A/N: Hey everyone :) I'm back with another chapter for you guys ^.^! I'm very glad that this story pleases you all! I thought that no one was gonna review it because of the pairing. But I honestly love Trixie/Jake. They are just too adorable together :D! And I wanted to help out a lot of Trixie/Jake readers whom just couldn't seem to find any stories with this pairing in AD: JL archive. Anyway, I would like to thank every one of you for reviewing :D!:
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Chapter 2: Heart & Mind
In life there are going to be some things that make it hard to smile. Through all the rain and pain you got to keep your sense of humor and smile for me now. Remember that.
- Tupac Shakur
Beep. Beep. Beep.
Trixie Carter's eyes slowly opened as the blaring noise of her alarm clock invaded her ears, popping her dream bubble. Even though it was time for her to wake up, fatigue took a toll on her. She carelessly pressed her hand onto the alarm clocks' snooze button, making its' annoying beeps falter away.
'Damn...already time fo' me to go to school?' Trixie thought tiredly as a long tired sigh escaped from her lips, exposing her obvious tiredness to her cold quiet bedroom.
This chick didn't wanna go to school. Tiredness was still present in her body and she just couldn't leave her comfy bed like that. She'd rather stay inside the covers of her comfortable furniture, where warmth enveloped her body along its' softness that would just sooth her skin. She didn't wanna go face the cold world yet with its' obstacles of life. Or face Jake with, dares she says it,Rose.
Besides, she was still tired from all that strolling she did last night with the fresh New-Yorker breeze. She walked all over her neighborhood to try to forget this unknown feeling that just seemed to kill her gut. And she obtains this feeling only when she thinks or sees Jake all over Rose. Ever since Rose came back to town, the world just seemed to turn upside down. She didn't know why or when she began baring this aura and she wanted it to stop. This thing was bugging her to death. Trixie must accept the fact that Jake loves Rose…and that he had forgotten about her. But her heart mysteriously kept aching to that theory.
Once again sighing in slumber, Trixie slowly collided her head back to her pillow, allowing its' comfort to dominate her physique. 'Hm...Maybe I still can sleep for a little bit. Mama Trixie needs some beauty sleep' she mentally comprehended as another yawn fled from her mouth.
But unfortunately, this sista won't be getting another second of sleep.
"Trixie Carter! Get your ass ready for school!" Trixie's Grandma's grouchy voice trickled from the other side of the irritated teenager's bedroom door, almost breaking her poor eardrums.
Dang! When Trixie's Grandma asks you to do something, you better do it or else she's gonna come after you and it's not gonna be pretty to see.
Cleverly following her relative's order, Trixie speedily climbed out of her bed. "Y-yeah Gram!" the tired and speedy 16 year-old yelled out loud as her feet slipped in her slippers and ran out of her room in such hurry.
With her feet speeding up across the hallway's hardwood floor, the bed-head reached the bathroom door and jiggled its' doorknob to let herself come in.
Well, her speedy actions weren't really new to be honest. This was a typical morning for the Carter chick. She'd wake up with her grandmother yelling at her to get up and rush herself into getting ready for school as if the world depended on it.
Succeeding into opening the bathroom door, Trixie bolted inside and slammed the door shut. She looked at her reflection in the rectangular bathroom mirror and facially expressed a determined demeanor. Her hair was in a nappy self, that was free in the air with its' incredible length. Her face looked all tired with bags under her eyes. And she was still in her Bugs Bunny and Tweety pajamas. Hm, this girl needs to get herself dazzling!
'Damn, looks like I got some work to do with this!' Trixie amusingly thought as perseverance flashed through her hazelnut brown eyes.
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'Heheh…This Mac Daddy is lookin' good in this outfit yo' Jake Long mentally bragged as he smirked in cockiness to the reflection of his mirror, liking what he was seeing.
The Asian 17 year-old was rocking a pair of black Vans with a white sleeveless shirt which would show his muscles, a pair of jeans and a silver dog tag. His hair tipped with faint green was recently gelled so everything was perfect. Just the way he liked.
Over the years, Jake Long grew from an adorable skater to a hot bad-ass. He was still the famous American Dragon whom would save the citizens from the attack of mystical creatures and the same Jakey who would skate with his buddies. But ever since he and his beloved blondette defeated the Dark Dragon, life had been sweeter for this teenager. Despite the constant Dragon training and duties, he reunited with Rose and that just made him happier and he finally saw the world in a different light.
