A/N: First off, hurrah for a quick update! Secondly, this theme is totally self-explanatory. I do believe that this is self-explanatory the more you read and ponder it. Enjoy!
"…": characters talking to each other
'…': characters talking to themselves
(…): extra facts about something in the story
(Takes place just after "Petrified Xander")
Theme 40: Denial
Toby's Office, Rock Porium, October 23, 2006, 5:30 pm – Briarwood, CA, USA
Chip's POV
"Admit it; you like him!"
Vida scoffed. "I do not, Chip. Go back to playing superhero or something."
I frowned. "That's an insult, V, considering that you're a superhero too." Vida glanced around the office, looking to see if their Jimmy Hendrix-obsessed boss was eavesdropping (he'd been known to do that occasionally… well, okay, often. A lot. Almost every day…)
"Yeah, well, at least I don't go around in a cape when not in character!" Vida smirked thinking that she had made her point clearly. I merely smiled, noting that she had scored a point against me… but I had something much better.
"So… if you don't like Xander, then what was with all the fuss about him turning into a tree and you almost hyper-panicking over it?" Vida froze, eyes going wide.
"… Where did you hear that?"
"Oh, a little bird told me." I smirked, something rarely seen on my face; Xander's more prone to do it than me. I could see Vida had worked out that my informant was Clare and, moving quickly I wrapped my arms around her, preventing her escape. "Nope, no can do. I won't let Clare get massacred because you're upset that you're in love with Xander."
"I am not in love with Xander Bly!" Vida protested; quite loudly, I must add. At that moment, Toby stuck his head in and, tilting it asked a question that had Vida literally thrashing in my arms to strangle him.
"What's this I hear about you liking Xander, Vida?"
I shook my head as I continued to hold back one of my best friends for fear that she'd attack and kill my boss. 'Denial's not just a river in Germany, Vida. Or was that Egypt? Anyway, I predict that this whole denial-thing'll come back to bite you in the ass someday V, and you'd better be ready to deal with the consequences, no matter what they are.'