Author: Synthera

Story: The Pair

Chapter 22: A Normal Girl

Author's Note: Sorry haven't posted in so long. I got busy and I wasn't really sure anyone was reading it anymore. (Shameless plug for reviews!) I will try to post more often.

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As she got into the elevator Lexa turned and saw Alec entering behind her.

"Where are you going now?" He asked

"To mail this letter."

"You're going home after that right?"

"Yep. I'm going to sleep some. OC said I have to go to Crash tonight and she quote "won't take no for an answer." She replied with a smile.

"I'm glad you're going to rest."

"Vin threatened to tie me to the bed this morning if I didn't take it easy." She said

"Really, well if he needs help tying you up.." he trailed off with a wicked grin.

"Any ways, where are you going ? I thought you had a favor to ask Logan." She asked him. She tucked her hair behind her ears and Alec watched her intently. When she raised her eyebrows to urge him on he told her "I said it can wait and it will. I wanted to go with you to your apartment."

Lexa's face took on a surprised expression but she said "Okay.."

"Can I tuck you in?" he asked.

Lexa just rolled her eyes. "What about that little thing called work? Don't you have to go back?"

"Nah. Ill tell Normal I am setting up another fight."

"Right. He's going to let you off for that."

"He will. Normal's my biggest fan." He smirked.

"Him and the ring girl huh?" Lexa gave a small smile. Alec's smile faltered.

"I don't know what you're talking about."

Lexa just laughed.

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They walked into the apartment, Lexa picking up a couple of shirts from the couch. She threw them in Vin's room and shut his door.

"Sorry, it's a bit messy. Guess Vin didn't think about picking up after himself while I was gone huh?" She picked up a few glasses and a bowl with a spoon in it that was sitting around the living room. She put them in the sink and filled it with water.

"Guess not." Alec said surveying the room. Half of Lexa's CDs were off the shelves near the stereo and open. It looked like Vin had went through half of her collection listening to her music while waiting until they found something to help her. He moved to the CDs and started putting them back into their cases and replacing them on the shelves.

Lexa looked at him and raised an eyebrow. She was surprised to see him pitching in. She looked down at the dishes and decided to forgo the cleaning. "Hey, let's watch TV." she said.

They sat on the couch and turned on the TV. Alec was flipping through the channels when Lexa hopped up. "I'm gonna go change." she went into her room and he settled back still channel surfing. He stopped when he saw an older movie that he had watched when he first got out. "How about Robin Hood?"

"What's it about?" she asked from the other room.

"It's a love story based on an old fairy tale of a man who robs the rich and gives to the poor. It's kinda of funny and they use swords." he replied.

"Oh then we HAVE to watch it." she said sarcastically.

"It just started."

"Alright." she opened the door and walked out wearing a pair of loose grey pants with a string and a red baby tee. Her rich brown hair was pulled into a ponytail high at the back of her head leaving her barcode bare as she turned from him and opened the fridge. She pulled out two cokes and walked back to the couch. Alec laughed as she saw her socks. They were red with reindeer all over them.

"Nice socks." he said.

"Bite me." she replied.

He leaned over her and attempted to. The ended up wrestling around and fell off the couch. Alec's face was inches from her when the door to the apartment opened. Max stood in the hallway.

"Oops. Sorry." she said embarrassed.

"Max, don't you ever knock?" he growled. He didn't move to look at her. 'Maybe if I hope hard enough she'll go away.' he thought to himself.

No such luck. Max walked further into the apartment and said "I came to check on Lexa and see if she needed anything."

"She's just fine." Alec answered.

"She can talk for herself." Lexa said and gently pushed Alec off her. He sighed. Just when he was getting to spend some time alone with her.

"You should get back to work." she told him. She could tell he didn't want to leave so she leaned over and gave him a hug. "I'll see you tonight."

He stood and gave Max a look that said he wasn't too happy with her. He leaned down to where Lexa was still sitting on the floor and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Tonight."

Lexa felt butterflies in her stomach at that one word issued from his lips. She smiled as he walked out the door. She stood up and sat on the couch patting the cushion beside her. "What's up?"

Max sat down and sighed. "I don't know. Logan's been kinda distant lately. I don't know what's wrong with him."

"I'm sorry sis."

"It's not your fault." Her face brightened. "So OC said you are coming to Crash tonight."

"Yep."

"Are you going to let us fix you up?" she asked her.

"OOH, no way. Let us remember that the last time you did that things didn't exactly go as planned right?" Lexa said waving her hands in front of her.

"But-"

"NO. N-O, No. Negative. Not gonna happen."

"Fine." Max pretended to pout.

"Stop that."

