He watched with amusement as the young dark hair woman spun around to face him. She was shock at first by his sudden appearance, but then a playful twinkle appeared in her eyes. "Don't worry baby…" She added as she walked her way towards him.
"Just call my name, I'll be there in a hurry, you don't have to worry…" He continued before they joined together to sing the famous chorus.
" 'Cause baby there ain't no mountain high enough/ ain't no valley low enough/ ain't no river wide enough/ to keep me from getting to you, babe…"
Gerry Bertier beamed at her as she began to laugh.
"Wow, quite a singer." She complimented to him. Her petite frame faced the young man, almost flirting with him. "I didn't know jocks could sing."
"It's a hidden talent we have." He flirted right back. He paused for a moment, blown away by how beautiful this girl was, not to mention just how stunned that he was flirting right back.
"Amongst other things." She winked.
Gerry stared at her shocked to say the least. He then began to relax as he saw her laughing at him. "What? What's so funny?"
"You are, you big lug!" She playfully hit him on the arm, "You should've seen yourself a moment ago! Total picture perfect op!"
He looked her over, smiling, "You called me a big lug?"
"Yeah? So?" She grinned, inching her way closer to him.
Looking down at this petite beauty, "What's your name?"
"Alexia. You?" She held out her hand to him. As he took it, she felt a lightning flash jolt pulse through her body at first contact. She looked up at him, noticing that he too must have felt it.
Grinning shyly at her, "Gerry. The name's Gerry."
Realization knocked Alexia upside her head. "Gerry Bertier? *The* Gerry Bertier?" She asked in awe. No wonder he looked so familiar!
"Yes…" He said slowly. A bit confused, "How did you know my name?"
Quickly recovering, "Oh… well, I heard a lot about you. All-Star material and all that. You're great on the football field… at least that's what I heard."
"Well, you see, that's not fair." He teased, still holding her hand. Both teens looked down at their grasp, and slowly released it. His eyes still sparkling, "You know a lot about me, but I don't know squat about you."
Alexia gulped, already regretting this next comment out of her mouth, "Also heard that you got yourself a girlfriend."
His eyes slightly dimmed at the mention of his girlfriend. He closed his eyes, sighed, and then opened them up again to look at this beauty's expecting face.
Gerry feigned a chuckle, "Yeah… I do have a girlfriend." He rubbed the back of his neck, feigning a small cough.
Wanting to see him smile at her again, Alexia replied quickly, "But that doesn't mean we can't get to know each other, Gerry Bertier. I mean, we can be friends, right? I'm not exactly leaving this town anytime soon."
He smiled at that idea, his eyes finding that shine again. "I would really like that, Lexi." He paused, "Can I call you Lexi?"
She laughed, "That's cute! I like that." Alexia was about to add something else when she heard someone coughing in the background. Turning around, she saw her friend slowly get up and make her way towards them.
"Oh, my bad." She said. Turning to Gerry, "Gerry, this is my best friend, Janice." To Janice, "Jan, this is Gerry."
Like a gentleman, Gerry held out his hand, "Nice to meet you, Janice."
"Nice to meet you too, Gerry." Janice replied. She tried to hide back a smirk, but this seemed too perfect! Here she was, actually witnessing her best friend practically beginning to fall for a football player. Good-bye Ryan H. Smith… hello Gerry Bertier!
"What? What's so funny?" Gerry asked, noticing Janice's smirk.
"Oh… nothing. Just thinking that you look familiar, is all." She replied. To Alexia, "I'll wait for you in the car, *Lexi*." She snickered, causing Alexia to emit a low growl.
When Janice left, Alexia turned to face Gerry. Feigning a laugh, "See, Janice acts that way sometimes. You know, smirking and laughing at things that might not exist." She dropped her voice, leaning in closer to Gerry, "No one told her that when she was just a newborn, she got dropped on the head."
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Meanwhile…
Julius was extremely concerned about his friend. As soon as he could, he managed to stray away from Petey guys so that he could search out Gerry.
