Last time on Our Secret
Max POV
"Max?"
"Fang?"
"Do you want to come do something with me this weekend?"
I gulped.
"Like a date?" I asked nervously. "Because I don't see you in that way."
"No no no." he reassured me. "An activity."
"What kind of activity?"
"Well I know how much you love football and all. Let's just say I was able to score some tickets to the Texans game." He said with another rare smile.
"Holy crap really?!" I exclaimed with excitement.
He nodded still smiling.
"I would love to! Oh my God! This is amazing how did you get the tickets?" I rambled.
"I have my ways." he said mysteriously.
"Sorry Lissa I have plans." Gazzy said, avoiding eye contact.
"With whom?" Lissa questioned.
"Uhhh... Nudge!" he said quickly. Nudge's eyes went wide showing she had no idea that she was hanging out with Gazzy this weekend. "We are going to... Kemah Boardwalk."
Iggy POV
"Fang is coming in with Max. He told me Max got attacked in an alley before they made it to the football game. She's unconscious but has a heartbeat. Fang is driving her to the house. As soon as they get here I need you to take Max and kick Fang out. Most likely you will need Max to take her shirt off which would reveal her wings. No matter what don't let Fang stay. As soon as I hang up call Gazzy and tell him to come home. We will need all the help we can get. Call be back when Max is there.
Gazzy POV
"Umm," I started. "Well I kinda have a family emergency and I have to go."
Nudge's smile dropped. "Oh. Okay so you'll drop me off at home?"
I winced. I didn't want to leave her here but I had no choice. "That's the thing-" I started to say but Nudge caught me off.
"I get it. You don't have time. It's fine I'll just find my own ride." Nudge got up from the table and grabbed her purse. She then proceeded down the stairs but I stopped her.
"Nudge wait!" I cried. "Are you sure you can find another ride?"
She turned to me with tears in her eyes. "I'll manage."
"Why are you crying? Look it's an emergency okay?" I sighed. Girls. Always so emotional.
"I guess Lissa was right. You always have to leave the date early for your "family emergencies"." she did the finger motion that showed "family emergencies" was in quotation marks.
"What? Why the fuck are you talking to Lissa?" I asked clearly confused. Who would ever talk to Lissa? I wondered.
"I wasn't. She came up to me and warned me about you. About how you're a player who always leaves the date early because of your "family emergencies" when in reality you just fucking other girls!" Nudge exploded.
"What?! I don't fuck other girls. What the hell are you talking about?" I demanded to know.
"Why don't you tell that to all of the girls whose lives you've screwed up! I'm just lucky I realized what was going to happen beforehand." Nudge countered.
Fang POV
"What exactly happened?" Ella asked quickly wanting to know the answers.
"Long story short I forgot the game tickets in my car so I went to go get them and when I got back Max was gone. I looked around for her and finally found her about to be raped by some guy name Roman. He beat Max and I both up pretty good before I finished him off." I blurted out.
Gazzy put his hand on my shoulder and said "Come here." I gulped and expected another beating but it never came. Gazzy lead me to the back door and opened it pushing me out of their house. "Look," he started. "We can't have you stay . You've done everything you could and now it's our turn to do everything we can."
B POV
Just then the front door unlocked and we were all silent.
"Shh." I said as I crept toward the door.
The door swung open and standing there was the last person I wanted to see tonight.
My sister.
Maggie sniffled. "I-I'm sorry I'll just come back later. I didn't know you had friends over."
Apparently Anabel didn't like that. "No don't go!" she cried out. "If you leave where will you go? You can stay here with us. We're watching a movie right now."
Maggie turned her head to me. "Can I?"
I shrugged my shoulders to show that I didn't really care.
"Let's go!" Angel laughed and hurried off to my bedroom with Maggie and Anabel following her.
Max POV
Mom told us that her husband (our dad who has been missing since the day we were born) and some other doctor took us to use us for their own purposes.
And now for Chapter 24
Max POV
1 day ago I left the house to go watch a football game with one of my bestfriends.
1 day ago that idiotic best friend forgot the tickets to that football game in his car.
1 day ago I didn't listen to the idiotic best friend and got attacked by a grown man.
1 day ago I almost got raped.
1 day ago my no longer idiotic but heroic bestfriend probably saved my life.
Today I am grateful for that idiotic, heroic bestfriend.
I am grateful for Fang Walker.
Right now I am in bed with broken ribs and a wing, various bruises, and scratches. The pain resurfaced every time I moved so I had to try to stay still.
