I am so sorry. I was out at the store and just realized that it wasn't the correct chapter. I'm sorry agian. Here's the right one.
Seven years later…
Meredith and Alex had turned 15 over the summer and in a week they were going to start up 10th grade. Alex had actually moved into the house right beside Meredith, because it was bigger and they had the money. His room was right across from her room only the side yards and driveways between them. Ellis still wasn't around all that much, but Meredith was getting used to it more and more. She didn't have to have a nanny or anything like that anymore. She sometimes left three hundred and left her for a week at a time.
She sat on the window seat looking out the window; not one thing in general just looking. Ellis was out of town and would be for a week or so. She left a little extra money that meant she might be gone longer. But for some reason it didn't seem to matter to her anymore. She sighed. A storm was coming. There were many things she could stand but being alone in a storm was not one of her favorite things to do. The light flicked on him Alex's room. He walked in and she watched as he flipped the covers back on his bed. He took off his shirt and stripped off his pants so he was just in boxers. She sighed and got up and got into her own bed.
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Two hours later, she was awoken by a large clap of thunder that made it sound like there was an 18-wheeler in the living room. She sat up and looked around. The power had been knocked out.
"Damn it." She muttered to herself and reached over to the nightstand. Her hand searched for her phone which she found after a minute of search. She flipped open it and blinked to get used to the light coming from it long enough to check the time. It was a little after two. She got up and walked over to the closet. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a blue sweatshirt with a white camisole under it. She put her blonde hair back in a pony tail before pulling the hood over it.
She walked over to the window and pushed the old style windows open. The rain was falling hard. It bounced off the driveways and street. She climbed over the ledge and down the ladder. The rain soaked into the clothes as she hurried across the driveway and over into Alex's yard. She looked up at his window and walked down to the other end of house. Mary had put up one of those fence like things that the plants grow up down by the living room. She climbed up it and jumped onto the canopy that covered the large deck. She got to the end and was at Alex's window. She pushed the screen up then pushed the window up.
She came over in the middle of the night a lot when Ellis was out of town. It wasn't for anything like sex. He knew that she didn't want to be alone sometimes. She shut the window behind her and walked towards the bed. She took off her jacket and put it on the back of his chair hoping it would be dry by the morning.
"Alex." She said quietly. "Alex." She shook his arm.
"Humm, what?" He said opening his eyes a little. "Mer? What time is it?"
"A little after two… Can I stay?" He nodded.
"My boxers are…"
"Top drawer." She finished his statement and went to his dresser. She slipped off her wet jeans and put his boxers on. Her camisole wasn't too wet so she just wore it. She walked back to the bed hanging her pants on the desk. "Scoot." He moved over. She laid down beside him facing so her back was to him. He put his muscular arm around her. She smiled to herself. "Goodnight, Alex."
"Goodnight, Mer."
