"Max I have to tell you something." His voice sounded almost pained but she knew better than to believe that, after all he was Fang Dente and everyone knew he was a damn good actor.

"How much?" her voice was barely a whisper but he heard it as if she had shouted the words at him.

How could she know? He hadn't told anyone and Ryan had been sworn to secrecy. "You knew?" He stuttered out, feeling like a complete and utter imbecile. He knew what it meant of she knew about the bet. He knew it would all end and he didn't know what to do about it. She would never believe him.

She shrugged fiddling with her hands in her lap like she always did when something was bothering her. "T'was just a hunch really." He tried to read into her words, it would usually be so easy she was like an open book to him. He had to stop himself from backtracking when he noticed how hollow her words were how void of all emotion they were and that scared him.

"How…?" Was all he could choke out. He could feel his throat closing, could feel his blood running cold. This couldn't be happening, not now after everything that had happened.

She let loose a humourless laugh and shook her head, shooting him a fleeting glance before concentrating on her hands once again. "It's not the first time it's happened to me." she explained nodding slightly. "Everyone wants to see who can break the unbreakable Maximum Ride." Her voice was bitter like even just speaking the words was against everything she was.

"Max-" he started, he needed to explain to her that it was real that it had started out as just a bet but… he had gotten to know her and now… now he was pretty sure he was in love with her but she cut him off before he could continue.

"It's fine Fang, really. I'm used to it by now." She assured standing up and pulling her bag onto her shoulder. "Bye."

And then she was gone. Just like that he had lost her, he hadn't even bothered to go after her. He knew what he had done, knew the pain she was no doubt feeling because there was something he was 100% sure about. Maximum Ride had fallen in love with him, just like he had planned.

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