He noticed that Gerry's car was parked outside of the stadium… so it didn't take a genius to figure out that Gerry was probably inside.
"Hey, Julius!"
Julius spun around and sighed. "What are you guys doing here?"
Alan Bosley, Jerry "Rev" Harris, Lewie Lastik, Blue Stanton, Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass, and Petey Jones made their way up to their teammate.
Smiling, Petey explained, "Hey, man. We're just concerned about our man Gerry."
"And that's why you followed me?" Julius asked, crossing his arms.
"Why else?" Lewie smiled.
"We just figured that you'd take Gerry someplace fun and we didn't miss out." Alan added.
Julius rolled his eyes. He sighed, finally letting up on them. "Whatever. I'm just going to talk to him and that's it." Indicating towards the stadium, "C'mon, he's inside."
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"So where are you from?" Asked Gerry.
Alexia grinned at him, full mystery in her eyes. "Wouldn't you like to know."
"I'm asking, aren't I?" He replied, finding himself extremely enjoying her company. He watched as this playful girl began to toy with a strand of her short dark hair. He liked the way she bit her lower lip as she was contemplating her answer.
Suddenly, she jumped from her seat next to him. There was mischief in her eyes as she proposed on running out onto the football field.
"What?" He looked at her incredulously, yet with a big grin on his face.
"You heard me, Bertier!" She exclaimed as she raced down the steps, practically skipping.
He, on the other hand, slowly made his way down. Gerry watched this girl closely, admiring her boundless energy.
She then shouted out to him, "You can't catch me!"
"Excuse me?" He called out.
Alexia was already dancing on the sideline. Laughter was in her eyes as she cried, "Bertier is the slowest Titan captain in this whole entire universe! His mommy is quicker than him!"
Gerry stopped, disbelieving those words. He shook his head, yet still smiling at her cunningness. "Oh, no. You just didn't say what I heard you say!"
At right smack in the middle of the field, the young woman looked down for a moment. She then gazed up at him, smirking as she shouted. "Hey Gerry Bertier! I just clocked a *snail* going *three times* your running average!"
He scoffed in disbelief. "What did you say?!"
"You heard me, Gerry! Three times!"
Without even thinking, he bolted down the steps, practically leaping in bounds. As soon as he hit the track surrounding the field, he raced towards the woman, full speed.
When Alexia saw that she had provoked Gerry enough to getting his butt down there, the girl realized that she had signed her definite death sentence with that last statement. Still, it was all in good fun!
She stood in her place for millisecond before she began to run in all sorts of direction… as long as it was *away* from Gerry.
Her laughter could be heard through the whole establishment as she attempted to outrun the young man.
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"Hey, you guys hear that?" Petey asked, causing the group to cease.
Julius, who was just at the front of the tunnel leading into the open field, stopped and turned to face Petey. "Hear what?"
Everyone halted all noise, enabling them to hear the sound of someone shouting.
"Hey Gerry Bertier! I just clocked a *snail* going *three times* your running average!"
Smirking at that comment, Sunshine said, "Man, hope that guy can run fast once Gerry hears something like that."
"You think?" Blue spoke up, also snickering at that comment like the rest of his teammates.
Julius shook his head, turned and was about to continue his way when he stopped in his steps as soon as he heard Gerry.
"What did you say?!"
"Guys, that was Gerry." Rev said, echoing Julius' thoughts.
"You heard me, Gerry! Three times!"
"And that sounded like a girl!" Exclaimed Alan.
The guys gave each other this look before finally dashing to see what the heck was going on inside that stadium.
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Alexia was quickly running out of breath. How long could she hold up? She glanced behind her, and smiled. Out on the field, this boy could definitely hold his own!
Finally, she allowed herself to be caught by slowing down her pace. Before things could register for her, she felt strong arms surrounding her petite body, tackling her to the grass.
Both teenagers' laughter rang through out the whole stadium. Gerry got up a bit, practically sitting on Alexia. She could feel his weight on top of her. He smirked down at the girl, "Three times my average speed, huh?"
