Chapter 1

Ivy Kylie Alexander read the open book carefully, her eyebrows knitted together in both confusion and frustration. She paid no attention to the music blaring from her headphones, let alone the shadow movements from the corner of her eyes. Picking up the highlighter, the twenty-three year old went over the text again, muttering silent words underneath her breath. With a sigh, she gathered everything up and into her messenger bag, feeling the tension at the back of her neck.

Before she stood up from the table, someone placed a single purple orchid in front of her. Ivy looked up and smiled widely, taking hold of the orchid, taking out her headphones. Danny Cambridge, also known as Kid Darkness, smirked down at her, linking his hand with hers once she stood up. It always made him laugh that she barely reached his shoulder, even with high heels on; of course Ivy stood at five foot four inches as he stood at six foot two inches.

"How was your class?" he asked once they left the university's library.

Ivy leaned further into him, closing her eyes from content. "Long, Mr. Panshawl wants us to write a five page essay on certain studies in the fifties and sixties, along with studying for our midterm."

Urging her into a cab he hailed, Danny twirled a hair in his finger. "You can pass the midterm, don't worry. You study as much as I dance. And you'll do well on your paper, when we started to get to know each other you told me more about the doctors experimenting in those eras then I wanted to know. Thanks," he added to the driver, handing him a few bills.

Walking up the steps to a luxury condo, the couple nodded to the security at the desk before heading to the elevators. Ivy pressed the thirty-fourth floor before letting Danny bring her close for a few minutes of making out, the security guard shook his head as the doors closed, muttering about young kids these days. Once on her floor, they walked to the right and down a few doors until they came up to Ivy's home. She opened the door and sighed with relief, dropping her bag by the couch before falling sideways on it.

Danny chuckled as he locked the door before walking over to the couch and laying over the younger woman, kissing the corner of her mouth and down her jaw. Unlike her younger brother, Ivy moved out of her parent's house and into the condo right by Central Park. She's been working and saving up since Ivy was old enough to work, working as many jobs as possible. Once she landed the secretary, which soon turned into an assistant, job with Patterson and Weaver attorneys at law in her senior year, did Ivy get paid good money.

Before things could go any further, Danny's phone started to ring making him sigh with annoyance. Looking at the caller ID, the annoyance was noticeable even further as he pressed the talk button.

"Yeah,"

"Yo, Kid, where are you at? We gotta go! Come on man!"

Danny looked down at Ivy who looked up at him sadly, "Naw man, not tonight. Tell Julien I'll do extra time tomorrow."

As the person in the other line started to protest, Danny hung up, turning off his phone. Ivy frowned at him, placing her hands on his face, Danny turning to the left to give her palm a small kiss.

"Babe, they're your crew–your family–and I understand that! You have to go practice or they'll think you don't want to dance anymore."

Danny smiled and leaned down to kiss her gently. "They're only pressing me when they know I'm with you. They don't want me being with someone that's connected to our rival." Ivy bit her lower lip, looking away. "Hey, don't even think about it. Whether they like it or not, I'm staying with you and they can't force us apart."

He kissed her before she can argue further, pressing his body harder into hers. Ivy chuckled, taking the hat off of Danny and placing it on the table before her hand took a handful of his semi long hair. Before it can go any further, there was a knock and a familiar voice.

"Come on Ivy, open up!"

Ivy sighed as Danny placed his forehead on her shoulder with a groan. He moved to the side as Ivy got up and walked over to her door, smiling at her brother and his girlfriend for the past five months.

"Hello, did you forget about movie night?" Moose asked his sister as he wiggled the DVD, dancing his way inside the condo.

Ivy muttered a curse at herself. "I'm sorry, I had...other things in mind." she blushed.

Camille narrowed her eyes suspiciously before realizing what Ivy had meant. She went to grab Moose from turning, only to be a few seconds late. Moose stopped dancing as his smile faded a bit once he turned fully into the living room. When Danny saw Moose dancing inside he had quickly stood up, putting back on his hat.

"Kid...Darkness," Moose stuttered confused.

Ivy and Camille closed their eyes before moving further into the living room. Camille had known who Ivy has been dating and kept it quiet from Moose, in case he reacted badly. Of course neither she nor Ivy realized that dating Danny was going to go on for nearly four months and a half.

Moose turned to his sister with wide eyes of realization. "You've been dating Kid Darkness from The House of Samurai?" he opened his arms, "How long?" his voice squeaked.

Ivy bit her lip, looking to Danny quickly then back at her brother. "Four and a half months, but who's counting." she said quickly.

"What? And you thought you couldn't tell me?" Moose asked hurt and confused.

Not wanting to cause trouble, Danny walked over to Ivy, placing a hand on her lower back. "I asked her not to, I didn't want to bring any conflict between the two of you. Family is everything, whether they're related or not." Danny kissed Ivy quickly, "I'll see you later?"

"No, no," Moose sighed, scratching his head. "You might as well stay, we ordered like five large pizzas on Ivy's card."

"What?" Ivy made a move towards her brother, Danny holding her back.

Camille punched Moose in the arm, glaring at him. "I thought you said she was fine with it?"

Moose rubbed at his sore arm, walking in to the living room with his angry girlfriend following, lecturing him. Ivy groaned in irritation, leaning into Danny as he brought her closer with a chuckle of his own. Smiling, he leaned down and kissed her, long and deeply. Ivy smiled back into the kiss, wrapping her arms around his neck.

She hummed against his lips, "Well, it seems that you need to stay now. It sounds like Robert has accepted you or rather us."

Danny frowned unsure, looking back into the living room where both Moose and Camille. Ivy took his face in her hands and made him look at her.

"Don't even think about it," Ivy whispered the same words he told her. "Whether anyone likes it or not, no one is keeping us apart."

Danny grinned, kissing her once more. "Alright, I'll stay."

Humming, Ivy moved out of his arms and into the living room, just as the door bell rang. "Good, you can get the door then. Oh, could you also please tip the driver," she looked over her shoulder with a mischievous grin.

Chuckling, Danny walked over to the door, taking out his wallet. Perhaps things will not be more interesting now that Moose knows they were dating. Of course, things wouldn't be as easy as they were when they first started to go out and no one knew about it. He only hoped that they would last just as long after this.

A/N: Okay, to the request of Preppy-Pink-Princess and Guide In The Backround I have decided to make this one-shot into a story. The first chapter is a bit slow and short, but I promise it will get better. And the rating has changed for purposes later on. Please review and let me know what you think or what you would like to see! Thank you!