Author: Synthera
Story: The Pair
Chapter 12: Home Sweet Home
Disclaimer: I only own Vin and Lexa.
Author's note: Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I was in kind of a blah mood. Things will definitely pick up from this chapter on!
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Sunday morning arrived and found Lexa and Vin moving their precious few belongings into their new apartment in Sector Three. Lexa was in the apartment unloading boxes as Vin brought them up from the car. She was leaning over picking up another batch of CDs from the box when she was grabbed from behind. Acting on instinct she threw the person over her shoulder with a flip of her hip still holding onto his arm. She stood poised to follow through with a punch to the face when Alec put his other hand up to protect himself.
"Okay I give. I take it surprising you isn't a good idea. You aren't just another pretty face." He said with a smile.
"Sorry. But in my defense I really didn't know it was you." She helped Alec up and as when he stood their bodies were just inches away. He looked down at her intently. "I thought I would help you guys move in."
"Uh, okay. We just have a few more boxes to unload." Neither one of them moved.
Alec started to lean down to close those few inches and kiss her when from behind them Max said "Did I hear correctly? ALEC is offering to help someone out of the goodness of his heart?" Both of them whirled around to face Max and Original Cindy who stood in the doorway along with Sketchy and Vin who where holding the last of the boxes.
"We decided you could use some help. We want you to be done by tonight." Sketchy explained.
"What's tonight?" Vin asked, His deep voice causing Original Cindy to jump.
"Tonight my friend, Is the pool tournament at Crash. My man Alec and I have entered. We want your support."
"We entered in both entered the single competition. Sketchy and some guy he knows are going to compete in the partner competition. I came here looking for a partner." Alec added. He said the last part looking into Lexa's eyes causing a warm shiver to run through her.
"And you came to ask lil' ol me ?" She said with a laugh. "You want to win don't you?"
"Actually I was going to ask Vin." He glanced at the taller man.
"Do you want to go if we get done?" he asked Lexa instead of answering the question directly.
Lexa tilted her head to the side for a moment. "Hmm. Why not?"
Vin turned to Alec and said "Then sure. We'll wipe the floor with them. Besides, Lexa owes me a pitcher of beer."
"Why?" Lexa asked confused.
"As I remember it you offered to buy me a pitcher of beer if I would go with you to Crash so that you could see a certain-" Lexa leaping at him to cover his mouth cut him off.
"I remember! Okay! Okay!" she said her face flushed.
"Now boo, I think I want to hear what my boy has to say." Original Cindy said with a grin.
"I think I second that." Alec said with a cocky smile.
"No need. Really, it's quite boring. SO what time?" she said trying to change the subject.
"Around seven." Sketchy said.
They got to work unloading the boxes Vin had brought up. Alec and Lexa were putting her CDs away in the built in bookcases while Original Cindy and Max put her clothes away in the yellow bedroom down the hall. Vin busied himself with putting away his stuff and Sketchy was going through the boxes left in the living room putting them in the rooms they needed to go in.
"Hey, where do you want me to put all of these?" Sketchy asked bringing a box of composition notebooks up to Lexa."
She recognized them as her journals and quickly took them from him. "Uh, I will take care of these Sketchy. Thanks." Alec looked at her questioningly. When Sketchy had went back to the other side of the room she said "When I first got out I started keeping journals. I wrote everything I thought of and could remember down. Some from as far back as when I was about five I think."
"Anything about us?" He asked with interest.
"Yes. I wrote down about our missions, how I felt. After we got out I kept a journal day to day. I wanted to remember what those first years of freedom were like."
"Is there any chance I could read them?" Alec asked seriously.
"I don't know. Let me think about it all right?"
"Okay."
They went back to their work and every once in a while one of them would comment on a band or singer as they put the CDs on the shelves. When those ran out they put the sheets on the beds. Red for Lexa's and Blue for Vin's.
When she went back into her room she found Max sitting on her bed and OC going through her clothes. "What's up?"
"We are pickin' out some clothes for you to wear tonight." OC answered.
"I think I can dress myself. Been doing it for years now."
"No. We are going to dress you up girl. You are going to look hot tonight."
"Why?"
"Because we are tired of watching you and Alec make eyes at each other and not do anything about it." Max said with a tiny bit of annoyance in her face.
"We are just taking it slow. Besides we don't even know if we like each other for sure."
"Honey, the only thing I have seen slower is snails mating. And we see the way that Alec looks at you. There is heat there. Tonight we stoke the flame." Original Cindy said with a wicked laugh.
Alec and Sketchy appeared at the doorway "We are going to go. Want us to come back and get you around six thirty?" Alec asked.
Lexa opened her mouth to answer but Original Cindy answered first "No boo. Us girls are going to meet you guys there. We have something to do first."
Alec nodded with a suspicious look on his face. "See ya." They left.
Original Cindy started grabbing some clothes of Lexa's. Shirts, pants, dresses, they all went into one of her bags.
"What are you doing?"
"We are taking you to our place. Makeover city." Was Max's reply.
They told Vin where they were going and when he asked how he was supposed to get to Crash Lexa said "We'll take the car and you can call Alec. He should be home by now. Tell him to pick you up. We'll meet you there." She gave him a hug goodbye and left.
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At Max's
"I don't think so."
"C'mon girl. It's just a little polish."
"No."
"I suggest you let her do it. She's going to get her way eventually. She always does." Max said with a grin. She was enjoying the fact that someone else was Original Cindy's fashion victim.
"Alright. But I draw the line at eyeliner."
"Just a little bit won't hurt no one." Original Cindy wheedled.
"AHH! Why did I agree to this?"
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To Be Continued…
Next: Alec sees a couple of different sides of Lexa. How will he react?
