It's been four months since I've updated

-bursts into tears- I'm so sorry! I just lost this notebook that had all the Archangel's names in it, so I couldn't really continue on. But I'm back now and ready to get this party started!

Oh, and in the last chapter, Iggy's angel name (since I couldn't find it at the time) is Raphael :)

MPOV

My nerves stood on end as I paced my room. I was getting jittery and jittery by the minute. The clock on the wall clicked with agonizing slowness. I fisted my hands in my hair and let out a frustrated cross between a grunt and a sigh. My feet grazed the plush carpet back and forth with a grace and speed that was not human in any way.

What is happening to me?

Heaving a strained breath, I picked up my cell phone and dialed Fang's number. He picked up on the second ring.

"Max?"

"Fang!" It was such a relief to hear his voice. It was enough to calm my nerves slightly.

"What's wrong?"

"I-I-I don't know. Something's happening to me."

There was a pause on the other end, scratchy static the only thing coming through. Then he spoke, his voice crystal-clear. "You're beginning to bloom."

"Fun," I said sarcastically. "So tell me again what that entitles?"

"New strength, speed. Basically everything is heightened. Especially your moods."

"My moods?" I ran a hand through my hair, scratched at my neck, then my arm.

"Yes. You're going to have mood swings like you wouldn't believe. Usually there is a period of you having extreme anger towards something very small. You should have about three of these episodes before you finally snap."

"Snap?" I wiped sweat that was beginning to bead off my forehead.

"Snap. We don't want you anywhere near people when you bloom."

"So when I snap, I bloom?"

"That would be correct."

"Do you think I'm going to bloom soon?"

"Probably tomorrow." He said it as if he was saying the grass is green.

"Tomorrow?" I squeaked. "But I'm not ready!"

"Don't worry about being 'ready'. By the time you wake up tomorrow, you'll be so out of control you won't be able to even think straight."

"Thanks for the pep talk, Fang," I said sarcastically.

"Anytime."

"Well I better go."

"Sweet dreams, Max." His voice was a whisper that wrapped around me and caressed my skin.

"Only if you're in them."

FPOV

I stood in the middle of the huge gray room. The moment Max has her third episode, I'll have to haul her out of school and into the garage I rented a few blocks over. Inside the garage I had put a bathtub and surrounded it with gallons of water. A cage sat over in the corner. It was a large one, made for a wild cat, so it shouldn't be too cramped.

Painfully, I remembered what it was like blooming on my own. I had to do it every life cycle, for I was the man in the relationship. Oh, joy. It is far more painful doing it on your own than doing it with someone who has already done it.

My mind, against my pleas and cries, flashed back to the day.

I sat in the classroom of Young High. It had started out as a normal day, but I was quickly finding out that is wasn't. Faintly remembering my last time blooming, I knew that I had just had my third and final episode. Now it was time for the grand finale. I got out of my seat and, ignoring the nagging teacher telling me to take a seat, walked out of the school. I had to find a place where no one would see me. I decided that since my mother already knew what I was that it would be fine to go home. And so I did. When I reached it, I was already starting the process. Extreme pain started coursing through me— I forced myself to tear away from the memory. I didn't want to have to think about that. Not again. Not now. I have to focus on getting Max through this with as little pain as possible. It will be a hard task, but it will be worth it.

Slowly, I started pouring in the water gallons one by one, bottle by bottle, until the entire tube was full. This tub would most likely be the most important piece to the puzzle.

It would be a hard day tomorrow.

I apologize for the shortness. This was more of a 'setting it up' chapter than an actual one. Next one (which I promise to post soon) will be much longer with much more drama, action, excitement, and, of course, Max Mood Swings. :)