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I'm so sorry for the delay! Being a music major means I have no life (literally...). But none the less, here's the chapter! I want to thank Kok for beta-ing and helping me with this chapter.

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"So he told you he loved you?" Skye asked, a grin growing on her face.

"Yes!" Lola said, almost laughing.

Once again Skyler burst out into her trademark fit of ecstatic giggles, saved for occasions just like this one. "It's about time!"

"So what happened in the dome when Alister dragged me outside? I know you were spying on me. You love watching that sort of thing."

Skye pouted. "I was watching, but Raphael wouldn't let me stick around. Besides, we had to stop Valon and Joey from killing each other—stupid idiots," she said, looking annoyed as she dropped onto the couch.

Lola shook her head, rising to her feet. "Valon better be careful about provoking Joey too much. Well, chica, I'm off. Alister wants to borrow me for the evening—he's going to try and teach me how to duel better. I'll see you later!"

"Bye!" Skye called after the disappearing figure of her friend.

The front door closed and Skye instantly reached for a nearby blanket, cocooning herself into the blanket before reaching for the television remote. "Finally, some more quality time with Shawn Spencer," she said contentedly, turning the television back on. She frowned when she realized that she was no longer on the place she had left off on in the episode; in fact, it was five episodes ahead of where she started.

As she began sorting through the episodes Raphael came downstairs, on his way to the kitchen for some water. Noticing Skye's troubled frown, he paused. "What's the matter?"

Skye did not answer.

"Skye?"

Still nothing.

"Skyler," he said sharply, and the girl jumped at the usage of her full name. In the same manner that Valon never called Raphael by his full name, Raphael rarely called Skye by her full name unless he wanted her to respond.

Sure enough, Skye shifted and looked around at him. "Oh, hey Raphael. Did you say something?"

"I was trying to figure out why you looked so troubled. Did something happen with Lola?"

"No. Actually, someone messed up my Psych-athon," she sighed, slumping. "I'm trying to remember where I left off."

"Ah. That's my fault. After you dashed out with Lola I sat down and watched a bit of it. I should have paused it," said Raphael, looking slightly guilty.

Skye instantly brightened, stretching her arms to catch his hand. "In that case all is forgiven. Come, sit."

"I was getting some water, though," Raphael began, but Skye tugged his arm and he allowed himself to be yanked onto the sofa. "Well, if you insist…"

Skye smiled and snuggled against his side. Raphael raised an eyebrow but settled, accommodating for Skye's body at his side. With a small smile, he wrapped one of his arms around her.

This would have been the perfect moment for a kiss, except at that moment the front door was kicked open and Valon skidded into the room. "'ey guys, guess wha' I found!"

Skye glared at him. "Your brain?" she guessed irritably.

"Nope, gave up lookin' f'r tha' years ago," he said brightly, only to pause when he realized what his response was. "'ey! I take back wha' I said." He gestured to the doorway. "Anyway, I found somethin' better!"

Taking this as her cue, Ember bounded into the room with her trademark grin firmly in place. She was a lot darker than they remembered, her skin a healthy tan.

"Ta-Da!"

"I've been wondering where you ran off to," said Raphael, though he was eying her warily (Skye largely suspected that Raphael had been enjoying time without Ember, as she tended to bring all sorts of chaos with her). "Where have you been?"

"I was at Hawaii," Ember sang brightly, twirling in place and doing some form of a hula. "I've got extended family over there and it was time for a reunion, so…but guess what, guess what, guess whaaat?"

Skye grinned. She had missed Ember's bright disposition. "What?"

"We found our new secret sanctuary," the two said at the same time, both looking visibly excited.

Raphael and Skye both exchanged glances. "Knowing you two, it's chock full of explosives."

Both of the younger people pouted. "Awwww, you ruined the surprise," Ember complained, but then she brightened and laughed. "But that's not the surprise."

Skye's eyebrow raised at that. "Then what is this grand surprise that you speak of?"

Valon reached into his coat and proudly displayed a handful of movie tickets. "Movie night, fellas!"

