a/n: Okay, this is the end of her birthday. Here you go...
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"God you're slow!" she called over her shoulder, crossing the street as the light changed.
Getting into it, he sped up and followed her to the bridge. She finally had to stop to catch her breath. She threw her head back and laughed and he grinned as well, both of them breathing heavily.
"Come on, this way," she said, nodding her head to the right. She shoved her hands in her pockets and started walking across the bridge, Bakura behind her.
A few minutes later, they reached the stores on the other side of the bridge. Alex started making her way behind them, ignoring the sign that said, "No trespassing."
"Um, Alex," Bakura said.
"What?" she asked, turning to face him.
"That sign..." he started, but she cut him off.
"Come on, no one ever comes back here to check it out."
"You've never been caught?" he asked and she thought about it.
"Well, okay, once. But that was ages ago. And it's the danger that's so cool!" she said, grinning. "What, are you chicken?"
"No, I'm coming," he said, following her behind the stores.
A few minutes later they had cleared the stores and were entering the woods. It was darker in the trees, though the moonlight still shone through.
Alex looked up, then grinned at Bakura. "Check it out. A full moon," she said.
Bakura looked up as well. So it was.
"Watch out for werewolves," she laughed, wiggling her fingers. He grinned at her and shoved his hands in his pockets.
"A full moon on Halloween only happens once in a bunch of years. I don't remember how many though," she said with a shrug. "Well, come on. We're not there yet."
He followed her deeper into the woods until they found a wall. They approached it and looked over to see the creek. The water hypnotized him for a moment before he realized what Alex was doing. She had climbed up on top of the wall and was walking along it. Bakura leaned over the wall once more to see the fall wouldn't be so nice if she were to slip.
"Alex..." he said, following her on the ground.
"Yeah?"
"That's kind of dangerous," he said and she snorted.
"Please. I've done it plenty of times. I've never fallen before. I have excellent balance," she replied. Then she grinned evilly at him. "Oops, I'm gonna' fall," she said, waving her arms slightly and laughing.
"Alex, come on," Bakura said. "I'd feel better if you came down."
She rolled her eyes and he held out his hand to help her down. She raised her eyebrow at it and jumped down without taking it, making him feel rather stupid.
"Well, come on," she said, nodding her head to the side.
After a few minutes of walking along the wall, Bakura looked at her. "You just walk along the wall? That seems kind of boring if you can't see the water," he said.
Alex rolled her eyes. "Nah, really?" she asked, hitting him in the back of the head. "No, you idiot. Part of the wall was destroyed by a tree a while back. Don't worry, you can see the water from there."
Bakura blushed and nodded, feeling very stupid. They walked in silence, Bakura's hands in his pockets. This silence was killing him.
Then, Alex spoke. "Come on, I'll race you," she said, taking off.
A grin came onto Bakura's face as he picked up his pace after her. "Hey!" he laughed.
As the minutes passed, he started gaining on her. He knew if he didn't slow down he'd run into her again, but now he didn't think he'd mind it.
Alex turned her head to say something to him, but at that moment he caught up. He ran into her, but instead of immediately backing away, he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing! Let go of me you freak!" she cried, pulling at his arms and hitting them.
Ignoring that aspect of it, he moved so his mouth was next to her ear. "No, you've got it wrong. I'm the nerd, /you're/ the freak," he said with a grin.
She stopped struggling for a moment to laugh. Then, she lifted her foot and brought it down hard on his. He stumbled backwards away from her, surprised.
"What was that for?" he asked, wincing slightly in pain.
"Do that again and I'll get physical with /you/," she warned, holding up a fist. As she walked by him, though, he thought he saw a faint trace of a grin on her lips.
He grinned and followed her. As he walked beside her, he got an idea. He reached over and tousled her hair.
"Hey!" she cried.
Laughing, he broke into a run, half for his safety and half for the fun in it.
"You twerp! Get back here!" she cried, chasing him. But he heard the laughter in her voice. "Bakura!"
He laughed and ran around a tree.
"Oh, yeah, right. Like I have no idea where you are," she said, going behind the tree to find him. "What the...?"
As she circled it, so did Bakura. When she leaned around it, he leaned the other way.