"Three times." She breathed, trying to catch her breath. Alexia looked up, noticing that he too was catching his breath. Deciding to take advantage of that, she used a wrestling move that her coach taught her.
Gerry never knew what hit him until it was too late. Within a single moment, he found himself laid back on the ground while Alexia straddled to gain top advantage over him. Now she was the one looking down at him victoriously.
Pointing at his chest, "That move won my school the M.I.L. wrestling championship."
"Since when do they let girls wrestle?" He asked. Gerry than decided to open his big mouth and added, "Wait a minute, you're no girl."
Her mouth dropped at that last statement, causing Gerry to laugh wholeheartedly at her. Giving him a good hard slap on the arm, "You big bully!"
"Bully?" He smiled at her, still unable to stop laughing. It's been a while since he had laughed this hard, and had this much fun… especially with a girl. At the mere thought itself, his laughter began to fade. His eyes never left Alexia, taking in everything that amazed him about her.
Alexia knew that this was so tempting. Gerry was the most handsome and sweetest guy that she'll ever meet. Even the way he was looking at her gave her chills. She considered everything right and everything wrong with doing what she was thinking about doing. Surprisingly, Gerry was the one who made the first move.
He placed a hand on her cheek, gently stroking it. Tenderly, he pulled her in for what both would consider as being the most mind-blowing kiss in this lifetime and the next.
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"Holy shit, that girl moves fast."
The Titan players glanced up above them, noticing a young girl with auburn hair sitting on the stand. Her eyes were intently on the couple kissing on the football field. She averted her eyes for a moment at the football men, giving them a small smile. "Let me guess, you saw everything and you're stunned to say the least?"
"Is she a friend of yours?" Sunshine asked.
"Unfortunately." She sighed. The young woman got up and began to make her way down to join them. "My name's Janice." Indicating to the vixen on top of the team captain. "And that's my best friend, Alexia."
"Well your best friend sure is friendly." Petey smirked, earning himself a glare from Julius. "What?"
"That's just rude, Petey." Blue said for Julius, indicating towards the girl's friend.
Petey glanced at Janice, and then said sheepishly, "Sorry."
"That's okay," Janice smiled, shrugging, "I know that the bitch's friendly… but I've never seen her fall this hard for someone she just met. Figuratively and literally speaking."
Rev raised his eyebrow at Janice, "Did I just hear you call your friend a…"
"A bitch?" Janice smirked. She then noticed the looks she was receiving on their faces. Explaining to them, "It's just a little banter me and my girl have with each other. I snap at her, she gives me snaps. It's a love-hate sort of sisterly friendship." Adding shyly, "I apologize beforehand for any further profanity you might hear from me." Janice turned to the make out session before her. She then also added, "And knowing my compadre, I must apologize for anything that pours out of that foul-mouth of hers. The girl tends to say very *colorful* things."
"Where are you girls from?" Alan asked, taking note from this girl's clothing that they were certainly strangers from another place.
Eyes still looking out, "Hawaii." Janice turned to them, giving them a small smile, "We're just visiting."
"Wow," Lewie breathed. "And I thought California was as far west that people travel from to come to Virginia.
Janice chuckled, shaking a head. "Oh, you have *no idea* just how far we came from."
"Man, if Emma found out about this..." Alan commented, running a hand through his hair.
Janice cupped her hands to her mouth to form a bullhorn, "Give the poor guy some air, Al!"
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Alexia reluctantly pulled back from Gerry, mumbling a curse. She sighed, recognizing that pesky voice. She rolled off him, lying down to face the sky. She growled out loud, "I'm going to kill that girl."
Gerry laid on his side, his arm holding his head up so that he could get a good view of her. He smiled, running a hand down her cheek. "No you're not."
Sighing again, yet managing a playful smile, "Yeah… death doesn't even deserve her company. Too painful."
He chuckled, eyes smiling. Unable to resist him, Alexia pulled him in for another kiss.
"Hey Bertier! That means you too! Give the poor girl some air!"
This time it was Gerry who reluctantly pulled back. He gazed up behind him and saw his teammates, with Janice, watching him.
