The last chaper was alittle harsh on Alex, I admit it. But at least I'm going to be updating as much as I can! That counts for something... right? I have no social life and my friends don't know how to pick up a phone and call and I deleted my MySpace so it looks like I'm going to being updating even more than I thought! Yay for you... sad and pathlitic for me!
Warning:I make Hazel look like a retard. Anyone who likes her (no one answers) may not like this chapter. I love this chapter! Enjoy!
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Chapter 6: You've Got Mail!
The sun's morning rays shone through the dirty window in the corner casting light across Alex's face. Her eyes flickered open, only to shut again from the intense rays.
"Who was the evil genius who made mornings so damn bright?" She mumbled to herself as she sat up. In her doorway, her mother stood with a beer in hand.
"I don't understand why you don't do the right thing and hook back up with Jay. He's such a good boy and he was perfect for you."
"We're just friends."
"Funny… I thought maybe you'd see what a good guy he was when he brought you home last night." Alex stood up and threw her blanket back on her mattress in a fit of rage.
"Where the fuck do you get off telling me who I should date when your boyfriend is a lying, cheating, abusive asshole. I don't need dating tips from you." Emily scurried out of the room before another word was said. Sighing in defeat, Alex grabbed some clean clothes and headed off to the bathroom for a nice long hot shower.
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As Alex left her apartment, she saw a familiar orange car with its owner leaning on its hood with a cigarette in his mouth.
"Morning Lexi. Want a lift to school?"
"What's the catch?" She eyed the bad boy who tried to back out of her heated stare.
"No catch. As long as school is where you're really going and you're not going to rush off to the ravine."
"Why do you even care? Shouldn't you be trying to get with me again now that I've sobered up? Although, I'm surprised taking advantage of a drunk girl hasn't been something you've done yet." He laughed out loud and held the door open in such a polite manner that Alex could have sworn he must have been on something.
"I have feelings too, you know. Anyway, I understand now that I love you like a sister, nothing else. Besides, I'm heading to Degrassi myself so I can pull a Spinner."
"What do you mean, 'pull a Spinner'?" She asked curiously as she got in his car. He moved to the other side and followed the suit.
"I'm going to try to weasel my way back into Degrassi like Spinner did." Alex burst out laughing as Jay took off towards the school.
"Are you serious? What makes you think Miss H. is gonna let you back in. She barely let Spin back." Jay sighed at her words. Truthfully, he had thought the same exact thing. He didn't even know why he wanted to go back when all he did was cause trouble and skip school.
"Well… I'm gonna give it a shot anyway. Besides, what do I have to lose except for my pride?" The rest of the way to school was silent.
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Paige and Marco sat outside of Degrassi, waiting for Alex to arrive. Jay had told them Alex was coming back today, but could they really trust him?
"Paige! Marco! What are you guys up too?" Hazel asked as she approached with her man. Jimmy and her had a few quarrels, but ultimately ended up together… again.
"We're waiting for Alex." Marco said bluntly. Hazel nodded and walked over to Paige.
"Where were you at Spirit Squad practice yesterday? Manny had to take over again."
"I…I quit the team. I told Manny to take over as captain seeing as I'm no longer in the squad. She didn't tell you guys?" Hazel stood there, rooted in the spot, mouth hanging open for all to see.
"YOU QUIT THE SQUAD? THE SQUAD THAT YOU STARTED? WHY!" Paige, Marco, and Jimmy all cringed as Hazel began screaming. A few heads turned in their direction, but realized it was just Hazel having ANOTHER hissy fit and turned back to doing whatever they were doing before.
"Hazel… it's just not me anymore. There are other things that have caught my attention and my heart's just not in continuing in the Squad. Sorry…" It seemed as thought Hazel didn't hear a word that came out of Paige's mouth, seeing as she continued to bitch and complain about it.
"Hey look! There's Alex… and Jay." Marco pointed out. The orange car had just pulled into the parking lot and Jay and Alex were getting out of the car.
"Can I deal with your shit later, Hazel? I'm kinda busy now." Paige left with Marco before Hazel could reply. Jimmy looked up at his girlfriend.
"Come on, Hazy. By lunch, I'm sure Paige will be all ears for your whining." A quick glance at Hazel told him that wasn't the right thing to say, no matter how true it was. Jimmy just shrugged and began wheeling himself to first period. Hazel glared at the group before following him.
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"Are you sure you really want to come back to this hell? If I had a choice, I wouldn't." Alex asked Jay. He shook his head.
"But I'm not you, now am I. Besides, it's better then doing nothing since I can't get a job."
"Since when did you need money. You stole everything."
"May I point out you did too." They paused, reminiscing on old times.
"ALEX!" Paige and Marco were rushing towards her. She looked over at Jay who nodded and walked off toward Degrassi's main office.