"Bakura!" she cried, but her voice held definite laughter. She leaned around the tree and felt his hand touch hers.
He laughed and ran out from behind the tree, following the wall. He heard her call out his name and knew she was chasing him again. Suddenly, he felt a hand grab the back of his shirt, nearly choking him. He lost his balance and fell backwards into Alex.
She was knocked of balance as well and fell to the ground, rolling out of the way before he fell on top of her. Before she could move, he was leaning over her trying to mess with her hair again.
"Get off of me!" she cried, struggling against him. But, she too was laughing. "You loser!" she cried, rolling over on top of him and trying to attack him. He did the same back to her, but neither of them were doing much damage.
They rolled around, for a few minutes, laughing, until they were out of breath.
Bakura was on top of her and he suddenly had a strong urge to kiss her. She was lying on the ground, laughing, and his heart started to skip. He wanted to feel her lips on his, but couldn't get up the courage to do anything about it.
~ If it ain't comin' out,
~ we're not goin' anywhere,
~ so why can't I just tell you that I care?
Finally, she got up the strength to push him off her and sit up. "You loser!" she laughed.
He laughed with her as he sat up on her right. The moonlight was hitting her at just the right angle, making her smile that much more radiant. His breath caught in his throat as he watched her.
"Well, let's go," she said, standing. "Get your butt in gear."
He laughed and stood. They walked in silence, every once in a while grinning at each other. Soon, they came to a fallen tree.
"And we're here," she said, running over to it. It had fallen directly on top of the wall, crushing it and making it crumble around it.
Alex climbed on top of the tree and walked down it through the broken wall. Shrugging, Bakura followed suit. Instead of being just water on the other side of the wall, there was a small beach.
Alex hopped off the log and bent down to pick up a stone. She ran down to the waterline and tried to skip it. It sank after the first skip. She just shrugged.
"I never was much good at that," she said. She saw Bakura come up out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head to watch him skim a stone along the surface of the water. It made about five skips before sinking. "Show off," she said, though she was grinning.
He blushed, realizing that was what he had been doing. "You have to find flat ones," he said, picking another stone up and skimming it.
"I know that stupid," she said, hitting him in the back of the head as she passed him, looking for stones. "It's just actually doing it that's the problem."
"It's really easy," he said, watching as she threw another sinker. He suppressed a laugh as she folded her arms and glared at the water.
"If it's so easy, why can't I do it?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
He shrugged and laughed. He skimmed another stone and grinned at her. She scowled and picked up a stone.
"Cut it out or I'll throw this at you," she threatened, though he could see she wouldn't actually do it.
He was enjoying trying her patience, so he skipped another stone across the water and looked at her to see her reaction.
"You suck," she said, trying to skip her stone. She managed to get two hops out of it this time though.
"That was better," he said, smiling.
She shrugged as he skipped another stone. She came up behind him and hit him in the head.
"Now you're just doing it to annoy me," she said.
He turned to her and grinned. "Yeah," he said.
She hit him again in the arm, though she too was grinning. "Leave me alone," she laughed.
"I never have before," he said, following her down the beach.
She rolled her eyes and nodded. "Yeah," she said.
He grinned as she stopped to pick up a stone and try to skip it. It sank on the first skip.
~ If I could say what I wanna' say,
~ I'd say I wanna' blow you -- away.
~ Be with you every night.
~ Am I squeezin' you too tight?
"Shut up," she said as she saw him grinning.
"I didn't say anything," he said, following her again.
"Yeah, but you were thinking it," she replied.
"You don't know what I was thinking," he said, absolutely sure that what he had said was true. - And it's a good thing, too, - he thought.
"Eh, I probably don't want to know," she said, shoving her hands in her pockets.
He just grinned. She caught sight of him and hit him in the back of the head.
"Would you quit staring at me? That's starting to freak me out!" she said, trying to hit him again.
He caught her wrist and held onto it. She brought her other hand around to hit him, but he swung her around, making her lose her balance and fall down.
When she landed in the sand, she looked up at him and blinked before laughing. She reached up and grabbed his sleeve, pulling him down too. They looked at each other and then started to laugh. Alex lay back on the ground and stared up at the sky. She put her hands behind her head as her eyes flitted around, looking at the stars.
