me: hey peoples of fanfic!
iggy: hiya!
me: so my best fanfic friend (aka BFF), bex, wanted to read a romantic chapter and my recent chapters are less than romantic so im writing an extra! xD
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me: yeah what ri said!
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**JALEESE POV**
"Okay, class. You guys can put your test paper on my desk and pack up. It's almost time to go," Mrs. Jones, my ELA teacher, said near the end of seventh period on Friday.
Iggy turned around, grabbed my test paper, and went to put it on the teacher's big wooden desk. When he returned, he turned around in his seat to look at me.
"We should go out tonight. Just me and you," he offered.
I looked up from my doodle page and stared at him a few seconds before asking, "Like, on a date?"
Iggy's eyes lit up and he nodded, smiling softly. "Yes. Like, on a date," he replied.
"Okay. Sounds cool," I murmured turning back to doodling his name.
When the bell rang, we left to go to the car before Zach had a chance to get to us in the hall. When we got there, the rest of the flock were already in their seats and ready to go. I gave Angel my book bag, got in the driver's seat, and drove us home.
"Nudge, Angel, and Max, come with me to my room," I told the girls when we got in the house.
They nodded and followed me to my bedroom.
"Whatcha need?" Nudge asked plopping down on my bed.
I walked to my desk and plugged my phone into its charger. "Iggy and I are going on a date, and it's my first," I turned around to face them and leaned against my desk. "I need your guys' help with pretty much everything."
"You need my help?" Max asked raising an eyebrow.
I pondered this for a moment before shaking my head.
"Them I'm going to get something to eat. Have fun," she said walking to my door and leaving.
"Well, we can help," Nudge exclaimed joyfully.
"Yeah," Angel agreed. "We'll make you gorgeous. Not that you aren't already," she added smiling.
I smiled back and gave her my thanks.
Nudge walked over to my closet and started rummaging through it as she said, "So what were you planning on wearing?
"That's why I need yall's help, I have no clue," I told her.
Angel got up and stood next to Nudge, who towered over her. "What about this?" she suggested pulling out a ruffled, pink blouse.
"Ew, pink," I said sticking my tongue out.
Angel groaned and threw the shirt on my bed.
"Maybe this?" Nudge pulled out a black, open-back shirt.
"Too skimpy," I said shaking my head in disapproval..
Nudge threw that one on my bed and Angel brought out a sequined, turquoise blouse. I simply shook my head and this continued until my bed was piled high with shirts that I wouldn't wear. Finally, Nudge found a tight-fitted, navy blue shirt that had nothing special except for a low cut V-neck. I shrugged and Nudge and Angel sighed in relief.
"Where's your white scarf and white skinny jeans?" Nudge asked setting the shirt on my dresser.
"The scarf is in my bathroom and my skinny jeans are in the bottom left-hand drawer in my dresser," I told Nudge, walking into my bathroom and getting my scarf from a drawer by the sink.
When I walked back into my room Nudge threw the pants and shirt at me and told me to hurry up and get dressed. I trudged back into the bathroom, shut the door, and did as I was told. 3 short minutes later I walked out and put my hands on my hips.
"Now what about my hair? Do you want me to straight iron it?" I asked.
Angel and Nudge looked at each other then looked back at me and smiled deviously.
"Oh, crap," I muttered before they grabbed me and forced me to sit in a chair at my desk.
I felt Nudge's fingers comb lightly through my hair as her and Angel discussed what they were going to do with my hair. I grabbed my phone, which was a few inches away, and texted Iggy telling him to come save me. Fang ended up texting me from Iggy's phone and said that Iggy was "busy with business". Whatever that meant. After a few minutes of discussion, Angel went into my bathroom and fetched my curling iron and purple brush with white polka dots. She plugged the curler in and Nudge started brushing my hair and getting to work.
"You're gonna look wonderful," Nudge told me.
I'm also not gonna look like me, I thought.
~~~BREAK (THIS WOULD BE LIKE A NEW CHAPTER…)~~~
After what felt like a lifetime, Nudge told me that I could go look at myself in my mirror. I got up and walked to my full-length mirror not knowing what to expect. When I saw my reflection, it was hard to think that it was actually me that I was staring at. My clothes fit perfectly (hugging my curves), my scarf sat on my chest elegantly, my hair was curled casually but beautifully, and my bangs were pinned back with a sparkling diamond bobby pin. I was looking myself up and down, admiring Nudge's handy work, when I noticed one important thing was missing. My shoes.
