The early morning light shone through the silted blinds of Lacy's bedroom window, it was just enough for Lacy to roll over groaning and pull the covers over her head. Remembering that today was the day she was going with HFG to his brother's graduation she literally crawled out the bed and laid on the floor for a moment, trying to collect her senses. Last night was needless to say interesting. She told Mordecai everything; her past, her deal,and her current mission. He understood, which wasn't surprising because weird stuff happens all the time here. After telling him she made him swear not to tell, it would be the end of her. He agreed, he just wanted a normal life- well as normal as it could be for him.

Lacy pulled herself up, gathering her balance, then walked over to the shattered mirror. Picking up a piece she examined her reflection; her hair was a tangled mess, her eyes showed she hadn't sleep well, and to be blunt, she looked like she had a hangover. Upon further inspection she found that the locket had left a heart shaped burn right above her collarbone.

"Sick, sadistic little..." She mumbled to herself. She decided to deal with that idiot later, but for now to get a shower. She slunk to the bathroom, surprised that the house was unusually quiet, the only sounds being her feet hitting the floor. She had no problem with it, in fact enjoyed the peacefulness, but it was an odd occurrence for the house to be so silent. But she shrugged it off and entered the bathroom, shutting the door lightly and locking. As she undressed and blasted the hot water Lacy thought about Chad and Jeremy, and who's heart she had to crush. Chad seemed cool enough, a little on the short side and hipster like but still cool. Then there was Jeremy, also a hipster but seemed fun and a lot taller than Chad. It occurred to her how the were almost like Mordecai and Rigby, but still polar opposites. Chad and Jeremy were honestly a lot smarted than her two friends...

As Lacy thought she heard a bang on the door,

"Hey! Hurry it up will ya?" It was Rigby. Lacy turned off the water and grabbed a towel, drying herself off, then reached for her clothes...that weren't there. She forgot to grab some...of course. Lacy sighed and wrapped the towel tight around her, then whipped open the door. Rigby was about to say something, then stopped and stared at her. Lacy blushed and said,

"Oh whatever!" Then pushed around him and stomped to her room. Jesus! There were days that she could handle him, then days she wanted to strangle him! But to fair it wasn't really his fault, she was the one who stupidly forgot to bring clothes, and how often do you see a half naked in this house? She ran a hand through her damp hair and walked over to her closet then noticed that the glass had been cleaned up and a folded piece of paper laid in its place. Confused Lacy picked it up and read it;

"Lacy,

I hope you don't mind that I cleaned up a bit, I figured you had enough on your plate as it is. Your situation is pretty unfair, and if you ever need someone to talk too, I'm here.

Your friend,

Mordecai"

Lacy smiled in appreciation. There wasn't a lot of people she could actually talk to about to about her situation and it was nice to have a friend. She'd have to put him in a good name for Margret.

The ceremony actually didn't take that long and soon Lacy was being drowned in compliments from Five's family, and other men in fact. It was weird, she had managed to make herself look alive, wearing a white blouse, a black skirt, and black slip on's. She hadn't expected to be this well liked.

"She's so cute bro! How did you manage to get someone that cute?" Low-Five said, and Five's retorted, "She's not my girlfriend. We're just good friends..." Lacy couldn't tell but she would've guessed HFG was blushing. "Hmph. 'Just good friends' . That's what they all say. You should have a girlfriend by now." His dad said bluntly, "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Lacy wasn't sure to how to answer. She could just say 'no' but that would raise more questions. To say yes would be lie, as well as saying she wasn't looking. She finally just decided on answering, "I haven't really had time for a boyfriend. Besides, most guys don't find, me attractive." Low Five laughed,

"Then I guess I'm not like most guys sweetheart, 'cause I find you extremely attractive." Now Lacy knew the blush on her face was apparent and she bowed her head in embarrassment. "Seriously bro, if you don't want this one I'll take her." The blush grew. Nobody had ever said anything like this to her. High Five sensed her discomfort and said, "Yeah whatever. Anyway we got to go meet Muscleman! See you later!" And he quickly grabbed her hand and floated off.

After they had left Fives apologized, "Sorry for my brother. He's always been like that." Lacy smiled softly, "I-its ok...It's just weird for anyone to compliment me. I'm not pretty, so..."

"You really are though!" Fives said in disbelief, "I'm surprised that you don't have a boyfriend!" Lacy giggled, she didn't know why but she felt relaxed around him, more care free. "Like I said, guys don't find me attractive."

"I don't think it's that. I think that guys find you so attractive that they're so intimidated to talk to you." Fives answered thoughtfully. Lacy shrugged, very much doubting that. No matter what he would say he wouldn't change her mind. Lacy was just a plain faced blonde girl. She didn't care, it just meant that she didn't live up to the stereotypes of blondes being 'hot wild party girls'. She found it a blessing to have plain looks. And besides, after this whole thing was over she wouldn't have to try to be pretty, she could be herself.

"Anyway, what's the point of relationships? You like someone with mutual feelings, boyfriend/girlfriend, then you marry them, wife/husband. It doesn't changes who you are, just puts a label on you." Lacy had pretty much always felt that way about relationships. Even when she was normal she didn't have a boyfriend, at least she didn't think she did.

"Yeah, but it also makes that person yours, nobody can call them that but you." HFG pointed out. Lacy was silent for a moment before quietly saying,

"Until that person finds someone else, and they get that title. Then what does that make you?"

High Five Ghost had not been able to responded, and now sat in his room pondering about it. Is that why Lacy didn't have a boyfriend? Had someone hurt her in the past? She always seem to have this constant weight hanging over her, a cloud of depression. Had she been abused by a past boyfriend? He remembered he'd once seen scars on her arms when one of her sleeves had accidently pulled up a little. She had been quick to pull it down and Fives acted like he hadn't seen. But even now it bothered him, angered him even to think that anyone would hurt her physically or mentally. She was so beautiful and nice that he couldn't wrap his mind around to why she didn't have a boyfriend, but now it made sense. He also worried about guys taking advantage of her. She seemed a little naïve about guys unless they directly hit on her, like Low Fives did. Speaking of which he'd have to talk to him later...He knew he was just kidding around, at least he's pretty sure he was.

His feelings towards her welled up in his chest and he grumbled. He wanted to date her, but knew she probably didn't feel the same way and never would. But as long as he was there for her to make her happy he was fine. But man...the Friend Zone sucked.

A/N: Well there you have it! I can't tell you how long this took -_- Everything I had wrote kept getting deleted so I eventually got frustrated and this was the outcome. I know its short and terrible but I start writing more after I post this. Plus as an 'I'm sorry' gift I'll make next chapter about Lacy's past (not full past, mostly just with Skips) and I'll give you guys a chance to PM me an oc's you'd want in this story or any events you want to happen. See ya guys soon my loyal followers!

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