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Chapter 8

"Please, write a 10 page essay about the history of France and it would be due tomorrow at 8:00 sharp. Class is dismissed," the Professor said and sighed as he walked out of the classroom. Isabel groaned. How is she going to write a 10 page essay in less than twenty-four hours? She got up from her desk and collected her things. Jason was waiting for her outside the classroom, smiling. They decided they were going to Starbucks after classes were done. She walked out of the room, and gave Jason a huge hug and a peck on the lips. "Hello, to you too," Jason grinned, showing all of his pearly whites. "So, Starbucks?," She asked him batting her eyelashes innocently at him. "You know, I can't resist that look. Starbucks it is," He said as he intertwined their fingers. "Yay!," She squealed like a five year old and gave Jason a kiss on the cheek.

They walked out of the University hand in hand. Jason sighed happily as he glanced over Isabel. Her green eyes were glistening from happiness and her cute dimples appeared on her face every time she smiled. He's never been so happy in his life, and nothing could ruin this moment and his happiness. That's what he thinks. Oh boy, Jason. You have no idea what's in stored for you.


Alex and Nate were looking at each other, not noticing their surroundings. They kept their eyes glued on each other like they were the only the people in the universe. Nate surprisingly, walked over to Alex and kissed her passionately again. He felt like fireworks were exploding and fire hissing in his body. He couldn't express how he felt when he kissed Alex. He thought nothing could ruin this moment, until he felt someone pulling him away from Alex and someone's fist against his face.

Nate looked up to see his cousin, Shane, was the one who threw that punch. He felt blood trickling down his chin and he quickly wiped it off his face. Nate felt his blood boil. He was enraged. Why the hell would his own cousin punch him for no reason?! He didn't commit a crime. He just kissed Alex. The girl of his dreams. The girl he wishes to marry. "What the hell, Shane?!," Nate yelled at him in an anger tone. Alex rushed over to his side and tried to comfort him. "What the heck is wrong with you, Shane?!," She yelled at him, clearly pissed off that Shane punched Nate for no apparent reason. The whole cafeteria turned their attention to them and watched intensely.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me?! I'll tell you what's wrong! The fact that you two keep flirting right in front of me acting like I'm invisible. The fact that Alex is so clueless to see that I'm madly in love with her!," Shane blurted out, realizing that he just said that out loud. Everyone in the cafeteria gasped, but Shane just ignored them.

Mitchie couldn't believe what she just heard. She kind of knew that Shane had feelings for Alex, but she just didn't want to believe it. Just hearing those words, Mitchie felt so crushed. She felt like someone ripped her heart out and stomped on it until it was into tiny little pieces. She couldn't react, or speak for that matter. Her throat, suddenly, felt really dry. She swallowed hard, but that didn't help. She felt her eyes start to water, and she tried to not let tears fall down her cheeks. I won't let myself cry, she thought.

"W-What," Alex choked out. She was so shocked that she felt her jaw dropped lower than where it should be. She really didn't know how to react. She didn't know this was going to happen. She actually thought that Shane had a thing for Mitchie. Just hearing what spilled out of Shane's mouth, made her really confused. She could never see him more than a friend. Heck, Alex loved him like a brother, nothing more. Alex glanced at Nate with the corner of her eye. She could see that he was way more shocked than she was. Which now makes sense why he punched Nate right in the face. She looked at Shane. He was running his hand through his straight black hair as he sighed in frustration.

"I didn't mean for it to happen like this, but I meant what I said. Alex, I love you," Shane ran over to her, and before she could react, he crashed his lips on her, hard. Some people in the cafeteria hollered, and most of them booed. A random kid shouted out of nowhere "Fight for your girl, Nate!"

As soon as this happen, Mitchie gasped. She felt tears pouring down her cheeks fast. She ran out of the cafeteria, heading to the girls bathroom. She ran inside a stall, locked herself in there and slowly slid down the door, crying heavily and letting the tears pour down faster than ever.