I turned around, careful not to mess anything up, and opened my mouth to ask about it.
"I know. You need shoes. I'll go get them," Nudge cut me off, running out of the room.
She came back moments later with a sleek, black shoe box. I walked to her, took the box from her hands, and sat on the edge of my bed with the shoe box in my lap. I gasped softly when I opened the top and saw them. They were navy white tops with navy blue lace covering them and white shoe strings. I looked up to say thank you and saw Max standing next to Nudge and Angel with a wide grin plastered on her face.
"Nudge texted me and told me to get these for you while you were getting beautified. Do you like them?" Max said.
I put the shoes and the box down on my bed and hugged the 3 of them in a big group hug. "I love them. Thank you," I whispered.
We pulled away and, in unison, they told me, "You're welcome, lover girl."
My smile grew and stretched from ear to ear. Just then, Fang appeared in my door way and his eyes almost popped out of his skull.
He composed himself and put on his regular emotionless face. "Are you ready to go?" Fang asked me, trying to keep his eyes locked on my face and nowhere else.
I giggled before nodding and walking out and to the living room with the girls and Fang following. A small gasp escaped my mouth when I laid eyes on Iggy's cuter-than-usual appearance.
"Aw, Iggy!" Nudge squealed.
He was dressed in faded blue jeans, a white t-shirt, a black jacket (AN: yah know, the kind with suits…), and a pair of tan top-siders. His hair looked like he had straightened it and it laid perfectly. Iggy just looked absolutely, positively cute. No, not cute, gorgeous. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect date.
Iggy grinned at me and he couldn't keep his eyes off of my make-up-less face, whereas Fang couldn't keep his on my face…
"Aw, you 2!" Nudge squealed louder.
I giggled again and walked into Iggy's arms. He wrapped them around my waist and hugged me close to him.
After about 10 minutes of me and Iggy hugging, Max butted in. "Is your guys' date just hugging, because if it is, you owe me 25 dollars for the shoes, Ja."
Iggy released me and I took a step away, blushing.
"So where are you 2 lovebirds going anyways?" Gazzy asked.
"Yeah, where are we going, Iggy?" I looked up at Iggy.
He smiled down at me. "It's a surprise."
I glanced over at Angel's smiling face and looked back at Iggy's secret smile. My eyes narrowed as I slowly muttered, "Okay then. Let's go already."
"Fine with me," Iggy didn't miss a beat and his grin never faltered, only making me more suspicious.
When we were seated in the Mustang and I was driving us in the direction Iggy told me to, I asked him, "Are we going to a restaurant?"
"Nope," he told me smiling again.
"Club?"
"Not even close."
"Then where?" I demanded turning on a dirt road.
"It's a secret remember," Iggy stubbornly reminded me.
I growled.
He chuckled at me. "Now park right here," Iggy ordered pointing to a spot near a midnight blue lake.
"We're swimming?" I asked, suddenly paranoid about being in a bathing suit with Iggy with me.
"No, crazy," he told me laughing again.
"Then what are we doing?"
Iggy climbed out of the car and came on my side to open the door for me. "You'll see, ma amour." (translation: my love)
I crossed my arms over my spotless white scarf. "Hmph," I huffed getting out of my seat.
He uncrossed my arms and wrapped them around his neck before snaking his arms around my waist. "You look beautiful, you know," Iggy whispered, pressing his forehead against mine.
a shy smile made its way across my face and Iggy let me go, taking my hand in his and dragging me away from the car and closer to moon-lit lake. When we were only a few feet away from the edge of the glistening water, I noticed a blanket laid out on the grass with a single candle, a box of matches, and a picnic basket sitting on it.
"A picnic?" I asked in a daze.
"Yep," Iggy said sitting me on the blanket and lighting the candle with a match.
"Really?" my shy smile came back and filled my face.
"Really," he told me pulling me into his lap and kissing the tip of my nose.
~~~BREAK (YOU READY FOR THE REAL ROMANCE? ;))~~~
***IGGY POV***
"I love you," I whispered into her chocolate curls.
"I love you, too," Jaleese responded, kissing me.
Her sweet, strawberry scented perfume engulfed me and I melted at her loving touch.