She didn't

Lexa sighed. "Okay, okay. No dresses and NO sandals. Those things nearly broke my ankle when I kicked one of those assholes."

Max smiled and said "I'll come pick you up after work. We can make it a girl's thing."

"Nah, I'll meet you there. I want to wait until Vin gets home from work."

"When does he get home?" she asked casually.

"Around six, I think." Lexa answered with a knowing grin.

"See you later." Max said and got up.

Lexa closed the door and leaned against it. She thought of Alec. She had been trying to decide if she should let him read her journals when she was in her room changing. She was going to give him the first one before he left but Max's arrival had made the situation slightly uncomfortable.

She padded into her room and lay down. Closing her eyes she fell into a deep sleep.

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Vin opened the door and put his bag down beside it. Closing it he walked into the apartment stopping at the fridge to grab a soda. Opening it he took a long drink and looked at the calendar that Lexa had taped to the side of it. He almost choked on the soda he was drinking when he realized what the date was.

Lexa should have started her heat cycle two days ago. She hadn't said anything about feeling it start. That in turn made him worry. She had never been late before.

He went into her room and looked down at her. She was lying in bed with the covers twisted around her waist. One leg was outside the covers and she was hugging one of the pillows. He reached out and stroked her hair. She opened one eye slowly and looked at him. "Hey." then she rolled over.

Vin put his coke down by the bed and lay down beside her. "Hey yourself. How are you feeling?"

"Fine." Came the muffled reply. "How was work?"

"All right. What did you do today?"

"Not much. Mailed that letter I told you about to the guard. Then Alec came over and we watched TV for a while." she rolled over to face him.

"It was kinda fun. We played around then Max came in and caught us. I think Alec was kind of mad about it though. I told him we would see him at Crash tonight. OC wanted me to go. You feel up to it?"

Truthfully Vin had just wanted to take a shower and relax but he knew he had better keep an eye on Lexa. "Sure. I'll go hop in the shower."

Lexa got up and pulled the ponytail holder from her hair. She picked up the phone to call Max.

"Yes?" Original Cindy answered.

"Hey girl. It's me."

"Boo, whatcha up to?"

"Getting ready to go over there."


"My girl said you was going to let us make you over again."

"Yeah. Was against it a first but you know her. She pouted." Lexa told her.

"Uh-huh. Boo is good at that."

"Any clothes you want me to bring?"


"Yeah. We are thinking about going dancing after since we all got the day off after. Bring dat pair of black pants and we got the rest over here."

"Cool. I'll see you in a while."

"See ya."

Hanging up Lexa walked to Vin's room and knocked on the door. He told her to come in and he was standing in front of the closet. He had a towel wrapped around his waist and was contemplating what to wear.

"I'm gonna go to Max's and get dressed over there." She told him.

"Okay. I need to talk to Alec anyway. I will meet you there."

"About what?"

"Stuff."

Knowing that when Vin gets his mind set on something he won't share she just rolled her eyes and went to her room. She grabbed her keys and the pants and left. About thirty minutes later she walked into Max's without knocking. "Yo, I'm here."

"We're in here!" Max called from her room.

Lexa walked in to the room and saw clothes all over the bed and makeup on the dresser. "Talk about deja vu."

"Sit down boo." OC commanded pointing to a chair.

While Cindy did her makeup Max went through the clothes and finally selected a red shirt that had a black tribal design on it. The shirt was a slinky material that lay just right and the neckline came down enough to show cleavage but high enough not to be slutty. Original Cindy handed her black bracelets that were more like leather cuffs. They had red designs on them. When Lexa looked in the mirror she liked what she saw. The black pants were tight and the boots that Max had lent her fit under them without breaking the line of the pants. The pants were a smooth stretchy material and the shirt fit over it just as smoothly. Max and OC were arguing on whether she should wear a necklace or not. Max was for it but OC insisted that it took away from "the view". OC won out in the end with the comment "Suga, Original Cindy knows what looks good on girls." Max gave a mock shocked look and gave in.

"Wow. You guys have out done yourselves." She commented as she took in the outfit and dark eyeliner that outlined her eyes making them startlingly bright.

"We know." OC said smugly. Then it was time the other two get dressed. Lexa sat on the bed while the Max and Original Cindy held up clothes. The girls laughed and gossiped. For a moment Lexa could close her eyes and pretend she was just a normal girl. Then she opened them and reality slammed her in the face. Max was facing the mirror with her back to her and had her hair up in a clip. She was fastening a choker around her neck and Lexa watched her cover her barcode with it. It was then she knew, she would never be a normal girl. When they were ready they headed for Crash.

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TBC

I know it's short but wanted to get a chapter up before work. I will write another tonight!