Da da da da daaaaaaaaa AHHHHH. Ten dollars for anyone who can name that stands tune.
Oh dear god, I have no life... ok sorry.. so I guess my excuse of Band eating my life and me having no time would mean nothing to you, so I'm just not going to explain. :) But, I am sorry this has been taking me so long. :(
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Ok, on to the chapter, don't hate me, it's horrible, a filler and it's short. On the plus side, I changed the ending.. AND it will mean fax a lot sooner.. as in TWO chapters.. I repeat.. I am not lying this time. :)
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Ch 24.
Max's POV
I stared out my window, gazing at the light display below me for a long time that night, wondering how I managed to get myself into this mess. Wondering how I somehow did the unthinkable, most cliché thing in the books...how I fell in love with my best friend.
I didn't want to admit it - in fact, I spent a long time that night trying to convince myself otherwise - but it always came back to the same thing. Or should I say: same person.
Fang.
He was all I could think of.
As much as I hated to admit it, I was completely and irrevocably in love with Fang. Who was, incidentally, was my taken best friend
I wasn't sure what the worst part of all this was. Maybe it was the thought of having more-than-friends feelings for my best friend and the fact that those feelings scared the shit out of me.
Or maybe the fact that I knew I couldn't have him. He didn't belong to me. He had a girlfriend. She may have been a devil incarnate, but she was still his.
And, yeah, that hurt. Knowing I couldn't have him, no matter how much I truly wanted him. Basically, it sucked.
Lissa didn't know Fang like I did. She didn't know his deepest secrets, his biggest fears, his favorite food or anything important about him.
She didn't know that he is deathly afraid of cactuses because he had to spend two hours in the emergency walk-in clinic getting the spikes removed from his hands after Iggy told him a certain plant was "fuzzy" when we were eight.
She didn't know that he could spend hours watching old Criminal Mind reruns and if you tried to talk to him other than during a commercial it very well could be one of the scariest moments of your life.
She didn't know he loves cheeseburgers but hates meatloaf.
She didn't know how he got that one scar from the time him and Ari were sword fighting with bread knife...not their smartest idea.
She didn't know anything.
Yet she still had him.
She doesn't understand the things he does, she just, she wasn't right for him.
I'm not exactly sure why or even when I started to develop these strong feelings for Fang, or when I finally started to accept them, but I did nevertheless.
I guess we can blame it on the rain.
-She's a brick… HOUSE…haha that was classy don't you think?.. Oh that line up there was a hint my friends.. :) -
Fang's POV (Kay bare with me, he is a tad emotional.. get over it :P 3 ...I hate emotional Fang, Kenzi! D: But don't worry, his incessant whining will stay in. Thegirl. :P)
I drove home feeling defeated that night. I had everything planned so perfectly...it wasn't supposed to go wrong. It was impossible!
But I guess the universe had other plans for me. Maybe it was a sign or something, maybe we just aren't meant to be together. Or maybe the universe was saving me from completely and utterly embarrassing myself by admitting my undying love for my best friend. Love that she probably didn't even return.
God, what was I thinking?
I could have lost one of the most important things me to; my friendship with Max. Having Max in my life as just a friend was better than having her completely out of my life for good.
But when I had held her in my arms, swaying back and forth in the rain, it just felt so right. Like she was meant to be in my arms and in no one else's. When I held her in my arms, her body fitting almost perfectly into mine, I felt a sense of security, almost like I was invincible. I had blocked out the world around us and it was just the two of us. It was perfect.
No Sam. No Lissa. Just us.
But I guess that was the problem. It wasn't just us. In fact, there wasn't even an us. Unfortunately.
It was just...why him? Why that...prick? Max could have any guy she wanted...and out of all the fish in the sea, why that old...shrimp?
My blood boiled as I thought about him with his hands on Max, holding her, kissing her, loving her.
He didn't deserve Max. Sam just wasn't good enough for her, yet he still had her.
I walked into the house, accepting defeat.
As I started for my room, Nudge suddenly appeared, looking at me expectantly. "So? How'd it go?" she asked eagerly.
I shook my head as I turned my back to her, calling over my shoulder, "I don't want to talk about it."
I didn't have to be facing her to know that her face fell. "Aw, Fang, I'm sure-," she started but I cut her off abruptly with a wave of my hand.
"Nudge, just don't. It wasn't meant to be. This...it's for the best," I forced out, even though I refused to believe the words myself.
I waited for an objection, but I was met with silence as she looked at me with a pained expression.
"Good night, Nudge."
I left her there.
It's for the best.