"Prove it," I breathed out softly.
Jaleese smiled at me and kissed me again, but longer than the last kiss. When she pulled back, I wanted to scream. Why did she keep pulling away at the last second? How come she wouldn't let us get further than kissing? Im not saying let us go that far, but at least further than a simple kiss. Sure, we've gone pretty far with the whole shirtless incident, but why not a tad bit farther.
"Jaleese?" I said.
Her eyes bore into mine and she tilted her head slightly to tell me that she was listening.
"Can we go somewhere else? I think I have an idea that you'll, hopefully, agree to," I told her.
"Sure, but what's your idea?" Jaleese asked, climbing out of my lap and standing up.
I looked up at her, at the moon behind her making her shine brilliantly, and explained, "Well, I think we should go to Zenergy. If you want to."
She took a second to think about us taking our date to the crowded, crazy all age's club, and I half expected her to say no, until she shrugged and said, "Okay. Its fine with me."
I flashed her my goofy grin and stood up. We abandoned the blanket and picnic stuff and went straight to the car. By the time we got to the large 2 story building of Zenergy, I was shaking with excitement; I was positive that tonight would be the night that me and Ja would get closer to it than Max and Fang. Any couple that goes to Zenergy usually ends up either doing it or almost doing it, and im pretty sure that Ja'leese knows this. Is it possible that she wants to go further than before…I hope so…
***JALEESE POV***
Oh my gosh, we're going to Zenergy! I thought to myself as Iggy and I walked into the door of the only teen club in town. As soon as we walked in the door, I got bumped into by a pair of brunettes grinding their hips against each other. Iggy and I would have gotten separated if I wouldn't have grabbed his hand and squished myself against him.
"Stay close, Iggy. we could lose each other in a crowd like this," I warned him.
As a response, he snaked his arms around my waist and held me to himself. We made our way through the crowd of dancing teenagers, and went up the black winding staircase that led to the less crowded second floor. At Zenergy, the nonalcoholic bar is on the second floor and they sell all kinds of drinks without any beer or alcohol in it, which of course no one buys because nonalcoholic drinks are "no fun", or at least that's what everyone says, so, the second floor is usually emptier than down stairs. I mean, there are people, just not as many. There's enough that I still have to hold Iggy's hand until we sit down at 2 empty chairs at the bar, though.
"2 Cokes," Iggy told the bartender when we were seated.
The bartender returned with our drinks in only a few minutes and she was off once again after Iggy handed her the 5 dollars for the drinks. I grabbed mine at once, untangling me and Iggy's hands, and chugged down half of it.
"Someone's thirsty," Iggy chuckled.
I blushed and set my glass of pop back down on the bar. "well, you know how I am," I said laughing in an embarrassed manner.
"Yeah. So when we're done with our drinks, do you want to go back downstairs and dance? Or do you want to just stay up here?" he asked taking a sip of his Coke.
"Hmm…I don't know. What do you want to do?" I responded.
Iggy thought about it for a second but soon said, "Downstairs."
I chugged down the rest of my drink quickly and Iggy finished his soon after.
"Ready to go?" I asked getting out of my chair.
"Ready as I'll ever be," Iggy laughed getting up and grabbing my hand.
I led him back down the staircase and into the crowd, all the while holding his hand. As soon as we set foot on the dance floor, the music changed from an upbeat song to a slow one and a few people went to sit on the couches against the side walls, while others grabbed someone and started slow dancing with that person.
I glanced up at Iggy and in a matter of seconds he had pulled me into the middle of the crowd of couples and was holding me close and swaying to the sound of the music. I wrapped my arms around his neck and snuggled into the crook of his neck.
"I love you," he mumbled for the second time tonight.
My heart skipped a beat and I smiled into his soft neck. "I love you, too."
Iggy stopped swaying and gently turned my head so that I would look him in the eyes. He looked deep into my eyes and I looked back into his icy blue ones, my heart fluttering, and after a few more seconds of this, we both leaned in, eyes closed, and pressed our lips softly against each other's. His lips were softer than rose petals and the way he held me as we kissed made me feel…different. This kiss was different, and im aware that I saw that about almost every kiss, but this one was absolutely positively different in ways that are hard to explain…
~~~BREAK! (IGGY POV)~~~
Finally, I thought to myself as me and Jaleese kissed in a way different from any other kiss. This is defiantly the night, I told myself.
