Nearly a year had gone by and I had no new relationships to speak of. Sure there was a possible fling that was close to occurring with Universal Man, but his costume wasn't the only thing that was dark and foreboding. I hadn't even considered trying women again after my experiment with Stormicide. Things just appeared to be going smoothly with college and my heroine duties.

But then it happened, one of two special men came into my life that would leave a huge impression upon me. I had just snuck into a bank that was being robbed by some well armed thieves. I was about to catch one of them from behind when suddenly the floor was frozen over and the robbers slipped.

I was in awe as that dark skinned superhero skated by them in his blue and white costume with a lens across his eyes. I had never seen a superhero move so fast and swiftly on his feet for most of them were able to fly or had other means of transportation. Even when the burglars tried to fire their guns at him, he simple strode side to side escaping the path of the bullets or created walls of ice to protect himself. The impressive man of action decided to stop this charade by freezing the guns in their hands over. And just as quickly as he came to save the day, he fled the scene the next moment.

I was truly astounded by Frozone's work, yet I felt really annoyed that he stole my job. I went after him for a confrontation.

I managed to leap over him with a long stretch of my body as he was skiing over rooftops. He slide to a stop in front of me and whistled at the sight of me. I began to blush, but I kept my annoyed expression.

"So you must be the famous Elastigirl…" he said as he looked me over. "What does a fine woman like yourself want with me?"

"You stole my job."

"Pardon?"

"You stole my job!" I repeated clenching my fists. "I was right there in that bank when you came in and took care of everything before I even got a hit on anyone."

"I'm sorry," he told me sarcastically. "I didn't realize your name was tattooed on those thugs' foreheads…"

I groaned in anger and approached him. "Wasn't there anywhere else you could have taken care of? I didn't need your help!"

"I could barely even see you!" he argued. "I just so happened to notice you sneaking around when I had just finished up freezing over the last guy's gun. If you weren't so busy playing ninja, maybe you would have gotten a piece of the action!"

"You men are all the same!" I groaned again. "You can't allow a woman to be a super hero. It has to be the man's job…"

"Hey, how do you think I feel?" he told me. "Do you see another African American in spandex running around? Sure there are only a few women who are supers, but I'm apparently alone for some reason!"

It just struck me that he was absolutely right. I turned to look at him, but he had already turned away to take a deep sigh. I felt terrible just then.

"I'm sorry," I apologized. "It didn't occur to me…"

"It's okay," he told me. "The fact that you looked past my skin and considered me a superhero is fine by me."

"So what's it like?" I asked him as I came over to sit beside him. "Being the odd man standing?"

"It's not so bad anymore," he told me as he knelt down to take a seat as well. "Sure there have been plenty of racists who hate me, even the ones I save, but there are many respectable people out there. I've started to feel like a lone ranger among policemen."

"That's nice…" I said as I blushed my hair out of my eyes. "I've heard plenty of sexist comments even from the men I save, but like you said, there are many respectable people out there."

"Yeah, " he smiled at me. "Well I guess I'm not the only one. Did you know that Psycwave is Jewish?"

"Really?"

"Yeah, he told me one time when we busted on some gangsters. He says it makes for a very interesting Hanukah though. Reading people's minds make it easy to buy presents."

I began to laugh hysterically. Frozone laughed with me and we continued to talk for quite a while.

We had talked for hours on end. I watched the beautiful sun set with him and waited as the stars came out. As time went on, I found myself inching my way closer to him. I could feel the gentle cool air emulating from his body as it sent a pleasant shiver up my spine.

We had discussed quite a bit. We shared stories about our past exploits, about our true feelings about the world, and we even revealed quite a bit about our personal lives to each other. I even told him about all of my past dating experiences. He found my stories interesting, and shared his own with me.

"So have you ever dated a Super before?" I asked him curiously.

"No," he told me. "But I did want to."

"With who?"

"Blazestone."

"The fire-girl?"

"Yeah…"

"But her personality totally clashes with yours…"

"I know, but that's what attracted me to her. She was so different from anyone I knew, and I just got more attracted to her."

