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She decided to work on the Dean's daughter in secret, telling herself it would be ever more fun sneaking around if only to appease her guilt over lying to her best friend.

It started casually. Mitchie would come over to Alex's desk in class and talk to her because she was that sort of girl, friendly and confident. Alex worked her magic slowly but with, subtle deliberation, the way she wooed all of her girls.

Before long they were hanging out all the time, in secret of course. Alex had told Harper she was seeing a new girl but that the girl really didn't want to get a reputation one, for liking other girls and two for being easy. Harper believed her, of course, being the trusting friend that she was which made Alex feel all the more guilty.

But it was easy for Alex to forget all about her guilt when she was around Mitchie. It was the strangest thing but Alex found that she truly liked the dean's daughter. She was kind and sweet and so innocent-looking with her big brown eyes it hurt. And she made Alex laugh, something few people ever managed to do.

The first time it happened had caught Alex completely off-guard. Mitchie told a joke and laugher just seemed to bubble out of her, completely out of her control. In that moment Alex realized something about her was different but shrugged the thought off immediately.

After that she went at things even more intensely, in fact it was the next week that she decided to take things to the next level.

They were eating lunch again and Mitchie had strawberry juice on the side of her mouth.

"You got something there."

What? Where?" Mitchie licked her lips but missed the juice.

"No" Alex said. She reached out and gently pressed a finger to the other girl's skin. The shock of electricity at the touch surprised her but she concealed it well.

Mitchie didn't have the same trained composure and blushed deeply. Alex locked eyes with her as she brushed the juice away, bringing her finger back to her own lips and sucking on it slowly.

Involuntarily Mitchie's body moved closer. They were only inches apart and as Alex let her hand drop to her side she smiled.

Suddenly Mitchie stood up. "I'm s-sorry, I've gotta…" She didn't even finish her sentence before she was running away, her bag and lunch completely forgotten.

"What the fuck?" Alex stared after her for a second before sighing and begrudgingly getting up and running after her. "This girl is more trouble than she's worth" she muttered to herself, only half believing the words.

Mitchie ran into the science building and dashed into the 1st floor bathroom.

Alex smiled at this. She felt like a lioness stalking her prey. "Too easy." She pushed open the door, locking it behind her.

It was a small bathroom with only two stalls and a sink. Walking over to the handicapped stall, she lightly pressed against it, revealing Mitchie who was sitting on the floor, curled up into herself and hugging her knees tightly to her chest.

Entering the stall, Alex knelt down in front of her. "Hey" she said softly.

Mitchie looked up at her slowly. "I'm sorry I ran away from you."

"Yeah, what was that all about?" Alex joked, smiling at her.

"I don't know. Sometimes you scare me…"

"What? I'm sorry, I don't mean to" Alex said, hoping she was properly concealing the excitement in her voice.

"No…no, I'm sorry that's not right. It's not that you scare me, I like you, I like you a lot Alex."

"I like you too." Alex bit her cheek to stop from smiling. She was so close.

"It scares me how much I like you." She whispered, her hands falling to her sides.

Alex gently lifted Mitchie's chin with a hand. They locked eyes, brown to brown. "So what?" She said simply.

Suddenly Alex felt herself being jerked forward and suddenly the softest lips she had ever felt were on her own. Mitchie's hands gripped the collar of her shirt tightly, pulling her closer.

It was so unexpected that, for a moment, Alex forgot about her game entirely. She let Mitchie have complete control, something she had never done. Mitchie spread her knees, pulling Alex closer to her, close enough the feel the softness of her body and close enough to know that her hair smelled like strawberries.

Alex pressed her palms against the coolness of the bathroom wall. It grounded her, allowing her to take control once more. She slipped her tongue into Mitchie's mouth and wrapped her fingers in her long, wavy hair.

It felt like hours before she finally pulled away, gasping for breath. As she opened her eyes she smiled at Mitchie's disheveled appearance and flushed cheeks. She remembered the game again and now she was definitely making progress, enough progress to forget about her little slip up.

That night, when she had gotten back to the room, Harper had told her she looked like she was glowing. Alex told her she was seeing things.

After that it seemed like things just wouldn't slow down. Alex found herself in daily, heated make-out sessions with the dean's daughter and it was around that time that she started to sneak out at night.

PRESENT DAY:

As Alex thought about it, she realized she never really had a chance. All the signs had been there and she had just been too stupid to comprehend them.

And so she was crying on the floor of her dorm, telling Harper about the greatest thing that had ever happened to her but she had been too stupid to realize it at the time.

"It's obvious what you have to do, Alex." Harper said, handing her another tissue.

"What? What is so God damned obvious Harper?"

"You have to get her back, duh."