Oh, why hello there! It has been a while since I have updated and I feel. . . weird. My vacation to California was very fun, in case some of you were wondering. Because school has started, I will try my best to update every other Sunday.

Here's chapter 5.

Disclaimer: No, I don't own Maximum Ride.

Chapter 5

Max's POV

Previous Chapter:

"Hi Fang. Who's your friend?" Angel said.

I didn't know how I was going to tell them, so I just blurted it out.

"Guys, Max is back."

When Fang said that I was back, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel's mouth dropped the lowest they could go.

And then once their brain started working again, they all jumped on my lap, hugging me and saying, "Oh, Max we missed you so much," and, "Max, we're all so glad to see you!"

Finally, someone did something about it.

"Alright guys, let Max go," Fang said, peeling them off of me.

They pulled away from me and started filling me in on what has been going on.

"It's been three years since we've seen you, Max," Angel said. "We all missed you. Especially Fang; he's been even quieter than usual since you left. He would never come out of his room. Iggy would have to send one of us in to bring him his dinner." She looked away from everyone and stopped talking. Angel's face showed everyone—especially me—that it pained her too much to finish.

I looked into each of their eyes. "I'm so sorry guys. I never knew that me leaving the Flock would do this to you, to you, Fang, especially. I never meant to hurt you so much."

No one spoke for a few minutes; I guess they were trying to process what I had just said.

"Why did you leave us, Max?" Gasman asked me in a quiet voice.

I took a deep breath before I answered. "I left because the Voice said that if the whole Flock tried to take down the world together and at once, everyone in the world but me would die. It wasn't specific and it didn't make sense at first; it just kept telling me that everyone was going to die if I stayed with you. I couldn't, I just couldn't let that happen to you. So I left. I didn't leave a note, and I was careful not to think about anything related to what the Voice was telling me around Angel. I didn't want anyone to know where I was, where I was going, and why I left. I didn't care if you thought that the School or Itex finally found us and took me. I didn't care if you thought I killed myself because I couldn't take my life anymore. I just had to do it by myself."

Again, it was quiet while they thought about what I had just said. That is, until Angel hurled herself at me, hugging me around my waist.

"We missed you so, so much! You can never, ever leave us again!" She started crying, and I picked her up.

"I won't, Angel. I'll never you leave you all again. I promise." I kissed her head and set her down gently back on the ground.

Angel stepped back and Fang took her place and stood in front of me.

"Don't you have homework to do?" Fang asked Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel, while looking me in the eyes.

"Yeah, we do," Nudge said. "Come on, let's go," she said, shuffling the younger two out of the kitchen.

Fang cupped my face with both of his hands and turned my face so that I, too, was looking him in the eyes.

"Max," Fang breathed my name out. "You don't know how much I missed you."

"I-I missed you, too, Fang. So much." I said, a bit shakily.

"I hope you don't mind me doing this," he said. And before I could ask him what he meant, he put his lips on mine.

Oh my God, I thought to myself. I miss his lips so much.

I couldn't think straight; the only thing that was going through my head was Fang and kiss Fang.

So that's what I did; I kissed him.

Fang put his hands on my upper thigh and hitched my right leg onto his hip. I soon after hooked my other leg onto his other hip.

I don't know how long we were making out; all I know is that I was pressed up against the fridge door and we were both out of breath.

We both broke apart, panting heavily.

"I love you so, so much Max. You can never leave us again. You hear me? Never again."

"I promise," I said. "I'll never leave you.

"Good," he said, smiling.

How was it? Should I end it there or should I put one more chapter up? Review please!!

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