How am I coping with this? you might be asking. Well, I didn't remember most of it to be honest. The parts I did remember were cloudy. I remember a guy name Roman hitting on me and Fang defending me. Then Fang left because he forgot something and Roman grabbed my arm and pulled me away. He told me someone he knew was in trouble I think and I fell for it. Before I knew it I was in a dark alley with Roman sitting on my abdomen. Everything after that is foggy and unclear. I remember hearing Fang and that's about it. I was scared.
Right at that moment my door opened and in walked Mom with her doctor kit. Without saying anything she listened to my heart with her stethoscope and and checked my bandages. I winced as she lifted up reapplied them. She left without a word. That was fine with me because I didn't feel like talking.
I reached over to nightstand and grabbed my almost dead phone. 7%. Great.
21 messages. I sighed. Angel, Angel, Angel, Nudge, Angel, Nudge, Nudge, Nudge, Nudge, Nudge, Nudge, Fang, B, B, B, Fang, and the rest were people from school who had no idea what had happened asking for homework answers.
I opened up each message, one at a time.
Angel: OMG FANG JUST TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED ARE YOU OKAY?!
Angel: Max, Fang feels rly bad pls convince him it wasn't his fault
Angel: unless it was bc if it was don't say anything
Nudge: MAX MY GOODNESS I FEEL TERRIBLE BC I GOT MAD AT GAZZY FOR LEAVING OUR DATE FOR A FAMILY EMERGENCY BUT IF I HAD KNOWN IT WAS YOU I WOULDVE UNDERSTOOD OH MY GOD I'M A TERRIBLE PERSON PLEASE ANSWER
Angel: Well I'm gonna assume you are sleeping. When you read this I hope you get better soon and I'll be over asap
Nudge: I'M SORRY WHAT I MEANT TO SAY WAS MAX I HOPE YOU GET BETTER YOU MUST HAVE BEEN SO SCARED FANG HASNT LEFT HIS ROOM AND WHEN HE DOES ITS FOR FOOD AND DOESNT TALK I'M WORRIED ABOUT HIM AND YOU
Nudge: OH MY GOD I THINK HE'S PACKING HIS STUFF WHAT DO I DO
Nudge: SHIT THAT I WASNT SUPPOSED TO SEND THAT PRETEND YOU DIDNT READ THAT
Nudge: MAX WAKE UP AND ANSWER ME I NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE OKAY I'M SO WORRIED I'M ABOUT TO CRY
Nudge: TELL GAZZY I'M SORRY I DIDNT MEAN TO ACT LIKE A BRAT AND THAT I'LL NEVER TALK TO LISSA AGAIN
Nudge: ALSO I HOPE YOU ARE BETTER SOON MAX I'M SORRY FOR ALL OF THE TEXTS PLEASE CALL ME
Fang: Max, I'm so sorry about what happened I can't help but feel guilty...
B: Max, Angel just told me what happened are you okay?
B: Wait shit of course you aren't okay nevermind that last text.
B: Well get well soon I need to talk to y'all about something. Anabel says get well soon because her phone died.
Fang: I'm so sorry...
My heart broke after reading Fang's last text. He thinks what happened to me is his fault, I thought. But it wasn't. It was my own stupidity that got me into this and Fang is the one who got me out.
All of a sudden my phone screen turned black and I watched it shut off. I sighed which quickly turned into a wince. My ribcage was very sore. I need ibuprofen, I told myself. The only problem was that the ibuprofen was downstairs and my room was upstairs. Contemplating whether I should get it myself or call someone in, I decided the best thing to do would be to get it myself. Iggy, Gazzy, Ella, and Mom had already done so much for me. The least I could do would be get my own medicine.
I climbed out of bed, one leg at a time. On the count of 3 I pushed upward and put my body weight of around 105 pounds onto my weak legs. Immediately, my right leg gave out and I collapsed onto the ground. Tears streamed down my face. The pain was unbearable. Gritting my teeth, I got onto my hands and knees and started clawing. I crawled out my room, past Iggy's room, Ella's room, and Gazzy's room, down the stairs, and to the kitchen. By the time I got down there I was sweating buckets and was sure that one of my ribs that had been set just got undone. Right as I was about to grab my medicine Gazzy walked in with his bag of bombs and mini video cameras.
He stopped moving.
I stopped moving.
He froze.
I froze.
He didn't say a word.
I didn't say a word.
He left the room without a question.
I let him leave because whatever he was up to didn't look good and I needed to get my medicine.
