Author: Synthera
Story: The Pair
Chapter 10: Broken Bottles and Tears
Disclaimer: You know You know
Author's Note: Sorry about leaving the last chapter so abruptly but I wanted to post it before I left for work so I could continue. BTW I missed Friday's episode. Can anyone give me a good update? I will post a really long chapter! Two!
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At hearing Vin's ribs crack Lexa said "That is enough!" Lexa and Max jumped into the fight. Lexa grabbed the arm of the guy with the tire iron as he reared back to hit Vin again. She delivered a quick jab to the face then one to his stomach and threw him on the ground as he doubled over. She did a quick count that had five down no, six with the man that Max knocked unconscious.
Lexa stood in front of Vin trying to ensure he would come to not harm. Two of the remaining men rushed Alec as the other two split themselves between Max and Lexa. Lexa grabbed the arm of the man coming at her as he swung at her. She broke him arm at the joint and he fell to the ground yelling in pain. When she looked up Max had already subdued her attacker. That left Alec and she looked to him and became shocked at what she saw.
Alec had a crazed look in his eye and he was beating the man who had grabbed her furiously. Max tried to pull him off and he shoved her roughly away. Max looked at her and Lexa made her way to him. Ducking under a punch that Alec had thought was meant for the other man, who had in reality left when he saw Alec's face, she grabbed his arm. His face swung to her and for a moment he didn't recognize her. Vin stepped to the side of them with a hand to his side, as if he was ready to jump in at any moment.
Alec looked at her and then down at the man. He pulled away from Lexa and backed up slowly with a stricken look on his face.. Then they heard the sirens of the sector police heading their way. The four of them quickly headed toward the parking lot. When they got there they found their friends waiting for them. The decided it would be best for them to leave and head for Logan's before the sector police arrived.
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Logan's
Lexa stood in front of Vin cleaning the various scrapes and cuts while he sat on the table. He had taken his shirt off so she could wrap his ribs. He let out a hiss of breath when Lexa put more alcohol on a deep cut above his eye.
" I can't believe you two. What were you thinking? Is the only thing we do well together is fight?"
"I'm sorry Lex, I've said it several times already. What do you want me to say." he growled.
"Well, I want you to say it won't happen again."
The only response she received was another hiss as she moved to the next cut.
She threw her hands up in frustration. "Fine. You know what. I'm leaving."
"Where are you going?"
"Out."
She grabbed her jacket and slammed the door. Max and Logan looked at each other then they looked at the two guys sitting in the room adjoining the living room. Alec stood up and said "I'm gonna go too." He left the apartment quickly after her.
When he got to the street he could not see where Lexa had gone so he decided to get home. 'I'm sure that bottle of whiskey is still in the cupboard somewhere'
Lexa on the other hand ended up in a hole in the wall bar in sector five. She sat at the bar drinking a beer and thinking. 'Those jerks. I could have taken care of the whole situation by myself. But NOOO! They had to be men. It must come from having only one X chromosome. Yeah that has to explain why they would try to take on half the club. And Alec! He's not even talking to me but he can beat some guy up for touching me? Who does he think he is?'
She left a couple of bills on the bar and left. She got in her car and headed over to Alec's apartment. She was tired of all of this and she decided she was going to end it tonight. 'I don't care if I have to knock him out and tie his ass to a chair he IS going to listen.' she thought angrily.
She knocked on the door and waited impatiently as Alec opened it. He had a half-empty bottle of whiskey in his right hand.
When he saw her, his eyes widened "What are you doing here? I thought you understood I don't want to talk to you." he said temperamentally.
She got even angrier. After all that he had put her through tonight he had the nerve to pull this?
Lexa kicked the bottle of whiskey out of his hand. Moving inhumanly fast she grabbed him by the neck and threw him up against the opposite wall. His head his hard and inwardly she winced. "You know what? I don't give a damn. You are going to listen to me once and for all."
