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Fang POV

I heard the click of the door behind me. Slipping my leather jacket on, I walked down the stairs to the parking lot. The night air was cold and I could see my breath as I exhaled. My skin tingled as if something wasn't right. When my foot hit the concrete the smell of secondhand smoke found its way to my nose. I turned around and my fists clenched at my sides. The fist thought that came to my mind was Max is okay.

Max POV

I couldn't shake the feeling of something being off. Apparently my friends noticed because they all looked at me and halted their conversations.

"Max, what's wrong?" Angel asked. Worry showed on her face.

"I'm not sure but something is wrong. I can feel it." I said furrowing my eyebrows.

"I'm sure everything is fine. You probably just ate something bad or you're getting sick." Iggy suggested.

"Yeah, you're probably right." I told him and put a fake smile on. We resumed our conversation but the feeling lingered in the back of my head and I knew it had something to do with Fang.

Fang POV

My palms started to sweat and my breathing picked up just a fraction. He noticed.

"I see you remember me, Nick." His sickly sweet voice said with a hint of amusement.

"What do you want?" I said through clenched teeth, the anger boiling inside me waiting for the perfect time to bubble over the edge.

"You really want to know why I'm here? I'm here to take back what's mine. Stop dating Max or you won't live to see tomorrow." He spat.

"Max isn't a trophy. She can decide who she wants to date. I don't care what you do to me. I'll still be with Max and you won't get any say in it."

His piercing green eyes flashed with rage and he lunged at me. His chestnut colored hair was the last thing I saw before I was on the ground. He punched my stomach while I doubled over in pain. I pushed him off of me and made it to my hands and knees. I tried to catch my breath while he got up next to me. I got up on my feet and into a fighting stance.

"You don't have to do this, Sam." I said.

"Yes I do." He said and threw the first punch. I dodged it and took a step to the right. I bounced on my toes anticipating his next attempt. His arm swung at my side and I jumped back, his fist missing by an inch. I aimed at his stomach and landed a blow to right above his kidney. The air whooshed out of him and I laced my fingers together ready to land a blow on his back to put him to his knees. My knot of hands came down hard on his upper back and he fell to his knees.

Before I had time to think he had wrapped his arms around my knees and I was on my back. The air was forced out of me with an oof! He got to his feet and kicked me in the stomach. He tried to kick me again but I grabbed his foot and yanked upward. He fell to the ground. I got up quickly and turned to face him. He was staggering to his feet. Something shiny glinted in the moonlight, but I couldn't make out what it was. His back was to me. I realized what the shiny thing was as he quickly turned around and I felt a sharp pain in my side.

"AHHH!" The scream being robbed from me by sheer pain, I fell to my knees. Sam grinned wickedly at my recoil.

"I told you, you wouldn't live to see tomorrow." He said and turned t run away.

I lied there on the ground. I heard the thumping of footsteps running toward me and the word "SHIT!" as I blacked out.

Max POV

We decided to just talk until we fell asleep so we sat in our sleeping bags and had conversations amongst ourselves. Outside we heard scuffling but didn't really take notice. "AHHH!" The noise came from outside.

"What was that?" Ella asked.

"I don't know." Gazzy said.

"Gazzy, let's go check it out." Iggy said. They both got up and walked outside the front door. The cold air seeped in and I wrapped the sleeping bag tighter around myself. A rock settled in the pit of my stomach. We heard Iggy curse from outside. I threw the sleeping bag off and ran out the door.

When I made it to the bottom of the stairs I froze dead in my tracks. Fang's body lay there in a pool of blood. His face radiating the pain he felt.

"FANG!" I screamed, tears streaming down my face. I ran to him. A spot on his black shirt was darker than the rest of it so I pulled it up. On his side was a gaping wound with blood gushing out of it. My eyes widened in fear and I quickly searched for a cloth. I tore a piece off of my shirt and applied pressure to the wound.

"Call 911!" I screamed at Gazzy. He immediately pulled out his phone and dialed the number. I stayed by Fang's side keeping the pressure on the hole in his flesh and crying. My breath hitched in my throat as I looked at his unconscious face. He was pale and he looked scared and pained. It was the most emotion I had ever seen on him.

"You're going to be alright. I'll never leave you." I whispered to him. Time slowed down. It probably only took minutes but it felt like hours for the ambulance to arrive. The paramedics rushed out of the back door and lifted Fang onto a gurney. They questioned us on our relationship to "the victim" and I hated it. They talked as if he was dead. He wasn't dead! I wouldn't let that happen.

