Chapter 9:

Dannie-Lynn growled as she slammed the door shut. She took her hair out of it's ponytail and ruffed the mass up a bit to loosen it up. She stormed up the stairs and to her room slamming the door. Warren sighed and walked up the stairs. The night started great. Warren thought to himself. He walked down towards Dannie-Lynn's room and heard the stereo blaring.

"I found myself wrong again
Starin out my window
Wonderin what it is I should have said
I found myself at home again
Waitin for the after call
From a fallout that feels like such a mess

Ohhhh I can only be myself
I'm sorry that's hell for you
Heyyy so what's my damage today
Don't let me get in your way
Let it out like you always do
The trouble between me and you
Is nothing new

So I listen to you complain and then
I bite my tongue in vain again
As I let it all just slowly settle in
Such a pretty picture that you paint
I'm so vile while your a saint
Funny how your eyes see thick not thin

Ohhhh I can only be myself
Your lookin for someone else
Heyyy so what's my damage today
Don't let me get in your way
Let it out like you always do
The trouble between me and you
Is nothing new

You know how to give it but you can't take it
It's all just a waste now you can save it
No matter what I do
Is never good enough, never good enough

Heyyy so what's my damage today
Don't let me get in your way
Let it out like you always do
The trouble between me and you
Is nothing new
Is nothing new

Save your breath cause here comes the truth
I'm over the drama of you
And that's something new

Well I'm starin' out my window
Wonderin' what it is I should have, said"

Warren had knocked gotten no response so he let himself in. Dannie-Lynn's closet door was closed and she wasn't actually in the room so he took it a safe bet that, that was where she was probably changing. He hit stop on the stereo before another song could play. "You seem to have this uncanny ability to slam your door and blare your music." He remarked.

The closet door opened and Dannie-Lynn walked out closing her cell. "I stranded the other's, so I called a limo and Layla." She said softly.

"I heard most of the conversation."

"That was not a conversation that was a disagreement." Dannie-Lynn said disgustedly. "My aunt tells to clarify them as they are. It's absolutely ridiculous."

"Ok."

"I mean she can basically call me a slut, but I can't tell her that she's too shy and needs to grow some balls and let other's in. How fucking off is that shit?" Dannie-Lynn sat down on her bed and started untying her shoes. Warren sat down kicking his boots off onto the floor and he sat behind her with his legs on either side of her so she was sitting between his legs.

Dannie-Lynn shoved her boots off and stood up turning to face him. "What?" Warren asked. "I was just gonna hold you."

She gave a small ghost of a smile and bowed her head. "You sure you want to hold a slut?" She asked softly.

Warren stood up and put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer trapping her arms between their pressed torsos. "You are not a slut."

"You don't have to pretend. I know you want me because I'll give you sex. Isn't that what all guys want girlfriends for?" She said sullenly.

Warren brought an arm up not releasing her and he lifted her face so that their eyes met. "I don't want you for that. I mean you're amazingly sexy, sure but that's not all that I like about you. You are strong, smart and independent and you're just you. You don't sugar coat anything, because that's not who you are. Torch you are stunning inside and out and you keep me on the edge of my seat waiting to see what you'll do next."

Dannie-Lynn's gaze brightened a bit at his words. "Really?"

"Yeah." Warren said softly nodding his head. "This sexual tension thing we've got going is fun, but it's nothing compared to just being around you."

"Thank you." Dannie-Lynn said. "I'm sorry about Jake."

"It's not your fault he's a dick. And Sydney had no right to blow up at you."

Dannie-Lynn sighed and stepped forward and forced him back towards the bed. "You might want to be comfortable for this." They got on the bed and lay down looking at each other. "Jake was the first. We were both a little drunk and he had just gotten in a fight and split with his girlfriend for like the third time that year alone and I was just having a good time."

"You don't have to explain to me."

"I know." Dannie-Lynn said. "Afterwards he told his friends that I convinced him to sleep with me, that I told him I had a thing for him and that I wanted him and now that he had no girlfriend we could be together. It didn't end well. Syd never knew cause I managed to squash it before it got to far in the grapevine."

Warren ran his fingers along her palm gently. Dannie-Lynn sighed softly liking the small ticklish feeling in her hand it reminded her of when the flames would dance along her skin.

"I hate fighting with her." She said softly after Warren didn't speak.

"This happens a lot?"

Dannie-Lynn snorted. "No it doesn't, but when it does we go all out to hurt each other." She giggled. "It's a girl thing I guess."

"What you get a divorce?" Warren teased.

