A/N: I didn't think I'd have this chapter ready so fast! It was very emotional that's for sure... Now there's only one chapter left! OMG NOES! But hey we have to end it sometime right? And besides you guys will get a sequel. There will be a part were it'll a flashback, please work with me... At least that's how I kinda imagined how things would be for Lexi at the beginning.
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It was Wednesday and the team had recently come back from a mission, being dismissed from their duties for the rest of the day by Zadavia, the team was now scattered around the tower doing their own activities.
After a long reflective shower, Lexi was now walking out her room. She had talked to Zadavia earlier in the week about Jake's traveling proposal and as she expected the Boss Lady had no problem in granting Lexi some time off, she even asked Zadavia if she could speak with Ace about it, seeing as her communication with the leader was still in the rocks… That is if her final decision was to go.
But by now she had made a decision and she was currently on her way to the hangar, where she would mount her black and pink hover bike and ride to Jake's house and let him know about her final decision. After carefully analyzing where each team member was located at inside the tower by using her super hearing, the hangar was more than clear for her to take off without being interrogated about her destination.
She wasn't exactly feeling good today, she was physically exhausted from the mission and her emotions were getting the best of her today. She knew that taking the bus or the metro to Jake's house would take her longer than it usually does when she rides there. Even though she could easily call him and tell him, but she knew that her personal answer would mean even more to him than a simple phone call, since in reality it really meant a lot for the actor as it is.
Once she stepped inside the hangar she closed the door behind her, her attire ready for riding; wearing dark grey jeans, fuchsia long sleeved turtle neck, brown leather jacket and brown combat boots. She took a second to look around the different vehicles the tower had to offer until she located the five hover bikes (Since Rev flew), all of them black and individually custom-designed with each member's team color.
Before walking towards her vehicle she gave one last listen to make herself sure that no one was nearing the room, or in it. Not that it was a problem, but because of her decision she was dreading talking to any of her teammates about it, she didn't want to deal with it, at least not for now. Either decision she would've made will make her worried to face her teammates, if her decision was to go she would be nervous of what they'll think of her for leaving a full month, including the holidays… And if her decision was to stay that would also make her nervous as to what they would think about that also; they would give her a hard time as to why she backed away such amazing opportunity. Her thoughts might sound a bit contradictory, and maybe she was overreacting but either way she didn't want to deal with it… At least not now, she didn't want her decision to be affected by their reaction.
When her ears stopped glowing and once again confirmed that she was alone she started to walk towards a couple of shelves that were located on the wall behind the bikes, there she would grab the necessary safety equipment she needed for her ride, such as riding gloves and her helmet. Usually when riding a bike you would have to also wear a protective jacket, which was also being provided; hanging from hooks against the wall was five black protective jackets with details that mimicked each member's team colors. The jackets were usually ignored due to how uncomfortable they usually were and seeing as how the team was usually rushing out of the tower when they rode to their missions. And since today she was wearing a leather jacket, something that was already strong enough; she thought she didn't exactly need to wear the protective garment.
Across from her torso hanged a brown purse, and attached to the strap was a purple scarf; she untied the loosened knot and wrapped the scarf around her neck since the evening was a bit chilly, she took her gloves from the shelf and secured them around her hands, she went to grab her helmet and stopped when she noticed that one of her helmets was missing. She usually had two, in fact only her and Ace had two; since he had a personal bike and previously owned one.
Not that she needed it right now, she still had her black and pink one, but curious as to where her personal one was she turned around and glanced the room.
"Where the hell did I put it…?" She vaguely asked herself, looking around the different shelves, tables and even vehicles.
Her gaze finally stopped when a fuchsia and purple ball caught her attention. She walked towards the direction of her misplaced helmet; it was currently on top of the seat of another bike, a black and blue detailed bike. The model was a bit different from the team's bike, but there it was on road mode with it's two tires out. Even if you looked at it from afar you could easily tell that compared with the team's bikes this one was an older model, but even though it was an older model it was very well maintained compared to the team's newer models which had scratches and maybe some of it's armor cracked, caused by previous missions.
She knew very well who this bike belonged to, but why was her helmet out? She hadn't used it in quite some time and she certainly haven't ridden with Ace for almost more than a month now.
Her fingers softly touched the handle bar, the memories… This is where it all started, this is where the chemistry between the two originally started, and this is how they became so close to each other.
