I'm With You
By ShadowSpinner
Hey, everybody! The newly-named ShadowSpinner here, with her very first fic ever, Zoids or otherwise! I'm so happy! It's a one-shot songfic, very B/L. I love that couple! It's done to Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You". Sorry if it sucks, it is my first, after all. In this story, Bit has been with the Blitz for a year. He and Leena are 17, Brad is 19, and Jamie is 15. It takes place after the Royal Cup. I think I've fixed it, so I'm going to reload it. Sick Little Fiend, thank you so much for being my first reviewer. When I typed it up on Microsoft Word, it did have paragraphs. I don't know what happened. If it isn't any better this time, somebody who knows how to fix it, please tell me!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Zoids, although it would be so cool if I did! It's one of my favorite shows. I don't own "I'm With You", either. I did make up Derek and Bit's family. So don't sue!
/song lyrics/
thoughts
/I'm standing on the bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now/
Leena Toros sighed impatiently. She was wearing a spaghetti strap dress that stopped mid-thigh and has small slits up the side. It was colored magenta, the same shade as her hair. She had been waiting here, outside the restaurant, for two hours, and still her boyfriend, Derek, had not shown up.
/There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound/
"I'll give him five more minutes," Leena said to herself, knowing she should have left an hour ago.
Five minutes came and went. Leena groaned. She had had a white purse with money in it, but she had left it in the jeep with Bit when he dropped her off. He had offered to drive her into town because he was going anyway to pick up an order for Doc. Her purse was probably still under the passenger seat, where she had put it so it wouldn't accidentally fly out of the jeep. She figured he was long gone by now.
"I'll have to call the base," she grumbled to herself. "I wonder where I might find a payphone?"
She started walking. She heard a car behind her, and saw the headlights light up the road in front of her. (A/N: It's about eight o'clock, almost dark but not quite.) She sighed again. Maybe its Derek she thought, not at all hopefully.
/Isn't anyone trying to find me
Won't somebody come take me home/
The car behind her slowed down.
"Hey, Leena!" an unmistakable voice called. Leena turned, hoping it wasn't who she knew it was. She sighed a third time. Yup. No mistaking that wild blond hair and those light green eyes, even in the dimness of dusk. (A/N: Dimness of dusk? Where'd that come from?) It was Bit Cloud in the jeep.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, somewhat surprised.
"The shop lost the order, and I had to wait while they hunted it down. I got it, though." Bit said, nodding his head toward the back seat, where Leena could see a small brown package.
"Good for you," Leena said moodily. " What do you want?"
"Well," he started slowly, "I thought that you had a date with Derek, but I saw him walking into a club back there with at least three chicks hanging off him, and none of them were you."
"WHAT?!" Leena almost shouted. She stared at Bit, not wanting to believe him but at the same time knowing he was telling the truth.
"I'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything," Bit said, concern in his voice as well as his green eyes.
Leena shook her head. "No," she said softly, "I'm glad you told me. I'm going to kill Derek tomorrow. But for now, just take me home."
Bit nodded, got out quickly, and open Leena's door for her. She was so deep in thought and confusion that she didn't even notice. He got back in and they drove off.
/It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you/
Fifteen minutes into the ride, Leena noticed that Bit was being unusually quiet. She watched him out of the corner of her eye. He mostly kept his eyes foreword, but every couple of minutes he would glance at her, concern evident. But still he said nothing. The lack of conversation began to make Leena uncomfortable.
"Say something," Leena finally snapped.
"Um, are you going to be ok?" he asked.
She sighed. "I'll survive."
/I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here I know/
"So, what are you going to do to Derek?" Bit asked.
"Something very, very evil," Leena snarled, a demonic glint in her violet eyes.
"How evil?"
"He'll cry. For a month."
"Ah." Bit nodded. Derek was definitely not one of those crying types. "Well, for what it's worth, I'm sorry."
"You're amazing!" Leena exclaimed.
"HUH?" Bit gasped in shock.
"Every time I think I know everything about you, that I know every single detail and quirk, you go and do something that I never would have thought you'd do. Like just now. I had no idea that you cared about me."
"Of course I care. We're friends, aren't we?"
/Cause nothing's going right
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be alone/
"I always thought you hated me," Leena said.
"Leena, if I hated you, there would be no way I'd have stuck around with the Blitz team for so long."
"Really?" Leena asked.
"Really," he assured her.
"Then why are you always doing everything possible to make me angry? Stealing my food, teasing me, walking in on my shower time."
Bit suddenly grinned mischievously. "Ya really wanna know why?" he asked devilishly.
