Summary: You never realize how much you love someone until they're gone. Kevin Lucas never fully understood what it meant until a new school year at Horace Mantis. Kevin/Macy, maybe Joe/Stella.

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"Alex?" Kevin asked confusedly as he watched Macy's boyfriend sit down next to him.

"What would you want to talk to me about?" Kevin asked.

"Macy…" Alex said, trailing off because of the awkward tension between the two guys.

"What about her?" Kevin said, gulping because of the lump forming in his throat.

"Listen, Kevin, I know that last year you kinda had a thing fro Macy and I think you still do." Alex said. Kevin looked down.

"What's your point?" Kevin asks.

"The point is I really like Macy and I think you and your brothers should lay off. I know you guys don't want me around. And I don't want you guys around Macy." Alex said very calmly, Kevin looked at him.

"Are you saying you want us to stop seeing Macy?" Kevin asked hurt that someone would tell him he shouldn't be able to see his best friend.

"Look, I'm Macy's boyfriend, we're in love, if she has to pick between you and your brothers or me? I'm positive she's going to pick me." Alex said.

"But we're Macy's best friends. She's not gonna let you keep us from her. When I tell her-" Kevin said, getting cut off by Alex.

"Tell her what? Just look at it my way. Me and Macy are in love and she's never been happier, and what do you think will happen when her 'best friend' tells her, her perfect boyfriend is no good?" Alex said in a snarky way. But Kevin knew he was right. If he tried to tell Macy she should break up with Alex it could put their friendship in jeopardy. Alex took Kevin's silence as a good thing.

"Well I'm glad that we're now seeing eye to eye." Alex said, patting Kevin's back a little too hard to be friendly and left.

'You may have won the battle but you won't win… uh… the next battle?' Kevin thought confused and angry.

'What was that saying?' I'll ask Nick later.'

It was now lunch and Stella watched as Joe and Nick stared sadly at Macy's vacant seat. She felt sorry for them; Kevin then came to the table and sighed loudly.

"Kev what's wrong?" Joe asked, turning his attention from the vacant seat to Kevin.

"Alex is what's wrong. During my free period he came up to me and told me that Joe, Nick, and I should leave Macy alone… then he practically smacked me!" Kevin said, angry.

"What? I can't believe Alex would've said that! He's always nice to me when I talk to him." Stella said.

"Yeah but Stells, You're a girl and Macy's a girl. We're not girls." Nick said. Stella made an 'o' face and nodded.

"So it seems that Alex gets jealous easily. That could work to our advantage." Stella said.

"What are you planning?" Nick asked.

"Nothing… yet." She said mischievously.

"Do you really think it's a good idea to tamper with Macy's relationship?" Joe asked doubtfully.

"Don't worry, I'm not going to tamper yet. I just think we should keep this piece of information in mind if in the future we decide to…" She said hinting, Kevin grinned.

"Meddle." He said.

"Exactly." She said.

After lunch Stella walked to her next class she spotted Macy and Alex having an argument, she crept slowly so she could hear.

"… I just want to know where you were. You were supposed to meet me but you never came." Macy said. Stella didn't know what they were fighting about exactly because she came in the middle of the argument.

"I told you I had something I needed to take care of." Alex said frustrated. Macy sighed irritably.

"You keep saying that but you won't tell me what you were 'taking care of!'" Macy said angrily.

"You wouldn't understand!" He said annoyed.

"Why wouldn't I understand? I'm your girlfriend! You used to tell me everything!" Macy said, the first part mad the last part sadly.

"Macy, please you have to trust me when I say you don't need to know." Alex said placing his hand on her shoulder but she shook it off.

"I think I do need to know. This is the first I've seen you in a week and you've spent the whole day acting weird and secretive… and distant towards me." Macy said morosely.

"Macy I'm sorry, but you wouldn't understand." He said. Macy nodded.

"You're right, I don't understand why my supposedly 'perfect' boyfriend is acting as if he doesn't want to be with me." Macy said bitterly.

"Macy please…I-" He started but was cut off.

"You know what? I don't want to here it. So until you can give me a good explanation for why you've been acting weird, consider us on hold." Macy said. Alex looked sadly at Macy.

"Please don't break up with me Macy." He pleaded. Macy's glare softened.

"I won't, I just need time to think, and I think you need to as well. Because I don't think you fully trust me, and I can't be in this relationship without complete trust." Macy said, she leaned up and kissed his cheek before walking away.

Stella wasn't sure if she should be happy about their fight or sad. All she knew was that Macy needed her best friends.

