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Alex stood there in her the bath, wearing only her black bra and black boy shorts. She stared blankly at the wall, with her head tilted to the side slightly as she thought about what has happened that day. Mitchie was currently hosing Alex down, since she was covered in red paint. They had already been to the hair salon. They actually went straight there from school. Alex didn't care about all the looks she got. She just wanted the red paint out of her hair, which she loved so much… until today. It was currently pulled back into a loose, messy bun on top of her head, so it wouldn't get wet.
"Al, you do know that this means we are going to have to get her back. And I mean like, you have to have something big. She cannot get away with this." Mitchie said as she turned off the bath hose. Alex sighed and stepped out of the bath and grabbed a towel holding it to her stomach. She sat on the edge of the bath.
"I know Mitch, I know." She said tiredly. She played with her hands, not knowing what to do.
"He'll come around." Mitchie said as she leaned her head on her best friends shoulder. "Don't worry about it. Just have fun, go out… Be Alex!" Mitchie said. Alex smiled and closed her eyes for a second. She opened them and looked at the floor for a few minutes.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Mitchie stood up. "I'll get that." She said then ran off, out of the bathroom that connected to Alex's room. A few seconds later she heard the front door close. She sat there not caring if people were in her house or not.
Suddenly Nate walked in the door to her bedroom. Alex could see him from her bathroom. She sighed and rolled her eyes looking to the floor. She could hear him walking over. She looked up and he was leaning against the doorframe with his hands in his pockets.
"Alex…" He said softly. She pulled the pin that was holding her hair up out and placed the pin on the bathroom counter. She ran her fingers through her hair.
"What are you doing here?" She asked. He sighed and looked to the floor.
"I'm sorry okay. I shouldn't have let her do that to you-"
"Yeah you shouldn't of." She said interrupting and standing up. She pushed past Nate and sat on the end of her bed. He sighed, walked over and sat down next to her.
"I'm sorry." He said placing his hand on her leg. She actually shivered from his touch this time. Maybe it was because things were different now, or maybe because she knew that hand had actually touched Caitlyn's hands. "Are you okay?" He asked noticing her shiver.
She slowly nodded. "I should probably get some clothes on." She said quietly.
Nate smirked and leaned close into her ear. "It's not like I haven't seen all this before." Alex smiled and pushed him away. He laughed and moved so he was sitting behind her. He ran his fingers through the back of her hair. "I'll always love you." He whispered into her ear. She sighed and bit her lip.
She froze. "Why her? Why did you help her?" She asked. Her eyes started to water. Not a lot, but enough to make it noticeable. She turned to face him. "Why did you help her plan this all?" She asked sadly. She looked to the floor. Nate put his hand on her cheek and lifted her face to face him.
"I never knew she was going to do what she did. I didn't know that you were going to do what you did either. But I do know that you're my best friend and I love you a lot."
"Why is that so easy?" She asked, not losing any eye contact with Nate.
"Why is what so easy?" He asked, confused.
"Why is it so easy for you to tell me you love me, when I haven't been able to say that to anybody and actually mean it in a long time." She asked, her throat closing up. He looked at her, question in his eyes.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"Nobody loves me." She said quietly. He frowned.
"That's not true." He said. She shook her head. "Hey," He said placing his hand on the back of her neck. "Mitchie loves you, your parents love you… yo-your brothers love you. And Alex, I love you so much." He said. A few tears fell from Alex's eyes as Nate mentioned her brothers. Then she thought of her parents.
It was time to tell Nate the truth.
"Nate, there's something I need to tell you." She said quietly. His hand fell from the back of her neck and slid down her shoulder. He grabbed her hands. She looked at their hands for a moment then back up at Nate.
"You can tell me anything." He said softly.
"M-my parents… aren't here." She said. He frowned at her, confused by what she was saying.
"What do you mean?" He asked.
"They left… They left me, they left their friends, they left the town… they probably left the country." She said, not losing any eye contact with Nate. "Nate, I-I live on my own, and have been for almost ten months now. They left me money and that's it. I worked for eight months straight, but then my boss found what was happening-"
"Mitchie's mom?" He guessed. He knew they owned a diner down the street.
She nodded. "I worked eight months straight, everyday after school and weekends. Then she found out what's been going on and now she gives me money every month to buy stuff I need. Nate, I don't have anybody." She said as a few more tears rolled down her cheek. Without hesitation Nate wrapped his arms around her neck pulling her into him. He kissed the top of her head.
"You have me Alex, you have me." He said. He could feel her crying. "You always will."
