Roommates (A Maximum Ride Fanfic)

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Max POV

I woke up and saw a mass of black in front of me. I jumped back a little and realized I was looking at Fang's chest. His arms were secured around me and mine around him. I hated when I was disoriented in the mornings. I glanced up at Fang's sleeping face. His normally impassive face was softer and looked happy. It was adorable. His even steady breathing comforted me and I buried my head into his chest, soaking up his warmth. He stirred in his sleep and I looked up to see his eyes blinking open. I smiled up at him and he smiled back down at me. I realized that a few days ago could've been my last time seeing his smile and my smile dropped and reality hit me like a ton of freaking bricks. He looked concerned as he asked me what was wrong. I shook my head and looked down while biting my lip. He cupped my chin and forced me to look at him.

"You know you can tell me anything, Max." I looked deeply into his eyes and sighed.

"I'm bothered by the fact that I can't stop the world from hurting you." His eyes bore deep into my soul and he didn't break eye contact as he said, "I feel the same way about you." His arms tightened around me and he pulled me to his chest. I held onto him a little tighter also as we cuddled. Yes, I said cuddled. Shut up. You, yes you in the back, stop laughing. We held each other for a few minutes before I broke the silence. "How are you feeling?" He played with a strand of my hair. "I'm feeling just fine." He answered and pulled up on his shirt to reveal his bandages. He peeled the bandage back to show me a perfectly healed pink scar. My eyes widened and I reached a hand out to touch the tender skin. He didn't even flinch under my touch.

"Fang, h-how….?" I stuttered. He shrugged. "I've always been a fast healer." I smiled up at him and looked back down at his stomach but not only at his wound. His toned, tan stomach was very defined. Yeah, try "six-pack" and you've got the right idea. Fang chuckled as he realized I wasn't only looking at his wound. "See anything interesting?" I looked up at his smirk and a light blush colored my cheeks. "Maybe…" I answered. His hand gently grabbed the back of mine and guided it to his stomach. I looked into his eyes and he stared back into mine. His smirk had faded. He took on a serious look as he helped my hand travel up his abs to his muscled chest. "One day," he began, "if you want, we could…" He trailed off, not wanting to make the situation awkward. I nodded, telling him that I knew what he meant and leaned up to kiss him. Our lips met and the world melted around us. Fang pulled his shirt back down and wrapped his arms around my waist. My hands tangled themselves into his hair. Our lips moved in perfect synchronization. We were interrupted by a voice saying, "Gross, get a room." We parted and looked over to the door to see Iggy standing there with a smirk.

"We had a room." Fang told him. I rolled my eyes at their banter.

"How did you get in, Igs?" I asked. He shifted his weight from foot to foot and looked down.

"Uh, I kind of, you know, picked the lock?" He said nervously. I rolled my eyes and got up from the bed to smack Iggy upside the head. "OW! I guess I deserved that."

"Yes, you did." Fang said as he got up from the bed to stand behind me.

"Well, everyone else is waiting in the living room and I'm cooking breakfast." Iggy said and turned to walk out but not before winking at me and closing the door. Fang's arms came around my waist and his head rested on my shoulder from behind. He nuzzled my neck and trailed kisses from my collarbone to my jaw. A shiver traveled up and down my spine and Fang's mouth smirked against my neck. I turned around in his arms and trailed a finger down his chest and up again. His breath hitched and his smirk disappeared. Now it was my turn to smirk. I left Fang, gaping, in his room and headed to meet everyone.

Fang POV

That beautiful, sarcastic, thoughtful, sweet, little tease left me. I rolled my eyes at her antics and made my way out of the room to follow her to the living room. Nudge, Angel, and Ella had all surrounded Max. Her eyes locked on mine and they screamed "HELP!" I gave her a half smile and she could tell that this was my payback. I walked over to Gazzy on the couch and sat next to him. He looked at me and I could see the amusement in his eyes.

"So, I heard Iggy caught you and Max doing…things just now." He wiggled his eyebrows. I smacked him upside the head but he caught my smile. "Not those types of things, Gaz." I said. "Don't be a pervert."

Max POV

As soon as I walked into the living room Ella, Angel, and Nudge pulled me aside to interrogate me. I gave Fang a pleading look but he just chuckled and sat next to Gazzy. I'm guessing this was his payback for my teasing him. That jerk. I sat and endured there questions and lectures without paying attention. My hearing turned back on when I heard the words "Food's ready!" I bolted for the dining room and found a seat. Fang sat to my right and Gazzy to my left so I was safe from the three banes of my existence. Iggy put the giant plates of eggs, sausages, and bacon on the table. I stocked my plate full and dug in. Fang chuckled, Gazzy snickered, and everyone else just shook their heads at me. I glared at them and continued to eat my food. When we had finished breakfast we all went back to the living room to hang out.

"Why exactly are you guys here? I mean I love you all I was just wondering." I asked my friends. I was sitting on Fang's lap with my arms around his neck.

"We thought we could all go out and do something together to cheer up Fang." Angel said.

"What did you have in mind?" I asked.

"We thought maybe we could all decide together." Ella said.

"I do have a couple ideas. We could go to the beach, or the mall, or I heard there was a carnival in town, but we already went to an amusement park earlier this summer. That's where you kneed Dylan. ZOMG, that was so funny! Wait! I'm digressing again. I think we should go to the beach. It would be really fun and it's hot outside. Plus, Fang would be able to see Max in-"

"NUDGE!" Ella and Angel yelled.

"The beach sounds fun." Fang said. I looked down at him and pleaded with my eyes. "Come on, Max. For me?" he asked and he pouted. Yes, you did read that right. Fang pouted. I turned away from Fang and saw Ella, Angel, and Nudge all giving me Bambi eyes. I was doomed.

"Fine!" This was not going to be fun.

I was wrapped in a towel in the back of Iggy's car, sitting next to Fang. Gazzy was in the passenger seat with Iggy driving and the girls were in Ella's car. It took twenty minutes but they forced me into a bikini. We were headed to the beach that was about 45 minutes away. Fang had on black swim trunks and a black T-shirt. His thumb was rubbing circles on the back of my hand. I knew he was trying and he was doing really well but every few minutes I caught him glancing at my towel. He felt my amused gaze and glanced up at me with a small smile.

"Sorry," he said.

"You've seen me in a bikini before. Remember?" I cupped his chin and forced him to look at me.

"Yes, I remember perfectly well. That's why I'm dying here." He muttered that last part.

"Fang, don't be a sexist pig." I scolded him.

"I'm not! It's just pretty hard for me sometimes having a beautiful girlfriend." I blushed at his comment and kissed him on the cheek. His eyes locked with mine and he leaned in slowly. His lips gently pressed against mine at first but our kisses grew hungrier. His hand came up to caress my face and my hands found their way to his hair.

"Keep it PG back there, you two." Iggy chastised from the front seat. We pulled apart and I glared at him. We continued the long car ride in peace but instead of holding hands, Fang's arm went around my shoulders and I leaned into him.

A/N There is my chapter. It's pretty long to me, at least compared to some of my other chapters. I gave you some Fax! Thank you for reading Roommates!