Awakening

I woke up trembling, breathing hard, and to my horror, sticky. The dreams were getting worse each night. Soon I was going to fear going to sleep in case Janey would come in for something or another and see me in the middle of one of the dreams. That and according to Monique, I talk in my sleep, now there would be an embarrassing situation to explain away, especially if she was there. I groaned and looked at the clock by my bed, 3:00 pm, Janey would be home any minute.

I pulled myself out of bed and looked around for a towel, I needed a shower, a cold one at that. There was no doubt about it, she had awakened some thing in me. Something that I didn't know if I could control it. Why did this have to happen now? Especially now that she was seeing someone. People tend to call me oblivious, but even I seen the change in her. I groaned once more and started walking down the hall. Just as I passed Janey's door, I heard them in there talking. I paused outside the door and tried to listen to what was being said.

"So, amiga, how long have you been seeing this guy?"

"For about a month, I, uh, met him at Mystic Spiral's last gig."

"That long, and you couldn't have to told me, I would have stopped trying to hook you up with my brother. So tell me, who is the lucky man? Do I know him?"

"Yea."

Daria's voice was just about a whisper and I leaned closer to the door to hear.



"Well, who is it? Spill the beans."

I heard Janey pacing around the room, and faintly heard Daria shifting on the bed.

"You'll find out later at the Zon, with everyone else."

"You're meeting him at the Zon, this I gotta see. Hmmm, who do I know that hangs at the Zon?"



I staggered away from the door and finished my way to bathroom. I have to see this guy. I thought as I started running the water for my shower. She met some one at the Zon? That didn't sound like the Daria I knew. I started thinking about the gig were she said she met him at. I was replaying the night in my head as I was getting undressed.

I was up onstage, looking out over the crowd, looking for Janey and Daria. I scanned the mosh pit and found Janey, I keep looking until I found Daria, she was standing by the bar with a drink in her hand. She was wearing a black shirt and a pair of jeans. She was staring up at me with a smile on her face. I lost my place as I stared back at her, a loud cough from Max or maybe it was Nick, brought me back to the present and I looked away so I couldn't pulled back into her web. After I caught back up, I lost myself in the music, like I always did. Soon the set was over. I looked back up to see if Daria was still watching me, but she was talking to a blue, or maybe it was green haired boy. He was wearing a shirt withthe sleeves ripped off, army pants, cut off just below the knee, large black combat boots, and had a nose ring, that a chain running from it to his ear.

I shook my head as I jumped in the shower, she couldn't be seeing that guy, he wasn't her type. But he was the only guy I had seen talking to her, well besides Nick, but he was just probably telling her about how the Anger Mangement course was going. He and Max did that occasionally, besides, Daria wouldn't go with anyone in the band, especially Nick, she knew that he was a druggie. I took a quick shower and had just wrapped the towel around my waist when the door opened. I turned around and stopped dead as she stood there looking at me.

"S-sorry." She squeaked.

Before I could stop myself, I crossed over to where she was standing and kissed her. Not a friendly, little kiss on the cheek, but a kiss of possession. Soon my arms were wrapped around her, holding her tight against me. She struggeled and soon broke free, running down the hall and down the stairs. Janey had heard the comotion and came out of her room. She shot me a questioning look and took off after Daria. I looked down at my towel and knew that I had to get back to my room, quickly. Oh yea, Daria had definatly awoken something in me.

I had just put on my pants when Janey came busting into my room.

"Dammit Trent, what did you do?" She asked, her blue eyes flashing. "I couldn't even catch her that time.

"I kissed her Janey." I said simply as I looked around for a clean shirt.

"Why?"

"Dunno, felt like the thing to do at the time. Besides she's the one who walked into the bathroom while I was there. Thank God I had my towel on." I shrugged it off as if it didn't bother me.

"Well now I'll never know the name of the guy she's seeing." Janey huffed.

"Daria's seeing some one?" I asked with feined ignorance.

"Yea, now I have to wait until tonight to see who it is." Janey shot me a dirty look and stomped out the door.

I sighed and looked down at my bed, the wet spot stood out embarrassingly. With a red face I stripped the bed and took the sheets down to the washing machine. I had just started it when the phone rang. Since I was no-where near the phone, and had no intention of running up the stairs to answer it, I hoped that Janey would get it.

"Trent, Jesse is on the phone, something about practice."

"Dammit. Tell him I'm on my way." I smacked my forehead and climbed the stairs two by two. "Janey, will you please change the stuff from the washer to the dryer when it's done." I called as I rushed out the door, picking my gituar up from the besides the door as I passed.

We had just set everything up onstage when they came walking in, Janey holding onto the sleeve of her jacket and doing what looked like begging from where I was standing. Daria looked up onstage and quietly climbed the stairs, avoiding my eyes, I looked around to see if someone was coming out of the crowd, when I heard Nick clear his throat for our attention. I turned around and my mouth dropped ten feet. He was holding Daria from behind and had his head resting on her left shoulder.

"Guys, Jane, I just wanted you to know that Daria and I.." He gave Daria a squeeze before he went on. "Daria and I are a couple."

I looked over at Jesse, then Max, and finally Jane. All were wearing shocked expressions. I turned my eyes back to Daria and Nick and stared. Janey was the first to get her tongue untied.

"Daria, you were talking about Nick earlier?"

"Yea." Daria's look was fearful.

"You hurt her and I'll kill you, I'll rip you apart limb, by limb." I low growling sound of my voice scared even me.

Janey, Daria, and the Guys looked at me as if I had lost my mind. I set my gituar down and walked out the door that was on the side of the stage. I leaned against the wall and breathed in the night air. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a cigarette pack and a lighter. I had just took a drag off of it when I heard the door open and close. I looked out of the corner of my eyes and seen Daria standing there, looking worried.

"Trent," She began.

"Daria, I'm sorry. I over reacted. But promise me something." I asked as I tossed the cigarette away, and stepped close to her, putting my hands on her shoulders.

"What?" She looked up at me with those bright brown eyes and I had to will myself not to kiss her again.

"If he hurts you, you'll come to me so I can pick up the pieces."

"Trent, I, I'll think about it." She smiled at me and went to turn away.

Before I could stop myself, I gathered her in my arms again and kissed her. When I let her go, she looked at me and turned away wordlessly, heading back into the club, back to Nick. I watched her go, hoping that that kiss had awakened the same thing in her that was awake in me. I took another deep breath and followed her inside. I took my place on the stage, shooting Nick a smile of forgivness before I turned my attention to the audience. I looke around and seen Daria and Janey talking in the corner, Janey no doubt grilling her about her relationship.

"Welcome to the Zon, we're Mystic Spiral, although we might be changing our name soon." I leaned away from the mic and signaled guys. Soon I was under the hypnotic power of the music, just like I always was.

The End.

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DariaM here, thanks for reading. I hope it was better than the others, and I hope you enjoyed it. This is the last of this series. Will Daria fall to the Awakening? Will we know who Jane is really drooling over? Maybe, but for right now, this is the end. All comments, flames, and death threats welcome. By the way, I don't own any of these characters, wish I did thou. lol. Thanks again for reading and good night, or day, whatever.