"Do me a favor?" He heard her mumble.
"Anything."
"Please stop hanging out with Caitlyn."
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The next day, Alex felt better then she ever had in a really long time. Maybe it was because she convinced Nate to stop seeing Caitlyn or because… well she finally got everything off her chest. She told Nate everything she had to tell him.
She got out of bed smiling, believe it or not, and walked over to her cupboard. She grabbed a bunch of clothes and then ran into the bathroom.
After a twenty minute shower, she got out feeling like royalty. She put on her underwear and sprayed some perfume and deodorant. She then slipped on black tights, and a pink low-cut dress with a black, cropped leather jacket. She did only the top button up. She combed her hair out but then puffed it up and made it messy. It looked good.
She
walked back into her room and looked out the window. The sky was
getting dark. Yesterday it was beautiful and sunny, and then today
it's just gloomy and dark. And cold. She saw the front door to
Nate's house open, and Nate walked out, closing the door behind
him. He got in his car, and reversed and then parked out the front of
Alex's house. She grinned as he beeped the horn. She quickly ran to
her closet and slipped on her pick heels, which matched her dress.
She grabbed her bag then sprinted down the stairs grinning like mad.
She grabbed her keys of the kitchen counter, and opened the door. She
smiled and waved at Nate, who did the same. She closed and locked the
front door and skipped over to the car. She opened the door and got
in.
"Hey." She said smiling as she hugged him.
He smiled back at her and started up the car. "Hey." He looked her up and down. "Looking good." He said smiling at her. She smiled.
"I know right."
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Alex's;
When we reached the entrance of the school, Nate opened the door for me and let me walk in first. I smiled at him and walked in. I felt his hand fall onto my lower back as we walked down the halls and over to our lockers, which were separated by one other locker. A locker that wasn't even being used for some reason.
I opened up my locker and grabbed my books I brought to school out of my handbag and placed them in the locker neatly. I looked at the picture of me and Nate that was taped in side. I grinned at it. It was just a nice picture of him holding me from behind. It was taken before he left, so it was like, a year old. But I loved it. I closed the locker and turned to Nate. Behind him I saw Caitlyn heading over, smiling at him. I don't think she noticed me. I quickly wrapped my arms around Nate's neck. He looked up and grinned.
"What do you want?" He laughing.
"You know what I want Nathaniel." I said in a cheeky tone. He laughed. I pulled him into my closer. I stared down Caitlyn, who stopped when she saw me. "I love you Nate." I said, without even thinking. Caitlyn heard and rolled her eyes, and walked off in the other direction. Nate pulled away.
"You did it." He said smiling. I frowned.
"Did what?" I asked, confused.
He laughed. "You told me you love me."
"Oh yeah." I said grinning. "I so did."
"And did you mean it?" He asked, smirking. I smiled and looked at the floor.
"Yes."
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"Hey Mitchie." I squealed as I ran over to our table. She looked up and saw me running over, and saw Nate behind me. She stood up and grinned. As we hugged she whispered,
"All is good?" I pulled apart and nodded. She grinned and hugged Nate as I went and sat down in my usual seat. Nate came and sat down next to me. Mitchie also returned to her seat.
"Shane," I started. He looked up from his phone.
"Yeah?" He asked.
"Parties tonight? It's Friday, there has to be something." I said. He nodded and grinned.
"There's going to be a senior party down at the beach tonight. East side, I think. It's going to be sick." He said.
I smirked. "Well you know how I love senior boys." I said opening up my water bottle. He laughed.
"Mitchie, you coming?" He asked her. She looked up and grinned.
"Well duh." She said as if it was obvious. I laughed and took a sip of my water.
Suddenly from the corner of my eye I saw Caitlyn approached. Mitchie noticed too and groaned purposely loud. I scoffed. Nate looked down awkwardly. I raised an eyebrow and inspected my nails.
"Hey Nate." Caitlyn said smiling.
"You know the polite thing to do when there is more then one person is to acknowledge them all or none at all. You don't just say hi to one person." Mitchie said rolling her eyes. I nodded in agreement and folded my arms.
Caitlyn rolled her eyes. "Fine, hi everybody, how are you?" She asked rudely. I smirked and decided to tease her. I placed my elbow on Nate's shoulder and ran my fingers through his hair repeatedly.
"We're good, aren't we Nate?" I said moving closer to him. I looked up at Caitlyn, who was staring me down. I smiled at her. Nate looked up at her then at the floor again.