"Uh… hey." She said, at a loss for words completely. Thankfully, both Marco and Paige always did enough talking for her.
"Can we talk?" Paige asked nervously, now remembering the believed reason for Alex running off.
"Isn't that what we're doing now?" She spat. Her words were like venom, but Paige had heard it all before. This is just how Alex dealt with the shit thrown at her.
"I mean… about what happened…" Marco cleared his throat.
"Alex… why did you run?"
"You already that the answer to that question, don't you Marco. You and Ellie were talking so damn loud, I'm sure the whole school knows about how Paige used me so it'd look better for her image change!" Paige glared at Marco.
"I was right. You told Ellie a load of shit and Alex overheard it. Marco… you're full of shit!" Paige redirected her attention back to Alex.
"Alex… that's totally not what happened."
"Really? Then what did happen, Paige? How could I misunderstand the term of being 'used'? That is what Marco said. Unless Marco was lying to Ellie." Marco glared at Alex.
"I never said she used you!" Paige was getting angrier with Marco as the seconds dragged on.
'He is completely screwing up my relationship with Alex. How could he even think that I might use Alex? Alex is the best thing to ever happen to me. I might even… love her. Wait… love?' Paige shook her head, a war starting in her head as well as between Marco and Alex. What was a blonde to do?
"That's what you said to Ellie! And she started going on about how heartless Paige was. Nobody would think that about Paige unless you said something like that. Paige isn't heartless… she's got one of the biggest hearts I've ever seen in my life." Everyone stopped. Marco wore a blank expression as Paige blushed wildly at Alex's comment. Alex… looked shocked that she had just blurted that out in the open. She wasn't used to sharing her opinion with the world and now wasn't anything different.
"Y-You really think that?" Paige asked, her face getting redder by the moment.
"Uh… yeah, I do. I have to go now!" Alex sped off in the direction of her first period class, which happened to be with Paige.
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Alex sat at a computer, looking at her e-mails.
(YOU'VE GOT MAIL!)
Alex hated that. Everytime she got mail, that stupid queer voice came up to point out the obvious.
'Sounds like Marco. Stupid… queer… pointing out the obvious…' Why is it that you come back into my life at all the worst times?
'Why is it that you have so many of those worst times? I'm here to make it better.' Everytime you pop up, all it helps with is encouraging me to go to therapy or jump off a building.
'Harsh!' No, the fight with Marco and Paige was harsh.
'No, the fight with Marco was harsh. Technically, all Paige tried to do was tell you what really happened and she was fighting with Marco as well. Then you complimented her while still fighting with Marco.' And this matters to me because…?
'We'll talk about this later. Right now, talk to Paige. Ask her to explain what is really going on with her and no blowing up at her at what you find out. If you need to, just shut down. And try to avoid Marco.' You don't need to tell me twice. All right… but I still don't like talking to myself.
'It's better then doing it out load, isn't it?' I hate you, voice!
"Alex?" Mr. Simpson came up to me with a folder in one had and a detention slip in the other.
"I talked to your mother. Skipping, hm? Well, here's all the work you missed and you can do it all in the next three detentions you have, one for every day you skipped." Alex groaned as the giant folder landed infront of her. Angrily, Alex turned back to her computer. A new window popped up.
(D-Mail Message, Click Here)
Alex clicked the flashing button to find a message from Paige.
(Can you handle lunch?)
Alex turned around to see Paige looking at her with hope in her eyes.
(Not lunch. Meet me in the laneway after school?)
Alex turned back to see Paige opening her mail, a look of disappointment crossed her face. The computer beeped, turning her attention away from Paige and back to her computer.
(D-Mail Message, Click Here)
Once again, Alex clicked the little blinking button. Sometimes, Alex wondered why the school had given them the D-Mail.
(Spirit Squad, sorry! I owe them one more practice before I quit and pass on being captain to Manny.)
Pausing for a moment, Alex thought about how badly her idea would degrade her own rep.
(I meet you there. Afterwards, would you like to go to the Dot?)
Alex turned around to see Paige giggling at the message. Averting her eyes away from the screen for a moment, Paige smiled at Alex. Another beep signaled to Alex that she had a reply.
(D-Mail Message, Click Here)
Now pissed off at the click here button, Alex read her message.
(You… at SS practice? I guess all is not lost for us then if your willing to torture yourself for an hour!)
The bell rung, letting everyone out in the hallway that they were now late. Alex quickly typed one last message, before turning off the computer screen.
(Technically, we never broke up. Besides, I'd still like to here your side of the story anyway.)
Alex turned to see Paige reading and re-reading the message. No, things weren't all lost after all.
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I tried to use some of the parts from the show in here as well. Not as intense and I tried to put a bit more humor in there, but I'm not the best writer ever, so you get what I got! REVIEW! It makes me very happy and very eager to write you more!