Hey people its Hazeled Love- used to be StarRox09. New character introduced in this chapter, and some other things too. Sorry the last chapter was boring, ha. Hope you enjoy this one. R&R please!


Angel shot up in bed, hearing, or more like feeling someone in her room. She whipped her head towards the door, which was open all the way instead of cracked. She narrowed her eyes as she climbed out of bed and slowly made her way to the door. She paused at the wall and peaked into the hallway, making sure no one was there. She inhaled before looking again. Empty. Angel sighed as she made her way down the hall, still keeping her guard up. She paused at the beginning of the stairs. Behind her, a figure whooshed by. Angel peered behind her before walking down the stairs. Angel could feel someone in her home, but the question of who it was still remained.

Angel made it down the stairs, and was now in the middle of her living room. She had paused at the feeling that the person was around her again. She clenched her fists as her eyes began to glow in the darkness.

"Who are you?" she called out into the darkness. She could feel a wind blow by her as her answer came.

"Someone you've known in your past." The stranger was a man. Angel looked around her, trying to find the source of his voice.

The lights are out…what joy…"What do you mean? Why are you here?" she questioned, feeling blind.

The man seemed to still. "You should already know." Angel's eyes stayed stern as the he appeared behind her.

"I should huh…" she didn't move. "Just tell me who you are, and maybe I won't have to kill you" The man grinned.

"Wow Angel, you've really changed"

Angel's eyes widened as she whirled around with a glowing light blue hand. The man disappeared right before Angel's attack could hit him. He appeared sitting on the couch in front of her. She looked at him, angered.

"How do you know my name?" she asked him with clenched fists. He suddenly disappeared. Angel looked around frantically.

"Why do I have to tell you?" his voice seemed to come from everywhere. Angel jolted towards her front door, but was stopped when the man appeared in front of her. She was about to blast him, but he grabbed her wrists and held them up. She struggled to get free, but for some reason, couldn't. Her eyes flicked from light blue to normal as she thrashed around.

"Let me go!" she demanded. She was about to sidekick him until he spoke.

"Look at me" his voice was soft. Angel shut her eyes and turned away.

"Never! Just let me go" she was being stubborn towards him. She tried to shake free from his grasp again, but he only held her tighter. The lights in the house suddenly turned on.

"Just look at me" his tone didn't change. Angel still looked away.

"Why would I want to? You snuck into my house. I want to kill you right now" Angel's voice was still full of anger. She suddenly felt him let go of her wrists and wrap his arms around her waist. She found him pulling her closer to him, not letting her go.

"Please Angel…just look into my eyes." He pleaded.

Angel placed her hands on his chest, trying to push away. She didn't look up at his face, but instead where her hands were. She didn't understand why her powers just quit on her all of a sudden either.

"Angel…" she heard the man say. One of his hands released and moved under Angel's chin, making her look up into his eyes. Angel turned her gaze to the side at first, but then had a sudden urge to look at him. When she did, her couldn't believe her eyes. He was… handsome… with his dirty blond hair that covered his forehead, and his bronze eyes that seemed to tell Angel exactly who he was.

Her tense body loosened. "D…Drake…?" she stuttered. "It can't be…It just can't" she was in shock.

"Well it's true." Drake released Angel as she stepped away from him.

"But…how did you find me? I left a long time ago Drake…" Her eyes were sad. "How?"

Drake watched as Angel's eyes started to water. "I heard you were in Jump, so I came here to find you." He simply stated. Angel shook her head.

"Where did you hear that?" she questioned.

"It's amazing what you can see on TV" he replied with a shrug.

Angel sat down on a chair behind her. "Drake…" she looked at him with a worried face. "Tell me everything. I know your holding something back. So please…" she looked at the ground.

"Angel…" Drake sighed. "Okay…I'll tell you everything." Angel was still staring at the ground.

Drake walked over to Angel and sat down on the couch nearby. He then inhaled before starting his story.

"Back then…when you left Panama, you told me not to worry about you. But the truth is I had to worry. You were my best friend…one of my only friends. That was 12 years ago today Angel. About a year after you left, I couldn't take it anymore. I just had to find you. I missed you too much." Drake looked over at Angel, who was now gazing at him with tears in her eyes. He continued.

"So then I decided to leave Panama and try to find you. I went all over the world, hearing where you had been and what you had been doing. Finding clues to where you were and everything." He paused for a second. "It took me about 11 years to find you. 11 years of traveling the world. But I had almost given up two years ago. I heard that you were in a huge battle in Korea, and that you had died. I didn't know what to think. I thought I was going crazy when I heard that."

