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zpidey-sense · 7 years ago

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i need to dance with you [gert yorkes x chase stein]

Pairing: Pre purple hair gert yorkes x just beginning at lacrosse chase stein

Description: coping with someone’s death is hard and different for everyone, but sometimes you just need someone’s support to get you through it.

Words: 4.215! oops, i always get carried away!

Warnings: underage drinking, swears, bad words, and such. (don’t do underage drinking, and if you do please be careful)

Note: my first gertxchase (we really need a ship name) piece of writing! I’m obsessed with them since i read the comics back then and now the freaking show, which is amazing, is making my feels get messier. I hope you like it, if you do it would be nice to see some love! thanks for reading you, loves!

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Three months and a half.

Today it was three months and a half since Amy died, and no one was okay, not even a little close from okay. Even though no one said it out loud, it was just noticeable in their actions.

It was that or maybe the undeniable fact that people change with time. And yes, people change but not from one day to another, so the most probable thing that was happening was the first option, and so it was like that how no one was really okay.

It started when Alex didn't show up at her funeral, not even sent a single text message to them giving some kind of explanation as why he didn’t go, and every time someone tried to reach out for him on the halls he just disappeared in the crowd of students. Since that moment everything started to go down.

The second person to drift apart from the group was Nico, she started to do it slowly and then just all at once. After that day she went to school with black lipstick instead of her usual pink lipgloss, it was a cool change, Gert thought, it was fine but the they noticed everything was different now when Nico flipped off Karolina when she tried to say hi to her. Since that day no one really tried to get close or say something at least it was for the classes, she started to go to school every day with more and more black on her outfits.

And more the black she wore, the more she got away from everyone.

Then it was Karolina, she soon stopped answering their messages in the groupchat that they created which, by the way, was slowly dying. It was a fact that the more she kept ignoring her phone and them, the more she got involved in the church, and also the more Gert said those comments that made her and Karolina fight over and over, so just like that Karolina stopped talking to them in person as well.

The fourth person to leave was Molly, she just had as an excuse her dance classes and how hard she needed to study to get good grades. So she just kept dishing them for her classes or study dates she had with her classmates, Gert knew that sometimes she said she had one of those things but instead she just locked herself on her room to listen music, really loud music.

But Gert didn’t say nothing, because they were sisters and sisters kept secrets.

So for some really short time it was just Gert and Chase. And they both liked it, even though none of them said it out loud. The time they spent together consisted on them watching the stars from his rooftop and sometimes from hers, and just being quiet. Also, sometimes it involved long chats that could last till 5 am and so they both showed up at school really tired. But it was okay, they liked it.

That wouldn’t last long though and they both knew it.

So one day the inevitable just happened. Both of them didn’t answer anymore and their chat went from the top to the bottom where neither of them could remember or see it. So both of them forgot about their little getaways to their rooftops and soon started to do other stuff, seeing other people, and then that escalated pretty quickly to not acknowledging each other at all.

Chase soon tried for The Lacrosse Team and Gert in the other hand went on a really different path, one that is really different from what we know now.

She started partying, and really hard. With people that didn’t care how she felt or how she was doing on her daily life. And she really didn’t care about that, as long as she had a drink on her hand she was okay.

But the truth was that she wasn’t doing okay. She was lost, like all of them.

But she didn’t care and neither of them seemed to do so, at least not like before. Except for Molly of course, because honestly she was always worried about her, but she still didn’t tell Dale and Stacey because at the end of the day they were sisters and sisters kept secrets.

So it was another night, and that of course meant another party. Gert could go days sleepless and that was tiring for sure, but she could do it. She always could pull it off.

Tonight was the perfect night to go out because Dale and Stacey were out of the city, they were currently in San Diego or something like that was what they said to Gert and Molly after they received a message and practically ran out of the house.

Anyway, that meant they were going to skip their family movie night. So that meant Gert could go out without needing any excuse.

And it was normal for them at this point since they have been missing The Big Movie Night, how Dale liked to call it, with many excuses since weeks ago... or well, since Amy died, and it wasn’t a coincidence.

‘’So you’re going out tonight as well’’, Molly said entering the room as she put her hair in a ponytail.

‘’Yep’’, Gert responded short and sure as she took off her glasses and started to work on her eyeliner. With that answer Molly just nodded and kept looking at her.

Maybe she was just 12 going on 13, but she understood... the most of it at least. She got that Gert needed to distract herself like Molly herself did with her dance classes, and instead of that it was parties.

Deep inside she just wishes Gert got another hobbie like poetry or maybe singing, not partying like crazy until she forgot her name, but Molly was no one to judge that unfortunately.

‘’I’m getting tired of my long hair’’, Gert commented after some minutes while brushing her hair and looking at Molly through her mirror. Her little sister was looking at her with big eyes, just quiet and maybe... worried.

