Please read the A/N at the bottom after. It has conditions.

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride.

Friday 14
Fang POV

White lights. White noise. I sit in an uncomfortable hospital chair.

Max is currently in a hospital room. She has broken ribs and her legs are crushed. But the worse part? She's in a coma.

Numbness. I know this is all my fault. I know Max thought Lissa was flirting with me, and that I was flirting back. But I honestly wasn't! All Lissa's threatening about me breaking Max's heart, and we both caused Max's broken heart and broken body. All my fault.

The whole gang was in the waiting room. Valencia though was with Max. Ella as well.

I wanted so badly be in there. As if reading my mind, Valencia came out of the room. She regarded me quietly. "Would you like to go next Fang?"

I wordlessly got up, but uttered a quiet thanks as I pushed open the white door and entered the white room. Ella had been sitting, but she got up when I entered. I passed her to sit and she squeezed my shoulder, before leaving.

There she was. Her beautiful face miraculously untouched and serene, the calmest I'd ever seen her hair lay spread out on the pillow. I tried to ignore the casts on her legs and the bandages around her body, but it was hard.

"Max. Promise me you will never climb a tree and jump out of it. Little Fang said sternly.

Max was sitting up in a hospital bed. "Sure Fang." She rolled her eyes.

"Doesn't it hurt?" Fang asked. She broke a leg jumping out of the tree in his backyard.

"Yeah. But I'll live." Max grinned.

I had been scared for her then, but it didn't even compare to what I felt now.

"Max. They say you can hear me, so I guess I'll talk to you." I grabbed her hand and held it.

"I'm so so sorry. It wasn't what I know it looked like." I explained everything, about Lissa looking out for her and me protesting that I would never hurt her.

"But I did anyways didn't I?" I laughed hoarsely. "Please please, wake up." I rested my head on the bed and closed my eyes.

Grade one

"Max?" Fang climbed through the window. "Max!"

"Uh wha?" Max turned in her bed. "Five more minutes."

"We're gonna be late!" Fang pushed the blanket off her. "We can't be late it's our first day of grade one!"

"I know! Gosh." Max got up quickly and went downstairs for breakfast, trailing a smirking Fang.

Grade three

"Max. It's Fang." Ella said loudly as Max unlocked the front door.

"I don't care." Max forcefully opened the door. Fang heard her yell about homework and not to bother her.

The door slammed shut with a small Ella glaring at him. Fang sighed as he went into his own house.

"How was school sweetie?" Alice pushed his hair up off his face and kissed his forehead.

Sad. "Fine. I got homework to do mom."

"Homework in grade three? Wow." Alice laughed as Fang trudged up the stairs.

He had Iggy. And all his other friends. But why did he yearn to have Max as a friend?

Why did she hate him? What had he done? Those thoughts plagued him every night. He had obviously done something, he just couldn't remember.

Grade six

Fang walked the hallways of his new school. Grade six was a big year for people. Him, along with Iggy and Max were all in different classes. Truthfully, he was a little relieved

"Ow! Crap!" Fang heard as he crashed down to the ground. Someone had bumped into him as he was on his way to the band room to practice. Fang was in percussion and wasn't afraid to say he was pretty good at it. He got to play crash cymbals, snare, xylophone and sometimes the drum set!

He rubbed his elbow as he watched her collect her papers. He craned his neck and saw the name in the margin. Max Marti-

"I'm so sorry. I wasn't watching-" the girl cut off as she saw it was Fang. Her eyes narrowed and her face tuned a light pink.

"Max, it's oka-" Fang reached a hand down to help her up but she recoiled.

"Shut up." Max glared. "Leave me alone." Max stood up and brushed off her pants.

Fang almost pointed out that she was the one that had bumped into him, but Max had already left. Why?

Grade eight.

"Maximum Martinez!" The principal called.

It was his last year and off to high school they were. Fang spotted his mother in the audience dabbing her eyes with a tissue.

He watched Max walk up to the podium and shake his hand. She smiled a brief smile and was told that against all odds, she had passed. The audience laughed.

More names were called and then, "Fang Ride!" Among the applause he heard sighs from girls, but as always he ignored them.

"Good job Mr. Ride." The principal Mr. Batchelder shook his hand and they exchanged brief words.

Fang walked along the graduating grade eights. Some high fived him, or just smiled. But one glared. And for once, Fang glared back. What had he done?!

Grade ten

Fang puffed and huffed.

"Tired?" Iggy grinned as he easily finished off his tenth while Fang was just starting his eleventh.

"I hate P. E." Fang stated.

"It's just running. I think we're actually playing a game today." Max walked up to them.

She had gotten better. Fang suspected he disnt hate him anymore. They actually had a few funny moments. Being Iggy's best friend, she came over often and he knew her hatred of him had died away.

It might have been because of a small conversation.

Memory with in a memory! Memception!

"Max." Fang lay a hand on Max's shoulder as she at on the couch with Iggy doing grade nine homework.

