Ain't It Funny
Spoilers: Hello Goodbye
Disclaimer: I don't own Dark Angel or any of it's characters, so don't sue me! I don't own the
song (Ain't It Funny by Jennifer Lopez) either.
Crash
There he was, at the bar once again. It seemed like that was the only place she ever saw
him. Sitting at the bar, drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Asha had had enough. She was going
to get his butt off that barstool if it was the last thing she did.
***
-What I wouldn't give to be drunk right now,- Alec thought, signaling the barman for
another drink. It was getting a little hard on cash to do this. Drink, after drink, after drink. He
didn't even care what he drank, so long as it did something. Alec welcomed the numbness the
drinks brought, but did it have to take so many to get there?
"Hey Alec," said Asha, sitting next to him. "Come dance."
"Not now, Asha," Alec replied coldly. He hated to do it, he wanted to become attached,
and have a chance at a real relationship, but he couldn't risk it. "Didn't I tell you to beat it
already? Is there some reason you keep coming back?"
"Yeah," Asha said. "I want you to dance with me." With that she took his hand and
hauled him to the dance floor, nearly causing him to fall off his stool.
When they arrived, she pulled him close and began to dance seductively. "Asha, this can't
work . . ."
"Just shut up and dance," Asha ordered. They danced.
After a few songs, Asha stopped and looked up at him. "I know what you are," she said.
Alec looked away. Asha reached up and snapped his face back in her direction, forcing him to
make eye contact. "I know what you are, and I know who you are. And despite what you are, I
like who you are."
Alec raised an eyebrow at her, then became serious again. "That's not the point," he said.
"I don't want to hurt anyone."
"If I get hurt, it was my choice," Asha replied sternly.
"It doesn't matter." Alec tried to leave, but Asha pulled him back.
"I care about you, and I know you care about me. I don't know if it was fate or coincidence or
just Max, but we met. We've got a chance. We can't ignore this." She kissed him, passionately.
~~~Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
~~~And you can't move on even though you try
~~~Ain't it strange when you're feeling things you shouldn't feel
"You're right," said Alec, pushing back. "We do have a chance. I do care about you.
That's why I can't risk losing you."
~~~Oh I wish this could be real
"You won't."
"You don't know that!"
"We can face this, Alec!" Asha said, tears forming in her eyes. "Together."
"I'm being hunted by half the known world!" Alec said, trying to sound angry, even though he
wished she were right. "Someone's bound to get hurt!"
~~~Ain't it funny how a moment can just change your life
~~~And you don't wanna face what's wrong or right
Alec pulled away from her and left. He took off running out of the building. He let the
cool breeze curl around him as he headed back to his apartment, just wishing life wasn't so unfair;
just wishing he wasn't so alone.
***
Asha watched Alec run out. A tear slid down her cheek. -Why did I have to fall for him?-
she asked herself, and went home also.
~~~Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
~~~In the story of your heart.
Spoilers: Hello Goodbye
Disclaimer: I don't own Dark Angel or any of it's characters, so don't sue me! I don't own the
song (Ain't It Funny by Jennifer Lopez) either.
Crash
There he was, at the bar once again. It seemed like that was the only place she ever saw
him. Sitting at the bar, drowning his sorrows in alcohol. Asha had had enough. She was going
to get his butt off that barstool if it was the last thing she did.
***
-What I wouldn't give to be drunk right now,- Alec thought, signaling the barman for
another drink. It was getting a little hard on cash to do this. Drink, after drink, after drink. He
didn't even care what he drank, so long as it did something. Alec welcomed the numbness the
drinks brought, but did it have to take so many to get there?
"Hey Alec," said Asha, sitting next to him. "Come dance."
"Not now, Asha," Alec replied coldly. He hated to do it, he wanted to become attached,
and have a chance at a real relationship, but he couldn't risk it. "Didn't I tell you to beat it
already? Is there some reason you keep coming back?"
"Yeah," Asha said. "I want you to dance with me." With that she took his hand and
hauled him to the dance floor, nearly causing him to fall off his stool.
When they arrived, she pulled him close and began to dance seductively. "Asha, this can't
work . . ."
"Just shut up and dance," Asha ordered. They danced.
After a few songs, Asha stopped and looked up at him. "I know what you are," she said.
Alec looked away. Asha reached up and snapped his face back in her direction, forcing him to
make eye contact. "I know what you are, and I know who you are. And despite what you are, I
like who you are."
Alec raised an eyebrow at her, then became serious again. "That's not the point," he said.
"I don't want to hurt anyone."
"If I get hurt, it was my choice," Asha replied sternly.
"It doesn't matter." Alec tried to leave, but Asha pulled him back.
"I care about you, and I know you care about me. I don't know if it was fate or coincidence or
just Max, but we met. We've got a chance. We can't ignore this." She kissed him, passionately.
~~~Ain't it funny how some feelings you just can't deny
~~~And you can't move on even though you try
~~~Ain't it strange when you're feeling things you shouldn't feel
"You're right," said Alec, pushing back. "We do have a chance. I do care about you.
That's why I can't risk losing you."
~~~Oh I wish this could be real
"You won't."
"You don't know that!"
"We can face this, Alec!" Asha said, tears forming in her eyes. "Together."
"I'm being hunted by half the known world!" Alec said, trying to sound angry, even though he
wished she were right. "Someone's bound to get hurt!"
~~~Ain't it funny how a moment can just change your life
~~~And you don't wanna face what's wrong or right
Alec pulled away from her and left. He took off running out of the building. He let the
cool breeze curl around him as he headed back to his apartment, just wishing life wasn't so unfair;
just wishing he wasn't so alone.
***
Asha watched Alec run out. A tear slid down her cheek. -Why did I have to fall for him?-
she asked herself, and went home also.
~~~Ain't it strange how fate can play a part
~~~In the story of your heart.