~Fang POV~

I sat up, the cool black sheets of my bed slid down to my waist. I closed my eyes and sighed. Running a hand through my hair I stood up, glancing at my alarm clock. 1:30 stared back at me glowing a ghostly red color. Thanks to Iggy I slept in way late, but I have a few hours before I should start getting ready.

Turning toward my dresser I opened the top drawer and pulled out a black cotton shirt. Moving down to the second drawer I pulled out black board shorts. While getting changed I was pondering what I should do for next few hours. Reaching over to my bedside table I unhooked my phone from its charger. After I dialed to familiar number it rung three times before Iggy picked up. "Hola Fang. Como estas?"

Rolling my eyes I replied. " Mas o menos. Y tu?" Iggy laughed. "Im fine. Now why did I call you? I cant remember."

"Iggy... I called you... And want to go to the beach for a few hours?"

"Oh... I knew that, I was making sure you were paying attention. Im up for the beach any day bro."

"Sure... Meet me there in ten minutes." I hung up and there was a beep signaling the call had ended.

*~*~*~ Time Skip to da playa (Beach)*~*~*~

I climbed off my black motorbike. I was glad I was wearing flip flops otherwise I'm sure I would have burnt my feet. "Fang!" A small and girly voice called my name from behind me. I turned just as a lump of blonde curls wrapped around my legs. I grinned. "Hey Ange." I bent down to her height and ruffled her frizzy hair. Her innocent baby blue eyes staring into my not-so-innocent black ones. "Where's Iggy?" I asked. She pointed down the beach a ways. Gazzy and Iggy were playing volleyball with some other people I didn't recognize. I walked onto the sand. Angel tugged on the back of my shirt "Can you carry me?" I looked down at her bare feet and shook my head. I bent down and let her climb onto my back. I took off running down the beach making airplane noises while Angle giggled like a maniac.

Once we were near the volleyball net I set her down. A few of the girls that were playing stopped and looked at me, and of course I winked. A few giggled a few just continued playing. "Yo! Fang your on our team." Gazzy called from the other side of the net. I nodded, took off my flip flops and my I walked over to the other side of the net and stood behind Iggy. The Florida sun beat down on us, also sending a few cool ocean breezes our way.

I dove for the ball. My arms outstretched and reaching for the ball. The burning sand slightly burned my chest. The ball made contact with my hands and it went back into the air and Gazzy hit it back over the net. Standing up I swiped away the sand that stuck to my chest. A few of the girls were staring at me and Iggy. I gave a questioning look towards Iggy. Iggy grinned. "Their staring at this awesome-ness." He said as he gestured to himself.

The game continued until out team won. I turned on my phone and looked at the time. 5:30. "Igtard. Its 5:30. Im leaving."

"Yeah, we should probably leave too. Angel, Gazzy lets go!" Angel's head raised when her name was called. She stood up from the sand castle she was building and gave me a hug before following her brothers, Iggy and Gazzy, back to Iggy's yellow jeep. And just like Iggy, I drove home.

*~*~*~ Time Skip to Fang's house*~*~*~

I opened the door to my humble abode and lightly closed it behind me, it made a quiet 'click'. I walked down the dark hallway. The walls were a medium grey with black trimming. Of couse you can probably tel I wanted it that way. Kicking my door open I walked in. In the process I discarded my shoes by my dresser.

I went into my closet and pulled out a purple dress shirt. After I took my other shirt off I began to button the dress shirt and tied on a darker purple tie. Once the shirt was on I pulled on a fancy black jacket and matching dress pants. (Picture in my profile ) Finally I pulled on my old beat up Vans and went into my garage and got on my motorbike and sped off to the school.

~Max's POV~

Ella and Nudge had done my makeup and fixed my hair... Did I tell you it took them two hours?! Well it did! Now they were examining me. Ella stopped pacing and snapped her fingers. "Thats it! Thats what you're missing!" Ella ran to her bathroom and can back with contacts. "Here put these in." She tossed me the container and I fumbled with it before I actually caught it. After I put them in, with help from Ella, they moved me towards a mirror.

The girls eyes widened. I reached up to touch my face to get the confirmation I needed to know the girl in the mirror was me. I'll admit it, Ella and Nudge did a great job. My used-to-be brown eyes were now a baby blue. The smokey eye makeup around them made them seem sharper but still beautiful nonetheless. My cheek bones stood out more and my hair was almost pin straight. The bags that normally hung in my eyes were pinned back slightly. I almost hadn't noticed that they dyed the ends of my hair black with semi-permanent dye. And finally to the dress. The silky black and purple material went to firm fitting at the top and flowed out at the bottom. The only thing I didn't like was that it was strapless. And of course hidden under that my old black Vans covered my feet.