Worried for her, she knew that look.

‘’I think it’s pretty, but if you want I could help you change it’’, as to this Gert smiled.

‘’I think that’s amazing Mols’’, Molly smiled and got up from her bed, thinking on getting her laptop to see what kind of style she wanted. But as soon as she heard a car pulling over in front of their house she just stopped.

‘’But I think that has to wait until tomorrow’’, Gert saw how Molly’s smile dropped and decided not to pay it attention, grabbing her stuff and putting them on her bag. Even though it hurt her.

‘’Sure’’, Molly said a bit disappointed but not saying it out loud. Gert knew she was, and really deep inside she felt the same way.

‘’So... I guess see you tomorrow, Mols’’ Gert said smiling a bit as she opened her window and put a leg outside it.

‘’Gert, you don’t have to do that... Dale and Stacey aren’t here’’.

‘’Right!’’, Gert said while getting blushed and then locking the window again. ‘’I’m used to it, bye Mols. Take care! I’ll be back s...’’

‘’Soon’’, Molly finished for her as she walked outside her room. ‘’Take care, Gert’’

And then she just closed her door. Gert wanted to go after her and give her a big hug, but the car that was waiting for her honked its klaxon so she just walked out of the house and got in.

She quickly said hi and everyone said it back to her, but no one even smiling or at least not really smiling at her. They were there just on the same ride to the same party. Not friends, not smiles, just same objective.

Going there to forget stuff.

Chase in the other hand was getting a handle of how was to be a member of The Lacrosse Team. And it was hard, more than he ever imagined, but most of his teammates said it was because it was the beginning. But he knew it doesn’t get easier in any way, he just needed to get used to it.

He was just finishing his, now daily, training on his room when Daniel, one of his teammates invited him to a party that was going down near his house. It was already pretty late at night and his parents weren’t in the city, in fact they weren’t going to be in the house as of tomorrow afternoon so he just took a shower and decided to go.

One of the things he learnt about being in The Lacrosse Team from Atlas Academy is that if you missed one of the parties you were getting an invitation on, you would be losing an important spot on the team.

Because it wasn’t all about sports, but also popularity. And he didn’t want to lose and be forgotten.

Not again.

So he arrived there on a Lyft after some time, he in fact didn’t know the neighbourhood but as soon as he arrived he knew the house of the party was from someone on their school because every person he spotted on there he has at least seen them on his classes or the halls.

So he started to walk in the house saying hi to some people and getting ignored by most of them. He wasn’t an official member of the team yet, so he was still unknown, or at least only known as ‘’the son of the big mind, Victor Stein’’, he was known as a shadow.

But soon, he knew he wasn’t going to be one anymore. He was going to be his own, big person and he was going to make sure of it.

‘’Chase!’’, he turned around and smiled looking at Daniel and his other teammates back there, so he just walked over there and took the drink he was being offered.

At first he wasn’t really comfortable in that group, but the more the drinks and the girls kept making their way to him the more he was getting comfortable. In fact, after some time he found himself really enjoying it and didn’t see it as a ‘’duty’’ anymore. He cold quickly get used to it.

It didn’t last long until one of those girls dragged him upstairs, and it was not like he was going to stop her.

At first Gert got annoyed at her... party friends? booze mates?... at those people because they didn’t tell her it was going to be a party from someone in the same school as them. So they just left her there alone, saying they didn’t like complainers.

They usually went to other parties, not like these.

She didn’t like anyone on that school, so it was obvious that she was mad at the beginning. In fact she didn’t want to be seen with them, she just didn’t want to do anything to with them.

But she forgot about it just as fast as she got mad some minutes before.

After drinking 5 or 6, she already forgot how many, cups of whatever drink they were serving at the party she didn’t care about who she was with or who she danced with anymore, and eventually who she kissed as well.

It was just another night in her life, another one she was pretty sure she wasn’t going to remember really well, or more like at all.

Chase was a little bit dizzy, but actually okay. He could walk straight and the way he talked was still pretty normal. So he could say he was okay.

He was pulling his jeans back up on their place as he saw Chelsea get out of the room they entered some minutes ago with a smile, he got her number and she left him with some hickeys so he could remember her and in fact he wasn’t going to forget her soon.

After some seconds he just got out of the room and went back to the party. Pretty much everyone was wasted, and how they could not? He saw how they poured every kind of alcohol possible in a huge bowl and that was everyone’s drink. He saw many bottles that went from vodka, tequila, to beer, ron and even whisky.

It was crazy.

His teammates where nowhere to be found and so he decided to go to the backyard to take some air, the party was going pretty wild and the house was about the explode just as the backyard was.

But even in the most crowded of all the places he couldn’t have missed out that laugh. It was unique and bubbly, and he knew it too well to not recognise it.

It was Gert’s.

And what was she doing there?

