Title: Popcorn Makes Everything Romantic
Rating: This chapter is probably PG due to slight language/sexual content.
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 to everyone who reviewed, and to everyone who reviews in the future. I really do appreciate it. Also, I'm sorry that this has taken a while to get an update up. I've been a bit busy lately, but I still have ideas for this fic. I won't forget it. I promise.
And for anyone who wonders about this…I know that Spinner and Darcy broke up in the same episode in which Alex and Paige broke up…but that doesn't mean it has to happen now )
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"Hey hun," Paige had finished washing her brother's car, and Marco and Dylan had finished making up. Meaning that they had decided they were going to try dating again. Marco had taken all of about three seconds to decide between Dylan and Tim. Tim never had a chance.
"Hey Paige," Alex turned around and stopped washing the car for a moment. Jay's car was finished but he was still wandering around, being obnoxious.
"Ready?" The blonde girl smiled at her girlfriend, reaching out and taking her hand in her own.
Alex readily agreed, leaving Amy to clean her own car. "Where are we going?"
"Just come on," Paige assured her. A few people were looking at them oddly. So, she explained, "We need more soap."
The two girls wandered inside together, and the blonde was leading Alex to a certain room that was unlocked. "Paige, why are you bringing me to the kitchen?"
"The janitor's closets get locked during the day. The lunch ladies are forgetful, and they don't lock up." Paige smiled at her girlfriend, shutting the door behind her, then kissing her girlfriend softly.
Alex grinned, secretly thrilled. "This is so something I'd do. I'm rubbing off on you. " Actually, maybe her excitement wasn't so secret once she backed Paige up against one of the tables in the kitchen, still kissing her. "This is much better than a closet. That one's too overused, bringing new meaning to 'coming out of the closet'." Paige chuckled at her girlfriend's humor.
"Very nice," she murmured against Alex's lips, and the raven-haired girl took the time to pull back and reply, with a certain gleam in her eye.
"I thought so."
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"Hey Lexi," Jay found the two girls with silly smiles upon their faces a few moments after they wandered back outside.
Alex eyed him darkly. "What do you want, Jay?"
"I have tickets to a concert tonight." He waved a single ticket in front of her face.
"And?" An eyebrow was quirked.
"I want you to go." Jay smiled a quick grin at both girls.
"Cool," Alex actually smiled back at him. "I'll ask Paige."
That wasn't how it was supposed to go. Jay rephrased his earlier sentiment. "I only have one extra ticket."
"Then you don't have an Alex to go with." It was a quick turn-down of his offer, and then Alex had wandered away from him. Paige followed, smirking at him a bit. She just couldn't help it.
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"What's wrong with you, Spin?" Paige and Alex had only walked a few feet when they encountered Paige's ex-boyfriend. It sure was a swell day to talk to ex-boyfriends apparently. Alex tried to act nonchalant, like she wasn't eavesdropping. She wasn't sure if Spinner knew that Alex and Paige were dating yet. It was best to keep quiet.
"Darcy and I had a fight." Spinner looked like he was five and his puppy was lost. The effect wasn't lost on his ex-girlfriend who immediately felt for him, for reasons that were lost on Alex. She had just blown off her ex; why couldn't Paige do the same?
"So, you'll get over it. I'm sure you can work it out."
Spinner looked even more heartbroken. "We broke up, Paige." Oh shit. That's why Paige and Alex didn't act the same with their ex-boyfriends. Spinner wasn't always a jerk. He had a heart sometimes, unlike Jay, who simply loved his lewd comments aimed towards any female on two legs, especially Alex.
"She could still get over it?" Paige was being overly optimistic on this, even she knew it. Spinner simply shrugged helplessly. "Fine, well, I can't let you sit there like this." Paige considered things for a moment, before a thought came to her. "What are you doing tonight?"
He was supposed to have a date with Darcy. After all, it was Saturday night. "Nothing now."
Paige smiled at him. "Well, I'm taking you out then." And that was that. What Paige said went, and Spinner didn't refuse her offer. Alex had her own complications with it though…
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Alex looked at her girlfriend for a moment before deciding what to say. "What? Paige, we were going to hang out tonight."
Paige looked at the sad look on her girlfriend's face, feeling bad, but she couldn't help it. Spinner was her friend. He needed someone tonight. "Alex, Spinner can't be alone tonight. He and Darcy just broke up."
"And we just got together." Alex knew that she wasn't invited on the little Spinner-Paige, hang-out gang. That'd just be awkward. Ex-boyfriend. Paige. Secret-current-girlfriend. Not a good combo, unless you were looking for a soap opera.
"Exactly, we have plenty of time together." Paige smiled at her girlfriend, gently letting her fingers thread into hers. "How about tomorrow?"
Alex pouted, "I work tomorrow."
"Aw, hun. Don't worry about it. Maybe I work too?" Paige bit her lip, thinking. "I haven't looked at my work schedule yet. I'm not going to waste a Sunday by not hanging out with you somehow. We'll figure it out." Another quick smile, and several cars pulling in, pulled the two girls away from one another and back into washing cars.
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Alex thought for a moment, considering her options, weighing them out. She stalked her way over to someone that she knew was still there, waiting. God, he needed a life. "Jay…about that concert. You still want some company?"
A crude smile. "If it's you, I always want your company."
"Wipe that smirk off your face, and stop with the lewd comments, and you've got yourself someone to go with you." Jay switched his smile, and it was somewhat less mischievous this time. Better.