"You should really leave the poor boy alone." She said. "The way you're always draped over him, probably annoys the hell out of him." She said smartly. I frowned.
"YEAH AND YOU KNOW WHAT ANNOYS THE HELL OU-" I stopped realizing I was shouting. I smirked. "Why don't you grab that chair," I pointed to another chair from another table. "And sit down." I finished. She grinned and put her food on the table and went to go get the chair.
"Thanks." She said rolling her eyes. I shook my head and sighed. Nate shot me a look. I shrugged and ignored it. She came back and sat down.
I stared at her for a moment. "So Caitlyn, there's a party tonight. You in?" I asked. She started to shake her head.
"Well, who will be there?" She asked.
"It's a senior party… so seniors." Mitchie started.
"Hot seniors." I said grinning at her. We high fived over the table. "And of course all of us." I said pointing to our table. She looked over to Nate.
"Will you be there Nate?" She asked.
I wrapped my arm around his neck. "Yes, he will be." I answered for him, staring her down again.
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I shoved my huge silver hoop earrings into my earlobes and clipped them up. I flipped my hair, and fluffed it up, making it big and puffy. I was currently wearing a short white dress, with white bikinis underneath, and silver gladiator sandals. I slipped on a few silver bracelets, and a few necklaces. I grabbed my silver over-sized handbag and my over-sized black sunglasses.
"You ready?" I asked Mitchie. She was wearing a red dress, black heels and black bikinis under her dress and then lots of gold jewelry. She looked like a rockstar. She grinned and nodded.
"Let's go biatch." She said. We clicked in unison then walked out of my bedroom, and downstairs. I grabbed my keys, turned off the T.V and all the lights in the house and we walked outside. I locked the door and then ran down the three stairs outside my house. We both ran across the road and over to Nate's house.
We knocked on the door, making a cool tune as we did. Cause we're just that cool.
A few seconds later he answered it, wearing a white wife beater, and black and white checkered, knee length boardies. I grinned and hugged him then walked inside. Mitchie did the same. I saw spotted Shane and skipped over and hugged him too. He was wearing white boardies and black wife beater.
"Hey Shane." I said as I pulled away.
"Hey, you ready?" He asked, as he shoved a few more beers into his bag. I looked at them and laughed.
"Yeah… you look like you're set." I said giggling. He laughed and nodded.
"Yeah, it's going to be a good night." he said grinning. He looked up and saw Mitchie. He smiled at her. I watched as she came over and hugged. They were so cute together. If only they could see that! It seems as though they were the only ones who didn't.
Shame.
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I squealed as we arrived. Luckily it was an open beach, so this party could go on all night and nobody would care. That's what I loved about California.
"Come on Nate." I said grabbing his hand and running onto the sand. I started to get sand in my shoes, but couldn't be bothered to take them off right there and then since they had a million and two buckles to undo. I looked over and saw Mitchie and Shane walked over slowly, chatting away. I grinned. Nate frowned at me.
"What?" He asked laughing. I pointed at the couple.
"Look at them," I said my eyes beaming with happiness. "They're so cute together, and they don't even realize." I said giggling.
Nate laughed. "Yeah, I agree." He turned to me and smiled.
"Let me get on your back." I said laughing. He laughed and turned around. I placed my hands on his shoulders and jumped up onto his back.
"You too light." He said laughing. I wrapped my arms around his neck and rested my chin on my arms.
"Good thing I'm not fat, cause then we'd never be able to do this." I said. He laughed.
"True." He agreed as we walked down over to where everybody else was. There was even a dance floor, with a DJ down here. How they did all this, I do not know. I saw a cool with drinks in at and pointed for Nate to go over there. I jumped off his back and grabbed two out of there and handed him one. He shook his head and pushed it away. "Nah I'm not drinking tonight." He said. I laughed.
"Bullshit." I scoffed. "Get drunk with me… please" I said pouting, and fluttering my eyelashes at him. He threw his head back slightly and laughed.
"Fine." He said taking the drink off me and opening it. He took a sip and threw his arm around me and we walked off.
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Half and hour later, my shoes were off, I had a beer in my hand, and my dress was gone… only god knows where. Mitchie and Shane had not been seen for about twenty minutes. Well actually pretty much since we got here. I was worried for five minutes but then I realized what they were probably doing. I was currently dancing in the middle of a group of like twenty seniors, who were all off their faces, like my self.
"Have you seen Nate?" I asked some guy I don't even know, while dancing. He was head-banging right now.
"No, who's Nate?" He asked, and then continued dancing.
