A slender hand pushed a sliver of blonde hair back from an impassive face. She leaned against the pole as she waited for the bus.

Rex hadn't heard the last two things to leave Noah's mouth. Noah, fortunately for Rex, hadn't said anything as he too stared at the blonde girl at the bus stop. The blond boy only wished he had a pair of glasses that he could have taken off and wiped to make sure he was seeing things clearly. He started to say something to his friend but as he turned his head he realized that his friend was already halfway across the street. Rex grinned and pushed his hair back as he approached the girl.

"Waiting on the bus?" Rex said. The girl didn't move, nor did she acknowledge his presence. He blinked a few times then noticed the ipod wire hidden behind her hair. Cockiness filled him as he tugged the wire, causing the bud to fall. The blond gasp slightly and grabbed the bud. She turned at looked at him with large green eyes.

The same color as Holiday's.

"Hi…? Can I help you with something?" She asked turning her ipod off. She blinked at Rex then to Noah as he walked over to them.

"No. But if you're hungry I could probably help you out." Rex said, slipping on as much 'smooth' as he could muster. Looked at him and frowned. She took a step back, her finger against her chin as she obviously looked him over. She nodded and stepped forward extending her hand.

"My name is Erida." Rex shook her hand, a stupid grin plastered on his face. She cocked her head to the side and raised her eyebrows as she waited for him to return the gesture.

"Uh…Rex." She took her hand back and buried her hands in her pockets. Rex didn't notice that she had straightened her back and thus made her chest stand out more prominently…nope. He didn't notice at all. She giggled as she shook her head.

"I can't do lunch today. But call me and we'll see what we can do, Rexssss." She said accentuating his name. She pulled a pen out of her pocket and quickly scribbled her number down on his arm. She replaced her ear-bud and hopped on the bus that Rex and Noah hadn't realized had stopped. She didn't look back.

Rex turned to look at Noah and shot him a victory grin. Noah shook his head and held up his hands in defeat.

"I can't believe that actually worked." Noah said with a scoff. "That has to be one of the cheesiest things I have ever heard." Rex only grinned wider.

"What's the matter, Noah? Jealous because once again I beat you?" He said crossing his arms. Noah arched an eyebrow at his friend.

"The only reason you beat me is because you got here first."

"Sure. Keep telling yourself that, Noah." The latino said with a wave of his hand dismissing any further arguments from the blonde.

He thought about her that night. Nothing of the perverse nature…or at least that was what he decided to convince himself. Six had only cocked an eyebrow when Rex had asked him for a piece of paper and a pen. He didn't want to accidently wash that number off. Was he supposed to wait three days? Was that the rule? Or was that rude? He shrugged and allowed himself to slip into sleep- more like standby mode.

Two days and three major evo fights later. He found himself dialing the number. After, naturally, having a mild panic attack when he thought he had lost it. Two rings and then three. And after ring number five and his bruised ego someone finally answered.

"Hello?" It was a girl's voice, his mood lifted.

"Uh…hi. Is Erida there?" His eyes grew wide as he heard a mild scuffle ending by the sound of skin slapping skin and a muffled 'ow'.

"This is Erida." A second girl's voice came on. Rex swallowed the lump in his throat and slipped into his confident shoes.

"Hi. This is Rex." Silence answered him. "Uh the guy you met the other day…"

"OH Goggles. I was wondering if you were ever going to call." She said with a giggle. He let out a breath as he looked down from the top of the building he was perched on.

"You wanna go grab something to eat?" A soft giggle and silence filled the other end of the phone.

"I'll meet you at the Greasy Burger in twenty minutes?" She said, the question ending in an adorable upward infliction. He grinned and agreed. He buried the phone in his pocket and looked down at the streets below him. That particular fast food joint was a twenty minute walk…or a two minute flight. HE considered either option for a moment before he jumped over the side of the building

With the help of his boogey pack, he landed lightly on the ground. He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked over his shoulder. Noah would probably by him some time. He was convinced that Noah had a tracking device on him. It took Rex half an hour to bargain with Noah. The blonde would be two towns over at the mall while Rex got to meet up with Erida. He officially owed Noah a soda and a triple meat burger with fries. Hopefully , though, it would be worth it. The streets were busy, but he couldn't expect anything less for a Saturday evening. He grinned as he watched a little girl jerk on her dad's arm, pointing fiercely at some random doll in a window.

People could still go on with normal lives, even though at any moment they could go EVO. He caught himself. He frowned and shook his head. No. No he was not going to think about evos. That was just begging something to happen. He wasn't going to do that.

He had no idea what he was going to say to this girl. Or what she was going to say to him, for that matter. He grinned like an idiot as he walked around the corner, his eyes landing on the Greasy Burger. There was a reason it was called that. They specialized in …what else… greasy burgers. His mouth twisted to the side as he considered the perfect place to park himself until she showed up. Two tables and a few chair changes later, he found himself sitting on one of the bench tables- his feet on the bench part.

He looked down the road in front of him, then twisted his neck to look down one of the side streets. He sighed as he felt his nerves starting to knot up. He needed to calm down or his nanites would give him away to Dr. Holiday and to a more severe extent, Six.

