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"I'm hungry!"

I rolled over on my bed, and bumped into Fang. What the-

Fang? What? Wait. Oh. Right, Fang. And yesterday. Wow. That had been INCREDIBLE!

I prompted myself up on my elbow, and tugged the sheets around me. Fang slowly opened his eyes. He grinned at me once he'd fully awakened making my breath get caught in my throat.

"Max." he breathed.

I smiled up at him, his eyes were soft and I felt vulnerable, buy in a good way.

"Last night-" I began, but stopped when I found no words to express it.

Fang nodded. He put his arm around my shoulders and leaned down and I raised my head as well, but when we were inches apart, I pulled away and slapped my hand over my mouth. Fang looked startled but I didn't pay him any attention I pulled a robe on and ran straight into the bathroom and puked my guts out.

I heard Fang follow me to where I was, and he pulled my hair back, as I kept throwing up. When I was finally done, I rinsed my mouth, and took a shower while he went and woke up Iggy and Nudge.

After my shower, I put on some sweats. I felt wiry. And I think I was hallucinating too cause while I was in the shower, I'd thought I'd heard someone say "Water! Oh clean!" but clearly I was just loosing my mind.

When I came down, Iggy was by the stove, but Nudge was the one cooking, so he was muttering instructions to her.

I stepped into the kitchen with a huge appetite, you know, puking your guts out does that to you. I still didn't know why I'd thrown up, but dismissed, because I felt perfectly fine now.

That is, until I walked into the kitchen and my nose really got a whip of the scent of all the food sizzling in the pans. My stomach did a backward flip and dropped. I raced to the bathroom, but as I left I heard Nudge mutter "Does it really smell or look that bad? I thought I was doing okay" she sounded disappointed and I made a quick note to myself to tell her it was nothing to do with her cooking. I didn't know what it was really. I was exceptionally hungry, but the food smelled horribly and looked nauseating once I got close. What the heck was going on?

I pondered on this while I threw up even more, and I was surprised to see how much more came out. Okay now I was definitely empty for sure.

Fang was holding my hair with one hand, and he had another around my waist, supporting me.

Nudge and Iggy raced in after him, and they looked frightened at my sight. I decided to try my best to stop this. I hated looking weak in front of the flock, I was thankful that Gazzy and Angel weren't here.

Finally, after what seemed hours, I straightened myself up and flushed the toilet quickly. I rinsed and brushed my mouth and teeth and splashed water on my face. "Max, are you alright?" Nudge sounded worried.

"Fine Nudge." I panted, grasping the sink's edge for support then I felt a strong hold on my arms and realized Fang was holding me up. I told him to release me and I staggered but got in a more dignified position.

"I'm fine." I panted.

"Um... Do you still want breakfast?" Nudge asked.

I shook my head, "I think I better skip breakfast. But you guys go ahead." I wiped sweat off my forehead, and after I was done clearing myself up I went to my room.

Fang came in a little while later, he'd brushed and showered already and I was glad he didn't smell like food.

"You okay?" he asked. He sat on my bed next to me; I was staring up at the ceiling and nodded.

Fang brushed hair out of my face, and stroked my hair gently. "I wonder why you threw up. "

"It's probably just a stomach bug."

"I hope so."

"Yeah. I mean what else can it-"

I paused, and I felt heat flood through me and then I felt an uncomprehending fury rise through me and at that precise moment I wanted-no, I NEEDED chocolate chip cookies- HOMEMADE!

"Fang!" I cried gripping his arm.

"What?" he said startled.

"I MUST have chocolate chip cookies! Now! And they gotta be homemade!"

Fang gave me a look as if I were crazy. "Max, you haven't been able to stand the smell of food all day; I don't think the first thing you should eat is dessert."

"I don't care! I want cookies NOW!" I screamed, surprising us both. But my need for cookies was much stronger.