*FLASHBACK*
It had been a couple of days since the team was originally put together, and they were currently still in the process of getting to know each other and move into the tower…
She was currently dragging a huge suitcase with one hand into the elevator from the lobby and a heavy box with the other. The doors closing behind her; she exhaustedly placed the heavy box on the ground so she could press the button to the floor she needed to go to.
"Ugh! dammit I forgot the number of the floor!" She expressed frustrated.
She looked puzzled at the elevator's control pad and it's almost infinite options for floors. Luckily she noticed a sticky note next to one of the buttons which read 'The floor to the common room and other rooms is the 125th -Tech'
She let out a sigh of relief at the sight of the note, she didn't felt like calling any of the guys and ask them for the 100th time which floor where the rooms located at. Truth is she was really nervous, there she was struck by a meteor which gave her these weird supernatural abilities, which she still didn't understand or perfectly knew how to control, she was hospitalized for half a month because of the meteor's impact and in the hospital asked to join this team with other guys who had similar abilities. She had to drop out of college, something that her parents weren't really excited about, and to top it all off she was moving in with these strangers; which she barely knew the names of… Boys, living with boys and her being the only girl, yeah it was going to be a tough challenge but none the less she agreed to do so; since helping people is something that she's always wanted to do. On the bright side, she was finally moving out of her apartment that she forcefully shared with her older sister Laurie.
She pressed the button and braced herself for her new life with these five strangers.
After what seemed like minutes but was actually 1 the doors opened on the 125th floor.
"Well, here goes nothing!" She said to herself as she bent over to pick up the heavy box, she grabbed the handle to her suitcase and stepped out. Walking towards her room she bumped into some of her teammates who were also in the process of unpacking.
Rev, the roadrunner was currently zooming from his room towards the hallway, picking up boxes that were laying in front of his room. He stopped when he acknowledged her presence and shyly waved at her. The gesture made the female bunny storm even faster into her room, oh boy she was shyer than she thought she was… Boys! Boys everywhere was all that was crossing her mind.
Not that she wasn't used to hanging out with boys, she was… She just wasn't used to having them around all the time let alone live with five of them.
Closure! She hurriedly closed the door behind her. An empty room with brand new furniture and carpet, a hammock to her request was placed instead of a bed; it was something she had grown to prefer rather than sleeping on a regular bed, maybe it was the careless relaxing feeling that it brought.
She heavily breathed out in a relieving manner, this is suppose to be her private quarters, her escape from the world that awaited her outside the door behind her.
"Welp! I better start unpacking…" She told herself placing the heavy box on top of the dresser, more boxes were neatly stacked in random places around her new room; they were brought in earlier by a moving company.
Tired, it was 10:30 p.m. and she was almost done unpacking, she looked around and noticed that she could probably leave whatever was left to unpack for the next day, it's been enough for one day.
A grumble came from her stomach, all the unpacking had made her forget about a little something called eating. Not that anyone let her know that a dinner was being made or anything, so she assumed that she had to take care of her meals from now on. She let out a sigh of frustration as she opened the door and stepped out of her room, outside of her teammate's doors were towers and towers of empty boxes, the most coming from 'uh… Was it Duck?' the mallard's room.
She stood quietly in front of her door for a couple of seconds; using her super hearing to check if any of her teammates were awake, and she could hear movement, but it was mostly inside their rooms or other floors but not from the common room or the kitchen which was her destination.
She mentally slapped herself, she'd agreed on this! She had to get used to socializing with the guys rather she liked it or not, these were her teammates for god's sake, if anything they were here to help her and maybe one day become her friends. She may be overreacting that's for sure, but she couldn't help it! She was living with strangers, and that can be a bit scary sometimes, specially being a girl, no, scratch that… Being the ONLY girl. Even if she agreed, the thought intimidated her a bit, not in a bad way of course… But more in a 'they won't get me most of the times' sorta way.
'What if I get my period and I'm suuuper cranky with them? They won't get it! Or what if I don't know what to wear sometimes? Who am I gonna ask for an honest opinion about what color seriously looks better with my fur?' She thought to herself, mentally battling her frustrations of being the only girl in the team.
She reached the kitchen and opened the fridge, and after a mental battle with the fridge she settled with the decision of making herself a sandwich, taking the necessary contents out she walked towards the counter and prepared her meal.
