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Pairings- Trez

"Dez, what in the world do you think you're doing?" Trish asks, looking up at the tall boy next to her.

"I think there might be a storm coming. If we hurry, we could get to my house before it hits." Dez answers, knowing that even though this isn't the answer she's looking for, she'll at least stop asking for a bit.

"No one know about us yet. Wouldn't me showing up at your house before a storm give it away?"

"I'm starting to not care if people find out about us. Someone's going to find out, anyway. And I think my mom has figured it out, anyway."

Dez and Trish had barely it into the door of his house when the rain began to pour down.

Lightening strikes outside the window next to the door followed close by a loud clap of thunder, causing Trish to jump.

"Trish, are you okay?" Dez whispers.

"Yeah. I'm fine." she answers before Dez's mom walks in.

"Thank goodness you two are alright. The 'storm' the news predicted has turned out to be a hurricane." his mom says.

"I'm sorry. I can't stand thunder." Trish says once she and Dez were alone.

"It's okay. Everyone's afraid of something."

"Oh, yeah? What's your fear?"

"Of being hated by everyone. It's already partly happened and there's no way to stop it, so I guess I'll have to get used to it."

Trish watched his every movement, trying to get some clues to what he thought, even though this was a bad idea because he was unpredictable. When this failed, she looked up into his gorgeous blue eyes, looking for some emotion there.

She noticed that Dez was amazingly steady and strong for someone who thought he was so hated.

Trish pulled Dez into a tight hug and buried her head into the smooth fabric of his shirt, her ear over his heart. "You're not hated."

"I know you don't."

"Dez, you might be a wack-a-doodle, but no one hates you." Dez smiles, knowing that this was the Trish that existed when no one but he was around. "And I know you'll always be there; that's just the kind of person you are."

"Whenever you need me."

The light flickers off, leaving the room almost completely dark and silent.