"Shit." He cussed to himself. Growling himself, "Gonna kill those guys."
"I am such a bad influence." Alexia shook her head, partly joking to lighten the mood. "Now I've got you cursing and threatening."
Gerry glanced at her, giving her this amused look before standing himself up. Like a gentleman, he held out his hand for her. As he pulled her up, he gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
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As the two made their way towards their friends, Gerry, without thinking too much, draped his arm around Alexia's waist. Walking to them, Alexia felt a quiet content and triumph as she felt Gerry hold her.
They looked their friends over, noticing their silent stances. Their arms were crossed, expecting an explanation from the two. It was hard for Alexia and Gerry to determine whether they approved or disapproved of their behavior.
Finally, Janice broke the silence with a smirk. "So… looks like tongue hockey ended in a tie."
When Janice said that, the guys couldn't resist not laughing. As far as they were concerned, that was a pretty good comment. And it didn't help Alexia and Gerry's case when both teens began to blush from it.
"Ooh… good one, Janice." Julius snickered. He held his palm out, in which Janice laid some skin. When they did that little exchange, they both noticed that it earned them some ugly looks from their best friends.
Defending Janice and Julius, Rev said, "Aw, c'mon you two. She was just joking."
Not really helping herself, holding a straight face, "Was I?"
"You are so dead." Growled Alexia. She looked up at Gerry with a sweet smile. "Excuse us, Gerry." Turning on daggers to her female associate, "I need to have a little girl talk with my so-called *best friend*." The young woman stalked up to Janice, snatching her arm, and pulling her aside and away from the guys.
When the girls were out of earshot and out of sight, Petey commented, "That Janice is kind of cute."
"Yeah…" Agreed Alan, who thoughtfully added, "I wonder if she's single?"
Both boys stopped short, then glared at each other. Julius noticed the look Alan and Petey were giving each other. He got in between them, hoping to change the topic and ease the tension. "Well, *I* think that Alexia girl is really something."
When he said that, the small group suddenly fell quiet. Julius then added, meeting eyes with Gerry, "Of course, I don't have to tell you that, huh Bertier?"
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"Just call my name, I'll be there in a hurry, you don't have to worry…" He continued before they joined together to sing the famous chorus.
" 'Cause baby there ain't no mountain high enough/ ain't no valley low enough/ ain't no river wide enough/ to keep me from getting to you, babe…"
Gerry Bertier beamed at her as she began to laugh.
"Wow, quite a singer." She complimented to him. Her petite frame faced the young man, almost flirting with him. "I didn't know jocks could sing."
"It's a hidden talent we have." He flirted right back. He paused for a moment, blown away by how beautiful this girl was, not to mention just how stunned that he was flirting right back.
"Amongst other things." She winked.
Gerry stared at her shocked to say the least. He then began to relax as he saw her laughing at him. "What? What's so funny?"
"You are, you big lug!" She playfully hit him on the arm, "You should've seen yourself a moment ago! Total picture perfect op!"
He looked her over, smiling, "You called me a big lug?"
"Yeah? So?" She grinned, inching her way closer to him.
Looking down at this petite beauty, "What's your name?"
"Alexia. You?" She held out her hand to him. As he took it, she felt a lightning flash jolt pulse through her body at first contact. She looked up at him, noticing that he too must have felt it.
Grinning shyly at her, "Gerry. The name's Gerry."
Realization knocked Alexia upside her head. "Gerry Bertier? *The* Gerry Bertier?" She asked in awe. No wonder he looked so familiar!
"Yes…" He said slowly. A bit confused, "How did you know my name?"
Quickly recovering, "Oh… well, I heard a lot about you. All-Star material and all that. You're great on the football field… at least that's what I heard."
"Well, you see, that's not fair." He teased, still holding her hand. Both teens looked down at their grasp, and slowly released it. His eyes still sparkling, "You know a lot about me, but I don't know squat about you."
Alexia gulped, already regretting this next comment out of her mouth, "Also heard that you got yourself a girlfriend."