When the slow song that had been playing changed to a faster song, me and Jaleese separated our lips but stayed pressed against each other. I stared down at her beautiful face, her perfectly curled, flowing hair, and her dark, sparkling eyes, as I thought about how much I loved her. I loved her more than the sun that shined in the day and the moon that gleamed in the night. I loved her more than heaven and hell. I loved her more than any living thing on Earth. I loved her more than life itself and I would never let anything or anyone hurt her in any way, shape, or form. Nothing will happen to Jaleese as long as I live…or at least that's what I want to believe…but I know that she will always be hurting. I can see the pain in her eyes whenever she sees Zach or hears from Dylan or when she is reminded of her biological family. I understand her pain…I know how it feels to be taken away from everything you've grown to love and know.
I had a family, a mother and a father, but I was taken from them. Then, I had a father figure, but he was stripped from me too. I once had sight, but I lost that, too, and I've just gotten it back. I have things and people to be grateful for…but there are also things and people whom I could destroy or kill without a second thought; starting with Ari and all of the Erasers and Whitecoats that are still alive. I could snap their necks without ever feeling guilty because of all the pain, suffering, and loss that they've done to me and my family…and Jaleese. She was just a normal girl with a normal life…until she was cursed with the wings that the entire flock and I have been cursed with since we were kids. Jaleese is so lucky she didn't have to go through all of the physical and emotional pain that we have since we were born, and I will make sure that she wont ever have to. I love her with all my heart and with my entire being and I will never let her slip away from me. I will hold on to her and never let go. I will always be there for her and will never let anything hurt her.
I didn't know that I was holding Jaleese so tightly in my arms until she called my name, interrupting my thoughts.
"Iggy," she repeated for about the fifth time.
I blinked several times before releasing my grip on Jaleese.
"Sorry…" I muttered.
She looked up at me with worried eyes and asked, "Are you okay, Iggy?"
I stared down at her and said, "Yeah…can we go? I'm suddenly not in the mood for Zenergy…"
Jaleese tilted her head, put her hands on her hips, and smiled teasingly. "When are we going to stay at one place for more than half an hour?"
I smiled back and shrugged, "When I feel the time is right."
She growled but grabbed my wrist and led us to the exit of Zenergy. On our way out, I accidently bumped into a big - and I mean big - high school senior. He was about my height but way more beefy, and he looked like he could be the star quarterback of the varsity football team. When I collided with him, he gave me a murderous look, and I felt it would be better to run. Apparently, so did Jaleese because she sprinted, giggling, to the car and jumped in immediately. I got in a split second after here and we sat there for a while, in hysterics. Once we calmed down though, Jaleese put the car key in the ignition and started it up.
"Where to?" Jaleese asked still smiling.
"To the stars," I quoted from the movie Titanic. Jaleese gave me a crazy look and I quickly added, "Kidding. Just kidding."
"Whatever," she said with a roll of her eyes.
"Let's go back to the house," I suggested.
Jaleese made a pouting face and began to whine, "Then we wont be alone."
"We could go to my room or your room," I offered.
"But Angel will be able to read our minds," she whined some more.
"Angel will be asleep by the time we get home," I assured her.
"What about everyone else?" she again whined.
"Nudge and Gazzy will most likely be asleep, and Max and Fang will defiantly be in one of their rooms making kissy face. We wont have to worry about them. Just drive us back to the house and we'll hang out in my room. Just us," I said.
"Okay," Jaleese surrendered and turned onto the dirt road that led to our secluded home.
When we got to the house, we discovered that Max had taken the entire flock for a sleepover at Dr. Martinez's house and that we were to stay home until they returned the next morning.
"We have the house to ourselves," Jaleese thought aloud.
I crumpled up Max's note and tossed it in the trash as I asked, "What do you want to do?"
I looked over to where Jaleese was last standing and saw that she wasn't there anymore. Before I could call out her name, I felt someone's arms wrap around my waist.
"I don't know," I heard Jaleese say, her voice muffled by my jacket.
I walked out of her arms and made my way to Nudge's room.
"Where are you going?" Jaleese questioned following me as I walked over to Nudge's bookshelf.
My eyes scanned every shelf until i saw exactly what I need; jaleese's favorite movie, Titanic.
"Want to watch this?" I asked her holding up the movie case.