"No." Dannie-Lynn laughed softly. "Depending on the fight, it starts with giving back little things, jewellery and than we slowly progress into returning cds, magazines, books, clothes, shoes, and when we finally run out of reasons to say 'here this is yours and I don't want in my room,' we simply stop talking for about a week. Than one of us caves in saddened frustration in the middle of the night and we end up in the kitchen eating Oreos and peanut butter."

Warren broke out into full on laughter. "That is the…" He stopped to take a deep breath.

"Shut up!" Dannie-Lynn shoved him and if she hadn't also latched on to his shirt he would've tumbled over the side of her bed, quite possibly hitting his head on her bedside table.

Warren took a breath and looked at her as she pulled him back towards her a bit. "You must have the strength of an ox to catch me and make it look easy." He said.

A compliment to cover the laughing and Dannie-Lynn knew she fell for it when she smiled. "I just have quick reflexes that's all."

"Oh yeah and keeping me from falling was as easy as baking a pie." Warren added sarcastically.

"I'm not very domestic so I don't find baking pies easy. Cookies I can do, pies not so much." She joked.

They lay there talking for a while longer and the late evening hours turned into early morning and they had fallen asleep hands clasped between them as they lay face to face.

Butt Crack of Dawn:

Dannie-Lynn awoke to tapping on her shoulder and a 'shh'. She rolled over and saw that Sydney was standing next to her bed with a sad smile on her face. "Can we talk?" She whispered softly as to not wake Warren.

Dannie-Lynn released Warren's hand gently and stood from the bed. Neither had changed from their clothes that they had worn to the club so Dannie-Lynn grabbed a pair of leggings off her floor and slipped them on and under her skirt just in case she was to see maybe her father, which was unlikely this early in the morning. Sydney led the way to her room and sat down in her chair and Dannie-Lynn sat in the one opposite her. "What's this about?"

"I wanted to say I'm sorry. I should never have implied what I did." She said sullenly. "The truth is you're right. I'm too shy and I blame it on you because I'm too afraid to open up and let people in even though I try."

"Jake's a jerk and you can do better. You are a very beautiful girl. So what you have powers and you're family is famous for being heroes, you need to step out of your bubble and show the world you."

"I know." Syd said. "It's just hard. I mean you are everything guys want and than some and I guess…"

"Please tell me you don't compare us?" Dannie-Lynn asked softly.

Syd sighed. "Sometimes."

"Syd you're the whole package and any guy would be lucky to get you. Guys want me for the way I look and act not because I have brains or brawn."

"Yeah but you have Warren. He adores you and no guy has ever looked at me like he looks at you."

"Syd you just don't know when a guy looks at you like Warren looks at me. And Warren's the first guy that's seen me. I'm lucky to have him yes but that doesn't mean he wont leave eventually."

"I doubt it."

Dannie-Lynn looked at her. "Trust me. You don't want to be me."

"I just want an eighth of the confidence you display."

"Than it's yours. You can't be afraid of what people think."

Syd looked up at her and gave a small smile. "Lame fortune cookie saying."

A laugh. "Yeah." Dannie-Lynn smiled. "But true. Let's do it like this, I'll take you shopping and without losing who you are will find you some clothes that make you look hot. Sound good?"

Sydney smiled and nodded. "Sounds great."

"Can I go back to sleep now?"

"I wonder why you're so antsy to get back to bed. Is it the hunky chunk of man in your bed?"

"Young man and no. I'm exhausted." Dannie-Lynn said leaving the room with a silent wave. She went back to her own and covered Warren with her throw blanket before laying back down like she had been and covering herself.

"Where'd you go?" Warren muttered not opening his eyes.

"Syd wanted to talk. Go back to sleep." She whispered kissing his chin softly. So that's what they did, they fell back to sleep shortly after that once again holding hands feeling a soft familiar tingle from their powers shiver down their forearms and into their skin.

Couple Days Later:

"So why are you making us do this again?" Dannie-Lynn asked as they all sat around the dining table eating breakfast.

"It'll be fun. The summer's almost over and we want to let these guys have some fun before we send them home." Reed explained.

"But dad the cabin?" TJ whined.

Sydney snorted. "You don't want to go because of the girl next door to the cabin. What's her name again?"

"Robyn." Dannie-Lynn said smirking at her cousin. "And she thinks you're strange. And why shouldn't she, you only fell in a puddle of mud tripping over your limbs the first time you met last summer." She mocked.

TJ glared at her and turned to his father. "You see what I have to live with."

"Dannie, Syd leave TJ alone." Sue said with authority and no room for argument.

Dannie-Lynn snorted. " The Invisible Girl to the rescue." She mocked.

