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Chapter 1: What Next?

Nico's POV

Nico gathered all of her things from the family room before running upstairs to what used to be a room shared by her and her sister, Amy. Things were past the very definition of what could be considered tense nowadays. Nico felt lied to and abandoned, by not only her parents, but by Alex as well. Someone she thought would never hurt her like he did. The fact that he knew about Amy's fate and never told her was the ultimate betrayal in her eyes. 

She felt so alone. On occasion, Karolina Dean would ask to check on her, and she wouldn't turn her away. They would just sit there and talk for hours. And Nico felt something similar when she was with Alex, but stronger with Karolina. 

"Whoa..." Nico whispered to herself, sadly Karolina heard her.

"What? What's wrong? D-Did I do something wrong? I did something wrong.." Nico panicked watching Karolina start to leave.

"Karolina, w-wait... you did nothing wrong, it's just... you're drop-dead gorgeous, and I felt something that... I haven't really felt since Alex and I were dating... I never really... considered myself as anything other than straight... but then you came into my life and now I'm so Goddamned confused... but I like it?"

Karolina listened to Nico's adorable rambling, smiling at the fact that she was so flustered at her. Karolina never considered herself to be attractive, growing up in the ways of Gibborim, it was something of a secret taboo, even sharing a kiss with anyone scared her. Until she met Nico, of course. 

"And now you're laughing at me..."

Karolina sat her down after she closed the door. She was slowly becoming entangled within the web Nico was unknowingly weaving, trying to capture Karolina and she didn't want her to let her go. 

"Nico... I never really understood the concept of being in a relationship with anybody... girls, guys... because of how I grew up, but I felt an attraction towards you that just won't go away, and I really, really don't want it to. The truth is... I love you, Nico, and I don't really know what you've gone through... and I want to. I want to help you. Like you've helped me. Alex wouldn't have asked us to come back if he didn't truly believe in us. And I believe in us. You and me."

Nico felt herself blush. Was she truly ready to pursue another relationship? Knowing what happened to her previous one? She stole a glance at Karolina as the female looked out the window, awaiting her answer. Karolina was heartbreakingly beautiful, and she was so afraid of hurting not just herself, but someone she really, really cared for. But at the same time, she was so very lonely, she wanted nothing more than to crave physical attention with somebody.

She would never forgive herself if she strung Karolina along for any reason just for her own needs. It was a strange thing. Love. It could destroy, repair, destroy again and force ones apart. After all, her very own father was having an affair with Janet Stein, even if Nico herself did not know of it, yet.

She grabbed Karolina's face, leaning in to kiss her passionately, feeling the female move closer as they heated the kiss up slightly, making sure to pause before things got too serious too fast. Nico was afraid, yes. But if she didn't take this leap, it would have been too late. 

And besides, what did she care if Alex didn't approve? She was hurt by his actions. Was it malicious? Not quite, yet at the same time, she did feel remorse. 

"You know... if... If we continue this... we have to tell Alex... Yeah, what he did was shitty and I'm still pissed at him, but it's best if he knows about... us.."

Karolina laid down, playing in Nico's multi-colored hair as she smiled.

"I don't care what we do, as long as I'm by your side. I never got the chance to tell you the first time... how I felt, and I lost you then, I don't want that to happen again. If you really want him to know, I'll stand by your side. After all, we're the Runaways."

Nico chuckled, internally cringing at the unofficial nickname they gave themselves.

"God, I hate that name so much. But it fits us, I guess. Runaways... misfits... rebels... two girls in love with each other, trying not to rip our clothes off right now..."

Now Karolina blushed. She removed her bracelet, revealing to Nico her secret powers.

"Hey... you make me glow.."

The two girls giggled at each other before engaging in another kiss. A million thoughts ran through Nico's head. 

She missed Amy. So very much, and her anger towards Alex, although genuine, it was also confusing. Why keep this from her? Why lie, knowing how badly she needed to know this crucial information? Especially when it involved her parents? 

Was he trying to protect her? Protect Amy from something sinister? 

If there was a bigger conspiracy going on here, why involve Amy? She was an innocent person in all of this. Yes, the Minorus were a secretive family, but yet... Nico couldn't shake the feeling of something being dangerously off. Especially where Amy was concerned. She knew Amy's fate was not what it appeared to be, and she spent hours upon hours deciphering what truly lied beyond the rose glasses her parents forced upon her face. 

Nico looked at Karolina and smiled a smile that she was afraid to show for so long. Karolina brought out the best in everyone on the team, even with her own dark past, she still believed in showing each of them the good they could do, against their parents. It attracted Nico in a way that couldn't yet be explained, not even to herself. 

Perhaps, she pondered, this wasn't such a bad thing. Maybe, just maybe, by exploring this with someone she truly felt something stronger with, it allowed her, if only little by little, to open up to somebody again. 

After all, that was why Alex called them all back to his house, wasn't it? 

To Be Continued.