The flock is staying at Dr. Martinez's, and Fang never happened. Please R&R!

Disclaimer: I do not own Maximum Ride.

MAX

"Truth or dare!" Nudge squealed happily. On a normal occasion, hell, on any occasion, this would never have been happening. The younger kids had teamed up on us to make us play truth or dare.

I knew I should've been more suspicious when Gazzy came home one day with new doorknobs. Guess what? They had locks. And guess who had the keys? Yup. One for Nudge, one for Gazzy, and one for Angel.

We were locked in the living room. They had taken Fang's laptop hostage to make him leave his room, and Iggy had been passing by. When I walked into the living room to see where the flock was, they locked the last door on me before Fang or Iggy could tell me anything.

I frowned, crossing my arms. They were so dead. As in, I would ground their butts off as soon as this was over. "You can't ground us," Angel rolled her eyes, eavesdropping on my thoughts.

Oh, yes I can, I thought viciously. Everyone was ready, or forced to be ready. I was sitting between Fang and Iggy, and the three of us were facing the younger kids. "Okay," Angel started. She looked at me evilly.

"Max, truth or dare?" she asked. I froze. Truth would be saying something embarrassing about Fang. Dare would be doing something embarrassing, no doubt related to Fang.

It's like you can read minds too, Angel thought. I glared at her. "Dare," I huffed. Nudge and Gazzy were staring at Angel. It didn't take her too long to decide.

"Kiss Fang," she stated. This wouldn't be too hard. Though it would be somewhat awkward in front of everyone—

I didn't think anymore and crashed my lips against Fang's. I pressed closer for a second then pulled away.

He looked like he wanted us to continue, but I rolled my eyes and offered a small smile. I turned back to Angel. "'Kay," I said. "Is that what you wanted to see? Are we done now?"

"No," she said. "Now you ask someone else." I looked around the room. Revenge is here. I locked my eyes evilly on Gazzy. "Truth or dare?" I asked Gazzy.

"Dare," he said bravely. That was his first mistake. "Call Ella and propose to her," I told him. He paled.

"What?" both Iggy and Gazzy said at the same time. Iggy sounded indignant, and Gazzy terrified. "You can say you're just kidding…after thirty seconds," I said.

Iggy glared at me, more specifically at my nose. Oh well, close enough. "Chill, it's just a dare," I told him.

"You're turning into one of them," Iggy muttered, gesturing to the younger kids. I handed Gazzy my phone. He took it with trembling hands. He started to scroll through my contacts as everyone watched.

ELLA

My phone rang shrilly. I was Max. What was up? I had just gotten out of school, and Mom was on a business trip. They had stayed at our house. Were they okay?

I picked up the phone. "Max?" I asked. There was a strange squeal coming from the other end, and I thought I heard someone whisper do it. "Uh, no, actually it's Gazzy," the voice squeaked on the other end.

"Oh, hey, Gaz," I said casually. I thought I heard him gulp. "There's something important I have to tell you," he said in a rush. "Will you marry me?"

I froze, no sound escaping me. "Uh.." I started. I heard someone whisper thirty seconds start now. What was happening? "Well, Gazzy, that's cute and all, but, you know, you're eight, and I'm thirteen… I'm just not ready. I'm sorry."

I heard the Gasman gulp. "I understand." I heard giggles in the background that sounded suspiciously like Nudge. "Um, I'm sorry," I said tentatively.

"Thirty seconds!" I heard Nudge shout. Gazzy breathed into the phone, sounding relieved.

"Sorry, Ella, but this was a prank. We're playing truth or dare, and sorry but you're just not my type." He hung up on me, leaving my mouth open in surprise.

GAZZY

I breathed deeply. Iggy looked furious. I would deal with him later. I had saved myself just in time with that cool comeback. I dropped the phone like it was infected and Max glared at me angrily before picking it up.

"Your turn to pick," Nudge told me. I looked around and found my victim. "Fang, truth or dare?"

He let no emotion through. "Truth," he shrugged. I sighed. I was bad at truth. I heard a buzzing in my mind and my sister's voice spoke to me in my head. I listened to Angel's suggestions and picked one. Good choice, Angel thought.

I turned to face Fang. This one would be revenge against him—and Max. I looked at him defiantly. "One thing you don't like about Max."

His pupils widened a fraction of a millimeter and I knew he was spazzing out. Max turned to face him, daring him to answer. I could practically see Fang's gears whirring. I smirked at him. If he said something Max didn't like, then they would have a fight, break a couple of things, and Fang wouldn't get his goodnight kiss. Or his goodnight snuggle. Or the peace of mind you really can't have with an angry Max after you.

Fang glared at me. "She's bossy sometimes," he said, not looking at Max.

ANGEL

Max was wavering between punching Fang and kissing him. She always wanted to kiss him. I frowned, remembering a few thoughts I wished I hadn't heard. That wasn't that bad, Max thought. I'll just let it go.

I could physically feel how much she loved Fang. It was really gross. She sat back down and Fang followed, sitting really close to her. Fang was still thinking about how soft her lips were. I tried reading Iggy's mind for a change. He was still mad about that Ella thing. I mean, if he liked her so much, why not tell her? Boys. They always thought in the weirdest ways.

It was Fang's turn to pick someone. He looked over at Max. "Truth or dare?" he asked. Max smirked. "Truth."

MAX

What was Fang going to pick? What did he even need to know so desperately now that we'd been 'together' for months? "Do you love me?" he practically whispered.

So, yeah, for a second, we need to say goodbye to Maximum Ride. Let me introduce you to Fang's-turning-my-brain-to-mush-Max. I smiled stupidly up at him and said yes.

There was a small "aw" from Nudge, who had caught it all on camera. I groaned. "It'll be all over the internet by tomorrow!" she chirped. Great.

I heard a small sound at the front door: the sound of keys. Ella was home. I heard the door open. "Ella! Come rescue us! Call the ambulance or something!"

"Are you guys in here?" she asked, jiggling the doorknob to try to get inside. "No! Don't come in!" I screamed. Too late. Angel had unlocked the door, dragged Ella in, and locked it again. She put the key back into her pocket.

"We're playing truth or dare!" Angel squealed jumping up and down. "And you're not allowed to leave!" Angel said again. I looked at her and looked confused.

"Gazzy," I groaned. Ella looked nervously at me then sat down next to Iggy. I saw him freeze. "Welcome to hell," I muttered.