"You know she's a flirt. She's been with many more guys. Even more than me."

"I know that now. But at the time I fought against Downburst for her affection. In the end, he won."

"Has there been any other supers you've held an interest in?" I asked him provocatively as I slide my arm around his neck. I don't know what got into me, but I couldn't help myself. I was infatuated by him.

He gave me a grin, welcoming my arm against him.

"As a matter of fact," he told me as he placed his hand on my cheek and stared into my eyes. I smiled gleefully at his touch. "There is this girl I really have taken a liking to…"

"Yeah?" I whispered as I leaned towards him. "What's she like?"

"Well," he began to tell me as he gave me light kisses. "She's full of life…funny… really beautiful… very smart… red hair… has very soft lips.. is an excellent kisser… and can stretch her body to fantastic lengths…"

"Mmmm…" I moaned with a smile as he complimented me. "She sounds like the perfect girl for you…"

"You have no idea…" he told me as he placed both of his hands on the sides of my head. I placed my hands on the sides of his head as well and we began to kiss passionately. I was lost in his mouth as we caressed each other's tongues. This was the best kiss I've ever had with anyone, and I didn't want it to end. But it had to, for we needed our sleep for upcoming events in our normal lives.

"We should get going," I told him with a smile still as he held my tenderly.

"Will I ever see you again?" he asked me with much hope.

"Meet me here tomorrow," I assured him with another kiss. "Same time."

"I'll be here waiting patiently," he whispered back and kissed me one last time. From there we took off in separate directions. I couldn't stop smiling that night.

In just a few weeks, we seemed like a match made in Heaven. We kept our relationship a secret from everyone because of our embarrassing histories with the tabloids and my previous relationships with supers. This forced us to do our superhero work apart and date on our alone time, which was a nice change of pace for me because I preferred working alone. As for Frozone, he told me that his partner would feel like the third wheel so we kept him out of it.

So our relationship was going smoothly. We did our work then met up afterwards to talk and kiss passionately. My only problem was that I wanted to know his secret identity, but I kept feeling scared that he'd be against revealing our secret identities to each other. I finally gathered the courage to ask him one fateful night.

"Hey Frozone?" I asked him as we sat on top of the nearby suspension bridge.

"Yeah?"

"Would you like to know who I am?"

"I do know who you are," he told me with a kiss on the cheek. "You're Elastigirl."

"That's not what I meant…" I began to correct myself. "I mean who I truly am?"

"Well who are you truly? A normal girl, or a superhero?"

"What do you mean?"

"I personally think that I am Frozone. My so called secret identity is the real mask I wear for the world to accept me. This costume shows people who I truly am."

"Huh," I pondered at his statement. "I never considered that, though in my heart I always knew it was true for Elastigirl and… Well anyways, do you want me to reveal my secret identity to you?"

"You want to know mine in the process?"

"Yes I do."

He sighed. "Women I've dated have always wanted me to reveal my secret identity to them if they only knew Frozone. I never have revealed it to any of my girlfriends before. I never even told the girlfriends I've had when I was out of my costume."

"But I want to know you better," I began to explain. "I want to see the face behind that mask, I want to be able to hang out with that man outside of my crime fighting costume, I want to tell him that I love him…"

"But this is the true me."

I kissed him passionately as encouragement to change his mind. "No matter what I'll always see you as Frozone."

He kissed me back. "Alright then. Tomorrow at eight. I'll lead you to my apartment."

"I look forward to it."

I met up with Frozone after we finished up with our patrols. He took my hand and froze a steady slide back to his apartment. I found it a little romantic how he helped me stand up as we slide slowly down his trail of ice. We arrived to the fire escape of a newly finished apartment where Lucious opens the back window and allows me to enter. He comes in after me and turns on the light.

"Wow," I said to Frozone as I looked around the expansive apartment with black leather, glass, and metal furniture. Everything had been cleaned and neatly organized for my arrival. It was quite the bachelor's pad. "This is quite a place you have here…"

"Thank you," Lucious told me as he turned on some romantic music on his system. He went over to the kitchen area to break out a bottle of champagne and two glasses. Frozone poured each of us a glass. I accepted the He then sat down on the couch in a relaxing position with his arms on the back and his legs crossed. "I've been keeping up to date with the new trends."