-Feel free to chuck bricks at these two idiots for being so GD oblivious.. :P (KAY: just randomly, I want the reviewers to tell Kenzi to get the hell better because she's sick. She didn't even finish aMoe'sburrito. How whack is that? (Never had Moe's...hardly know what a burrito is...but whatever). SO GIVE HER YOUR BEST WISHES-
Max's POV
The next two days went by in a blur for me.
Sam started making plans for things I didn't want nor need for prom. Dumb things like limo rental, color coordination, flowers...and I'm pretty sure the sneaky little bastard even booked a hotel room at the Marriot, where prom would be held at.
Hah, he had some high hope. He was going to be missing a vital organ if he tried to get me within 100 feet of a hotel room.
But none of that mattered to me, because I didn't even want to go with him anymore. I never really did, which was a pretty bitchy move on my part. You know, secretly pining over your best friend while your current boyfriend makes arrangements for prom. Yeah, I was pretty sure that was considered about a nine on the bitchy scale.
To top it all off, Fang started to become distant again. He was colder towards everyone.
He was just so emotionless and quiet. I mean, he was alwaysemotionless and quite, but something was different. I could tell when I looked into his eyes. He just seemed so...sad.
Two days after Sam asked me to prom, Lissa asked Fang the same, watching him expectantly as she waited for an answer. I felt my heart clinch as Fang briefly glanced over to me, locking eyes with me for a moment and holding my gaze as he stiffly nodded his head once, not saying a word.
I averted my gaze as Lissa squealed with happiness and jumped into his arms, latching on to him as she gushed about dresses, color options and the flowers she preferred.
I murmured a quick excuse and left the two alone, giving them some privacy as I left a piece of my heart behind.
As long as he's happy, I thought to myself as I quickly walked away, headed to my music theory class.
-Suavemente besame, que yo quiero sentir tus libios besandome otra vez… I decided to add some Niggy.. :) I imagine Iggy serenading Nudge in a horrible Spanish accent.. (KAY: Kenzi, no me gusta espanol. I don't know what you're saying. And I'm fairly sure that my Spanish just then was incorrect.:(-
Third person
"Iggy, we have a problem. Code FIL," Nudge said seriously as she leaned against the lockers near Iggy's.
His head snapped up as he stared at her in horror. "What?" he gasped as he started shoving books into his backpack frantically, papers flying in every direction.
"What do you mean, code FIL? Flammables in lock down? Seriously? How can they be in lock down? When did this happen? Goddammit, I knew the frickin' government would start getting suspicious after that mysterious mining explosion last month. I told Gazzy to hide the evidence." Iggy cursed under his breath, clearing out his locker and slamming the door shut.
"Dammit," he swore again. "I'm almost out of explosives! I haven't had a chance to restock! I bet I can get some on the black market. I know a guy. I just need to make a call, hold on." He fished through his pockets for his phone.
Nudge stared at him in confusion as he started dialing numbers at a speed she didn't know was possible.
"What! No, Iggy, stop. What are you talking about? What about flammables?" she said, utterly confused. He stopped pushing buttons, cocking an eyebrow in confusion at her.
"You know, code FIL, 'Flammables in Lockdown'. Nudge, that's what you just said."
"No, I said codeFIL. You know, 'Fang's in Love'. Isn't that what it stands for?"
"What? No, that's code SIATGD," he said nonchalantly as he flipped his phone closed. "Dammit, woman, don't scare me like that again."
She glared at him before she spat, "Why the hell would I care about the lockdown of flammables?"
Iggy looked at her with an expression mixed between disgust and hurt as he clutched the area of his chest where his heart would be. "Don't you dare talk about my babies like that."
"Fine. Whatever, Iggy. We have more pressing issues to discuss here, okay? What's Code SIATGO? What the hell does that stand for?"
"Duh, it's 'Shit Is About To Go Down.'" He rolled her eyes at her, as if it was the most obvious things. "Because you know if Fang is in love, the fucking apocalypse is coming."
She groaned as she muttered something under her breath that sounded a lot like, "The Lord is testing me."
"Fine, code whatever the hell you said. Fang is in love, okay? He is in love with-,"
"Max? Yeah, I know."
"What? How'd you know?"
"Um, Nudge, it's pretty obvious. He's been in love with her for years; he just never admitted it until a few weeks ago."
"HE ADMITTED IT A FEW WEEKSAGO?" she hissed, causing a few people in the hall to turn their heads and stare at her. "He just admitted it to me a few days ago. What. The. Hell. I'm his sister and he told you but not me?"
"Babe," he started, trying to calm her down as he tucked a piece of her untamed hair behind her, "I'm his best friend, he needed some guy advice. Why else did you think I needed that godforsaken hat?"
