A/N- Since I have nothing better to do, I figured I'd get those creative juices flowing… *pants because of DDR Max* I want to thank all of you who have reviewed… (As I went to check, I literally went: "… 22?!?! O_O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;" And fell over. *smirk* This chapter's for you guys, since I owe you more updates, quicker! ^_^ Love ya!)
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[One Month Later…]

Zoe Payne twirled the lollipop in her mouth, grinning wickedly as she watched the half-naked man practice on the slopes. How Psymon Stark could board shirtless, she had no clue. She was happy he did, but she still had no idea how he could stand it. He slid to a stop in front of where she was standing on the bleachers, leaning over the partition.
"Good job, Psy." She grinned, pulling the blue lollipop from between her lips. Suddenly, he leaned in, stealing a kiss randomly. She smirked to herself when he licked his lips, announcing,
"Blue raspberry." His smirk matched hers, and he grabbed her around the waist, causing them to fall to the ground.
"Shit, Psy, you're freezing." She stated when her hands felt his bare skin. He grinned as she straddled him.
"Warm me up, then." She grinned mischievously.
"Watch out, I just might."
"Who's stopping you?" He raised an eyebrow, moving his hands up and down her legs. She leaned in, her cheek touching his as she whispered in his ear,
"A few of the competition and Lise looks like she has to tell me something." Zoe bit his earlobe playfully and stood, sticking her lollipop back in her mouth and smiling smugly as Moby glared at Psymon. Elise was waiting, standing in front of the partition and leaning back on her elbows against it, a pair of sunglasses on her face with a pink ski jacket and a pair of jeans over her boots. The blonde's raised eyebrow was apparent, arching over one of the lenses of the glasses protecting her eyes from the sun. Zoe grinned. "You look like you're up to something." Elise returned the smile.
"I am… you want in on it?"
"Oooof course!" The young girl grinned. Elise nodded.
"Round up the girls… … leave out Ms. Delgado, for everyone's sake, Zo…" Zoe nodded.
"Meeting takes place…?"
"Kay's room…" The Canadian smirked. "Because from the look on Psymon's face, he'll be visiting you later." Zoe grinned.
"Mm, hopefully!" She called, wandering off to get the female SSX-ers.

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Kaori sat on her bed, with Seeiah in a beanbag chair and Zoe sitting on the floor with her back against the bed, one knee up to her chest so she could rest her arm on it as Elise stood before them.
"Tonight's the night, ladies…" Elise grinned.
"…For?" Seeiah asked, looking at the girl she had once despised, all because her friend had told her to. So, she decided, Elise wasn't bad. Not if you were on her good side. Marisol had Seeiah judge the poor woman before even getting to know her, which had set them back in the friendship department, but recent events had fixed that. In the end, Seeiah realized that Marisol was worse than Elise Riggs.
"For getting ourselves some attention." A crooked smile was on the blonde's face. "Spark some jealousy… get the men we want." Zoe's left eyebrow shot up.
"Plannin' on man stealin', El?" She smirked.
"Never, Zo." Riggs smiled. "Just wanna have a good time, take Psy's advice… ."
"He too forceful!" Kaori frowned.
"…Maybe he'll grow out of it." Zoe stated.
"Okay, no time to lose! We gotta inform everyone… -Save- Wachowski and Marisol…, Get everything set up, get ready, and then party!" Elise's fist pumped into the air, and Kaori giggled at her enthusiasm. Zoe grinned, and Seeiah smiled, nodding. They all knew what to do.

