken 1st and 2nd, forcing Nudge to sleep. I was supposed to wake her up for 3rd, but I did a Max and pulled an all – nighter watch.

Around the end of 3rd watch, about 6 or 7 in the morning, Max started to stir.

"Uhh," she moaned.

"Max," I said, "how do you feel?"

She raised a hand to her temple. "Like my head is gonna blow up."

Translation: It hurts so bad I wanna kill myself and be over with it even if I'll have to go to hell.

"Want an aspirin?" I asked.

Max nodded, wincing. When I handed her a pill and a cup of water, she said, "What time is it?"

"6:30."
"AM or PM?"

"AM."

"How long have I been out?"

Hmm… Let's see, 8 o' clock, 9 o' clock, 10… 12… "About 10 or 11 hours."

"What?" she yelped. "We need to get going now!" Max tried to get our to bed.

"No," I said firmly. "You are not allowed out of bed until Nudge wakes up."

That was a brilliant idea. Since Nudge usually sleeps until 10 or 11 if you don't wake her up, Max was going to be in bed for a long time. Almost another 5 hours.

"But -"

"No buts."
Max giggled.
"What's so funny?"

"You sound like my mom," she explained.
I sighed. At least Max was feeling a little more like herself.

"What watch did you take?"

"I did an all – nighter," I said.

Max's eyes began to darken. (A/N: Guess where I got that?) She didn't approve of anyone taking all – nighters except her.

"You would've done the same," I added.
Max rolled her eyes and sighed. All I did was look smug. I had won. Again. She settled back into the bed and made herself comfy.

"Wake up Nudge for the rest of the watch, though," Max said. "You need some rest. You look like hell."

"Sure."

"Now."

"Mhm," I murmured, not budging.

"Go."

"Nope."

Max sighed again. "I guess I can't make you do anything now that I'm confined to this bed."
"You got that right," I said, sitting down next to Max in her bed.

"Since when are you so stubborn?" she snuggled up close to me.

"Since ever," I replied, kissing the top of her head.

I watched Max drift of to sleep again. Then, I closed my eyes and fell asleep holding her.

A/N: Don'cha think that was the cutest thing ever? I haven't done any Fax for a chapter or two, and we all know how addicted I am to it ;] I tried to make this chap. a little longer, to make up for the last few being so short. Chap. 22 is actually a combination of 22 and 23. Thus, chap. 23 is going to be chap. 24 and chap. 25 (rough draft) combined.

I just read what I wrote and it made no sense. LOL. Whatevs.

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