Okay, I should probably clarify a few things because some of you had some very good questions. I had chapters 3, 4, 5 and 6 all be on the same day. Ms. Monroe was too focused on the fact that Fang had been hurt to think about the fact that Max had almost been kidnapped by her dad. Also, Max's dad isn't Jeb. In the book he would be more like Dr. Ter Borcht (minus the accent) with the being her "creator" who wants her dead because she failed to perform properly. Just thought I should clear that up. Jeb will show up soon but not in the usual way. Sorry for the confusion. On with the story!:)

Max

It's been three weeks since my dad tried to kidnap me at the bus-stop and Fang saved me. I told my mom about it that night and she completely flipped out. She called the police, alerted Angel's, Ella's and my teachers, and everyone else she could think of. She told people at her work, she told our neighbors to watch out for a man who matches my dad's description and any vehicles that match his vehicle's description. It took hours of begging and pleading from my sisters and me before Mom decided we should still go to school and ride the bus.

It's been three weeks since Fang let me come over to his house and he's been inviting me over every day since. I think Ms. Monroe is really nice and she seems to realike are about him. I've mentioned this to Fang a few times but he said everyone else started out nice too so he's still skeptical about him staying there. I hope it becomes a permanent thing and she stays as nice as she is whenever I'm at the house.

It's also been three weeks since the front-yard-incident. I wish I could figure out exactly how I feel about Fang. It's all so confusing. I mean, I view him as a friend but I wouldn't have minded kissing him-in fact I think I would have enjoyed kissing Fang. I think I would have liked it a lot. Anyway, I'm thinking of all these different thoughts as I stand at the bus stop, waiting for Fang. He finally walks over and he's wearing his hood over his head which isn't something he usually does.

When he stands next to me he stands further away than usual and he keeps his head down (also something he doesn't usually do.)

"Hey Fang." I say.

"Hi Max." He replies, not looking at me.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

"Yeah." He says, still refusing to look at me.

I step in front of him and I can feel his whole body stiffen. I gently remove his hood and tilt his chin so he looks at me. I surpress a gasp. He has a black eye, a swollen lip and various bruises coat his face.

"Fang, what happened?" I ask gently.

"The guy next door attacked me." He shrugs.

"Just now?" I ask.

Fang nods.

"Did you fight back?" I ask.

Fang shakes his head.

"Why not?" I ask, keeping my hand on his chin.

"I didn't want Ms. Monroe to see. It's one thing to save you from someone but it's another thing entirely if I'm fighting a guy my own age." Fang answers.

"What happened exactly?" I ask.

"Ms. Monroe was trying to go to work and the guy and his friend wouldn't move out of the way for her to drive out. She asked them to move but they just laughed in her face. That pissed me off so I told them to just get out of the way so she could drive out. They laughed at me and continued throwing their stupid football. I took it and chucked it over the fence of the neighbor with the German Shepard. I'm sure you can guess what happened from there and I ran off so Ms. Monroe wouldn't kick me out for getting into a fight.

"What does he look like?" I ask.

A guy bigger than Fang walks up to us. "Hey I wouldn't be acting all tough like that unless you want to be beat up in front of your mother again." The guy says to Fang.

I look at Fang, silently pleading with him to let me hurt this stupid idiot. Fang looks amused but shakes his head. I make a pouting face and Fang smirks.

The guy has aquamarine eyes, a tan, and golden colored hair. He flashes me a too-white smile which I return with a scowl. Regardless of how hot he is, he hurt Fang and that's against the rules.

Then the guy has the nerve to say, "That's a pretty hot girl you have there. You let me have her and I won't beat the crap out of you in front of your mother anymore."

I grab Fang's arms right as he lunges for the guy. "He's not worth it." I whisper in Fang's ear.

"Are you gonna answer me freak?" The guy asks Fang and I'm tempted to let go of Fang and let him beat the guy up.

"She's my friend, not a piece meat. I'm not gonna barter her off just so you don't hit me." Fang growls.

"Well ain't that nice. What if she wants to be my friend too?" The guy says.

"In your nightmares." I retort, glaring at him.

"Believe me babe, you'll change your mind." The guy smiles at me again and it takes every ounce of my Maximum self control to hold onto Fang instead of decking the jerk myself.