"What." It wasn't a question.

"Um..." Fang gazed meaningfully at Iggy who got the message and left.

"I'm tired of you hating me. At least tell me what I did so I can apologize." He almost pleaded.

Max sighed and her shoulders seemed to sag. "I can't tell you Fang."

"Fine. But I apologize for whatever I did." He said stubbornly.

Max laughed and Fang's spirits soared. "Sure Fang. Though what you did isn't really forgivable. But apology accepted."

"Dodgeball!" The P. E. teacher blew his whistle and everyone gathered in the centre of the gym.

"Okay, if you're last name starts with A to P, grab a red pinny. Everyone else get blue."

Fang and Iggy walked to their side of the gym, Iggy smirking first at Max.

"I'll get you!" She called.

"As if!" Iggy scoffed without even turning around.

The game begin and Max threw a hard ball at Iggy. Iggy ducked and BAM! It hit Fang in the face.

Max clapped her hands to her mouth and hurried over to Fang, who's nose was bleeding.

"I'm so sorry! Omiogosh." Max grabbed Fang's wrist and stared at his face.

"Take him to the nurses." The tea her said as he motioned for the game to continue.

"I'm really sorry!" Max babbled on.

"Ids fibe." Fang held a tissue to his nose.

"It's fine?"

"Yeah." Was his answer.

They walked in silence until they say the office. Before he could lose the courage, Fang asked quickly, "Wha did I do to make you hade me?" (Hate me) he had asked her about few times over the year hoping she tell him now that she didn't hate him, but alas...

Max stopped walking. "You can get there on your own."

Grade twelve

"Fang, you know I love you right?" Max laid her head on Fang's chest.

They were staring at the stars on a grassy hill.

"I didn't, but thanks." Fang laughed. They were both in a comfortable silence until Fang said quietly, "I love you too."

Max reached up and put her arms around Fang's neck. She brought her lips to his and he smiled against her lips. His arms encircled her waist and he deepened the kiss. Their lips fit like puzzle pieces.

She bit his bottom lip and he stopped her from going farther. "I have something for you. To match your necklace." Max smiled, but looked a bit disgruntled because they weren't kissing.

Fang slowly brought out a ring box. Max gasped. "It's not what you think it is." Fang laughed quietly.

Max stuck her tongue out at him and opened it. And gasped again. Nestled in the bow was half a ring with Angel wings being the top half. (Link on profile.)

Max quickly put it on. "It's beautiful. Thank you so much."

"You're welcome. I didn't know if you'd like it, I went on a limb. I hope you like it. Don't lie. I-"

"Fang shut up."

She kissed him and before it got anywhere, Fang murmured, "not as beautiful as you." Then their lips met again and he shut up.

I opened his eyes and rubbed them. I wasn't surprised to see they were wet.

"Max. I love you." I bent down and kissed her lips.

The monitor beeped. I panicked at the noise, and then started hyperventilating as I realized she was flat lining. Memories hit me hard, flashes of them.

We both flushed and she slowly bent her head forwards, i reached up up and-

Wait wait wait!" I yelled. The stream stopped. "Truce?" I stuck my hand out. She looked at it quizzically, we weren't frien-

She leaned forward to get up, but I guess my hormones assumed different. I leaned forward and her eyes widened. We were so close but-

"Max! Please! What did I do?" I begged. "Aren't we friends!"
"Look Fang, In grade two, this kind of stuff doesn't happen-"
"What happened!" I exploded.
"Nothing Fang. Nothing. Just, we can't be friends." and then she walked away. Out if my life. And as she walked away, I felt her slip from my memori-

"Just doing something that was long due." I stared wistfully at Iggy through the window to see Ella open the door, Iggy ask her and then Ella jumping up and down screaming yes. If only I had the guts to do that. Though not to El-

I was reminded of our first kiss, where everything had gone wrong. Of when I saw fireworks and heard singing, though I blew her off and cracked our frie-

"No, i want to be something more."-

"I've loved her since second grade." -

"Don't even talk to my girlfriend."-

-And can only stand and watch as a truck collides into the drivers side.

"No. No, no no no!" I took her hand and started to cry again. I heard cries from the waiting room as they heard the beeping as well.

"Stop beeping! Make you heart beat for gods sake!" I yelled. Her body was actually getting colder. "Stop." I repeated, my voice cracking.

I pulled her towards me, sobbing as I heard footsteps. What kind of happy ending was this? So Cinderella gets her happy ending, Sleeping Beauty gets hers, god damn Shrek gets his! Why can't we get ours?

I hear nothing then. The numbness is back. Not even white noise surrounds me. There is nothing. But, what's that? Bu-dum. Bu-dum. Bu-dum

Reviews are appreciated. Need ten before I post the next chapter. Don't hate me, it just seems this story is dying out AT IT'S CLIMAX! I get hundreds of views but not a lot of reviews anymore. Don't hate me! Just need to know people want me to continue. No flames please, they don't count.