Alexander

Chapter One: Dreaming Memories

"I can't believe he's gone. He can't be gone." Tears rolled down her cheeks. She had talked to him, kissed him, and walked with him only a short few hours ago. They where going to have lunch together once tryouts where over. He had a surprise for her. He promised he was going to take her to the new restaurant down the street from there apartment.

She had been so happy, so exited, but now he was gone. It felt like nothing mattered now. Her studies, her cheer-leading, her job: non of it mattered. He was gone. The only person who ever understood her. The only person she felt truly happy with. The only person she had ever truly loved. Gone. Jest like that. Gone.

She had known something was wrong. With all the panic she knew he would of found her, but when she woke up in the hospital and he wasn't there. She knew something was wrong. She was quickly discharged and that's when the officer asked her if she new him. When she said yes the officer asked her to fallow him. Fear and sadness filled her when he showed her to the morgue.

She looked around the apartment they had shared. Every thing was jest as it had been that morning. The clothing they where going to were tonight where still neatly laid on the bed. That seemed to make her feel worse. She slumped to the ground and held herself tight allowing one word, one name, his name to escape her lips, "Alexander."

Lexi let out a loud cry of sadness as she bolted up I her hammock. Tears flooded her open eyes as all the memories came racing back to her. She shut her eyes and for a moment, sat there shaking and crying before he held herself tight as she had in her dream-memory. She sat there, holding herself, till she was able to calm down.

She looked around her room for a moment, taking deep breaths to keep calm. She looked at her door and for a moment wondering if she woke any of the guys. But then she remembered that her room was made sound proof long ago. When she first moved into Loonatics HQ, back when she was trying to get used to her super hearing, every little sound at night kept her up. So Tech remodeled her room with sound proof walls. Now, to her, it was like hearing normally when she was in her room. So of course non of the guys could hear her. Unless they magically acquired super hearing with in the night.

She gave a sigh. She was happy that non of them heard. A cry like that would have had them come bursting into her room thinking she had been attack or worse. Then she would have to explain what her dream was about, and she didn't want them to know what it was about. Lexi wiped her eyes of tears and slipped out of her hammock. She took a swift look at her clock. 5 AM and dark outside. She touched the lamp that sat on the night stand next to her hammock. The lamp let out a soft glow.

She slowly walked over to a trunk she kept next to her dresser. It was a small trunk that went jest below her knee. Covered in dust. She sat down next to it and placed a hand on top of it. She hadn't opened it in so long.

"Why would I dream of you so suddenly?" She asked herself, "And why that day?.. That day brings so many mixed feelings. The day my life changed so drastically. The day I gained my powers, but-..." A fresh tear rolled down her cheek, "But it was the day I lost you."

She lifted up the lid of the trunk and let it fall back. Inside was old momentous of the life she had had and the love she lost. Photo albums, books, clothing, even a few toys. She reached in a pulled out a old locket. She held the locket up. The pendent in the middle of her palm. She wiped her thumb over the design on the rectangular pendent. A heart with the Japanese character for love. She put presser on it's side, causing it to open.

Inside was a photo of herself when she had been a Junior in collage, 21 years old. Behind her, with his arms wrapped around her shoulders, was a male rabbit. He had brown fur, light brown hair, and dark brown eyes. Across from the photo, engraved in the mettle lid, was the words 'Loving You, Always.'

"I didn't realize how much I missed you Alex." Again Lexi felt like crying, "It's not fair. The meteors impact surprisingly did little damage. So few where injured, even fewer died, but you died.... You where taken away from me." Lexi sighed, clenching the locket shut and holding her head in her other hand. "Why after all these years do I suddenly dream of you? It's been three years! Isn't that enough time to move on?"

Lexi looked back into the trunk This time she pulled out a white-blueish teddy bear with a pink heart on it's chest and a bow around it's neck. Lexi held it up and looked at it...

Lexi turned her back to him. Angry at him. "How could you forget something so important!"

"Lexi you have to believe me when I say that I'm sorry." Alex said from behind her, "I know this dinner was important to you, and I messed up big time. Worst then big time would be the ultimate under statement. But what if I promise to make it up to you. I'll take you some where better then The Jazz House. I'll take you to that new restaurant you wanted to go to."

Her back was still to him. He slowly walked up behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, and setting his head on the back of her shoulder, "I now reservation are heard to get there, but I'll get it. And I'll have something very special in mind for it. Something you'll never forget." He had been holding the Teddy in his hand and waved it in front of her, "Pleas for give me."

He felt her body relax as she sighed and turned her head to look at him, "You'd go through all the trouble, jest to get me to forgive you?"

He stood up as she turned around to face him, "I'd do anything for an Angel."

He smiled and held the bear up again. She took the bear then, jumping into her boyfriends arms, hugged him and kissed him...

Lexi went and layed back down in bed. The teddy bear tucked closely to her chest, blending in with her blue Pjs, and locket now around her neck. Slowly, as she let old, happy, memories consume her, she drifted off back to sleep.

It would be 7:30 when she would stir again. Faded voices came to her super ears through the proofed walls. She rubbed her eyes and sat up. The bear falling into her lap. She picked it up and looked at it. Confused for a moment till the dream and waking up before came back to her. She set the stuffed toy on her dresser and quickly changed into her uniform.

With a deep breath, Lexi left her room and wondered into the kitchen where the others where consuming there morning meal. Ace, flipping pancakes at one of the stoves, was the first to notice his female companion enter the room.

"Mornin' Lex. Care for some cakes?"

"Hum? Oh, sure. Thanks Ace." Lexi replied as she sat down in one of the empty sets around the table. She exchanged morning greetings with the rest of the team. It was only a moment before Ace came to sit next to her with two plates of pancakes and some OJ.

As he sat he took notice the crusted fur under her eyes, "Lex, have you been crying?"

Upon hearing that the others gazed at Lexi in concern and slight curiosity. Lexi slightly blushed at the sudden attention. She brushed away the tiny salt crystals that her tears had left behind, "Ya, I guess I was-But it's nothing to worry about. I jest had a bad dream is all."

"Do you want to talk about it? It must have been something pretty bad." Tech asked from across the table. Lexi sighed, why did Ace have to notice her tears? Not that she didn't know why. She had always known Ace liked her. She saw it in his eyes when they first met. And she wouldn't lie, at least not to herself, she liked him back. He was funny, kind, charming, and attractive, but, especially back then, she jest didn't feel like she was ready to be in any serious relationship. She had placed a cold shoulder to every attempt he made to jest bring up the idea of dating in general. Eventually they entered the 'Friend Zone' and the idea of dating each other became a bit of an awkward idea.

"Not really, Tech. But thanks for your concern." She looked at all of them again. There gazes still concerned. She returned with a reassuring smile, "I'm serious guys. I'm fine."

"Come on Missy, we mite as well get this over with! We'd rather not spend my morning trying to pry it out of you. 'cus you know that's whats going to happen." Duck said from beside her.

Lexi sighed. He was probably right, but she had never told the guy about what happened. She didn't really want to tell them now. "I'm not even sure what it was about to be honest." She lied, "I was sitting in my... my room crying and saying 'I can't believe he's gone. He can't be gone.' I think something happened to one of you and I was sad because of it. Now can you guys leave me alone about it. It's not exactly something I want to keep in my memory for long."

It seemed to work. All the guys went back to there previous conversations or started new ones. Lexi was only a few bites in to her breakfast before the room dimmed and was then illuminated with the wavy lights of there holographic boss. All of them stood from the table and gathered in the connected main room.