Max POV

After I told Fang the truth, he kept telling me how he loves me, that he would never hurt me and he would stay by my side forever. My heart leaped at his honest words. I always thought falling in love was impossible…but jeez was I proven wrong! I fall in love more with Fang every day. I feel very vulnerable with him, and many people would take advantage of that.

That's why I put on my mask and hide my feelings away from the world except from my family and best friends. But every time I'm with him, I feel like I can pour out my feelings to him. Right now, Fang's driving us to my house, holding my hand, occasionally squeezing it and smiling at me.

"Max?" he asked softly. I turned to look at him and raised my eyebrows.

"Can I ask you a question?"

"Yeah…" I responded. We got home and he parked the car in his driveway.

"What…what happened to him?" he asked, closing his eyes tightly and gripping the steering wheel with his free hand. I looked outside and closed my eyes with a sigh.

"He…um…he eventually moved to another place a year ago and I haven't heard from him since," I responded. I looked over at him and he breathed out a sigh of relief. He leaned in to kiss my forehead, letting his lips linger there a second or so more. I wrapped my arms around his neck and buried my face in his neck, inhaling his spicy, minty, earthy smell. He wrapped his around my waist and pulled me closer.

"Thank you," I murmured. He ran his hands along my back, stroking it.

"For what?" he whispered into my hair.

"Everything. For you being here with me. For being my best friend…for loving me," I whispered and kissed his neck.

"I meant everything I said. I'm never leaving you. I swear," he whispered. I smiled into his skin and pulled away. He pecked my lips and smiled.

"I have something for you," he murmured. I raised my eyebrows in question. He reached behind him, into his pocket.

"I wanted to give this to you later today, but I can't wait anymore," he said. Fang pulled out a beautiful promise ring. My breath caught in my throat. It's a silver band with a small heart made of diamonds on the center. In the inside it has "My Heart is Yours" engraved. I gasped slightly. Fang took my right hand and placed it on my ring finger.

"Fang you didn't have to d-" I started.

"I wanted to. I wanted to give you a piece of me," he murmured and looked into my eyes. His eyes shone with love and awe. I smiled and gripped his hair, pulling him closer. Our lips met into a slow, passionate, loving kiss.

"I already have a piece of you," I murmured, stroking his cheek when we pulled away. He raised his eyebrows.

"Fang, having you with me is all I need," I said smiling. Fang blushed slightly and I kissed his cheek.

"I love you," I said.

"I love you too, Max," he murmured. He leaned in but looked up and stopped midway. I frowned.

"We have an audience," he murmured, pointing to my house. I turned around and saw Gazzy, Angel and Iggy pressed up against the window. Iggy saw me and his eyes widened.

I narrowed my eyes at him and with one finger, lid it across my throat slowly and pointed at him, indicating he was going to die later. He left in an instant. Angel and Gazzy smiled angelically at me.

Fang shook his head and we both got out, walking over to my house, hand in hand.

"I am so killing Ig later," I said through gritted teeth. Fang chuckled and squeezed my hand, relaxing me. Before I could open the door, Angel and Gazzy flung it open and both of them gave me a hug.

"Hi Max!" they greeted me cheerfully. Aww, they're just adorable. I hugged them until they pulled away.

"Hey guys," I responded. I ruffled Gazzy's hair and tucked one of Angel's blonde curls behind one ear. Angel hugged Fang next and Gazzy did too. Fang settled Angel on his hip and ruffled Gazzy's hair. But he slapped his hands away.

"Watch the hair!" he said.

"But you let Max touch it," he responded, confused.

"Yeah because it's Max. And you're-" he stopped, looking at Fang up and down and shuddered, "my brother." We all laughed and Fang smiled, rolling his eyes playfully.

Just then, mom and Katherine (Fang's mom,) walked into the room greeting us.

"Hello Max," said Katherine hugging me with a smile on her lips. I hugged her back, because she's like a second mother to me.

"Hi Katherine," I said, since she insisted I called her from her first name. My mom greeted us with a hug.

"Honey did you… You know?" said Katherine to Fang. He nodded.

"Finally! Can I see your ring Max?" asked Fang's mom. I showed it to everyone and mom smiled at Fang.

"Fang here has been wanting to give you the ring. He kept saying if you're going to love it, because you deserve the world," said Fang's mom. I blushed slightly and so did Fang.

"Can we eat now?" asked Gazzy. We laughed and went to the dining room, past the kitchen. We sat down and ate lasagna with salad and bread sticks. Fang sat next to me, with his hand on my knee and squeezing it constantly. When we finished, our families talked. Then the conversation turned to me.

"Max what do you want to be when you're older?" asked my boyfriend's mom.

"Well…apart from being a singer? If it doesn't work out, then I would like to be a doctor or part of the Navy SEALs," I said.

"Wow…A SEAL? Or Doctor? That's amazing," said Katherine.

"I know that Max will be great at any of those professions," said mom.

"Iggy? What would you want to do?" asked Katherine.

"I would like to design video games or be a chef, if music doesn't work out, like my dear sister said," Ig responded. My mom squeezed his shoulder and smiled at him.

"You're going to achieve one of those honey," said mom.

"A cook? Well I know you're going to be good at that," said Fang's mom, indicating at the lasagna on her plate. Ig makes food to die for! We laughed.

"What do you want to do Fang?" asked my mother.

"Apart from sticking with Max and music? Um become an artist or study computer engineering," said Fang.

"Nice!" said Ig, slapping him high-five. Our mothers complemented him.

"Has Max shown you her room yet?" asked my brother. Fang shook his head.

"Wow Max…well you should go see it…in fact, Max why don't you go show it to him," said Ig, sweetly. I kicked his foot under the table and stood up, pulling Fang up with me. I led him to my bedroom, when we heard Ig tease us.

"Don't have too much fun, you crazy love birds!" he shouted from the other room.

"Shut up!" I shouted, while Fang chuckled. I stood in front of the door.

"My bedroom," I muttered and opened the door.