Buried In A Web Of Lies; A Maximum Ride Fanfiction

One: Secrets

MAX:

I rummaged through the fridge looking for milk for my cereal. I felt a small tap on my back and turned around to see Fang there, smiling one of his smiles that I had come to love.

"How many times have I told you to stop doing that?!" I said, my hands on my hips as I closed the fridge door.

"I know, but you're hot when you're angry," Fang said, taking a step closer which forced me to be pushed against the fridge door.

"Not in front of the others!" I hissed, referring to the rest of the flock. Me and Fang had been keeping our relationship a secret from everyone, even the rest of the flock. Anything that might give them the idea that we were together wouldn't end well. The only other person who knew about us was Angel. Angel had found out by reading our minds. We were both now 20 (and married, which would infuriate the flock), but still didn't want to make a big deal of all this, especially with all the changes happening lately. The Gasman (Gazzy) had just turned 13. Nudge, who was now 16, had been going on dates and trying to find an after school job, and me, Fang and Iggy, were working harder at our jobs. Fang with yard work, Iggy as a nurse, and I was a barista. Angel, being 11, was the only one who wasn't having anything major going on.

"We really should tell them," Fang said, scratching the back of his head.

I sighed, twisting the ring on my finger, that the rest of the flock thought was a fighting tool. It kinda is. "I know, I want to. But we don't want to make a big deal of this, which they'll do." And something else, I thought, placing a gentle hand on my stomach. "We'll tell them soon, though. I know we will."

Fang sighed before turning to go to his bedroom, at the same moment Gazzy ran in and distracted me.

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In the afternoon, I went looking for Fang, but couldn't find him anywhere. I eventually decided to check my bedroom where there was a note sitting on my bed. I opened it and read it quietly to myself.

Max,

I'm sorry. I've left. I've had to...figure things out. I can tell that something is off with you and I think I know what it is, and I'm afraid that it will require us to tell the others about, well, us.

Did he know? I wondered, before reading on.

I know I'm being a coward, but I don't want to be there when you tell them. I know where I'm going, but you can't follow me, you'll just make this so much worse. I won't be gone very long, I promise. I need to observe some things, just see if I'm right. Please wait for me.

I Love You,

-Fang

A/N: Sorry this is so short. Unfortunately, lots of these chapters are short.