Edge walked down the hall stopping outside Nemesis' door. The door
was cracked so he pushed it open and smiled when he saw that she was
already asleep. Quietly Edge approached the bed reaching a hand out to
stroke her hair. She is so beautiful, he thought, I really do care about
her. With a sigh, Edge lay down next to her, pulling her into his arms.
Nemesis smiled in her sleep snuggling up against him. Edge sighed again this time in contentment before closing his eyes and joining her in dreamland.
The next evening Nemesis woke slowly still slightly weakened from Entropy's attack. Someone kissed her forehead and her eyes fluttered open to find Edge lying beside her propped up on one elbow. "Hey," he whispered softly kissing Nemesis' lips gently.
"Hey," she whispered back noting that there was something different in his eyes. Something was bothering him, "What's wrong?" she asked sitting up.
Edge sighed and rolled out of bed, "I know you talked to Christian," he told her running a hand through his hair.
Nemesis bit her lip afraid of what was coming, "I had to know, Edge," she told him softly also rising to her feet, "I wanted answers but the answers that I got only led to more questions."
Edge regarded her in silence for a moment seeing the uncertainty and determination in her eyes, "What do you need to ask?"
"Why don't you want a bonding?" Nemesis asked her eyes never leaving his.
Edge sighed, "I just don't want a formal commitment right now," he told her.
Nemesis' eyes flashed, "Then what am I to you? Some cheap roll in the sack?" she accused angrily.
"Now you're overreacting," Edge told her beginning to be aggravated.
"And it seems to me that you want to have your cake and eat it too," she retorted, "Dammit, Edge, don't I mean anything to you?"
"Of course you do!" Edge told her walking around the bed to grasp her arms gently, "Of course you mean more to me than sex."
Nemesis looked up into his eyes, "What do I mean to you? Am I just your sister or am I something more? Do you love me, Edge?"
The tall blonde remained silent and after a long moment Nemesis stepped back out of his embrace, "Get out," she told him softly.
"What?" Edge eyes widened in shock.
"You heard me, get out," Nemesis backed farther away from him crossing her arms, "I'm no one's piece of ass. If you want me you have to take the whole deal."
"Just because I don't want a bonding?" Edge accused angrily.
"No, because you can't tell me how you feel about me," Nemesis told him shaking her head, "And until you can I can't trust you with my heart. Now get out of my bedroom."
Edge stared at her for along moment before turning and stalking towards the door he paused with his hand on the doorknob and turned back to face her, "I should have known you weren't mature enough to handle this. You're nothing but a child." Not giving her a chance to respond Edge opened the door and stormed out slamming the door behind him.
Nemesis stood staring at the door for a long moment and then the dam broke. Large pain-filled tears rolled down her cheeks and her shoulders began to shake with sobs. Walking over to her bed she climbed into it sobbing into her pillow. A soft meow came from next to her and she opened her eyes to find Shadow staring at her with big wide eyes. She reached out and pulled the kitten to her, clutching the small feline to her as she cried.
About an hour later there was a knock on her door but she didn't answer her voice choked by her tears.
"Nemesis?" she heard Christian's voice call her name and when she still didn't answer the door opened and he stepped inside the room his eyes immediately fixing on her sobbing form.
"Nemesis?" he called her name again moving quickly to the bed and pulling her into his arms. Shadow looked at him indignantly and stalked off the bed and out of the room and Christian began to rock his sister in his arms. "What is it, Little One?" he asked her, "What's wrong?"
Nemesis only shook her head clutching Christian tightly as she cried. After a couple minutes she took a deep breath and whispered, "Edge and I . . ." she trailed off as more tears fell from her eyes.
"What happened?" Christian urged stroking her hair, "Tell me what happened, Princess."
"I threw him out," Nemesis choked out, "He couldn't tell me how he felt about me," she sobbed, "When he left he said that he s-should have known that I couldn't handle it because I'm j-just a c-child."
"Sssh," Christian soothed her, "It'll be okay. I'm sure Edge didn't mean it."
Nemesis didn't reply only held tightly to her brother letting the tears fall in a crystal river down her fair cheeks. After a while Nemesis pulled back a bit wiping at her eyes, "Thank you, Christian, but I think I need to be alone for a bit."
Christian frowned, "Are you sure that you'll be okay?" he asked softly brushing her hair back from her face.
"I'll be fine," she reassured him leaning into his touch for a moment. "I just need to think is all."
"Okay," Christian stood slowly, "You know where I am if you need me."
