So, here's where things lie: Itex is gone and all that stuff. Dr. Martinez got a big cash thing from Jeb for aiding science or something. While Jeb is not in the story in person, he still watches Max as the Voice. OK and I just wanted to tell you, that I'm going to give this story all at once, but I'm going to leave a space between the first and second section for you to review PLZ DO. Hope you like it. O yeah, and under ur reviews, could u put what u think would be a good title, cuz im totally blank for one.

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Intro

As the trees rocked in the rustling wind, a stunning ray of golden light lit up the leaves and made them look like water. Exotic plants barely pierced the thick underbrush, striving for a share of the light. It had just rained, and the leaves were full of it. Then, something crashed into the trees, causing all the rain to shower down on the waiting plants.

"Ha! You're it!" a voice from above yelled.

"Damn Iggy, you don't have to shove me that hard!"

"Well, you're still it Gazzy!"

"Will you two just shut up!" a girl's voice yelled. "I'm trying to enjoy this!"

"Oh, give it a rest Max." another voice said, talking just above the wind. "They're not going to stop."

Chapter 1- (i still need a title for this...)

Max POV

I started to open my mouth, but thought better and closed it. It was my first time flying in days, and I just wanted some peace and quiet. But still, flying is flying, and it felt really good.

"OK Fang, you win," I said exasperatedly.

"Why don't you go join them?" Fang asked.

This caught me a little off guard.

"Um… Because uh…"

"Oh common," I heard Gazzy's voice behind me. "Please?"

Fang smiled at me. I looked down at the treetops blushing. Wait why was I blushing?

He sighed. "I'll play too."

"Well, OK, if you really want me to…"

You really like him, don't you?

Of course I like him I thought, irritated at Jeb for cutting in. I like all of my flock- wait, uh, Who?, oh you mean Fang?

Oh, you know what I mean.

No I don't And I flew down to the others.

Fang's POV

Our game ended when Max had to break up Iggy and Gaz for shoving each other. She flew up beside me, her pretty brown hair flapping in the wind, her eyes sparkling at me like- Wait, What? I shook my head. Never mind. I flew ahead.

"Hey Fang," I heard Nudge's voice beside me. "Watcha lookin' at?"

"Oh, uh, nothing." Yeah I know, not very creative.

"You're lookin' at Max, aren't you?"

"No… NO!" I said, seeing the smug look on her face.

"Max and Fang, sittin' in a tr-"

"Will you shut it!"

"OK, I'll leave you lovebirds to be." She giggled.

I began to shout after her but she was already gone.

Max POV

I saw Nudge fly up to Fang, she must've said something to make him angry because he looked pretty pissed. Then he relaxed a bit. His smooth features retreating to his cool, brooding look. His hair shined and sparkled with the sunset. As he looked back at me I was suddenly filled with this strange feeling I had never felt about, well, anyone before.

Just admit it Max you're crazy about him

Damit just shut up Jeb.

Talkin to Jeb again huh?

OK I don't need two voices talking to me in my head angel, none is enough

I looked back at her and she grinned at me mischievously

I think you're in love with him.

I was so pissed I wanted to scream.

Angel and Jeb, if you're still there, I am not in love with him. It's nice having him around, but he is just the same as the rest of the flock.

Don't worry Max, he loves you too.

I tried to ignore this but couldn't. So, I flew back to Angel.

"Angel, I don't know what is going on in your head. Maybe your power is malfunctioning or something because I sure as hell am not in love with Fang."

"Ok I'll tell him you said that." She smiled.

"Don't you say a damn wo-"

"Oh look, there's the house." She said, giggling.

And before I could reply, she was coasting down to the house.

Oh, yeah, before I tell you about my Mom, let me just tell you something else. After we took down Itex, Jeb sent Mom a huge amount of cash for "aiding science". So, she invited us all to live with her and Ella in her new house (I consider it a mini-mansion). Naturally, we all accepted.

We all circled in a rough formation and touched down on the grass.

"Oh. You're back!" Mom said, running out the door with Ella close behind. "How was your flight?"

"Great." We all said.

"Now come inside you all, I've got a hot dinner waiting for you."

I looked back at Fang and he gave me one of his rare smiles, turning my insides to Jell-O.

Why was this happening? I know I've been with him all my life, so he's just like my… my brother. Yeah that's it. I just… liked him because he was like my brother. Nothing more.

You just keep telling yourself that…"

SHUT UP JEB!

I woke up the next morning rubbing my eyes, and just guess who I ran into, like, literally, walked into. Yep, you guessed it.

"Hey…" His voice trailed off.

"Um, hey." I replied.

His sharp features loomed over me, and I then became extremely interested in my feet. My face started to turn red. Why was my face turning red?? I started fidgeting. When I looked up his lips- I mean uh… face was inches away from mine. Why was he doing this? I just wanted him to move away. Then he did the last thing I wanted. He started to move closer. He put an arm around my neck and all my nervousness vanished. Our lips parted as we moved closer and closer until…

"Max, Fang! Come downstairs, breakfast's ready!"

