a/n: Okay, another chapter for my faithful reviewers! If you like this fic, why don't you check out my others? There's four more, so I won't list them, but you can check out my bio to find them. There's also loads, (and I mean loads) of great jokes in my bio to share with you.
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Alex's eyes snapped open.
"Alex!" Jade cried. "Phone for you!"
- Has she no respect for people who are sick? I'm trying to sleep here! - Alex's hand fumbled around her end table and grabbed her watch. 3:45.
"Alex! Did you hear me?" Jade called.
Alex rolled her eyes and nodded to herself, now fumbling for her phone. She picked it up and put it to her ear.
"Hello?" she asked, but her voice was barely a whisper.
"Alex?" It was Bakura, but she had expected that.
"What? My voice! I can't talk! Oh my /God/!" she cried, but her voice was barely audible.
Bakura was struggling not to laugh. He could hear her, but it was hard to make out her words. "I wanted to know how you're feeling," he said.
"How does it look like I'm feeling?" she snapped. "I can't /talk/!" She put a hand to her throat and attempted to scream. It came out as a whisper.
"Do you want me to come over?" he asked.
"If you want I guess," she said, miserably. "I can't /talk/!" she repeated, making Bakura laugh.
"I'll be over in a little while, okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, yeah. Bye." She hung up and got out of bed. She walked down the hall into the bathroom. She was still wearing her long sleeved black shirt and jeans from the day before and her hair was straggly. She grabbed her comb and ran it through her hair a few times. She pulled her hair up into a messy bun, then went back into her room.
"This sucks," she said, pulling out her box of darts from under her bed. She leaned against the headboard and threw a dart across the room into the dart board. It landed dead center. She threw a few more, making them land in a diamond around the first. She was out of darts now and she had to get up and get them again.
Groaning, she got up off the bed and pulled the darts out of the board. She went back to her bed and flopped onto it. She threw the darts in a circle around one in the center. It was perfectly executed, but she didn't want to get up and get them again. She closed her eyes and sighed.
A few minutes later, the door to her bedroom opened. Bakura stood there looking at her.
"What?" she croaked, furious with the fact she had lost her voice.
He laughed and came over to sit on the bed beside her.
"Go get those darts," she said, pointing in the direction of the board.
He looked over at it, surprised at the accuracy. "Did you throw those?" he asked as he retrieved them.
"Yeah," she said, looking at him as though he should have known that. "I'll prove it. Tell me where to throw it," she said, her voice barely audible.
"Um, the center," he said. He watched as she threw it with ease straight into the target. "Wow!" he said, impressed.
"That was easy. Here, you try," she said, handing him a dart.
"No, that's all right," he said, felling his face flush slightly. He knew he couldn't throw to save his life.
"Come on. Are you really that bad?" she asked, laughing. "God! I wish I could talk!"
He laughed and took the dart from her. He stood up and threw it. He managed to hit the board, though it was no where near the center. He heard Alex laughing and turned to look at her, a blush creeping across his cheeks.
"You really are that bad!" she laughed.
He gave a nervous laugh and put his hand behind his head, trying to think of something to say.
Alex stopped laughing and raised an eyebrow at him. "What is /that/? Put your arm down, you look like an idiot."
At that, Bakura went bright red and quickly brought his hand down to his side. He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked away from her to try to hide his blush.
~ I'm starin' at my feet,
~ my cheeks are turnin' red.
~ I'm searchin' for the words inside my head.
"What's wrong with you? You're acting really... weird," she said, giving him an odd look.
"Um, nothing. I'm fine," he said, getting the darts and returning them to her. He sat down on her bed and didn't look at her.
Alex sighed. "Look, you aren't freaking about my parents, are you?" she asked.
"What?" he asked, snapping his head around to look at her. "Of course not!"
"Don't tell anyone about it, okay? I don't want anyone to know," she said.
"Yeah, okay," he replied. He was beaming inside that she had trusted him with the information.
"Thanks," she said. She coughed and put her fingers to her throat. "Blast this! You really shouldn't be here, you'll get sick," she said.
"I'll be fine," he assured her.
"Don't you have your other friends to bug?" she asked, though her tone didn't suggest an insult.
He gave a small laugh. "They're all healthy. Right now you need my company more than them."
She shrugged. "I don't /need/ anyone's company," she said.
Unsure of what to say to that, he stayed silent.
~ 'Cause I'm feelin' nervous.
~ Tryin' to be so perfect.
~ 'Cause I know you're worth it,
~ you're worth it... yeah.
Alex threw the darts into the board, then leaned back against the headboard and sighed. "I'm pretty boring when I'm sick. You'd have more fun if you went with your other friends," she said, looking at him.
"I'm fine," he assured her truthfully.
