Title: Popcorn Makes Everything Romantic
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, but I plan on bringing it up to PG-13 at some point.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine...I cannot claim them. They all belong to the hardworking people involved with Degrassi.
Feedback: Yes please, I want to know what everyone thinks of this story so far.
Summary: This will be a Palex (Paige/Alex) story...So, you are warned. If you are not into females dating other females, please don't read this story. It's not for you. It's about what might have happened had Alex and Paige not kissed in Lexicon of Love, would they have found their way together anyway, and what would have happened, in my opinion, if the details of the movie premier night were altered.
Author's Note: Thank you for the feedback everyone! I really appreciate it (as always) and it entices me to update more. Here's part two. I hope you enjoy!
Both girls looked uncomfortable about being caught. Paige shifted her eyes downward, and folded her arms across her chest. Alex just looked to see who was talking to them before laughing. "Nice, Marco. Freak out the lady." Paige's head snapped up immediately and saw Marco standing there gawking at them both.
She rolled her eyes. "If you spilled popcorn, then you are so cleaning that up yourself." Marco shifted his feet, and guiltily looked the popcorn kernels on the floor by his feet. He stepped over them and walked closer to the two employees.
"You didn't tell me!" He glared at them both warningly.
"Calm down, Sparky. We didn't have anything to say until then." Alex rolled her eyes and folded her own arms across her chest.
"But you two…You're making-out while you're working!" Marco still looked shocked. He had thought they were awfully friendly lately…but he hadn't expected to walk out to get something to drink and then see that, two of his female, straight and female, friends making-out.
"Marco, we were not making-out!" Paige tried to keep her voice down, but it was almost a screech. She might be okay with making-out with Alex when the moment felt right, but she did not want to discuss her private life in the movie theatre anymore. She always seemed to have trouble once her romantic life was in the public view.
"No, I was just whispering a secret to Paige's mouth." Alex smirked knowingly, and Marco's mouth dropped open as he heard her comment.
"You're not helping any." Paige rolled her eyes from the raven-haired beauty to her best friend who was still gawking at the two.
"Are you going to banish me?" Alex stuck out her tongue playfully, and Paige seemed to consider her question seriously.
"Yes." The blonde nodded her head, deciding that she was only going to be able to explain her thoughts to her best friend if Alex wasn't there listening. She was distracting, distracting in a good way, but still distracting.
"I wasn't serious." Alex pretended to pout as she tried to figure out if Paige was serious.
"I am. Go…get something from the supply closest. I have to talk to Marco, and you two are having too much fun with your witty comments. So, you're being banished." Paige raised both of her eyebrows seriously, but smiled while doing so, so that Alex didn't think that she wanted her to leave for any reason other than that Paige had to talk to Marco alone for a moment. Together, Marco and Alex were quite loud, and she didn't want their manager wandering out, asking what was going on. They'd never get to be alone while working then.
"I guess I'll go get some straws then…" Alex checked once more that Paige was serious, and then raised her eyebrow once more at Marco, before heading towards the storage room a few feet away.
"One thing though…" Paige looked serious again, and Alex turned to look at the blonde curiously.
"Hm?"
"I won't see you for a few minutes…" As Paige trailed off, she looked at Alex and raised her lips to hers, giving her a quick kiss. Both girls smiled, and Alex, more willingly this time, went to get straws. She didn't want Alex to think that she was regretting it already.
"Whoa. So, you and Alex?" Marco had wide eyes again from just seeing the two girls kiss…a second time.
"Yeah, it seems that way…" Paige rolled her eyes knowingly and smiled.
"I can still hear you!" Alex's voice echoed from the storage room, and Paige simply chuckled.
"You're getting straws." The reminder was all that Alex needed to be silent again for a few moments.
"Yeah, me and Alex." The blonde girl nodded happily. She was still smiling.
"So, is she a good kisser?" Out of all the questions to choose from, this was the one that Marco was most curious about. He liked gossip as much as the next person…well, as much as the next person who liked gossip and stories.
"Marco!" Paige's eyes got wide, and she smirked. That was all it took for him to shock her, but Marco just shrugged.
"What? You're entitled to fill me in on these kinds of things." He nodded knowingly this time, and Paige just laughed. She had some interesting friends.
"You never filled me in on your kisses." She realized this. It was only fair that if she told about her kiss, that he tell about his.
"My only ex is your brother, well, and Ellie." As Marco recited this, Paige thought about it and made a strange face.
"Oh, good point. I don't need to hear about my brother's kissing." She paused for a moment, before trying to clear the image of her brother and Marco out of her head again. She didn't want to know about her brother's kissing abilities. "Yes," she answered simply without lowering her voice to a whisper.
"You know, she can hear you." Marco whispered this as he had just figured it out.
"That's what makes this fun." Paige winked and whispered back. He looked confused for a moment before he realized what she meant.
"Oh…Oh!" Then a smile spread across his face too, and it forced her to roll her eyes again. Alex would be back soon with straws, and Paige could handle that. She wasn't sure if she could handle everyone else judging her though. With Alex she felt different than she did around the other people, which was a good thing. She felt safe around Marco too, but there were a lot more people at Degrassi that weren't Alex or Marco, and she didn't want to think about the fact that she'd have to deal with them too. She would realize it later though, once everything had sunk in.
