A/N: I'm on a roll here! Awesome for both of us here. (Smileyface)
Anyways, I feel this chapter runs kinda fast, if it's just me, alright then. If it's not; sorry about that. This chapter is also setting up for a future situation and overall laying out the plot.
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Alex
Alive - Leona Lewis
The next morning came way faster that Alex had anticipated; Kathy had to even shake her awake so she could get ready.
Mom had apparently given the okay, which was new to the blonde. But she would take it. Maybe she'd try to sweeten her luck by apologizing for last night.
See, Alex thinks too much, and after her behavior at the table last night; she tossed and turned thinking of other ways she could handle it. And now she just wished she could apologize.
Coming out of the shower wrapped in a towel and her hair the same, Alex then saw the clothes with tags on them.
Mom had gone shopping for her?
She should really thank her; the blonde sometimes just took things for granted. There was also a new ring, necklace, and wallet there too. Smiling and getting dressed in the new clothes, whilst making sure all tags and stickers were removed, Alex emptied her bag and put both her phone and brand new wallet in it.
Tromping down the stairs, the blonde then launched into a hug for her mom and sister.
"Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!" She chanted earning a laugh from both.
"Alright, alright! Just eat so that you can get a move on with your day." Kathy, for once in the past two day, was happy and Alex wasn't going to complain.
"Okay." She wheezed, sitting down and thoroughly enjoying her pancakes and strawberries.
"Oh! And I want you to wear these today." Her mom continued dropping a DC Shoes box on the table, earning a very bright-eyed look from her daughter.
"Are these the shoes I wanted so long ago?" Her mother grinned.
"And that is all you're getting from me today, a paycheck can only get so much." No complaints here.
"Thank you momma!" She cheered, switching out her converse for the DC's. Once breakfast was over, Jeremy was at the door, waiting patiently as Alex grabbed some gummi bears and her hoodie as they left.
"Be home by seven!" Her mom called from the kitchen.
"Promise!" And the front door shut with that.
"Seven?" Jeremy asked disbelievingly as the made their way down the street.
"Man, don't complain. Be happy it's not earlier. And watch your mouth about my momma." She grumbled, checking her phone for tons of birthday messages from people she hadn't remembered giving her number too. In which she would reply with a; "Thank you, stranger."
It made Jeremy laugh.
"So we're not really going to the movies." He announced sheepishly, getting a rather shocked look from Alex.
"Okay…what are we doing?" She was very keen on not going to any parties today, but of course, Jeremy loved parties.
"Just going to a uh…get together." He replied, getting a raised eyebrow from the blonde.
"As in a party? God, Jermy you know how I feel about those things." The idea of having a house filled to the brim with closely packed hormonal teenagers wasn't her idea of fun.
"Oh come on Alex! We'll be quick, just in and out!" He begged, earning a frown out of the blonde.
Seriously though, what didn't the freshmen get about her not liking parties? But he wanted to go so bad…
"Fifteen minutes. Then we leave." He nodded ecstatically.
"Promise." And he led the way down the street, an unsettling feeling sinking in Alex's stomach.
Fifteen minutes had now turned into four hours, and it was now six and the sun was setting. Was it just Alex or was the party getting wilder?
"God help me." She grumbled from her spot on the counter in the kitchen, her beg sat on her lap, a gummi bear popping into her mouth every once in a while. She was also earning some very scary looks from some guys who were in the dining room.
This was not how she wanted to spend her birthday.
And now Jeremy was far too intoxicated to even remember Alex's name, much less the promise he made that they'd be in and out.
He was gonna get a stern talking to later.
Now all Alex wanted was to go home and play Kingdom Hearts. The problem with that being that she'd need a ride; because the two had walked so far away from her house that it'd take another two hours just to get back. And calling her mom or Kathy, or even Sideswipe was just out of the question.
"Better get walking then." She sighed, dumping out her 'Coke' that someone had given her as she hopped off the counter and squeezed her way through the sea of teenagers. Once halfway through the living room she felt some sliding their hand into her back pocket.
"Hey!" Her voice was drowned out by the music as she slapped the hand away and pushed further through the sea just to get to the door.
Once getting there, she threw it open and raced down the porch steps. After feeling the chill of the wind, Alex shoved her hands through her hoodie sleeves and zipped it up as she walked down the street back to her house.
Guess she'll have to face the fire tonight.
"God I'm dead." She grumbled, checking her phone for the time. 6:15 pm. And today was supposed to be fun.
Then she saw the lights. And no, not the happy lights, the lights that told you the cops were coming and you were in deep shit.
This day just couldn't get any worse could it?
A cop car stopped right by her, and Alex threw her hands up, showing that she meant no harm or quarrel.
"Hands where I can see 'em!" No shit Sherlock. Alex refrained from rolling her eyes as she was slowly led towards the car.
"Ma'am are you part of the party that is up the street?" She could lie, but it was inevitable. She felt the cold steel of the cuffs wrap around her hands. She sighed before answering.
"My friend dragged me, I was just leaving." She answered as she turned around to face the cop. Another grabbed her bag off her.
"Have you had anything to drink?" He continued to ask, flashing a light in her eyes. Alex shook her head.
"I was given a drink, but I didn't, well, drink it." She was gonna kill Jeremy. Kill him good and dead.
"So you wouldn't mind taking a sobriety test then?" Why? She wasn't driving. Whatever.
"No." She answered, making the cop nod as the other went to pat her down.
"Got something in her back pocket." Shit, did that have to do with the dude in the crowd? She turned back around to see the cop holding a small white bag of…was that Coke?
"That's not mine. I swear." God that sounded shady, it was evident that either cop didn't believe her. God, she should've just called Sideswipe.