"Um okay, Max. If you'd let go of my arm, I'm loosing feeling!" I hadn't noticed how hard I was actually griping Fang's arm. I let go, and saw that my nails had scraped it. I gasped, and starting crying, saying I was so totally sorry!

"It's okay Max! You don't have to cry about it."

I nodded and then I remembered the cookies. "Fang! I need those cookies!"

His eyes widened when he saw how serious I was. "Max, do you- do you feel okay?" he asked cautiously.

"Yes dimwit idiot! Now get me those damn cookies!" I yelled.

"Okay, okay." Fang held up his hands in a "calm down" gesture and began to back out of the room. "I'll tell Iggy to make some." and he ran the last few steps out of my room.

I sat quietly, waiting, for about two minutes, before I wailed, "Fang!" and he came rushing back.

"Yes Max?" he said, and I could tell he was using all his patience here.

"Where are my cookies?" I asked curiously.

"Iggy's working on em."

"Oh okay!" I said cheerful. What the heck was happening to me?

"Um yeah," Fang said, as though doubtful I might start yelling again out of nowhere.

But I didn't. Instead, I threw my arms around his neck and planted a sloppy kiss on his cheek. "Fang, I love you!" I said pulling my arms back. He nodded and sorta smiled at me, but I went on. "I love you sooo much!" I held my arms out open to show how much.

"Uhh me too." he said awkwardly. It was like the Valium incident all over again. And I hated it. But I couldn't help it. It was like I was being over powered.

"I love you too! I'm still hungry!"

"Oh Fang! Do you love me this much, or that much?" I opened my arms wider and then made them smaller.

"Uhh, the bigger one." Fang sounded surprise and confused.

I nodded eagerly and then smiled wide. "Yay!" I yelled and I caught Fang in a bone crushing hug.

I felt him loose his breath, but I clung on even harder. "Oh Fang, Fang, Fang! I'm so lucky to have you!"

"I love Fang too!"

"Okay Max." Fang said calmly. "Can't breathe!"

"Oh I'm sorry!" I let go and sat back on my bed.

"Cookies ready in 5!" Iggy called up the stairs.

"Cookies!" I yelled getting excited all over again.

I jumped out of bed, snatched Fang's hand, and raced down the hallway, with him struggling behind me.

I reached the kitchen in seconds, and was standing in front of the oven, waiting, and feeling hyper and jumpy.

I smelled the delicious sent of the chocolate chips, and the vanilla in the cookies, and I started jumping up and down when the timer marked only 60 seconds to go.

Nudge and Fang were staring at me with wide eyes and confused expressions and Iggy was just listening to the timer tick by the seconds, when there was only 10 seconds left, I took hold of Nudge's and Fang's wrist and squeezed tight, swinging them with me as I jumped up and down expectantly, and I squealed like a little girl when the timer rang that the cookies were done.

I pushed them off once the cookies were done and hurried Iggy to take them out. He put the tray on the kitchen table and slid in a second one. I yelled excitedly and was about to grab one when Iggy said, "Wait about 5-10 minutes while they cool.

I frowned and crossed my arms over my chest and glared at Iggy. "I'm glaring at you, Iggy." I said in a frustrated tone.

He rolled his eyes and sighed. Nudge took his hand and came to his side. She gave me a look that said "Relax." And I frowned. "Calm down Max. They're just cookies."

Just cookies? Just cookies? Tell me I heard wrong! She couldn't believe CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES were 'Just Cookies'

I stared horror stricken at Nudge. "Are you crazy!? They're not just cookies! They're heaven! It's like, 10 times better than heaven! They're like the best thing in the world! And you're gonna say just cookies! Did they drop when you were little or something?" I said shaking Nudge's shoulders violently. Her eyes were wide as plates.

"Max calm down." Fang said and he pulled me off. I frowned at him, and began to cry in frustration. "Nobody understands me! I need cookies! You understand, don't you Fang?" I asked hopefully.

"Uh…"

I frowned. "You don't get it either!" and I began wailing.

"Max!" he said trying to calm down, but I pushed him off, and get this! I sank to the floor, and hugged my knees, still crying.