"Really?" Skye perked up at that. Raphael shifted, looking interested as well.

"Yup!" Ember cheered, snatching the tickets from Valon's hand. "Valon bought them before some duel he mentioned…something between Alister and Lola? Anyways, he bought them for a movie night!"

"Why six tickets, though?" asked Skye, looking curious.

"Well…I was gonna invite Serenity t' a movie night, y'know? Only problem is tha' Wheeler picked up on it 'n' insisted on goin'. Raph, please, you gotta come with—Wheeler is lookin' f'r an excuse t' eat me alive."

"If you would quit provoking him things would be better for you," replied Raphael evenly. He glanced over at Skye and said, "Well, what say you? Movie night?"

Skye smiled and nodded. "Movie night it is!" she said, untangling herself from the blankets and hurrying upstairs (tripping every few steps). "I'll be down in just a second!"

"Define second," muttered Valon, watching her go. He paused and looked over at Raphael. "'ey, where's Alister?"

"He's out with Lola, and I suspect he won't want to be bothered," replied Raphael, rising to his feet.

"Well at least tha's one bloke I don' need t' worry about, then," said Valon brightly. "Now c'mon, movie's gonna start soon 'n' we need t' get there on time!"


Twenty minutes later they arrived at the movie theater. Skye, Raphael, Ember, and Valon already had their tickets paid for, and a few minutes after they arrived Serenity and Joey both came into the theater. Joey looked surprised at the sight of Raphael and Skye, but at the same time he looked relieved; likely he was happy that Raphael would be there to tame Valon, should he end up being too much of a nuisance.

"'ello, Serenity!" called Valon, grinning at her when she came closer. "How're you, love?"

"Doing all right, Valon," said Serenity brightly, hugging him. Joey scowled but said nothing.

Deciding a bit of diplomacy was in order, Raphael cleared his throat and said, "It's nice to see you too, Joey."

Joey jumped at being addressed but relaxed. "Good to hear. Valon, I need to talk to you for a sec—d'you mind?"

Valon tilted his head curiously but nodded. "Okay…you're not gonna beat me up or anythin', are you?"

"Depends," said Joey evasively. He noticed Raphael frowning at him and said, "I'm not. Anyways, just come talk to me a second. It won't take long."

Valon shrugged but followed after Joey. "Go ahead 'n' get seats, fellas, we'll be along in a bit," he said, shooting them a thumbs up. "No worries!"

"Famous last words," muttered Ember as they filed into the theater.

The moment they were alone Joey turned to face him, his eyes narrowed. "Look, I know it's coming. You're eventually going to be datin' my sister and there's not a thing I can do about it. Ren likes you and I won't put myself between you two when she's really happy."

Valon blinked. "Er—"

"I'm not done. Personally, I don't have a problem with you," Joey said with a shrug and a laugh. "You're a nice enough guy and when you're not actively trying to make me mad we get along. I'm pretty cool with the idea of bein' friends."

Joey's face abruptly darkened and his eyes lit with cold fire. "But I will say this: if you break my baby sister's heart I will break you in two. Capeesh?"

"I wouldn't dream of it, Wheeler," said Valon seriously. "I don' like toyin' with a girl's feelin's, I wouldn' think about doin' anythin' like tha' with 'er."

Joey studied him for a moment and then grinned. "Perfect! I'll remember that if my sister ever comes to me in tears."

Valon repressed a groan.


"That was awesome!" Ember exclaimed as she jumped out of the theater. "The best movie ever!"

"Calm down you idiot," Skyler said, grabbing Ember's ear and yanking her down. "You're making a scene."

"You're just mad because you couldn't sit next to your 'love muffin'," she smirked.

Skye's face turned bright red and Raphael's turned a light shade of pink.

What no one noticed was the way Joey's body abruptly stiffened and his whole countenance darkened.

"What did you think of the movie, Joey?" Skye asked, walking up to the blond teenager.