"Yeah. Alright, come on kid." And cop one held open the back door of the car whilst the second one gently led her in.
Alex never wanted to cry of embarrassment so bad.
Jeremy was dead the next time she saw him.
So they took her to the station, where she then took a drug and sobriety test. Though nothing came up, she was still held for possession.
Mom was gonna kill her.
They took her phone, hoodie, and shoes, and left her in a holding cell overnight whilst they called her mom and had her pay bail.
Alex was dead, and she knew it.
Her mom showed up not too long afterwards. Alex still had to stay overnight, but her mom signed a couple papers, rubbed her forehead and then came to the holding cell.
"What happened Alex? I gave you an inch and you ran a mile!" The blonde sat up. She didn't want her mom to hate Jeremy that was the sophomore's job.
"Was my idea," She mumbled, "Heard there was a party and I wanted to go." Her mom gave her a look.
"Whatever. We'll talk when you come home tomorrow. Lucky this is a first offense, so there won't be any major charges." And her mom left with that.
That night in the cell she didn't sleep. She was too aware of the person in the cell next to hers grumbling and moaning. But her mom didn't pick her up the next morning, neither did Kathy.
Sideswipe did, and he didn't say a thing the whole ride home. That was, until he was parked in the drive way and she was gearing to get out.
"There's two versions to your story. Which one is true?" She looked up at him.
"Honestly? The one I told the cops." He raised an eyebrow.
"Then why lie to your mom?" He asked, then Alex somehow caught on, albeit delayed, to what he first asked.
"How did you know about the first version of my story?" She asked right back, getting a sigh from the man.
"I have a friend on the force. Now answer my question." Sideswipe was a lot of things, but he was hardly short. And when he was you could blatantly tell he was either stressed or frustrated.
"Because I didn't want her to ban me from seeing Jeremy. I was gonna take care of him in my own way." He scoffed.
"You'll be lucky if you get out of the house. From what I hear you're only allowed to leave the house for school and nothing else." Alex winced.
"Great." She then looked at Sides. "Listen, sorry if I stressed you out. I really didn't mean to. And I know it's gonna take a lot more than an apology for mom to let me learn to drive." Sideswipe clicked his tongue and made a face.
"I wouldn't say that. I'm pretty groveling will get you half way there." There goes a second wince.
"Awesome. Err, thanks. For picking me up and everything." He rolled his eyes and ruffled her hair.
"Don't get soft on me kid. I'll see you tomorrow." Alex laughed and got out.
"See ya." And she shut the door and walked up the driveway with that. She braced herself as she opened the door to see her mom sitting over some bills and a cup of coffee.
"Oh. You're back. Good. Go get showered." She greeted, slightly. Alex raised an eyebrow before sitting down at the table with her mom and taking out her phone and wallet.
"Here, I already know I'm grounded for forever. So I'll save you the trouble." Her mom looked up, her brown eyes looking tired and stressed out.
See, Alex looked nothing like her mom, more like her dad than anything. Her dad was a sandy blonde with blue eyes while her mom was a chocolate brown with matching eyes. Alex was a tannish pale matching her father but her mom was her Latino tan.
"Alright, get me your laptop and Xbox after you shower and eat then. Mmkay?" Alex nodded, before keeping her bag at the table.
After a much needed hot shower and dressing in a t-shirt and some sweatpants and grabbed her laptop and Xbox before depositing them at the dining table downstairs.
"Mom?" She asked gently poking her head in the kitchen.
"I just don't understand Alex. I've been more than lenient with you. I understand if I was a little forceful but I only want the best for you. If this is about Friday night, don't you think that's a little extreme?" Now her mom was banging pots and pans around trying to make lunch.
"No, no, no. Mom, hush. Please. This isn't about Friday night at all. Trust me, I tossed and turned practically all night because I felt bad about how I acted. No, I just…" How do you explain an urge to go to a party when you hate them? "I don't know. Everybody talks about parties as if they're something really cool, but honestly I didn't see the hype." She laughed a little, trying to lighten the mood. Her mom sighed, wrapping her daughter in a hug.
"I know I raised you right with that one statement. Just promise me something?" Alex nodded, looking up at her mom. "Promise me this won't happen again. I don't think I can take it." The blonde sighed before nodding again, and helping her mom make grilled cheese and tomato soup for lunch.
The rest of the day Alex spent in her room separating her clothes for laundry and studying for finals.
Monday was lengthy, all Alex really wanted was to go home. She kept seeing Jeremy and tried to avoid him like the plague, but of course he found her at lunch.
"Hey." She groaned.
"I don't want to talk to you." And she walked around him with that, before he sighed and followed her.
"Listen if this is about Saturday-" She cut him off by whirling on him.
"When wasn't it about Saturday? I got arrested for you dude. I took the freaking blame for you. And do you even know how bad I could've had it. I could be in actual jail instead of a holding cell right now." He tried again.
"Listen I'm sorry, and I can fix this I promise." By now they were out front where Sideswipe was waiting to take Alex to a fast food joint for lunch. Today mom was making a small exception.
"How can you fix this Jeremy? Honestly. I would love to know. Is there some party where you can fix my permanent record?! Because I'd love to join that one! Hey, maybe I'll get arrested again!" He winced.
"Listen, Alex I'm sorry." He pleaded, and she turned to leave.
"Sorry doesn't fix this Jeremy. Not this time." And she threw her bag in the trunk and got in the car with that.
"Do you want me to glue him to the lockers?" Sideswipe offered, making the girl laugh through the threat of tears.
"I just want a hug right now." He sighed and ruffled her hair.
"Just a few more days kid." She nodded, feeding the CD player a mix CD.
"I know. I just can't wait for it." She just didn't know it'd get worse from here on out.
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