I stood there for a moment. "I don't know." I said randomly. Of course I knew. I shrugged and walked out of the circle and stumbled onto the sand. It was getting kinda dark.
"Nate!?" I called out to nobody in particular. I took another sip of my drink. A poured a little into the sand cause I felt like it.
Suddenly, I noticed a girl in a light blue matching bikini, standing on the sand, looking around with her hand on her hip. I looked over and laughed. It was Caitlyn. She stood there doing nothing basically. I walked over, smirking. Suddenly I saw Nate walk over to her. She noticed him and grinned. I froze as I saw him wrap his arms around her stomach and hug her. She hugged him back… tight. I frowned. Stupid Caitlyn.
I pretended I didn't see and stopped and looked around. "Nate!?" I yelled extra loud. I saw him starting to run over out of the corner of my eye, Caitlyn was with him. "Oh Nate, there you are." I said laughing. I ran over and jumped up onto him, with my legs wrapped around his waist. I kissed him on the cheek. I saw Caitlyn's face go red. I smirked.
"Oh hey Nate. There's a game of spin the bottle going on over there… we should go play." Caitlyn said, interrupting us.
"Oh okay-" Nate started.
"Oh cool, I'll come too." I said, jumping off Nate. She groaned quietly, which I heard. I scoffed as she started walking towards the game. I grabbed Nate's hand and followed her.
When we got there I noticed there was like twenty people playing. But I could be wrong cause I could have double vision and not realize it. I plonked myself down on the ground. Caitlyn and Nate both sat down on either side of me.
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Regulars;
"My turn." Alex squealed grabbing the bottle and spinning it. It landed on a senior. She grinned at the boy who was blonde, tanned, and looked like a surfer. And that was hot. He was sitting on the other side of Caitlyn. She leaned over Caitlyn was grabbed the boy by the back of his head and instantly stuck her tongue in his mouth. Which he didn't mind, since he did the same thing. Nate watched on scoffing, and shaking his head at his best friend. Caitlyn sat there disgusted. After about ten seconds Alex pulled away from the boy and sat back down in the seat while everyone in the group cheered. Alex blew a kiss to the boy. Caitlyn rolled her eyes.
"Okay, my go." Caitlyn said grabbing the bottle.
"Good luck." Alex said sarcastically. Caitlyn shook her head and sighed. She spun the bottle and watched on nervously waiting for it to stop. And then it stopped… on Nate. Of course.
Caitlyn smirked. Alex saw Nate half-smile. Caitlyn leaned right over Alex, mocking her on how she did it to Caitlyn just before. Alex leaned back a bit disgusted by Caitlyn being on top of her. "Ew." She muttered. Caitlyn heard and scoffed.
She put her hand on the back on Nate's head and leaned in, pecking him on the lips. Alex started laughing hysterically as Caitlyn sat back down. Caitlyn eyed her.
"Something funny?" She asked. Alex nodded and continued to laugh. Nate nudged her a few times to make her stop but she didn't. "Care to explain?" Caitlyn asked.
Alex nodded. "Mmm…" She said sticking her pointer finger on her chin. "No. I was thinking more of a demonstration." She suggested. Everybody in the circle was listening in and watching. "Okay first off, you suck at kissing." She said laughing. "I'll show you how Nate likes to be kissed." She said and jumped onto Nate's lapped. She instantly placed boy her hands on Nate's neck and pressed her lips against his, and started making out with him. He wrapped his arms around her back as she slid her tongue into his mouth, as he did for her.
Caitlyn watched on, heartbroken, angry and humiliated. She stood up and stormed off. She decided hearing all those people cheer Alex on was just making her feel worse. Nate noticed she was gone and pushed Alex off him.
"Alex, look what you've done!" He hissed at her, standing up and running after Caitlyn. Alex turned around to the group, and laughed.
"Teenage drama… gotta love it."
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Nate grabbed Caitlyn's arm and stopped her from running. He turned her around.
"Hey," he said softly. "What's wrong?" He asked, placing his free hand behind her head.
"Nothing Nate… forget it." She said then broke away from him and started walking off.
"No." He said. She stopped and turned around, confused. "I won't forget it. Why? Because I like you Caitlyn. I really do. And if you're upset about back there, that's just Alex drunk. That's how she always is. You get used to it." He shrugged. Caitlyn smiled.
"I like you too." She said softly, walking closer. Nate put his hand on her lower back and pulled her into him. He felt her shudder against him.
"Relax." He said softly.
"Nate… this is all new to me… as lame as that sounds." She said unsurely.