His eyes slightly dimmed at the mention of his girlfriend. He closed his eyes, sighed, and then opened them up again to look at this beauty's expecting face.
Gerry feigned a chuckle, "Yeah… I do have a girlfriend." He rubbed the back of his neck, feigning a small cough.
Wanting to see him smile at her again, Alexia replied quickly, "But that doesn't mean we can't get to know each other, Gerry Bertier. I mean, we can be friends, right? I'm not exactly leaving this town anytime soon."
He smiled at that idea, his eyes finding that shine again. "I would really like that, Lexi." He paused, "Can I call you Lexi?"
She laughed, "That's cute! I like that." Alexia was about to add something else when she heard someone coughing in the background. Turning around, she saw her friend slowly get up and make her way towards them.
"Oh, my bad." She said. Turning to Gerry, "Gerry, this is my best friend, Janice." To Janice, "Jan, this is Gerry."
Like a gentleman, Gerry held out his hand, "Nice to meet you, Janice."
"Nice to meet you too, Gerry." Janice replied. She tried to hide back a smirk, but this seemed too perfect! Here she was, actually witnessing her best friend practically beginning to fall for a football player. Good-bye Ryan H. Smith… hello Gerry Bertier!
"What? What's so funny?" Gerry asked, noticing Janice's smirk.
"Oh… nothing. Just thinking that you look familiar, is all." She replied. To Alexia, "I'll wait for you in the car, *Lexi*." She snickered, causing Alexia to emit a low growl.
When Janice left, Alexia turned to face Gerry. Feigning a laugh, "See, Janice acts that way sometimes. You know, smirking and laughing at things that might not exist." She dropped her voice, leaning in closer to Gerry, "No one told her that when she was just a newborn, she got dropped on the head."
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Meanwhile…
Julius was extremely concerned about his friend. As soon as he could, he managed to stray away from Petey guys so that he could search out Gerry.
He noticed that Gerry's car was parked outside of the stadium… so it didn't take a genius to figure out that Gerry was probably inside.
"Hey, Julius!"
Julius spun around and sighed. "What are you guys doing here?"
Alan Bosley, Jerry "Rev" Harris, Lewie Lastik, Blue Stanton, Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass, and Petey Jones made their way up to their teammate.
Smiling, Petey explained, "Hey, man. We're just concerned about our man Gerry."
"And that's why you followed me?" Julius asked, crossing his arms.
"Why else?" Lewie smiled.
"We just figured that you'd take Gerry someplace fun and we didn't miss out." Alan added.
Julius rolled his eyes. He sighed, finally letting up on them. "Whatever. I'm just going to talk to him and that's it." Indicating towards the stadium, "C'mon, he's inside."
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"So where are you from?" Asked Gerry.
Alexia grinned at him, full mystery in her eyes. "Wouldn't you like to know."
"I'm asking, aren't I?" He replied, finding himself extremely enjoying her company. He watched as this playful girl began to toy with a strand of her short dark hair. He liked the way she bit her lower lip as she was contemplating her answer.
Suddenly, she jumped from her seat next to him. There was mischief in her eyes as she proposed on running out onto the football field.
"What?" He looked at her incredulously, yet with a big grin on his face.
"You heard me, Bertier!" She exclaimed as she raced down the steps, practically skipping.
He, on the other hand, slowly made his way down. Gerry watched this girl closely, admiring her boundless energy.
She then shouted out to him, "You can't catch me!"
"Excuse me?" He called out.
Alexia was already dancing on the sideline. Laughter was in her eyes as she cried, "Bertier is the slowest Titan captain in this whole entire universe! His mommy is quicker than him!"
Gerry stopped, disbelieving those words. He shook his head, yet still smiling at her cunningness. "Oh, no. You just didn't say what I heard you say!"
At right smack in the middle of the field, the young woman looked down for a moment. She then gazed up at him, smirking as she shouted. "Hey Gerry Bertier! I just clocked a *snail* going *three times* your running average!"
He scoffed in disbelief. "What did you say?!"
"You heard me, Gerry! Three times!"
