A/N: I HAVE GRADUATED!!!! WOO HOO! GO HESTER! GO HESTER!…*ahem*
sorry…
Greetings and welcome to the eleventh installment of Glitch. If you're
with me this far you must really be enjoying this. Please let me know by - you
guessed it: reviewing! Cookies go to Rei for posting! Merci!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from the Matrix nor am I getting any money
off of this fic. I also do not own the song lyrics. They were written by Aaron Lines.
I do own Glitch and Ring, so no using them without my permission.
Rating: R for language, crude humor, sensuality, and suggestive situations.
Everyone's favorite things. We get a good look at Ring's sick and perverse
sense of humor. I write her from a place of great knowledge. She's just like
me, looks and all for the most part but my hair isn't that short or blonde
but I do wear that much leather at times. Parents, you know what I'm going to
say. No one who has yet to get to high school needs to be reading this. Take
a good look at Ring. I don't want your little brats to grow up and be psycho
and crass like her and neither do you.
*steps off soapbox* moving right along…
Chapter XI: Ordinary girl in a Simple Dress
She can take a simple dress
Put it on and turn some heads
Man, every time she moves she gets me
She doesn't even know she's sexy
And the way she thinks sometimes
Out of nowhere, she blows my mind
She makes me laugh and makes me dream
I love the way she looks at things
A little piece of Heaven God gave to this world
She might think she's just an ordinary girl
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Glitch called up Ring the next morning.
"You need another dress?" her friend asked in a disbelieving voice. "Damn,
this guy must be a serious knight in shining armor."
Glitch laughed. "No, not really."
"Hmm…another dress." Ring said in a thoughtful voice. "You wore black last
time, so we can't go that route again."
"Regretfully." Glitch muttered.
Ring laughed suddenly, a low sultry and conniving sound.
"What?" Glitch asked warily. She could hear garments being shuffled in a
closet through the receiver.
"You trust me to pick one for you?" Ring asked trying her hardest to sound
innocent.
She sighed. "Yeah, I suppose."
Glitch could hear Ring's grin in her voice. "Sweet. I know just the dress
and I have shoes to match. When do you need it?"
"Can you have it here in an hour?"
"I thought you said you were going out to dinner?"
"We are, but we're going for a walk in the park first." Glitch replied.
"Aw. How sweet." Ring kidded.
"Oh give it a rest."
"Yeah, yeah. I'll have the dress over in a bit."
"Great, thanks."
"Not a problem." Ring returned. "Later, Glitchie."
"Later."
Ring showed up at Glitch's apartment twenty minutes later. Her thin frame
seemed to be shrink-wrapped in a black leather body suit despite the hot
late spring weather. Her signature silver sunglasses were perched atop the
silver blonde spikes of her hair and a cream-colored garment bag was slung
over her shoulder. Glitch led her back into her bedroom where she sprawled
out on the bed like an oversized house cat. She watched intently as Glitch
unzipped the bag and pulled the dress out.
The dress turned out to be no where near as conservative as the last one. It
was all the things that Ring loved in her clothes. It was short, tight and
the color was what Glitch would describe as kiss-ass-red. The shoes she had
mentioned were gold and had five-inch stiletto heels. She didn't complain
once she put the outfit on, however. It made her look stunning.
"So?" Ring said, her steel blue gaze following Glitch as she crossed the
room to regard her reflection in the full-length mirror.
"I love it!" Glitch exclaimed.
Ring nodded approvingly. "I thought you would, even if it is a bit extreme.
That color red looks good on you. Makes your eyes show up even without
makeup."
Glitch had to agree. The bright scarlet material made her pale skin look
almost translucent and her charcoal eyes look almost black. It was amazing.
"The shoes will take some getting used to." Glitch commented looking down at
her feet and taking a few clumsy steps.
"You have to swing your hips when you walk." Ring advised. "And keep your
weight off your heels so you don't twist your ankle."