Grabbing his leather black jacket, Jake casually walked out of his dirty bedroom to the kitchen with a triumph smirk. Oh yeah, he looked good. He is unstoppable. He is a good-looking dude by day and a fighting dragon by night. Life was good. Nothing can shatter his coolness.
"Jake!" Susan Long's cheery voice boomed through the kitchen, shattering Jake's inner cool thoughts. She walked towards her son with a happy smile upon her tanned façade. "Aw, look at my son being handsome with his adorable little jacket" she gushed childishly to her embarrassed son as she pitched one of his cheeks playfully.
Jake pouted to his Mom's motherly instincts that would always act up and embarrass him, especially when he is around Rose. "Mom! I'm not a little kid anymore" he whined as he walked past his mother and walked towards the table where his breakfast awaited.
No matter how old Jake was, Suzan would always see him as the little innocent boy that would always sleep with his blanket and teddy bear. But who could blame her? Mothers were always like that with their kids.
Suzan sighed as she also sat in the kitchen table and poured warm coffee in her mug, letting its' rich caffeine aroma invade her nose. "I'm sorry Jake, but you're still my little boy. It was just yesterday that you were potty training with your teddy bear" she suddenly giggled to the memory. "I still remember how you missed and pissed on-"
"Ok Ma! That's a little too much information." Jake whined once again as he was munching onto his toast. All he wanted was a normal morning. Was it too much for the boy to ask?
"No Mom! That's fine what you're saying. Go on. Continue talking about Jake's babyhood." Hayley Long's innocent voice traveled through the kitchen as she skipped along with her long jet-black piggy-tails, swaying to the body movement.
Jake rolled his eyes and grunted in utter annoyance to his little sister whom tends to nose through his business without the decency to ask for his permission.
Hayley Long was still the same little girl from three years ago; a little intelligent nosy troublemaker whom tends to get away with anything just by glimmering innocence in her eyes and quivering her lower lip. In other words, unleashing her infamous puppy dog pout. Yup, same old Hayley alright. But she started taking dragon training seriously with her grandfather, Lao Shi and her mentor, Sun. Hayley had been taking many school programs in order for her dossier to be in top perfection for her future. So her calendar was full to the max!
Suzan giggled to her daughter's enormous curiosity. "Aha, well Jake accidentally pissed on your grandfather while potty training"
Hayley's eyes widened in utter amusement as she started laughing uncontrollably, which made Jake groan in a mixture of frustration and embarrassment. "No way! How did that even happened?"
Suzan joined along Hayley's contagious laughter and resumed explaining the details on Jake's previous little 'oups'.
Oh come on? Hadn't the boy suffered enough embarrassment for today?
"Oh my god! I just remembered that your father and I filmed it. We have the tape!" Suzan remembered as she wiped a tear of joy from her eyes.
Apparently not. Apparently, Jake hadn't suffered enough because his morning just kept getting worse.
Cursing under his breath, Jake got up from the table and left off to the front door. That ain't fair. His family just loves embarrassing him. It was like as if it was their main role in life. Jake couldn't wait to turn 18, so that he could move out of his parents' crib and get his own.
"Bye Ma and Hayley" Jake yelled out loud as he grabbed his Dragon-designed skateboard and his backpack.
Jake walked out of his house and slammed the door shut.
Ah, finally. He'll be in peace at school. Well, maybe not with the obnoxious nosy teachers but hey. He was used to it so no biggie. And today was the perfect day to go skateboarding with the sun unleashing its' replenishing rays of sunlight to the world, the birds chirping in melody and little kids were running and laughing in joy on the streets.
Hm, indeed. It was a perfect day to skateboard. Maybe, Jake could text Rose to let her know that they could hang out after school.
Jake whipped out his iPhone 5G and clicked a few things on its' screen to scroll through his device while he was skating on the concrete sidewalk with his right foot propelling himself forward and his other foot on the board to keep himself balanced. Then he roughly stopped as a name from his contact list flashed there before his onyx eyes, grabbing his attention.
Trixie Carter.
'Damn, been a while since I hung out with her' he thought as his gaze never left the sight that his phone displayed.
