(( palmoun, did you catch my post on the page before this one? its all the way at the very bottom ))

((sorry, didn't see it))

Patch got into the car with Alex and smiled happly.

John smiled at Lina, "hey, want to go see a movie or something?" he asked as he looked at her and kept her close to him

(( no problem ^^ ))
lina smiled back at him. "sure, im game, let me check something first." she remembered her phone and pulled it out of her pocket. she had turned it off a while ago and turned it back on. she frowned at the screen. "eight missed calls. she is so mad at me." she held her breath and listened to the only voicemail she had from alex. she winced as she closed the phone and kept in on, puttin it back into her pocket. she frowned at john and shook her head. "nevermind. sorry, i cant today." she stood up and grabbed her bag, looking apolageticly at him. "i have to go find alex, will you call me later?"

When they got there, Alex pulled Patch to the little picture booth. She looked through her purse and only found a five dollar bill. "Do you have three ones I can borrow?" she asked.

John nodded, "yeah I can." he said and then kissed her gently, "see you soon." he said as he looked at her.

Patch smiled at her, "you dont have to borrrow." he said and put three dollars of his own into the machine and smiled at her.

lina kissed him back and nodded. "okay, talk to you later then." she stepped outside into the cold and shivered, starting to walk down the street. she pulled out her phone again, ignoring the missed call from her mother, and called alex's cell biting her lip.

"Oh, but I do." Alex said. She waited until he sat down, then sat on his lap. For the first picture, she kissed Patch's cheek, for the second, she stuck out her tongue and crossed her eyes, then Lina called. She ignored it and for the third picture she blew up her cheeks. Finally, for the last picture, she kissed Patch passionately. She smiled and kissed him once more to keep the moment alive. She grabbed the pictures and looked at him. "Which ones do you want?"

hearing alex's voicemail come up she frowned. "alex. its lina. i know what i did was very jerky, and i dont expect you to fogive me, but i am sorry so would you please call me back whenever you and patch---?" she was cut off with the ending of the message system and sighed at herself. she closed the phone and shoved it back into her pocket, promising to call her back later. until then, she was determined to find her. she wondered the streets checking every restraunt first. then wondered into the arcade, skating rink, and movie theater. she sat down at a benck and groaned at herself, stomping her feet. "i am such a suckie person!" she said aloud and avoided the "she is a crazy-person, dont go near her." stares of a few civilians walking by.

Patch smiled and looked at the photos. He picked out the first one, "I like this one." he said as he looked at her and smiled. He then kissed her cheek gently and smiled at her lovingly.

Alex listened to her voicemail then texted Lina. We're at the mall.
"You get two, there are four, what other one?"

Patch smield and picked the one when she puffed up her cheeks. "this one." he said with a smile as he looked at Alex.

Alex nodded and ripped off the first and third one for him. She put hers in her wallet and looked up at him. "Where to now?"

lina took the phone out almost the immidiat moment she felt it start to vibrate. she sighed in relief seeing it was alex and made no move to text back. she must have been with patch if it said we're. she stood up and walked all the way to the mall from the bench she was at. she sighed getting into the main part of the mall. she rubbed her sore feet from the long walk and looked around. no sight of them yet. she stood up again, and started wondering the mall for them, she spotted patch from a distance and when she got closer she saw alex as well. she sighed to herself and ran up to them both. panting, she smiled weakly at them both. "long time...no see..." she blushed as pink as her hair and grimaced, "thats...probably my...fault." she panted.

Patch was about to answer when Lina came running over, "hey." he said with a smiel

lina straightened up and nodded at patch. "hello." she smiled weakly.

"So...why are you here?" she asked.

lina caught her breath back and frowned at alex. "to say sorry for blowing you guys off yesterday..." she rubbed the back of her head. "i dont expect you to forgive me, but i wanted to say sorry anyways. so...uh...sorry guys."

Patch looked up at her, "I can forgive you." he said as he looked at her but wasn't sure about Ale.x

lina sighed hearing patch and hugged him. "thank you." she smiled and looked at alex, biting her bottom lip.

Alex looked at her for a bit. "I forgive you."

lina let out a long breath she didnt know she had held in and hugged alex. "thank you." she smiled.

Alex nodded and hugged her back. She looked at them both and said, "I have to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back." With that, she was off. Right before she walked into the bathroom, a man grabbed her mouth so she wouldn't scream and ran off with her.

Patch waited for a while but once she didn't come back he looked at LIna, 'why dont you go check on her, she has been gone for a while." he said and was really worryed.

lina sighed and nodded at patch. "i agree, i will be right back." she promised and left. she checked all of the stalls and frowned, unable to find her. she ran across the mall, checking that bathroom and all of its stalls and started to realy get worried. she ran back to patch and worridly shook her head. "cant find her. lets look somewhere else."

Patch nodded, "come on, this way." he said and picked a random direction and started to call Alex's name but no one ever answered.