"So be packed by lunch." Reed said quickly to avert any arguments from starting. The table went silent and Dannie-Lynn glanced up at Warren from across the table and crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out in a slightly jokingly and playfully disgusted at the idea facial expression.

"Oh and Dannie you'll be driving the car up, with Layla, Will and Warren. Syd you'll be driving with Magenta, Zach and Ethan. TJ you'll ride with your father and I and Johnny you'll drive the van with Ben." Sue instructed.

"But…" Johnny and Ben started to complain.

"No buts. Alicia is coming along too, and yes Ben she knew before you did." Sue said.

That Afternoon:

"Why does she insist on making me drive?" Dannie-Lynn grumbled climbing in the front seat of the Mazda speed 6.

"Why this is a nice car?" Will asked from the backseat.

"I'd rather be riding my bike." She said.

"Bike?" Layla asked.

"Yeah I have a street bike." Dannie-Lynn informed them. And she looked at Warren sitting next to her while she drove into the busy streets behind the other cars, that enclosed her family and friends. "And don't even think of making fun of me for it."

"I wasn't going to say anything." Warren smirked.

"Uh huh sure you weren't." Dannie-Lynn said and reached to turn the radio on.

"So uh how far away is this cabin." Layla asked.

"Three almost four hours outside of the city." Dannie-Lynn told her. The car ride got quiet except for the constant music on the radio and the occasional dj coming on to announce another song or 'important' news. After driving for a few hours, through the city into a little country like area and towards the woods they finally pulled up outside of a two-story cabin right off the lake.

"Where are we?" Will asked looking around as they sat in the car.

Dannie-Lynn snorted. "Pleasant Lake New York." She said sarcastically. She shut the car off and climbed out and was pummelled by…a girl her height and build.

"D!" The girl shrieked. "Thank god you're here I have been bored out of my skull all summer with Kameron." She said enthusiastically.

Dannie-Lynn laughed as she heard three other car doors closed. She had passed the others on the way there because Reed was driving under the speed limit and annoying her. They would be a while before they reached the cabin. "Lacey get off!" She laughed.

The girl Lacey jumped back. She had dark hair just like Dannie-Lynn and it was in a layered cut around her face and down to the middle of her back. Her bangs were cut straight across her brow though. Warren came up next to Dannie-Lynn putting his arm around her shoulder and leaned back against the car. "Oh sorry." Lacey said looking at them sheepishly. She was a beautiful girl, bright blue eyes, light tan skin, great complexion and petite, but not a stick.

"It's ok. Lace this is Warren my boyfriend, Warren this is Lacey. Her parents own the cabin next to ours." Warren nodded his greeting and Lacey smiled at him.

"Boyfriend?" She asked looking at Dannie-Lynn.

"Yeah well things change." Dannie-Lynn shrugged. "So where's Kamberly." She joked.

"I hate it when you call me that." She looked up and walking across the yard was a guy Warren's height with dark haircut into a mohawk, (AN: These characters are based off my two fave dancers from So you think you can dance. Lacey and Kameron.) black cargo shorts, and a white billabong shirt, his white sneaks gleaming on his feet.

"Well if you didn't act like such a girl all the time I wouldn't." Dannie-Lynn smiled stepping away from Warren and up to Kameron.

Kameron smirked at her, his dark brown eyes alight with mischief. "How do I act like a girl?"

"You primp." Dannie-Lynn smirked.

"Do not."

"Do too."

"Not."

"Too."

"Not."

"Guys!" Lacey whistled laughing at them. "Chill."

Dannie-Lynn looked up at Kameron and stuck her hand out in a friendly gesture. "Truce?" She asked sarcastically.

Kameron took her hand and smirked. Before anyone really knew what they were doing they were flipped over doing a one-hand break pose still holding together with their other hands. "Truce." Kameron said and they flipped upright quickly and shook hands and let go.

"Anyways these other's are Will and Layla. They have been staying with us for the summer. That's how I met Warren. Guys this is Lacey, my sista from another mista, and Kameron my brother from another mother." Dannie-Lynn joked putting her arms around both.

"Your what's?" Layla asked.

Dannie-Lynn rolled her eyes. "Lacey and I have been good friends for years, like sisters and Kameron sort of tagged along around here for a while and we all got close. Kameron and Lacey are a thing, so if you hear arguing it's generally them, just ignore it." She joked.

Dannie-Lynn made her way back over to Warren and leaned next to him on the side of the car as his arm went around her waist. "Dannie and I actually dance in the same class." Kameron said putting his arm around his own girlfriend.

"And I graduated last year." Lacey input. "Oh speaking of how's Nestle Nessa's trip to Italy?"

Dannie-Lynn shrugged. "She hit a bad patch so she came home."

