Author's Note: So I told you guys that I wrote a few in conjuction with Bring it On, and this is one of them. This song came on my I-tunes shuffle (As is so often the inspiration for these little dribbles of mine.) And I knew I wanted to cover the night Danny went to Lexi, and I thought this was the perfect way. Then I started thinking about filling in some more Heather and Adam details, which I simply love doing, so here it is!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the songs or Duck characters, I do own my OCs


Timeline: Early in Adam and Heather's relationship. The night Danny went to visit Lexi in Bring it On.

Situation: Heather realizes her feelings for Adam, Lexi deals with emerging ones for Danny.

Format: Song Lyrics, Lexi's POV, Heather's POV

Song: I won't say I'm in Love from Hercules

If there's a prize for rotten judgement
I guess I've already won that
No man is worth the aggravation
That's ancient history, been there, done that!

"This is insane, it's crazy, I'm not here, in this place, this isn't happening." Heather mumbled as she showered, lathering her hair. "I did not just sleep with Adam Banks." She backed into the shower wall and leaned her head against it. But she had, she was falling for him, for her best friend in the whole world's ex husband. How had she let it get to this point? A few dates, spend some time together, that was all it was supposed to be. A crush, maybe a fling, she wasn't supposed to fall in love, especially not with a man who's heart most assuredly belonged to someone else. Someone else she had fought to be loved instead of since she was seventeen. She couldn't let this happen. How was this possible?

Who'd'ya think you're kiddin'
He's the Earth and heaven to you
Try to keep it hidden
Honey, we can see right through you

Lexi lay on Julian's bed, her head pounding. This was wrong, it was all wrong. It was Danny, she couldn't want Danny. He had kissed her and she wanted him. But she couldn't go there, Danny was the only stable thing in her life. Only he was real, only he was always there. Not her parents, her flaky too rich for her own good mother and her good natured but works too hard to be bothered with her father. Not Kitty, who's new life had carried her far away, taken her away from everything familiar. Not the constant string of men in her life, starting with Andy, ending so far with Darryl. Even the ever stable Julian, he wasn't really hers, even as a friend, she was his last connection to his Kitty, the only thing he had left of her, the only reason he kept her there. But she always had Danny, his phone calls, the hope of them was enough to make a day worth living through. Seeing him at that door, the way he was smiling at her, ready to hold her, make her better, fix her. He was her rock, her best friend. But she wouldn't risk that.

Girl, ya can't conceal it
We know how ya feel and
Who you're thinking of

Heather dried off after the shower. She sighed, and looked at herself in the mirror. Five feet one inch tall, dark blonde hair, icy blue eyes, all the same as usual, she was the same girl she always had been, no change, he wouldn't see it at least. She sighed and pulled her wet hair up into a twist and walked out of the bathroom into her hotel room.

"How come you don't ever wear your hair down anymore?" Adam asked, sitting on the bed. "You always used to."

"I always used to do a lot of things," she sighed. "Adam, last night, um, well,"

"I know," he nodded, "If you think that, I mean, it can be over if you'd rather not, I know we said we wouldn't get serious, and, well, last night was, it was great, Heather. I'm not sure I want to end this."

"I know I don't," she said quietly. She turned around and smiled, "So my hair down?" She said, "Did you like it like that?"

"I did," he nodded and stood up, putting his arms around her, "We all always thought you were beautiful Heather." She closed her eyes, and thought back.

No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no

Lexi curled up in a ball. Her Danny, she pictured him now, his hair now more a dusty auburn than the bright red it once was. His dark skin and eyes, tall, but not giant like his little brothers and father, just tall enough, and he was toned from years of hockey. She pictured his arms around her, holding her keeping her safe. She stopped, why was she thinking about Danny's body? Why was she thinking her Danny? He wasn't hers. He was just Danny. Danny Portman, super friend.

"Lex?" She heard Julian's voice and sighed, "You here?"

"Upstairs," she shouted, and sat up. He walked in and smiled at her.

"You OK?" He said. "You look upset." She smiled.

"I'm fine," she said, "Just tired, I had a long day."

"Alright," he nodded. So oblivious, always was. "I'm gonna shower." She nodded and stood up and walked downstairs. Her mind full of thoughts and memories.

You swoon, you sigh
why deny it, uh-oh

Heather's mind drifted to her fourteen year old self. Heather Banket, pretty, petite, innocent (as innocent as she had ever been) moving a large suitcase into a small dorm room. On the opposite bed, smiling, another girl, just as blonde, no where near as small.

"Hi, I'm Julie Gaffney," the other girl smiled. "God, can you believe how big everything here is?"

The boys came in and out of the room, Heather's her boyfriends, and Julie's the Ducks. Heather's eyes never floated to Adam back then, she saw him as that shy boy with an obvious crush on her friend. She was drawn obviously to Dean, before that Luis, she had flirted with Charlie a few times, although she had no intention of ever stealing a boy from another girl, and he had a girlfriend. But never Adam, he wasn't the kind of boy she had wanted when she was young, but now? He was certainly the kind of man any woman would want to spend the rest of her life with.

