Chapter 12

Brandon's POV

She was thinking about leaving us? Why in the world would she go back to them? She even said that she never would. Why is she suddenly gonna go back to them?

I got angry, Max couldn't leave us. I wasn't trying to be possessive but I mean, if she was gonna leave us, she was not gonna go with them. Maybe one of them talked to Max and she thought about it and she decided to be with them again. No wait, she was never alone with any of them. Maybe Angel got in her head and- Angel!

Quickly, I disentangled myself from Max and ran downstairs. Angel was on the couch, talking with her flock members. I was gonna be mad at myself after this, but let's just say I wasn't thinking clearly. I stormed up to her and screamed, "Who the hell do you think you are?!"

My flock heard me immediately and came into the living room, looking worried. My face was probably red as hell and I was breathing heavily. When I got mad, I got furious, and right now, I had just about enough of these people.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Fang asked angrily, getting up. Angel looked at me confused, I could tell that she was a little frightened.

"This little bi-" I stopped myself, she was only 9, I couldn't call her that. "Your flock member mind controlled Max!" I shouted at him.

"What? No I didn't!" She defended herself. I shook my head, of course the brat was a liar.

"You guys have done nothing but cause bad shit to happen to us. We were perfectly fine until you guys came so why don't you go back to wherever the hell you guys came from!" I shouted. I was so sick of them being here. Why couldn't they just go away!

Fang glared at me and I glared right back. Until I heard a light psst coming from the stairs. I looked up just as Fang did. There on the stairs was Max. She waved at me to come up, so I did but I was still hurt at what she said.

"We need to talk." She whispered. I didn't want to talk about what she said, but maybe I heard wrong. I nodded reluctantly, and we walked back to our room. Wait- is it our room? I mean, apparently it's Fang's and her room now, she wants him.

We sat down on the bed, in silence for a few minutes and just when I was about to say something, Max did the unexpected. She tackled me off of the bed, and next thing I know, she was kissing me. Yes, you read that right. She tackled me onto the floor, and then started kissing me.

I pulled her away, and just stared. Why was she kissing me? I thought she wanted Fang, she was just talking about leaving us for them. The last thing she should be doing is kissing me. Max blushed and looked down after a few moments of me staring at her. I could feel myself start to get a little angry at her.

"What is going on with you?" I asked her, hurt evident in my voice. She was confusing the shiz out of me and if we were supposed to be talking about this, then I guess I would have to start the conversation.

"I was messing with you." She started. "Trust me and believe me on this, I was well aware that it was you who put me to bed, I don't know how or where I went when I sleepwalked or whatever I did, but I know that it was you and I was feeling devious so I pulled you back and called you Fang and all that other shit just to mess with you. But I do not nor do I ever want to go back to those ungrateful mongrates. They don't deserve anything from me. They're staying for the night, and they'll be gone by tomorrow afternoon. I promise." She finished and afterwards, she kissed my nose. I smiled at her.

"Really?" I asked, feeling my smile turn into a grin.

"Yes, really. I love you Brandon, what me and Fang had or were going to have ended the moment they tried to kick me out of my own house. I mean like seriously, where the hell was I gonna go?" She scoffed. I laughed, she always asked that question whenever she talked about what happened that night.

I pulled her closer to me and brought my lips to hers. I knew that Max was, well is, my first love. I fell in love with her.. well, pretty much the first time I saw her. I might have been one of the last people to enter the house, but in a way, despite that she was a little distant at first, she was the one who welcomed me in and made me feel like part of the family. Although she was very closed off, and on some nights, I would hear her crying in her room.

One night, she was having a nightmare and I woke her up. I remember that night so clearly.

*Flashback*

"Max! Wake up!" I shook her. She was shaking and rocking back and forth, her whole face was sweaty and she was breathing heavily, I shook her again. "Max!" Then she sprung up, almost bashing my head with hers. I pulled back fast enough though. She looked around, panting heavily.

"Brandon?" She looked at me curiously. I looked down sheepishly.

"Hey Max.. you were having a nightmare so I came in here to check up on you." I blushed.

"Oh good, you're not a creeper." She laughed. "I thought you were in here watching me sleep." She stuck out her tongue.

"You're rightfully wrong." I chuckled, and then there was some awkward silence. "I should go back to bed." I suggested and started toward the door.

"No wait!" Max whispered after me. She looked down embarrassed. "Can you stay here with me the rest of the night?" She asked shyly.

I smiled. "Sure, anything for you Maxie Poo." I chuckled, knowing that she didn't like that nickname. She shook her head but didn't say anything. I made my way back towards the bed, and got in next to Max. And let me tell you right now, it wasn't weird or awkward. Laying down next to Max felt so right and so.. natural. I guess she thought so too because in a few minutes, she was back asleep with her legs entwined with mine, my arm around her waist and her body pressed up against mine.

In the morning, I woke up before her and went back to my own bed. I was kind of afraid that she would wake up, not remember last night and yell at me or something to get out of her room. So I just fled the crime scene, so to speak. During breakfast, it wasn't awkward between Max and I but things weren't the same, they were better.

That night was the best night of my life, although I never did find out what her nightmare was about.

*End Flashback*

A/N: Maybe I should stop here.. :) Hm, well actually because you guys are amazing and got me to 100 reviews.. I'll keep going. :)

"Max!" Erica rushed into the room. We broke apart and got up off the floor quickly.

"What's wrong?" Max asked right away.

"There's a woman here, she says she's your mother." Erica informed her. Max never talked about her parents, we weren't even sure if she knew her parents. None of us in this house did. I looked at her, confused.

Max let out a squeal and rushed down the stairs screaming mom. Is this a joke? Me and Erica walked downstairs together.

Max's POV

"Mom!" I screamed happily running through the house, looking for her. I found her in the living room, crowded around the flock.

"Oh wow, you guys sure have grown. Look at you Iggy, I'm so happy you can see." My mom, Valencia, said smiling kindly at him. She addressed the rest of the flock, well my old flock. "Where's my daughter though? I have missed her so much."

"Mom! I'm over here!" I laughed. She stopped what she was saying and rushed over to me.

"Max! Ohmygosh, I'm so happy to see you and the flock, looks like you have some friends over." She pointed across the room and I turned to see Brandon and Erica enter the room and go over to the rest of my flock near the windows.

I shook my head, mom was lost. "Mom, we haven't talked in so long and we haven't seen each other in so long. Let's catch up." I smiled nervously. I didn't wanna have to pretend to like the old flock and everything so I might as well explain everything right now.

20 minutes later..

"What?!" My mom stood up, shocked out of her mind. She turned to the old flock. "How could you guys do that to Max? She gave you guys everything." She was upset and disappointed. We had all sat down on the couches, my old flock stayed where they were. Brandon sat next to me, feeling all tense. I had asked him what was wrong but he had said that he would ask about it later. I think it has something to do with my mom.

I forgot to tell my flock about my parents. We didn't talk about them and well, I didn't want them to feel left out because they didn't know who their parents were.

"Max, can you please tell your flock to go upstairs, I need to have a serious discussion with Dylan, Maya, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy and Angel." She said, looking at them disappointedly.

"Yeah, of course mom." I smiled and waved my hand towards the stairs, then me and them went upstairs to the game room. Me, Nina and Mia raced there while everyone just took their time.

A/N: 500 words longer than the place I was gonna stop at. You're welcome, this chapter is..1,753 words. :D Thanks for all of the reviews, they mean alot. Honestly. :)

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7/23/13