"You're here." A bubbly voice startled him. He turned and grinned at her. His grin slipped as he looked over her. Something he hadn't noticed a few days ago was her curves. She looked like she was melted and poured into her jeans. A snug blue shirt hugged her very dangerous curves. The look on her face was a pleased one as she walked over and put a finger to his chin- closing his mouth. "Good way to catch flies."

"Wow." He said as he slipped off of the table. She shrugged her shoulders and looked to the ground.

"I'll take that as a compliment." A light blush crossed her face. He nodded and forced himself to speak as he opened the door.

"Milkshake?"

"Sounds great." Rex couldn't keep from watching her as she ordered. She pushed her hair behind her ear, she cocked her hip to the left. She spoke with her hand. He carried their tray over to a booth in the far corner. She slid into the booth after raiding the condiment counter for napkins and ketchup.

"So do you school around here?" Erida asked, her green eyes looking at him as he took a bite of hamburger. He playfully narrowed his eyes at her as he finished chewing. She laughed and shook her head. "Sorry?" He wiped his mouth as he finally swallowed.

"No. I'm actually…uh homeschooled." Yeah that sounded good right? "What about you?"

"I just moved here. I don't know if I'll be going to public school next fall or not." She said with a shrug and bit into a French fry. He grinned and snatched one of her French fries from the container. He stuffed it in his mouth before she could take it back. Her eyebrows knit together as she smile. She sat forward and reached a hand out. Out of instinct he pulled his head back only earning another giggle from her. She gently swiped a finger at the corner of his mouth- wiping away the ketchup. She smiled as she innocently stuck her finger in her mouth.

"Messy." Rex heard himself say. The rest of the conversation was the basic interests and hobbies; naturally Rex stuck in a couple of lame jokes that caused her to giggle. An hour later, they were standing outside of the burger stand laughing. Rex put a hand behind his head as he looked up at the sky.

"I guess you should be going huh?" He said looking down at her. She shook her head.

"Nah. I've got nothing better to do. We can hang out some more." She looked to the ground as a blush lit her face. "Unless, you need to go." She said kicking the dirt. Rex's eyes widened and he shook his head.

"No. No. No. We can hang." He said trying to redeem himself. They stood there in awkward silence for a minute before Erida gasped causing Rex to jump. He looked up at her with wide eyes as she grabbed his arm.

"Let's go to the beach!" She was dragging him down the street before he had a chance to respond. Before long they were running. An unspoken challenge came as she bolted ahead of him. He grinned and sped up only to have her sprint faster.

He didn't notice that she had slowed down when he pasted her. His foot sunk into soft sand and the momentum in his body sent him rolling forward, landing face first. Erida's laughed echoed on the empty beach as she grabbed his arm helping him up.

"Are you okay?" She said through her laughter. He spit out a mouthful of sand and started dusting himself off. She grabbed his head and turned it one way then the other as she dusted sand off of him.

"I'm okay." He said hoping that she didn't see the embarrassment streaked across his face. She only grinned and leaned closer to him. He didn't notice that her surplus of chest was brushing ever so slightly against his chest…no he didn't notice at…all.

"That means I won." She said with a laugh and pushed him backwards. Rex steadied himself so that he wouldn't fall back on his ass, and make a fool of himself again.

"How did you win? I got here first?"

"But you fell. Just because your face hit the beach first doesn't make you the winner." She said folding her arms across her chest. He cocked an eyebrow at her.

"My foot hit the sand before yours did." Rex said. Erida looked at him before she fell down into a sitting position on the sand. Rex frowned as he watched her pull off first her sneakers then her socks- stuffing them into her shoes. Bright pink perfectly manicured toenails disappeared into the pale sand.

"Sit?" She said patting the sand next to her as she looked out at the water. He sat down next to her and looked out at the water. Something panged inside of him. The memory of the last girl he met on a beach invaded his mind. It must have showed on his face because Erida spoke up then. "Got something on your mind?"

Get it together, Rex. He mentally scolded himself and forced himself to NOT tell her about Circe. HE looked at her and forced a smile- as goofy as it turned out it worked. Erida dropped the topic and wiggled her toes in the sand.

"You know what would be really fun?" She said leaning back on her hands. Rex looked at her- noticing how the sun was glittering on her pale skin.

"Yeah, bungee jumping. " He said with a grin. She looked at him with confused eyes. She blinked for a second then laughed.

"No, goofy. Let's go for a swim." She said as she straightened up, crossing her legs. Rex looked at her and shook his head.

"That would be fun, but…."

"But what? We have the beach to ourselves." She said looking around. Rex looked at her like she had sprouted a second head.

"I didn't bring a swim suit." It was her turn to look at him like he lost his mind. She grinned then. Her knees came up to her chest and she wrapped her arms around them as her cheek rested on knees.

"You've got boxer's on don't you?" She paused for a minute then her face tinted red. "Or are you more of a commando type of guy?" He looked at her not certain he had heard her right. He shook his head, his own face turning red.

"No! I …mean I've got boxers on." He said…thanking whatever had told him to wear his boxers instead of his briefs. She grinned then and leaned over towards him.