Iggy and the rest of them followed the ambulance to the hospital. I refused to leave Fang's side. I held his hand and whispered soothing words to him as we quickly drove to our destination. When we arrived the doors to the truck burst open and a tornado of voices could b heard rushing in and out of the Emergency Room. They rolled Fang down a hallway and held me back as I tried to run after him. I fought against the paramedics. They tried to calm me and tell me everything was all right. Iggy rushed over and calmed me down. I couldn't hold on any longer and I went limp in his arms. I cried and cried and cried while Iggy just held me and stroked my hair. We all sat in the uncomfortable chairs waiting to hear what their progress was on Fang. I paced back and forth and chewed on my hair to keep from screaming at one of the doctors to tell their comrades to hurry up.

"Which one of you is Miss Martinez?" A kind looking nurse with dark skin and kind eyes said.

"I am." I said and stopped my pacing.

"Follow me." He said. I followed him and he asked me questions while we walked.

"What's your relationship to the patient?"

"Girlfriend," I said.

"Do you know of any disputes he may have had with anybody?"

"No, why?" I asked now even more worried.

"Well, it seems his wound was caused by being stabbed with a knife." The nurse said. I stopped for a second and ran to catch up with the nurse.

"You mean someone stabbed him?" I asked dumbly.

"Yes," the nurse looked sympathetic. "Here's his room. He isn't awake yet but he should be soon. I assume you want to talk alone?"

"Yes please." I answered and entered the room. Fang was lying in the bed wearing a light blue hospital gown. I'm so used to seeing him in all black that the color looked downright odd on him. I went and sat next to his bed and held his hand, rubbing small circles with my thumb.

Fang POV

I shifted in my daze. I was covered with a scratchy cloth. My back felt a breeze and something uncomfortable was in my right arm. The smell of antiseptic and cleanliness filled the air. The steady beep of a machine was in my left ear. Someone held my right hand and was rubbing tiny circles. I groggily opened my eyes to see a worried looking Max. Her eyes were rimmed with red as if she had been crying and her whole face lit up when she noticed I was awake.

"Hey," I said my voice raspy with sleep.

"Fang! Oh my god! Are you ok?! What happened?! Never mind, I'm just happy you're awake." She smiled down at me and I couldn't help but smile back. She was so beautiful. I was extremely happy she was okay. I don't know what I would have done if she wasn't.

"Max, I know I still haven't taken you on a first date yet and we've only been dating for about two days but I need to tell you this before it's too late. I love you. You mean the world to me and if anything ever happened to you I don't know what I would do." She looked shocked for a second but then tears began to well up in her eyes and she smiled at me. "I love you too, Fang." She said and in those five words I knew she said those exact same words back to me. I pulled her down to me and kissed her. She smiled against my lips. We broke apart and I squeezed her hand. A tear rolled down her cheek and I caught it with my other hand.

"I hate seeing you cry." I told her.

"It's okay. I don't do it often." She smiled but it quickly vanished as she thought about something. "Fang, the nurse that showed me to your room said that your side wound was caused by someone stabbing you. Who did it?" I looked down at my feet and thought about weather or not I should tell her. I decided that since I loved her so much she should know.

"Sam." I said and looked deep into her eyes. I told her everything. How I knew who Sam was when she told me she had a date with him and what he did to me. I even told her that I was so scared after that, that I took a self defense class. She paid attention to my every word.

"Fang, why didn't you tell me this before?"

"I don't know. I guess I thought it didn't matter. Or you would think of me differently" I said and looked away from her. She cupped my cheek and forced me to look at her. "I would never think of you differently." She pecked my lips and looked at the clock. "It's 3:00. You need to sleep." I didn't want to sleep but I lay down and held her hand. She stroked my hair and sang to me.

"Here's a lullaby

For anyone who wants to fly,

From their hometown

Where the people drown and all the townies die.

This old library has thirty books and one dictionary,

But that's okay

No one reads anyway

We all watch TV.

So here's your lullaby

No boy, don't cry.

Just rest your head

And go to bed.

Your time will come to fly

Away.

Whenever the day.

Just dream your life away.

Sleep.

Lalala lalalalaa lalaa

All the dogs will die.

They just can't seem to stay alive,

Cause in this town the cop shoots 'em down and we just let him go inside.

Please, God, please,

What happened to our dreams?

Were losin' hope so we invest in dope

To feel our vacant feelings.

So here's your lullaby

No girl, don't cry.

Just rest your head

And go to bed.

Your time will come to fly

Away.

Whenever the day.

Just dream your life away.

Sleep.

Lalala lalalalaa lalaa

Lalala lalalalaa lalaa

Lalala lalalalaa lalaa

Laaa laaaa laaa

Laaa laaaaa

Laaaa laa la laaa aa" She kissed my forehead and I fell asleep instantly.

A/N So what did you think? Did you like it? Btw, I realized that I had this saved as a draft FOREVER. Fail.