Without even thinking, he bolted down the steps, practically leaping in bounds. As soon as he hit the track surrounding the field, he raced towards the woman, full speed.
When Alexia saw that she had provoked Gerry enough to getting his butt down there, the girl realized that she had signed her definite death sentence with that last statement. Still, it was all in good fun!
She stood in her place for millisecond before she began to run in all sorts of direction… as long as it was *away* from Gerry.
Her laughter could be heard through the whole establishment as she attempted to outrun the young man.
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"Hey, you guys hear that?" Petey asked, causing the group to cease.
Julius, who was just at the front of the tunnel leading into the open field, stopped and turned to face Petey. "Hear what?"
Everyone halted all noise, enabling them to hear the sound of someone shouting.
"Hey Gerry Bertier! I just clocked a *snail* going *three times* your running average!"
Smirking at that comment, Sunshine said, "Man, hope that guy can run fast once Gerry hears something like that."
"You think?" Blue spoke up, also snickering at that comment like the rest of his teammates.
Julius shook his head, turned and was about to continue his way when he stopped in his steps as soon as he heard Gerry.
"What did you say?!"
"Guys, that was Gerry." Rev said, echoing Julius' thoughts.
"You heard me, Gerry! Three times!"
"And that sounded like a girl!" Exclaimed Alan.
The guys gave each other this look before finally dashing to see what the heck was going on inside that stadium.
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Alexia was quickly running out of breath. How long could she hold up? She glanced behind her, and smiled. Out on the field, this boy could definitely hold his own!
Finally, she allowed herself to be caught by slowing down her pace. Before things could register for her, she felt strong arms surrounding her petite body, tackling her to the grass.
Both teenagers' laughter rang through out the whole stadium. Gerry got up a bit, practically sitting on Alexia. She could feel his weight on top of her. He smirked down at the girl, "Three times my average speed, huh?"
"Three times." She breathed, trying to catch her breath. Alexia looked up, noticing that he too was catching his breath. Deciding to take advantage of that, she used a wrestling move that her coach taught her.
Gerry never knew what hit him until it was too late. Within a single moment, he found himself laid back on the ground while Alexia straddled to gain top advantage over him. Now she was the one looking down at him victoriously.
Pointing at his chest, "That move won my school the M.I.L. wrestling championship."
"Since when do they let girls wrestle?" He asked. Gerry than decided to open his big mouth and added, "Wait a minute, you're no girl."
Her mouth dropped at that last statement, causing Gerry to laugh wholeheartedly at her. Giving him a good hard slap on the arm, "You big bully!"
"Bully?" He smiled at her, still unable to stop laughing. It's been a while since he had laughed this hard, and had this much fun… especially with a girl. At the mere thought itself, his laughter began to fade. His eyes never left Alexia, taking in everything that amazed him about her.
Alexia knew that this was so tempting. Gerry was the most handsome and sweetest guy that she'll ever meet. Even the way he was looking at her gave her chills. She considered everything right and everything wrong with doing what she was thinking about doing. Surprisingly, Gerry was the one who made the first move.
He placed a hand on her cheek, gently stroking it. Tenderly, he pulled her in for what both would consider as being the most mind-blowing kiss in this lifetime and the next.
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"Holy shit, that girl moves fast."
The Titan players glanced up above them, noticing a young girl with auburn hair sitting on the stand. Her eyes were intently on the couple kissing on the football field. She averted her eyes for a moment at the football men, giving them a small smile. "Let me guess, you saw everything and you're stunned to say the least?"
"Is she a friend of yours?" Sunshine asked.
"Unfortunately." She sighed. The young woman got up and began to make her way down to join them. "My name's Janice." Indicating to the vixen on top of the team captain. "And that's my best friend, Alexia."
"Well your best friend sure is friendly." Petey smirked, earning himself a glare from Julius. "What?"
"That's just rude, Petey." Blue said for Julius, indicating towards the girl's friend.
Petey glanced at Janice, and then said sheepishly, "Sorry."
