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Max's POV
"Max honey look at the camera, look at the camera max," the little girl smiled up a Jeb and giggled. She leaped onto the ground and rolled around. Her long dirty blond hair flew up and twisted around her childish face. She pursed her lips in concentration and squinted. "Okay Maximum you've got this" she seemed to be thinking as she ran, throwing hers arms out. Her fingers wiggled, and her laughter grew.
"Ready Jeb? I'm gunna fly!" The gleeful little six year old got faster and faster, building up momentum. The camera stayed focused on her. There was a fierce determination in her eyes, one that would stay there forever. The sun gleamed on her pale cheeks and scattered freckles.
"Maximum you can't fly, stop now, Maximum! Maximum Ride!" the little girl shook her head and released a long giggle. She stuck her tongue out and spit into the air. The grassy hill of a shallow cliff was approaching her vision, closer and closer each time. The camera shook as the white coated father started to run after the rebellious child.
"You can't catch me Jeb! I'm flying, and that's that!" she bent her knees and began to jump into the air, the windy current lifting her up. Her wings tore through her t-shirt and caught painfully in mid-air. She tried to stroke down, but her wings were so tiny, she was having a hard time staying up.
"Aghhh!" she shrieked as her wings folded in on her and she was hurtled towards the ground.
"Jeb!" she screamed the guardian's name into the breeze as she came closer and closer to the hard ground. She shut her eyes tight, hoping to not feel the impact. Instead of being squished, she opened her eyes to find that she had fallen into someone's arms, or had been caught.
"Fanggg?" her head hurt a lot, it was spinning like crazy, so her voice came out all groggy.
"Yes?" she looked into the dark set eyes of her best friend and smiled.
"That sure was a close one!" fang gave her one of his rare smiles. She smiled back and leaned her head comfortably against his left shoulder. Then she yawned and shut her eyes, burring her head into his chest and grabbing hold of his shirt. He stroked her hair.
"Fang?" she whispered.
"Yes?"
"Thank you." She hugged him to her.
"And fang?"
"Yes max?" he grumbled.
"I love you."
"I love you too Max." she drifted to sleep with a smile grazing her lips.
"Max?!? Max?!?" Max looked up to find her lips inches away from Chaces. Wtf?
"Max, are you okay, you spaced out," concern shone in his eyes.
"Yeah, I'm fine…just a memory, that's all." She smiled convincingly.
"Oh, okay," he smiled at her and started to lean in again. She pushed him away quickly. His reaction was one of pain.
"Chace…I…I can't…" he smiled.
"Don't worry max, your breath can't be that bad…" she couldn't even smile, let alone breathe.
"Chace…My heart…it hurts…it can't take much more." He looked into her eyes with so much intense emotion she could cry.
"Max…I would never…I would never hurt you…" tears fell from her eyes, and he brushed them away with his thumb. She sobbed into his shirt. He stroked her hair softly and whispered, "Shhh…it's okay max, I'm here, it's okay."
She looked up at him with her tear soaked eyes.
"My heart belongs to someone else…" she thought.
Chace leaned in and kissed her, and she didn't fight him off this time.
"It belongs to fang," she suppressed the thought angrily.
"No no! It belongs, it belongs to…"
"I love you max," Chace kissed her again tenderly.
"I love you Fang."