I know you probably all want to murder me happily right now, I haven't updated in like, months. I took an unannounced hiatus. Have any of you heard of the swine flu coming to America? Well, that was started by the seniors in my school. They thought they were all cool or something and went to Mexico over Spring Break, and got everyone sick. So of course, I got sick, so basically I couldn't function for a few days, and my school was the first to get shut down. Then when we got back we had a huge amount of work, homework, and tests to make up. And then I had finals for two weeks, and school ended. I also got sick again, and had to stay home from school, but all I really did was sleep anyway. And on top of all that, I have dance five days a week, which takes up a lot of time, and energy. I also haven't updated this summer at ALL and I have just been away a lot. But I had my fifteenth birthday!!! It was July 28th!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride, it belongs to JP!

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Recap:

I was pulled out of my thoughts when I heard a noise next to me. I was so deep in thought that I didn't even realized Fang regain his position next to me.

"What are you thinking about?" He asked.

I replied with an almost silent, single word, that of course Fang, being Fang, had to hear, "You."

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Max POV

He was silent for a few seconds, as I wondered if I said the right thing. I could have lied of course, but he would know, he always knew. He knew me as well as I knew myself, sometimes even better.

"What about me?" He asked quietly.

"Nothing, just drop it. I wont tell you until you tell me what you saw in your vision." I replied, trying to sound calm, like it didn't bother me.

"I saw you." He said, even quieter than before.

What about me? Was it bad?

Max, stop trying to get it out of him. When he's ready to tell you, he will. Just like how you don't want to tell him what you were thinking of before, some thing are meant to be a secret.

Ah, voice, its so nice of you to drop by. Especially at a time where I would love to have commentary from you!

Maximum, leave him alone, or I can tell him what you have been thinking of. And I can see you trying to fool yourself into thinking that you don't love him. I know your brain better than you do, even if you lie to yourself, you can NEVER lie to me.

The way the voice thought that to me, was kind of alarming. The voice usually doesn't speak to me in such a tone.

Wait, did you say you could tell him?

Yes, I did. As your powers have grown, so have mine, and I can influence the powers of different people.

"Voice?" Fang asked.

"Yeah. He said that his powers have grown, as have ours. Now he can influence the powers of other people."

"What? He could have given us our powers then. He might not be safe!"

"And there's nothing I can do about it so quit yelling at me!"

We were starting to get a little loud, and I saw Angel making her way towards us.

Fang let out a sigh, and murmured a quiet, "sorry."

"Guys," Angel said in the sweetest voice, "I was wondering if we could continue playing truth or dare. We never got to finish, so can we?" I made the mistake of looking at her, as did Fang, because she was, of course, using bambi eyes.

His eyes visibly softened, and he replied. "Okay, go get everyone."

She jumped excitedly and walked over to the closest flock member, Iggy.

I saw him go to Gazzy, and they walked over together. Nudge came over when she realized we were all getting together.

"What's going on? Are we gonna be attacked? Did someone see something? But then Angel wouldn't look so happy. Should I be happy too?! I like being happy! And I like things that make me happy… like gummy worms and butterflies, and MTV! Are we gonna get a TV?!?!?! That would be so cool!!!!!"

"No, were playing truth or dare. So who wants to go first?" I said.

"It's Iggy's turn," Angel said.

Apparently Iggy wasn't paying the closest attention, because as soon as he heard his name he looked up from his conversation with Gazzy.

"Huh? What's going on?"

"It's your turn Iggy. But if you don't want it, that's okay! I can go for you! I have this great idea and all I would ne…" I guess Nudge finally decided to stop when everyone -including the dog, I mean Total- turned to glare at her.

Just as Angel was warning me to be scared, Iggy started speaking.

"Max, truth or dare?"

What could the flock possibly have on me. What could they possibly ask me for truth. I haven't done anything that they could ask about, but on the other hand, they could make me do loads of embarrassing things for dare.

"Truth," I said with confidence. Surely there was nothing too bad that they could ask me.

"What does, 'I wanna take a ride on your disco stick' mean? Remember, if you lie, its cheating," Iggy said with a smirk.

"Um… it means that," well crap! What could I possible say without lying about that?! Ugh I'm going to kill Iggy! "It means that you wanna, um… marry someone. Yup, that's what it means."

"Really Max? because I thought that it meant that you wanna play a game with someone that you love. But that would be a little weird, like why would you wanna play like, monopoly with someone you love? Wouldn't you want to do lovey dovey stuff, like kiss and stuff like that?" Bet you can guess who said that in one breath.

"Yes Max, are you sure?" Iggy said.

"I already answered my question. I don't need to answer anymore." I said.

"I guess its my turn to go now, right. Well, I don't wanna go, I'm giving my turn to Angel."

I DECIDED THAT DESPRETLY NEED SOMEONE TO HELP ME WITH THIS STORY!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!