She looked at him quizzically. "What's wrong with you? You'd rather sit here and do nothing when you could be at that short kid's house hanging out?"
Bakura laughed. "You mean Yugi. Um, yeah, I guess so."
"You're friggin' insane!" she said. She coughed again, turning her head away from him.
"You're not coughing as much as you were yesterday," he said, trying to think of something else to say.
"Yeah, but look at what I had to give up for it," she moaned, indicating her voice that was still barely more than a whisper. She made a face and he laughed.
~ If I could say what I wanna' say,
~ I'd say I wanna' blow you -- away.
~ Be with you every night.
~ Am I squeezing you too tight?
"This sucks," she groaned, putting her forehead in her hand.
"I can imagine," he replied, smiling.
She looked at him smiling down at her and she began to grin herself, though she wasn't sure why. "Cut that out!" she said, hitting him in the arm.
He laughed, seeing her smile full out. Her smile seemed to light up the room, especially without her black make up.
She didn't bother hiding her smile as she looked at him this time. "You're really weird," she said, shaking her head.
He just looked at her and grinned, unable to say anything.
~ Guess I'm wishin' my life away,
~ with these things I'll never say.
Suddenly, the door opened and David came in. "Hey, Bakura!" he said happily.
"Hi," he replied.
"How are you feeling, Alex?" David asked.
"Awful," she groaned, her voice croaky.
"You've lost your voice?" he asked, fighting a laugh.
"Oh, go away," Alex said, though she was grinning.
David stuck his tongue out at her and she sat up.
"Do that again and I'll cut it off!" she said, pointing a finger at him and grinning.
Bakura smiled as the siblings exchanged a few more words. David left the room a few minutes later and Alex leaned back against the headboard.
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"Alex says she's feeling awful," David reported.
"Well, she can't be feeling too bad if she's with Bakura," Jade replied, flipping through the channels on the TV.
"She was smiling," her brother said, sitting down beside her.
"Well, that's good," Jade said, forcing a smile. - She barely knows this guy and he's already able to make her laugh. What is it that I'm doing wrong? -
"She likes you Jade. She just... shows it in a funny way," David said.
"Sure," Jade replied, tousling her brother's hair.
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a/n: So, what do you think? The song is going to be coming in in almost all the chapters now, so I hope you like it. I love Avril Lavigne. I wish I had her cd. But I have a lot of her songs in wav on my computer, so that's okay I guess. Anyways, review and I'll post more!
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Alex's eyes snapped open.
"Alex!" Jade cried. "Phone for you!"
- Has she no respect for people who are sick? I'm trying to sleep here! - Alex's hand fumbled around her end table and grabbed her watch. 3:45.
"Alex! Did you hear me?" Jade called.
Alex rolled her eyes and nodded to herself, now fumbling for her phone. She picked it up and put it to her ear.
"Hello?" she asked, but her voice was barely a whisper.
"Alex?" It was Bakura, but she had expected that.
"What? My voice! I can't talk! Oh my /God/!" she cried, but her voice was barely audible.
Bakura was struggling not to laugh. He could hear her, but it was hard to make out her words. "I wanted to know how you're feeling," he said.
"How does it look like I'm feeling?" she snapped. "I can't /talk/!" She put a hand to her throat and attempted to scream. It came out as a whisper.
"Do you want me to come over?" he asked.
"If you want I guess," she said, miserably. "I can't /talk/!" she repeated, making Bakura laugh.
"I'll be over in a little while, okay?" he asked.
"Yeah, yeah. Bye." She hung up and got out of bed. She walked down the hall into the bathroom. She was still wearing her long sleeved black shirt and jeans from the day before and her hair was straggly. She grabbed her comb and ran it through her hair a few times. She pulled her hair up into a messy bun, then went back into her room.
"This sucks," she said, pulling out her box of darts from under her bed. She leaned against the headboard and threw a dart across the room into the dart board. It landed dead center. She threw a few more, making them land in a diamond around the first. She was out of darts now and she had to get up and get them again.
Groaning, she got up off the bed and pulled the darts out of the board. She went back to her bed and flopped onto it. She threw the darts in a circle around one in the center. It was perfectly executed, but she didn't want to get up and get them again. She closed her eyes and sighed.
A few minutes later, the door to her bedroom opened. Bakura stood there looking at her.
"What?" she croaked, furious with the fact she had lost her voice.
He laughed and came over to sit on the bed beside her.
"Go get those darts," she said, pointing in the direction of the board.
He looked over at it, surprised at the accuracy. "Did you throw those?" he asked as he retrieved them.
"Yeah," she said, looking at him as though he should have known that. "I'll prove it. Tell me where to throw it," she said, her voice barely audible.