A horn honks and the guy looks beind him.

"Later babe. Later freak." He says, walking to the car.

I wait until the car is out of sight and put my head on the back of Fang's shoulder, relaxing my grip slightly.

"What a jerk." I comment.

"You can say that again." He says, turning around to face me.

"Thank you for taking up for me like that." I say, looking at him.

Fang surprises me by wrapping his arms around me. "Thank you for making sure I didn't get myself in trouble." He whispers into my hair.

I hug him back. "You're welcome. I don't want you to get in trouble anymore than you do." I tell him quietly.

We let go kind of awkwardly and notice that the bus is coming. We walk over to it and board it, sitting next to each other as usual.

Naturally when we get to school, the guy has a lot of the same classes as Fang and me. We also learn tht the jerk's name is Dylan.

Okay, this is probably the creepiest moment in my entire life and it happens because Dylan moved here. I don't want to be around Dylan so I've been avoiding him all day which is hard to do when he follows me around the school all day. Then he comes up behind by the lockers and shoves me into mine, kissing me hard on the lips.

"Did you feel anything babe?" He asks, stepping back.

"Yeah, a lot of things. Did you feel this?" I punch him in the face three times, one for disrespecting me, another one for him beating Fang up, and another one for the way he talked to Fang.

Fang

It's been three weeks since the almost-kissing incident with Max. Part of me wishes I could have kissed her and that part resents Iggy. Then the logical part of me is glad Iggy stepped in and feels very grateful to him for intervening. I'm really not enjoying this inner-conflict.

Moving on, I'm walking down the hall and I see Max pressed up against her locker, kissing Dylan. How did I not see this coming? He's bigger, stronger, all the girls think he's hotter (their words, not mine), and he's the new captain of the football team. This is so typical I want to vomit. I feel jealous. It should be me kissing Max. Not Dylan. I feel so angry that I storm into the boys' bathroom and punch one of the stalls.

When I leave the bathroom, I see Lissa and Brigid.

"Hi Fangy!" Lissa shrieks, prancing over to me. "Do you want to go out with me?" she ask.

I'm so frustrated and pissed that I actually say, "Sure."

"I knew you would see things my way." she says, skipping away.

Why did I just do that? I wonder, mentlly kicking myself in the face. Then I can't help but think, I wonder if this will make Max jealous. Hmmm...

I'm not sure why I want to make Max jealous if I'm pissed at her right now. What kind of a friend is she? She saw the way that jerk talked to me. Was she not listening when he was talking about her like she was a piece of meat at the bus-stop this morning? Did she miss that? I avoid Max all day and refuse to sit by her on the bus.

She calls me at 7:00PM, then again at 8PM, and then she texts me at 9PM.

Fang? What's wrong? Why won't you talk to me? Are you okay?

Like you don't know.

No. I really don't know. Please tell me.

I saw you with Dylan.

He threw himself on me! I punched him 3 times for it! You'll see the bruises on his face tomorrow.

Oh crap. What did I do? I think.

Oh.

Yeah, oh is right. How could you think I could kiss him after seeing the way he treated you?

I just saw and overreacted. I'm sorry Max.

It's okay. Just talk to me if you have a problem next time.

Max? Can I tell you something?

Of course.

Lissa asked me out and I said yes.

I thought Lissa treats Nudge like crap. Why would you want to go out with her?

No, that's her twin, Brigid. Lissa actually treats people like they're people, not crap.

Well in that case, I'm happy for you.

Thanks.

I gotta go. Later.

Later.

I groan, lying on my back on my bed. Max is happy for me. She's not jealous and now I have to go out with Lissa. I don't want to date anyone except Max. I just hope Lissa turns out to really be nicer than her sister. I think.

Max

Fang's now going out with Lissa. I'm immediately jealous because as much as I hate to admit it, I really wanted to kiss him that day when Iggy stopped us. I guess I don't blame Fang for going out with Lissa. Lissa's prettier and doesn't have such a messy past. I hope she's nice to him or I will break her pretty little face. Being a teenage girl sucks. I have a best friend who I want to kiss but now he's going out with someone else so now I need to be happy for him and make sure he doesn't know that I'm jealous.

Well, that's it for this chapter. Thanks for reading it!

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