Isabel studied Alex from the corner of her eye. He was watching the movie they’d rented while eating popcorn from a bowl in his lap. She could smell Alex’s perfume and it made her all warm on the inside. Even a simple touch like his arm slightly brushing against her own gave her butterflies and she sighed happily. “Alex”

“Yeah?” he answered but when she didn’t say anything more for a couple of seconds he turned his head to look at her. Then she crushed her lips against his before he do anything else, making him drop the popcorn bowl to the floor.

“I love you” she whispered.

Alex ran his fingers through a curl of her hair and smiled. “I love you too Iz, always. But look at the mess you made me do”

She chuckled and grinned devilishly. “Leave it; you’ve got more important issues to handle here”

He arched an eyebrow and moved his face closer to hers. “Is that so?”

“Yeah” she mumbled and they began kissing again. After a while Alex pushed her away slightly and she gave him a strange look. “What’s wrong?”

“Do you want to go to the prom with me?” he asked nervously and looked deep into her brown eyes.

She knocked him over, making them both fall to the floor on top of all the popcorn. “Of course” she shrieked and kissed him. “I’d love to”

“Good” he smiled and brought her down for another kiss and this time he didn’t push her away.

**********

Liz sat on Max’s bed waiting for him to come back from checking out the strange sound they’d heard from the living room. “What was it?” she asked when he closed the door behind him.

“Just Isabel and Alex…doing something a brother shouldn’t have to see” he said and shifted somewhat uncomfortably.

“Poor baby” Liz laughed and held out her arms waiting for a hug. “Want me to kiss and make it all better?” Max rolled his eyes with an amused grin and instead of hugging her he lifted her up into his arms. “Max, what are you doing?” Liz shrieked.

Max used his powers to turn on a slow song on the stereo. “I’m picturing us at the prom”

Liz’s eyes grew wide. “What?”

“Or perhaps us at our future wedding dance” he said with a distant look on his face. “But for now the prom dance will do”

Liz watched her boyfriend with a soft smile. No matter what happened he always found a way to make her fall even more in love with him. “You’re asking me to the prom?”

“Do you want to?” he asked and stopped twirling them around and let her down, still holding her close to his own body.

“You don’t even have to ask” she smiled and kissed him softly. “Love you”

“Love you too” he whispered to her lips as they continued swaying to the music.

**********

“I had a really good time tonight” Tess smiled as she stepped out of Kyle’s car. “Wanna come up and say hi to Maria or something?”

Kyle turned off the engine with a smile. “Sure”

They walked inside the apartment building and took the elevator to the third floor. “Um…Tess?”

She turned around to look at Kyle. “Yeah?”

"Do you wanna go to the prom with me?” he asked nervously

Tess’s eyes grew wide and then she threw herself around his neck. “Yes, yes, yes, YES! I’ve been waiting for you to ask for so long now”

“Good” Kyle smiled and kissed her softly. They walked inside Tess’s apartment and Tess pulled Kyle on top of her on the couch. “Someone’s a bit anxious” he chuckled

“Like you’d ever say no” she giggled and ran her fingers over his chest. “Come on Buddha boy, trim my lamp”

“I think I can do that” Kyle laughed and kissed her. Behind their backs Maria shook her head and sneaked out of the apartment without disturbing them. She walked to the door next to Tess’s and knocked.

“Yeah?” Michael answered when he opened it. “Maria? What do you want?”

Maria moved inside and Michael closed the door behind them. “Tess and Kyle are having some fun on the couch and I don’t want to be in the same apartment as them right now”

“Ok” Michael nodded and noticed Maria was just looking at him. “What?”

“I wanna swim” Maria said after a while. “Don’t you have a place where you can go and swim or just bathe?”

“Maria, it’s 21.00 P.M., nothing will be open now” he said and gave her a curious look.

Maria shrugged her shoulders. “So? Like that would stop you. Come on Michael, please?”

“Fine, but you don’t have any bathing clothes”

“Who needs them” Maria said and pulled him with her out of the apartment and out towards his bike. Michael grinned at the thought of her skinny dipping and had no troubles following her. After a while they reached a public swimming pool and they climbed over the fence. “Kinda exciting to do this”

“Whatever!” Michael said but amusement clearly painting his voice. There was a big splash and he turned around to see Maria already in the water, her golden hair floating around her like a mantel. Damn, she was beautiful and he thanked God the night illumination wasn’t working because he didn’t know if he would have survived that.

“What are you waiting for?” she called.

He pulled of his T-shirt and his pants but kept his boxers and then dove into the water. She splashed a wave of water over him and laughed as he did the same. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen you this relaxed” Michael commented.

“I don’t know you just make me relaxed and happy” she smiled softly.

His eyes grew wide but before he could say anything she dove underneath the water and swam to the other side. “You really are beautiful” he whispered when she couldn’t hear.

TBC
Emotions
Part 6
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