Bakura lay on his back next to her and forced himself to look at the sky instead of at her. It was a crystal clear night and there were zillions of stars out as well as the moon. He thought now would be a good time to say something, but he wasn't sure what.
He rolled his head to look at her and again was the urge to kiss her. He wanted to so badly, to just lean over and do it, but he couldn't make his body move.
She saw him out of the corner of her eye and looked at him. "What?" she asked.
He felt as if his heart had stopped. "Nothing," he replied, looking back up at the sky.
Alex lifted her arm and looked at her watch. 11:32. "Eh, we'd better go. The kids should all be home again now."
Bakura nodded reluctantly and sat up with her. "You have sand in your hair," he said, grinning.
"Yeah, well, so do you," she said, shaking her head to get some of the sand out.
He laughed and put an arm up to shield his face. "Hey!"
"Hey is for horses," she said, standing.
Grinning, he followed suit. He didn't want the night to end. He was having fun and he wished he could get up the courage to act on his feelings.
"Well, let's go," she said, heading back towards the tree. With a sigh, he followed, shoving his hands into his pockets.
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By the time they reached her house, Alex was smiling almost as much as Bakura. The day had been fun and she was glad she finally had someone to share it with.
"Yeah, well, see you later," she said, starting up the driveway, putting her hands in her pockets. She touched the velvet box and she pulled it out, turning back to him. She threw it up in the air and caught it again. "Thanks for this," she said.
Bakura smiled at her and nodded a "you're welcome." She put it back in her pocket and turned to go up the driveway when he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Alex... wait," he said.
"What?" she asked, turning and looking at him, pulling her wrist out of his grip.
He opened his mouth to speak but the words got lost in his throat. "I... just wanted to say... happy birthday," he said.
"Um, yeah, thanks," she said, giving him an odd look before turning and going up the driveway.
He watched her as she disappeared behind the front door. He sighed and kicked a pebble in the street. He had been so close, if only she hadn't turned around. He looked back at her house one last time, then started home.
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"God you're slow!" she called over her shoulder, crossing the street as the light changed.
Getting into it, he sped up and followed her to the bridge. She finally had to stop to catch her breath. She threw her head back and laughed and he grinned as well, both of them breathing heavily.
"Come on, this way," she said, nodding her head to the right. She shoved her hands in her pockets and started walking across the bridge, Bakura behind her.
A few minutes later, they reached the stores on the other side of the bridge. Alex started making her way behind them, ignoring the sign that said, "No trespassing."
"Um, Alex," Bakura said.
"What?" she asked, turning to face him.
"That sign..." he started, but she cut him off.
"Come on, no one ever comes back here to check it out."
"You've never been caught?" he asked and she thought about it.
"Well, okay, once. But that was ages ago. And it's the danger that's so cool!" she said, grinning. "What, are you chicken?"
"No, I'm coming," he said, following her behind the stores.
A few minutes later they had cleared the stores and were entering the woods. It was darker in the trees, though the moonlight still shone through.
Alex looked up, then grinned at Bakura. "Check it out. A full moon," she said.
Bakura looked up as well. So it was.
"Watch out for werewolves," she laughed, wiggling her fingers. He grinned at her and shoved his hands in his pockets.
"A full moon on Halloween only happens once in a bunch of years. I don't remember how many though," she said with a shrug. "Well, come on. We're not there yet."
He followed her deeper into the woods until they found a wall. They approached it and looked over to see the creek. The water hypnotized him for a moment before he realized what Alex was doing. She had climbed up on top of the wall and was walking along it. Bakura leaned over the wall once more to see the fall wouldn't be so nice if she were to slip.
"Alex..." he said, following her on the ground.
"Yeah?"
"That's kind of dangerous," he said and she snorted.
"Please. I've done it plenty of times. I've never fallen before. I have excellent balance," she replied. Then she grinned evilly at him. "Oops, I'm gonna' fall," she said, waving her arms slightly and laughing.
"Alex, come on," Bakura said. "I'd feel better if you came down."