Story: The Pair
Chapter 12: Home Sweet Home
Disclaimer: I only own Vin and Lexa.
Author's note: Sorry I haven't posted in so long. I was in kind of a blah mood. Things will definitely pick up from this chapter on!
~!~!~!
Sunday morning arrived and found Lexa and Vin moving their precious few belongings into their new apartment in Sector Three. Lexa was in the apartment unloading boxes as Vin brought them up from the car. She was leaning over picking up another batch of CDs from the box when she was grabbed from behind. Acting on instinct she threw the person over her shoulder with a flip of her hip still holding onto his arm. She stood poised to follow through with a punch to the face when Alec put his other hand up to protect himself.
"Okay I give. I take it surprising you isn't a good idea. You aren't just another pretty face." He said with a smile.
"Sorry. But in my defense I really didn't know it was you." She helped Alec up and as when he stood their bodies were just inches away. He looked down at her intently. "I thought I would help you guys move in."
"Uh, okay. We just have a few more boxes to unload." Neither one of them moved.
Alec started to lean down to close those few inches and kiss her when from behind them Max said "Did I hear correctly? ALEC is offering to help someone out of the goodness of his heart?" Both of them whirled around to face Max and Original Cindy who stood in the doorway along with Sketchy and Vin who where holding the last of the boxes.
"We decided you could use some help. We want you to be done by tonight." Sketchy explained.
"What's tonight?" Vin asked, His deep voice causing Original Cindy to jump.
"Tonight my friend, Is the pool tournament at Crash. My man Alec and I have entered. We want your support."
"We entered in both entered the single competition. Sketchy and some guy he knows are going to compete in the partner competition. I came here looking for a partner." Alec added. He said the last part looking into Lexa's eyes causing a warm shiver to run through her.
"And you came to ask lil' ol me ?" She said with a laugh. "You want to win don't you?"
"Actually I was going to ask Vin." He glanced at the taller man.
"Do you want to go if we get done?" he asked Lexa instead of answering the question directly.
Lexa tilted her head to the side for a moment. "Hmm. Why not?"
Vin turned to Alec and said "Then sure. We'll wipe the floor with them. Besides, Lexa owes me a pitcher of beer."
"Why?" Lexa asked confused.
"As I remember it you offered to buy me a pitcher of beer if I would go with you to Crash so that you could see a certain-" Lexa leaping at him to cover his mouth cut him off.
"I remember! Okay! Okay!" she said her face flushed.
"Now boo, I think I want to hear what my boy has to say." Original Cindy said with a grin.
"I think I second that." Alec said with a cocky smile.
"No need. Really, it's quite boring. SO what time?" she said trying to change the subject.
"Around seven." Sketchy said.
They got to work unloading the boxes Vin had brought up. Alec and Lexa were putting her CDs away in the built in bookcases while Original Cindy and Max put her clothes away in the yellow bedroom down the hall. Vin busied himself with putting away his stuff and Sketchy was going through the boxes left in the living room putting them in the rooms they needed to go in.
"Hey, where do you want me to put all of these?" Sketchy asked bringing a box of composition notebooks up to Lexa."
She recognized them as her journals and quickly took them from him. "Uh, I will take care of these Sketchy. Thanks." Alec looked at her questioningly. When Sketchy had went back to the other side of the room she said "When I first got out I started keeping journals. I wrote everything I thought of and could remember down. Some from as far back as when I was about five I think."
"Anything about us?" He asked with interest.
"Yes. I wrote down about our missions, how I felt. After we got out I kept a journal day to day. I wanted to remember what those first years of freedom were like."
"Is there any chance I could read them?" Alec asked seriously.
"I don't know. Let me think about it all right?"
"Okay."
They went back to their work and every once in a while one of them would comment on a band or singer as they put the CDs on the shelves. When those ran out they put the sheets on the beds. Red for Lexa's and Blue for Vin's.
When she went back into her room she found Max sitting on her bed and OC going through her clothes. "What's up?"
"We are pickin' out some clothes for you to wear tonight." OC answered.
"I think I can dress myself. Been doing it for years now."
"No. We are going to dress you up girl. You are going to look hot tonight."
"Why?"
"Because we are tired of watching you and Alec make eyes at each other and not do anything about it." Max said with a tiny bit of annoyance in her face.
"We are just taking it slow. Besides we don't even know if we like each other for sure."
"Honey, the only thing I have seen slower is snails mating. And we see the way that Alec looks at you. There is heat there. Tonight we stoke the flame." Original Cindy said with a wicked laugh.
Alec and Sketchy appeared at the doorway "We are going to go. Want us to come back and get you around six thirty?" Alec asked.
Lexa opened her mouth to answer but Original Cindy answered first "No boo. Us girls are going to meet you guys there. We have something to do first."
Alec nodded with a suspicious look on his face. "See ya." They left.
Original Cindy started grabbing some clothes of Lexa's. Shirts, pants, dresses, they all went into one of her bags.
"What are you doing?"
"We are taking you to our place. Makeover city." Was Max's reply.
They told Vin where they were going and when he asked how he was supposed to get to Crash Lexa said "We'll take the car and you can call Alec. He should be home by now. Tell him to pick you up. We'll meet you there." She gave him a hug goodbye and left.
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At Max's
"I don't think so."
"C'mon girl. It's just a little polish."
"No."
"I suggest you let her do it. She's going to get her way eventually. She always does." Max said with a grin. She was enjoying the fact that someone else was Original Cindy's fashion victim.
"Alright. But I draw the line at eyeliner."
"Just a little bit won't hurt no one." Original Cindy wheedled.
"AHH! Why did I agree to this?"
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To Be Continued…
Next: Alec sees a couple of different sides of Lexa. How will he react?