Sorry it's taken me a bit to update, been busy with school and such. But guess what? This story be in the double digit chapters now! Woo!

ENJOY.

Dead

Ten

This night is sparkling. Don't you let it go. I'm wonderstruck; blushing all the way home. I'll spend forever wondering if you knew I was enchanted to meet you.

Enchanted by Taylor Swift (song)

The waves lapped up against the shore toward Megamind and Roxanne's feet as they sat on the sand, but it never reached them. The moonlight danced on the surface, and the stars twinkled brightly in the sky. They reflected on Roxanne's blue eyes as she stared up at them. She knew she had a goofy smile on her face as she gazed up at them, but she couldn't help it. Roxanne had always loved looking up at the stars. There were times when she would take a drive outside of Metro City just so she could see them clearly.

Megamind looked out at the ocean until Roxanne looked at him and rolled her eyes.

"Will you just lay on the sand already?"

Megamind looked at her. "What?"

"Lay down on the sand already!" she demanded.

"I'm just being-"

"Be paranoid about zombies as you lay on the sand then," Roxanne said with a smirk and he cocked an eyebrow at her. She patted the sand playfully and he looked down uncertainly and then eased awkwardly into a laying position on the sand.

He looked around as he lay there and twiddled his thumbs. "So…what are we doing?"

"Star gazing," Roxanne answered.

"Oh," Megamind answered and there was a moment of silence before he said, "I didn't know it had a name."

"What? What did you think it was called?" Roxanne asked, looking at him.

Megamind shrugged, "I don't know."

"Wait, so…you've actually star-gazed before?" Roxanne asked, surprised.

"I suppose, if staring up at the stars is called star-gazing," Megamind answered. "Why?"

"You just didn't seem like the star-gazing type," she answered simply.

Megamind shrugged and asked, "What type do I seem then?"

Roxanne thought for a moment and said, "I don't know…I mean, you seemed like the goofy-villainous-type before. Now I don't know." This answer hung around to sink in before Roxanne asked, "What type do I seem like?"

Megamind made a pondering noise before saying, "The smart-shool girl-type."

Roxanne laughed. "Are you serious? I'm not even a school girl…anymore."

"Oh, so you were?" Megamind smirked.

Roxanne rolled her eyes and said, "Yeah. I went to a school where I had to wear uniforms in my high school years. I wore this checkered skirt and polo."

When she heard Megamind snickering beside her she said, "It's not funny!"

"It sounds cute," Megamind smirked.

Roxanne's face fell as she heard this and she blushed. "C-cute?"

Megamind's face fell as he blushed and he stuttered, "Uh…w-well…yeah, I guess. Maybe."

Roxanne's smile returned at his embarrassment. She then asked, "What about you?"

Megamind got a little tense and asked, "What about me what?"

"What about you and your high school? What was it like?" Roxanne asked.

Megamind stayed silent for a moment before saying, "Uh…I don't know. I barely went to high shool."

"Really?" Roxanne asked. "Why?"

"I was just…uh…never much in favor of it," Megamind answered uncomfortably.

"Why?"

"Wow, is that the time?" Megamind said in an appalled way, looking at his wrist despite the fact that he wasn't even wearing a watch. "It's getting late, I've got to go!"

Just as he started to stand up though, Roxanne grabbed his arm and he looked back at her. She was staring at him with a slightly amused expression. "Okay, I know you don't have anywhere you need to be."

"How do you know?" Megamind asked in a smart-alic way. "I could have an appointment."

"I know you don't have an appointment. You want to know how I know? Because we're living in a zombie-infested world," Roxanne said with a smirk. "Now tell me what your school was like. Or…at least any school you went to for a long period of time."

Megamind looked hesitant still before Roxanne pulled him back down to the sand and he obeyed silently. After laying back down on the sand, he twiddled his thumbs again before he felt Roxanne's eyes on him.

Megamind sighed and said, "Alright fine…in shool, none of the other kids really liked me. I was always the last one picked for everything."

There was silence as Roxanne let these saddening words sink in. She clasped his hand comfortingly though and his eyes widened and he looked away from he stars and back at her.

"Well, it's too bad that we didn't go to the same school," Roxanne said with a smile.

…

The next morning, Megamind sat on the ground beside the fire pit. He was leaning against the seat with his knees up slightly and his chin resting on his hand. Minion came up beside him holding bandages.

"Sir."

Megamind continued staring out seemingly into space. A small smile on his face and his eyes glazed over.

"Sir."

Megamind still didn't answer and Minion looked at him curiously then at Frank who was also staring at the blue man. Frank's eyebrow was cocked up as he also stared at him curiously.

"Megs?" he asked and then looked at Minion when he didn't get a response either and shrugged.

"Sir!" Minion shouted and this seemed to snap him out of it.

Megamind looked up at him, his grin still on his face and his eyes still glazed over.

"Hm?" he asked. At the strange looks that Minion, Frank, and now the Warden and Metroman were giving him, his goofy expression fell. He coughed a bit and said, "What?"

"What-what were you staring at?" Minion asked.

"N-no one. Nothing," Megamind stuttered quickly.

"Well…okay. It's time to change your bandages," Minion said, holding up the roll of bandages to prove his point.

After Megamind and Minion walked off to the RV, the Warden looked over to where Megamind had been staring and saw Roxanne on the sand. There was no one else over there except for her. Metroman came up beside him and crossed his arms.

"I think something's going on here!" Metroman said in a sing-song voice out of the corner of his mouth.

…

Over the next few nights, the two continued going to their little beach at night. They would share stories and things that they had never known about each other.

This night in particular, the stars were twinkling extra bright in the night sky. The two walked through the woods toward their beach when they noticed the lightening bugs blinking all around them. They were like miniature strobe lights putting on a show.

Roxanne let go of Megamind's hand and reached up to catch one in her own. When she did, she watched it crawl up to the tip of her index finger and blink a few times before flying off.

"Oh, it's been ages since I've caught lightening bugs," Roxanne said happily.

"Why do you catch them?" Megamind asked curiously.

"What do you mean why?" Roxanne asked.

"What's the point?"

"Have you never caught lightening bugs before?" Roxanne asked, appalled.

"Uh…no?" he answered, confused as to why this was strange.

"I can't believe this!" she said and walked forward and grabbed his hands. "Here, cup your hands…" as she did this for him, she brought them up to a lightening bug that was flying aimlessly around. It went straight into his hand and its wings lowered and it settled in the palm of his hand contently.

Megamind stared at it as it blinked its lights. It then crawled to the top of his index finger, blinked once and flew off up toward the night sky, blinking its lights at them as though saying goodbye.

Megamind watched it fly upward, his hands still out in front of him and he said, "Huh."

Roxanne giggled and took his hand again. They continued walking toward the beach, hand in hand.

…

I know, some of you may be saying, "Where's the zombie action?!"

Well don't worry. There will be some soon. Just be patient.