She took one look at it and freaked out. "OH MY GOSH! IT'S TITANIC!" she exclaimed snatching the movie and hugging it to her chest.
"I take that as a yes?" I said standing up.
Jaleese nodded her head, smiling eagerly, and we went back to the living room. As she sat down on the couch that faced the TV, I kneeled down in front of the VCR and put in Titanic. I turned on the TV, pressed the play button, and sat down on the couch with Jaleese. She grabbed a pillow and put it on my lap before laying her head on my lap. I put my arm around her and watched as the movie started, thinking about which parts could lead to a possible kiss…
~~~BREAK (JALEESE POV)~~~
"Well then I guess I'll just have to jump in after you," Leonardo Decaprio's voice rung throughout our silent house as Iggy and I watched him play his role of Jack Dawson.
I blocked out Kate Winslet's (the woman that plays Rose) voice and turned on my back so that I could look up at the ceiling…or Iggy.
After a few seconds of me staring at him, Iggy looked down at me. "Am I more interesting than the movie?" he asked teasingly, raising an eyebrow.
"You betcha," I said with a wink.
"I bet you I know something more fun than watching a movie," Iggy leaned down and whispered to me.
"Do tell," I whispered back, snaking my arms around his neck.
Without looking at me, Iggy pressed his lips against mine and put his arms around my waist, pulling me into a sitting position in his lap. I straddled his legs with my own and entangled my hands in his hair as the kiss became more intense. He held me to him tighter and his hands moved up my sides as his tongue slid into my mouth. His hands went back down to the bottom of my navy blue shirt and he gripped it firmly as he pulled it up higher. I pulled my lips, and tongue, from his and tore off my scarf, tossing it on the carpeted floor, so that he wouldn't have to fight with when he took my shirt off of me. My shirt was lifted up and over my head effortlessly, and my curls fell and laid softly on my bare back. Iggy quickly pressed me against his clothed chest as he put his lips on the curve of my neck, placing an eager kiss there.
~~~IGGY POV~~~
That was better than I expected… I thought to myself as Jaleese pulled herself off of my bare chest.
She collapsed in the tiny space beside me on the couch and sighed, her eyes closed and her lips turned up in a pleased smile.
"have fun?" I asked turning on my side to look at her.
Without opening her eyes she whispered, "Of course I did."
I put my arms around her waist and pulled her half-naked body closer to mine. Jaleese's eyes fluttered opened and drifted to the movie playing behind me.
"You're so cute when you're focused," she said in time with the actor playing Rose.
Both of our smiles widened and I leaned in to kiss her. She stopped me at the last minute and jerked her head to the front door.
"What is it?" I asked.
She pushed me off of the couch and sprinted to the window facing the driveway. "Dmmit," she muttered spinning on her heel and grabbing her clothes.
"They're back already?" I demanded sitting up on my elbows.
She quickly nodded her head and pulled on her shirt. I grabbed my jeans, which were right beside me, and stood up to put them on.
"Weren't they supposed to be gone all night?" I questioned.
Jaleese shrugged and literally jumped into her skinny jeans. "Where's my scarf?" she asked me looking around.
I grabbed it off the floor, tossed it to her, and sat down on the couch. She quickly ran to me and sat down, snuggling into me as she tied the scarf loosely around her neck.
"Clear your thoughts," she whispered just as the door knob turned and the flock walked in.
"Hey, love doves," Max said dragging a sleeping Nudge in.
Fang followed close behind with Gazzy and Angel dozed off in his arms.
"Hey," Jaleese and I mumbled together.
"Jaleese, can you help me with Nudge?" Max asked Jaleese.
Jaleese stood up and grabbed Nudge out of Max's arm, pulling her down the hall and to her and Angel's room.
Fang followed and, after putting the younger kids in their beds, came and sat on the opposite end of the couch I was sitting at. "You guys did it?" he questioned.
"How could you tell?" I demanded looking at him.
"Your shirt is all the way over there and both of your guys' hair is messy," he told me pointing at my t-shirt across the room and then at my hair.
"Dmmit..." I grumbled knowing that we had been caught by at least one person.
me: well wasn't that fun! xD
iggy: it took you long enough didn't it?
me: well it was a long extra!
iggy: okay...guess what?
me: what?
iggy&&ri: JIGGY!
me: YAY JIGGY! xD