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The song is Crazy for This Girl by Evan and Jaron. Not mine either.

I gazed into the fire, watching as the roaring blaze turned slowly into glowing embers. Life went on around me as Max shoed The kids to bed. Iggy sat on my left, whittling a stick with his pocket knife, even though he's blind. God, that guy scares me sometimes, but there's nothing I can do to stop him, and it's not like he's cut any of his fingers off, yet, I might add.

After telling Angel one last bed time story, Max Finally slumped down on my right, looking as exhausted as I felt. We've been on the run again, ever since she came back from Germany. She waved a hand in front of my face "Fang, you're staring at me. Did you want something?" She asked, sounding slightly annoyed. I smirked. "Just coffee

-black like my soul." She rolled her eyes. "Once again, I am awed by your depth and perception of the universe, emo kid."

"I might take offence to that, for all you know, it might be a delicate subject. And I'm only a few months younger than you." God, I was practically bantering now. "Yeah, a delecate subject my a- ahhhhh!!!! Ow!" she fell onto her side, clutching her head. "Max!" I was kneeling next to her in an instant, Iggy wasn't far behind.

"After her thrashing had stopped, I scouped her up and balanced her on my lap. "Hey Igg, can you take over watch, while I take Max somewhere to recover a bit, before she decides to pretend that she's fine, and almost kill herself again?" I asked, all in one breath.

"Uh… sure." He said, sitting back down.

I stood up with max in my arms, took a running start, and took off, pumping my wings hard. I mean I'm strong, and all, probably stronger than almost all of you normal humans, but taking off with a dead weight of almost a hundred pounds and staying airborne for any length of time is hard.

I quickly found a tall tree, and laid her across two sturdy branches, then sat back on a third one and waited for her to wake up.

I didn't have to wait long, about half an hour after I had landed, she stirred, shook her head, blinked, sat up, and promptly fell, taking me with her. I grabbed her wrist and ended up hanging upside down by my knees with Max dangling below me.

Akward Turtle

Okayyyyyyyyyyy, after that slightly akward moment, Max was kind of embarrassed. Not the "I'm going to pretend that never happened" embarrassed. More like the "I'm going to yell at you for ten minutes, ignore you for half an hour, then finally ask what actually happened" kind of embarrassment.

After I explained that she fell and I caught her as best as I could under the circumstances, she forgave me (Yeah, that's right, she forgave me, that's what we call flawed logic, kids).

We sat in a comfortable silence for a while. So it surprised me when a little while later, Max said "Look Fang, I'm sorry about earlier, I- I just was er- surprised. But thanks for catching me."

I smiled "Hey Max?" she looked up at me. "I don't think I feel like going back just yet. I want to go somewhere. But not alone. Would- do you want to come with me?"

"I'd like that." She smiled back. I stood up, offered her my hand and she took it, pulling herself up.

We took off, our wingtips brushing. The stars shimmered above us as we flew north. Finally a few hours before sunrise, we found a small, almost hidden rock ledge. I landed first. Max had to turn at the last minute when I spotted it, so she landed going a little too fast, and stumbled into me.

All of a sudden, she was in the circle of my arms. For a minute I had an overwhelming desire to just lean down and kiss her. I let go and backed away to the other side of the ledge until it passed. She sat down a little bit away, back against the sandstone wall behind us, our hands just inches apart, laying on the ground.

She rolls the window down
And she
Talks over the sound
Of the cars that pass us by
And I don't know why
But she's changed my mind

Max turned to me "What are you thinking about?" "Life, us, everything. You know how we fit into this world." I lied. Pretty much I was just thinking about us. As in her and me, "us".

Would you look at her
As she looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly
But she don't know how I feel
And as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she's figured out
I'm crazy for this girl

She was the one to hold me
The night
The sky fell down
And what was I thinking when
The world didn't end
Why didn't I know what I know now

How I felt when I left, how I feel now. When I kissed her, she ran away. Was she scarred? Or did she just not like me like that. Does she just want to be friends? Brother and sister like we were growing up? Co-leaders? Mother and father figures to the flock?

Would you look at her
As she looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly
But she don't know how I feel
And as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she'll figure out
I'm crazy for this girl

She leaned a little clocer and brushed a strand of hair behind my ear, smiled, and leaned against me.

Right now
Face to face
All my fears
Pushed aside
And right now
I'm ready to spend the rest of my life
With you

I put my arm around her shoulder, and she gazed up at me with her big brown eyes, before letting her head fall onto my chest.

Would you look at her
As she looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly
But she don't know how I feel
And as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she's figured out
I'm crazy for this girl

Would you look at her
As she looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly
But she don't know how I feel
And as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she'll figure out
I'm crazy for this girl

We watched the sun rise above the hills, her head in my lap, me gently running my fingers through her pink streaked hair.