"Do you think he'll like it?" She asked turning to face the bed.
Ring gave a short laugh. "If he has a drop of testosterone in his body
getting him in bed will be the easiest thing since your mother."
Glitch couldn't help but laugh despite the fact that this did raise the
question as to whether or not Smith was wired well enough to be capable of
any kind of sexual activity. "Colorful." She said, turning back to the
mirror.
Ring flashed her most charming smile. "Aren't I always?"
Glitch merely smiled and shook her head.
"Well look, Glitchie, I gotta split." Ring said rising from the bed. Her
leather body suit gave a great creak as she did. "Splinter wants me down at
the Mainframe. We are all going clubbing as a cover after we bug a
department store website."
"Sounds like a party." Glitch replied as she showed Ring to the door. "I
hate I can't make it."
"So do we. We could use your subtlety to get the job done."
Glitch smiled appreciatively.
"Have a good time tonight."
"Oh, I will." Glitch replied. "You too."
"Always. Later, Glitchie."
"Later, Ring." Glitch said, closing the door behind her friend.
Smith arrived an hour later wearing his now seemingly trademark suit and
sunglasses. When the door first opened, he almost looked smug, but when his
gaze lit on Glitch in Ring's sultry red dress, his mouth slowly gaped open.
He removed his glasses as his electric blue gaze drank the sight of her.
Glitch leaned against the doorframe, fighting not to blush and trying to look
casual. She managed to smirk at him as she said, "I take it you like the
dress."
Smith closed his mouth and licked his lips. "I do." He sounded utterly
stunned.
"I'm glad." Glitch said. "Shall we go for our walk?"
"If you would like." Agent Smith said as he regained his composure.
"I certainly would." Glitch replied. "I haven't been outside all day."
The sun was just beginning to set when the couple reached the park. They
walked around the pond neither saying much until Glitch reached over and
took Smith's hand. She wasn't sure why she did it. It just felt right. His
skin was cool to the touch but not cold like she was expecting.
Smith looked down at her and she up at him. The light of the dying sun
tinted Glitch's pale skin, made paler by the crimson dress, gold and gave a
light to her eyes that had never been there before.
Or was that really the sun or just the way she was looking at him?
Smith peeled his eyes away from her and gave a low chuckle as he entwined
his fingers with hers.
"You'd better not be laughing at me." Glitch warned playfully.
"I'm not laughing at just you. I'm laughing at myself as well. You and I
together." He replied.
"Why?" She asked cocking her head curiously.
"Because it is so ironic that we are walking around this pond holding hands
and not but a few days ago you used a couple who were doing much the same
thing as an example to me."
Glitch shrugged casually. "Well, it's like you said. You're a fast learner."
"I didn't expect to learn this quickly." Smith replied, "And I believe it
was you who said that, not I."
Glitch laughed. "So I take it you're beginning to understand?"
Smith nodded.
"What's it like?"
"What is what like?" Smith asked looking down at her.
"Being in love. I mean, it must be different for you, and I figured since you
are so painfully analytical that you might be able to actually put it into
words."
The corner of Smith's mouth curled. "You overestimate my capabilities." He
said. "Besides, I only know the theory really, or at least I think I do. I
have yet to apply it."
"Well, could you try at least?" Glitch prodded. "I'd like to at least know
what you're thinking."
"That is such a general statement." Smith said.
"Fine then. Why did you touch me the way you did yesterday?"
Smith smiled and unless Glitch's eyes were fooled by the glare of the sun he
looked a touch bashful. "I did because I had no other choice. My feelings
gave me no other."
Glitch looked mildly shocked. "Go on." She urged.
"My skin felt strange to me." Smith continued clearly groping for every
word. "It only seemed to get worse the longer I sat there and did nothing,
and-" He paused his voice seeming to be suddenly lost. "And I still feel
that way now."
Glitch smiled to herself as she leaned her head against Smith's shoulder.
