-Chapter 1-

Renee's POV

Alex woke up suddenly. He looked around, but it was too dark to see anything. So he got up and walked around the bed, his uncle Jamie slept on. Since his wife was ill, Alex shared a room with him. "'I can't sleep' he said" Alex laughed sarcastically. "If he is not able to sleep, why does he snore the whole night?" He opened the baffle in front of the door and sneaked out of the room.

At the same time, I came out of the bathroom. I walked to my room, deeply sunk in my thoughts. So I didn't notice Alex stepping out of his room and ran right into him. Our heads collided. "Ouch!" I moaned. "You don't say" Alex answered. "What's wrong with you? Since when are you so sarcastically?", I asked. "Since my uncle Jamie snores in my room every night." "Did you tell him?" "Yeah, but he says that I would be the one who snores." "Okay then come with me. You can sleep in my room." Alex looked at my face. Suddenly I realized that the boy I grew up with wasn't a boy anymore. He was a man now. We walked to my room and I opened the door to let him in.
He looked around. My room had changed. It wasn't pink anymore… It was more like a young adult's room. I pointed on the bed. "You can sleep on the right side." I said and lay down on the left side. Alex took a deep breath and then lay down right next to me. Seconds later we were both asleep.

I woke up because of someone breathing into my ear. I opened my eyes and noticed that I was tangled up in Alex.

"What happened while I was asleep?" I heard a voice from the door. "Mum! I yelled. "Wanda, what's wrong?" My father asked from outside of my room. "Everything's alright, Ian, you can stay outside!" Wanda, my mum answered. She looked at me again. "Anything happened, he just couldn't sleep in his room so I took him to mine." "I see…" Mum said, looking directly on our tangled legs and arms. "Good morning, Wanda!" "Good morning, Alex." "Renee was right. Jamie snored to loud, so I couldn't sleep. I went out of the room and your daughter here ran right into me. I told her about my problem and she invited me to stay at hers. I'm sorry, if it disturbs you."
"No, it's okay. I mean, you two know each other since you were born… It's time for breakfast. Hurry up." Mum said and disappeared.

I jumped out of my bed and grabbed fresh clothes. After that I went to a corner, Alex couldn't see and changed. Till I was ready Alex got up and waited for me. "I hope, they don't think, we are a couple. I mean just because we aren't." I said. "No, we aren't" Alex sighed. I could just wonder why he was sighing when he grabbed my hand and pulled me to his chest. "What do you think, Sweetheart? We make a good couple, don't we?" He kissed my forehead like he did a billion times before, but it didn't feel the same anymore. He looked me right in the eyes and I hurried to answer "Yeah, I think so." We went to the kitchen. In the kitchen it was always busy and this day wasn't an exception. We walked in and dived into the atmosphere in there, full of laughter and talks. It sounded like the humming of thousands of bees. We grabbed some breakfast and sat down on an empty table. Suddenly a shadow fell over it.

"Where have you been, Alex?" Jamie asked.
"You snored to loud again so I stayed at Renee's."
"I heard you snore too, Jamie" I complemented. Jamie opened his mouth, but before he could say a thing, Mel and Jared appeared and Mel said: "Sorry, bro, but they are right. You snore really loud." Jared said "Yeah, I understand why my son stayed at Renee's place. And by the way good morning, guys!"
Jamie groaned, turned around and left the cave in direction of the hospital. Mel and Jared had appeared at the kitchen while we were trying to convince Jamie of him snoring. They looked at us and Mel said "Renee, I want to talk to you for a moment, please. Your mom waits for us, too." I got up and walked to the entrance, Mel right behind me. In the corner of my eye I saw my father walking to Alex. Oh. That couldn't be good. Our dads talking to him and our moms talking to me. This would be a really awkward talk. Mum was already waiting for us and she took my hand. "We want to show you something." Mel walked at my other side. She was always like an aunt to me, and I loved her. But I didn't know why they both took me for that walk. Until we entered the place, my mother headed to. This cave was so beautiful. The walls had a dark blue color and the floor was covered with a grey carpet. In one corner were a beanbag and a bookshelf. But we walked through the room into another which included a sauna. Mum gave me a big towel, we undressed and sat down in the sauna. 'Let the talk begin' I thought.
"I know that you don't want an awkward conversation about using contraception, but it's important that you know about it…"
"Mum, you brought me EVERY magazine which wrote about that stuff, just to prevent this talk. And now that the boy, I grew up with, stayed in my room ONCE because he couldn't sleep in his room, you become crazy! Nothing happened, we both had our clothes on and we didn't even kiss. So, stop trying to tell me about the birds and the bees!"
"Calm down, honey…" Mel said calmly. "You know what? This was something, none of us wanted. Let's just skip that then and relax."
I smiled "Okay!" We relaxed for the whole day. But my thoughts always lay on Alex. He was everywhere. In my past and in my present. Would that change in the future? Would he be mine as my boyfriend or would he be with another girl? I had a crush on him as long as I can remember. But not even my mother knew…