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Ann's chapter
Eric & Ann
Eric looked at the unconscious girl. Alec had gone to walk Max back over to her apartment about ten minutes ago. He was beginning to feel uncomfortable in here, with some stranger. He longed for his old corner. But it was in fact warm in here, and he did feel better with a can of chicken noodle soup in his belly.
He walked over to the girl, and kneeled on the ground next to the couch. Her face was almost angelic. He decided that she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. But Eric thought that about a lot of people. A lock of her hair fell down over her cheek, covering her face a bit. He reached out a hand to push it back, but then lost his nerve. He felt that it wouldn't be right to touch this girl.
He could see her eye's moving under the lids in dream. He wondered if she was about to wake up soon. He wanted her to. He wanted to talk to her; he wanted to be her friend. She looked so soft in sleep. He thought she might be like him if she woke up.
She shifted slightly, and moaned a little bit as if in nightmare. He wanted to make her feel better, but was still afraid to touch her. Her rosy cheeks and long lashes were an ever-growing temptation however. Maybe he would just stroke her cheek once. It might comfort her a bit, he reasoned with himself.
He reached out a hand, but when he got close to an inch from her face, the girl's hand reached out quickly, and grabbed his wrist. Her eyes snapped open, and she looked panicked for just a second.
"Hello boy" her voice caressed the words. Now that she was awake her face looked sterner. Her eye's held sadness and anger. She sat up quickly, without releasing his wrist; her grip was beginning to hurt Eric. "Where am I?" She asked, looking at her surroundings.
"Um.... We're in Alec's apartment, at terminal city," he told her. "Do you think that you could let go of my wrist now?" he asked trying to pull away.
Her grip only tightened. "I'll let go when I'm ready to" she said. "Now, who is this Alec, is he one of us? What's his bar code number?" she asked.
Eric whimpered a little from the pain in his wrist, but answered her question anyway, "I think it is X5-494," he said.
Her eyes almost lit up at this statement, and her grip loosened. For one brief second her face looked as it had in sleep. She looked like the person he was hoping she would be, instead of the cold woman she was a second ago. "Where is he?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said. "He was supposed to be gone only a minute or two, but it's been about ten minutes," he told her.
"Oh" she said. She bit down on her lower lip, and raised an eyebrow, studying him. "How old are you boy?" she asked.
"I think I'm about 16" he told her. "How old are you?" he asked.
"18, the oldest X6 in my class. You must be the youngest in yours" she commented. He had no response. It was the truth. "Well, boy, is there a bathroom I can freshen up in?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's around here somewhere" he said. He hadn't really gotten the tour of the place yet. "And my name isn't boy, it's Eric" he told her. He didn't like the way she called him boy, as if she was so much better then him. "Do you have a name or just a barcode number?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter" she said, "But I guess you could call me Ann, that's my latest alias" she told him, disappearing around the corner into the bathroom.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alec & Ann
Alec walked down the streets of terminal city. He had kissed Max on the cheek, he didn't even know why. He knew she wasn't in to him. She was all about Logan. No matter how hard he tried, he would always be second to Logan. To Max, he was just some man who held the face of her beloved lost brother.
He kicked a stone, and looked up, realizing he was back at the front of his building. He turned and walked in the door, and up the stairs, never looking up. He wondered when his girl, Sun, would wake up.
He walked in the door, and Saw Eric on the couch. "Where is she?" he asked Eric. The girl was nowhere in sight.
"Ann's in the bathroom. Now, I believe you promised me food?" he said.
Ann? It took a moment to register in his mind that that must be what she now called herself. "Ann" he mumbled quietly under his breath. "You can help yourself to whatever is in the kitchen" he told Eric, "There's some soup, and some sandwich stuff, nothing too fancy".
Alec walked over towards the bathroom, and knocked on the door lightly. Ann heard, and quickly finished applying her eyeliner before answering the door. And there he was: her teacher, her CO, her 494. "Ann?" he asked.
"That's what they call me these days," she said with a smile. "And you, I suppose you have a name now?" she questioned.
"They call me Alec," he told her, returning the smile. He reached a hand out and patted her shoulder. "It's good to see you are alive and well," he said.
"Alive I may be, but this ache in my head doesn't really make me feel well," she told him. He laughed a little bit. "So, Alec, do you have any food? 'Cause I haven't eaten anythin' for days" she rubbed her stomach.
"Yup" he told her, "You X6s, all you seem to want is food," he said leading her into the kitchen.
A/N this isn't a very long chapter for so long a wait, I know, but I'm having trouble with inspiration for this story. I have the beginning, the middle, and the end figured out, it's just the in-between that's giving me trouble. Anyway, please, please, please review!!!