"Don't cry. They just don't understand."

Suddenly, I heard Iggy sigh, and saw he was shaking his head. Then he said, "Okay Max, you can eat the cookies now." I smiled wide, and I jumped up, and threw my arms around Iggy. He seemed totally surprised and was reluctant to hug me back. I smiled and let go and turned to see Nudge and Fang staring jaws dropped at me. I ignored them and went picked up a cookie and put it in my mouth. It tasted fantastic.

"OH! This is so yummy!" I cried happily. And I finished the whole tray of cookies and the second one too, all by myself as everyone else watched me looking shocked.

Then I skipped out of there, and went to watch TV.

Nudge's mouth was wide open and her eyes were so wide I thought they would pop out of their sockets. Even Fang wasn't remaining impassive, and Iggy just looked confused.

I jumped into the couch, and then I looked over at them. "Well, aren't you gonna come watch TV?" I demanded. And they nodded slowly. Fang sat down next to me, and I put my head on his lap and watched cartoons. I saw him and Nudge exchange a glance of worry, but I was so happy, I didn't care.

"Oh, when are Angel and Gazzy coming back?" I said when the show was over.

"Uh, next week Max." Fang said absentmindedly stroking my hair.

"Oh, okay! Great!"

Iggy came back from the kitchen then. "We should go to the store soon; we're running out of groceries." He said sounding bored I jumped up and said, "Let's go now!"

"Um, Max, are you sure you're feeling okay? Maybe you should just stay home with Fang, and I'll go to the store with Iggy." Nudge sounded worried. Again.

I shook my head and waved her off. "No, let's all go!" and we all went outside, and Iggy, Fang, and Nudge snapped out their wings, and I gasped.

"Oh, my God! You guys have wings!" Nudge fell and stumbled while she was jumping up for take off. She fell to the floor choking.

"Max, you scared me!" she whined as she got up brushing dust off her.

I frowned. "I was surprised!" I said. "Wings are so cool! Yours are so pretty!"

Fang gave me a questioningly look. "Max, you have wings too." He said slowly. I gasped and clamped my hands over my mouth.

"Oh, my God! You're right!" I snapped them out, and looked back at them wonderingly. "And they're gorgeous!"

Now everyone was looking at me as if questioning my sanity. I shook my wings, and I felt a strong desire to sing, so I did. "I believe I can fly, I believe I can touch the sky!" and I jumped into the air like Nudge had, and started flapping. "Oh my God! I can fly!"

And the others below seemed to be debating whether to send me to the crazy house or bust out laughing. They chose laughing, and then met me in the sky.

We flew to the nearest store, with me flying in big circles, rediscovering how I could move with my wings. What the hell was happening to me?

"Its not you that's relearning, I'm learning everything, for the first time."

Yup, that was it. I was loosing my mind.

So we got to the store, and I ran to a pair of cute shoes. They were on sale for 50 bucks. "Oh Fang!" I cried holding them up.

Fang gave me a "You gotta be kidding me" look and shook his head and walked past.

"Fang!" I insisted, and I shoved the shoes into his arms. "Fang! I want those shoes! They're so cute!"

"Max, they're high heels. You don't wear high heels." He said as if explaining to a 5 year old and put the shoes back on the shelf. Nudge looked over. "Oh, those are cute shoes!" she said smiling.

Fang glared at her and she turned away and kept walking with Iggy. He looked back at me, and I gave him Bambi eyes. "Please Fang?" I asked wide eyed.

Fang got a blank expression on his face. He shook his head and finally nodded in defeat. "Okay, but you better wear them." I nodded eagerly and got my size and shoved them into his arms. I skipped off, and grabbed Nudge's arm, I slid my arm into hers, and said, "Come on Nudge! Let's go shopping! We need to get some cute shirts to go with those shoes!" and she seemed startled, but all up for the idea, so she skipped along with me towards the juniors section while we left Fang and Iggy with mouths wide open staring after them.

