Chapter 4
The sound of Alex's alarm clock echoed through her room. She grumbled as she smacked the off button. She looked at the time.
Crap, I'm running late, she thought to herself
She quickly had a shower, got dressed, applied her make-up and grabbed her stuff.
She walked down the stairs and her mom sat in silence at the kitchen table.
"Good morning" Alex's mom said.
"Can't talk, Bye" Alex said
Alex grabbed her keys off the counter and rushed out the door. She quickly got in the car and stuck the keys in the ignition. Just as she was about to pull out of the driveway her phone vibrated. She pulled it out of her pocket and flipped it open.
"Hello" Alex said
"Hi"
Alex didn't recognize the voice that replied
"Who's this?"
"Marissa"
"Oh-hi-um- how did you get my number?"
"I have my ways"
"Okay, just asking because you gave me yours not the other way around" Alex laughed.
"Anyway, I was wondering if I can ask you for a ride, Summer's running late, and you already know where I live?"
"Yeah, I'll be there soon"
"Thanks, I'll wait outside"
Alex hung up and threw her phone on the passenger's seat. She pulled out of the driveway and drove to Marissa's.
Her phone vibrated again, she carefully picked it up as she drove.
"What?" Alex answered
"That was rude" Anna said, on the other end.
"Not really"
"Are you on your way, your running late?"
"I'm on my way, but I have to do something first"
"Like what?" Anna asked.
"Pick up Marissa"
"Alex....."
"Shut up, I'll be at school soon. Bye"
She hung up the phone as she pulled into Marissa's driveway.
"Hey" Marissa greeted, as she got in the car.
"Hi"
"Sorry about the ride. But Summer was suppose to come pick me up, But she never showed"
"It's okay, why didn't you call Ryan?"
"We got in a huge fight last night, and he dumped me"
Alex looked at Marissa in shock.
Alex drove into the school parking lot, and parked the car beside Anna's.
"I'll see you around, I'm late" Alex said as she shut the car door and took off.
Alex entered her English class and sat down at the same seat she did yesterday, except today she wasn't alone.
"Hi" Ryan said, greeting Alex.
"Hi...."
"Your new"
"Thanks for the observation, I already knew that"
Alex glared at him as he flashed her a smile.
"If you happen to knock over Marissa's food in the cafeteria, tell her I want to talk to her"
"You tell her. Your problem not mine"
Ryan glared at her, his face full of anger.
Alex did the work on the bored and sat in silence for the rest of the class.
The bell rang loudly and Alex packed up her books and walked to her locker.
"Alex!" Anna said, as she approached her locker, which was located beside Alex's.
"What?"
"How did picking up Marissa go"
"Fine. Although the conversation I had in English with Ryan wasn't as fun"
"What happened"
"Nothing really, he's just a jerk. Marissa could do better"
"Better, as in you?" Anna asked with a slight grin.
Alex sighed, and they walked to class.
They sat down in the same seat as yesterday. Alex looked over at Marissa's seat but she didn't arrive yet.
"So todays Friday, any plans for the weekend?" Anna Asked.
"Today is Friday? Already? But school just started yesterday"
"Alex school started yesterday, which was a Thursday, so that makes today a Friday. God where's your head" Anna said.
Marissa walked in the class and Alex looked up at her. Marissa flashed her a smile, Alex smiled back.
"Never mind, I know where you head is"
"What?" Alex asked, as she looked at Anna.
"You just proved my point" Anna said
Alex blushed.
"Back to my question, do you have plans?"
"Not that I know of"
"Good, Seth wants to hang at his place tonight" Anna stated
"Okay, I'll meet you guys there after school"
Alex opened her textbook and started to work on the questions that the teacher had wrote on the board.
"So what did Ryan say?" Anna whispered
"He said, if I knock over Marissa's food again, to tell her that Ryan wants to talk to her"
"Oh, was that whole knocking over her food thing suppose to be an insult"
"I think so, But it didn't work. Because I wasn't exactly nice to him in return either" Alex said with a grin forming.
The bell rang and the girls walked out of the classroom. Seth was already waiting at the lunch table by the time they arrived at the cafeteria.
"Hey ladies"
"Hey" Both girls said.
"So my place after school?"
"Yup. Alex is going to meet us there"Anna said.
"Cool"
The cafeteria went silent as Ryan stood up and yelled at Marissa. Everyone was listening.
"I didn't cheat on you!"
"Ryan I saw you, I walked in on it!" Marissa replied.
"Okay fine. But can't we just forget that I did that, and forget that I dumped you."
"No, It's over! And it wasn't the first time. You've been hooking up with other girls all the time"
Ryan's temper grew as he threw his lunch tray across the room. He looked at Marissa and his face filled with anger.
Alex tensed in her seat as she watched.
"Fine! I don't need you, It's over! And don't come crying to me when you want me back! " Ryan said as he punched the table.
"Atwood! my office, Now!" The Principal said as he walked into the cafeteria.
Ryan stormed out the room and fallowed the principal.
Everyone looked away and continued with what they were doing before.
"That was intense" Seth said.
"Very" Anna said.
Alex sat in silence, and in anger.
"Alex are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine. I just....I hate that guy" Alex said, as she continued to eat.
Alex looked over at Marissa and saw that she was leaving. Alex got up and followed.
"Alex where are you going?!" Anna yelled. But Alex was out of the room.
"Marissa" Alex said as she caught up with her in the hall.
Marissa stopped and turned around.
"Are you okay?" Alex asked.
"I'm fine. It was over anyway, there was nothing we could've done to make it work"
Alex nodded.
"But thanks, for making sure I was okay"
"No problem"
Marissa walked closer and gave Alex a hug. Alex returned it.
Alex didn't want the hug to end, she liked the embrace and the chills it sent down her spine. But, Marissa broke the hug.
"Can I have a ride home tonight?" Marissa asked
"Sure, actually me and Anna are going to Seth's tonight so if you want you can hang out with us"
"Are you sure it'll be okay with Seth?"
"I'm sure, and besides I want you there"
Marissa smiled.
"See you in Science" Marissa said.
Alex stood in the middle of the hall as she watched Marissa walk away.
Alex smiled and walked back to her friends.