Ann's chapter
Eric & Ann
Eric looked at the unconscious girl. Alec had gone to walk Max back over to her apartment about ten minutes ago. He was beginning to feel uncomfortable in here, with some stranger. He longed for his old corner. But it was in fact warm in here, and he did feel better with a can of chicken noodle soup in his belly.
He walked over to the girl, and kneeled on the ground next to the couch. Her face was almost angelic. He decided that she was the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. But Eric thought that about a lot of people. A lock of her hair fell down over her cheek, covering her face a bit. He reached out a hand to push it back, but then lost his nerve. He felt that it wouldn't be right to touch this girl.
He could see her eye's moving under the lids in dream. He wondered if she was about to wake up soon. He wanted her to. He wanted to talk to her; he wanted to be her friend. She looked so soft in sleep. He thought she might be like him if she woke up.
She shifted slightly, and moaned a little bit as if in nightmare. He wanted to make her feel better, but was still afraid to touch her. Her rosy cheeks and long lashes were an ever-growing temptation however. Maybe he would just stroke her cheek once. It might comfort her a bit, he reasoned with himself.
He reached out a hand, but when he got close to an inch from her face, the girl's hand reached out quickly, and grabbed his wrist. Her eyes snapped open, and she looked panicked for just a second.
"Hello boy" her voice caressed the words. Now that she was awake her face looked sterner. Her eye's held sadness and anger. She sat up quickly, without releasing his wrist; her grip was beginning to hurt Eric. "Where am I?" She asked, looking at her surroundings.
"Um.... We're in Alec's apartment, at terminal city," he told her. "Do you think that you could let go of my wrist now?" he asked trying to pull away.
Her grip only tightened. "I'll let go when I'm ready to" she said. "Now, who is this Alec, is he one of us? What's his bar code number?" she asked.
Eric whimpered a little from the pain in his wrist, but answered her question anyway, "I think it is X5-494," he said.
Her eyes almost lit up at this statement, and her grip loosened. For one brief second her face looked as it had in sleep. She looked like the person he was hoping she would be, instead of the cold woman she was a second ago. "Where is he?" she asked.
"I don't know," he said. "He was supposed to be gone only a minute or two, but it's been about ten minutes," he told her.
"Oh" she said. She bit down on her lower lip, and raised an eyebrow, studying him. "How old are you boy?" she asked.
"I think I'm about 16" he told her. "How old are you?" he asked.
"18, the oldest X6 in my class. You must be the youngest in yours" she commented. He had no response. It was the truth. "Well, boy, is there a bathroom I can freshen up in?" she asked.
"Yeah, it's around here somewhere" he said. He hadn't really gotten the tour of the place yet. "And my name isn't boy, it's Eric" he told her. He didn't like the way she called him boy, as if she was so much better then him. "Do you have a name or just a barcode number?" he asked.
"It doesn't matter" she said, "But I guess you could call me Ann, that's my latest alias" she told him, disappearing around the corner into the bathroom.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Alec & Ann
Alec walked down the streets of terminal city. He had kissed Max on the cheek, he didn't even know why. He knew she wasn't in to him. She was all about Logan. No matter how hard he tried, he would always be second to Logan. To Max, he was just some man who held the face of her beloved lost brother.
He kicked a stone, and looked up, realizing he was back at the front of his building. He turned and walked in the door, and up the stairs, never looking up. He wondered when his girl, Sun, would wake up.
He walked in the door, and Saw Eric on the couch. "Where is she?" he asked Eric. The girl was nowhere in sight.
"Ann's in the bathroom. Now, I believe you promised me food?" he said.
Ann? It took a moment to register in his mind that that must be what she now called herself. "Ann" he mumbled quietly under his breath. "You can help yourself to whatever is in the kitchen" he told Eric, "There's some soup, and some sandwich stuff, nothing too fancy".
Alec walked over towards the bathroom, and knocked on the door lightly. Ann heard, and quickly finished applying her eyeliner before answering the door. And there he was: her teacher, her CO, her 494. "Ann?" he asked.
"That's what they call me these days," she said with a smile. "And you, I suppose you have a name now?" she questioned.
"They call me Alec," he told her, returning the smile. He reached a hand out and patted her shoulder. "It's good to see you are alive and well," he said.
"Alive I may be, but this ache in my head doesn't really make me feel well," she told him. He laughed a little bit. "So, Alec, do you have any food? 'Cause I haven't eaten anythin' for days" she rubbed her stomach.
"Yup" he told her, "You X6s, all you seem to want is food," he said leading her into the kitchen.
A/N this isn't a very long chapter for so long a wait, I know, but I'm having trouble with inspiration for this story. I have the beginning, the middle, and the end figured out, it's just the in-between that's giving me trouble. Anyway, please, please, please review!!!