"I think Max's gone mental." I heard Iggy mutter to Fang, but I was so happy, I didn't care.

"Come on, let's just get the food and get out of here before Max finds 100 bucks jeans." Fang said and he and Iggy hurried off to get the food.

Nudge and I got a bunch of clothes to try on. I tried it all on, and loved how it all looked. It was all super tight, and it brought out my curves, so I got all the nice shirts, and some jeans that looked just fabulous. And Nudge got a lot of new stuff too!

"Oh, let's pay for this, and change into in the bathrooms, and surprise Fang and Iggy!" I said happily. Nudge nodded and we went to pay for the clothes.

On our way to the register, we passed the men's clothes and I saw this really nice white shirt on display. I pointed it out to Nudge and she nodded. "It's nice, isn't it?" I said and she nodded again.

"Oh, Fang will look so great in it." she was about to nod, but she turned to me with a confused expression.

"Fang?" she asked. And I nodded eagerly. I went and got one in his size and held it out for Nudge to see.

"Oh Fang will love this shirt!" and I hugged it to me, and then skipped towards the register.

"Okay, if she thinks Fang will love a white shirt she's really is going mental."

But I skipped off, and paid, and we went to change in the bathrooms. We stuffed the old clothes in the bags and went to find Iggy and Fang at the food section of Wal-Mart.

"Fang!" I cried and I jumped into his arms. He seemed startled, but he hugged me back. Then- "What the heck are you wearing?" he asked incredulous.

"Do you like it?" I asked hopefully.

He nodded slowly. "Good! I just bought it!" then I remembered the shirt and pulled it out the bag.

"Oh, and I bought you this too!" I said showing it to him. His eyes widened.

"Uh…" I heard Iggy snickering behind me, as Nudge told him what was happening.

"Oh your speechless!" I said happily. "That's a good sign! You really like it!" then- "You gotta wear it!" I said.

Fang shook his head in a carefree way. "Not now Maxi, I'll wear it some other day, uh thanks though."

"Nonsense! Come on, put it on!" and I pulled his current black shirt off, and heard Nudge gasp as Iggy rolled on the floor laughing, then I pulled the white shirt onto Fang, and when his head popped out of the hole, he looked shocked.

"Oh Fang! It looks great!" I said happily buttoning up the buttons. Now Nudge and Iggy were both laughing hysterically, and Fang looked down at himself and then got a look on his face as though he were in pain.

We left the store then, with me sparkling with happiness.

The next week, Angel and Gazzy came back home from mom's house.

I crushed them in hugs, and told them I had totally missed them.

That day, Iggy had made an awesome meal to welcome them back, but when I sat down, and stared at my food, I got an overpowering desire to eat bird seeds!

I mean BIRDSEEDS! I had never even eaten them!

"Fang!" I tugged at his elbow; he looked at me, as though realizing this was going to be one of those days, where I act extremely unlike myself. I was still totally embarrassed about last time.

"Fang," I said again, begging for his attention. "Fang, I want bird seeds." Everyone stopped, looking at me, and then they all burst out laughing.

I got up from my chair and shoved it in, and stomped my foot. "I'm serious!" they all laughed even harder. This was so not nice!

"Guys! I'm serious!" I whined.

Angel stopped, and looked at me wide eyed. "Oh my God, she's not joking!"

Everyone stopped then. "You want bird seeds?" Gazzy asked trying to stifle a giggle.

I nodded eagerly. I held out my hand, "Do you have some?" I asked hopefully.

"Uh…" he shook his head. My hand fell and so did my face.

"Max, is this like the cookies?" Fang asked coming to my side.

I nodded up at him, glad that he understood. He nodded and took my hand. Then dropped it. "Um, let me go to the store, okay? You wait here, I'll bring you, and I'll bring you your bird seeds."

I nodded eagerly and sat back down while Fang went out. Everyone else just stared at me making me feel self conscious.