He smiled, placed his empty glass on the table, and held out his hand. I smiled back, took his hand, placed my empty glass on the table, and sat down to cuddle with him. He held me tightly as we began to kiss. After a good, long make out session we took a break to breath and stare into each others' eyes.

"Are you sure you're ready for this?" I asked him.

"Go ahead," he told me as he tilted his head to show me where his mask met the back of his costume. I would have never guessed that he had a zipper back there.

I felt nervous and anxious as I reached around his head and unfastened his mask. I began to peel the mask off of his face and I pulled it free.

"Wow," I said as I placed his mask on my lap. "You have such strong, deep eyes…"

"I know I don't look familiar to anyone you may have ever met," he began to explain. "My name is Lucious. Lucious Best."

"Interesting," I said with a growing smile.

I closed my eyes as he reached for both sides of my face. I felt his fingers clench my mask and remove it. I opened my eyes to see him gazing at me with surprise.

"My God," Lucious whispered. "You're beautiful…"

I could feel myself blushing.

"My name is Helen. Helen Truax."

"A beautiful name to go with a beautiful face."

We smiled at each other, for this all went better than I thought it would. We shared some more about our private lives as we drank more champagne, and began to make out again.

Four more months went by, and I was still dating Lucious Best. We were able to do far more with each other than any of my previous relationships, and I enjoyed it all profusely. We went dancing, partying, to fairs, and to parks while it was still day. We even went to each other's parents houses. My parents kept on telling me that he's cute, and that I should marry him. That embarrassed me, but it stuck to my mind quite a bit. I was so happy that I actually had someone to hang out with outside of my superhero lifestyle.

Soon after I graduated from college, Lucious hired me as his secretary at his office. I felt a bit naughty keeping our relationship a secret from the firm and using our break times to make out, but it was exciting. I knew I just had to use whatever time I could manage to be with him. I even wanted him in a much more intimate way…

I had only heard of Mr. Incredible through Lucious's description. At the time, I didn't feel interested in getting to know this macho man because I had yet to actually meet him.

And honestly, I didn't have much of an opinion when I first spoke to him. It was a normal day like any other, I was on patrol scouting for trouble when I found Mr. Incredible battling the Neutralizer. He was putting up a fare fight despite the fact that he lacked the dexterity to avoid the energy blasts. Mr. Incredible usually just punch the ground, lifted up a huge slab of concrete and used it as a shield against the blasts. Once the Nuetralizer got close enough, he punched the slab creating an explosion of rubble that hurt his opponent more than him. Mr. Incredible did get hit by the villain's power-absorbing ray, but he was still able to fight against him without his super strength and invulnerability. I was impressed that he was doing much better than Metaman, but I found his style to be lacking finesse and destructive to things around him.

I felt compelled to lend a hand and finish this fight in order to stop Mr. Incredible from destroying any more of the city's property. I jumped in and helped finish the fight in a matter of seconds. I could tell he was blown away by my appearance, though a bit aggravated.

"You're Elastigirl right?"

"Yeah, and you're Mr. Incredible I hear…"

"Why'd you come in on the fight? I was almost done with him on my own."

"You were taking too much time," I told him. "And look at what you've done, you've wrecked up the place not to mention you don't look that well yourself."

"Oh these?" Mr. Incredible pointed to his bruises. "I've had worse, even with my powers. I'm getting used to it…"

"Can't you fight with a bit more… finesse?"

"I've tried," he assured me with a sigh as he rubbed the back of his head. "But it's not my style. I'm just not as nimble as you are."

"You're hopeless," I told him as I turned to walk away.

"Hey!" he shouted and ran around to stop me. "I didn't ask for your help. And it doesn't matter to these people how much damage I deal to the streets as long as I save their lives!"

"Yeah, I'm sure they'll never hold anything against you with such reckless behavior!"

"Maybe I am a bit reckless at times. I'm sorry for that. But maybe reckless is the only way to get things done sometimes. I'm sure you've been reckless at least once in your life."