I turned around to face Ella and Nude. They were both biting their lips nervously and shifting their weight from foot to foot. They both squealed out of suprise when I huged them both. "Thanks guys." I whispered to them. They both hugged back. " No problem Max." Ella said. "Yea! Like if you ever need to go to a party we could totally do your clothes and makeup. Ella could do makeup and I could do clothes. Or the other way around. Wait who has better fashion, I mean we both have hella fashion sense but idf-" (Outfit link in my profile)

"Thank you Ella!" I laughed out. Nudge crossed her arms over her chest. "Humf!"

~*~*~*Time skip to da dance \(^-^)/~*~*~*~

Before I got out of Ella's car I put on my mask. My phone vibrated on the seat. I bent over and answered it. " Hey babe." I smiled at Dylan's voice it was smooth and clear, kinda like glass. If glass could talk. "Hey! Are you at the dance?"

"Yea. Where are you?" He asked.

I laughed. "I'm not telling you'll have to find me."

"Maaaax..." He half whined half groaned.

"It shouldn't be that hard to find me, I mean we've been dating how long?"

He chuckled. "Good point. Kay, well I'll see you soon, hopefully."

"Kay. Bye love you." "Love you too!" He hung up and I smiled.

Unlike the rest of the girls my shoes didn't make any 'clicking' noises as I walked into the dance. I looked around. The punch bowl was in the far right corner, which no doubt, someone probably spiked. Front and center was the stage. A dj was playing Dance, Dance by Fall Out Boy. Why is it every party I go to plays FOB? Oh wait their an AMAZING band, that's why. The whole gym was filled with dancing bodies, people standing off to the side talking over the music, and to my left a group of football players staring at me. I recognized some, one was Dylan and one was also Fang. Dylan looked straight into my eyes but turned to talk to his friends again, I guess he couldn't tell who I was. My heart seemed to sink a little. I glanced back at Fang. If he knew who I was he wasn't showing it, but he was staring at me. I sorta expected that form him, he stars at everything in a dress or skirt.

I rolled my eyes and turned away and went to Ella, Nudge, and Sam. "Aye Max!" Is it bad that your boyfriends best friend can recognize you but he can't? We hi-fived like we normally do. "Hey Sam."

"Dylan's looking for ya." I scoffed. "Yea I know. I walked right past him but he didn't even know it was me." Sam bit his lip. I have to admit it was really cute. "Oh..." I laughed. "But whatever. Its a dance so I'm gonna go... dance." I said awkwardly and backed away from the group. I made it to the dance floor and right after I did a slow song started. I groaned. Everyone else had someone to dance with, you cant really slow dance with yourself, that'd be... Weird. I turned around to find Fang in all his glory. He bowed slightly with his hand outstretched towards me. What he said surprised me. "May I have this dance?" His voice was almost like velvet, strong and rich. Fang never talked like that around me. He sounded so old fashioned but it was strangely attractive. I smiled and half curtsied. "You may." He chuckled. He wrapped his hands around my waist and mine wrapped around his neck.

Immediately I recognized the song. It was a cover of Iris by Sleeping With Sirens. Fang smirked. "You know this song?" I nodded. "Iris cover by Sleeping With Sirens." He nodded. We were dancing in the middle of a small circle people formed around us. I'm sure most of the people here knew who Fang was but no one knew who I was.

The way Fang danced was different but not weird. Every move he made was graceful and seemed thought out ahead of time. He danced like the people in the old movies.

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you'd bleed just to know you're alive

I flinched slightly from the lyrics. Fang seemed to notice and raised an eyebrow. I looked down at his feet and blushed. If I didn't know it was Fang by now his shoes would have given it away. He was wearing his old Vans, the ones I drew on I-don't-know-how-long-ago. There was the lack Veil Brides symbol and jaguar print on the sides. I looked up at him and smirked. "What?"

"Nothing..." I said shaking my head back and forth.

I just want you to know who I am

The song ended and I had a crazy thought. I do want Fang to know who I am but I don't know how I would tell him. While I was in my thoughts Fang pulled me over to a corner nobody was. He was staring at me and I met his gaze. Eyes so dark they could give midnight a run for its money. He leaned in and my eyes fluttered shut and we met in the middle. His lips were soft and tasted like the punch they were serving. The kiss stayed soft and loving. His hands caressed my face while mine got tangled in the hair on the back of his neck. His hair felt like the fabric of my dress, silky but softer. The same feeling the last time we kissed ran through me but it wasn't as noticeable. He pulled back first. One of his hands dropped away from my face, the other stayed on my cheek.

"Max..." Fang sighed. My eyes widened and I turned away about to run, but he caught my hand and pulled me back so our chests were pressed together. He wrapped both arms around me and berried his face in my neck. "H-How did you know?" I stuttered. He smirked and tucked a piece of hair behind my ear. "It'll take more then hair dye, a mask, and blue contacts to make you unrecognizable to me. That and you have the shoes I gave to you..."