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"God, why are they so NOISY?!" Marisol threw down the magazine she was reading.
"Oh, mm-hmm…" Eddie replied automatically. He'd tuned her out after her third, "Don't you think this is cute?"
"… Eddie!" She glared. "Why aren't you paying attention?!" He blinked.
"I'm just, tired, Mar." Her expression softened immediately.
"… Oh… Oh, baby, are you okay?" He nodded slowly.
"Yeah. Fi--" Rock music blared, and they both started. Eddie stood, thankful for the chance to get blood circulating in his leg again. He looked out the door and blinked. A couple hundred people were in the house, dancing to that music, complete with lights, decorations, food, and drinks. And apparently Eddie and Marisol were the only two roommates not invited. His eyes traced over Elise's body as she danced. He tried to ignore the guy behind her- JP, he noted wryly- and drank her in. She was wearing a black strapless dress, frilled at the bottom, and high-heeled sandals with wrap around ties. Elise caught his eyes and
mischeviously smirked, giving him a "come hither" look. He obeyed and
descended the stairs quickly, never taking his eyes off of her as he jostled his way through the crowd.
"Hey, Eddie!" She grinned to herself. "J, cutie, mind if I talk to Eddie here for a minute?"
"Non." The Frenchman smiled, walking off and glancing up at Marisol, who was peeking out of her room.
" "Cutie"?!" Eddie glared, attempting to think straight as Elise's body moved against his.
"You sound slightly jealous. I thought you and Marisol were the happy couple."
"D-depends on who you ask." He stated, trying to focus on the drunken Zoe standing on the table singing "I Died" by Bif Naked. She sounded dead-on, for a drunk lady, he mused.
"Well, Ed…" She started sweetly. "I'm askin' you."
"Wh-when I bumped into you… God, Elise, stop dancing for a second!" She obeyed, watching him expectantly. "I didn't pick right." She blinked. She had said something about choosing a Latin bitch over a Canadian one, right? God…
"Eddie… seriously… ."
"I AM serious, El!"
"It'd never work." She said saidly.
"We haven't tried… ." He whispered, pleading.
"I'm too old for you, Eddie."
"Li… If age mattered Psymon and Zoe wouldn't be… doing adult things in the corner right now." She shook her head.
"That's different… ."
"The fuck it is!" He looked at her, exasperated.
"Psymon's older, not Zoe."
"… you care about what people think?!"
"Yeah, Eddie, I do."
"You'd let them stop us?" He touched her face. "Stop this?" He kissed her, and she got lost in the moment, kissing back. Then it registered. Eddie Wachowski was taken. Whether he was Marisol Diez Delgado's or some random face in the crowd's, that still went against every belief she had. Flirting with taken guys: Fine. Kissing them: Not fine. She pushed him away, and it took him a moment to realize why she looked so scared.
"Eddie… we can't… ." She turned and fled, not realizing Marisol had seen everything. Eddie, however, happened to look up, and caught a glimpse of Marisol's angry face. He looked across the room where he could see Elise running, and for the first time gave up catering to his girlfriend and ran after the woman he loved.

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She was going to die, Elise finally decided. At this point, it wouldn't be a bad thing because of what she had done, but still. It hadn't been the smartest idea to try to walk to the end of the roof in high-heels. The left heel caught on a tile and she fell forward, closing her eyes as she came closer to smacking her face on the high point of the roof when a pair of strong arms wrapped around her, standing her upright. Figuring it was Brodi or JP, she turned to thank the person and saw it was Eddie.
"Ed-"
"You shouldn't have come up here with your shoes on." He stated, dragging her back inside through her bedroom window. "But in a way I'm glad because I need to talk to you."
"… About?"
"If I wasn't younger, you wouldn't have a problem with us being together, would you?" Elise blinked at him.
"Eddie just stop, all right? We're not together, and we won't be. God, at least when you ran off with Marisol it gave me a reason to try and push away the feelings I have for you…" She sat on her bed, shoulders slumped. He sat next to her, touching her arm.
"Lis… Don't push them away just because of the public…" He said softly, looking at her. He used his free hand to tilt her head so that she was looking at him. "Please, don't…" He was quietly brushing the hair from her eyes. "You don't know how hard it is for me to go through a day without you…" Their eyes met, and soon they were drawn to each other again, their lips and souls mingling. Things got serious quickly, but that little voice in Elise's head couldn't make her give up the one thing she wanted.

And so the inevitable happened.

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... Wow... *half asleep* If that sucked... I'm... blaming it on me being tired.

Sorry for it being short...

Hope you all know what "the inevitable" is... *Grin* THINK about it...

Jess

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