She rubbed his knuckles with her thumb. "Love is amazing stuff, isn't it?"
She asked, looking up at him.
"Yes." He breathed the word falling from his lips softly like a single
snowflake. "Yes, it is." There was a long thoughtful silence before Smith
checked his wristwatch. "Our reservations are in twenty minutes. Shall we go
to the restaurant?"
Glitch nodded. "Sounds great! I'm starving."
Dinner at the Traditional Rose the second time around was quite different
from the first. This time the couple sat in a booth scooted as close
together as they could get and still be able to eat. They talked and laughed
as they enjoyed their meal. Smith seemed nothing like his former self. His
crystalline blue eyes glittered with newfound life every time his lips
cracked a smile. Glitch too appeared to have changed, and she seemed very at
ease with her transformation. She wore Ring's red dress as though it were
made for no one but her. She stalked in her stiletto heels as though she had
worn them all of her life. All in all both of them seemed to discover a part
of themselves that had been long buried and forgotten or, perhaps in Smith's
case, never discovered at all.
At the end of dinner, Smith escorted Glitch home but on the way they stopped
at Glitch's favorite coffee stand for a quick cappuccino. Then for at least
an hour, the couple walked arm in arm around the block of Glitch's apartment
doing little more than luxuriating in one another's company and enjoy their
java.
When the coffee was long gone Smith walked Glitch up to her apartment. She
unlocked and opened the door and then turned to face him in the doorway. "I
had a wonderful time, Agent Smith." She said smiling up at him.
"As did I, Simone." He replied returning her smile.
She seemed to frown and grin at the same time. " Since when are we on a
first name basis?"
"Since tonight." He answered smugly.
She gave him a wry smile. "So, do you want a kiss good night?"
"I would not complain to that." He answered, his mouth still curved in a
smile.
Glitch leaned against the doorframe still looking up at him. "Well, you're
going to have to come and get it. I'm not handing everything to you on a
silver platter."
Smith hesitated, suddenly feeling very awkward. He eased forward and snaked
one arm around Glitch's tiny waist and pulled her against him. As he began
to lower his lips to hers she raised up on her tiptoes and met him halfway.
Glitch slid her hands up his chest trying to feel his build through his
suit. Smith kissed her in a manner that could only be described as tentative
but that didn't last long. He pressed her back against the doorframe pinning
her against him. She didn't resist.
Glitch opened her mouth, enticing Smith to kiss her deeper as she toyed with
the hair on the nape of his neck. He shuddered but still seemed at a loss
for what to do. Glitch then slid her tongue across his bottom lip hoping to
give him more of a hint. A low growl spilled from Smith's mouth into
Glitch's along with his tongue. She gave a small sound of pleasure high in
her throat as she molded every curve of her body against him as his tongue
explored her mouth. Her skin felt cold save where it didn't touch him.
Smith pulled away almost breathless and looked down at Glitch. His
unnaturally blue eyes smoldered like fiery gems in his face. "What are you
doing to me?" He whispered.
"Exactly what you are doing to me." She breathed against his neck.
"It's getting late, Simone. Perhaps I should go." Smith said as he
reluctantly pulled away. "I will call you tomorrow." Suddenly he didn't
trust his self-control, but he couldn't understand why. He started to turn
away but Glitch's tiny hand flashed out and grabbed him by the elbow. He
turned to her slowly. He looked almost afraid, scared of what he might do if
he stayed.
Glitch bit her lip nervously as her pulse rose in her throat. "Would you
like to come in?"
"You should be going to bed soon." Smith said, clearly uneasy with how he
was feeling.
Glitch swallowed. "I know. That's my point." She said shakily. "I guess
that's what I'm really asking. I'm going to bed and…and I want you to come
with me."
Smith's brow knit with confusion and a second later relaxed with
understanding. He licked his lips apprehensively before he kissed her again
more passionately as he pressed his way back into her apartment, taking
Glitch with him.
She took that as a "yes."
******