Jake hung out all the time with Rose so much that he had forgotten about his African-American pal. Before Rose's return to New York, the two would always skateboard and play video games together. Trixie was always by his side, helping him get through many obstacles such as his heartbreak from Rose's depart to Hong Kong and his dragon missions. But now, Trixie and Jake silently drifted apart. He was constantly with Rose 24/7 while Trixie was doing her own thing.
At the moment, he was pondering through his thoughts as he furrowed his eyebrows in a thinking fashion. Hm, should he text her? Maybe a simple 'hi' or something…I mean, it had been a while…
Just when he was lifting a finger to click on his friend's number, a random peck on the cheek stopped him. His heart started beating fast. The peck was like an electric shock to his body. Like a defibrillator that would just shock his heart back to life with its' powerful electric charges. He only received that boost of adrenaline from a certain blonde.
Jake turned around with a sheepish smile. "Rose" he called out as he grabbed Rose's petite waist and held her high in the air with a smile that illuminated happiness. "How you doin'?" he asked in his slang, cocky manner.
Rose uttered flirtatious giggles as her aquamarine eyes looked down to Jake, meeting his onyx eyes. "Good" She giggled once again as she approached her face to Jake and gave him another peck on the cheek. "Now, can you please put me down?"
Damn, he just loves her pecks. They were like velvety butterfly touches to his skin.
Jake's smile was still upon his visage, not willing to falter away from Rose's glimmering beauty. "What if I don't wanna put you down..." he trailed off with a light presence of mischief in his husky low tone, hinting the 16 year old girl that he wanted to do some lip action...if you know what I mean. Heh.
Rose sighed amusingly in defeat to his appealing charm before flashing her pearly whites to her content Asian boyfriend. "Fine, pervo"
Rose delicately placed her hands onto his head and connected her peach lips onto Jake's lips. Jake could feel his heart growing wings as his tongue was having a mini war with Rose's tongue. Their tongues were fighting for dominance as Rose's hands started running through Jake's hair, softly entangling her fingers through it.
A smile crept on his face as he continued making out with his girlfriend. Indeed, Jake is happy. Everything is perfect.
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"Bye Gram!" Trixie bided good-bye with her loud Southern accent as she stepped out of her front door and slammed it shut with her school bag in her grasp.
Trixie finally got herself ready for school. She figured that school was gonna be a pain in the ass with the fact of always being alone and such. So she thought that she might as well suffer with it while looking good.
Trixie was wearing an outfit that was cute and simple. Nothing much. Just simple blue skinny jeans that hugged her hips, a pair of black Timberland boots that showed a bit her dazzling ghetto side and a sleeveless white high low chiffon shirt that made her look like a fashionista. And her straightened hair was kept in a high ponytail, letting it flow past her shoulder.
After dragging her feet from the concrete stairs of her house to the sidewalk, Trixie started her long walk to her high school until a pang of hurt stung her heart. Hurt started circulating in her body, making her unable to move. Her Hershey brown eyes wouldn't budge from the scene that stood before her horrified eyes.
Jake and Rose were making out with lust and love in the air, right in front of Trixie. The two didn't even notice the African-American's presence at all.
Out of all the obstacles that Trixie had to stumble upon, it just had to be this one. That was the main reason why Trixie tried her hardest to avoid Jake but it was hard to do so since he lives not far from her. She just mysteriously couldn't bear seeing Jake gushing over Rose. Just seeing the two love birds like this made Trixie feel pain overpowering her body.
'Trix…calm down. Don't cry girl. Don't cry' Trixie comprehended to herself as she closed her eyes, forcing tears to not cascade. 'Just walk away…Yeah. I-I'll just use another trail to school'
Following her thought, Trixie turned her heels and walked away from the couple with hurt still putting its' unbearable weight on her shoulders. She must not let them get to her like that. But she just couldn't help it. She lost her best-friend. She lost her…life-time crush. Rose took that all away from her.
Trixie silently whimpered to the thought as she continued dragging her feet upon the concrete surface of another street that'd lead her to school.
'I can't do anything about it. Jake loves Rose and I'm just gonna have to accept it. But my heart keeps telling me that it's not true. That there's still hope in retrieving Jakey back.' Trixie slipped a breath from the tip of her mouth in a frustrated fashion. 'Dang, I gotta stop thinking like this. I just gotta accept the fact that Jake belongs to Rose...'
'Now, you know that's not true Trixie. You're not going to let her take away Jake from you.' A mysterious dark but smooth voice rang in her head, making Trixie stop her tracks.
