Static Shock Fan Fiction ❯ The GEARs of Love ❯ Heightened Interest… ( Chapter 7 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
The GEARs of Love
Disclaimer: I don't own the series but I do own Alex… and soon Gear shall be MINE! MUAHAHAH-Cough …. I'm working on it…
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A/N: No comments.
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Chapter Seven: Heightened Interest…
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The next day the three met up at Virgil's house and set off together. When Alex suggested they go to the comic-book store the two males looked at her like she had grown another head.
“Y-You're joking right?” Virgil asked flabbergasted. Alex grinned and shook her head.
“No way, come on!” she said and grabbed both their hands, pulling them along. Alex blushed when she felt Richie squeeze her hand, when she glanced back he had an innocent look. She smiled softly and turned back.
“SO what else does a girl like you like?” Virgil asked, breaking the silence. Alex was startled by the sudden outburst but smiled.
“Well, probably anything a guy likes… well, almost anything!” she said and giggled… they hadn't heard her giggle yet; they BOTH blushed. She gave them a tolerant look. “Hey, just because I'm a little tomboy doesn't mean I can't do anything girly…” she said and huffed. The boys grinned and patted her shoulder.
“We understand.” Virgil said in a patronizing way only he could pull. She smacked his shoulder playfully. They spent the whole after noon arguing about which comic-super hero was better and Alex beating them at a few arcade games. Later that afternoon Richie suggested they introduce Alex to his folks since she had met Virgil's but not his yet. She agreed and they went off.
Alex was nervous. Not only because she was going to meet more new people but be in Richie's home and then in Richie's lair… she blushed at the thought of sitting on his bed with him… sure Virgil was going to be there too but that was beside the point! She went in shortly after the boys; the look Richie's dad gave Virgil was interesting, it wasn't exactly distaste, more like he was putting up with him. Once his eyes laid on her however they lit up.
“Ah! You must be the girl Richard's been on about!” he said with a hint of pride hiding in his eyes. Richie blushed and grunted.
“Dad...” he said and looked away, scratching the back of his neck nervously. Alex grinned at him.
“Is that so? It's nice to meet you Mr. Foley.” She said and shook his hand.
“Come on let's go…” Richie muttered and led them upstairs. Alex was trying to hide her giggles and Virgil was hiding his laugh with a few coughs. Once they entered his room and shut the doors Richie sighed in relief and sank on his bed. He got up and went to put his backpack away.
Alex noted his desk full of electronics, tools, and broken items. She tilted her head to the side curiously as she eyed and old, broken MP3 player that looked like it had been in the progress of being fixed but stopped abruptly. She picked it up and some tools nearby and began to make modifications and tweak the device a bit.
Richie turned from stuffing his bag in his closet and saw Alex with his old MP3 player, apparently putting it back together after taking it apart. He stepped forward a bit and she looked up at him. “Wait don't tou-”
“Here ya go, all fixed.” Alex interrupted, tossing the MP3 player at him lightly. He caught it and studied it.
“You… fixed it? It was old and still had the complicated system of chips and nodes… how did you…” he looked it over and turned it on, it ran faster then it had before. Alex shrugged.
“My dad's a rocket-scientist… I kinda picked up on things, he taught me quite a lot about technology… He gets mad at me when I tweak his car and make it go three times faster… apparently he's a rocket-scientist that doesn't like things that go fast? Go figure…” she said and blushed, apparently embarrassed that her dad was kind of geeky… then again, she glanced up at Richie. He also said some things that were kind of geeky some times but in her eyes he was a total heart-throb… After all, he was tall, lean - even though she couldn't see him well with the baggy clothes, had a slow and easy smile that made her melt, and had a sexy, husky voice even when he didn't realize it…
With the look Richie now gave her she had to look away again to hide her flushed face. Richie was giving her the look of a hungry wild animal about to pounce on wounded prey… He shook his head lightly and quit his gawking. He cleared his throat and grinned. “Looks like we have a lot in common; my dad's not a rocket scientist but I do love technology and I often upgrade my gear…” he said. She gave him a curious look, odd that he should be mentioning his gear… She shook her head, once again dismissing the idea that this gentle and funny boy was the dangerous and chiseled Gear… then again he did wear baggy clothes…
`No! Cut it out, it can't be. It's NOT.' She thought and smiled shyly at him.
“Yeah… I guess we do…” after a few moments of awkwardness Alex began with a “So…” and the awkwardness melted into an easy, comfortable chat on technology. Virgil was wise enough to stay out of their rapid and confusing techno-lingo as they spoke and decided to just watch them enjoy their company and new found friendship with content.
Suddenly Alex looked down at her watch, cutting their conversation about flux-capacitor-regulators short. “Oh jeez, I lost the track of time… I have to go.” She said and got up from her seated position.
“Aww how come?” Virgil asked.
“Family meeting, sorry guys, I'll see you tomorrow okay?” she said and went up to hug Virgil. He smiled and hugged her back. She pulled away and went to hug Richie. She didn't mean to but she lingered her hold on him a few seconds longer then she should have. She blushed and turned to go. “Bye!” she called over her shoulder, too embarrassed to look back at them, kicking herself for almost giving away that she was almost rapidly falling for him…
To Be Continued…
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End A/N: Aww cute isn't it? ISN'T IT??! Lol I hope you liked this chappy!