The Mistakes We've Made

AU. I remembered the first night we spent together. I was crying, and even though I was telling you to go, you held me close. That was the moment I fell in love with you. That was my first mistake. Duncan/Gwen.

Prologue

We were best friends. We met on Halloween, and you were dressed up as a zombie, and I was a witch. I was the only girl my age who wasn't a fairy or a princess, and you were the only boy your age that wasn't a knight or superhero. You said trick-or-treating was stupid when I approached your house, my pumpkin basket in hand. I said you were stupid, proceeding to dump my basket of candy on your head. It was a waste of candy, I admitted, but it didn't all go to waste at least. You said I was a weird kid, and I said you were weird for not being mad. That's how we became friends.

Through-out the years, we became closer. We watched horror movies together, and we went trick-or-treating every year after. You changed your mind about it eventually, and said that you were only in it for the candy. I smiled because I knew that wasn't the only reason. Halloween was our holiday. While other kids liked Christmas or Hanukkah because of the gifts, we outshone them with our love for the "Devil's Holiday". Parents warned their kids away from us, which only made us smile all the more. You completed me, and I didn't even know it.

I remember the first time you were put away in Juvy. I bailed you out because your parents called you a waste of breath, and kicked you out afterwards. I yelled at you too, and I even cried. You just stood there as I did, emotionless. When I finished, you pulled me into a hug and apologized. After that, you were put into a house for delinquents and assigned a parole officer. I expected to see you less and less because of it, but it was quite the contrary. Instead, you spent almost all of your time with me. You said I was the only break you got from the idiots you were being forced to live with then.

Then... things changed. Just as they were starting to brighten up. You met her. She was the complete opposite of you; I don't know what you saw in her, but she was the angel to your demon. She was a CIT, and an all-around goody-two-shoes. She had straight-A's, and was the president of the student council. You two met because she was working on her community service while you were working on yours as well, because it was your punishment for tagging the northern wall of our school with the words "Kipman Sucks Balls" in big letters. Our principal, Kipman, wasn't too pleased.

After that... you changed. Suddenly, she was all you saw and all you needed. I was merely a fly on the wall. And I hated every second of it. So I went out for the first time and found someone for myself. Someone I could call my own. His name was Trent.

Still, I couldn't get over the fact that you had left me. You had left years worth of friendship for her.

A/N: TDI/TDA/TDWT never happened. My first shot at a Duncan/Gwen story. Hope you enjoyed.