Nemesis nodded and forced a smile as he turned and left the room. Once he was gone she flopped back onto the bed and curled up allowing one last tear to fall from her eye.
Nemesis smiled in her sleep snuggling up against him. Edge sighed again this time in contentment before closing his eyes and joining her in dreamland.
The next evening Nemesis woke slowly still slightly weakened from Entropy's attack. Someone kissed her forehead and her eyes fluttered open to find Edge lying beside her propped up on one elbow. "Hey," he whispered softly kissing Nemesis' lips gently.
"Hey," she whispered back noting that there was something different in his eyes. Something was bothering him, "What's wrong?" she asked sitting up.
Edge sighed and rolled out of bed, "I know you talked to Christian," he told her running a hand through his hair.
Nemesis bit her lip afraid of what was coming, "I had to know, Edge," she told him softly also rising to her feet, "I wanted answers but the answers that I got only led to more questions."
Edge regarded her in silence for a moment seeing the uncertainty and determination in her eyes, "What do you need to ask?"
"Why don't you want a bonding?" Nemesis asked her eyes never leaving his.
Edge sighed, "I just don't want a formal commitment right now," he told her.
Nemesis' eyes flashed, "Then what am I to you? Some cheap roll in the sack?" she accused angrily.
"Now you're overreacting," Edge told her beginning to be aggravated.
"And it seems to me that you want to have your cake and eat it too," she retorted, "Dammit, Edge, don't I mean anything to you?"
"Of course you do!" Edge told her walking around the bed to grasp her arms gently, "Of course you mean more to me than sex."
Nemesis looked up into his eyes, "What do I mean to you? Am I just your sister or am I something more? Do you love me, Edge?"
The tall blonde remained silent and after a long moment Nemesis stepped back out of his embrace, "Get out," she told him softly.
"What?" Edge eyes widened in shock.
"You heard me, get out," Nemesis backed farther away from him crossing her arms, "I'm no one's piece of ass. If you want me you have to take the whole deal."
"Just because I don't want a bonding?" Edge accused angrily.
"No, because you can't tell me how you feel about me," Nemesis told him shaking her head, "And until you can I can't trust you with my heart. Now get out of my bedroom."
Edge stared at her for along moment before turning and stalking towards the door he paused with his hand on the doorknob and turned back to face her, "I should have known you weren't mature enough to handle this. You're nothing but a child." Not giving her a chance to respond Edge opened the door and stormed out slamming the door behind him.
Nemesis stood staring at the door for a long moment and then the dam broke. Large pain-filled tears rolled down her cheeks and her shoulders began to shake with sobs. Walking over to her bed she climbed into it sobbing into her pillow. A soft meow came from next to her and she opened her eyes to find Shadow staring at her with big wide eyes. She reached out and pulled the kitten to her, clutching the small feline to her as she cried.
About an hour later there was a knock on her door but she didn't answer her voice choked by her tears.
"Nemesis?" she heard Christian's voice call her name and when she still didn't answer the door opened and he stepped inside the room his eyes immediately fixing on her sobbing form.
"Nemesis?" he called her name again moving quickly to the bed and pulling her into his arms. Shadow looked at him indignantly and stalked off the bed and out of the room and Christian began to rock his sister in his arms. "What is it, Little One?" he asked her, "What's wrong?"
Nemesis only shook her head clutching Christian tightly as she cried. After a couple minutes she took a deep breath and whispered, "Edge and I . . ." she trailed off as more tears fell from her eyes.
"What happened?" Christian urged stroking her hair, "Tell me what happened, Princess."
"I threw him out," Nemesis choked out, "He couldn't tell me how he felt about me," she sobbed, "When he left he said that he s-should have known that I couldn't handle it because I'm j-just a c-child."
"Sssh," Christian soothed her, "It'll be okay. I'm sure Edge didn't mean it."
Nemesis didn't reply only held tightly to her brother letting the tears fall in a crystal river down her fair cheeks. After a while Nemesis pulled back a bit wiping at her eyes, "Thank you, Christian, but I think I need to be alone for a bit."
Christian frowned, "Are you sure that you'll be okay?" he asked softly brushing her hair back from her face.
"I'll be fine," she reassured him leaning into his touch for a moment. "I just need to think is all."
"Okay," Christian stood slowly, "You know where I am if you need me."
Nemesis nodded and forced a smile as he turned and left the room. Once he was gone she flopped back onto the bed and curled up allowing one last tear to fall from her eye.