"It was alright," he replied with a growl in his voice. His pace noticeably quickened and Skye frowned, trying to catch up to him.

"Joey, are you okay?" she asked, trying to catch up to Joey (who only walked faster). Even Serenity looked confused, uncertain as to what was causing her brother to act in this manner.

"I'm fine. Look, go home. I'm, er, going someplace. See you at home, Ren, and don't do anything stupid with the Aussie," he said curtly, stomping away from the group.

Valon exchanged glances with the confused group and then sighed. "Ahh, cripes, I don' know wha's gotten into 'im," he said, his hands in his pocket. "Tell you what, Serenity. You tag along back t' my 'ouse with Raph 'n' Skye 'n' I'll go see wha's buggin' your brother."

"You sure you're the best candidate for that?" Skyler questioned.

"O' course I am! Why wouldn' I be?"

"You two haven't always been the closest of friends, you know," Raphael reminded him, glancing briefly at Serenity. He was not certain if Valon had told the girl anything about Doma, but if he hadn't yet, Raphael was certainly not going to bring it up.

"I know tha', Raph. But don' worry, I'll be all right!" replied Valon cheerfully, and before either of them could call him back Valon had hurried after Joey's rapidly disappearing figure.

Ember looked around at them and said solemnly, "Who wants to order a Valon-sized coffin?"

"Ember!"

"What? I'm only stating what you're all thinking!"


"Oi! Wheeler! 'old up, would you?"

Joey turned and glowered. "What do you want?"

"'ow about we start with an explanation 'n' go from there?" asked Valon cheerfully, though the smile did not quite reach his eyes. "Wha's buggin' you, Wheeler? You acted all weird 'round Skye once Ember said tha' comment about…oh no, don' tell me you're crushin' on Skye!"

Joey looked affronted. "No! That's not it at all! Well, I did. However, I realized way back when that Caden jerk showed up that Raphael already had dibs on her."

"So then wha's the problem?"

Joey did not say anything at first, scuffing his toe angrily in the dirt, and then he abruptly slumped and some of the fire left his eyes. He looked back up at Valon. "Have you heard anything from Mai?"

Valon blinked. "Wha'? Mai? No, I 'aven' 'eard a peep from 'er," he replied, frowning. "Is tha's wha's got you all angry?"

Now that Valon thought about it, however, he realized that Joey had been the only guy without a girlfriend, and as Ember was definitely not Joey's type he'd likely felt left out. "Did Ember r'mind you of Mai when she said tha'?"

"Yea…I mean, no, it wasn't like I was thinking Ember was Mai—"

"I knew wha' you meant, mate, no worries. Don' break your brain tryin' t' explain yourself," Valon replied with a grin. He sobered and said, "'ave you tried callin' 'er phone?"

Joey shot him a glare. "Obviously. Her number is the only thing she gave me after Battle City ended, so I don't have any other way of contacting her."

Valon's frown deepened. "Well…I mean, I still 'ave her number, 'n' I think she changed phones when she joined up with Dartz. I'll give it to you 'n' then you can see if she answers. I 'aven' called 'er since Doma ended, though, so I don' know if she changed 'er number or not."

Joey brightened. "You'd do that?"

Valon grinned again. "Well why not? 'sides, tha' number doesn' come f'r free—I want three dates with your sister, without you taggin' along."

The other teenager's face darkened. "Two."

"Three."

"Two."

"Three 'n' I 'ave 'er back by ten."

"…Nine forty five."

"Nine fifty five."

"Nine fifty."

"Done!" said Valon brightly, shaking his hand. "I'll get Mai's number 'n' then we part ways as unlikely friends."

He paused, then looked around with marked confusion. "Ehm, Wheeler? Where the 'eck are we?"

Joey looked around as well and said, "Don't worry, I know where we are. We'll be back with the others in no time at all."

"I'm gettin' a distinct 'famous last words' feelin' from you righ' now," muttered Valon under his breath as he followed after Joey.


Well, there you go! The long awaited chapter! Leave it to Valon and Joey to get lost.

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