Alone in the dining table she sat with an empty plate and a glass half filled with apple juice. By now she noticed that some of her teammates had gone to bed as she managed to make out some of the sounds that came from inside their rooms, now she only heard what sounded like a TV coming from one of the rooms…
'So… 2 of them are sleeping and one of them sounds like he's in a different level… and the other one is watching TV…' She thought to herself as she analyzed the sounds. 'Wait! Were's the fifth one?!' She nervously asked herself looking around a bit paranoid. 'Shit I've only been hearing 4 of them all along and I haven't even noticed that one of them is missing! Great! What if he suddenly barges in here and sees me sitting here like the loner that I suddenly am?'
To her ears it sounded really loud at first as she suddenly pressed her hands against them to try and block the sudden loud machinery roar. It took her a couple of minutes to adjust her hearing to a more normal one. Her eyes widened at the newfound noise, looking around in panic, the first thing she thought was… 'OMG someone's attacking us! should I wake up the rest?' But instead of yelling for help, she just composed herself and awaited for any type of alarm to go off, but it never did and by now the loud noise had completely subsided… Well to her it was loud, at least for those first seconds.
For some reason she found herself standing up from the table and curiously walking towards the direction of where she heard the noise. Her steps were careful, she was currently planning in her head what she was going to do with whoever or whatever caused the noise. 'I can probably deal with it and hey maybe that'll boost up my confidence! I'll just blast him or her …Or it…with whatever it is that comes out of my ears… I don't even know what it is really…'
She stopped in front of a door and remembered what was behind it… 'The Hangar?' She questioned herself raising an eyebrow at the door. She pressed her head against the door and waited to hear something… 'Aha! Footsteps I knew it!'
There was no denying there was someone on the other side of the door, she quickly punched her personal universal security code (Each member had one) on the pad next to the door which would grant her access to the hangar. The last key was pressed and the door swooshed open and she was ready to attack if need to. The hangar was literally a huge opened space that right now was occupied by a half built ship and a couple of other half built transportation vehicles, but there in the middle of that huge opened space was the cause of the noise she heard. 'Huh?' she asked herself while her muscles relaxed at the sight of the "missing" team member.
It was the team's leader and he was currently crouched next to a black bike with blue detailing; like her he was wearing his new uniform and was giving her a puzzled look. She could feel her cheeks burning of embarrassment, and she wanted more than anything to make a run for her room, to lock herself inside and never come out. But for some reason she felt her feet glued to the ground.
He kept staring at her as he stood, he slightly tilted his head in a questioning manner as if he was waiting for her to say something since she's the one who suddenly walked into the hangar, but seeing her sudden frozen reaction made him take the lead to be the first to speak, "Uh… Hi! Lexi, right?" He started, he knew her name very well; of course he did, he was the leader, but for some stupid reason he asked her, maybe to give her that same feeling of 'We're still getting to know each other.'
'Oh crap! Now I've done it.' She thought to herself, nervously shuffling her feet while she thought about an answer, or better yet! Finding the courage to actually speak. "Uh… Yes… And you're Ace right?" She nervously asked.
He gave her a polite nod, "Yes." He simply responded and delivered her a kind smile.
She returned a nervous smile, and for some reason she found herself turning around to exit the hangar.
Ace gave her an even more puzzled look as he saw her turn around; ready to leave. He just thought that it was quite strange that she had randomly entered the hangar which was currently mostly empty with only a few half built vehicles, none of them really had any use for now… Of course he had his bike, but she didn't know that was there; he had just brought it in. "Wait! What uh… What brought you here?" He asked in hopes to find the answer of her bizarre visit.
'Seriously?! Now what the hell am I suppose to say?! Oh I'm sorry I'm just so retarded and can't properly control my super hearing and heard this ridiculously loud noise and I thought we were being under attack, but since I'm too shy to let anyone know about my over the top reaction to something; I decided to be a macho-girl and take care of business myself! Which FYI it turned out to be YOU! Uh… Don't think so!'
"Uh… I was just wondering around… And uh… I got lost, and then I heard something and ended up here." She nervously replied, defeatedly turning around to face him.
"Oh! Well yeah it's just me… Hehe… Sorry if it sounded too loud, I mean I know you have sensitive hearing. Didn't think anyone would be awake by now." He admitted.
Lexi stared at him and gave him another nervous grin, she was slowly starting to feel comfortable. "Oh! No it's ok… It wasn't that bad." 'Liar!'
"Well sorry anyways, I really hope it wasn't too disturbing." He kept on pressing.
She sighed, but it wasn't really of annoyance, it was more of finally letting herself loose. "Well… It did frightened me a bit, but that was because I was alone in the kitchen and it was a bit too quiet…" She sheepishly admitted.