Alec gave her a bored look. "I am?" Then moving just as fast as she, he broke her grip and threw her away. She landed on the couch and he leaned down with one hand on either side of her resting on the back of the couch.
"Everything is about you right? Is that what you think? What about me? You two left me behind and you expect me to be happy you are back after all of these years?" Lexa moved to get up but he shoved her back down.
"Let me tell you what happened after you two left me. I was interrogated for hours. When I couldn't tell them anything they stepped it up to torture. The electrocuted me Lexa." She looked away. He put a hand in her hair and turned her face to look at him. " They put me in the Chair, LEXA." His voice got a little louder "The whole time I waited for you guys to save me. Ha, you two were long gone. The stuck me in solitary and I lost track of the time. They didn't feed me for days on end and still all I could think about was you two." He turned away.
"Do you want us to leave? To move out of Seattle?" she asked
"Why is it always about leaving with you two!" Alec yelled. Then he was quiet. Minutes ticked by and there was complete silence.
"At the club tonight when I saw that guy grab you I wanted to kill him. Hell, I almost did. After all this time I didn't want it to happen again."
"Didn't want what to happen again Alec?" She asked standing up behind him
"I didn't want to stand by while he hit you." his voice came out strangled. "I didn't want you to leave."
Lexa put her hand on his shoulder and he turned around. His was wet with tears. "You two were the first people I ever cared about and you left me. You left because I didn't try to protect you."
"You couldn't have. We were so young. If you both had tried anything he would have killed you. Or me."
Lexa tentatively put her arms around him and when he didn't pull back she held him tighter. They sat down on the couch and she held him until he calmed down. After a while she made a move to stand and his arms tightened. "Please don't go. Not yet." he asked.
"I'm not going anywhere. I am just going to close the door." she replied and gently kissed his forehead. She stood and closed the door that had been left open in all the commotion.
She walked back to him and took his hand she led him to the room where they crawled under the covers. She held him until he fell asleep.
Story: The Pair
Chapter 10: Broken Bottles and Tears
Disclaimer: You know You know
Author's Note: Sorry about leaving the last chapter so abruptly but I wanted to post it before I left for work so I could continue. BTW I missed Friday's episode. Can anyone give me a good update? I will post a really long chapter! Two!
~!~!~!~!~!~
At hearing Vin's ribs crack Lexa said "That is enough!" Lexa and Max jumped into the fight. Lexa grabbed the arm of the guy with the tire iron as he reared back to hit Vin again. She delivered a quick jab to the face then one to his stomach and threw him on the ground as he doubled over. She did a quick count that had five down no, six with the man that Max knocked unconscious.
Lexa stood in front of Vin trying to ensure he would come to not harm. Two of the remaining men rushed Alec as the other two split themselves between Max and Lexa. Lexa grabbed the arm of the man coming at her as he swung at her. She broke him arm at the joint and he fell to the ground yelling in pain. When she looked up Max had already subdued her attacker. That left Alec and she looked to him and became shocked at what she saw.
Alec had a crazed look in his eye and he was beating the man who had grabbed her furiously. Max tried to pull him off and he shoved her roughly away. Max looked at her and Lexa made her way to him. Ducking under a punch that Alec had thought was meant for the other man, who had in reality left when he saw Alec's face, she grabbed his arm. His face swung to her and for a moment he didn't recognize her. Vin stepped to the side of them with a hand to his side, as if he was ready to jump in at any moment.
Alec looked at her and then down at the man. He pulled away from Lexa and backed up slowly with a stricken look on his face.. Then they heard the sirens of the sector police heading their way. The four of them quickly headed toward the parking lot. When they got there they found their friends waiting for them. The decided it would be best for them to leave and head for Logan's before the sector police arrived.
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Logan's
Lexa stood in front of Vin cleaning the various scrapes and cuts while he sat on the table. He had taken his shirt off so she could wrap his ribs. He let out a hiss of breath when Lexa put more alcohol on a deep cut above his eye.