"Oh." Lacey said. "Well I guess that happens sometimes."

Two more vehicles pulled into the driveway along the side of the house. "We'll go and let you get settled." Kameron said.

Lacey pouted. "But I want to visit with my sista from another mista."

"You, me and a couple jet ski's later?" Dannie-Lynn asked her.

Lacey smiled at that. "You got it. I'm gonna smoke you."

"Ha!" Dannie-Lynn said letting a small flame ignite her thumb and then burn out leaving a little smoke. "I think I'll smoke you."

"Yeah, yeah. "Lacey said rolling her eyes and she took Kameron's hand and they both headed across the property to the other house next door.

Dannie-Lynn turned towards the others that were getting out of the car. "Took you long enough." She joked.

"We need to have a serious talk about your driving young lady." Reed said shaking his head.

Dannie-Lynn snorted. "I just don't like to drive like a grandpa. Discussion, case, topic over." She said matter oh factly.

"How long have you been here?" Johnny asked walking over.

"Merely minutes nothing more. Enough time to make plans to jet ski across the lake later with Lacey."

"Oh Lacey's here?" Syd asked walking over.

"Yeah. And I would like it if you didn't talk to her like the science nerd you are, you know she doesn't understand you."

Syd laughed at that. "Ok. Ok I'll try."

TJ walked over glancing to the other house that Lacey and Kameron hadn't gone to looking around the small hedges and trees to see if the family had come for the summer. "Is TJ looking for his wittle girlfriend?" Dannie-Lynn teased. "M-M-My n-names T-t-t-T-J-j-J…" She stuttered mockingly.

"That's it!" TJ started after Dannie-Lynn and she took off heading for the dock. "Trapped now!"

"Ha! Flame On!" Dannie-Lynn shouted and took off from the end of the dock with her running start and flew up until she was hovering about a quarter mile above the water's surface staring down at her cousin.

"Blakely NO!!!!!!" Came the shout of a girls voice and two barks from what sounded like a big dog. Dannie-Lynn watched as 'Blakely' ran up the dock, a massive saint Bernard, and TJ turned around just in time to see the dog jump up. Being so close to the edge of the dock they both went into the water.

Dannie-Lynn flew to the dock landing as the fire dissipated from her body leaving her in her other suit, which looked more like a long sleeve shorts jumper, and she doubled over on the dock in laughter as TJ came up spluttering.

"Oh my god." The girl said stepping around Dannie-Lynn and looking into the water at TJ. "I am so sorry. Blakely got away from me."

"It's fine." TJ said wiping the water from his face and he looked up at the girl. "Robyn?" He asked.

"Hi." She said softly. Dannie-Lynn was now able to stand and she started to help Robyn get TJ out of the water. Blakely swam to the bank and walked out shaking off. "TJ I am so… sorry. Blakely full size now but still technically a puppy."

"Really it's fine." TJ said looking down at himself completely drenched. He looked back at Robyn. "You look whoa." He said trying his hardest not to get tongue tied.

Dannie-Lynn smirked. "What he means is you look different."

"Yeah." TJ said glancing over at his cousin. Normally she would've made some crack about his lack of suave and walked away, but in this case she was actually being helpful.

Robyn started fidgeting with her uneven black chin length chopped hair. Her bangs hanging just over her eyelids and little chopped as well, her hair naturally straight hung curved around her face. "Like it?"

"TJ?" Dannie-Lynn looked at him with a smile. "Do you like her hair?"

"Yeah. It's um…"

"Nice." Dannie-Lynn said for him.

Robyn smiled shyly biting her lip. "Thanks. I just sort of decided one day I didn't want to be long and blond anymore."

TJ smiled at her shyly and then looked at his cousin for further instruction. Dannie-Lynn smiled. "So Robyn when is your family heading home for the summer?"

"Well that depends, dads thinking of moving up here, but he doesn't want to take me away from my friends. I'm kind of ok with it though."

"Well that's great. How about I leave you and TJ to talk?" Dannie-Lynn smiled.

Robyn smiled at TJ. "It's ok with me."

"Yeah me too." TJ said with this slight dreamy look in his eyes.

Dannie-Lynn left the two on the dock, she'd never told TJ that Robyn also had a thing for him. It was something she had picked up on a couple days after meeting the girl. "I think we should get settled before dinner." Sue said as she brought her duffle over.

"I call tenting it!" Dannie-Lynn said raising her hand up and Syd crowed.

"Woot! Yeah! Wait what?" She looked at Dannie-Lynn slightly confused. "But we argue about this every year. You want the room, I want the room, and which ever loses tents it across the street in the woods. What's the deal?"