"Um, the center," he said. He watched as she threw it with ease straight into the target. "Wow!" he said, impressed.
"That was easy. Here, you try," she said, handing him a dart.
"No, that's all right," he said, felling his face flush slightly. He knew he couldn't throw to save his life.
"Come on. Are you really that bad?" she asked, laughing. "God! I wish I could talk!"
He laughed and took the dart from her. He stood up and threw it. He managed to hit the board, though it was no where near the center. He heard Alex laughing and turned to look at her, a blush creeping across his cheeks.
"You really are that bad!" she laughed.
He gave a nervous laugh and put his hand behind his head, trying to think of something to say.
Alex stopped laughing and raised an eyebrow at him. "What is /that/? Put your arm down, you look like an idiot."
At that, Bakura went bright red and quickly brought his hand down to his side. He shoved his hands in his pockets and looked away from her to try to hide his blush.
~ I'm starin' at my feet,
~ my cheeks are turnin' red.
~ I'm searchin' for the words inside my head.
"What's wrong with you? You're acting really... weird," she said, giving him an odd look.
"Um, nothing. I'm fine," he said, getting the darts and returning them to her. He sat down on her bed and didn't look at her.
Alex sighed. "Look, you aren't freaking about my parents, are you?" she asked.
"What?" he asked, snapping his head around to look at her. "Of course not!"
"Don't tell anyone about it, okay? I don't want anyone to know," she said.
"Yeah, okay," he replied. He was beaming inside that she had trusted him with the information.
"Thanks," she said. She coughed and put her fingers to her throat. "Blast this! You really shouldn't be here, you'll get sick," she said.
"I'll be fine," he assured her.
"Don't you have your other friends to bug?" she asked, though her tone didn't suggest an insult.
He gave a small laugh. "They're all healthy. Right now you need my company more than them."
She shrugged. "I don't /need/ anyone's company," she said.
Unsure of what to say to that, he stayed silent.
~ 'Cause I'm feelin' nervous.
~ Tryin' to be so perfect.
~ 'Cause I know you're worth it,
~ you're worth it... yeah.
Alex threw the darts into the board, then leaned back against the headboard and sighed. "I'm pretty boring when I'm sick. You'd have more fun if you went with your other friends," she said, looking at him.
"I'm fine," he assured her truthfully.
She looked at him quizzically. "What's wrong with you? You'd rather sit here and do nothing when you could be at that short kid's house hanging out?"
Bakura laughed. "You mean Yugi. Um, yeah, I guess so."
"You're friggin' insane!" she said. She coughed again, turning her head away from him.
"You're not coughing as much as you were yesterday," he said, trying to think of something else to say.
"Yeah, but look at what I had to give up for it," she moaned, indicating her voice that was still barely more than a whisper. She made a face and he laughed.
~ If I could say what I wanna' say,
~ I'd say I wanna' blow you -- away.
~ Be with you every night.
~ Am I squeezing you too tight?
"This sucks," she groaned, putting her forehead in her hand.
"I can imagine," he replied, smiling.
She looked at him smiling down at her and she began to grin herself, though she wasn't sure why. "Cut that out!" she said, hitting him in the arm.
He laughed, seeing her smile full out. Her smile seemed to light up the room, especially without her black make up.
She didn't bother hiding her smile as she looked at him this time. "You're really weird," she said, shaking her head.
He just looked at her and grinned, unable to say anything.
~ Guess I'm wishin' my life away,
~ with these things I'll never say.
Suddenly, the door opened and David came in. "Hey, Bakura!" he said happily.
"Hi," he replied.
"How are you feeling, Alex?" David asked.
"Awful," she groaned, her voice croaky.
"You've lost your voice?" he asked, fighting a laugh.
"Oh, go away," Alex said, though she was grinning.
David stuck his tongue out at her and she sat up.
"Do that again and I'll cut it off!" she said, pointing a finger at him and grinning.
Bakura smiled as the siblings exchanged a few more words. David left the room a few minutes later and Alex leaned back against the headboard.
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"Alex says she's feeling awful," David reported.
"Well, she can't be feeling too bad if she's with Bakura," Jade replied, flipping through the channels on the TV.
"She was smiling," her brother said, sitting down beside her.
"Well, that's good," Jade said, forcing a smile. - She barely knows this guy and he's already able to make her laugh. What is it that I'm doing wrong? -
"She likes you Jade. She just... shows it in a funny way," David said.
"Sure," Jade replied, tousling her brother's hair.
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a/n: So, what do you think? The song is going to be coming in in almost all the chapters now, so I hope you like it. I love Avril Lavigne. I wish I had her cd. But I have a lot of her songs in wav on my computer, so that's okay I guess. Anyways, review and I'll post more!