Chapter 8
MAX POV
"Bye mom!" I heard the door slam and my eyes snapped open. Geez, Ella impresses me with her consideration for my need of sleep; though she doesn't know that I am homeless and on the run so I'll let it slide… this time. I groggily rise out of bed and put on my sweatshirt over the shirt Dr. M let me borrow. As I made my way downstairs I saw Fang coming out of the bathroom, with an eight-pack?! Why is it getting closer to me? Fang grabs my chin and tilts it up so I'm looking at him; I consciously wipe drool from my lips.
"See something you like Maxie?" Fang teases. I hit him where the sun don't shine and he doubles over in pain.
"Why no Fang, no I do not." I say in a sickly sweet voice. I then smirk at him and continue my half-hearted trek down the stairs. At least it was half-hearted until I saw the ginormous stack of chocolate chip pancakes with syrup perfectly running down the sides like you see in a menu at IHOP! I only got hungrier as I noticed the bacon and sausage patties sitting next to them waiting to be eaten (by me).
"Oh my goodness Iggy! I didn't know you could cook like this, amazing!" I was snapped out of my reverie by Dr. Martinez complimenting Iggy while staring at the giant stack of food in amazement. I immediately sat down and started eating when Fang came down followed by the rest of the flock. Nudge was chattering non-stop as usual.
"The air mattresses were so soft it was like you were floating on air and I slept the whole night. Did you guys dream? I dreamed I was on this private island with Ig-" Nudge stopped herself short with a pointed look from Iggy. Hmm… interesting, the silence didn't last long however because she soon finds something else to talk about; a certain tall, dark and handsome person. What the heck is wrong with me today? "OMG Fang, why are you walking funny? And why is your face red? Hey why is everyone laughing?!" Nudge and Gazzy were staring in confusion at me, Angel, Iggy and even Dr. Martinez. Fang was glaring at us as we all were literally rolling on the floor laughing our butts off. Except Dr. M she was trying –and failing- to hide her laughs in her hand. Once everyone was settled down with a few remaining snickers here and there, we all sat down to eat.
"I have noticed that you all are in dire need of some new clothes, and I have decided to take you all shopping today." Dr. Martinez looks right at me, almost as if knowing I would object "and no excuses" which is entirely accurate of course, because we all know how much I just love shopping!
"Really?! OMG thank you so much I haven't been to the mall in ages! I really did need some new shirts these are so last season! Will you come with me Angel?" I think we all know who that was. Angel of course said yes and they both ran off to get ready claiming they had to look perfect to go to a place to make themselves look even more 'perfect'. Okay, so not their exact words but even Iggy and Gazzy were excited, probably because they would have to look at a month old stain every day. Gazzy actually kept a tally of how man days it had been since he spilled ketchup all over his shirt. The stain would be 45 days old today.
But, I wasn't alone because Fang was sitting there being all grumpy. Fang isn't your most social person, so going to a place with a lot of people is not his idea of a good time. I'm glad I'll have someone to share this terrible experience with. After breakfast the rest of us went upstairs to get ready to go to the mall.
~Time Skip~
We arrived at the mall after braving the highway traffic and hour drive to get here. We burst through the doors and instantly Nudge and Angel split off with Dr. M calling after them that she would be sitting in the lounge area located in the middle of the mall and to come if you needed anything. Soon after that Iggy and Gazzy went off to do something destructive no doubt. Fang and I were walking along silently when a girl with fiery red hair and a boy with sandy blond hair came up to us. The girl was instantly all over Fang and I instantly didn't like her. She pulled Fang over to a couch and started getting all touchy-feely, making me want to gag. I was about to go get Fang when a strong hand grabbed my arm and pulled my away. I wrenched my hand out of its grip. It was the blonde haired guy, why do I always know annoying people (except Dr. M of course)?
"Do you mind?" I say as I try to turn around for the second time he catches me off guard and smashes his lips down on mine. I struggle but he's a pro, blocking all of my limbs; I am trapped and he is a really bad kisser. He leans up to my ear to whisper something.
"I'm Dylan, what do you say we head back to my place hm?" He says trying to be sexy. The only person who sound sexy to me is Fang. Whoa what? Anyway speaking of Fang he takes it upon himself to rip 'Dylan' off me and answer his question with a much harder tone than I have ever heard from him accompanied by a lovely punch to the jaw.
"She'll have to miss it" He says before kicking him in the same place I kicked him this morning coincidentally. I've never seen Fang this pissed off, I mean he usually looks like he wants to hit something but that's just a wall to cover up his emotions. His anger is clearly showing in his face, usually it only happens when he's with me. "Stay away from my girlfriend got it?" Girlfriend? Though I'm confused, I strangely feel happy for him to be calling me his girlfriend, even though he probably doesn't mean it and it's just for show. I then look over to a shrieking girl (the one with the fiery red hair) who is complaining that Fang liked her so much better. However it wasn't lost on me that she was getting up off the floor meaning she either fell (which was entirely possible in those heels) or Fang pushed her off in disgust. I'm leaning toward the latter seeing as Fang is eyeing her with absolute disgust right now. Fang grabs my hand as we sprint to the nearest store and we find Nudge and Angel in the checkout line with a surprisingly small pile of clothes considering their fashion obsessed personalities. When they come out I ask Angel about it and she tells me that they didn't want to take advantage of Dr. Martinez's kindness. I almost started crying, I have raised them so well. Ahem, excuse me I am usually not that emotional.
We started heading back toward the lounge area where Iggy and Gazzy already were. Dr. M looked pleased that we bought some clothes and after inspecting our bags decided to take us home.
When we got in the house Nudge and Angel went to plan their outfits with all the stuff they had bought and Iggy began dinner. Fang was standing in the kitchen with Dr. M and Iggy obviously trying to avoid talking to me. It was working fine… till Iggy told him to move. At first Fang refused saying he had every right to be in this kitchen but then Iggy played the "I refuse to make dinner until you leave" card, and Fang was out. He awkwardly was reading a Women's Day magazine, trying to avoid talking to me; he paused to look up at the TV which was showing a red haired weather girl. That reminds me…
"So I'm your girlfriend huh?"
Fang groaned.
A double update as promised! Dylan was more of a pervert but, I think it worked well. I wanted to add Lissa in as a trigger for Max to start thinking about Fang differently. Was Fang really improvising in the mall or does he really want Max to be his girlfriend? Only I know the answer! (Just kidding I have no idea I'll have to figure it out.) Read & Review!
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