I sighed. Whatever he was up to was none of my business as long as it didn't include me.
20 painful minutes later I was back in bed with a charging phone and a no longer sore ribcage. I felt alive. It felt great.
More texts from Nudge asking where Gazzy was. I didn't answer even though I knew she could see that I had read it. More phone calls from Angel which I also did not pick up. As the day continued, Mom had to go to work for an emergency check up with a patient and Iggy and Ella took Total to the park while Gazzy was nowhere to be found.
Right at that moment the doorbell rang. It's bells flowed through the empty house. Usually when I'm home alone and the doorbell rings I don't worry. I just freeze and wait for the person to leave. But this time I was bed bound. No way of escaping if it was someone dangerous. My heart started to beat rapidly as I pictured Roman banging on my front door asking if I was home. So I did what any normal person would do in a situation like this. I called the person who saved me the first time.
After about 3 rings he finally picked up.
"Max?" he asked, probably confused about why I was calling him.
"Fang!" I exclaimed, suddenly short of breath.
"Max is everything okay?"
I struggled to tell him what was going on. "T-T-There's a man outside my front door and he isn't leaving."
"Is he breaking in? No wait I'm coming over right now. I'll come through the backdoor. Bye." Fang hang up.
Not even 5 minutes later I heard the back door squeak open and footsteps make their way upstairs. How Fang is doing this without being seen is a mystery. The staircase can clearly be seen from the front door because they are right next to each other. My bedroom door opened and there stood a semi sweaty Fang. Concern was written all over his face. "Are you okay? I got here as fast as I could."
My heart rate slowed because I knew I was safe. Or at least felt safer with Fang's presence. "Yes thank you but you didn't have to come over."
Fang shrugged his shoulders. "You were alone and scared and I wanted to make sure you were okay. Plus Nudge and Angel were worried."
I already knew I didn't have to ask him if he brought his sisters because I knew he didn't. He wouldn't put them or me in danger if there was any.
Fang strolled to the window and lifted up on of the blinds. He peeked out and looked around my front yard. "Well, there is a man at the front door."
I groaned. Fang and his sarcasm. "Thanks for the heads up captain obvious. What does he look like?"
Fang pondered on this for a moment while still looking out my bedroom window. "He has on a black button down on with dark blue jeans. Along with that are black ray ban sunglasses and dirty blonde hair that is sticking out in all directions. It looks like he tried to tame it but it didn't work."
Relief flooded through my body. Fang's description did not sound like Roman at all. But then my heart started racing again as the knocking continued. BANG BANG BANG, went the front door. Whatever he needed much be important or he would've been gone by now.
Fang continued, "There is a black mustang parked in the front near the mailbox so I'm going to assume that it is his."
"Anything else?" I asked, anxious.
"Uhhh. Hmmm. Oh! I see Iggy and Ella! They are walking down the street with Total." Fang pointed out.
"Hurry and call them on your phone!" I shouted.
"Why?"
"Because if that guy is dangerous then I don't want them getting hurt! Hurry!" I shrieked. Maybe I was overreacting but I Just wanted to make sure.
Fang dialed Iggy's number and peeked back out of the blinds.
"Iggy? Hey it's Fang."
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"Yeah good good. Yo I'm here with Max and-"
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"No she's fine I just came in to check on her. Listen there is a creepy guy at your front door if you look down the street and Max wants yall to hide until he leaves."
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"He's been here for at least 15 minutes. Blondish brown hair, raybans, mustang."
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"Oh wait! He's leaving!"
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"Yeah go ahead and hide still just to be safe."
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"Okay... He is now... Gone."
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"Yeah okay see you in a bit. Bye."
Fang hung up and turned to me. "He's gone and you're safe. Don't worry."
"Can you stay here for a little bit longer?" I asked.
"Yeah yeah of course." he told me. I scooted over in my bed and Fang crawled in with me. He wrapped his arm around me and I buried my head in his chest. I closed my eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Something felt off though. I knew that man and he knew me. Don't ask me how I know that. I just do. I also know with him comes destruction and death. And I'm scared.
I am so sorry that it's been like a month since I have updated. Being totally honest it took me like 2 weeks to write the chapter and just edited it today. School, cross country and writing time can be very overwhelming. Because I have practice in the morning, I have to go to bed early and before I would write while I am in bed but I can't do that now.
Again I am very sorry for such a late update. I will try to write quicker!
I don't expect any reviews because I've been MIA but they do boost my self esteem!
stay swaggy and peace out :)