Like Poetry To Wine: Chapter 5: Mended Screens and Accepted Dreams

Disclaimer - Though to my dismay, I do not own any of the characters or anything regarding Fox's television show The O.C. However, if there ever is an auction and I could opt in purchasing an Alex of my own, please contact me ASAP!

P.S. Thankies for all the reviews! I'm so sad, my girls won't be together much longer on the show it seems…silent cry Must make the best of it rewinds last scene of Ep. The Lonely Hearts and watches for what seems to be the 50th time oh life is good hehe And YES! My pen name is derived from a certain conversation between Jenny and Marina in an episode of Showtime's The L Word, which started Feb 20th! OMGZ I LOVE IT! And why is there no category for L Word fandom? W T F mate?

Anyways, here it goes people. This one is going to involve some adult language and…-cough- situations…hehe…Sorry for the long update. Had some comp troubles as well as…valentine's blues…-long sigh- ENJOY AND REVIEW!

Italics - Thoughts


As the two girls exited their cars in front of the apartment, Alex pulled Marissa closer and gave her a quick kiss, before heading to the door. Fumbling for her keys, she noticed the living room light was on, something she never did. Turning to M, she twisted the knob, which was unlocked, and opened the door slowly, to find -

"Jodi! What the fuck are you doing here?" Obviously no need for pleasantries considering the bitch of death was now in their presence. Marissa, a little lost and very pissed, walked to stand by her gal, then grabbed her hand.

"Yes, like she said. What the fuck are you doing here?" Jodi made a movement to get up and walk to the door.

"Well I had a chat with Seth and he said you were single, so I figured I could stop by and have a chat with you about those motorcycle boots you stole. But obviously-" Alex butted in.

"Obviously you know when you're not wanted." She pulled Marissa away from the door and opened it. "You know I dealt with your need for power and dominance for a year. Except for the first month, I was always trying to find ways to get away from you. But you always had to mess with me, the pawn in your game of chess. Enough Jodi. It's been enough since we made the stop in L.A. And it will be enough for some time from now." She stepped aside and made a motion to the door. Jodi put her hands up then walked, but before leaving, she made a remark.

"You know that's all you need to say to tell me to leave." She looked at Marissa. "Have fun. Little wench is a tiger in the sack." And Coop reached over and slammed the door in her face.

After they figured she was gone for good, Marissa sat on the couch and looked at the being in front of her, who saw the need to apologize.

"I'm so sorry about that….I was hoping we could get here and have a nice night together, but she had to come and blow it," she plopped on the couch and slouched.

"Don't apologize, it's not your fault," the harbor girl laid her head on the other's shoulder.

"But still-"

"But nothing!" She stood up and grabbed Alex's hand. "Let's crash. It's been quite the night." Alex followed her.

"Sure. I'm going to take a shower first though, to mellow out." Coop let go, smiled, then walked slowly into the bedroom, as Alex made her way to the bathroom.


Shutting the door, but not locking it for she had a subconscious hope someone would need a brush, or a towel, or something, Alex turned the shower on. Quickly she stripped down, for in her condition the slightest brush of clothing made things worse…if you catch my drift -nudge, nudge-. In less than a minute, the steam had taken over the tiny bathroom, beads of moisture leaving her body in a light sheen as she looked in the mirror, pleading with herself to stop thinking the thoughts, the evanescence of thoughts that had sped up on a daily basis, and were now almost painful. She closed her eyes, digging her nails into the palm of her hand, nearly causing blood to well, and took a deep breath. Before taking a step into the needed shower, she went through the pile of random CDs she grabbed and picked one, put it in the CD player, and then hit play. The Garden State soundtrack began on shuffle and the voice of the Cary Brothers broke in as she pulled the curtain aside, closed her eyes, and stepped into the droplets.

This is exactly what I needed…she began to sing along, with a smile on her face, and immediately becoming relaxed, swaying slowly to the guitar and the lead singer's smooth voice.

"Fess it up, dot on the palm of your hand. I can help you to stand, saved it up for this dance. Tell me all the things you can. I just wanna sing a song with you. I just wanna be the one that's true. Cause Blue Eyes, you're the secret I keep. Cause Blue eyes."

The doorknob turned and Marissa stepped into the bathroom, about to ask for a hairbrush but stopped when she heard the other girl's voice. Leaning on the doorframe, she kept still and listened.