Ace gave her a shameful look, he felt somewhat bad that he had frightened her, "I'm sorry… I was just coming back from my apartment downtown, you know… I was getting the last bit of small stuff I had laying around, and of course I finally brought in my bike." He explained.
She noticed there was a bag next to his bike, she nodded apprehensively. "No I'm sorry, I still don't know how to fully control my powers, for the most part I can hear normally; but sometimes when I get distracted or too concentrated on something it tends to get a bit too loud; if that makes any sense." She nervously chuckled.
He chuckled as well, "Yeah it does… You know we're all still learning to control our abilities, and we haven't really gotten into proper training yet."
She nodded and nervously looked at her feet. There was a couple of seconds of silence, she could easily end the conversation turn around and head for her room, but for some reason she decided not to and keep the conversation going; after all she had to get to know the guys somehow right? True she was overreacting, but for some reason out of all the guys Ace wasn't hard to talk to; in fact he was quite kind and welcoming towards her, not that the others weren't but… Rev was a bit too hard to talk since the roadrunner was all talk-talk-talk and bit too friendly, Duck was a bit of a showoff to her point of view, Slam was a little hard to understand and Tech well… He was also a bit too hard to understand.
"Nice bike!" She complimented, slowly walking towards it to analyze it better.
Ace scratched the back of his neck, "Thanks…" He responded. As cheesy as it sounded, he didn't want her to think that he was one of those guys who worshipped their vehicles more than life itself. "I've had it ever since I was a teen…" Was the only piece of information he provided.
She gave him a warm smile, "Then it must be special to you…" She added.
"Well… I kinda worked really hard to get it." He said, responding with a smile. "So uh… Have you gotten to talk to the rest yet?" He asked changing the subject.
Lexi's smile faded; his words were kind of a reminder of her insecurities… She slowly shook her head.
He gave her a concern look and walked towards her, "Hey it's ok, I know it must be hard… I understand."
She glanced at him, giving him a curious look. "How do you…"
He smiled at her, "I have a younger sister, so I kind of learned to understand girls a bit." He said in a supportive manner. "So if anything's bothering you, not just now but in the future also; you can always come to me if you need to talk to anyone… After all it's kind of my job now to make sure everyone's alright." He finished, his tone serious yet kind.
For some reason she thought that he would be a bit more intimidating than the rest; him being leader was suppose to give him that sense of authority, and lets face it; for the most part bosses tend to be a bit intimidating! But his words made her feel the total opposite and for that she gave him a grateful smile, "Thanks…"
"No problem Lex… I mean is it ok if I call you Lex?" He asked politely.
Lexi smiled; her gaze falling to the bike, "My dad used to call that…" She commented.
Ace gave her a nervous look, unsure of how to take her comment, "Oh! I'm sorry I didn't mean to…"
"No it's ok, he's not dead or anything." She said chuckling a bit, "My parents got divorced when I was young that's all… It's just that I haven't seen him lately since he's a very busy man." She said reassuringly.
"Oh, ok… Sorry anyways, I mean I don't have to call you Lex if you don't really want to…" And he really meant his words; he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable, but for some reason it felt right calling her 'Lex'.
She shook her head smiling, "It's ok Ace, you can call me Lex…" And this was really strange, usually she wouldn't let anyone call her 'Lex', simply because she always intended to keep the special nickname between her father and her, but for some reason it felt right when he said it, it felt comforting.
"Are you sure? I mean I understand if it's special…"
She chuckled a bit, "Yes, I'm sure."
"Ok then Lex" He was starting to bent over to grab his bag, but stopped as an idea suddenly popped into his mind, she kinda took the hint that he was going to grab his bag and probably head to his room, so she turned around and took a few steps towards the door but was stopped by his voice, "Hey… I know it's late and all, but would you like to go for a ride?"
Her eyes widened as she was not expecting the sudden request at all. She turned around and gave him a questioning look, "Wh-what?"
"Well, I kinda don't feel like going to bed yet… I guess it's because I'm still getting used to this place. But I mean if you're tired and not up to it I understand." His tone had a hint of tease in it.
Lexi started to nervously look around as if the answer was written somewhere around the room for her to read. "Bu- But I don't have a helmet! And what if I fall?"
Ace chuckled a bit, "I won't let you fall trust me, and if it really makes you feel better I'll lend you mine."
She nodded nervously, unconsciously accepting his request. "But what about you?"
"Eh… Don't worry about me, I kind of like how it feels to have the wind blown at my face." He replied reassuringly as he took his helmet and handed it to her.
