Woosh! I'm back. I apoligize, I couldn't possibly make this any longer, simply because nothing was coming to me and I wanted to get this up. Also, I digressed from writing this to work on my Dr. Stein cosplay :D Anyway, here's the first chapter in An Animal's Heart. I just know the next chapter will be longer and easier to type :P
Spinner Cortez was staring at a calendar in his and his little brother Sherman's room. He couldn't believe it had already been almost 5 years since he'd met his girlfriend Octavia. He was absolutely mad about her, and vice versa. Still, five years felt unbelievable to him. It had flown by.
The older Cortez brother reached over and grabbed a picture frame. He looked at the image; it was him and Octavia and her dad Nexus who had an arm around both of them. Spinner still remembered how Nexus had caught him kissing Octavia; after that he interfered with their relationship and treated Spinner like crap, until the spiky haired boy had had enough and stood up to Nexus. It apparently got him respect, and they'd been on good ground ever since.
The 22 year old rose from his messily made bed and left the room. As he went into the rec room, he was pulled straight into a hug by Octavia. Spinner hugged her back with a lopsided grin. Vert, Agura, Stanford, Zoom and Sherman were scattered around the rec room as well, grinning a little.
"Don't you guys have anything better to do? I know Stanford doesn't but come on, the rest of you guys have to have something!" Spinner whined.
"I do SO have better things to do!" Stanford exclaimed. "Considering I'm royalty and all."
"If Nexus were here he'd tell you to shut up with the royalty crap," The older Cortez brother retorted.
"Whatever; I'm not scared of him," the redhead commented, "I mean, he's turned into a total marshmallow." Just then everyone heard a door open, and they all knew who it was.
"Hello," Nexus greeted the battle force 5, and then kissed Octavia on the forehead. The team raised their hands as acknowledgement and then let them drop.
"Stanford said he wasn't afraid of you, and that you're a marshmallow," Zoom commented. Stanford glared at him.
"Don't tell HIM that!"
"He has a right to know!"
"You think I'm a marshmallow?" Nexus shouted. The redhead lifted himself off the couch and took off running, sliding past Nexus as he bolted out the door. The older man darted after him angrily, his skin and hair turning red.
"Run Stanford run!" Agura shouted mockingly, earning a laugh from everyone else.
"Oh shut it!" the royal redhead snapped as he ran past the door. A couple of seconds later Nexus raced by.
"His goose is cooked," Spinner said.
"He'll be lucky if he just gets tied to the ceiling from his feet," Octavia replied, "my dad can be so harsh."
A few hours later, the group was all watching a movie. Octavia sat beside Spinner, wrapped up in a blanket. Spinner had his arm around her. Nexus had fallen asleep about ten minutes into the film, and he was about to fall over onto the floor.
"I love you, Spin," Octavia muttered a little sleepily; she wasn't really into the movie they were all watching. The older Cortez brother grinned lopsidedly.
"I love you too," he replied, and the dark haired woman smiled as she cuddled into him. A few minutes later, she was comatose just like her father. After the movie, Spinner laughed lightly before picking Octavia up and carried her off to her room.
Octavia woke up the next morning with Spinner beside her. She smiled before peeling his arms away, and getting up. The dark haired woman rolled up and off her bed onto her feet, and she wandered out of the room. Octavia slowly shuffled off to the kitchen, where Nexus was currently stuffing his face with food. He looked up when his daughter entered, little bits and pieces of food caught in his beard. Octavia laughed.
"What's so funny?" Nexus asked, an eyebrow raising.
"You've got food stuck in your beard," his daughter explained. The bearded man started picking the food out of his mentioned beard. Octavia just smiled as she got some breakfast for herself.
Later, Octavia and Spinner were playing video games. Spinner won, of course.
"Haha, I win again!" he shouted excitedly. The dark haired woman crossed her arms, annoyed.
"You never even let me win!" she huffed.
"Of course not, that doesn't do you any good...You lose again!" he said, and he couldn't help but grin widely. Suddenly, Nexus popped up beside Spinner.
"You won! Nice!" Nexus commented, high fiving Spinner. Octavia just looked at her dad.
"Hey! I'm your daughter, don't say 'nice!' when I lose!" she shouted at him.
"Well you suck!" Nexus pointed out. The dark haired woman immediately turned red and threw the controller at her father, hitting him in the forehead. Octavia stood up and stomped off. Spinner looked at Nexus, and Nexus looked back at him.
When Octavia came back, the two were playing video games.
"Thanks for letting me stomp off," Octavia muttered. Spinner gave a little wave with one hand.
"Yeah, yeah, no problem," Spinner said, completely dismissing every word. Octavia frowned, and moved to stand in front of her boyfriend so he couldn't see the TV. The older Cortez brother gave a cry of protest as Nexus won.
"Hey! You're blocking my view!" Spinner protested.
"That's the point," Octavia replied, smirking.
"Move," the spiky haired guy whined. Octavia stayed where she was for a couple of minutes, before stepping out of the way. The dark haired woman rolled her eyes as Spinner and Nexus began a new game. She plopped herself down beside Spinner for a while.
Bigfoot was swimming in circles in his little glass bowl. It was a few hours later and Spinner was watching the goldfish.
"I think you should probably get a bigger tank for him" Octavia commented.
"I'm kinda amazed he's still alive!" Spinner admitted.
"Change the tank before he dies then!" she replied.
"Maybe later," the spiky haired guy shrugged. Nexus suddenly popped his head into the Cortez brothers' room.
"Its 9 pm," he stated, walking in, grabbing Octavia's wrist and dragging her out. For a man with a somewhat small amount of actual muscle, he was surprisingly strong sometimes.
"C'mon dad I'm not a teenager anymore...You can stop with the 9 pm rule now," Octavia complained.
"You two can sleep together when you get married...If you get married, but whatever," Nexus replied with a slight shrug. The black haired woman sighed; she knew she wouldn't be able to convince her father to let her sleep with Spinner. Octavia shuffled off to her own room, and Nexus headed off to where he usually slept, which was the couch.
There you go. I'm sorry it's short (it feels too short to me) but honestly it was hard for me to even write this. Nothing was coming to me, so I figure this was better than nothing :/ if you guys review, I'll probably get back to thinking through the story for this and therefore the next chapters will come up sooner.
Nexus is now officially put on comic relief duty. You'll see why in a few more chapters.