"Warren's going to tent with me." Dannie-Lynn said looping her arm with his.

"I'm what?" "He's what?" Warren and Johnny said at the same time. Warren looked at her confused and Johnny looked at her glaring.

"Were big kids. We can tent together. Besides if some weirdo comes at me in the middle of the night don't you want some strong burley guy there to protect me." Dannie-Lynn smiled innocently at her father.

"Not fooling me. You can protect yourself."

"Well maybe it'd be nice to have someone do it for me occasionally." Dannie-Lynn shrugged.

"Johnny let them tent together. It save us the fiasco of having to listen to Syd and Dannie argue about who gets the bedroom upstairs." Reed said absent-mindedly.

Johnny looked at Reed. "Are you insane? My daughter is not sharing a tent with a…"

"A what Johnny?" Sue asked smirking at him. "Go ahead say what you were going to say."

Johnny gave a frustrated sigh looking at Sue. If he said ' a sexed crazed young man,' Sue would just throw it back at him for all his years of irresponsibility. "Fine. Fine ok you two can share a tent, but no funny business."

"Thanks daddy." Dannie-Lynn kissed his cheek and retrieved the tent from the trunk along with her duffle and sleeping bag. "Come on hothead."

"It would've been nice to be included on this scheme of yours." Warren said as they walked towards the heavily wooded area. Across the street from the only three houses in the area was a bunch of woods and that was it. Of course there were much more then those three houses on the lake but there was lots of land there too. "I don't like camping."

"Trust me when this trip is over you'll love it." She said looking up at him with a sexy twinkle in her eye.

Warren chuckled softly and they found a small clearing and started setting up a tent. After getting everything settle they shut the tent and laid down on their separate twin size air mattresses. "So are you going to be able to survive without myspace for the time being." Warren mocked.

Dannie-Lynn snorted and reached into her black nightmare before Christmas messenger bag and pulled out her laptop and rested it upon her stomach as she lay flat on her back. "Who says I have to go without? I have travelling internet. Or that's what I call it at least."

"Typical." Warren muttered.

Dannie-Lynn closed her laptop and set it on top of her messenger bag and than rolled over onto Warren's air mattress next to him. "Well if I had something better to do." She grinned.

Warren smirked at her as she leaned down and captured his lips against her own. Warren turned onto his side so their fronts were pressed together and he wiggled a hand between them and began to pull the zipper of her uniform down the front. Dannie-Lynn grinned against his lips and gently snaked her tongue into his warm mouth as Warren slipped his hand beneath the tight material over her breasts.

"Mmm…problem." Dannie-Lynn said. Warren stopped kissing her and pulled back a bit not moving his hand. "A) It's light outside and B) dinner will probably be ready soon."

Warren growled at her. "Sometimes I hate your logic."

"Well sometimes I hate my logic too." Dannie-Lynn said and she smirked and glanced down to her chest where his large rough hand still rested encasing her ample breast.

Warren took her lips in another searing kiss and gently massaged her breast in his palm for a moment before removing his hand and righting her suit. He broke away from her lips again and looked at her. "Clothes?"

"Yeah." Dannie-Lynn sighed and rolled over grabbing her duffle. She snatched out some baggy jeans and black acdc shirt slipping them on effortlessly as she still lay on her back and then sat up and looked at Warren. "Coming?" She smiled.

Warren sat up and gave her another kiss. "Not yet." He teased.

"Dirty hothead." Dannie-Lynn said smirking at him impishly. Warren grinned and they both climbed out of the tent closing it up. Using some alarm or another reed had created for tents so that stuff wouldn't get stolen, they just walked off to dinner.

Dinner:

"WE'RE WHAT?" TJ, Syd, and Dannie-Lynn all exclaimed at the dinner table.

"We've decided that you guys are going to spend three months at sky high." Sue said.

"But-but…" Dannie-Lynn spluttered for words. "Volleyball." She said as a way of trying to make her point.

"Sorry Dannie-Lynn. We've made our decisions final. You'll each stay with one of these guys, we've already talked with their parents and Principle Powers." Reed explained.

"So who am I staying with? You know my needs are a little different from Syd and TJ." Dannie-Lynn said.

Johnny looked up. "You'll be staying with Warren."

"What?" Warren and Dannie-Lynn were both shocked.

"Did I stammer? Warren's mom has agreed to let you stay in their guest room for the three months." Johnny said. Dannie-Lynn looked across the table at Warren and smiled.

"Well in that case screw volleyball, hello sky high." Dannie-Lynn said brightly. Warren smirked at her. This should be interesting. Everyone thought at the table simultaneously.