She took it and stared at it with thought, he was already mounting the bike when suddenly she placed the helmet on a nearby table that was placed against the wall. Ace stared at her surprised as she walked back towards him.
"No helmet? Wait, are you sure?" he asked a bit worried.
"You said you wouldn't let me fall, right? And besides… I kinda want to know how it feels to have the wind blown at my face…" Not that she hasn't experienced it before, but she had a hunch that this was different.
He gave her a warm smile… She trusted him.
She mounted the bike, and now she was seating behind Ace, awkwardly trying to keep space between them. When he noticed the distance he felt somewhat concerned, of course they just met and now they were so close to each other? "Lex, it's ok… I don't bite I promise, but you gotta hold on to me."
She nervously nodded and placed her hands around his hips, a thoughtful look now consumed his features. He could tell she was nervous, and that's understandable; it was her first time on a bike, not to mention that even if she trusted him; they just met a couple of days ago, and it seemed a little inappropriate; not to mention awkward to ask her to wrap her arms around him. A smirk grew on his face, he knew she had to rather she'd like it or not… Safety measures…
"Are you ready? I'm gonna start the engine." He informed her, and from the corner of his eyes he noticed her nod. He was mostly warning her because of her super hearing… So he turned the key and a loud roar emerged from the engine.
Either the sound startled her or reality hit her that she needed to hold on because she rapidly wrapped her arms around him and pressed herself against his back. Her eyes were completely shut as she braced herself for the ride.
'Oh god… If mom sees me she'll probably flip! First I get affected by the radiation from a meteor and get weird powers, I drop out of college, move out of my apartment, move in with 5 male strangers and now I'm riding a bike with one of those strangers! Yeah she'd have a heart attack!'
"Alright we're gonna start elevating pretty soon." He said pressing a couple of buttons from a small panel in the middle of the handle bars, both wheels separated from their position, each divided in two and flattened themselves towards the floor, another button was pressed and the bike started to slowly elevate. He turned towards the open space that would lead them to the city skies. Her hold tightened and he slightly turned his head towards her, "Lex, I promise I won't let you fall… Ever." He softly informed her, and her muscles relaxed as they took off.
"I trust you…" She whispered into his ears as they flew towards the night sky… A smile grew on his face, he could tell this was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
*END OF FLASHBACK*
A tear was streaming down her cheek and a sob escaped her lips.
She tried calming herself by taking deep breaths, but failed to do so as the clear memories haunted her. She bit her tongue, shut her eyes tight and took more deep breaths… But wether her brain wanted the sobbing to stop, her heart agreed otherwise.
She found herself stumbling towards the nearest wall, she pressed her back against it and slowly sank to the floor defeatedly.
At this point she was so broken and so caught up with her emotions that she wasn't aware of the sound of the hangar door opening…
Her sobs echoed around the hangar…
His eyes widened at the recognition of the sound, frantically looking around for the source. His search stopped at the sight of a broken female bunny sitting on the floor, her face buried into her hugged knees.
As if it was instinct he found himself running towards her, he crouched next to her broken self and gently placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Lex?!" He frantically called to her, and he felt her slightly flinch at the sound of his voice.
She sniffled a bit before she slightly straightened her head and faced him. She shook her head in denial, as if the image before her was an illusion.
He wrapped her in his arms and cooed her, even though he had no clue what had brought his second in command to such deteriorating state. "Shhh Lex, it's ok… I'm here!"
Anger started to grow inside of her as she registered his words… She pushed him abruptly. "Bullshit!" She yelled at him.
He stared hurt into her wet green eyes, surprised at her sudden attack.
"You haven't been there Ace!" She yelled, "That's the fucking problem! You're too proud to face your problems… You broke you're promise and you LEFT me!"
He didn't dare to say a word, he had a feeling that she needed to express herself and let everything out of her system.
"Where were you for the past month Ace, Huh?! You weren't there for me that's for sure!" She sobbed, "And now you expect me to pretend that nothing happened and let you be there for me just like that?!"
"I'm sorry…" He slowly muttered looking at the floor in shame.
"Everything's been shitty Ace! I can't express myself to any of the guys about my problems… As much as I try they are not you and they will never be you And I've been blaming myself for everything, but you haven't even bothered to ask how I am! NOTHING! You just don't care for me anymore!"
He felt a lump in his throat, he's been trying so hard to distance himself from her and he had succeeded… He just wasn't expecting her to break because of it. His intentions were to protect her from his personal feelings, and it turns out he had hurt her because of his naiveness… He was so caught in thought that he had spaced out a bit from her ranting.
