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MAX POV

I nodded at Fang the next morning as I passed him in the school hall. He waved and I smiled in return. I swear every living thing close enough to see the event, fell into a shocked silence. Many jaws dropped.

After school while J.J. and I worked on our punishment (cleaning the pig pen out in the agriculture farm) Fang even jumped in to help for most of the hour. Rumours spread quickly but Fang and I noticed nothing.

Well, Fang noticed, but he didn't seem to care what anyone else thought. But if I was informed correctly, at least half the school believed we were in some sort of secret relationship. Like that was going to ever happen.

Now, it had been three days since Fang and I became friends and things had been flipped upside down. Fang's brothers stayed away from me, Nudge and J.J., still in so much shock from their brother befriending me, I think. And that same three days later, Fang insisted we go do stuff friends would do after school.

It took a while for him to persuade me but he got to me. I really don't remember how...

But here I was, in the moment. Walking in a park with Fang, me laughing at him for tripping and falling into a large pond. "Nice one, Fang. You should really watch where you are going," I told him with my hands on my hips.

Fang sighed heavily. A fake sigh. "I know, I know. Can you give me a hand?" Fang asked, holding up a hand so I could help him out. I grabbed a firm hold and positioned my feet so I could pull him out.

I never saw it coming. I must be blind.

And then I found myself right beside him in the water, arms crossed over my chest. "I hope we didn't squish the fishies," I grumbled. Fang burst out laughing and it wasn't long before I started laughing too, unable to be mad at him, unfortunately. The funny (funny, haha and funny, weird) thing was there wasn't actually any fish in the pond. It was just a decoration.

Apparently walking down the street soaking wet is unusual as Fang and I earned many stares on the way home. Fang smirked and looked at me with a light in his eyes. "Cold yet?" he asked softly.

I refused to acknowledge that I even needed help and shook my head. Either way, Fang wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me into him. He was surprisingly warm for a soaking wet guy. I stopped walking for a moment, resting against Fang, and then pushed away to continued walking.

No awkward silence at all.

Okay, maybe a few quick seconds of heavy, heavy awkward silence. No big deal.

But it soon turned all laughs when Fang, who was a few metres behind me, came up and threw me over his shoulder, running down the street, laughing like a maniac.

The sun eventually sunk beneath the horizon, leaving us in darkness. But, when it was time for the stars to come and out and play, we had already made it back to my place. Sort of. We were actually sitting in my backyard, staring up at the dancing diamond lights (the stars, to put it in simpler terms).

"You're actually nice. Kinda hard to believe the first time we met," I said to Fang.

"Hmm."

"Why are you nice to me? Why me?"

"Because it's you," Fang said, his voice drowning with emotion.

"..."

That night was good. That whole day was fantastic. Even cleaning bird poop off school paths. They never failed to find amusing ways for punishment.

~~~~.*.time skip.*.~~~~

"So..."

"So..."

J.J. stared at me with a funny look in her eyes. "What happened between you and Fang yesterday?"

I almost blushed. "Nothing."

"Suuuuure," J.J. said, laughing.

We were walking up and down my street, talking. She thought it was funny that I had hung out with Fang the day before. J.J. wanted to know what we did, and I had told her. She thought we had been acting like love sick puppies. I had denied.

"But," J.J. continued, "it's kind of cute actually. Did he put his arm around your shoulders and talk to you quietly, whispering in your ear while you watched the beautiful shining stars... It doesn't really like something friends would do." She grinned.

"He didn't put his arm around me," I corrected. I couldn't exactly deny everything else she said.

J.J.'s eyes widened. "Oh, my god! Did you guys kiss?" she leaned closer to me, suddenly very eager to hear my next words.

"No!"

I shifted my gaze to my feet

J.J. stopped holding her breath. "I know, I know, you never break any promises you make and you made a promise that you would never have some little girly crush on Fang, but I was hoping you let that go."

I looked up at her. "But I've never broken a promise. Ever."

"You know, sweetie," J.J. said to me, "some promises are made to be broken."

My school has an Agriculture farm, but we have clean the rabbit cages :D

I know it took a long time to write this chapter, but I couldn't think of a thing to write. I would stare at the blank document cage and ask myself what to write, but no ideas came in my mind. So... If anyone has some suggestions, that would be awesome and I'll love you forever, although I'LL LOVE EVERYONE FOREVER IF YOU REVIEW!