"Yes," she exclaimed. "Tell me!"
"Well," he began slowly, "it's really because you remind me of my little sister."
"Your little sister!" Leena exclaimed. "I didn't know you had a little sister."
"Actually, I have three little sisters. And a mom."
"You never talk about your family. I thought you didn't have one."
"Well, I do. Although I never walked in on any of their shower times. That was special, just for you."
/Isn't anyone trying to find me
Won't somebody come take me home/
"Oh, I feel so special," Leena snapped at him. "Which one of your sisters do I remind you of?"
"Her name is Cheryl. She's fifteen now, Jamie's age. Her and my mom both have a temper like yours. She used to make herself a snack, walk away for a minute, and come back to find me eating it. She'd get furious and chase me all over the shop. But she never caught me. She'd get tired, and would forgive me. I guess I stole your food out of habit, and so I wouldn't get homesick."
"Shop?" Leena asked curiously.
"My mom owns and runs a salvage and repair shop, the best one on Zi. It's called Chaos because it was usually pretty cluttered, not to mention four kids plus friends always running around. My mom bought me my Stealth Truck for my fifteenth birthday, and I had been on my own for a year before I joined the Blitz Team."
"Do you miss your family?"
"A lot." Bit smiled.
/It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you/
"I'd like to meet your family," Leena said.
"I'd love for you to meet them. I think they'd really like you."
Leena could tell that Bit was lost in memory, so she stayed quiet and fell into her own thoughts.
I can't wait till tomorrow. Derek's so gonna pay. I can't believe how nice Bit is being to me. Usually he is so aggravating. But tonight he's being nice. And he is pretty cute. Wait! Did I just think what I think I thought? Do I like Bit?
/Why is everything so confusing
Maybe I'm just out of my mind/
Leena stared hard at Bit. No way. Is this love? Bit glanced at her.
"What's wrong, Leena?"
She blushed at being caught staring. "Umm, nothing."
/Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
Yeah/
It is love she thought. Now I just have to tell him. Easier said than done Leena could see the base in the distance. She sucked in a deep breath, trying to feel confident. A sudden plan formed in her head.
"Hey, Bit? Could you stop the jeep for a moment?"
"Sure, Leena." He stopped the jeep. "What's up?"
Leena unbuckled her seatbelt. She slid across the jeep and straddled Bit's lap, facing him, of course (A/N: Duh). He looked surprised.
"Um, Leena, what do you think your doing?"
She placed a finger on his lips. "Shhh. I just want to tell something that I just realized." She took another deep breath. "Bit, I love you." And before he could react, she kissed him. She was afraid that he wouldn't feel the same about her, and she wanted to kiss him at least once in her life. To her surprise, Bit kissed back. He wrapped his arms around her waist. Finally they broke the kiss. Bit grinned at her.
"I love you, too."
/It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life/
"Really?" Leena broke into a wide smile.
"Would I lie?" Bit asked.
"Maybe," she giggled. Bit laughed.
"Really," he said. They kissed again.
"Don't think for a minute that this means I'm not going to beat you up over food anymore," Leena warned.
"I wouldn't want you to," Bit said, kissing her forehead. "Just don't hit me so hard anymore." Leena stared at him. "What? It hurts." Bit said indignantly. Leena just laughed.
/Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new/
Half an hour later, they pulled into the base. Bit opened Leena's door for her. This time, she noticed.
"Oh, that's so sweet! Thank you!" she exclaimed. She fell into his arms and they kissed again. They walked out of the hangar, arms wrapped around each other.
"Did you see that?!" Jamie, Brad, and Doc asked each other at the same time. They were on top of the Shadowfox, finishing up the repairs on one of its guns.
"What the heck did you put in our food, Jamie?" Doc asked angrily.
"We're starting to hallucinate. I knew those mushrooms tasted funny," Brad added.
"Tomorrow, I vote we go out for steaks," Doc declared.
"Agreed," Brad said. Poor Jamie just stared at them, speechless.
/I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you/
So, did you like it or hate it? Was it too long? Too short? Too detailed? Not detailed enough? Did I get something wrong? I need to know! Please please please review! Anything's accepted! Even flames! I need reviews to improve my writing. If you got this far, thanks for reading my story. Bye Bye!