He smiled as he placed his lips on hers. "I'll teach you everything you need to know." He said seductively. She smiled and leaned in again.
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Alex stood there watching as her best friend made out with the devils daughter. She felt her heart tear up into little pieces. And she's not sure why. She's seen Nate date a million girls… but why is it so different this time? Maybe it was the alcohol talking.
Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder. I didn't turn around.
"Alex," I heard his soft voice come through. I thought it was Nate at first. But they were brothers so obviously they sounded alike.
"Wh-what?" I choked out, still staring at the couple who were now making out intensely.
"You like him, huh?" He guessed. I shrugged, and then froze.
"Alex…" I heard a girl's voice. Mitchie.
"Fine. I do. I love him… a lot. He's all I have." I said.
"You have us." I felt Mitchie's chin rest on my shoulder as she wrapped her arm around my stomach.
Regulars;
"It's not enough." Alex choked out. Sure that probably sounded a bit rude of her, but both Shane and Mitchie understood what she meant. They exchanged a sad glance.
Mitchie sighed. "You'll be okay babe." She whispered. She felt Shane's hand wrap around one of her own. She smiled and looked up, meeting eyes with him. He smiled at her.
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The next morning Alex woke up with a raging headache and a sick feeling to her stomach. She rolled out of bed and fell onto the hard floor with a thud. She groaned in pain and frustration as she stood up. She stumbled over to her cupboard and grabbed her black silk robe, throwing it on. She combed out of her messy, black hair with her fingers and then puffed it up again.
She opened her bedroom door, and walked out into the door into the empty hallways of her home. She sighed and walked heavily down the stairs.
Once at the bottom of the stairs, which opened out onto the living room, she noticed something out of the corner of her eye and froze. She turned around and saw Shane lying down on the couch. He was face down, with a blanket messily spread over him and he was only in boxers and a white wife beater.
She grinned and walked into the kitchen, walking straight to the coffee machine. She flicked it on, poured in the beans and started making the coffee. Once it was finished, she grabbed two cups and poured the coffee in the mugs.
She picked them both up and walked towards the couches. "Wakey, wakey." She said giggling. She placed the two cups on the coffee table and squeezed herself onto the couch. She smiled as she watched him sleep.
"Shane," She whispered softly. She ran her fingers through the back of his hair, knotted her fingers. She smiled.
Suddenly he rolled over and opened his eyes. She moved her hand from his hair and rested it on his chest. He smiled up at her.
"Hey." He said quietly and tiredly. He closed his eyes tightly as he winced in pain. Alex laughed, knowing the feeling. She reached over and grabbed one of the cups and handed it to Shane, who took it graciously. He sat up. Alex grabbed her own cup and took a sip as it soothed her headache almost instantly. She sighed.
"How's Nate?" She asked out of nowhere. Shane slowly looked up meeting eyes with Alex.
"Uh… he's okay, I guess. I wouldn't know… I took you home last night, remember?" He asked. Alex giggled and shook her head.
"Nope." She said shrugging. He smiled and nodded.
"Yeah… you got pretty crazy last night." He said taking another sip of his coffee. She looked at him and laughed.
"Don't I always?" She asked. He laughed and nodded.
"Yeah… but after the whole Nate, Caitlyn thing you had almost seven more." He said. Alex laughed agreeing that she most likely would've and then froze. "You could've got alcohol poisoning." He rambled on, taking another drink.
"Wait… what Nate, Caitlyn thing?" She asked confused. Shane looked up, wide-eyed.
"Oh… you don't remember." He said, it finally clicking. Alex shrugged and nodded, waiting for an answer. "Well um, Nate and Caitlyn are going out." He said casually and took another sip. Alex raised her eyebrows. But then quickly lowered them, to try and not make the fact that she was angry about this obvious.
"Oh… cool. I'm happy for him."
"Al-"
"No really, totally happy." She said.
"You told us you loved him." Shane blurted out without thinking. He didn't take his eyes away from hers though.
"What?" She asked, in disbelief.
Shane sighed, knowing he probably shouldn't have said what he did. "Last night… you saw Nate kissing Caitlyn, and you got upset and then you said you were in love with him and that he's all you have, and you need him."
Alex sat their speechless. "Oh well that's gay, now everybody knows." Alex said sadly. Shane shook his head.
"Only Mitchie and I know." Shane said reassuringly. He froze and rose an eyebrow, smirking. "So it wasn't just the alcohol talking. You really do love him." He said obviously satisfied by the information he just got out of me.
"Tell anyone and I'll kill you."
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