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Chapter 8- We're in Cali!

Max

"Max, where are you going?" I looked back, staring at Fang with a blank face.

"I'm going to the Rent-A-Car center?" I said questioning his intelligence. Um, we sort of need a car to get out of here genius. . .

He started to chuckle. This then turned into a laugh. Which then turned into a full blown cry.

I stared at him. What?

He calmed himself down, and composed himself. "Max," he said, "- Dylan got us a limo. We don't need to rent a car. Just grab the luggage, and let's go."

I crossed my arms. That's no excuse to act all jerky and laugh at something that's so normal to me. "You didn't have to laugh, jerk." I pondered. "Not all of us are the famous lifestyle, Fang." He sighed and walked over to me, uncrossing my arms.

"Sorry Max, it was very insensitive of me to laugh at the life of a normal person. I'll try and be more humble in the near and present future. . ."

I smiled and stood.

"Can we go already?" Frustration. Not your everyday mood.

I grabbed my bag and followed Fang to the pick up area. We sat on our bags and waited. I turned and sat facing Fang, smiling. He smiled back, teeth and all and looked at me.

"What?" he said smiling.

"Nothing," I said, but I don't know, lately, he's been more Fang from back home Fang, not Fang the famous rock star Fang. And I've been enjoying it this entire time.

He then looked at me with a questioning look. I looked back at him with the same look.

He then reached over, licked him thumb and said with a British accent, "There seems to be a grime mark on your face, Max, my lady."

I blushed as he wiped it away. I averted my eyes away from his face and looked at the nearest standing post. He then looked at my face and smiled.

"What?" I asked.

"Is that a blush I see, Maximum Martinez?" he teased.

"N-No!" Stuttering. Not a good defense mechanism.

"Lies! Don't tell me the tough and gorgeous Maximum Martinez is falling for the incredibly handsome Nick Monroe?!" he gave me a smirk.

I stared and defended.

"Not a change. Don't get too cocky or you'll be ignored."

He laughed a little and sighed.

"You know I wouldn't mind if you did."

I stared at him.

And then blushed.

Did he just . . . ?

"Did you just. . .?" I said aloud.

It was his turn to blush this time. He got up and tripped, trying to fix himself, tripped on his words, and stuttered. All I could do was laugh as he tried to not make a complete dork of himself.

He glared at my laughter and composed himself. "That wasn't supposed to be said." He stated. Which only made me laugh harder.

"But it did!" I teased. I held my sides as the scenes from Fang's little panic attack earlier. God you guys should've seen his face. He crossed his arms and pouted.

"Awe~ Does wittle Fangy have a cwush on Maxie~!" I teased further.

"No." he said bluntly. No emotion. No stutter. Just so monotoned. Which made me stop, immediately.

We stared at each other for around 3 minutes.

"Sorry Fang." I said, and then looked at my hands in my lap. I stared and thought.

Honk!

The honk was just a slap in the face back to reality.

"Get in the car loser we're going shopping! ~" (AN: Reference from?)

We both looked up, shocked.

"Iggy?!" Fang screamed.

"You're a limo driver now?"

"Well Gustavo's sister is getting married so he couldn't pick you up, but if you have a problem with me driving, I hear the Rent-a-Car is like right there."

"No, no, it's alright, just help me with the luggage Iggy."

He walked out, his face hidden behind sunglasses. When he spotted me, he stopped in his tracks.

"Max? Max is that you?!"

"Yea." I said bluntly.

He ran up to, encasing me in a hug.

"It's been way to long since we've last seen each other~."

"Iggs, it's only been a year. Calm your tits."

He then put me down, and started to massage his nipples.

"Satisfied?"

I laughed and nudged him in the chest, ordering to put my luggage in the trunk.

~[*]~

"Guys! They're here!" Iggy screamed. I sort of braced myself for what was to happen next. Several feet scurried down the flight of stairs. I hid behind Fang, expecting the worst.

"FANG~!" Nudge screeched. He squinted his eyes, body flinching at the piercing sound of her voice.

And the she saw me.

"MAX!" which was even louder. And more piercing. I swear my ears are bleeding. She then pounced me loosing my footing, but then regaining balance, making sure I caught her, and didn't fall on my face.

"Oh it's so good to see you again~" she squeezed me, making it basically impossible for me to breath.

I think it got to a point, where everything started to blur, and it got harder to breathe.

"Nudge, let got, you're suffocating her- MAX!" was a faint voice.

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