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Author's note- All praise for Alex goes to my new coauthor shadowgirlxion
"Who wants tour?" North asked.
"Sure!" Chelsea said smiling
"I'd like that. It sounds really neat" Gage said grinning as well
Alex shrugged not really caring either way.
"Good! We do tour now!" North declared
"What about Pitch mate?" Bunnymund asked
"We will find him after tour! Until then you watch for him" North said
Bunnymund began mumbling as North led the teenagers away, Jack included.
The kids marveled at all the yetis working on the toys.
Jack had a plan that he decided upon before the tour. Luckily Alex had a similar idea.
Both knew Jack wanted to be alone with Chelsea, North however had no clue and continued to talk and walk not realizing none of the kids were really paying attention
She slipped off to go to the bathroom and Gage went with her so she wouldn't get lost.
After a few minutes and once Alex had finished using the bathroom they began walking in the direction Gage chose.
"Where are we going?" she asked
"We came from this way, remember?" he replied
"No we didn't I specifically remember coming from this direction!" Alex almost yelled pointing in the opposite direction.
He rolls his eyes, "I don't have time for this! Okay?! Now let's go!" he grabbed her wrist and started walking in the direction he remembered coming from.
She tries to not move but he ends up dragging her. She whips her hand away and the two walk in silence.
"We better not get lost because of you!" she accused
"You were the one who wanted to go to the bathroom!" Gage said turning it back around on her
"I'm a girl I have needs okay?!" Alex yelled
"Well then why the hell did you have to drag me with you?" Gage asked
"Chelsea needs some alone time with jack okay?! It's bad enough the stupid stich guy is coming!" Alex countered
"His name is pitch" Gage said smartly
"WHATEVER!" Alex screamed glaring at him
"I'm glad you're back to your regular self." Gage said a grin breaking across his face
She stopped glaring and her face softened "what?" she asked her voice normal
"You were half asleep before and I was pretty scared to see you like that." Gage said looking at her
"Ah. I see what you're talking about... well I better not have hung onto Chelsea too hard." Alex said as she shrugged her shoulders
"Don't worry the person who clung onto you was pretty strong..." Gage said smiling as he looked down at his feet
She raises her eyebrow, "you did say he had a six pack if recall correctly." Gage said his eyes flashing with mischief
She pointed at Gage with horror in her eyes, "I-I clung onto you?! Ugh! This is not fair!" her face getting all blushy and angry.
"I thought you were used to this type of stuff..." Gage said shrugging his shoulders at her
"Well whenever I cuddle when I'm asleep I act all vulnerable and cute... and I have no control over what I say..." Alex said quickly
Gage stopped walking and looked at her, "what would you have said?" he asked
She kept walking, "didn't you hear me say it already?" she asked
"No!" Gage exclaimed
"Well it's nothing..." Alex replied
He grabbed her arm, "I'm not letting you go till you tell me the truth." Gage said in a serious voice
"Fine then you tell me the truth about your bruises. Then I will talk..." Alex retorted
Gage groaned and let go of her wrist this was a subject he really hated talking about. "Fine" Gage replied after a few moments
"My Dad hits me," Gage said shrugging like it meant nothing.
She looks at him with her big blue eyes, "I didn't know...sorry. I guess this means I'm supposed to say something to cheer you up right?" Alex asked as she looked away, "I'm not really good at this sympathetic stuff..." she added
"Ah, don't worry about it. You don't need to say anything... all I really want you to say is where the hell you got those bruises from." as he touched her bruised neck that was as cold as ice.
She flinched from his unnatural hot touch, and curled up her legs so she hid her face.
She whispered, "It happened a long time ago, and I don't really remember it that well..."
He didn't say anything so she continued, "My Mom and Dad decided to take me Christmas shopping because my birthday was a few days after Christmas... and it was my favorite time of year... I remember getting so worked up over a stupid stuffed animal that was a kitten and I begged my parents to have it as a present...My mom smiled at me and said maybe Santa would get it for me for Christmas...My parents were laughing and smiling at my childish comments and then we started to head to the car..." Alex continued softly
Alex stopped for a moment and hugged her arms tighter around her, bracing herself, "I-I thought everything was fine until I saw a man walking up to us... he wanted to hurt my Mom and started yelling at her...my Dad told us to get into the car and I did as I was told...I kept on asking my Mom where Dad was when a heard a loud bang...I thought nothing of it since I was a stupid little kid... I kept asking my Mom where he was and she was crying...and I didn't know why...The next thing I knew my Mom screamed and the van lurched forwards..." Alex said softly
"I woke up in the smoky car and I saw my Mom lying in the windshield...completely broken apart...there was so much blood...I didn't even know what to do...the police showed up and end of story...you already know the rest...I'm sure you've heard the rumors about me before..." Alex added quietly
Gage didn't expect to hear her back story… he'd only wanted to know about the bruises but he still felt a need to comfort her.
He looked at her "I don't pay attention to rumors. People spread a lot about me but then again who can blame them. I'm a walking disaster just waiting to be made fun of… They make fun of me from everything from my face to my middle names." Gage said smiling at her
"Well what is your middle name?" Alex asked
"Middle NAMES. And my full name is Gage Nachtmerrie Feuer Akins" Gage said
"What the hell does that even mean? Is it a german refrigerator or someting?" Alex asked
"It's Dutch and German. I don't know how my dad made it up but I looked it up… It translates to Gage Nightmare Fire Atkins" Gage said shrugging his shoulders "Guess my father figured I was going to be a nightmare to raise" Gage added chuckling
"That's weird" Alex said still trying to recover from her ordeal.
An hour later...
"I CANT BELIEVE IM STUCK WITH U FOR THIS LONG!" she yelled.
"I'm not too happy about it either." Gage muttered
"Ugh... this is just pointless we r too lost..." she said as she sighed and sat down against the wall.
He sat beside her for a few moments of silence.
Authors note- How do you guys like Gage and Alex?
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