It just hit me that he was right. I remembered times when I've had to rely on impulse in order to save other people's lives, even when I nearly lost my own life. However I didn't want to admit it to this generic superhero.

"Maybe you need to learn how to save lives properly," I told him. "Or at least accept help from a woman."

"That had nothing to deal with this!" he shouted after me as I began to walk away. He sighed, "Alright, I'm sorry. I'll try to be a bit more cautious next time…"

I smiled after I heard that. I barely ever heard an apology from another man.

"Thank you!" I shouted back to him. "I'll consider that the next time we meet!"

I could see the smile on his face I stretched away. At first I wasn't impressed, but those last few words struck my interest in that man.

Later I met up with Lucious back at my place after we finished with work. We were sitting on my couch enjoying a movie we rented from the local store.

"I met up with Mr. Incredible today," I told Lucious as I snuggled with him.

"Well," he began to ask me curiously. "What did you think of him?"

"He's very reckless. He's gotta learn to be more careful or he'll give us supers a bad name."

Lucious began to laugh. "He is really reckless. But that's the reason I find myself hanging out with him all the time. He taught me that it's okay to be reckless, especially if you want to protect the ones you love."

I turned to him and smiled. We began to kiss lightly until the kisses became really heavy. We tumbled around on the couch as our lips kept tightly together. Feeling very frisky, I began to slide my hands off of his back and took his hands into my own. From there, I led his hands to my chest and forced him to squeeze my breasts tenderly.

"Wow!" he exclaimed as he broke away from the kiss. "You have a very nice bosom, but are we really ready for this?"

"Lucious Best," I told him as I slid my hands down his chest to cup his crouch. His mouth hung open as he gasped. "I want to give myself to you in every way."

Lucious smiled and began to kiss me again. He helped me take off my shirt and shorts and I helped him take off his shirt and pants. We were now tumbling around in our underwear in heated passion. I kissed him neck just as he kissed mine. Our hands were sliding all over each other, but eventually we rested our hands on each other's firm buttocks.

I rolled on top of Lucious and mounted him. We gazed into each others eyes. I saw my future with him and only him. Slowly I began to kiss his chin, down his neck, down his chest, down his stomach where I stopped at the rim of his underwear. I smiled up at him as I worked my fingers around the rim of his boxers. He smiled back as I could tell he was anxious for me to strip him of the only piece of clothing he had left on. I was so eager to see his private area and have my way with him, but just as I slide his underwear a tiny bit down we were interrupted by the sound of sirens as ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars passed by.

"Oh no!" Lucious declared. "We better go see what's the matter."

"Do we have to?" I asked innocently. "Can't we just have this special night to ourselves?"

"Helen, you know better…"

I groaned with displeasure as the night I was going to lose my virginity to my lover was interrupted. We both got up to put our costumes on and went out into the night to see what the crisis was. Sure enough, there was a large apartment building on fire and the fire department needed our help to save the civilians inside.

We never got a chance to have sex as our relationship went on for a few months more. Usually we were not in the mood from our busy schedules, and even when we were about to finally consummate there always appeared to be an interruption of some sort. One night Lucious managed to take off my bra and fondled my bare cleavage, but just as he was about to take off my panties we heard an explosion in the distance and had to set out.

We at least tried a few other things in our relationship. I decided to move in with him to make it easier on us, and I even slept in the same bed as him. However, we never managed to actually have sex, but what I really wanted did not seem to happen. I wanted to be with him forever and I wanted proof that he felt the same way. Unfortunately, he always avoided that subject.

"Do you think we're going to be together for the rest of our lives?" I asked him once.

"You mean like getting married?"

"Maybe, but even so, do you think we're going to be together in another 40 years?"

"I don't know."

"What do you mean you don't know?"

"I just don't know," he told me. "I'm not a physic."

"But do you believe that our love will last?"

"Maybe," he told me. "We seem to be a great couple."

"Than why can't you give me a straight answer?"

"Hey, we're still young," was his answer. "We have plenty of time to decide these things."

"But we're supers, we could die at any point. Have you heard what happened to Thunderhead last month?"

