AN: Hey guys, this is a little teaser to a new fic. Hopefully you'll like it. It's basically my attempt to re-write the hideous slap on the face that was Love is a Battlefield. Gah, doesn't that phrase just cause horror? Anyway, enjoy.
Broke Me Up
"I can't drive. I'm too stoned!" Alex and Jay chuckled to themselves. "What am I gonna tell Paige?"
Jay didn't reach far for his answer, it was technically the truth. "That I'm a mess, that uh, that your being a good friend. She'll get it."
Alex laughed at that last comment, oh how little Jason knew. "No, she'll have a fit actually." Sauntering over to the dresses she added. "These are the only things she cares about."
"Well, if they're that damn important I'll drive you."
Alex eyed him suspiciously, "Your stoned too."
"Barely. Broken hearts have a sobering effect."
Alex pinched his cheek. "Let's get these dresses to Paige then emo kid. And tomorrow we're going out and getting you laid."
Jay sighed then over emphasised his getting up. "You can bring those dresses down yourself."
Alex looked at the mass of plastic covered costumes and groaned. "Jay!" The only response she was met with was the door closing.
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Paige grabbed the ringing phone from her bag and answered, "What?"
"Uh, Paige?"
She frowned. "Jay? What, Alex wasn't brave enough to call me herself?"
Jay was silent for too long. It made her heart sink.
"There was an accident. I'm sorry, there was this kid and I swerved and-"
"Jay! Alex is ok right? I just need to bail you two space cadets out, right?"
"She's at the hospital. I don't know if she's ok, I'm at the police station."
Paige was silent this time. Alex was in a car accident, she was in the hospital. She could feel the subway lines over her lungs begin to vibrate.
"Paige?! You can't freak, I only get one call. You have to make sure she's ok."
"How? How can I do anything if she's not?! Why were you so stupid!? Why did I tell her to come get me?! I knew, I knew she wasn't herself."
"This isn't your fault, it's mine. This kid ran out in front of the car and I swerved and we went straight into a tree."
"Oh God." Paige whispered as it played out in her head.
"I'm not going to be here long, the kids parents told the police it wasn't my fault. Just a DUI."
Paige marvelled at the idea of it being 'just' a DUI.
"Ok." He paused. "Paige, she loves you, just be there." With that he hung up.
Paige felt herself choking up, she was truly walking into this blind. Hailing a cab she tried to stop the constant internal replay of their last conversation.