Authors Note: Hola. Ok..wtf xD
Yah Hi. .
Ah!! Ok I was supposed to update way sooner then this but a lot of stuff came up! I apologize!
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On to chapter 2..
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"Why were you talking to Link? I mean he won't even look at me.." Asked Fender shaking the empty, dead silence that had fallen between Amber and him. Amber snapped out of her gaze.
"What do you mean?" Amber asked clueless. Fender let out a aggravated sigh.
"Amber you know damn well what I mean!"
"Jeez Fender you don't need to be so rude!" Amber scowled.
"Well I'm sorry I don't let you push me around like you do to other guys!" Fender shouted at her.
"Um excuse me! How was I pushing you around just now?!" Amber demanded.
"Ugh just forget it." Fender spat.
"You're nothing like Link. No wonder why he doesn't wanna be friends with you anymore, you're an ass." Amber mumbled. She looked down and played with hem of her dress.
"What!?" Fender yelled. His eyes moved from the road to Amber and he furrowed his brows. Doing this he lost control of the steering wheel.
"Fender! Look at the road!" Amber screeched pointing at two people standing in the middle of the darkened street.
"Holy--" Fender honked his horn and the people immediately looked at the bright lights that were shining on them. It was blatantly obvious now that the people in the road were...Tracy and Link. The two of them quickly ran to the sidewalk.
"What the—Was that?" Fender started in disbelief. Amber's jaw slightly dropped and sad and rage-ful glint flickered in her eyes. Realizing how stupid she must've looked Amber quickly changed her expression back to her scowl.
"Yah it was. Ew. You almost just killed them!" Amber yelled appalled.
"Well it was your fault!"
"How!?"
"Well...you...distracted me..being all...like you." Fender finished stupidly. Amber simply scoffed and rolled her eyes.
"But uh Fender..could you maybe explain to me why your so worked up and upset because Link won't talk to you?" Amber asked suspiciously.
"Thats the same question I asked you!"
"Well look at it this way. I am a pregnant,hormonal,teenager...woman. Top that." Amber listed.
He sighed. "He was my best friend!"
"Yah and you slept with his girlfriend. Me. You seem so eager to be friends with him again what do you have a crush on him or something?" Amber laughed but Fender stayed quiet and shifted uncomfortably in his seat. After 5 more seconds of silence on Fender's part and mad laughter on Amber's Fender chuckled nervously.
"What are you crazy? He—He's a guy..and I'm a guy...why would I like him..like...that?" Fender made his best disgusted face.
"Yah. Your right. What was I thinking? Nasty." Amber stuck up her nose and stared straight ahead.
Fender shifted in the seat again. His hands were sweating and his heart was beating rapidly. His thoughts were racing...what was wrong with him?
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Tracy glanced over at Link. A comfortable silence had fallen over the two of them despite their near death experience. Link's face was unreadable, but Tracy could already tell he was troubled.
"So...Is this out happily ever after?" Tracy asked finally.
"No. This is our happily ever beginning."
"Good, I don't want this to ever end." Tracy said back pulling herself closer, if that was possible, to Link.
"Me neither darin." He spoke softly and he gave Tracy a kiss on the cheek. She blushed profusely and a grin fell upon her face. Moments later Link was silent again and in his own world. A world Tracy wanted to be in. Link had chosen to stay quite for the very reason that their relationship was new and so very fragile and Link knew he wasn't the smartest or most emotionally attached kind of person. He feared he would say something to rupture their new found love.
"Whatcha thinkin?" Tracy asked sweetly.
"Huh oh. Just about you Trace. Us." He replied with a small smile. Tracy didn't believe him and gave him a suspicious look.
"Tell the truth now." Tracy said in a hushed tone.
"I am, I am." Link shrugged off. Tracy sighed.
"You know I haven't said hi to your dad in awhile. Do you think we could stop by your house?" Tracy asked with a hopeful face. Link's head instantly shot back at her. His pulse rose and he instantly felt the pain in his arm come back.
"M—My dad?" Link stammered. Tracy gave him a look of confusion.
"Yes. Your dad." She laughed slightly at the way he was acting. If she only knew what happened behind closed doors.
"Well Tracy..I don't know if thats the best idea in the world." Link spoke quickly tearing himself away from Tracy.
"Why? Whats wrong?" Tracy asked worried.
"Its nothing, he just hasn't been—feeling to well lately." Link lied. Tracy still had a hard time believing him. Her trust towards him has been a little distorted since well...the incident that happened between them.
"Oh I'm sorry..but I'd still like to say hi to him."
Link had enough and finally broke."No ok!? You can't!" He yelled at her Tracy jumped and gave him a slightly scared look. "Trace..wait I'm sorry!" Tracy shook her head in disbelief at his anger and tone he used with her, when just minuets ago his voice was soft and sweet. Tracy's eyes fell to the concert and she walked past him. "Trace! Tracy! Wait come back, I'm sorry!" He yelled after her and she kept walking not turning back once. "Dammit." Link muttered under his breath as she was now out of sight.