"It was a freak accident…"

"Yeah, but we're always facing danger and we could die at any point. What would you do if something were to happen to me?"

"Hey," he told me as he come in and held my shoulders as he stared into my eyes. "I won't let anything happen to you."

"But life is out of our control," I told him. "Even we're not indestructible. I know that if you were to ever die, I wouldn't be able to stop myself from crying. I swear, people would have to talk me out of suicide…"

"Helen," he whispered to me. He took a deep sigh. "If anything were to happen to you, the world will know my anger. I'd erupt with blasts of cold and freeze the world over if it would freeze the tears from dripping down my face."

"Oh Lucious…"

We began to kiss avidly, but I still felt like I needed more from him than this. I wanted a solid commitment.

As for my newly acquired friendship with Mr. Incredible, we seemed to grow closer and closer as we ran into each other more and more. Sure we had our playful little spouts at each other, but I found it all amusing. He was like a friend I could talk to about anything I couldn't share with anyone else. I even went to him for advice about my current relationship, though I never mentioned that I was dating Frozone.

"…so yeah," I finished up explaining to Mr. Incredible. "The two of us have been dating for a while, but I'm wondering if he will ever see a future with me."

"Are you sure you want to lose your virginity to a guy you're not going to be with for the rest of your life?"

"I've been wondering about that…"

"Well it's entirely your choice," he told me. "I haven't had sex yet with any of the girls I've dated. I'm not sure why, but I can't picture having that sort of intimacy if the relationship won't last. I guess it just isn't as intimate…"

"Well, I didn't know Mr. Incredible was incredibly prude," I sarcastically told him. "Oh pray the Lord for Mercy!"

"Hey!" he argued. "It's not like that. It's just that it hasn't felt like I found the right person that's all."

"Well I don't know about you," I told him. "But I've had enough dating experience. I truly think I found the right person. I just wish he saw me the same way…"

"What if that never happens?"

"I don't know… Maybe it'll be alright. If I lose my virginity to him, at least I will be satisfying this sexual urge that's been building up in me and I won't be wondering whether or not we could have been for the rest of my life."

"That isn't good enough," he insisted. "Sex isn't a test of love. It's an enjoyable, blissful part of love. I think you deserve to be with a man who loves you back and wants to be with you for the rest of his life. You're a beautiful, talented, exciting girl to be around that any man would be lucky to be with…"

That last statement he said to me really surprised me. I hadn't expected him to say such a beautiful compliment to me. I knew that he was attracted to me, but this was entirely different from the playful behavior we had. He generally tried to hide his crush on me. Truly I did not have any attraction to him at all at the time but this comment…

"What about you?" I asked. "Would you consider yourself lucky to be by my side for the rest of your life?"

He stared at me with wide eyes and blushed. He nervously turned away and scuffed at the idea. "Don't read too much into that Elastigirl. I'm just telling you this cause I want you to be happy."

I smiled at him as he held his back to me. I leaned up to him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. His eyes nearly bulged out of his sockets.

"Thank you…"

He turned to me, speechless and awestruck, and I left him there rubbing his check as I went to thwart off more evil doers.

A full year had passed since Lucious and I began to date. We decided to celebrate at our favorite restaurant. We even exchanged gifts. I got him a very nice water-proof watch while he gave me a gold necklace with our names inscribed on it. We smiled as we put each others gifts on the other. We went up to the dance floor as romantic music had began to play and we danced the night away.

"This has been the perfect evening," I whispered to Lucious. "I can't imagine what could make this night any better…"

"The night is still young," Lucious whispered back to me. "We can spend the night together. This time, there will be no interruptions, no putting it off."

"Lucious, we've tried so many times-"

"I got us a hotel room at the Montasito," he assured me brushing the hair out of my face. "We will be deep in the luxurious hotel away from any danger. It will just be you, me, and one magical night."

"Oh Lucious…"

We kissed passionately then and there. My anxiousness to making love to him was getting the better of me.