Alex felt Shane's lips on hers and she felt nothing. She felt disgusted because Shane was forcing his lips on her. With all her strength, Alex shoved Shane hard and slapped his face hard. She wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. "Don't ever force yourself on me again," Alex yelled furiously at him. She never felt so angry at Shane before. The last time she was angry at Shane was when he didn't approve of Dean. Long story short, she didn't talk to him for a week, until she realized that Shane was more important than any boyfriend she ever had.

She glanced at him, he looked hurt. She felt a little bit of sympathy for him, until she realized that Mitchie was there the whole entire, which meant that she saw the whole thing. Now, Alex felt horrible and angry. Angry at Shane for kissing her in front of Mitchie and horrible because she was in the middle of this whole mess. "Alex, the only thing I've ever done was love you and it sickened me to see you kiss my cousin right in front me. Do you what it feels like watching the girl you love kiss your cousin right in front of you. Do you?!," He shouted at her. He was just as angry as she was. Angry that Alex doesn't realize how much he loves her. And heartbroken, because the girl he loves is in love with someone else.

"No, I don't know what it feels like. But I can tell you one thing Shane Adam Grayson, is that I'm not the girl for you. I love you, but I'm not in love with you. I love someone else," She said as she glanced at Nate and smiled at him. Nate smiled at her and grabbed her hand as he laced their fingers together. Alex felt shock of electricity as their hands intertwined.

Alex glanced back at Shane and he had a dark expression on his face. She felt kind of afraid. She never seen this side of Shane before. "I know you don't love me, but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna fight for you. Just like Hannah Montana's song "If we were a movie, you'd be the right girl, and I'd be the best friend that you fall in love with." Best friends always fall in love with each other, remember that Alex," Shane said darkly.

"Dude, have you gone insane?! She doesn't love you. Just back off!," Nate said as he clenched and unclenched his fists. "You, just shut the hell up! You think you can just come into my school ruin my life and take the love of my life. This really doesn't concern you, so I suggest you keep your mouth shut," Shane snapped. "It does concern me because I love Alex and I know Alex loves me, and whatever is Alex's problem is my problem, now that we're dating!," Nate emphasized the word dating. Nate glanced at Alex. Her jaw dropped. Then, she looked at Nate and beamed at him and squeezed his hand lightly.

This just threw Shane off the edge. Without thinking, Shane tackled Nate, pushing Nate's body against the wall. He heard a thud. "Nate!," Alex shrieked with a worried look on her face. This made Shane even more mad. He hated how Alex cared more about Nate than she cared about him. He looked at Nate. Nate slowly got up and he ran towards Shane aiming his fist at Shane's gut. Now everyone in the cafeteria went wild. Everyone was chanting "Fight! Fight! Fight!" A random kid shouted "Nate show him who's boss. Kick his ass!" Others were encouraging Shane to kick Nate's ass. Punches were thrown everywhere. You couldn't really see what was happening. The guys were fighting really rough, that there was even a pool of blood on the floor. "Guys, stop please!," Alex cried. She couldn't take to see the guys who were really important in her life, fighting for her. Knowing not what to do, Alex ran outside the hallway, heading to bathroom. As soon as she was about to go in, something caught her eye. The fire alarm. If she pulled the fire alarm, Nate and Shane wouldn't get suspended. Alex ran to the fire alarm, and pulled the alarm. Sirens started going off and water started coming out of the sprinklers. Great, so much for straightening my hair, she thought.


Nate and Shane froze. Even though they were bloody, they managed to get out of the building. "Hurry children! Get out of the building, there's a fire!," Teachers started shouting. Kids started pushing and shoving in order to get out of the building. As everyone got out the building, they were drenched in water and firefighters were already there with their trucks.

"Where's the fire?," A firefighter asked Principal Williamson. "It appears to be a false alarm. I'm so sorry for wasting your time, officer," Principal Williamson said in a sympathetic voice. "Just make sure, it doesn't happen again," The firefighter said and he left.

