Bella smiled shyly at Ein, finally looking at the fox. She seemed to hide behind Max a little suddenly fully aware of the fox's presence. Max picked up on her posture and stood, brushing his pants off carefully.  He was protective over her by nature and by duty. It was his job to keep her safe and he was ever sensitive to her needs. It was this part of his nature that made it easy for Angel to overlook his wanton ways and remain his friend.  "Shall we go my lady. If we are one second late you mama will have my ass."  This made her giggle again.   "Don't tell her I said ass in front of you."<br/><br/>"And you say it again."  Angel shook his head, but manged a merger smile. A rare event that Max felt melted the features of his face into more of a beautiful art work it already was.<br/><br/>"At last the sun shines. You slay me Angel Face." Max winked at Angel and began the walk back to the house and out to his car.  "No need to see us off.  Tend to your precious flower."<br/><br/>Angel was speechless and avoided turning more towards until he felt his face had cooled from the flush Max always seemed to cause.  "Uh.. do you need a drink or wanna take a break for  a snack?"  One muffin or however many the fox had didn't seem like enough fuel for his task.