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And Than There Was One

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Wave was thinking more and more about the match. She was currently taking a hot shower which calmed her nerves and washed away her aches and pains. As she sighed running her ungloved fingers through her head feathers, the swallow also thought about the fact that unless her and Storm worked together, they would be clobbered. They would be caged for crying out loud! There's no running away or using extreme gear to help.

'I hate this. I have to work with him out of everyone.'

The other half of her mind thought otherwise.

'If it wasn't Storm, than who would it be? Jet? I don't think so.'

Realization hit her hard at that moment. It's not like she hadn't thought about it before, but right now, it really stuck to her. She had no one else in the world but Jet and Storm. For as long as she could remember, it was the three of them. She spoke to herself quietly.

"Wow…has it been this long?"

"YES it has! I've been waiting for the bathroom for 15 minutes! Hurry up!"

Grunting, Wave got her towel and began to dress herself. She wore grey sweatpants and a white fitting tank top.

When she got out, Wave stuck her tongue out at her comrade.

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"I pissed."

Wave look up awkwardly from her book she was reading on the bed.

"Congratulations?"

Storm brought out the bag of weed and smirked sitting down on the bed with her.

"Fuckin' hell Storm, leave me alone!"

"You promised!"

"I hate you!"

There was silence. Storm finally spoke.

"Does that mean you'll smoke with me?"

Wave never felt this nervous before. She didn't even have to move! All she had to do was smoke some weed. Was that so hard? She could see storm making some joints for them both. Storm gave his to Wave and he himself lit it. The swallow watched first how the male did it. Nervously, she did the same. She inhaled slowly, her breath ragged and her body a little shaky. She coughed out but it just tasted like burning paper.

"E-ew!"

Storm fell on the bed laughing like a moron. Wave just looked at him in aggravation and confusion,

"Hahahahah! You actually thought that I would give you weed? To smoke?"

"…What?"

Storm wiped a tear from his face and sat back up, seeing the girl's expression.

"It was just paper you smart ass!"

Wave unrolled the paper and indeed, that's all it was, paper. She threw it at Storm in frustration.

"Why would you do that!?"

Wave was made a fool of! How could Storm get her so nervous and riled up about something like that? Storm took another puff of his joint and sighed in content smiling.

"What the hell do you get out of that anyways?"

"The satisfaction of getting wasted…"

Wave looked at Storm sharply.

"Satisfaction? Do you even know what that means?"

Storm had a creepy grin on his face and he chuckled quietly. Wave was a little baffled by his behaviour even though she knew the affects of weed. The scent of the drug made her cringe but it also had a relaxing, almost sweet feeling to it. She wanted to leave, it was dinner times anyways.

"I'm leaving,"

While getting off the bed, her foot landed on a magazine on the floor, making her fall face first.

"Ah!"

This of course, made the albatross drop dead laughing.

"Hahahahahah!"

Wave growled and threw the magazine at him.

"That wasn't even funny!"

Storm continued to laugh.

"I-if you're going out, get something to eat, I'm hungryyy,"

Wave slammed the door and wondered if he'd be alright by himself.

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When she came back, she gasped and almost dropped the pizza box in her hands.

"STORM!"

The albatross turned around and smiled.

"You know Wave, I've noticed that when you're pissed off, your fists are clenched real tight. It's cute,"

After putting down the food and deciding what to do about Storm's body when he died by her hands, Wave marched over and grabbed his shirt bringing him dangerously close to herself.

"What in all of Babylon do you think you're doing with my board!?"

When she got no answer from the bird she was about to let him go when she suddenly felt his big arms around her.

"You should really learn to just sit back and relax you know,"

With her eyes wide and her beak red, Wave couldn't do much. When she came back to her senses though, she squirmed and yelled, her eyes going narrow.

"Storm! Stop…stop hugging me!"

Even saying that was a challenge for the poor flustered swallow. His response took her aback just as much as his hug though.

"Not until you hug me back…"

The smell of weed was still on him and even though Wave knew that he probably wouldn't remember this moment tomorrow, there was a chance that Storm could remember this hug. What would happen?

"No! Now let go!"

He hugged her tighter and when her struggling increased he licked at her neck and his hands traveled downwards. Wave gasped sharply and for a moment, she stopped her struggle. This was a completely different feeling for her.

"S-Storm…!" 'Aw great, I got his stutters!'

As much as it killed her pride, Wave slowly enveloped the grey bird into a gentle embrace.

"There. Now let me go!"

Thankfully, Storm let the girl down and smiled down at her. It wasn't his usual smirks; it was a sincere looking smile. Before Wave got to admire it though, Storm started to laugh again. Wave had it. She kicked her comrade in the legs and started to rant to him.

"Storm! What is wrong with you!? I want you to just stop it! I…!"

She was interrupted, to the relief of Storm, as someone knocked on their door. Wave went over and flung it over, Storm still had his stupid grin on his face.

"What?"

The handsome male starling leaned against the doorframe and looked Wave up and down before speaking.

"You two mind keeping it a little down in here?"

Storm walked over, almost tripping (even though he was already tripping).

"Hey!"

The starling smirked sniffing the air and noticing the albatross' expression. He spoke.

"Dude, you're fried…got any more?"

Wave stood there with her beak agape as Storm invited the stranger. She didn't understand how these two could enjoy something so stupid. Since it was pretty dark and going out alone would be a stupid idea in these parts, Wave decided to work on her extreme gear in the balcony. She was still mad at Storm for painting unicorn porn on her gear.

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When Wave was finished cleaning the smut off, she went inside, only to find Storm and the sparrow gone. Sighing from both exhaustion and frustration, she plopped on the bed, the stench of weed filling up her air. Before falling asleep, a last thought came to her mind.

'I don't know you Storm.'

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Bad and short, but I have been too busy this week and I haven't gotten decent sleep in a while. Thanks so much for the reviews guys! I can't reply to some of you personally because you guys don't have an account, but I thank you all!

Knuxnbat 8:51 PM