We stood there for a second, centimeters away from each other. Both our eyes were closed and our lips parted. We opened our eyes and slowly backed away.

"Come on," Fang muttered. "Let's go downstairs." and walked away.

His face then turned to its expressionless, normal look. A sudden rush of disappointment flew through my body. Why in freaking hell was I disappointed? I tried to ask myself. But I couldn't even fool myself. Why did I just suddenly feel this way about Fang. I shook my head and followed him downstairs.

"Watchathinkin about Max?" Angel asked me sweetly.

"As if you don't already know…" I replied grumpily at her.

"Actually, I didn't read your mind, I wanted to see if you'd tell me. I can guess though."

"Fire away."

"Nononono, you tell me."

"Just read my mind if you want."

"Nah, I want you to say."

"Then I guess you won't know." I replied coolly.

I started to walk away but Angel suddenly ran up to me.

"Oh my gosh!" She said.

"What?"

"You guys almost kissed?" she giggled.

"I thought you weren't going to read my mind." I snapped at her.

"Yeah… well, I knew you were hiding something big so I really wanted to find out, sorry." She gave me her sweetest smile.

"Don't worry, I'm not telling anyone… not even Total."

I sat down for breakfast with everyone else, deliberately avoiding Fang's gaze. But I could feel his eyes on me.

"See, he's just staring at her." Nudge giggled quietly.

My head snapped up. I glared at Nudge, but she just looked at me innocently.

"Uh… could we be excused?" Angel and Nudge said together.

"Sure, OK."

"Yeah, same here Mom."

"Did you finish Max?" She looked at me.

"Yeah, yeah."

She gave me a knowing look. I walked upstairs to my room and tried to think about what had happened. So OK, I almost kissed Fang, big deal. But now Angel thought I was in love with him or something. Well, I mean, I liked him, maybe like more than normal, but not that much, right? Right…? I decided to try the cure-for-all-ills; a nice, thought clearing, cold shower.

I came out of the shower, got dressed, and tried to think about what had happened. I guess I fell asleep then, because the next thing I heard was Fang's voice from outside my room.

"Um, Max?"

I wanted to shoot myself.

Fang's POV

I began to walk up the stairs to- no, I just was walking up the stairs. Before I knew it I was walking over towards Max's room. Why was I walking toward Max's room?? I tried to stop myself, but my legs just kept moving as if they had a mind of their own. I knew how I felt about her, but did she feel the same way about me? I-I mean, we were just really good friends who had known each other all our lives. But, for some unknown reason, I never had felt satisfied with that. I knew that, Angel knew that. Did Max know? I tried to tell her, before Nudge and Gazzy and Iggy and Angel got captured by the Flyboys, but she had… I don't know what she was feeling then. Finally, after a few minutes of arguing to myself, I took a deep breath and knocked on Max's door.

"Um, Max?" I said nervously.

And back to Max

I tried to hold in a gasp as my heart started beating frantically against my chest.

"Yeah?" I managed to squeak.

The door opened, and there he was, silhouetted in the door frame. He walked over to me with his handsome, brooding look. Stoppit Max!

"Just, uh, sorry for what happened this morning."

What was he talking about? Did he mean…

He came and sat on my bed and I became increasingly interested in my toenails.

"I uh, didn't mean for-

He broke off, as if he hadn't planned what to say next. I looked up at him, and once again, our faces were inches away. We stared at each other for a good thirty seconds and I could feel his hot breath on my face. Then, as if by magic, our faces moved closer and closer, but this time our lips met. Suddenly, all I could think about is how soft Fang's lips were. After what seemed like a lifetime, I started to feel dizzy. I realized that neither of us had taken a breath. We broke apart. I started to say something but he just moved in and began kissing me again. His tongue slipped into my mouth and I pulled him closer. I wrapped my arms around his neck. We broke apart and collapsed onto the bed, and began kissing obsessively; me lying on top of his smooth, muscular chest. He made a noise in his throat and sighed through my mouth and started kissing me all over my head and shoulders, with me doing the same to him. He rolled me over so he was lying between my legs, until finally we broke apart and he rolled over and lay next to me.

Both of us were lost for words.

"Fang…" I started, but couldn't think of anything to say.

"It's OK." He said quietly.

We lay on the bed in silence, except for our heavy breathing. I tried to think about what had just happened, but my brain appeared to be on shut down. Both of us were lost for words. I tried to get up shakily, but Fang held me back.

"Just stay here with me, just for a few more minutes, please."

Well, if you try and define the phrase "a few more minutes", I think you'll come up with "a short while" or something close to that. But we just lay there, staring at each other, for what seemed like an eternity. Then, we fell asleep. I think I saw mom smile in the doorway and close the door behind her, but it may have just been my imagination.

OK so that's there, hope you liked it. I've got another chappie comin up now, so read on. BUT, would you please review the first chapter before you keep reading? PLEASE? And don't forget to give me a title at the bottom of your review. THX so much!