"Alexis! Alexis…Alexis!" Lexis groaned and rolled over. "Alexis!" Lexis looked at the clock. 7:35 Am. (It's Saturday.) She thought and rolled out of bed and onto the floor. Lexis made her way downstairs. "Alexis!"
"What! What damn it? What, what, what? You better have a damn good reason for wakin' me up at 7 on a Saturday! It's called the day of rest for a reason."
"That's Sunday." Aunt Mama said.
"God made seven days and he made Sunday the day of rest for everyone and he made Saturday the day of rest for me. That means for me NOTHING before 3Pm even exists!"
"Oh. Well. You have company." Lexis looked around her aunt and saw Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara, and Hiei cooking breakfast.
"Good morning, Alex." Kurama said lightly, flipping pancakes.
"What's so good about it?" She snapped.
"Did you sleep well?" Kuwabara asked while putting more bread into the toaster.
"I was until I heard someone started yelling at the top of her lungs."
"What?" Aunt Mama asked with an innocent look.
"You are just like me," Yusuke said with a yawn. "So not a morning person."
"Damn straight." Lexis said scratching her bed raggled hair.
"Why don't you go get dressed or at least brush your teeth?" Her aunt said. Lexis was clad in a pink spaghetti strap tank top and black underwear. Lexis looked over at Hiei and he was standing with his arms crossed and he let his eyes travel up and down her body. Lexis went back to her room and took a shower then brushed her teeth. She dried, combed, and brushed her hair, pulling the long honey blond tresses back into a ponytail. Lexis looked into the mirror and at dull blue eyes. She sighed. She was still half sleep. Dressed in a Minnie skirt and another one of her tank tops, this one was red; she went to her room door and opened it. Hiei was standing at her door poised to knock. (He's always like that when I find him at my door.
"I was just asking myself if I should knock or not." The memory of the bathroom incident made her face flame with fresh embarrassment. He smirked. "Breakfast is ready." They walked slowly down the hall together. "Why do you call her 'Aunt Mama'?" He asked suddenly. The question took Lexis by surprise.
"Well…she's sort of like the mother I never had, and she's my aunt so I call her Aunt Mama."
"Your home life's screwed." It wasn't a question.
"Yeah." She gave a bitter laugh. "You can say that again."
"You never asked about my family." He said and again he took her by surprise.
"If you want me to know then you'll tell me." She said simply. "There's no point in asking questions that don't want to be answered. Cause you'll end up mad at me for badgering you, and I'll end up mad at you for avoiding and or not answering my questions. So I guess I'm just the type that lets a sleepin' dog lye."
"Hm."
He said nothing more and they walked the rest of the way downstairs. Aunt Mama looked up as they came in. "Better." Aunt Mama said nodding with approval.
"I liked the first one myself." Hiei said speaking for the first time to her.
Lexis took a seat at the table. "We thought we would take you out today," Kurama said after she had finished.
"Well, you woke me up and fed me. I might as well."
They went to the ice skating ring. Kurama and Hiei were surprisingly light on the ice while Kuwabara had trouble standing on his own. He held on to Yusuke's sleeve to keep from falling. Hiei and Kurama raced past them almost causing Kuwabara to fall. "How did two demons learn to ice skate?" He whispered to Yusuke. He just smirked and shook off Kuwabara and did a triple axel. "Oh now you're just showing off!" Hiei was teaching Lexis how to skate. She was pretty good…until she slipped and fell putting them both on the ground laughing.
After that they went to the movies and met up with Keiko, Yukina, and Botan. They saw a horror movie. Keiko was sitting between Yusuke and Kuwabara who was sitting next to Yukina who was next to Kurama who was next to Botan who was next to Hiei who was next to Lexis. Every time a scary part all the girls except Lexis screamed and buried their faces in the boys shoulder who sat next to them. She only jumped twice and grabbed Hiei's hand. She was very proud of herself because she was going to be having nightmares for a long time.
After the movie they all started to walk home. It was getting late. They walked together but not quite. Kurama and Botan were walking beside each other talking quietly. About twelve steps behind them Kuwabara and Yukina walk with their fingers laced. Yusuke and Keiko walked together in companionable silence with his arm around her waist. Last but least of the lovebirds, Lexis and Hiei brought up the rear. They weren't touching. Lexis's skin was burning. If she got scared her powers started to act up.
Hiei could feel her fear. He laughed, "Did the movie scare you that much?" She shot him a look of pure evil.
"No," she snapped. The force of her answer took Hiei aback. "Sorry. I'm just… I don't" Hiei had put his arm around her shoulders. He could feel her body heat. She wasn't warm like humans usually were when alive, she felt like she was sick.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine." She stepped away from him. Now Lexis had never moved away from him like that and it didn't sit well with him that she didn't want him to touch her. He liked the feel of her soft skin.
"Lex-"
"Come on you two, you're being left behind!" Hiei and Lexis looked up at the sound of Botan's voice. They had fallen very far behind.
"Coming!" Lexis called and Hiei and Lexis tore down the street.
"Did you want some time to yourselves?" Botan asked when they caught up. But Lexis just started walking forward.
"What did you say to her!" Kurama, Kuwabara, Yusuke, Botan, Keiko, and Yukina hissed at the same time.
"I didn't do anything!" Hiei hissed back angrily. They started walking again. Yusuke turned off to drop Keiko off at her house. He said not to wait for him. Further down the street Kuwabara took Botan and Yukina to their house, and Kurama said good-bye and ran off toward his house. That just left Hiei and Lexis.
"Well it's now or never." She turned down the street to her house. Her real house. When they got there she said good night and walked inside cautiously. She was waiting to here the sound of snoring. It didn't come. The hair on the back of Lexis's neck was standing up. She was starting to feel like a mouse who couldn't see the cat but knew it was there. She turned to leave and ran into her dad.