He walked closer to wherever she was and over there, he could see her, she didn’t have her glasses on and her hair was now pulled on an unusual bun for her, but it was her and she was smiling and laughing. And he knew he missed that because his chest felt tighter with emotion at the same time he felt hollow.

He found himself smiling at her but that changed quickly as he noticed she was with two other girls who had the intention of throwing her into the pool. Gert was laughing but just because she was drunk as fuck.

He has never seen her like that, in fact he didn’t know she even liked to be at parties and less to get drunk. That drunk.

Before those girls, who were definitely less drunk than Gert, threw her at the pool Chase ran towards them and held her just as she was going to get pushed.

‘’Hey, hey. I don’t think that’s a good idea’’, he said as the both girls looked at him bad.

‘’Boring!’’, one of them shouted at Chase and then just jumped to the pool. Some seconds later many people joined her making a huge mess.

He just rolled his eyes and looked at Gert that was looking at him with huge puppy eyes, her hands were kind of above his while trying to push him away but not even trying hard enough. So he just turned her around.

‘’Gert?’’, he asked confused.

‘’Chase!’’, she just smiled and it looked like it was the first time she smiled for real after days, and the next thing she did was hug him as hard as she could.

‘’Gert’’, he just smiled and hugged her back, now kinda moving side to side. He really missed that.

‘’I can’t believe you’re here!’’, she said getting away slowly and smiling again.

‘’I... What a-’’, but she interrupted him.

‘’I want to dance with you... I need to dance with you’’, she said slowly and on a way he has never ever heard her talk before.

So she just pulled him closer as she put her hands on the back of his neck, pressing their foreheads together because they were the same height and slowly playing with the end of his hair as they swung slowly, kind of following the music that was playing back in the house.

He couldn’t help but smile as he kinda pulled her closer and placed his hands on her low back, he has never seen Gert this relaxed before and he definitely loved it. So he couldn’t help but accept her request as they just swung back and forth slowly in the same place.

After some seconds she just took his hand and started to walk slowly, pulling him to the house as they just smiled and looked at each other. She was walking backwards so he was taking care that she didn’t fall.

‘’Come on, let’s get more drinks Stein, I need to forget and dance’’, she said on an innocent way as she pulled him.

In that moment he knew something bad was up. To forget? that wasn’t the Gert he knew and liked, at all.

‘’Gert, I think you’re fine as you are, you don’t need more alcohol’’, he said trying to stop her.

‘’Aw, come on Chase’’, she said trying to pull him again.

But he just stopped walking, making her almost fall down but Chase quickly pulled her into his body, making them get definitely closer than they were before. They could feel their breath against their skins. They were finally as close as they both always wanted to be, but were always afraid of doing.

Her smile was little but it was there, Chase on the other hand couldn’t stop smiling. He’s always liked Gert, since he could remember he did but could never make a move on her. And Gert always stopped herself because of her anxiety and panic, but now it was her chance.

She slowly caressed his nose with hers and got even closer, the whole world seemed to stop when he could feel just a little bit of her lips touching his. They were barely touching, just one inch more and they would be kissing for real, and they knew what they had to do so they just closed their eyes immediately.

Chase was about to do the first movement, he caressed her nose once more and was just about to lean totally in when she just suddenly leaned back, getting away instantly from him.

He was confused so he just opened his eyes while still holding her by her waist, she was giving him her back while bending down, she was in fact throwing up all the alcohol she consumed that night. So that was the moment he knew that she needed to go home right now and rest, because she looked exhausted.

He knew she was exhausted.

‘’Okay, let’s get you home, babe’’, he said while caressing her back on a slow way.

‘’Yes’’, she whispered immediately, not even refusing..

‘’Gert, how do you feel?’’, he asked making her sit on the copilot seat.

‘’Fucking horrible, how do you think future-jock’’, she said on a sarcastic way and then drinking more of her cold water.

Chase couldn’t help but smile as he heard her sarcastic ways come back, now that sounded more like the Gert he knew and still liked.

‘’Alright’’, he nodded saying no while still smiling and got inside the car, it was David’s car and he was kind enough to get out of the party to give her a ride to her house.

The ride was pretty quiet and not even that long, they all were quiet except for the fact that David was mumbling a song but on a really quiet way. Gert seemed fine and Chase was fine with that.

‘’That’s the house’’ Chase and Gert said both at the same time while pointing at the house. It all seemed so peaceful.

‘’Alright’’, David laughed as he pulled over. ‘’You’re home sweet home’’.

‘’Thank you, David’’, she said with a little smile as she looked at him. ‘’Really’’.

‘’It’s fine’’, he winked at her and she quickly looked away. Chase knew she was blushing and he just rolled his eyes looking how she got out of the car.

‘’Eh... thanks’’, and she just started to walk to the door as David just laughed.