"Then let's go for a swim." He looked at her and almost felt himself melt as she blinked at him. "What's the matter? Ya chicken?" Taken aback by that comment he frowned.

"Shit, no. You wanna swim? Let's swim." He said taking her challenge to heart. He didn't realize how much trouble he had gotten himself into until she stood up and shimmied out of her pants. He tore his eyes away from her as he stood up. Maybe he shouldn't have agreed so quickly. A deep breath and his shirt came off. A quick glance at Erida was the wrong thing to do. She was just pulling off her shirt. He looked back down and messed with his belt. He looked up at see her looking at him.

"Do you need help?"She asked. The way she said it was completely innocent, as was the look on her face. But the little devil imp on his shoulder was jumping up and down with excitement. He managed to shake his head as he gave himself the mental pep talk of the ages. He was confident. He was smooth. He was cool. He….was standing alone on the beach. He jerked his head up to see her walking towards the water.

He quickly caught up with her, only to get a flash of a smile before she started running-issuing yet another unspoken challenge. He followed her, the water splashing up around him as he ran in.

"Are you always this random?" He asked as she splashed water up on her arms. Erida grinned at him and cocked her head to the side. He didn't even see the wave until it was too late to shut his mouth. He coughed and sputtered as he wiped his mouth.

"Yeah. Pretty much." She answered him. He turned around and splashed her back. A full on water war began. Splashing and giggles filled the night. Rex let out a shout as she tackled him, sending them rolling into the waves. They both resurfaced gasping for breath between their giggles.

Rex realized that his hands were still on her waist and he quickly brought them away. She didn't move away from him like he expected though. Her green eyes locked onto his as she pulled his hands back and replaced them on her hips.

"You're a lot of fun, Goggles." Erida said as she let go of his hands. Her own hands came up as she started tracing his collar bone. He closed his eyes and enjoyed the contact.

"You're a lot of fun, too." He finally forced himself to stay as he pushed her back. "But you probably need to stop that." He said sheepishly. She blinked at him and then grinned. Her fingers stopped doodling on his chest and moved up to either side of his face. He was jerked down suddenly as she pressed her lips against his. Every inch of her body was pressed against him as her sweet lips moved over his. Alarms started going off in the back of his mind- but they were drowned out fairly quickly as her tongue invaded his mouth.

His head was spinning as his hands tightened on her. She smiled into the kiss and used her foot to give her just enough leverage to….

Rex broke away from her as they fell back into the water. He grabbed her hand as they scrambled to their knees and made for the shore. The giggling started again as soon as they were able to stand up. Erida grabbed Rex's arm tighter as they ran back to their clothes. They didn't make it that far.

Rex turned around and pulled her into him locking his lips over hers. He pulled away from her and ran his hand through her golden hair. He closed his eyes and pressed his lips against her forehead.

"You know you're smoking hot, right?" He said- feeling utterly stupid afterwards. But the stupidity washed away as she pulled away from him. Her long eyelashes blinked up at him as if she didn't believe him. He frowned and tried to hold her eyes as she looked away. "Did I say something wrong?"

"No one has ever said that before." She said quietly, her fingers kneading the muscles on his shoulders. Rex grinned and bent down taking her lips again. He pulled back and brushed her hair from her face.

"Then I'll say it again. You're hot." He said. She curled her arms around his neck, the length of her body pressing against his- the feel of the wet fabric was rough against his chest. His body was absolutely on fire and her sharp nip at his ear didn't help. He growled. He literally growled, knowing that he was about to get himself in worlds of trouble. The sun had almost completely disappeared on the horizon. There was a fiery blond attached to him and not another person in sight. He would have stopped to listen to the little debate between his angel imp and devil imp- but they had both short circuited and were stuck with unhinged jaws.

He hadn't realized that they were on the sand until she curled up beside him. Her head was resting on his shoulder and her fingers were once again drawing circles on his chest. He looked at her and shook his head.

"You probably need to stop that." He said curling his hand around hers. She smiled at him and shook her head as she rolled over onto her stomach.

"Why?" She said crinkling her nose. Rex only replied by pulling her up to him. The touch was slight, just a tickle causing chills to run down his entire body. She giggled and pushed herself up; she started to say something but froze. Rex frowned and looked up and back to see what she had gone deer-in-the-headlights about.

There stood the green clad ninja nanny himself. Six looked down at Rex with a cocked eyebrow.

"Are you finished?" His voice didn't betray any emotions, as normal. Rex grinned. He looked back at Erida and pushed a sliver of hair out of her frightened face, before looking back up at Six.

"If I said no would you go away and come back in say an hour?" Erida pulled away from him and sat back on her knees covering herself.

"You'd better go Rex." Even in the dark the blush was apparent on her face. Six looked at the girl then back to Rex.

"Smart girl. Let's go Rex."

"Ahhhw. Six!" Six crossed his arms. Rex nodded and stood up grabbing his clothes. He looked over at Erida as she pulled her clothes on. Before he could say anything a sharp pain surged through his ear and he realized he was being drug away. He caught a glimpse of her as Six forced him into the jump het. She smiled at him just as the doors shut.