He watched her lip twitch upward a bit as memories of his wailing hat filled her head.
"Well, we need to help them get together!" she said. "We have to do something. Maybe we can-,"
"Babe, I know you mean well...but you really shouldn't interfere with their relationship. I want Max and Fang to be together just as much as you do, but this is something that needs to happen on its own. Trust me on this one, if my meddling didn't do jack shit, then nothing is going to work."
She raised a brow at him as she questioned, "What do you mean 'If my meddling didn't do jack shit'? Exactly what meddling did do, Iggy?"
He cocked an eyebrow at her. "Do you really think Max's first date with Sam could have gone that horribly wrong without the interference of yours truly?"
She gaped at him before she started laughing. "You! You freak! This is why I am dating you! Why didn't you tell me? With my help we could have gotten them together for sure."
"Oh come on, like I was going to let you butt in on my fun. Puh-lease. You know I am not good at sharing."
"But Iggy, I still think we should do something. I mean, what if we break Max and Sam up?"
Completely out of character, Iggy acted like the adult for once as he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close to him. "Sweetie, I know you mean well, but like I said, this is something they have to realize on their own. We can't force it or we will just make matters worse."
She sighed, still not accepting defeat as she tried again, her expression determined and serious. "Iggy, this is our Fangwe are talking about. He is a mess and I can't bear to see him like this. I knowMax loves him too. Honestly, I think they're just scared that if they cross this 'friends zone' it's a point of no return, and they aren't willing to jeopardize their friendship. And you know what, Iggy? It fucking sucks to stand by and watch two of the most important people in your life so miserable."
Iggy silently drew her closer to him, wrapping his arms securely around her waist as she buried her face in the crook of his neck.
"I know, baby. But these things have a way of working themselves out. Somehow, maybe in some totally screwed up way, the universe has things already planned out for them. We just don't know what exactly it is yet. We'll just have to wait and see. Hopefully, we won't have to wait too long."
She sniffled as she nodded, pulling away from his neck, her face a few inches away from his now. She smiled as he stroked her cheek with the back of his hand, staring at her lovingly.
She looked down as she muttered, "I hate it when you're right."
Iggy smirked as he replied, "I love you too."
She blushed as Iggy swooped down and captured her lips with his, kissing her sweetly before pulling away, resting his forehead on hers.
"So, I've been meaning to ask you, will you go to prom with me, Nudge?" Iggy asked as he watched her eyes light up. He chuckled as she nearly knocked him over when she threw herself into his arms, practically jumping him.
"So I'll take that as a yes then?" Nudge squealed in response as she released him, only to jump up and down again.
Iggy let out a breath of air and pretended to wipe sweat off his brow. "Well, that's a relief. People would have started to get suspicious if I brought my cardboard cutout of Angelina Jolie to prom - again."
Nudge playfully smacked the back of his head as she continued to beam.
She wrapped her arms around his neck and his snaked around her waist, resting against the lockers as she leaned into him.
"Thanks, Iggy," Nudge whispered before bringing her lips down onto his, their lips moving in sync with each other in a passionate kiss.
They couldn't help but wish Max and Fang could one day have this too.
Iggy placed a gentle peck on her nose before unwrapping his arms from her waist and intertwining their fingers together as they headed for the doors.
Just as they reached the exited Iggy whispered a reassurance: "Don't worry, things will work out."
Ready? One, two, three, "AWWWWWWW"... Well.. if you can't have fax right now.. did the Niggy cuteness help fill the void?
And that my friends, was my very lame attempt to bring my lovable dork of a Iggy back into the plot... Not so sure if I did it though..
Sorry it took so long, I've been sick.. in fact I still am..so sorry. :(
Oh, and if anyone was paying attention, I did hint multiple things in this chapter..so if anyone can guess then, I'll give you a sneak peek to the next chapter before it's uploaded, but you have to be somewhat specific.
And as always, you can help fill the Fax void by checking out my other story, "True Confessions of Star Crossed Lovers" which indeed has some very faxy moments in it, it's sort of a modern day Romeo and Juliet, hopefully not to over done. I think you'd like it. :) And you could always check out my lovely Beta's multiple works of masterpiece while she is on a short, hiatus. Tell her how much she rocks and how much you love her work.
Can we try for 585 this time? :)
Feel free to ask me anything, leave any comment, idea, or even suggest a story to me. :)
Oh, and my TCOSCL readers.. i will hopefully be updating that again sometime this week.. HOPEFULLY. :)
~Kenzi (BGC14) :)