How come nobody writes Trixie/Spud stories? I've seriously been searching for them like crazy! So I've decided that if we're gonna get this thing goin', we've gotta have more than 4 stories, you know? (The 4 that I found were excellent, by the way) So, I'm gonna write one. I might make more than one because I seriously think that Trixie and Spud go together.

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the television show "American Dragon: Jake Long".

Trixie sighed as she sat in her room. She had about five minutes to think. Jake and Spud were coming over. She flopped onto her back. It had been only a day ago that she had been about to help Medusa and her sisters. Spud had broken her out of her hypnotic trance in time to help stop them, but she still felt as if the whole thing was her fault.

Maybe if she had remembered that she was only hanging with the cheerleaders so that she could find out info about what was going to happen...if she hadn't gotten caught up in their false praises and started acting like a snob...if she hadn't gotten so into it that she had dissed Spud to his face and ignored Jake...then maybe things would've gone a lot smoother in the long run. She remembered the hurt that had been in Spud's eyes when she tore him down with bitter words that she hadn't even meant.

Earlier today, during lunch, Jake, Spud, and her had made an agreement. Trixie would never get so caught up in those things again, and Jake and Spud would would remember that even though she was a tomboy, she was still a girl. Therefore, they'd be more tolerating of her "girl moments" i.e. crushes on guys among other things.

But even though Jake and Spud forgave her, she still felt guilty. For ignoring Jake, for dissing Spud, for treating them like dirt, for everything. Even though Jake and Spud had even assured her: "Hey, don't worry about it. You're a girl. Even the toughest girls wanna be accepted sometimes." and "Besides," Spud had added, "even though you were about to let me fall off the ship, it wasn't your fault because you were hypnotized and stuff. And you did save me after I got you unhypnotized...de-hypnotized...re-un-hypnotized...hey, doesn't that sound kinda weird?" At which point Jake had the honor of hitting him outside the head.

The doorbell rang. "Hey, grandma, I got the door!" she yelled, running to open the door for her usual guests. Jake and Spud grinned and walked in and they all settled on the couch, not even bothering with the hello's that weren't even necessary after so many years of friendship.

"So," Spud said, "You aren't gonna push me off any ships anymore, right?"

"Spud! Boy, I ain't playin' with you."she laughed as she hit him on the arm.

"Ooh, careful, Spud." Jake turned on the video games, handing a controller to each of them. "She might go all cheerleader on you again!"

They both laughed as she grinned in an embarrassed way. She put her controller on the table. "Yo, I'll be right back, I'm gonna get some food. I'll play the winner when I come back."

The two guys were already deeply absorbed in the video game, shouting at the t.v., as if their voices would make their characters obey them.

"Oh, you're goin' down, homes!"

"Yeah, right!"

"Oh, hey, watch it! Dude ! You just blocked my kick! Aww man!"

"No, duck! Don't punch, duck! DUCK! Come on!"

"HA! What now!"

Trixie rolled her eyes and walked into the kitchen, a specific memory coming to mind. The night before, the cheerleaders had been spending the night, and they were playing truth or dare.

"Ok, Trixie, truth or dare?" The bubbly blonde had asked.

"Truth!" Trixie had responded, placing her hands on her hips defiantly.

"Out of all the boys in school, which one would you kiss?"

The three girls had leaned in towards her, all ears.

"Well... I guessI would kiss..." a flash of white brought her eyes to the window. There, in his gladiator costume, was Spud, waving his arms wildly. "..Spud?" What was he doing outside her window!

"SPUD!" they had all squealed at her.

"You want to kiss Spud!"

Trixie blinked and gasped, realizing that she had said his name out loud. Then she realized that they thought she meant she wanted to kiss him. She jumped up, laughing nervously. "No, no, no! I was just jokin, ladies. I'll be right back." Then she had run from the room to see what they wanted.

She could feel herself blushing the more she thought about that. Kissing Spud? No way! He was pretty cute and all, but still...he was Spud! Her friend whom she had known since birth!

She opened the freezer, trying to put all of her effort into deciding on which flavor she wanted; she had to push the thought out of her head before she threw up.

"Strawberry...or vanilla?" she mumbled quietly.

"VANILLA, PLEASE!" Jake yelled from the other room.

"Oh, now you hear me." she yelled back in a joking voice, "Just for that, y'all can get your food yourself!" She laughed to herself and scooped them some vanilla icecream, and some strawberry for herself. As she put the cartons back in the freezer, her thoughts wondered back to Spud.

She remembered how she had been about to shove him off the ship in the middle of the Hudson River. She had been under Medusa's sister's spell. She smiled, thinking of how Spud had broken the hypnotizing spell. Mostly, she remembered how his hand felt in hers when she pulled him back onto the ship. How it had fit perfectly. How it was so warm.

