AN: Theresa will be mentioned in this chapter, and that is probably it. Anyway, after what happened to Alex yesterday, what will happen to her today? Something unexpected, that is for sure.

Chapter Three: A Friend or Probably More Than That?

Alex looked in the mirror at her busted her nose that Justin caused. Blood was dripping into her sink, and she tried to stop it to the best of her ability with what she had, and it stopped for a while, with little to no success. All she wanted was for the blood to stop long enough so she could get a good night sleep. She knew that here nose was going to be bruised and quite noticeable, especially to David at the most. For some reason, Alex always found herself dressing up nicely for him, and she loved to show off for him. She smiled as she thought of him, and realized that her nose had stopped bleeding.

Alex looked at her clock, and realized that it was well into the evening. She changed out of her clothes, and slipped into her pajamas. She climbed into her bed, and pulled the blankets over. Even though she had an eventful day and after her step brother tried to attack her, she was able to fall asleep very easily.

David looked over at his computer desk, and saw a picture of him and Alex together. They have had a lot of great times together, and he was grateful for every single one of them. It wasn't until then that he realized that she was a real pretty girl. David wanted to smack himself for thinking like that, but once he thought about it, it didn't leave his mind.

David sighed, and walked over to his bed, and jumped on it. Before he realized it, he was sound asleep.

David was sound asleep in his bed, but there was someone in his bathroom, which was evident from the light that came from the room when the door was ajar. David was still asleep when a familiar girl similar in age to David emerged from the room, wearing only a t-shirt that reached her thigh. Then the familiar girl emerged from the room.

Alex smiled and walked over to the bed, and climbed in beside of him. Alex smiled, and gave him a soft kiss on the cheek.

"Goodnight, sweet prince." Alex said.

David bolted up, and looked around. His digital clock was ringing, and it read 7:01 AM. David hit his alarm clock to stop it from ringing. David didn't know what made him angrier, the fact that he had an inappropriate dream about one of his closest friends, or the fact that he didn't want the dream to end.

"No time to think about that now. Better get ready for school." David said, getting up. He pulled on a pair of black jeans, a pair of black sneakers. He grabbed one of his football jerseys, and pulled it over his black hair. He grabbed his bag that was full of books, and left his room, still thinking about the dream that he had while he was asleep.

David walked into school, and he hoped with all of his might that he would not run into Alex. He saw her, of course, getting her stuff out of her locker. She was wearing some tight blue jeans, a small t-shirt, and a white hoodie that was zipped up. David noticed that she had a bruise around her nose area, and that made him wonder just what happened to her last night. David brushed off his suspicions as being paranoid, and walked to his locker. As soon as he reached it, he heard a voice behind him.

"Nice to see you." Alex said getting his attention. David smiled, and turned around to face his friend.

"Hey, what is happening?" David asked, looking at his friend. David noticed that her once very pretty face was noticeably damaged, by what he didn't know. Alex seemed to notice that he was staring at her face for some reason.

"Yeah, I accidently ran into a door last night." Alex said, out of the blue. David, for some strange reason, didn't buy that, but he went along with it, because he really cared about her.

"Alex." David said, but then the warning bell rang, causing him to change plans right on the fly.

"After class, okay?" Alex said walking away. David mentally curse as he walked to his first period class.

For some reason, he kept going back to his friend's bruised face. David wondered just what was happening to her at home. He wanted to believe that nothing was wrong and everything was fine with her, but something told him that was a load of crap if there ever was a load of crap.

"Man, maybe I am just reading into this way too much." David said. He brushed off the lingering feeling of trouble brewing, and went to his class without a care in the world.

But he knew that what he was feeling was not going to go away.

After class, Alex was standing at her locker, and David stood at a distance, just watching her. David was struggling just to walk over there and talk to her. He talked to her a whole bunch of times before, so why couldn't he talk to her this time? David found himself walking over to her, and smiling.

"Alex?" David said in a soft and polite voice. Alex turned around, and looked at him with a smile.

"Yeah?" Alex asked.

"I was wondering, if you aren't doing anything Saturday, do you want to go and see a movie?" David said, crossing his fingers behind his back.

Alex thought for a minute, and smiled at him. "Sure."

David had to literally keep himself from bouncing off of the walls with joy.

"Okay. I'll call you later with the details." David said walking away. Alex just smiled at him as he left the hallway. Then the facts started to set in.

"Crap, how am I going to ask my step mother about this?" Alex thought to herself.

AN: Well, Alex and David go on their first "date", which really is not a date at the moment, and Alex finds herself going head to head with Theresa, and losing, badly. R&R!