"…And now I don't even know what to do?! Jake wants me to go to Paris with him, and now… Oh gosh I feel so confused…" She started sobbing once again.
"Wait what?! Paris!" He said with a bit of fear.
She looked at him and sadly nodded, even though she was still crying he could sense that she had managed to calm herself a bit, and for some reason the tension had eased a bit.
He sighed and returned the sad glare, "You should go…" He replied.
She looked at him confused, "What? Why?"
"Lex… It's always been a dream of yours. You would be a fool if you didn't go and… I want you to be happy Lex, even if it means traveling the world with someone else…" He sadly admitted.
She sniffled and furrowed her eyebrows, "What's that supposed to mean…"
He shook his head, mostly to himself, "Nothing…" he slowly replied. He stood and turned away from her, a tear slid from his sapphire eyes… He wasn't looking at her, and yet his expression read frustration as a memory crept into his mind.
'I promise I won't let you fall… Ever.'
'I trust you…' She whispered back…
He stared at his bike, he was going for a ride after all…
I'm so much like you
Restless and wreckless
I need a clue
So show me a sign
I feel like making a move
Real geographic, a change in mood
We'll let go of everything we know
He wiped the tear and turned towards her, she was still sniffling and her eyes refused to stop tearing. He stretched a hand to her and she stared at him confused, "What to you say we get out of here…" he suggested.
"Wh-What?!" She asked confused.
And a warm smile grew on him, that was the same reaction she had the first time he asked her if she wanted to go for a ride. "Just this once Lex… Please…" He softly begged.
You and I will ride tonight
'Till the past is out of sight
We don't have to look back now
From the dark into the light
We can leave it all behind
We can stand together, we don't have to look back now
A smile was starting to slowly curl around her lips, and without question she took his hand as he pulled her towards him. He embraced her, and she returned the hug. "I'm so sorry Lex… I never meant to hurt you…" He whispered into her ear, and she nodded accepting his apology.
He broke the embrace and walked towards his bike to grab her helmet, but was stopped by her hand. Confused he turned to her and raised an eyebrow, she shook her head wiping a tear, "I trust you… You won't let me fall…"
I'm so much like you
Caught in a moment, coming unglued
In a world so big, it's not easy to choose
Which path to take, which pawn to move
So we'll let go of everything we've ever known
He nodded and placed both his and her helmet on a nearby table. He walked back to his bike and mounted it, followed by Lexi who instinctively wrapped her arms around his waist and softly rested her head against his back.
A warm feeling grew inside of him… She trusted him once again… "Ready?" He softly asked her.
"Ready." She replied.
And with her answer he turned the key and ignited the engine, he opened the main gate that would lead towards the city skies and before they knew it they were up in the air and heading towards the city.
You and I will ride tonight
'Till the past is out of sight
We don't have to look back now
From the dark into the light
We can leave it all behind
We can stand together, we don't have to look back now
The wind blowing against their faces, their ears floating freely in the air, her hair softly caressed her cheeks as it moved along with the wind's direction. It had been a while since she had ridden with Ace… Long enough for her to forget about the carefree feeling it brought to fly around the city… The cool air made her hug him even tighter, as if the sudden pressure would suddenly warm both of them enough, but was mostly a gesture of reassurance to herself of holding tight and hopefully never letting go…
No one can stop us now
The world is rushing by
The wind is at our back
Everything's new tonight, we're going our own way
No matter what they say
The bridge is on fire, we're flying higher now
Suddenly everything felt right, the cool wind, the ride, the moment, the mood, him… It was leaving all of her troubles behind, a sudden distraction from reality… Suddenly Jake wasn't in the picture, and it was just him and the sky.
You and I will ride tonight
'Till the past is out of sight
We don't have to look back now
We are knocking down the wall, all for one and one for all
We can stand together
Never gonna look back now
And it suddenly came to her… Ace wasn't lost, he just wasn't found. She's been focussing more on her problems rather than to wonder if he had any of his own, the thought made her feel like a horrible friend. She's been so naive! He distanced himself, and she just let it happen… She didn't question him or anything, and quite frankly she was to ashamed to do so, but none the less she let it happen, as much as she tried it wasn't enough effort to get him back, but none of that mattered now, he was newly found and there for her… That's all that mattered to her.
Oh no, Oh no
We don't have to look back now
(Oh no, Oh no)
We don't have to look back now
Song: "We don't have to look back now" by Puddle of Mudd
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