Angel's eyes were full of sympathy. Drake gazed at her. "But something told me that you'd never go down so easily." He chuckled. "Like just now, you said you'd kill me. I knew that you were strong, even back when we were 9 and 10, I knew that you were stronger than me." He smirked. "But now, it's the other way around" he joked. Angel smiled.

"So then I ended up here in Jump about a month ago. I had a feeling you were here, it was really weird. I doubted my senses at first, but with two weeks of being here I find you. I saw you at the end of a wedding."

Angel tilted her head. "If you saw me then, why didn't you talk to me?"

"Well…you seemed a bit…preoccupied. That's something I wanted to talk to you about." Nick got up and kneeled next to Angel. "What happened that day Angel?"

Angel's eyes narrowed as she turned away. "A lot happened that day…More then you could ever imagine."

"Then…" Drake placed his hand on hers. "Tell me Angel. You're my best friend; I want to be there for you." Angel nodded.

"It all started the day of the wedding…" she began.

THAT MORNING

Angel winced at the sun's light flashing in her face. When she opened her eyes, the first thing she saw was her hand on her lap and Drake's still holding it. She lifted her head to look around her living room.

"Did I…" she looked down at Drake, who was leaning on her side, asleep. "We fell asleep" she smiled as she lifted his hand off of hers and laid it on his lap. She then grabbed a pillow and put it in between herself and Drake, so he'd be able to sleep some more.

As Angel got up from her chair, she couldn't help but watch Drake sleep. He was still adorable, but more handsome then his younger self. Realizing what she was doing, Angel rubbed her temples her head before walking upstairs to her room.

Drake's eyes popped open as he looked at the empty chair. He stretched as he stood up.

"Guess we were out of it…" he yawned. Drake then examined the living room. "She must've went upstairs." He concurred, seeing Angel not there. He sat down in the chair.

Poor girl…he thought. A sister coming out of nowhere…sad it is. After all the things she's gone through, this takes the cake for her.

Drake sighed. "She is beautiful though, muy bonita indeed..."

"Did you say something?" Drake turned around to see Angel standing at the beginning of the stairs. He felt himself blush, so he turned away.

"Um…I was just thinking out loud. About what you told me last night..." he lied.

"Okay then…"

Drake laughed in embarrassment. "Yeah…" he looked back up at Angel. His jaw dropped in awe. She was wearing a white camisole with a jean skirt and white leggings underneath. For some reason, she looked prettier than ever to him. Angel tilted her head at his expression.

"What is it?" she looked down at her wardrobe. "Is there a stain or something?"

Drake shook his head. "No…No, sorry. You just uh…look nice" he smiled. Angel grinned.

"Thanks Drake." She floated down stairs. "So…" she landed in front of him. "What are we gonna do today?"

"I was thinking that…we…uh…" Drake shrugged. "I have no clue"

Angel rolled her eyes. "Okay well first off, I gotta take you to get some clothes." She checked out what he was wearing. He had on some baggy denim jeans and a black hoody sweater. "I don't suppose you have anymore clothes"

"Eh…no" Drake admitted. Angel sighed.

"Then I better get you some. If your coming with me to find my sister, you're gonna need more clothes."

Drake stood up. "There is no way I'm shopping with a girl. Even if you are my best friend I-"

"You're going to whether you like it or not" Angel interrupted his little speech as she grabbed his arm and pulled him out the door.

"Angel do I have to?" he whined.

Angel unlocked her car. "Yes you do. Now get in" Drake did as he was told. As soon as he was strapped in, Angel took off out her drive way and down the street. When she hit the city, she took out her cell phone.

"Who you calling?" Drake asked her in curiosity.

Angel dialed a number and put the phone to her ear. "Kori, to get her to the mall."

"Great…" he whined.

After a few minutes, Angel and Drake arrived at the mall. When they got inside, Angel started to look around.

"No sign of Kori yet…" she said.

"Well…what are we gonna do till then?" he crossed his arms.

Angel started walking ahead of Drake. "I guess find a store for you."

"But I like my clothes…"

"Well you're gonna need more. Why didn't you carry a backpack full of clothes with you?" Angel had paused and was now standing in front of a store.

Drake laughed nervously. "I uh…left that in Korea…"

"You're kidding me…" Angel rolled her eyes. "Oh well…just come on." She walked inside.

"But…" Drake held his comment. "Might was well…"

Angel was getting way into shopping for Drake. She had asked him to hold his arms out while she piled shirt after shirt on him. After a few minutes, the clothes were covering his face.