It was only half an hour later that we arrived at the hotel. The place was beautifully crafted with some of the best service around. The bellhop showed us to our fabulous room. Lucious and I peered into each others eyes the whole entire time as we were led into the elevator and through the hallway. When we entered the door, my breath was taken away by the sight of it all. The room we were in was huge, with a round coach, a fireplace, and a glorious view of the city.

"Oh!" I exclaimed as something caught my eye. "A hot tube! I never been in one of these!"

"Do you want to test it out?" Lucious asked with a grin.

"Yes!" I told him as I stripped down to my underwear and bra. I stepped right into the warm, bubbling water and laid back to relax. Lucious was in the hot tube a few seconds later in his boxers.

A few minutes of relaxation went by as all we could talk about was how good this felt. Then a sudden thought came to me of the conversation I had with Mr. Incredible. I began to have doubts about my current situation.

"Is something wrong Helen?" Lucious asked me. "You seem a bit distracted."

"Lucious," I began to inquire. "Have you given any further thought as to our future together?"

"We've already talked about this Helen."

"I know, but what if our relationship isn't meant to last? What if after this night it just feels awkward for us? I've seen couples' relationships end right after they have sex…"

"We can't base our relationships on others. I mean, look at us, we're supers. We could die at any second. Would you want to die a virgin, denied of one of the most enjoyable experiences in life?"

"I guess not…"

"Besides," Lucious told me with a smile as his foot rubbed against my leg. "I love you."

"I love you too," I responded smiling as my foot rubbed against his leg.

With that, I crept through the water onto his lap and began to kiss him with great forcefulness. It all seemed romantic there in the water as we kissed. We even kissed each others necks tenderly.

After a few minutes of kissing, I sat up on his lap and stared deep into his eyes. I took off my bra under the water, and then I slid off my panties as well. Lucious's smile widened even more, and I could feel him getting excited through his boxers.

"You're so beautiful," he told me with a hand stroking the side of my face.

"Thank you," I told him. "Let's get dried off and take this into the bedroom…"

"Alright…"

With that, I turned around and got up out of the water. I allowed him to have a good view of my nude form as I went to get a towel. His jaw dropped as he looked at my body while I dried it off with my towel. I just smiled as I went into the bedroom.

I sat down on the bed with my towel wrapped around me. I was smiling at first, but then a suddenly realization swooped over me. My smile faded as I recalled that Lucious had not changed his mind about the commitment in our relationship. I pondered to myself on what to do, this was a big night to me.

I could hear Lucious enter the bedroom, but I didn't look up at him. I could tell he knew something was wrong by the way he waited at the doorway and then slowly entered the room.

"What's wrong?"

"I keep thinking…" I began to explain. "About the two of us. Are we going to be together for the rest of our lives?"

He placed his fingers under my chin and redirected my gaze back at him. I was aroused by the sight of him with only a towel around his waist.

"I know you're concerned about our future," he told me. "But just remember that no matter what happens, I will always love you. I promise that."

I smiled at that reassuring promise. Lucious bent down and kissed me yet again. He leaned towards me as we continued to make out. That next moment, he was on top of me. We rolled around on the bed until I was on top. He slid my towel off of me, exposing my body. I began to reach down to take his towel off when I suddenly got nervous and broke away.

"I can't do this!" I shouted as I scrambled to get my towel back on.

"Helen?" Lucious leaned up in confusion. "What's the problem? Weren't you enjoying yourself?"

"I was really getting into the moment, I admit," I told him. "But I just can't go through with it. I really want to be with you for the rest of my life, but I can't give myself to you if you don't feel the same way."

"Helen…"

"I'm sorry Lucious," I told him. "But I think I just need some time to myself. Maybe this whole thing will just blow over, but I can't be sure just yet."

"I…" he stared at me with a bitter pain. He clenched his eyes and then looked down. "I understand. If you want to just be friends for the time being, I can do that…"

"Lucious…" I tried to explain as I reached over to place my hand on his shoulder, but he brushed my hand away. I sighed, got to my feet, and looked down at him feeling sorry. "I'll see you around."

I left him there to enjoy the hotel room. That entire night I felt like going back to fulfill my deepest desires, but I told myself to be strong and slept.