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Mia tried hard to keep the tears from coming, but she couldn't help it. It was only an hour ago that Alex and her had been passionately kissing. Now she was crying over his yelling at her. She knew that he was broken, but that didn't excuse his words. Why didn't he call her by her name instead of "woman"? Did he really think that low of her?

Felix had taken her back to his house so that she wouldn't have to cry in public. Sheba was with them. She sat down on the couch next to Mia and said, "don't worry, Mia. He doesn't mean it."

Mia was crying so violently that she had to gasp for breath. "What if *hic* he *hic* dose." she began crying violently once again.

Felix wrapped an arm around her. She hid her face in his chest and cried more. Sheba didn't like Felix doing that, but she could understand why he would be holding Mia now. Felix would never cheat on her for anything.

Mia's crying suddenly calmed as she let out a deep sigh. "Thank you, Felix." She said, turning away from her friends. She sighed again. "I guess that I shouldn't let him do this to me." She said.

"No, you shouldn't." said Felix.

"He may take advantage of your kindness, Mia." Came Sheba's voice.

"I guess you're right." Mia sighed.

Mia got up from the couch and started to pace around the room. What was she going to do? She loved Alex and he just kept turning his back on her. She knew that she shouldn't tolerate this. Deep down, Alex was a nice, loving, caring person. But he'd just been a jerk lately. How could Mia bring his old self back again? She wanted the past back. They had been so in love back then. Now it just seemed that he was so distant.

She wiped the tears out of her face and looked at Sheba and Felix. "Thanks guys." She said sadly. Then she turned around and walked down the stairs toward the front door.

The moment that she stepped out, Sheba turned to Felix. "She must be really upset if she didn't even say good-bye."

"I'd be upset too." Said Felix.

"Alex has never acted like this before. He's always been such a gentleman. I don't see why he's acting this way." Said Sheba.

"He has a wounded pride." Said Felix. "He probably feels like he's not good enough for her anymore."

"Still," said Sheba. "I wish that there was something that we could do."

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It had been hours since Mia had left Alex at the inn. He had regained little strength. He slowly got up from the bed and walked over to the door. He only had one thing on his mind: escape. He slowly turned the knob and walked into the hallway. He looked around to see if anyone was there. He suddenly heard a voice in his head.

"You're not just going to leave her like that, are you?" the voice sounded young. It was obviously the blonde (A/N; in both senses of the word) Jupiter adept, Ivan.

Alex spun around to see the boy eyeing him. Ivan continued, "I've been reading your mind for some time now and I still can't see any reason why you would want to leave Mia."

Alex just stared at him. Why hadn't he noticed the mind read before?

"Because you're out of psyenergy." Said Ivan.

"I'm not out of psyenergy, you pathetic kid! I was only caught off guard." Said Alex as he tried with all his strength to blow the annoying brat away with a simple ice missile, but he could do nothing. A sensation that Alex had never known swept through his body: fear. His face looked panicked as his mind began to race. What had happened to his powers? 'The Wise One' he thought with hatred. 'What has he done to me?'

"It's not the wise one." Said Ivan. "It's your own foolish pride."

"How?" Alex was so desperate for an answer that he would even ask Ivan for it.

"Simple! Mia may have healed your wounds, but you haven't given her a chance to rejuvenate your psyenergy yet." Said Ivan in a superior tone. He felt very powerful at the moment.

Alex sneered at him. "Why don't you run along and play with the other kids?" he mocked.

"Why don't you make up with Mia?"

"That's none of your concern."

"She was crying today. Don't you care?"

"I-I care very much, thank you." Admitted Alex.

Ivan smiled, then walked off. Alex slowly crept back into Mia's room. When would she be back? He only wanted to see her beautiful face again. How could he had acted like that too her? He wanted to tell her sorry, but what if she didn't believe him? For the first time in his life, Alex had to hold back tears.

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well, so far we haven't had to put up with any real flames.

Fluffy; aww man! I wanted to put them out with my fluff!

Alex; news flash! No flames is a good thing!

Fluffy; ok.

On to the reviewers!

Chaosknight10- looks like I don't need you to be all 5 of my reviews! ^_^

Sargas Dark Templar-yeah, I guess Alex is a bit arrogant. I'm giving him Vegeta from DBZ's personality more or less.

Rabid Felix Fan- I'm sorry, but Isaac has a huge obsession with Mia in this fic. Maybe in a different fic though. Thanks for the support!

Kristi Carlson Fernandez- thank you! I will! Email me ASAP!

Enigma- what's THAT supposed to mean? You think that just because you're a guy that your better than me?! My fic IS worth it! You only wish that you could write like me! My characters are perfect, thank you!

Miranda L.- hey, even good girls gotta kick them nasty thoughts sometimes! Thanks for the support!

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Kiki- thanks you! It's not really my first fic though.

Selena- whoa! I wasn't even trying to make him serious! It just came naturally! I'm trying to hone my writing skills like you said. I mostly try to take after the author, Robin McKinley. Keep reviewing!

All right everyone! Keep reviewing! 5 more for the next chapter! I'm going to NYC and I won't be back until this sat. night. I'll post the next chapter on Mon. if I get enough POSITIVE reviews.

Should I put a lemon in the later chapters? Ideas are always welcome. Email or review me!