" I can't believe you two. What were you thinking? Is the only thing we do well together is fight?"
"I'm sorry Lex, I've said it several times already. What do you want me to say." he growled.
"Well, I want you to say it won't happen again."
The only response she received was another hiss as she moved to the next cut.
She threw her hands up in frustration. "Fine. You know what. I'm leaving."
"Where are you going?"
"Out."
She grabbed her jacket and slammed the door. Max and Logan looked at each other then they looked at the two guys sitting in the room adjoining the living room. Alec stood up and said "I'm gonna go too." He left the apartment quickly after her.
When he got to the street he could not see where Lexa had gone so he decided to get home. 'I'm sure that bottle of whiskey is still in the cupboard somewhere'
Lexa on the other hand ended up in a hole in the wall bar in sector five. She sat at the bar drinking a beer and thinking. 'Those jerks. I could have taken care of the whole situation by myself. But NOOO! They had to be men. It must come from having only one X chromosome. Yeah that has to explain why they would try to take on half the club. And Alec! He's not even talking to me but he can beat some guy up for touching me? Who does he think he is?'
She left a couple of bills on the bar and left. She got in her car and headed over to Alec's apartment. She was tired of all of this and she decided she was going to end it tonight. 'I don't care if I have to knock him out and tie his ass to a chair he IS going to listen.' she thought angrily.
She knocked on the door and waited impatiently as Alec opened it. He had a half-empty bottle of whiskey in his right hand.
When he saw her, his eyes widened "What are you doing here? I thought you understood I don't want to talk to you." he said temperamentally.
She got even angrier. After all that he had put her through tonight he had the nerve to pull this?
Lexa kicked the bottle of whiskey out of his hand. Moving inhumanly fast she grabbed him by the neck and threw him up against the opposite wall. His head his hard and inwardly she winced. "You know what? I don't give a damn. You are going to listen to me once and for all."
Alec gave her a bored look. "I am?" Then moving just as fast as she, he broke her grip and threw her away. She landed on the couch and he leaned down with one hand on either side of her resting on the back of the couch.
"Everything is about you right? Is that what you think? What about me? You two left me behind and you expect me to be happy you are back after all of these years?" Lexa moved to get up but he shoved her back down.
"Let me tell you what happened after you two left me. I was interrogated for hours. When I couldn't tell them anything they stepped it up to torture. The electrocuted me Lexa." She looked away. He put a hand in her hair and turned her face to look at him. " They put me in the Chair, LEXA." His voice got a little louder "The whole time I waited for you guys to save me. Ha, you two were long gone. The stuck me in solitary and I lost track of the time. They didn't feed me for days on end and still all I could think about was you two." He turned away.
"Do you want us to leave? To move out of Seattle?" she asked
"Why is it always about leaving with you two!" Alec yelled. Then he was quiet. Minutes ticked by and there was complete silence.
"At the club tonight when I saw that guy grab you I wanted to kill him. Hell, I almost did. After all this time I didn't want it to happen again."
"Didn't want what to happen again Alec?" She asked standing up behind him
"I didn't want to stand by while he hit you." his voice came out strangled. "I didn't want you to leave."
Lexa put her hand on his shoulder and he turned around. His was wet with tears. "You two were the first people I ever cared about and you left me. You left because I didn't try to protect you."
"You couldn't have. We were so young. If you both had tried anything he would have killed you. Or me."
Lexa tentatively put her arms around him and when he didn't pull back she held him tighter. They sat down on the couch and she held him until he calmed down. After a while she made a move to stand and his arms tightened. "Please don't go. Not yet." he asked.
"I'm not going anywhere. I am just going to close the door." she replied and gently kissed his forehead. She stood and closed the door that had been left open in all the commotion.
She walked back to him and took his hand she led him to the room where they crawled under the covers. She held him until he fell asleep.