At the end of the day Stella had decided not to tell the guys about the fight. She knew Macy would tell them when she wanted them to know. She was currently walking with the guys when they saw Macy by herself at her locker dejectedly. Usually Alex was by her side. They immediately went to see what was wrong.

"Macy, are you ok?" Kevin asked worriedly. Macy looked at them and tried to smile.

"Me and Alex just had our first fight." She said.

"Macy, I'm sorry. Do you need to talk about it?" Nick asked sincerely. Macy shook her head.

"I'll be fine." She said.

"Do you need a hug?" Joe asked Macy slightly smiled.

"Yeah, that would be nice." She said. Joe brought her into a friendly and comforting hug.

"Thanks, I needed that." She said.

"Macy, do you want to hang out with me and talk?" Stella asked. Macy nodded.

"Yeah. Thanks Stella." Macy said.

"We would come too, but we need record." Nick said. Macy nodded.

"I understand." She said.

"I'll call you tonight though." Kevin said Macy smiled and hugged Kevin.

"I'd like that." When she parted, she quickly hugged Nick before she and Stella left for some much needed girl time.

"What do you think the fight was about?" Joe asked when the girls were gone.

"I don't know, but it must've been big if it's got Macy that down." Nick said, Kevin and Joe nodded in agreement.

"Do you think they'll break up?" Kevin asked, sad for Macy and slightly hopeful that he'd have a chance.

"Wouldn't you like that?" Nick said in an all knowing way.

"Well it's not like I want her to get her heart broken. I just don't think Alex is right for her." Kevin said.

"We all think that." Joe said.

Later that night Kevin decided he should call Macy, it was about 9:30 and he knew Stella would be gone by now.

"Hello?" Macy said, she sounded sad and tired.

"Hey, it's Kevin, I called." He said.

"I know. Thanks for calling." Macy said.

"Uh, can I ask you what the fight was about?" Kevin asked hesitantly.

"I don't know if I can tell you the whole story, but, I don't think Alex fully trusts me." Macy said.

"What do you mean?" Kevin asks.

"Well he was asking weird all day and during his free period he was supposed to meet me and he never showed up and when I asked him what was wrong he said I wouldn't understand." Macy said sighing.

"Are you guys gonna be ok?" He asked.

"I really don't know. I told him our relationship was on hold so we both had time to rethink our relationship, and feelings." Macy said. Kevin was silent for a few seconds.

"So, what have you concluded?" He asked. Macy was quiet for a bit.

"… I know I love him and but if he can't trust me, I don't know…" Macy said. Kevin heard a knock in the background.

"I should go that's probably my mom. Goodnight Kevin." Macy said.

"Sweet dreams Macy." Kevin said. She hung up. Kevin hung up his phone. He felt numb.

'She loves him?' Kevin thought as he laid down on his bed. He felt numb, like his world was crashing.

'She can't love him…' He though. His phone began to ring, he checked the caller ID, it was Stella.

"Hey Stells." He said sadly.

"So I'm guessing that Macy told you huh?" Stella said, guessing by his tone.

"Yeah…" He said.

"Kev, don't worry, Macy loves Alex, but I don't think she's in love with him. Don't worry about it. I'll talk to you tomorrow, I just wanted to check and see if you were ok." Stella said, they said goodbye and they both hung up.

Meanwhile at Macy's.

When Macy answered the door she expected to see her mom. Not Alex.

"What are you doing here?" Macy asked.

"I'm here to apologize. Listen I was acting weird today because when I saw you hugging Kevin I got jealous, and I know you don't like it when I'm jealous so I was acting weird because I was trying to hide it." Alex explained.

"Well, that doesn't explain where you were free period." Macy said.

"In Jim we were running the mile and I tripped and pulled a muscle. I was in the nurse's office." He said, lying, not that Macy knew. He just didn't plan on telling her about the conversation he had with Kevin.

"I didn't tell you because I was embarrassed." Alex said. Macy was still a bit unconvinced.

"Listen Macy, I don't want to lose you. I love you." Alex said. Macy's face lit up.

"You do?" He nodded. " Because I love you too." Macy confessed. Alex smiled, she smiled back and they pulled each other into a kiss.

"I should go; your mom said I had only five minutes." Alex said. Macy smiled.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" Macy asked, Alex nodded, and they kissed one more time before he left. Macy smiled. She flopped onto her bed and looked at the clock to check the time, when she did she noticed the picture on her bedside, it was of her and Kevin at the Sadie Hawkins dance last year.

'If I love Alex then why can't I stop thinking of you?'


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