"That's okay," Janice smiled, shrugging, "I know that the bitch's friendly… but I've never seen her fall this hard for someone she just met. Figuratively and literally speaking."
Rev raised his eyebrow at Janice, "Did I just hear you call your friend a…"
"A bitch?" Janice smirked. She then noticed the looks she was receiving on their faces. Explaining to them, "It's just a little banter me and my girl have with each other. I snap at her, she gives me snaps. It's a love-hate sort of sisterly friendship." Adding shyly, "I apologize beforehand for any further profanity you might hear from me." Janice turned to the make out session before her. She then also added, "And knowing my compadre, I must apologize for anything that pours out of that foul-mouth of hers. The girl tends to say very *colorful* things."
"Where are you girls from?" Alan asked, taking note from this girl's clothing that they were certainly strangers from another place.
Eyes still looking out, "Hawaii." Janice turned to them, giving them a small smile, "We're just visiting."
"Wow," Lewie breathed. "And I thought California was as far west that people travel from to come to Virginia.
Janice chuckled, shaking a head. "Oh, you have *no idea* just how far we came from."
"Man, if Emma found out about this..." Alan commented, running a hand through his hair.
Janice cupped her hands to her mouth to form a bullhorn, "Give the poor guy some air, Al!"
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Alexia reluctantly pulled back from Gerry, mumbling a curse. She sighed, recognizing that pesky voice. She rolled off him, lying down to face the sky. She growled out loud, "I'm going to kill that girl."
Gerry laid on his side, his arm holding his head up so that he could get a good view of her. He smiled, running a hand down her cheek. "No you're not."
Sighing again, yet managing a playful smile, "Yeah… death doesn't even deserve her company. Too painful."
He chuckled, eyes smiling. Unable to resist him, Alexia pulled him in for another kiss.
"Hey Bertier! That means you too! Give the poor girl some air!"
This time it was Gerry who reluctantly pulled back. He gazed up behind him and saw his teammates, with Janice, watching him.
"Shit." He cussed to himself. Growling himself, "Gonna kill those guys."
"I am such a bad influence." Alexia shook her head, partly joking to lighten the mood. "Now I've got you cursing and threatening."
Gerry glanced at her, giving her this amused look before standing himself up. Like a gentleman, he held out his hand for her. As he pulled her up, he gave her a quick kiss on the lips.
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As the two made their way towards their friends, Gerry, without thinking too much, draped his arm around Alexia's waist. Walking to them, Alexia felt a quiet content and triumph as she felt Gerry hold her.
They looked their friends over, noticing their silent stances. Their arms were crossed, expecting an explanation from the two. It was hard for Alexia and Gerry to determine whether they approved or disapproved of their behavior.
Finally, Janice broke the silence with a smirk. "So… looks like tongue hockey ended in a tie."
When Janice said that, the guys couldn't resist not laughing. As far as they were concerned, that was a pretty good comment. And it didn't help Alexia and Gerry's case when both teens began to blush from it.
"Ooh… good one, Janice." Julius snickered. He held his palm out, in which Janice laid some skin. When they did that little exchange, they both noticed that it earned them some ugly looks from their best friends.
Defending Janice and Julius, Rev said, "Aw, c'mon you two. She was just joking."
Not really helping herself, holding a straight face, "Was I?"
"You are so dead." Growled Alexia. She looked up at Gerry with a sweet smile. "Excuse us, Gerry." Turning on daggers to her female associate, "I need to have a little girl talk with my so-called *best friend*." The young woman stalked up to Janice, snatching her arm, and pulling her aside and away from the guys.
When the girls were out of earshot and out of sight, Petey commented, "That Janice is kind of cute."
"Yeah…" Agreed Alan, who thoughtfully added, "I wonder if she's single?"
Both boys stopped short, then glared at each other. Julius noticed the look Alan and Petey were giving each other. He got in between them, hoping to change the topic and ease the tension. "Well, *I* think that Alexia girl is really something."
When he said that, the small group suddenly fell quiet. Julius then added, meeting eyes with Gerry, "Of course, I don't have to tell you that, huh Bertier?"
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