She rolled her eyes and he held out his hand to help her down. She raised her eyebrow at it and jumped down without taking it, making him feel rather stupid.
"Well, come on," she said, nodding her head to the side.
After a few minutes of walking along the wall, Bakura looked at her. "You just walk along the wall? That seems kind of boring if you can't see the water," he said.
Alex rolled her eyes. "Nah, really?" she asked, hitting him in the back of the head. "No, you idiot. Part of the wall was destroyed by a tree a while back. Don't worry, you can see the water from there."
Bakura blushed and nodded, feeling very stupid. They walked in silence, Bakura's hands in his pockets. This silence was killing him.
Then, Alex spoke. "Come on, I'll race you," she said, taking off.
A grin came onto Bakura's face as he picked up his pace after her. "Hey!" he laughed.
As the minutes passed, he started gaining on her. He knew if he didn't slow down he'd run into her again, but now he didn't think he'd mind it.
Alex turned her head to say something to him, but at that moment he caught up. He ran into her, but instead of immediately backing away, he wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing! Let go of me you freak!" she cried, pulling at his arms and hitting them.
Ignoring that aspect of it, he moved so his mouth was next to her ear. "No, you've got it wrong. I'm the nerd, /you're/ the freak," he said with a grin.
She stopped struggling for a moment to laugh. Then, she lifted her foot and brought it down hard on his. He stumbled backwards away from her, surprised.
"What was that for?" he asked, wincing slightly in pain.
"Do that again and I'll get physical with /you/," she warned, holding up a fist. As she walked by him, though, he thought he saw a faint trace of a grin on her lips.
He grinned and followed her. As he walked beside her, he got an idea. He reached over and tousled her hair.
"Hey!" she cried.
Laughing, he broke into a run, half for his safety and half for the fun in it.
"You twerp! Get back here!" she cried, chasing him. But he heard the laughter in her voice. "Bakura!"
He laughed and ran around a tree.
"Oh, yeah, right. Like I have no idea where you are," she said, going behind the tree to find him. "What the...?"
As she circled it, so did Bakura. When she leaned around it, he leaned the other way.
"Bakura!" she cried, but her voice held definite laughter. She leaned around the tree and felt his hand touch hers.
He laughed and ran out from behind the tree, following the wall. He heard her call out his name and knew she was chasing him again. Suddenly, he felt a hand grab the back of his shirt, nearly choking him. He lost his balance and fell backwards into Alex.
She was knocked of balance as well and fell to the ground, rolling out of the way before he fell on top of her. Before she could move, he was leaning over her trying to mess with her hair again.
"Get off of me!" she cried, struggling against him. But, she too was laughing. "You loser!" she cried, rolling over on top of him and trying to attack him. He did the same back to her, but neither of them were doing much damage.
They rolled around, for a few minutes, laughing, until they were out of breath.
Bakura was on top of her and he suddenly had a strong urge to kiss her. She was lying on the ground, laughing, and his heart started to skip. He wanted to feel her lips on his, but couldn't get up the courage to do anything about it.
~ If it ain't comin' out,
~ we're not goin' anywhere,
~ so why can't I just tell you that I care?
Finally, she got up the strength to push him off her and sit up. "You loser!" she laughed.
He laughed with her as he sat up on her right. The moonlight was hitting her at just the right angle, making her smile that much more radiant. His breath caught in his throat as he watched her.
"Well, let's go," she said, standing. "Get your butt in gear."
He laughed and stood. They walked in silence, every once in a while grinning at each other. Soon, they came to a fallen tree.
"And we're here," she said, running over to it. It had fallen directly on top of the wall, crushing it and making it crumble around it.
Alex climbed on top of the tree and walked down it through the broken wall. Shrugging, Bakura followed suit. Instead of being just water on the other side of the wall, there was a small beach.
Alex hopped off the log and bent down to pick up a stone. She ran down to the waterline and tried to skip it. It sank after the first skip. She just shrugged.
"I never was much good at that," she said. She saw Bakura come up out of the corner of her eye. She turned her head to watch him skim a stone along the surface of the water. It made about five skips before sinking. "Show off," she said, though she was grinning.
He blushed, realizing that was what he had been doing. "You have to find flat ones," he said, picking another stone up and skimming it.