"Well, eat!" I said gesturing to their untouched food.

Fang came back with my bird seeds after a while, and I just chewed on them, and they didn't taste as bad as I thought.

"You guys really ought to try these!" I said through a bite.

Everyone inched away from me.

The next week, I tried on some of the new clothes Nudge and I had gotten so that Fang and I could go out for a nice walk.

But guess what? They didn't fit anymore!

I was getting fat! Ewe! My stomach hung out, and my jeans were EXTRA tight and the shirt was uncomfortable. I threw the clothes down, and threw myself down on the floor, and started punching it and yelling at it.

Those clothes were brand new! And they were super cute! Uh oh, I was starting to sound like my crazy self…

"Max!" Fang ran into the room with Nudge and Angel behind and Gazzy and Iggy at the rear. He knelt down next to me and put his arms around my shoulders. "Are you okay?"

I shook my head fiercely. "NO! DO I LOOK OKAY?" I shrieked and I saw Nudge flinch. "My clothes don't fit! I'm getting fat! How do you think that comes over to someone!?" I yelled in Fang's face, and I saw a grin spread across it that made me want to punch him for thinking my situation was funny.

"You're not getting fat."

"Shut up!" I yelled, and I punched Fang on the arm, and out of my way. I ran down the hall and shut myself in the bathroom.

3rd Person POV

"God, she's worse than I thought." Nudge muttered.

"Hahahahahaha" Gazzy was still laughing at how ridiculous Max was being. Then he got an idea. "Hey guys, what if Max's is pregnant!" he exclaimed still laughing. "That's why girls get pregnant on TV!" and he started rolling on the floor still laughing hysterically. But Fang had stopped cold.

No, she couldn't be pregnant. Could she? Fang thought.

Nudge stopped laughing, and she thought about the possibilities of that.

Iggy choked while trying to stop and looked wide eyed in Fang's direction.

Angel tried to calm down Gazzy while Iggy pulled Fang out into the hallway.

"Fang, did you guys do it, yet?"

Fang looked down in embarrassment and nodded, and said, "I'm nodding Iggy."

"Holy fu-"

"Iggy!" Nudge scolded coming out into the hallway.

"Dude I can't believe ya'll did it!"

Nudge clamped her hands over her mouth. "Oh my God!"

"But it can't be that, I mean, if these were signs, they would come much later, I mean we barely um, did it, like 2-3 weeks ago."

"Fang, she isn't normal! You're not normal! We don't know how long a pregnancy is gonna be for mutant kids!"

"Oh God, you're right." Fang took a step back, and leaned against the wall. Could Max be pregnant?

"It was only one night!" he insisted.

Nudge shook her head. "So? We better get her some tests done." And she headed towards Max, but Iggy and Fang stopped her.

"Wait! What if Max doesn't know about this?" Iggy asked.

"Or what if she does?" Fang gritted his teeth. Max would tell him. Wouldn't she? He thought.

Nudge shook her head. "I'm pretty sure she doesn't. But this might be the reason for her mood swings and her munchies and everything!"

And she set off, and Fang and Iggy trailed after her defeated.

"How are we gonna test it?" Iggy muttered.

Nudge stopped outside the bathroom. "We'll get one of those regular pregnancy tests first, then depending on the results, we'll see if we need to tell Dr. M." they all nodded and Nudge knocked on the bathroom.

They could still hear Max wailing inside. "What?" she called stifling a choked tear.

"Max, we need to talk to you. We understand now."

Max opened the door slowly. "You do?" she asked, her face lighting up.

"Yes." Nudge went on, and she put her arm around Max. "Max, we think you're pregnant."

Fang slapped a hand over his forehead. "Way to say things, Nudge" he muttered while Iggy snorted.

Max's eyes became wide eye, and she suddenly snapped out of her dreamy stage and became the regular Max… sorta.

"What?" she cried. Horror stricken. She couldn't be pregnant! Max though.

"We think you're pregnant." Iggy clarified as though speaking about ht weather. Fang groaned and came to put his arms around Max.