"Uh…Angel…" he tried to look around the mountain of clothing. "Do I HAVE to have this many things?"

"Well…"Angel examined the clothes. "Maybe you won't need all of it. Just go and try them on. I'll wait right outside the dressing room."

Angel pushed Drake into the dressing rooms, and then sat down outside. Drake sighed as he walked towards an empty room. The hall leading to it was dimly lit, the walls were painted a light green, and the floor was actually carpet. He walked into a room. Ten minutes later, Angel started to lose her patience.

"Drake?" she called inside. "What's taking so long?"

"Sorry, it's just hard to choose what goes together." He answered.

Angel crossed her arms while she sat in the chair. Out of her board ness she looked around the store. Clothes racks everywhere, with men's clothing on the left and women's on the right. The store was pretty clean, and everything tidy. She shrugged as she crossed her legs, now tapping to the beat of the music playing in the store. To her, it sort of sounded like elevator music.

"Drake, you done yet? Growing impatient here!" she whined.

"Sorry, just had to pick a shirt…gosh." his voice was closer than before. Angel rolled her eyes.

"Well come on, I just want…to…" she paused right when he came out the changing room. He was still wearing the same baggy jeans with the chain hanging from his pockets, but he had put on a black band shirt, that was more like a muscle shirt. It read "SLAYER" She couldn't help but stare at him.

"What you think?" Drake asked her. Angel didn't seem to hear him though. Her gazing turned more loving. Drake raised a brow. "Angel?"

Angel blinked before shaking her head. "What?" she looked away, starting to blush.

"I uh…asked what you thought about this" he repeated. Angel waved for Drake to go change again.

"You look…great. Keep that one okay? Now next" she seemed rushed. Drake shrugged and walked back into the dressing room. Angel rubbed her eyes. "What's wrong with me?"

Drake got back into his dressing room and pulled off the shirt. He then tossed it on a little bench behind him, to make sure that he'd remember it later. The next thing he took from the pile was a jean jacket. He eyed it before putting it on.

"That band shirt was really nice" he said to himself as he zipped up the jacket. He studied himself in the mirror in front of him. "Eh…" he tilted his head. "I can barely move in this…" he tried to raise his arms, but the sleeves were too tight. He sighed. "Wow…this must be a small or something..." he reached for the zipper and pulled it down. When it got to the middle of his torso, it stopped moving.

"What the…" Drake struggled to get the zipper the rest of the way down. He sighed. "Great…just great." He mumbled to himself as he opened his door and started walked down the hall. "Angel, I'm stuck" he yelled to her, a little annoyed.

Angel looked at the dressing room entrance before getting up. Once she entered, she saw what Drake meant by being "stuck". She laughed.

"Aw, too weak to get the zipper down Drake?" she teased; now walking over to him.

"Ha-ha, very funny Angel. Just get me out of this please" he took his hand off the zipper. Angel rolled her eyes.

"Okay, hold on." She grabbed the zipper on the jean jacket. At first, she just simply applied pressure on it. Didn't budge. She let go for a second, seemed to think of something, and then grabbed the zipper again. This time, she had her other hand on the collar, pulling it up while she plied the zipper down.

Drake put his hands up, to keep them out of her way. "Angel…you're uh…OUCH!" Angel's hand had slipped form the collar and smacked Drake in the chin. Angel giggled.

"Sorry" she grabbed on again. "I almost got it…" she bit the bottom of her lip as she concentrated. Drake watched carefully. Angel seemed to get closer to him without noticing it. Drake could feel his heart race the closer she got.

"Uh…Angel…" he said. She wasn't listening.

Angel had decided to use some of her super strength. When she pulled, it unzipped, but the force caused her to lose her balance and fall forward on Drake. He took a step back while he caught her. Angel froze. She was blushing more than ever now, as was Drake. Her face was a few inches away from his. She gulped

"L…Lo siento…" she mumbled under her breath as she turned away. Drake still held on to her.

"It's okay…really" he told her as she looked back at him. He then found himself looking into Angel's eyes. He didn't want to turn away. Angel was the same way. Her eyes glistened.

"I uh…" she tried to speak, but only choked.

"Yeah?" Drake glanced at Angel's lips before looking back into her crystal blue eyes.

He still had his arms around her waist, and Angel's hands had moved to his chest. She moved up towards his lips, but then nervously moved back. She thought she wanted to kiss him, but felt almost embarrassed. Drake lifted her chin towards him to kiss her. Angel closed her eyes.