'Wait...is there someone or somethin'?' she mentally asked as she turned herself around. Her eyes were surfing around the surrounding, trying to find out where that misty voice came from. But strangely, she didn't find anything out of the blue. Kids were peacefully playing on the New-Yorker streets as people bustled past her to get to their destinations. Her eyes wouldn't stop surfing around the street area in search of the source of that feminine voice that contained such darkness to its' words.
Sighing in defeat, Trixie resumed to her march on the street and took a right turn to an abandoned alley. The alley was a shortcut that she'd sometimes use when she'd be late for school. So for the 16 year-old, walking alone there wasn't a big deal.
'Damn, I must be losing my damn mind. Maybe I'm just hearin' things.' Trixie thought as her feet clicked away in the concrete surface of the alley.
'Trixie, you're not losing your mind. But you're gonna lose Jakey if you don't do something about it. Time's ticking. Tic. Toc. Tic. Toc.'
The feminine dark voice invaded Trixie's thoughts again; sending chills on her spine and making sweat appear faintly on her mocha-colored forehead. This had gotta be a joke to Trixie. Where was this voice coming from? There's no one around her.
Instinctively, Trixie turned around to check if there was anyone around her...or anything in this case. 'Da fuck? Where the hell is this stupid voice coming from goddammit?!' she wondered urgently as she wouldn't stop checking the alley like crazy. Deep in her shadow of doubt, she knew that there was something abnormal going on and she wanted it to stop.
'Trixie, careful with your language. You know, Jake wouldn't be happy if he heard your potty mouth. You know how he gets with you swearing.'
Why was this voice still here? There's no one here! Why does it keep telling her stuff about Jake? She doesn't want to think about the Asian. Just the thought of him would remind her that he isn't by her side to comfort or smile to her. Isn't she already baring enough pain?
Trixie rubbed her temples since a headache was starting to come. 'Stop...I don't wanna think about Jake' she forced herself to not scream as she closed her eyes.
'Pfft...you're right. You don't want to think about Jake. You just want him to smile at you, to hug you, to tell you how special you are, ho-'
Without letting the harsh mysterious voice finish, Trixie covered her ears to try to keep that annoying voice to come and screw up her head. She tried to not listen to one word of it but it was impossible. The voice knew Trixie perfectly well. Trixie was like an open book that's got her feelings written all over it.
"Look, you mysterious bitch! Whoever you are, you better get your ass outta your hiding place right now!" Trixie screamed to the top of her lungs with one of her eyebrows twitching in irritation with her eyes still observing defensively the street perimeter. Hm, still no sign of the mysterious person...or thing.
Strangely, nothing happened. No one came upon her eyesight. So there really was no one hiding huh? But...how come Trixie kept hearing that...voice? Anger was soon boiling up her blood as she clenched her hands in fist.
"I said...come out of your goddamn place!" Trixie screamed once again as fury was flaming her words. She could feel a vein coming out soon, all thanks to that voice!
'Oh shush! Stop screaming, you'll cause a scene. Wait...On second thought, maybe if you continue screaming...Jake might start looking at you...' The voice smoothly mentioned as Trixie still held her hands onto her ears and speedily walked out of the alley with fear building up.
Leaving hurriedly the narrow path, Trixie kept baring this acuminous sentiment in the back of her mind that'd give her the impulse to turn around again because she had the impression of being watched. Deep down in her heart, she knew that there was someone out there, watching her at the moment.
'What is wrong with me?!' Trixie contemplated as her feet clicked away towards her school establishment.
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Watching the troubling Trixie leave the abandoned alley from the top of a hotel building, a mysterious person smiled mischievously, liking what she was seeing.
'Hm. Looks like the inner of her magical energy has awakened. Step one of her transformation is complete.' she deliberated as her black cloak flew through the fresh morning gust. 'Two more steps to go and Trixie will become just like…us.'
This unknown being snickered to the thought with her smooth high-pitch voice as she snapped her fingers together, making herself disappear in smoke.
A/N: Ok, sorry if this chapter was too boring or emo-ish for you guys xD! I will try to lighten the emo mood next chapter. If this chapter was a bit too confusing or something, PM me and I'll explain :) And by the way, Spuddy will appear :D! I just miss my fave skater! Review my fellow readers :D! Have a nice day!