Thanks for reviewing! I love reading them and you guys are all majestic and whatnot for leaving them. Also, can 'Lyvera' be the official name for clairexalicia now? I love it, since instead of the first names it's the last ones and it just sounds cool. I got it from tammywammy9, so she's awesome person of the day.
I know the chapter song seems a little too upbeat, but the lyrics fit so whatever. Also, I have a playlist on Spotify of all the songs I come across that I like while looking for the chapter titles. It has all the chapter titles for Girls Girls Boys, and others that were considered. The playlist is called 'phod exploring.'
chapter three: train in vain (by the clash)
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Alicia was alone in the Rivera mansion, save for the maids and the cook and everyone. But for once she didn't mind the loneliness, as Josh was coming over. He said he had something important to talk about. Alicia was nervous and excited; it was the first time in a long time he was coming over for something besides just sex. Maybe he wanted to apologize for ignoring her. Maybe he wanted to try and save their relationship.
"Miss Alicia? You have a guest over, shall I send him up?" one of the maids asked with her head poking in Alicia's door. Alicia smiled and nodded, sitting up straight on her bed. She quickly checked her hair in a mirror, making sure the bobby pins holding her mini braid were perfect and the natural look she had carefully done on her eyes hadn't smudged.
A few moments later Josh appeared in her doorway. His dark brown hair was messy, as if he had been running his fingers through it, and his face had a troubled expression. Alicia's smile faltered for a second; Maybe he had been stressing about how to fix things? Or maybe something bad had happened, and that was the important thing he wanted to talk about?
"Um, hey Leesh.." Josh mumbled awkwardly, looking at his feet. "I wanted to talk to you about something..."
"Yeah, baby?" she asked, cocking her head. She had heard that she looked seductive when doing that. "Something wrong?" She scooted over on her bed, even though she was tiny on the huge mattress, and patted the spot next to her. Her doe eyes were wide and her expression looked so innocent and the orange baby doll dress she wore all made her look sexy yet sweet and made Josh feel all the more stupid for what he was there to do.
"Yeah, um," he started. He didn't move to the spot on the bed Alicia had offered him. He could tell she was a bit hurt, but stayed still. He had to be strong here, he could do this. "I, uh.. I think we should break up."
Alicia didn't say anything for a few seconds. "Wh-what?" she managed, after staring at him in shock. Even though she already knew this was coming sooner or later. "But..why?"
Josh sighed. "Leesh, I care about you a lot but it's just- we don't really have a connection anymore, you know what I mean?"
"But Josh, I thought.. Do you just not love me anymore?" she asked softly. Josh shifted uncomfortably where he stood.
"Alicia, I do love you, believe me, but we don't really...have anything together. Not anymore," he said.
"We don't have to break up because of that!" Alicia protested. All the rules she set for herself about being strong and accepting moving on washed away, and her mind went blank of everything but how happy her and Josh used to be compared to how they were now. "Jesus Christ, Josh, don't you even want to try?"
Josh looked impatient now. "Alicia," he sighed, sounding as if he were talking to a small child. "It's easier just to end it now, we're already done, practically. You should meet other people-"
"'Its easier to just end it now?' We wouldn't have to end things at all if you had freaking tried to make things work! Lately the only reason you talk to me is because you want sex. Then as soon as you're done, it's over, I'm gone til you want to again! Maybe if you would stop treating me like some cheap whore you would feel a 'connection' again," she snapped at him, eyes watering.
Josh looked almost offended. "I have not! It's just that, uh.. um."
"Yeah," Alicia snorted, crossing her arms. "You know what, fine. Since we clearly lost our 'connection' then let's just end it. Bye. Get out. I hope you find some cheap whore worth your time, God knows it's not me."
Josh looked like had warned to say something to defend himself, or at least gain back a bit of his pride, but sighed in annoyance. Rolling his eyes, he left the room, muttering about oversensitive girls and shaking his head.
As soon as she heard the fancy front doors of the mansion click shut(and yes, she can hear it even through the think walls between her room and the front room), she calmly got off her bed and walked into her bathroom. After making sure the door was firmly locked, she leaned against the wall, slid down, and cried.
Extremely short chapter, I know. I didn't want to try and add more parts to it because it already took long and i don't want it to be any longer. OH YEAH AND remember the whole 'short chapters, more updates' thingy I told you guys about last chapter? Well, if it takes longer than a week for me to update, feel free to bitch at me. Extra points for colorful threats. And gahhk sorry this chapter took a while, I found out that parent-teacher conferences are this week and I'm getting my progress report tomorrow and my dad is in my case about my math grades(EVEN THOUGH I'M TOTALLY DOING GREAT IN EVERYTHING ELSE. I MEAN, WHAT THE FUCK.) since I have a D and I don't do my homework because it's pointless and whatnot and I had a report due today that I didn't do so I have to do that now and gahhh can it just be summer already? So yeah, sorry, I was busy preparing for my doom.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reviewing! I love reading them and you guys leave way more than I thought I would get, especially since the chapters are kind of short and not much has happened and stuff and I just- gahhk. You guys are awesome.
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photographies: thanks!; cerulean cascades: wow really, I didn't know. and caps lock yayyy-; outside the crayon box: thanks!; tammywammy9: yeah, I like olivia in this, even though there's that whole josh thing. I feel a bit bad for her, though. and lyvera is awesome; tyrells: asdfghjkl thanksss, and dont you wanna just like hug alicia or something? and with olivia, I kind of feel bad for her but then I don't, and josh is just a douche. and I guess massie is nice but not nice; euphorias: don't worry it's not, I like olivia too. and Josh is a huge douchemuffin. and oh crap i actually didn't think about cam at all yet, thanks for reminding me about him(i bet you never thought you'd hear me say that); aquamarine hearts: oh yay, cause I'm trying to make olivia one of the good characters in here. so that's good. DeadAngelsEverywhere(even though you weren't logged in so technically it's fuckinfanfiction but whatever nobody cares): haha thanks, and yeah, my name won't fit either so I have to just put 'sarah' if I'm not logged in. and it's not that bad cause I'm getting more used to it, but it's easier with a real keyboard thing.
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