"All the lights on and you are alive, but you can't point the way to your heart. So sublime, when the stars are aligned, but you don't know, you don't know the greatness you are. Cause Blue Eyes, you are destiny's scene. Cause Blue Eyes, I just wanna be the one. I just wanna sing a song with you. I just wanna get it on with you."

Taking a step forward to the shower curtain, she was tempted to take off her clothes and join the other girl. Then on second thought she grabbed the brush on the sink, and walked back out into the hall. Letting out a deep breath she thought, that was a little too close. Need to start watching myself. But then, a few seconds after she shut the door, the shower stopped, followed by the song. OH SHIT. What am I going to do? She probably thinks I'm a freak and is going to kick me out! She ran back into the bedroom and changed with lightning speed, before hopping in the bed then switching on the TV.


Alex shut the shower off towards the end of the song. The couple minutes she got was a good help. Taking the CD out of the player and putting it in the mini-rack, she grabbed a towel, quickly dried off, then put on her undies, then a tank top. She threw the rest of the clothes in the hamper, and then went to grab her hair brush. Alex raised her eyebrows when she noticed the MIA status of said brush. Opening the small window at the top of the bathroom wall to air out the now foggy room, she made her way out to interrogate Miss Cooper.

Walking down the hall, she heard what sounded like a crowd laughing, and as she stepped into the bedroom, Marissa was hiding in the blanket, just her eyes showing, with the volume of Conan O'Brien on the telly turned up a tad too loud. Smiling, she grabbed the remote and flicked the TV off, and turning the CD player onto low, where Blondie was playing.

"Hello, Earth to Marissa! Did you come in and grab my brush?" She waved her hand in front of the girl's face.

"Um yes. But I ran in then ran right back out, I swear!" She completely covered her face now, and Alex laughed, a little disappointed the girl didn't stick around.

"Really? Well in that case, since you have the brush, care to do my hair before we hit the sheets?" She blushed, luckily the other girl was hiding, otherwise she would have seen Alex's reaction to the unplanned double entendre. She hopped on the bed and began poking M. "Come on! It won't be as torturous as what I'll do if you don't get out from under the covers!"

"Fine!" Marissa pulled the covers down and grabbed the hairbrush, her hair staticky from being under the sheets. Alex started laughing. "What I do now?"

"Your hair looks like its straight out of an old sci-fi movie!" Coop grabbed the covers then pulled them back over her head.

"I'm so not coming out now!" Alex grabbed the covers, pulled them down, then smoothed the girl's hair.

"Come on. It's not bad, I was just making a funny," she smiled then handed her the brush. She sat in the middle of the bed, and Marissa hopped up. Sitting on her knees, she scooted forward until one knee was on each side of Alex. Flushing a little, Marissa began brushing the other girl's hair, forgetting that there was a lot of skin touching considering the outfits both were wearing, simply focusing on brushing the damp blonde locks into their normal state. But someone else wasn't fairing so easily. Alex put a hand on each of the girl's thighs, biting her lip and telling herself she was doing it for balance. Yea, that's it. Any sane person would hold themselves up too if their hair was getting brushed this rough!

"Done," Marissa whispered. She put the brush down and brushed her fingers through Alex's hair.

"Aw, seriously? I was hoping you'd keep going, it felt pretty good," Alex breathed. M put a hand on the other girl's, then kissed her shoulder, sending shivers up both of their spines.

"Care to brush mine? The static attack left room for help," she laughed quietly, then put the brush in Alex's hand.

"Sure," and they switched spots. But when Alex was done, there was no announcement. She put the brush down, then put a hand on both sides of Marissa's waist. Pushing the girl's hair aside, she lightly kissed her earlobe, then made a gentle trail of kisses down her neck, stopping at the collarbone where she kissed harder. Hearing the other girl's breathing increase, her one hand moved to M's stomach, the other to her hand. Where about an inch of skin was showing below the shirt, Alex slowly, and barely, just enough to touch the minute hairs, drew her hand across. As her other hand moved slowly up Marissa's arm to her shoulder, she felt goose bumps rise on the other girl's skin. Alex maneuvered from behind her to in front, pulling the girl close and forcefully into herself. Marissa's fingers weaved through her hair, tugging a little as she kissed the other. Alex let out a small moan as Marissa's free hand made its slow and tentative tour up her leg then to the small of her back. While the other girl was preoccupied, Alex broke away from the kiss and kissed her earlobe.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" She whispered while her hand caressed Marissa's cheek. Coop drew her nails slowly across the revealed skin of Alex's, and whispered a nearly silent "yes" as Alex caught her breath. "Hot damn girl you've already found my weak spot. Shit! I didn't just tell you that!" She squinted her eyes and prepared for the worst.