"Angel? You here!?" Angel opened her eyes at the sound of Kori's voice. Drake removed his hand from her chin. Angel inhaled before separating from Drake. She walked towards the exit, but before she stepped out, and looked back at Drake. Her lips mumbled something, but she left before Drake could see.

Drake walked back into his dressing room and leaned on the wall. "What was that just now?" he asked himself, now sliding down the wall.

As Angel walked out the dressing room, she spotted Kori standing by the cashier's station. She smiled as she walked over to her.

"Looks like you found me." She said as Kori turned around. Kori shrugged.

"I had a hunch you would be here." Kori looked around. "So what's up? You said that you wanted to talk to me about something?"

Angel nodded. "Yeah uh…" she glanced back at the dressing room. "Follow me."

"Okay…" Kori did as she was told. She followed Angel to the dressing room entrance, just as a man walked out. He and Angel seemed to stare at each other before he tossed a pile of clothes in a chair.

"I uh…" he cleared his throat. "I picked out a couple of shirts, including the one I'm wearing." He lifted up his other hand, showing a few shirts in it. He was wearing the band shirt.

Angel nodded. "Okay then uh…" she looked at the cashier station. "Go ahead and wait in line. I have to…talk to Kori for a minute." Kori could tell that Angel was embarrassed about something. The guy did as he was told and got in the checkout line. Kori raised a brow.

"Angel, what is going on?" she ask. Angel sighed.

"Kori…that guy over there is a friend of mine from Panama. He's been looking for me ever since I left, and he found me. He's coming with us to find my sister." Angel explained.

Kori crossed her arms. "That's not all, is it?" she knew something was up. Angel laughed nervously.

"What else would there be? There's nothing else…" she was clearly lying because she was fidgeting. Kori didn't fall for it.

"Tell me" Kori tapped her foot.

Angel rubbed her temples. "Fine…Look back there in the dressing room…I almost…we almost…" she looked around before whispering. "Kissed" Kori's face turned surprised.

"WHAT?!?!?!?!" she screamed. Angel slapped her hand over Kori's mouth.

"Shh…that's why I whispered it to you." Angel looked over at Drake, who had been looking at her, but then turned away. "Anyway…yeah, we ALMOST did." She clarified before removing her hand.

"But…" Kori started to think. "Is that a bad thing?"

Angel slowly shook her head as she stared down at the ground. "I…I don't know…" she had no idea. "I mean…this is first time I've seen him in 11 years." She looked at Kori. "How do you know?" Kori tilted her head.

"How do you know what?" Kori didn't understand. Angel looked back at Drake.

"How do you know if…you…" Angel seemed to drift off in thought. Drake suddenly ran over to them.

"Angel, I'm next in line." He told her. Angel smiled.

"Alright then" Angel turned to Kori. "Be right back" Angel went to the counter, leavening Drake and Kori by the dressing room.

Kori coughed. "So…I guess Angel is not going to introduce us." She extended he hand to Drake. "I'm Kori Anders, and you are?" Drake shook her hand.

"Drake Martin, nice to meet you Kori." He smiled, although behind it, Kori could tell he was worried about something. Probably the almost kissing incident.

Angel walked over to the two with the bags. "All set here, let's go get something to eat, I'm starved."

Kori smiled. "Sure, let's get over to Gar's new restaurant. He wanted us to try a new recipe or something like that" Drake and Angel looked at each other.

"Gar?" he questioned.

"One of Kori's friends, he's a chef with his own restaurant he just opened. You'll love him" she smirked.

Drake nodded. "Cool, then let's go." He reached for the bags in Angel's hand. When his hand brushed against Angel's, she blushed and moved her hand back.

"Oh uh…you wanted to carry these right?" she handed him the bags, but really felt dumb inside. Drake took the bags.

"Yeah, sorry bout that." He turned towards the store exit. "Let's get going okay" he started ahead of the two girls.

Angel hit her hand to her head in anger. "What is wrong with me?" she asked herself in aggravation. Kori placed a hand on her friend's shoulder.

"Angel, don't worry. When the time comes, you'll understand everything." She smiled. Angel's angered expression went confused.

"What do you mean?"

Kori removed her hand as she giggled. "You'll see" she ran after Drake. Angel stood in the store, still a bit lost.

"I'll see?" She followed her friends. "I doubt I will…"


See, new character and what is this, new feelings too? ha. If this was boring, im sorry. The next chapter will totally have a lot of stuff going on, action wise that is. Thanks for reading!

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