Link was beside himself. How could he act that way towards Tracy? The only one he loved and the only one that loved him. He barley knew himself anymore. Everything he did and said he questioned. Link still found it so hard to believe that everyone thinks he is perfect and is over-confident. Link had the deepest insecurities and memories that it made each day harder then the next. The only thing..or person that had keep him alive and not completely crazy was Tracy. And now once again...he hurt her.
Link was buried deep as you can dig inside yourself, and covered with a perfect shell, such a charming beautiful exterior. Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes and perfect posture, but he's barely scraping by. Well this is one time, this is one time that you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone or anyone at all. Especially Tracy. The place that Link come to fear the most, was his own home. He was buried deep as you can dig inside yourself and hidden in the public eye such a stellar monument to loneliness. Maybe this was harder then it seemed. For lying to yourself and faking those perfect moments can lead to a breakdown. And that breakdown is never a good one. Link thought he was ready for this...ready to love and be loved. But deep down maybe he wasn't. One thing for sure was he wasn't gonna lose Tracy. He needed her.
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Tracy crept through the front door hoping that her parents weren't home yet. But of course Tracy's luck wasn't that great at the moment.
"Tracy!? Hon!" Her mother called from the kitchen. Tracy sighed sadly and walked to the kitchen.
"Ya Ma?"Tracy tried to say as perky as she could.
"Oh Tracy where is Link? I was gonna make him some pork. That boy needs more meat on his bones." Edna said moving back and forth around the kitchen. Tracy let a small smile appear on her face.
"He um just left mom. He needed to head home." Tracy said hesitantly. Edna nodded. "But I should probably head to bed."
"Alright, night hun. I love you." Edna said smiling at her daughter.
"Love you too mom."
Tracy turned and left the kitchen. She opened the door to her room. The scene that happened just moments ago played in her head. What was wrong with her? Lately Tracy had been feeling a little moody and sad. No matter how happy she was. Now she felt a unexplained pain in her abdomen. How could this happen just one day after they finally found out how much they loved each other? Tracy fell on her bed, closed her eyes, and breathed in deeply. To her amazement she found that the pillow smelled just like Link. Had he been in her room when he was over here? This day had been one beautiful corrupted disaster. Tracy sighed again and let her mind rest. Everything would be better tomorrow. She hoped.
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The bright sun grazed on Tracy's face, she felt the slight chill you feel in the early morning run down her body. She yawned lazily. Great. Today was Monday. Which meant school. Which meant the looks, the talk, the gossip, and...Link. Tracy sighed and got dressed.
The sound of a knock at the front door shook Tracy from her awfully confused thoughts. Tracy now fully dressed and with her new hair styled ran to the door and opened it. Who else but Link was there.
His face looked different. He looked like he was in pain of an emotional and physical type. "I'm sorry." He said softly and...meaningfully. Tracy's face was annoyed but it softened when she heard his tone..and a almost dark ring under his left eye. She quickly composed herself.
"Whatever Link."She swung her backpack over her shoulder and brushed past him closing the door. Walking down the driveway she saw his car. Link followed behind her.
"Look Tracy..I know I messed up last night...and I didn't mean to raise my voice at you like that. It was rude, disrespectful, and wrong. So I completely and wholeheartedly apologize from the bottom of my heart. Not even just the bottom, the top, left, right, and middle of it too. I love you." Tracy couldn't help but beam and hang on every word he spoke. Every single last syllable of it seemed from the heart. There was still something wrong with him, but she didn't wanna talk about it now, and he sure as hell didn't want to either.
Tracy smiled at him and pulled him a tight, and comforting embrace.
"It's ok Link. It was kinda my fault too. I kept pressing the thing about your dad. Plus I probably overreacted just a little bit. I don't know whats gotten into me lately. I love you too. I love you, I love you, I love you. It feels so good to say it...I love you" Tracy mumbled into Link's neck. Link closed his eyes and savored this sweet precious moment. They pulled away and Link gave her a deep kiss,a sweet unexpected gesture to surely awaken the senses. The passionate kiss was all to soon broken and Link's blue eyes were looking down upon Tracy's brown ones. His eyes were sparkling with the hunger of desire, a desire neither of them could feed..just yet of course.
"W—we should probably go." Link voice was shaky at the simple look she was giving him. His heart began to skip a bit when she gave him that perfect, sweet, and almost innocent smile. He nodded his head in the direction of his car trying to remember what he was doing other than looking at Tracy's beautiful face.
"Oh yah..school." Tracy shook her stare with Link. That stare shared a thousand words..and each and everyone of them contained some sort of inappropriate thought. Except for the simple and completely innocent, love.
They walked to the car and Link being the gentleman he was opened the door for her. The car ride was anything but silent. That is unless you count the complete and utter sexual tension that had fallen between the two of them. Apparently that one, anything but simple kiss, had made their imaginations run wild. And if anything could remind the two of them of the good parts of that night they shared together...it was certainly that kiss.
