AN: I'm not going to add to TSPABG until I edit all of it and get a few other things out of my head. I'm also working on a Chp2 for through exs and fears. My crossover can't be started until I watch and study the buffy episode again and I need to work on a sequel for my johnen fic. Just putting this out and up every time I'm writing a fanfic, kk? All right, here is 2 of THROUGH EXES AND FEARS.

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"… and then he just held me there and told me everything was going to be fine; I think I fell asleep in his arms. God, Leshawna I've never felt so embarrassed in my life; I know he was trying to comfort me and it was really sweet of him to, but I really should've held back those tears-" Gwen was retelling everything that happened between her and Duncan last night. Leshawna seemed to be listening but there was this strange expression on her face; a mix of boredom and disapproval. Probably because her friend was so stubborn about showing any signs of weakness.

After the whole fiasco in TDI, Gwen had told Leshawna she would never act that dumb and sensitive again. Leshawna didn't care that much at first, it was for the better Gwen should act like a stronger girl, but after a while she just turned stone cold. Little did they know that's what set Trent off to be with Heather; he needed a girlfriend who showed emotions, whether it be jumping for joy that she got a new car, or be angry as hell when she thought he was cheating on her.

Right now Leshawna couldn't take it anymore, from what Gwen had described last night, she was beginning to act like a human being again, but now she was punishing herself for crying when her fudging boyfriend cheated on her… with Heather! She had to say something,

"Girl don't you dare say you shouldn't let a flood of tears fall every once and a while!"

"But… I can't…" Gwen stuttered

"You can't what? You can't cry when yo boyfriend just broke up with you? Can't let a friend try to make you feel better? Girl, you sound like Eva right now!" Leshawna exclaimed

"I… I can't…"

"No Gwen, you can. You can show weakness time to time, you can cry, you can tell yo friends you have suspicions on Trent, you can go and beat the sh!t out of Heather. I'll be there for you, and I'm sure Owen, Duncan, Harold, and Izzy will be too." She placed a hand on her friends shoulder, and they hugged.

"Thanks Leshawna," Gwen said breaking their embrace. " ,but hear me out; I can't-"

"Did you not hear a word of what I just said?" Leshawna asked sternly. Gwen ignored her.

"I can cry every once and a while, you told me that much-"

"Oh I told you a lot more than that."

"- but I can't move on this quickly, can I? I just almost took my life for Trent, and I loved him for six years even after we broke up in TDA, how can I just jump into Duncan's lap a day after we broke- up?" Gwen asked.

Leshawna sighed, "Honey, you've known Duncan as long as I have and that's 8 years. You two have been close friends for 7 of those years. If that isn't a special bond all ready, than I don't think letting him kiss ya is going to be a big deal; it's not jumping into his lap. Now, as for me and Harold, there was no special bond before hand, we weren't friends or nothing and look how our marriage is turning out."

"Whoa, Leshawna who said anything about marriage?" Gwen asked surprised.

Leshawna winked, "I didn't."

Gwen stared at her, who knew Leshawna of all people could be so… wise. After a moment of silence, the girls continued to talk about random things like Chickenfoot, or a new macys coming soon. They were interrupted by Duncan, Owen, and Harold coming in on them.

"Are we intruding?" Duncan asked jokingly. He was already halfway across the room and he didn't look like he was planning on leaving.

"'cause, you know, we could always come back another time." Harold stated, not wanting to see his wife at the moment.

"Oh no I think now is fine honey." Leshawna said walking up to her husband.

"It's ok, we could come back later, right guys?" Harold looked over at his friends hoping for some sort of "back up".

Owen shrugged. Duncan groaned, and picked Gwen up and off the bed into his arms.

"But I wanted to spend some time with Princess!" he whined. Gwen looked scared, but then her expression changed to angry.

"Hey! Courtney was your Princess! I want to be your something else!" she complained. Gwen noticed she slipped up with her wording.

Duncan grinned, "Fine then, you will be my Kitten. Sweet, cuddly kitten…" he teased, putting emphases on the 'my'

Gwen growled.

He laughed and pointed at her "Aww look! She's purring!" he addressed everyone.

They all laughed… well, except Gwen of course.

Meanwhile…

Out in the Seven Oaks General parking lot, a large, white windowless van sat near the east side of the hospital. A grey dish stuck out of its roof.

"Hey! Courtney was your Princess! I want to be your something else!"

"Fine then, you will be my Kitten. Sweet, cuddly kitten…"

Courtney screamed in rage as she heard the recording play over again.

"How could that little slut steal my Duncan so quickly? I knew we had relationship issues; and I bet he was cheating on me with her! That evil little bitch, she tried to kill herself so I would never find out. But, HAHA! I did find out! She will PAY…"

AN: well… whad ya think? Review plz!