ShadowSpinner
Hey, everybody! The newly-named ShadowSpinner here, with her very first fic ever, Zoids or otherwise! I'm so happy! It's a one-shot songfic, very B/L. I love that couple! It's done to Avril Lavigne's "I'm With You". Sorry if it sucks, it is my first, after all. In this story, Bit has been with the Blitz for a year. He and Leena are 17, Brad is 19, and Jamie is 15. It takes place after the Royal Cup. I think I've fixed it, so I'm going to reload it. Sick Little Fiend, thank you so much for being my first reviewer. When I typed it up on Microsoft Word, it did have paragraphs. I don't know what happened. If it isn't any better this time, somebody who knows how to fix it, please tell me!
Disclaimer: No, I don't own Zoids, although it would be so cool if I did! It's one of my favorite shows. I don't own "I'm With You", either. I did make up Derek and Bit's family. So don't sue!
/song lyrics/
thoughts
/I'm standing on the bridge
I'm waiting in the dark
I thought that you'd be here by now/
Leena Toros sighed impatiently. She was wearing a spaghetti strap dress that stopped mid-thigh and has small slits up the side. It was colored magenta, the same shade as her hair. She had been waiting here, outside the restaurant, for two hours, and still her boyfriend, Derek, had not shown up.
/There's nothing but the rain
No footsteps on the ground
I'm listening but there's no sound/
"I'll give him five more minutes," Leena said to herself, knowing she should have left an hour ago.
Five minutes came and went. Leena groaned. She had had a white purse with money in it, but she had left it in the jeep with Bit when he dropped her off. He had offered to drive her into town because he was going anyway to pick up an order for Doc. Her purse was probably still under the passenger seat, where she had put it so it wouldn't accidentally fly out of the jeep. She figured he was long gone by now.
"I'll have to call the base," she grumbled to herself. "I wonder where I might find a payphone?"
She started walking. She heard a car behind her, and saw the headlights light up the road in front of her. (A/N: It's about eight o'clock, almost dark but not quite.) She sighed again. Maybe its Derek she thought, not at all hopefully.
/Isn't anyone trying to find me
Won't somebody come take me home/
The car behind her slowed down.
"Hey, Leena!" an unmistakable voice called. Leena turned, hoping it wasn't who she knew it was. She sighed a third time. Yup. No mistaking that wild blond hair and those light green eyes, even in the dimness of dusk. (A/N: Dimness of dusk? Where'd that come from?) It was Bit Cloud in the jeep.
"What are you doing here?" she asked, somewhat surprised.
"The shop lost the order, and I had to wait while they hunted it down. I got it, though." Bit said, nodding his head toward the back seat, where Leena could see a small brown package.
"Good for you," Leena said moodily. " What do you want?"
"Well," he started slowly, "I thought that you had a date with Derek, but I saw him walking into a club back there with at least three chicks hanging off him, and none of them were you."
"WHAT?!" Leena almost shouted. She stared at Bit, not wanting to believe him but at the same time knowing he was telling the truth.
"I'm sorry. Maybe I shouldn't have said anything," Bit said, concern in his voice as well as his green eyes.
Leena shook her head. "No," she said softly, "I'm glad you told me. I'm going to kill Derek tomorrow. But for now, just take me home."
Bit nodded, got out quickly, and open Leena's door for her. She was so deep in thought and confusion that she didn't even notice. He got back in and they drove off.
/It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you/
Fifteen minutes into the ride, Leena noticed that Bit was being unusually quiet. She watched him out of the corner of her eye. He mostly kept his eyes foreword, but every couple of minutes he would glance at her, concern evident. But still he said nothing. The lack of conversation began to make Leena uncomfortable.
"Say something," Leena finally snapped.
"Um, are you going to be ok?" he asked.
She sighed. "I'll survive."
/I'm looking for a place
I'm searching for a face
Is anybody here I know/
"So, what are you going to do to Derek?" Bit asked.
"Something very, very evil," Leena snarled, a demonic glint in her violet eyes.
"How evil?"
"He'll cry. For a month."
"Ah." Bit nodded. Derek was definitely not one of those crying types. "Well, for what it's worth, I'm sorry."
"You're amazing!" Leena exclaimed.
"HUH?" Bit gasped in shock.
"Every time I think I know everything about you, that I know every single detail and quirk, you go and do something that I never would have thought you'd do. Like just now. I had no idea that you cared about me."
"Of course I care. We're friends, aren't we?"
/Cause nothing's going right
And everything's a mess
And no one likes to be alone/
"I always thought you hated me," Leena said.
"Leena, if I hated you, there would be no way I'd have stuck around with the Blitz team for so long."
"Really?" Leena asked.
"Really," he assured her.
"Then why are you always doing everything possible to make me angry? Stealing my food, teasing me, walking in on my shower time."