Finally arriving at school Link pulled into his usual parking space and opened the door for Tracy. She climbed out and looked up at the building.
"I'm nervous." Tracy confided gazing up at Link.
"Tracy I'm crazy about you. That should be all the comfort you need." Link stated lovingly, taking her hand and walking closer to the school.
"Lets do this." Tracy said with as much confidence as she could muster up
There weren't that many people outside of the school and the ones that were looked and whispered when Tracy and Link walked past. Tracy gripped Link's hands a little more tightly and he squeezed her hand back and gave her a reassuring look. Good thing seconds later Penny, Seaweed, some of his friends, and Lou Ann came into view. Instantly the two of them loosened up and walked over to their friends.
"Tracy! Link!" Penny and Lou Ann shouted overjoyed at the same time. Everyone laughed.
"Hey guys!"Link said smiling.
"Hello everyone!" Tracy said excitedly. Everyone exchanged their hello's and Penny and Lou Ann pulled Tracy aside, leaving Link with Seaweed and his friends. He wasn't uncomfortable around them..he just didn't know them that well but he knew the only way to get to know people is to be around them.
"Oh my God Tracy! You and Link look absolutely adorable together!" Lou Ann squealed jumping up and down. Penny nodded enthusiastically.
"Really?!" Tracy asked giddily. The both nodded again with a huge smile.
"And everyone is talking about the two of you!" Penny said.
"Uh oh...how bad is it?" Tracy flinched.
"Not bad at all!" Lou Ann replied. "Everyone is actually pretty happy for you two! Well..not everyone." Lou Ann's eyes shifted away from Tracy and looked at Amber who was just walking by.
"Wow. I can't believe it!" Tracy looked over her shoulder and saw Link and Seaweed laughing away. The three girls giggled and smiled.
"Awww how cute. Our boyfriends are doing some 'male bonding'!" Penny said dreamily staring at Seaweed.
"Stop her before she drools!" Lou Ann joked. The bell rang seconds later.
Link walked over to Tracy and took her hand.
"Would you like an escort to class baby doll?" Link asked smoothly a cheesy grin playing on his features.
"Why yes, yes I would." Tracy said smugly.
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The rest of the day went seemingly..uneventful. Aside from the occasional stares and whispering mainly from Amber and her group of friends. But they didn't matter..at least not yet.
After school there was no Corny Collins show either. Apparently they don't have shows after Miss Teenage Hairspray..or there trying to find someone else to take Velma's place.
Link leaned against Tracy's locker and patiently waited for her. That was until Amber..and Fender walked over to him.
"Link!" Amber screeched. "How are you?" She flirted while Fender looked at her in disapproval.
"Great actually. I'm waiting for...Tracy! Hey, lets go." Link made a quick and silent prayer of happiness when he saw Tracy. He grabbed her hand and lead her out of the school and to his car.
"Whats the rush?" Tracy asked confused.
"One word. Amber." Link said with raised eyebrows and Tracy made a 'oh' face.
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Once again the drive home was peaceful and heavenly. The presence of Tracy relaxed Link's troubled mind and Link's presence made Tracy happier then ever. The drive ended all to quick though, what seemed that seconds later they were already at her house. Link climbed out and walked her to the door of course. The locked in a dreamy stare with each other. Suddenly the door opened and Edna was standing there.
"Link, Tracy hun!" Edna greeted happily looking back and forth at the happy couple.
"Hello Mrs.Turnblad." Link replied properly. "I should uh probably be going." Link said half sad half rushed.
"O-kay..bye Link." He gave her a small smile and kissed her cheek, and walked to his car. Tracy didn't know what to even say. Why was he in such a rush to get home? She knew something was completely wrong with her Link, and she needed to find out what.
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The night had fallen in Baltimore and almost everyone was tucked in peacefully in their beds. Almost. Part of the 'almost' was Tracy. She sat up in bed and was thinking of who else but Link. She didn't need to think about him too much longer for a second later there was a loud-ish knock on her window. Tracy jumped off her bed and bounded to the window and opened it. Link looked absolutely terrible..if that was even possible.
"Link Larkin! What are you doing here at 12 in the morning!?" Tracy scolded in a loud whisper.
"Trace! Ihadtoseeyou." Link slurred incoherently he fell in through Tracy's bedroom window and to the floor. His nose was bleeding and he had a black eye. Tracy gasped in horror.
"Link! Are you..drunk!?"
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Ah yes. The drama. Can't you just feel it coming on more and more? Ha Ha! This chapter was more...boring like because the major drama is just now coming on!
Next chapter...the truth is finally coming out!
Oh and in this chapter I made Amber seem slightly disgusted by the thought of a guy with another guy, let me just say that I only did that for Amber's character. I am in no way a homophobic. It was very smooth of Fender to almost kill Tracy and Link huh? xD
I don't have any questions for this chapter:( My brain wasn't thinking of any..so blame it. Ha Ha.
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