...Chapter 4...
...I Had Nowhere Else To Go...

For the past couple of days, Alyssa's been either helping with the funeral or hanging out with Pete, and she's been spending a lot of time with him. The day of the funeral, Alyssa was sitting in the waiting room, getting the courage to walk in there, and see her grandma in the casket.

Minutes later, Pete walked in, and said "Hey Aly."

"Hi."

He sat down next to her. "Are you going inside?"

"Yeah, but I'm not ready yet."

"I can stay out here with you, if you want."

She gave him a weak smile and nodded. "I'd like that, thank you."

A few minutes later, Pete sighed. "Linda told me, you're leaving after the funeral?"

"Yeah, my flight is at six."

"Oh." he said, looking at the ground.

Linda walked in and said "The service is going to start."

"Okay, Mom." Alyssa nodded.

Pete stood up and held out his hand. "Ready, Pinky?"

"Pinky?"

"The whole time you've been here, you've been wearing the color pink and you're short, so it fits."

Alyssa took his hand and giggled as she stood up. "It's cute."

"I know." he smirked, then both of them went into the room where the funeral was being held.

The whole funeral service went pretty well and Pete never left Alyssa's side at all. He was her shoulder to cry on. While Alyssa was packing her suitcases, Pete walked into the room. "You're really gonna leave?" she looked up and noticed the frown on his face and slowly nodded. "I wish you were staying longer."

"Me too, but I gotta get back home."

Seconds later, Pete walked up to Alyssa and stood in front of her. He slid his hand softly down her face with a smile. "You're a beautiful girl, Aly and any guy would be lucky to have you... including me." her jaw slightly dropped. "I've never met anyone like you... you're different." then as Pete was about to kiss her, she turned her head, then Pete's face fell.

"I can't... I have a boyfriend back home." he just nodded, avoiding looking into her eyes. "I'm sorry."

"I guess, I'll meet you out by the door then, yeah?" he said, taking her suitcases.

"I'm so sorry, Pete."

"It's all right, Aly." he waved his arm. "Don't worry about it." then he walked out of the room.

Alyssa sighed as she was putting the last of her things in her purse and when she had everything, she walked out into the foyer. Linda gave her a hug. "I'm glad you came, but I'm gonna miss you, Honey."

"I'll miss you too." she backed up to look at her. "Mom, you know where I live and you know you can come visit me any time you want."

"Maybe, Alyssa."

"Okay, then." she let go, then gave Olivia a hug. "It was nice meeting you."

"Likewise, Aly." she got closer to whisper in her ear. "Pete fancys you."

Alyssa quickly let go. "What?"

"He likes you." Olivia lipped.

"Okay." she nodded. "I'll see you sometime."

"All right." Olivia smiled.

Matt shook Alyssa's hand. "It was nice meeting you, Aly." he let go. "Come back and visit us."

"I'll try."

"Ready to go? You'll miss your flight."

Alyssa glanced over at Pete, who was staring at the ground. "Bye everyone." she waved.

"Bye!" they said at the same time, then her and Pete walked out, got into his car, and he drove off.

Fifteen minutes of awkward silence had passed, then Pete finally spoke. "So who's the bloke?"

"Bloke?"

"The guy? Your boyfriend."

She stared at Pete a few seconds before she responded. "It's Jax."

"Oh." he nodded and sighed. After Alyssa got her luggage checked in and got her boarding pass ready to go, Pete was standing with her by the security check point. "I guess... this is goodbye, Pinky." he gave her a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you around sometime, yeah?"

Alyssa slowly nodded. "Bye Pete."

"Goodbye, Aly." he told her, then she walked through the security and customs, and headed to her gate to catch her plane back home.

Alyssa was driving her Charger back home from LAX after a ridiculously long flight. She was on her way to Jax's to surprise him and since she had a key, she let herself inside. Suddenly she heard laughing coming from his bedroom.

She quietly opened his door and poked her head through. Alyssa's jaw dropped to the ground as her eyes started welling up with tears, then she slowly shut the door. Before she walked out of the house, she slammed the front door as hard as she could, jumped into her car, and peeled out.

For the past couple of days, Pete has been distracted and everyone's starting to notice. He decided that he was going to go to the Abbey and have a few pints with the guys.

Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock.

"Fuck me! Hang on!" Pete yelled, wrapping a towel around his waist. "I swear, Swill... if you." he opened the door, stopping in mid-sentence as his eyes widened. "Wh - what are you doing here, Aly?"

She shook her head, sobbing. "I didn't know where else to go."

Pete grabbed her hand, pulling her inside. Alyssa buried her head into his chest as he shut and locked the door. Seconds later, he wrapped his arms around her, and sighed. "What happened, Pinky?" he asked her, but she was sobbing even more. Pete picked her up bridal style and carried her to his room, and they both sat down. "All right, tell me what happened."

Alyssa took a deep breath. "I went home to surprise... Jax, but he was in his room, sleeping with the one person I truely hate."

"You're sure?" she nodded, then Pete pulled her into his arms. "It's okay, Aly."

"I'm just tired of it."

Pete backed up and raised his eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"It's not the first time, he's cheated on me."

"He's done this before?" she nodded. "Is he fucking stupid?" she just looked down and shrugged. Pete lifted her head with his two fingers. "It doesn't matter if he's my twin brother, he don't deserve you." he wiped her tears with his thumb. "You're beautiful, Aly and you deserve to be treated like a queen."

"Thank you." she said, with a weak smile.

Suddenly, Pete leaned in to kiss her and this time, she didn't turn her head. She kissed him back, wrapping her arms around his neck. Within minutes, clothes were coming off, then Pete stopped, looking down at her. "You sure... you want to do this?" she nodded with a smile, then Pete slid his hand down her face, and started kissing her neck.

They were going at it for the next couple of hours, but to Alyssa, the whole time, Pete was being really gentle and sweet. It was totally different, compared to Jax. Afterwards, Alyssa was just laying there in Pete's arms. "I didn't know where else to go and coming way over here was kinda spur of the moment."

"I'm glad you did, because I thought I'd never see you again."

"Well, I know I have to go back home... I just don't know when."

"You can stay with me, until you figure out what you want to do."

"Really?"

"Of course... what ever you want, Pinky."

"Okay." she slightly nodded. "Thanks."

"You're very welcome." he said, kissing her shoulder blade, then within twenty minutes, both of them fell asleep.