Bit suddenly grinned mischievously. "Ya really wanna know why?" he asked devilishly.
"Yes," she exclaimed. "Tell me!"
"Well," he began slowly, "it's really because you remind me of my little sister."
"Your little sister!" Leena exclaimed. "I didn't know you had a little sister."
"Actually, I have three little sisters. And a mom."
"You never talk about your family. I thought you didn't have one."
"Well, I do. Although I never walked in on any of their shower times. That was special, just for you."
/Isn't anyone trying to find me
Won't somebody come take me home/
"Oh, I feel so special," Leena snapped at him. "Which one of your sisters do I remind you of?"
"Her name is Cheryl. She's fifteen now, Jamie's age. Her and my mom both have a temper like yours. She used to make herself a snack, walk away for a minute, and come back to find me eating it. She'd get furious and chase me all over the shop. But she never caught me. She'd get tired, and would forgive me. I guess I stole your food out of habit, and so I wouldn't get homesick."
"Shop?" Leena asked curiously.
"My mom owns and runs a salvage and repair shop, the best one on Zi. It's called Chaos because it was usually pretty cluttered, not to mention four kids plus friends always running around. My mom bought me my Stealth Truck for my fifteenth birthday, and I had been on my own for a year before I joined the Blitz Team."
"Do you miss your family?"
"A lot." Bit smiled.
/It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life
Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new
I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you/
"I'd like to meet your family," Leena said.
"I'd love for you to meet them. I think they'd really like you."
Leena could tell that Bit was lost in memory, so she stayed quiet and fell into her own thoughts.
I can't wait till tomorrow. Derek's so gonna pay. I can't believe how nice Bit is being to me. Usually he is so aggravating. But tonight he's being nice. And he is pretty cute. Wait! Did I just think what I think I thought? Do I like Bit?
/Why is everything so confusing
Maybe I'm just out of my mind/
Leena stared hard at Bit. No way. Is this love? Bit glanced at her.
"What's wrong, Leena?"
She blushed at being caught staring. "Umm, nothing."
/Yeah yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
Yeah yeah, yeah yeah,
Yeah/
It is love she thought. Now I just have to tell him. Easier said than done Leena could see the base in the distance. She sucked in a deep breath, trying to feel confident. A sudden plan formed in her head.
"Hey, Bit? Could you stop the jeep for a moment?"
"Sure, Leena." He stopped the jeep. "What's up?"
Leena unbuckled her seatbelt. She slid across the jeep and straddled Bit's lap, facing him, of course (A/N: Duh). He looked surprised.
"Um, Leena, what do you think your doing?"
She placed a finger on his lips. "Shhh. I just want to tell something that I just realized." She took another deep breath. "Bit, I love you." And before he could react, she kissed him. She was afraid that he wouldn't feel the same about her, and she wanted to kiss him at least once in her life. To her surprise, Bit kissed back. He wrapped his arms around her waist. Finally they broke the kiss. Bit grinned at her.
"I love you, too."
/It's a damn cold night
Trying to figure out this life/
"Really?" Leena broke into a wide smile.
"Would I lie?" Bit asked.
"Maybe," she giggled. Bit laughed.
"Really," he said. They kissed again.
"Don't think for a minute that this means I'm not going to beat you up over food anymore," Leena warned.
"I wouldn't want you to," Bit said, kissing her forehead. "Just don't hit me so hard anymore." Leena stared at him. "What? It hurts." Bit said indignantly. Leena just laughed.
/Won't you take me by the hand
Take me somewhere new/
Half an hour later, they pulled into the base. Bit opened Leena's door for her. This time, she noticed.
"Oh, that's so sweet! Thank you!" she exclaimed. She fell into his arms and they kissed again. They walked out of the hangar, arms wrapped around each other.
"Did you see that?!" Jamie, Brad, and Doc asked each other at the same time. They were on top of the Shadowfox, finishing up the repairs on one of its guns.
"What the heck did you put in our food, Jamie?" Doc asked angrily.
"We're starting to hallucinate. I knew those mushrooms tasted funny," Brad added.
"Tomorrow, I vote we go out for steaks," Doc declared.
"Agreed," Brad said. Poor Jamie just stared at them, speechless.
/I don't know who you are but I
I'm with you/
So, did you like it or hate it? Was it too long? Too short? Too detailed? Not detailed enough? Did I get something wrong? I need to know! Please please please review! Anything's accepted! Even flames! I need reviews to improve my writing. If you got this far, thanks for reading my story. Bye Bye!
ShadowSpinner