"Oh no." she said shaking her head. That wouldn't be good.

"You should take a test Max, and then we'll see what happens, okay?" Fang asked trying to sound calm although he felt very anxious.

For one, it wouldn't be good for Max to be pregnant, she was still young, and who knew how things would be with their DNA? Maybe it could be risky.

But on the other hand, Fang could already picture cute little babies, with Max's brown eyes, and her brown hair with sun streaks, and huge powerful wings, and his smarts, and they would all be happy around it.

"Okay." Max sounded really worried, and she couldn't hide it.

"Let's go to the pharmacy, Max, and you can take the test as soon as we get home." Nudge reached out her hand for Max to take.

Max nodded and took it. Fang hugged her shoulders, and whispered, "Just remember I love you, no matter what. And if you are pregnant, we'll face the challenge together."

"Right." Max nodded still in shock of the possibility.

She and Nudge went to the pharmacy, and got 5 tests, (to make sure.)

While Fang and Iggy spoke in the kitchen. "Man, a kid. How'd that happen?" Iggy asked shaking his head. Angel and Gazzy were upstairs, playing a game and watching TV.

Fang sighed, and decided to cheer himself up by teasing Iggy. "Well, what you do is, you take off the girl's pant-"

Iggy gave Fang an exasperated look and groaned. "Not that you idiot! I meant how did you not think ahead?! There are condoms for a reason!"

"Ewe! Iggy! Don't say that word! Angel shouted from upstairs.

"We didn't exactly PLAN it. It just happened." Fang said shrugging.

Iggy shook his head. "Well, what are you gonna name it?" he asked after a pause.

Fang shook his head. "I don't know. I don't- I don't wanna think of anything like that until after I know if there's a baby at all. I don't want to get my hopes up."

Iggy nodded. "Because if you did, and Max wasn't pregnant, you'd probably WANT to get her pregnant then." He grinned while Fang scowled, but Fang thought, Maybe Iggy's right. Wow, that's a first.

Max got back then. She went into the bathroom, and the other 5 flock members waited outside patiently.

"Angel, no mind reading, we should all find out together." Fang muttered.

Angel nodded. "Okay."

After what seemed endless minutes, Max came out. "Uhh." Her eyes were wide, her eyes frightened, but yet, excited at once, and understanding as well.

"Well?" Iggy prompted. "Are you pregnant or not."

Max smiled wide and nodded. "Yes. According to this, I am."

"Oh! Congratulations!" Everyone cheered, while Fang and Max hugged each other, smiling, and happy.

"We should get your mom to give you a check up ASAP." Fang told Max as they hugged.

Max nodded. "I was thinking the same thing."

Max's mom was to say the least, EXTREMELY surprised to find her daughter was pregnant, but she gave Max a check up, and tried to do a cat-scan, to try and see the baby.

Everyone waited outside the room while Dr. Martinez checked over Max's belly. Fang was holding Max hand, and they both stared awed at the little screen.

"Yes, and here, is the little head. Well, it's not so little actually. You say you did it only 3 weeks ago?"

Fang nodded still embarrassed. Dr. Martinez thought for a moment. "The baby is extremely developed for its age."

"And what's it gonna be?" Max asked.

"I'm still not sure. But at this rate, you should be in labor, in about 2-3 months."

"I guess it's our genetic genes at work again." Max said thoughtfully, as she absentmindedly stroked her stomach.

Something was living inside of her. A baby. A beautiful, precious baby. Fang's baby. Both their baby. Signal of their love. This baby, she loved it, she loved it so much already, and she hadn't even known about it till just recently.

Max smiled up at Fang. He grinned back down, and touched her stomach gently.

"I love you too. Both of you."

"You're baby is going to be highly incredible. It will be truly special and beautiful." Dr. Martinez said wiping her eyes. "Oh, it's already so big! It's only a matter of time!"

"And not only that, it can think and speak already too." Max said smiling.

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