Okie dokie then, people, I got on to see if I had hit 20 reviews, and I just HAPPENED to be surprised with 22! Keep em comin'! What I gotta say, though, is that I can only update at school, and sometimes the computers at school are all booked by classes, so be patient with me, ok? Anyways, this chapter was thought out as a challenge between Dark and Jenny, Dark being the cocky one he figured if he administered the challenge then he could easily win it. Usual disclaimers, dedicating this chap to Scatter Plot for her great work, she inspired me, THANK YOU RICE BALL!

Chapter 6

It would only have been a slight understatement to say that Jenny felt embarrassed for what she'd done to Avalon. Not because she felt sorry for the school bully, but because she had acted so childishly around Dark. She kept glancing up at him to see if she could read his expression, but whenever he noticed she'd look away.

They found themselves at the movie theater, thinking about what movie they wanted to see. Well, at least that's probably what Dark was thinking about. But Jenny was occupied with other things.

She couldn't make herself look him in the eye since the Avalon incident. Those deep, dark, amethyst eyes that held such caring, such forgiveness…

'SHUT UP, BRAIN!' She yelled in her head. 'Shut up, shut up, SHUT UP!'

Oh, c'mon…you know you want him. A voice pointed out. There was a pause and she vaguely heard a little boy whining to his mother by the concession stand, something about wanting some cotton candy and the fact that this particular theater didn't carry the sweet.

'What the hell…' She thought. The voice seemed rather unfamiliar to her.

Don't you swear at me! I'm your conscience! It explained.

'My conscience, huh? Where were you when I tackled Avalon?' She challenged.

Cheering you on… It muttered.

'Ugh, now I'm talking to myself…' She groaned.

"Kyuu?" With squeaked, pulling her out of the "conversation." She blinked and looked up at Dark again, who was smirking in a mischievous sort of way. She raised a brow. What was he scheming?

"What kind of flick d'you like, Angel?" He asked, turning to smile at her. She quickly swallowed and her nerves didn't allow her to think before she answered.

"Horror…I hear Cursed is a good movie, or The Grudge, or even The Ring Two, or y'know you could choose if you want, I really don't think it matters or anything, and if I'm rambling you go ahead and stop me at any time, because I probably sound like an idiot and…" She rambled before biting her lip to shut herself up.

'THIS is why I keep my mouth SHUT!' She cursed in her mind. As a dark crimson color crawled into her cheeks, Dark laughed slightly and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.

"It's ok…I think it's cute." He admitted.

Jenny blinked and pushed Dark's arm away immediately, ignoring the slight pain that shot through her chest. She had done it on instinct, knowing that she didn't want to feel what she was feeling for the boy. She never wanted to love again, that was the vow she'd made after being left behind. Nothing could happen here that would change her mind, not even another kiss from him…even if she did want it…

Dark's smile turned to a look of puzzlement. "Angel…you okay?" He asked softly. She swallowed and nodded.

"Yeah…I'm fine." She assured. She looked over at the concession stand. "I just need some sugar, that's all…" She murmured. She ducked under the railing that kept the ticket line in place. "I'll meet you at the stairs, okay?"

"You got it Princess." He nodded and she ran over to the stand.

'Food, candy, soda, sugar…perfect comfort food.' She thought, sighing contentedly. She didn't need all this stress, especially if she was going to watch a horror movie…with a boy. She shook her head fiercely and picked out some M&M's and Skittles.

"Thank God for sugar…" She murmured, heading for the stairs. She smoothed down her skirt in the back and sat down on the second step.

She didn't want to be thinking…she'd done too much of that over the last few days. But it seemed like she could do nothing else, with all that had been going on.

After all the thinking she HAD been doing, a new thought occurred to her—a realization, really. Dark didn't even know her real name. All he'd ever called her over the past two days was Angel or Princess and she had completely spaced on telling him her real name.

You were too busy whaling on Avalon. Her conscience reminded her.

'Shut up before I stab you with an imaginary spoon.' She growled in her mind.

Hey, I'm just trying to help!

'Yeah? You wanna help? Help me stop acting like a complete moron.'

'My point exactly.'

Well, I hate to send you back to reality, but here comes your boyfriend.

'HE'S NOT MY BOYFRIEND!'

"Hey, Earth to Angel!" Dark laughed, gently shaking her shoulder. She looked up and blinked.

"Huh?" She asked stupidly. He handed her a ticket.

"Were you ever scared of the Boogeyman?" He asked quietly, smirking. She rolled her eyes and stood up, taking the ticket.

"Don't be ridiculous…There's no such thing." She pointed out. Then again, just because it didn't exist didn't mean she'd never been afraid of it. "Can't very well be scared of something imaginary, can I?" She lied.

"We'll see about that…" He concluded, tapping the middle of her ticket. Jenny looked at it to find the word "Boogeyman" typed in capital letters. She lifted her gaze back up to him with a smirk of her own.

"Don't expect me to hold your hand if you get scared." She said tauntingly.

His smirk grew more mischievous. "I've got a fun idea…how bout this: if you get scared, I get to take you out again tomorrow." She raised a brow.

"And if I don't?" She inquired.

He shrugged, the smirk turning into a casual smile. "You'll never have to worry about me bugging you again."

"I never said you were bugging me…" She pointed out.

"You didn't have to. Now do we have a deal or not?"

She paused a moment, staring blankly at the ticket. Then she smiled slightly. "Deal."

Author: Okay then, there's the new chapter! I don't like waiting for reviews, so y'know, I'm just gonna let you guys do what you do and as soon as I can I'll post the next chapter. Sound good to you? But if I don't get many, I'm gonna go back to asking for a number. Think about it: I work hard by posting these chapters for you, and in return you work hard to get em reviewed. It seems logical to me…

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