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 do really appreciate it, and I'm sorry that this update took me a few days…but I've had a few things to take care of lately, like work. Anyway, here's the new update. Enjoy!
"So, fill me in here?" Hazel looked at Alex, trying to urge the girl to tell the truth. Both felt slightly uncomfortable having this conversation, seeing as the two girls never talked unless forced. And by forced, meaning that they had to hang out because either Marco or Paige was with them.
After a deep breath, Alex started on her ramble, trying to keep it to a whisper. "Well, I really like Paige."
Hazel snorted. "That's obvious. What else?"
"Well, I'm going out with Paige." Alex looked slightly irritated that Hazel had interrupted her before she could really get into the story. Well, it wasn't as much of a story as it was an explanation, but Alex felt like rambling…and Hazel was interrupting that.
"Yes, I know that part too." Hazel crossed her arms in front of her chest, trying to urge Alex to continue on with her story quickly. She didn't want to talk to her too long, or Paige would get suspicious.
"And then today in the bathroom, Amy kissed me." Alex fidgeted at this part, and looked around to make sure that no one was looking at them. No one was.
"And now you have feelings for her too?" Hazel guessed, and she looked into Alex's eyes, trying to read her reaction, making sure that she wouldn't lie.
"What? No. Let me tell my own story." Alex crossed her own arms over her chest, getting more annoyed with Hazel's interruptions. She had no right.
"Right…Sorry. Go on." Hazel felt slightly bad about her interruptions, but she simply wanted answers, and Alex better provide those answers, or she was going to…Well, she didn't have a threat yet, but she'd find one if need be.
"So, Amy was going to tell everyone about Paige and me before we were ready.." Alex was trying to figure out how to tell Paige this part as she told it to Hazel. She felt weird telling her girlfriend's best friend before telling her girlfriend, but there was no way around it. She didn't want to have this conversation with Paige in a crowded lunch room.
"You're not ready? Why are you in a relationship then?" Hazel frowned at the raven-haired girl. "Are you still into Jay?" She kept pressing forth with questions, and Alex gave her a withering look "Right, sorry."
"Yes, I'm ready for a relationship. No, I don't think that we're, at least not Paige, ready to tell everyone right now. And, no, I'm not into Jay. I like Paige." Alex tried to remember all of Hazel's questions. She also tried to answer them in the order that they were asked, but she had asked them so quickly, that it was hard to keep up with her.
"But the kissing in the bathroom…" Hazel still didn't understand after all that Alex had said. Both girls were getting frustrated at this.
"Amy leapt on me as soon as she heard the door open thinking that she could startle whoever came in to telling other people about Paige and me." Alex rambled and looked away from Hazel from a moment, towards Paige. She was talking to Marco still, and some girl was walking towards them. Hazel's talking snapped her attention back.
"How does she know about you two?"
"She, um, saw us kissing…" Alex looked uncomfortable at the mention of this, so she looked down again.
"Do you kiss everyone in public?" Hazel's question was louder than the rest of the conversation and a few people looked towards them, Manny and Emma included.
"No! Why, you jealous?" Emma had tuned into the conversation and she glanced over to see Hazel's answer. "I'm kidding! I'm definitely a one-girl girl…" Emma thought this was a joke and smiled over at them before nudging Manny to look over at their conversation. Alex returned the smile.
"Hmph, you better be." Hazel mumbled quietly, trying to keep the eavesdropping Emma and Manny out of the conversation. She wasn't exactly sure why they were the only two who ever picked up on what anyone else was saying. The rest of the tables were into their own conversations.
"I just need to tell Paige what happened with Amy before Amy tells her." Alex finally got to the end of her rambling speech, and looked at Hazel to make sure that she understood.
She did, and she nodded in return. "You'll tell her right?"
"Right," Alex nodded.
"It meant nothing, right? The Amy thing…" Hazel trailed off. She thought she knew the answer, but she had to take the part of the best friend and make sure that her friend wasn't going to be hurt by going out with whoever.
"Right," Alex nodded again.
"And the Jay thing?" Hazel arched an eyebrow as she saw someone wandering over towards them.
"He cheated on me." Alex announced it again as she rolled her eyes. "Remember?"
"Right," Hazel was still looking over Alex shoulder at someone.
"Right," Alex replied as she turned to face Jay. She would have rather had a few more 'rights' thrown into the conversation than to talk to him.
"Who's right, Babe?" Jay sauntered over to the two girls, and draped one arm around Alex's neck.
"Not you." She cringed and shoved his arm away.
"Ouch, that hurts. Right here, Lexi." He pointed to his chest, where his heart was, and she rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, if you don't move, then it won't be the only thing that hurts." She was better at threats than Hazel was, and the other girl realized that she would have to have Alex help her with that someone.
"Aw, don't be like that. I just came to talk to you for a bit." He smiled at her, and she frowned and glanced over at Paige. She needed to talk to her still and soon.. "No need to rush back to her, Lexi. She's talking to Amy." Alex leaned over a bit more, and sure enough, Amy was sitting down next to Paige, smiling broadly at the other girl.
