Title: Popcorn Makes Everything Romantic
Rating: This chapter is probably only PG, but I plan on bringing it up to PG-13 at some point.
Disclaimer: None of these characters are mine...I cannot claim them. They all belong to the hardworking people involved with Degrassi.
Feedback: Yes please, I want to know what everyone thinks of this story so far.
Summary: This will be a Palex (Paige/Alex) story...So, you are warned. If you are not into females dating other females, please don't read this story. It's not for you. It's about what might have happened had Alex and Paige not kissed in Lexicon of Love, would they have found their way together anyway, and what would have happened, in my opinion, if the details of the movie premier night were altered.
Author's Note: I've been itching to write a Palex story for a while now, because I love the couple. So, I decided to try it...Please let me know what you think of it so far, so I can decide if I should continue it.
At the premiere, Alex and Paige had danced together and people definitely took notice of it, and later that night the two girls had stayed together at Paige's house. Nothing had happened though. Alex had taken care of her arm with the help of Paige, and it seemed like they had shared a moment. A moment where the two girls had almost kissed, but thankfully or perhaps unfortunately, Paige's brother Dylan had walked into the room just then.
He was oblivious to the two girls because he was more excited to hear about the movie premiere. Dylan was home for the weekend from college, and Paige regretted it momentarily until she saw Dylan's face light up as they talked about the movie premiere. He might be a hockey player, but he was still into movies and the glam of premieres especially when his little sister and ex-boyfriend attended it. And so, after Dylan had his share of gossip and the story, they were left alone again, but the moment was gone, or perhaps it was just sleeping, which the two girls did soon after. The bed wasn't that big, but both girls managed to snuggle under the same covers.
Neither girl had ever woken up so refreshed as the next morning. Though, that didn't mean that Alex was happy about getting up. She quite liked to sleep in, and Paige managed to convince her to get up after a few minutes of prodding and sunlight streaming in through the window into the raven-haired girl's face for Paige had already swiped away her pillow. Alex was defenseless, and so they went to school. Together. They never talked about the moment, but it lingered in each girl's mind, even when they had to go to school or work. Luckily, work wasn't as boring when they both had the same shift.
"Guess who?" The dark-haired girl moved up behind the blonde and put her hands over the blonde's eyes. The blonde smiled because there was only one other person on shift at the moment, and her name was Alex. So, it wasn't hard to guess who the girl standing directly behind her covering her eyes with her own hands was, not that Paige wanted to make it easy for her.
So, Paige worked on keeping a completely straight face because Alex always sensed when she was smiling. "Hazel! I didn't know you were coming to a movie tonight!" Paige knew that everyone was supposed to be in the movies at this point. There wouldn't be more than five people that would wander out of the movies for the next hour or so because they had all just started. She also knew that Hazel had some family tonight, but Alex didn't know that, and she moved her hands.
"Wrong," she murmured, and she wasn't sure if she should feel hurt or not by Paige's 'joke'. Then, she saw the smile on Paige's face and she rolled her eyes dramatically. "You just had to do that, huh?"
"You're so easy," Paige muttered and smirked. "You actually believed that I didn't know it was you, didn't you?" Alex looked uncomfortable for a moment. She was out of her element when she wasn't the one that got to tease. She was out of her element when someone was pinpointing her emotions. She was more fragile than she would ever admit. Paige was still smiling, and Alex rolled her eyes once more to get her point across.
"I didn't believe you." She was stubborn, but Paige didn't believe her for an instant. So, Alex's only answer was a quirked eyebrow from Paige. "I didn't!"
"Say it in your squeaky voice." Paige demanded it as she smiled at the raven-haired beauty again, and she unconsciously took a step backward so that she could lean on the counter with her elbows.
Alex was suddenly in a playful mood. "You'd like that, wouldn't you?" Ever since the movie premiere, the two girls had taken to flirty comments and gestures. In fact, a few people had wondered if they had been dating. The only one who asked had been Marco, and both girls had glared at him and then laughed.
"Maybe," Paige flirty right back. Alex smiled and moved closer to the blonde.
"I didn't!" Alex replied in her squeaky voice, and Paige giggled. She couldn't help it. Alex smirked, and placed a hand on either side of the counter around the blonde. Paige was trapped, but she didn't notice it at first. She noticed Alex's dark eyes looking at her, and she noticed the gap closing between the two girls dramatically and hurriedly. She could stop it if she wanted to. She could move away from Alex, but she was pretty sure that she didn't want to. And so, the two girls let their lips meet for the first time.
It was far from chaste, but it was cautious none the less. Neither girl wanted to scare the other because neither girl was quite sure how the other felt. So, it was a relief when Paige allowed her hands to wander around the dark-haired girl's neck, and Alex allowed her own to wrap around Paige's waist. Paige was still against the counter, and she was suddenly grateful for its support. It was closed-mouthed, but both girls felt its full effects until a voice broke them away suddenly looking guilty. "I knew it!"