‘’I’m going to get her to her room, she might be still a little dizzy’’, Chase said quickly as he looked at him.

‘’Don’t worry bro, I can wait’’, he said smiling. ‘’Go, I think she is waiting for you’’

He looked back and in fact she was looking at Chase, waiting for him in the middle of the way. Chase just smiled and got out of the car, walking towards her.

‘’I just wanted to thank you for taking me home’’, she said starting to walk with him. ‘’I don’t remember anything of the night and...’’, she messed her hair that was not in a bun anymore and sighed, ‘’I think I should stop doing this’’.

Chase blushed as he heard her. ‘’Since how long have you been doing this?’’

‘’I think... Uh... Two months ago’’, she said looking at him with big eyes. He recalled it, and that was the last time they actually talked.

‘’Woah’’, that was the only thing he could say. ‘’I-I... I didn’t know’’

‘’Only Molly knows’’, she rolls her eyes and looks at him again as they stop in front of the door. ‘’I didn’t want anyone to know... I don’t want to do this anymore... and I think this is not the right way to cope with...’’

‘’With Amy’’, he finished for her and they both nodded as they got in.

None of them talked on their way to her room. And it wasn’t uncomfortable, it was actually the opposite. But they got in and she just went to look for her pijamas. They didn’t talk until she broke the silence some minutes later.

‘’Don’t... don’t go yet’’, he nodded as she got in her bathroom.

It was just a couple of minutes and Gert was back already, with her glasses and all. And he couldn’t help but smile because she looked so pretty. Exhausted, but pretty.

‘’I’m also coping with the fact that I lost more people’’, Chase stopped smiling and he knew what she meant by that.

‘’I think we all are, on different ways’’, she nodded and then just sat next to him.

Just some seconds passed as they just sat there, close to each other and someway making it better. But he saw the time on her night table and realised it was super late, or early. But he needed to go.

‘’You need to sleep’’, he said looking at Gert and getting up.

‘’And I guess you need to go’’, Gert said as she looked at him. She wanted to tell him that he needed to stay, she needed him to stay but couldn’t say it outloud.

‘’It’s late.’’

‘’Or early’’, he smiled at her and just nodded.

He wanted to stay, it felt like the right thing but again they didn’t really talk anymore so it would also feel weird the next day. So he just got closer and kissed her forehead on a really soft way, maybe kinda long. But it wasn’t a problem.

‘’Take care, Gert’’

‘’Take care, Chase’’, she answered on a little voice.

So they just smiled at each other for the last time and he left her house. Both weirdy content with each other but still extremely hollow on the inside, like a piece of them was missing.

Because there was in fact a piece of them missing within each other.

‘’How do you feel?’’, Molly asked Gert as she came to her bed with one of those healthy milkshakes Stacey taught her how to make.

‘’I’ve been better, but I’ve been worse’’, she took the milkshake and drank most of it in record time.

‘’I heard someone bringing you in’’, Molly said with a smile as she sat on the bed. ‘’Tell me, was he or she cute?’’

‘’Oh my god’’, Gert blushed and then just laughed. ‘’I-I think it was Chase’’

Gert said confused as she remembered only bits of her night, a slow dance with Chase, too many making out sessions with a lot of people, a short car ride with Chase and another guy... but Chase. She looked at Molly when she started laughing.

‘’Come on! As if you haven’t seen how he ignores you always you walk past him’’, Gert rolled her eyes as Molly laughed again and got up from her bed. ‘’Whoever it was, they left a letter right there’’

‘’What’’, Gert turned around to find a piece of paper lying on her night table. It read for Gert.

‘’I leave you now, Dale and Stacey will come back soon and I need to finish my homework. You should at least take a shower to see if you fix that dead face’’, Molly just left her room laughing as Gert just smiled and rolled her eyes.

She just took the letter as soon as she left and couldn’t help but smile. It was Chase’s handwriting.

Gert, I bet it must be confusing for you right now as to why I left you a letter. Well I hope you remember but last night I took you home. We talked and you told me you’ve been doing this for a while, you also told me you wanted to stop and if you don’t remember I want to remind you that you said it. Because I think you deserve better, I think you’re hurting yourself and that... I don’t like it. Please take care of yourself.

Love, C.S.

Gert couldn’t stop smiling now. She in fact remembered what she said to Chase and it was true... she couldn’t keep doing that to herself. To Molly neither. She deserved better and she knew it, because there were better ways to cope with the death of Amy even if it was by herself.

‘’Molly! Remember what I said about my hair yesterday?’’, Gert screamed getting up instantly and going to the bathroom.

‘’Yup!’’, she screamed back.

‘’Get ready! We are going to get hair dye from the store!’’

This wasn’t sponsored by Lyft! I’m just joking I just see them on every episode of Marvel’s Runaways lol! I hope you liked it! Thanks for reading!

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