It's too cliche
I won't say I'm in love

Lexi sat on the couch flipping through the channels, and a memory popped into her head.

"You're Lexi right?" A bright eyed twelve year old walked up to her, she smiled, "I'm Danny, Kitty's younger brother."

"Yeah," she nodded, "Hi. You guys really drove all the way up here huh?"

"Yes," he smiled at her, "It was long, but worth it. I miss Kitty, it's good to see her."

"Danny," A tiny blonde girl, tugged on his pant leg, "Danny, Marie has to go potty and the twins won't take her and she won't go with me." Ten year old Theresa, ever in control, always manipulating the situation to her favor, Danny rolled his eyes and went off in search of the baby. "He thinks you're pretty." She smiled.

"Does he?" Lexi laughed, she glanced over at Julian, her crush, sitting in a chair talking to Kitty. "How do you know?"

"Are you stupid?" Theresa said, rolling her eyes, "He came over here to talk to you, Danny doesn't ever talk to girls, except me and Kitty, but we don't count 'cause we're his sisters. I think you're pretty too, I like your hair. I always wanted red hair like Danny's or curly hair like Kitty's and you have both!" Lexi smiled at the little girl, knelt down and brushed a soft blonde strand out of her eyes.

"Theresa right?" Theresa nodded, "You're very pretty too. Most girls would give anything to look like you."

"Daddy calls me a princess," she smiled, "Princess Theresa."

I thought my heart had learned its lesson
It feels so good when you start out
My head is screaming get a grip, girl
Unless you're dying to cry your heart out
Oh

"Adam," she said kissing him, "I um," she sighed, "I have to go to New York next week, the lease is up on my apartment." She pulled away and thought to herself. "I have to find another one."

"Oh," he said, "Right, yeah, that makes sense." Ask me to stay, she thought to herself, give me a reason, don't leave me hanging. "So this other one, does it have to be in New York?"

"Not necessarily," she smiled.

"So it could be here?" He said, "Or you know, anywhere?"

"Here is definitely a viable option," she nodded. "I mean, if I had a reason to stay."

"You have a reason," he nodded, "You definitely have a reason."

You keep on denying
Who you are and how you're feeling
Baby, we're not buying
Hon, we saw ya hit the ceiling
Face it like a grown-up
When ya gonna own up
That ya got, got, got it bad

"OK," Julian sat down next to her, "Something is bothering you. What is it?"

"It's nothing major," she sighed, "Just Danny."

"Danny?" He looked at her, "Danny Portman? What he miss a phone call?"

"He came here," she rubbed her face. "He kissed me."

"Ah," Julian nodded. "How dare he." She could see the sarcasm in his face.

"It's more complicated than that," she hit him, "I can't lose him,"

"Because you love him," Julian said, "I get it."

"I don't love him," she looked at him, "Well, I mean I love him, but I don't love him, love him. And speaking of love, you fly out to LA in how many days?"

"Don't change the subject!" He sighed, "We're talking about your Portman, not mine!"

No chance, no way
I won't say it, no, no
Give up, give in
Check the grin you're in love

"I have to go," Adam kissed her again, "I had a great time, and I'll call you later, OK? We'll hunt for a place."

"OK," she smiled, "I'll see you for lunch? I've got meetings with your bosses all morning."

"Perfect," He nodded, "Bye!"

"Bye," she waved, he walked out, and she walked over to the mirror, "I love you, Adam," she sighed, "I do, I love you." She sighed, and fell back onto the bed. "This is stupid, I should just tell him, and I'm talking to myself, so I'm stupid and crazy." She pulled a pillow over her face, "He won't ever love me like he loved her, but he asked me to stay." She reminded herself of this. "He asked me to stay."

This scene won't play,
I won't say I'm in love
You're doin flips read our lips
You're in love

That night Lexi lay in bed, she knew Danny. He would take a few days to cool off, and then call her again. And then things would be back to normal. Except for the feeling that she had, the feeling she had to ignore, she had to bury, not if she wanted anything to ever be right. Danny had a crush on her yes, but that's all it was, an unfulfilled childish crush. The sooner he realized that, the better. And what she was feeling now, that was just the need for a rebound. But rebounding with your best friend was never a good idea. Sex with friends was rarely a good idea. She had lost one friend that way, and ended with a broken heart. She wouldn't do it again. She wouldn't lose Danny, her Danny.

You're way off base
I won't say it
Get off my case
I won't say it
Girl, don't be proud
It's O.K. you're in love

I love him, Heather thought to herself. I'm in love with Adam Banks. She closed her eyes and lay down. So there it was, but where to go from here? She glanced over at her cell phone, was she really going to do this? She sighed, picked it up and called him.

"You miss me already?" He laughed.

"I just wanted to let you know," she sighed, and then chickened out. "Um, I just got a call, I have to cancel lunch. Dinner though OK?"

"Sure," he smiled, "See you then."

"Bye," she hung up. And sighed, alright, so she wouldn't tell him, at least, not yet.

Oh
At least out loud,
I won't say I'm in love...


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