"Who pulled the fire alarm?!," Principal Williamson yelled as soon the firefighter left. Everyone was silent. "If this person doesn't confess right now, there will be huge consequences to pay!," He said sternly. Everyone still remained silent. "This will be my last warning, if you don't confess right now, you will be expelled from this school immediately!," He said sternly. Oh, crap. I can't get expelled, my mom and dad will kill me. Besides, if I confess it's not like he's gonna give a huge punishment anyway, since I'm always in his office, Alex thought.

"I did it," Alex said as she approached the principal. Everyone gasped. "Alex Russo, I should've known," He sighed. "I should've of hoped of that it was someone else," he muttered. "Nice to know you care about me," she smirked. "Three weeks detention, Russo," he sighed. "Really?! Now you get to see my face everyday after school! Isn't it great!," She faked squealed. Students snickered. "On second thought, three days of detention," He said. "Works every time," she muttered and smirked. Alex walked back to her spot.

"Since, the conditions of our school right now, everyone is dismissed," He said and walked away. Students cheered and started hanging around the school. Alex looked around and bumped into someone. She looked up to see Mitchie. Her eyes are bloodshot red and her makeup was all over face. "Mitchie, are you okay?," Alex said as she tried to comfort her friend, but Mitchie shrugged her off. "I'm fine, just leave me alone," Mitchie said coldly.

"Mitchie. I've never meant for this to happen. I'm really sorry. I don't love Shane. I'm in love with Nate. You understand that, right? I would never do anything to hurt you. You're my best friend and I love you like a sister," Alex said sincerely. She actually meant that. Mitchie looked at Alex with teary eyes. She hugged her best friend and cried in her arms. Alex held her best friend feeling the pain and heartbreak that she felt.

"Everything's going to be okay," Alex whispered into her ear. They stayed in that embrace more than 10 minutes. Then, Mitchie pulled away from the hug. "Thanks, Alex. You're the best friend I've ever had," Mitchie said as she wiped away her tears. "No biggie. Movies and ice cream at my place?," She asked. "Definitely," Mitchie slightly smiled. Mitchie and Alex always had this tradition of movies and ice cream every time they went through a hard time. They started the tradition when they were ten, after Alex's goldfish died.

They linked arms and walked heading to the student parking lot. As they got there, Alex saw Nate talking to a couple of guys. Then, as if on cue, Nate looked over and saw Alex staring at him. Nate had a black eye, his bottom lip was bruised, there was a band wrapped around his right hand, and he has a cut next to his left eye. He looked like he was in pain. Alex started feeling her eyes getting teary. She couldn't stand to see him in pain. She glanced at Mitchie. Mitchie nodded signaling that it was okay for her to go. Alex ran to Nate and she hugged him lightly. He wrapped his arms around her and he ran his fingers through her hair. He sniffed her hair smelling the aroma of vanilla shampoo. "Mmm, vanilla," He said softly. She giggled and looked up at him. "You like it?," She said as she gazed into his beautiful brown eyes. "I love it." He smiled at her and kissed her lightly, as he holds her tightly never wanting to let go.


Aw, isn't this a cute ending for this chapter. There you have it. They are officially together! Yay! Not for long though. Dun dun dun. I'm so mean. Anyways, I won't be updating this week, because I'm entering a writing contest for my local library. Wish me luck!

I have good news! I have many more ideas for new stories, but I'm not gonna put previews yet. Okay, since I'm nice I'll put one preview. Tell me if I should make it or not. Here ya go:


Unfaithful

I'm such a horrible person. I'm so going to hell. But I can't resist. I can't resist his beautiful brown curls, his warm brown eyes, and his cute adorable smile. Too bad, I'm dating his brother. Ugh, I'm sooo going to hell.

What do you think? Good? Bad? But the thing is, this story might start after I finish writing 3 Months To Love. Your decision. Thanks for everyone who always review. I appreciate it so much.

- Emily.