"Oh really?" Marissa smiled. "You mean this little deal?" She lightly scratched again, a little less lightly this time. She got the reaction she wanted and let out a sultry laugh. "I guess so." After mellowing out a tad, Alex turned her face to the new womyn in her life, cupped her face in her hands and lightly kissed her chin.

"I don't really know what this is I'm feeling, but I hope it's the type of thing that lasts a lifetime," she breathed, and quickly regretted the statement and blushed. "Shit I'm sorry, that was a little weird," and she started to back away from Marissa, shaking her head as she went. But M grabbed her arm and pulled her back towards her, into a kiss that left them both shaking afterward.

"Not weird at all," she licked her lips and smiled, closed her eyes, tilted her head to one side, causing her hair to fall in front of her face, "but mutual…I think."

"Oooh don't you wanna' break her? Oooh don't you wanna' take her home? She walks like she don't care, you wanna' take her everywhere. Oooh it makes you wanna cry. She's like a millionaire walking on imported air. Oooh it makes you wanna' die. Maria. You've gotta see her. Go insane and out of your mind."

Alex just smiled, and switched off the upbeat music for something more mellow, such as…Bell x1? ((Works for me ;D))

"Come here," she shut the light off and climbed into the bed, and held up the sheets, "Let's get some sleep ok?" Marissa quickly hopped in and snuggled into the other girl, inhaling the intoxicating combination of the girl's shampoo ((I need to find out what she uses, it's like a miracle worker! And can you believe the smell! Hello! Oh wait, where's her hand going?)) and the beach outside.

"Oh sorry hun, kinda hard to tell where things are in the dark and under the blankets," she blushed, realizing that accidentally instead of her hand going to Marissa's side, it went to her…backside. Marissa giggled and grabbed the girls hand and put it back where it was.

"Not that that's a problem right?" She whispered and put her free hand that wasn't in the other girl's grip under her shirt and up her back.

"Not at all," Alex replied, a little caught off guard, and not sure how much sleep she'd be getting. She kissed Marissa's head and slowly became tired again listening to the calming Irishmen's voice. "I love falling asleep with you and waking up next to you in the morning. Let's make it a habit?"

Marissa smiled, didn't bother to respond, and slipped off into dreamland………………………… BUT not before being interrupted by her cell phone ringing.

"Fuck," she climbed out of the comfortable bed and searched for her purse.

"Really? Well why didn't you just say so! I'd have laid off all the being nice and sweet a long time ago!" Marissa threw a pillow at her and Alex laughed. "Who is it?" When Coop finally found the phone she got a confused look on her face.

"It's Summer. But why is she calling me this late, and of all nights tonight? I thought she was with Zach but ok," she answered.

"Hello? Summer? What's wrong?" She nearly dropped the phone and worded a big O M G to Alex. "How the hell did that happen? When are you guys going to be back? Ok ok ok calm down hun. I'll see you tomorrow. Ummmm…" she got quiet. "How early did you want to meet? Well I'm at Alex's so…how about lunch at the deli, my treat? Ok see you then." She let out a breath of air. "You are not going to believe this."

"What happened?"

"It seems that Princess Sparkle and Captain Oats have reunited in secret."


Sorry it took me so long to update guys. I was having some major issues with how to end the chapter. I figured full blown Sapphic love scene could be saved for another chapter or two -evil laugh- I loveeeeeeeee postponing the inevitable!

Next chapter we'll have some more loving, as well as somedrama, involving a certain Julie Cooper.

((regarding coming episode)) You guys I'm going to be crying so hard if my girls break up on bad terms. I mean its going to be bad enough as it is, but if there's badness involved -sigh- IDK! I want to see me some Alex Kelly next season! We can only hope right?

Love hugs and chocolate frogs 3

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