"I know that stupid," she said, hitting him in the back of the head as she passed him, looking for stones. "It's just actually doing it that's the problem."
"It's really easy," he said, watching as she threw another sinker. He suppressed a laugh as she folded her arms and glared at the water.
"If it's so easy, why can't I do it?" she asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
He shrugged and laughed. He skimmed another stone and grinned at her. She scowled and picked up a stone.
"Cut it out or I'll throw this at you," she threatened, though he could see she wouldn't actually do it.
He was enjoying trying her patience, so he skipped another stone across the water and looked at her to see her reaction.
"You suck," she said, trying to skip her stone. She managed to get two hops out of it this time though.
"That was better," he said, smiling.
She shrugged as he skipped another stone. She came up behind him and hit him in the head.
"Now you're just doing it to annoy me," she said.
He turned to her and grinned. "Yeah," he said.
She hit him again in the arm, though she too was grinning. "Leave me alone," she laughed.
"I never have before," he said, following her down the beach.
She rolled her eyes and nodded. "Yeah," she said.
He grinned as she stopped to pick up a stone and try to skip it. It sank on the first skip.
~ If I could say what I wanna' say,
~ I'd say I wanna' blow you -- away.
~ Be with you every night.
~ Am I squeezin' you too tight?
"Shut up," she said as she saw him grinning.
"I didn't say anything," he said, following her again.
"Yeah, but you were thinking it," she replied.
"You don't know what I was thinking," he said, absolutely sure that what he had said was true. - And it's a good thing, too, - he thought.
"Eh, I probably don't want to know," she said, shoving her hands in her pockets.
He just grinned. She caught sight of him and hit him in the back of the head.
"Would you quit staring at me? That's starting to freak me out!" she said, trying to hit him again.
He caught her wrist and held onto it. She brought her other hand around to hit him, but he swung her around, making her lose her balance and fall down.
When she landed in the sand, she looked up at him and blinked before laughing. She reached up and grabbed his sleeve, pulling him down too. They looked at each other and then started to laugh. Alex lay back on the ground and stared up at the sky. She put her hands behind her head as her eyes flitted around, looking at the stars.
Bakura lay on his back next to her and forced himself to look at the sky instead of at her. It was a crystal clear night and there were zillions of stars out as well as the moon. He thought now would be a good time to say something, but he wasn't sure what.
He rolled his head to look at her and again was the urge to kiss her. He wanted to so badly, to just lean over and do it, but he couldn't make his body move.
She saw him out of the corner of her eye and looked at him. "What?" she asked.
He felt as if his heart had stopped. "Nothing," he replied, looking back up at the sky.
Alex lifted her arm and looked at her watch. 11:32. "Eh, we'd better go. The kids should all be home again now."
Bakura nodded reluctantly and sat up with her. "You have sand in your hair," he said, grinning.
"Yeah, well, so do you," she said, shaking her head to get some of the sand out.
He laughed and put an arm up to shield his face. "Hey!"
"Hey is for horses," she said, standing.
Grinning, he followed suit. He didn't want the night to end. He was having fun and he wished he could get up the courage to act on his feelings.
"Well, let's go," she said, heading back towards the tree. With a sigh, he followed, shoving his hands into his pockets.
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By the time they reached her house, Alex was smiling almost as much as Bakura. The day had been fun and she was glad she finally had someone to share it with.
"Yeah, well, see you later," she said, starting up the driveway, putting her hands in her pockets. She touched the velvet box and she pulled it out, turning back to him. She threw it up in the air and caught it again. "Thanks for this," she said.
Bakura smiled at her and nodded a "you're welcome." She put it back in her pocket and turned to go up the driveway when he suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist.
"Alex... wait," he said.
"What?" she asked, turning and looking at him, pulling her wrist out of his grip.
He opened his mouth to speak but the words got lost in his throat. "I... just wanted to say... happy birthday," he said.
"Um, yeah, thanks," she said, giving him an odd look before turning and going up the driveway.
He watched her as she disappeared behind the front door. He sighed and kicked a pebble in the street. He had been so close, if only she hadn't turned around. He looked back at her house one last time, then started home.
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