Emily's Pov

"Oh my gosh, he'll be here soon! Ugh." I said as I threw on my shoes and hurried down stairs, passing up my dad on the way down.

"I hope you're rushing to get ready for our training today." He snickered as I groaned and stopped halfway down the steps.

"Its not today is it?" I said giving him a hopeful look but he returned it with a nod of his head. "Oh but daddy! I'm going out with Fabian for lunch today, can't we do it tomorrow?" I asked feeling as though I'd hear the doorbell ring any second now.

"I guess we can start tomorrow. But Emily, if you're going to follow in my footsteps then you need to learn how to defend yourself." He said walking down towards me, I sighed trying not to make a face. For the past year or so, my dad's been talking about how great its going to be to save the planet with his daughter. The great duo! And I would see the hope and excitement in his eyes, that I'd agree with him saying that it was a dream of mine. It wasn't. Saving the world my dad's thing, not mine.

"Oh…right. I…I…" I began to say 'I guess I could cancel' but I didn't. I really wanted to go with Fabian but the disappointed look on my dad's face… DING DONG! I breathed a sigh of relief, Fabian was here. Now my dad would feel bad for pressuring me to practice. Instantly I zoomed down stairs to answer the door…only for my dad to beat me to the door.

"Hello, Fabian. Emily said you two were going to lunch?" He said as Fabin just gave him a cool smile and shrugged.

"Yes, sir. We are." He replied then looked past him to me, I grinned and walked forward.

"I'll see you later dad! Come on! Lets go!" I said walking past dad and grabbed Fabian's hand as we walked down the side walk. Sitting on the side walk was Fabian's motorcycle. Great. My dad hated bikes.

"Bring her back safe or else!" Dad called out trying to be funny, but I could hear that stern tone underneath, meaning that he meant his threat. Fabian in reply jumped on the bike with me sitting behind him, and revved the engine, only encouraging my dad's suspicions. Oh boy. With the squeal of tires we were out of there and on the open road, I quickly wrapped my arms around Fabian's waist and held on for dear life. Hopefully my dad wouldn't be too mad with me. Five minutes after we hit the road, Fabian pulled over to a familiar coffee and sandwich shop.

"Demi said this was your favorite place. Is this alright?" Fabian asked as he looked back to me while placing the cycle in park. I looked at it, grimacing from one of my encounter's with Bane (A/N: Read 'Frayed!) , but now it looked peaceful and quite cute.

"Sure! Come on! They have the best cookies, too!" I said as I tried to dis-mound from the bike, but almost ended up falling over and onto the hard concrete. Luckily strong arms caught me just in time, and pulled me to my feet.

"Heh, sorry about that. I can be such a klutz some times!" I laughed nervously as I felt my face flush from embarrassment. But Fabian…was Fabian, he just gave me a cool look then shrugged it off.

"What ever." He said as he finally released my arms to kick up the kick stand, then held his arm out for me…just like gentleman from old times. Heh, I guess Shadow is more old-fashioned than I thought. I grinned at him and placed my arm on his as we walked into the restaurant. We finished our lunches half an hour later…but stayed in the restaurant for five hours. I have no clue what we talked about, everything…and nothing. Little things and big things. Our parents. Our homes. What's your favorite book? Little women. Your's? Catcher in the rye. We went on and on, I was laughing, smiling and at one point in tears at the story of his mother, who had died in childbirth with him.

"Wow! I think we ought to be heading out. I can't believe its already 5 o clock, my dad is going to hit the roof!" I said as we began to get up, I reached into my pocket to pull out my small wallet when I felt Fabian's hand rest on mine.

"I'll cover this. Next time, it'll be your turn." He said as he placed the cash and the tip on the table, I gave him a wink and a smile.

"Who said there would be a next time?" I said crossing my arms while Fabian stopped in his tracks turning to me, obviously confused and hurt. "Oh…well then I suppose-"

"I was just joking, Fabian! Of course I want to do this again, and next time it'll be what ever you want and I'll pay!" I said looping my arm through his as his stance then relaxed and he began to look a little more…light. The ride home was short for me, although it actually took fifteen minutes due to traffic, but still I didn't want this to end. As we pulled up to my house I saw a flash of blue at the window. Dad. Of course.

" I guess this is my stop. Thanks for everything, Fabian. I don't know I could ever repay you for this. So I'll see you tomorrow at school?" I asked him as he nodded while I began to get off the bike, I stood on the sidewalk as he rode away, like a dark knight. He glanced back to me and I swore I saw him smile brightly at me, I felt my heart skip a beat as I waved back at him. Mission accomplished. I had finally gotten Fabian to start to open up to me…but I could tell that he was still holding something back. But what?

The next day as I began to walk down towards the bus stop I heard the sound of a motorcycle motor zoom by me, I stopped as it pulled up in front of me. Instantly a huge smile spread across my face as I saw it was Fabian.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him amazed and partially excited. He smirked then motioned to the seat behind him.

"Get on. I'll pick you up for school, so you won't be bothered by Bane." I stood there stunned by the sudden act of kindness, bit back the happy tears in my eyes as I rushed up to him, throwing my arms around his neck pulling him into a hug. "Thank you. Thank you so much." I whispered just hugging him as close as I possibly could "You have no idea how much this means to me." I said as I finally broke away from him, he just shrugged it off as he began to revv up the engine once again. Grinning like a hyena I jumped behind Fabian, wrapping my arms around his firm torso as we took off to school. It was like that for a month. A whole month of bliss, no Bane, no pain. I got to see Fabian everyday and we began to get closer than I ever could have imagined. It was perfect. If only perfection would last forever…

Annnd here's another chapter! Hope enjoy it! Sorry about the long wait! I needed a short writer's break and now I'm back to buisiness! Thanks everyone for your patience and all the wonderful reviews! So please remember to review and ~God Bless!~