In that one moment, she had felt a strangely blissful feeling inside of her. Because Spud had been holding her hand, and he had been holding it like he wouldn't let go for dear life. And that was exactly how she imagined a guy holding her hand. Of course, he had been holding onto her hand like that because if he let go, he'd probably die. But still, she hadn't complained.

She sighed. Maybe it's puppy love. I know why I'm thinking about Spud like this! she thought, a grin on her face. It's because the question "You want to kiss Spud has been in my mind since Blondie asked me. Her question sparked curiostiy in the posibility of a relationship. Yeah, that's it. And so maybe if I kiss Spud, I'll feel better. She smiled, proud to have figured it all out so quickly. Dang girl, you smart! she chuckled.

She grinned triumphantly. Of course she didn't like Spud! She walked back into the room where the guys were, and gave them their ice cream. As she ate hers, she stared at the T.V. screen. Spud's character was beating Jake's character so far. She glanced over at Spud. His expression was one of pure determination and concentration. She had to admit, Spud was looking a lot more attractive than usual lately. She liked how his brown hair fell over his hazel eyes, partially covering them. When he had a serious expression on his face and his hair was falling into his eyes, it gave him a kind of intense look.

Trixie blinked. She wasn't supposed to be thinking this! She wasn't! Man, I hope I can kiss him soon. Then I can get rid of these thoughts for good!

"Yo, Trix, I'ma' go get some more ice cream. Take over for me." Jake handed his controller to her,and grabbed her empty bowl. "You want anything?"

"No, I'm cool, but thanks." She took the controller. "Ya ready to go down?" she challenged Spud. He looked over at her and smirked. "I think you should be asking yourself that."

Trixie made her character jump and kick Spud's character in the face before puching him and slamming him to the ground. Spud stared at the screen at the screen, his mouth open. Trixie gave him a smirk of her own.

"No, I'm pretty sure I asked the right person."

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That night

Trixie sighed. She wanted to skateboard, but it was raining. Jake and Spud were sitting on the couch, silent. She turned to look out the window. The rain was falling heavy, as if somebody was just emptying a giant bucket of water on the city. She turned back, and was sooo surprised to see that Jake and Spud were playing the video games again. Whatever. She had to do it now. She walked over to Spud and sat down next to him. He looked up from the video game for less than a second. "Oh, hey, Trix." he said.

"Hi, Spud." she said sweetly. She stood up and moved so that she was standing right in front of him. He looked up at her. He didn't seem upset that she was blocking his view. He just looked at her. Then he stood up too. Trixie felt no fear as she leaned forward and kissed him on the lips. She felt him kiss her back. She leaned back as he took his lips off of hers. He smiled, looking a bit confused. "So, does that mean we're putting the video games away?" Trixie just laughed and let him kiss her again. It lasted a bit longer this time. When she broke the kiss and opened her eyes, they were both laying down in a bed, a little bit of sweat covering them both, and they were both naked.

Trixie woke up with a startled yelp. She sat up and took a deep breath. Had she actually kissed him? And then slept with him? She ran to the mirror and let loose on her reflection. "Oh man!" she panicked, "I slept with Spud!"

After a few minutes of deep breathing, her logic returned, and she sighed a breath of heavy relief. It had only been a dream. Thank goodness. She remembered the question that started all of her troubles:

You want to kiss Spud?

"Why am I taking that question and running away with it? Why am I letting it make me so crazy?"

She stared in the mirror, her brown eyes wide open, full of so many feelings that it was hard to distinguish between one and the next. She spoke to herself as the question that ignited this trouble echoed in her head:

"You want to kiss SPUD?"

She knew that she was blaming all of her new feelings on the question that her blonde so called "friend" had asked. But it was so much easier than admitting that she was actually getting feelings for her friend. And it felt so strange. She wanted to just shove the thought as a whole from her mind. But she knew that the sooner she faced the fact that she was starting to like Spud, she'd feel a little bit better. She didn't want to admit it, but a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do. She stared at her reflection in the mirror. "Dang, girl, why you gotta be so smart?" she said to herself, half trying to lighten her mood, half serious. She took a deep breath. "I like Spud. A little bit." she shut her eyes and took a deep breath. "But it's only a silly little crush. Miniscule, even. Nothing more." She opened her eyes and stared at her reflection, directly in the eyes. "Nothing more." she repeated, as the question replayed in her head again:

You want to kiss Spud?

Without even realizing it, she answered in her mind, a smile on her lips.

"Yes."

To Be continued.

Sorry if it sucks so far, but I couldn't really think of any interesting conversations to make them have. Let me know what you think though. Constructive criticism ---not flames--- is welcome.

Oh, and if you couldn't tell, the episode that I'm referring (with her memories) is the episode "Bring it On" (from the new season.) The one where Trixie has to go undercover as a cheerleader, and in the end stops Medusa and her sisters from turning the world to stone or whatever. (I only saw the last 15 minutes of that episode, so if I got anything wrong, I will fix it. )