"how was it" brooke asked as she studied the teens to see if they had kept up their end of the bargain.
"good" aaron replied skillfully hiding his drunkenness
"yeah it was alright" alex said she wasn't sure what had happened wasn't able to understand.
"alrighty" brooke said very soccermom esc
After they got home alex headed for the shower she knew what that would mean shower = no evidence she didn't care she wanted tonight to be over the shower was long and steamy the kind that would normally be welcomed with open arms after a long day but wasn't she wanted out she needed to sleep! to cry! to scream! Her mom she needed her mom.
Alex wrapped in her towel made her way to her room got into her cosy pyjamas and made her way to her mom's room tears in her eyes.
"mom?" alex sobbed as she found herself standing at the corner of the couch at this point brooke reached furiously for her daughter causing alex to hesitate but brooke just pulled her onto her lap and rocked like she would a baby.
"what's wrong?" brooke asked wanting to cry as empathy for her daughter was so strong.
Alex didn't want to tell brooke what happened plain and simple.
"everything! nothing! i don't know!" alex sobbed tears staining her mother's jammies brooke rocked her daughter to sleep before she went to bed herself.
Alex woke around 10 feeling better she was good at that despite what had happened in the recent months to prove otherwise compartmentalising was what she was good at.
"hey kid!" brooke said from the kitchen pottering about making the two of them a late breakfast.
"do you wanna talk about last night?" brooke asked as alex sat on the stool across from the island where brooke stood. with what alex described as her 'brooke face'.
"pms" alex lied but to her surprise brooke believed her and just nodded.
"I have to go to work today do you want to come?" Brooke asked at this point Alex wanted to fall at brooke's feet tangle herself in her ankles and beg her not to go but didn't.
"no probably hang around here!" alex said not quite feeling like she wanted to leave the house.
"nice try! but you are still grounded. you can go to your d nathans" brooke said as alex rolled her eyes.
"fine" alex groaned as she ate at her toast while texting jamie.
Alex walked into her dads as jamie ran to her they had big plans that day to watch all star wars movies while simultaneously stuffing their face with a large amount of comfort food. Picking up lydia on her hip and followed jamie into the living room where he was all set up they were mid way through their second film when nathan and haley walked in that's when alex noticed that she hadn't even told them she was here.
"When did you get here?" haley asked
"a few hours ago" alex answered with a sleeping lydia by her side
"were having a starwars marathon" jamie chimed in
"oh cool where we at?" nathan said making himself comfy
"i'll make lunch" haley said making her way to the kitchen.
With this alex stood to follow haley.
"can we talk?" alex asked sitting at the breakfast bar as haley pottered through the kitchen.
"of course" haley said
"but it has to be between us please?" alex said her tone more serious than before.
"alright." haley said concerned
"last night at kaley knights" she began haley nodded "well there was this guy and he was nice and he we.. well and now i don't know what that makes me i didn't know him? his name? i led him on i made him think thats what i wanted." With this haley knew Alex didn't want advice she just needed to tell someone anyone Haley made her way round to be face to face with her.
"did you.. were you raped?" haley whispered the word a lot of people find hard to say the word.
"no.. maybe.. he was really drunk and i let him believe that's what i wanted but i tried to get him to stop i did i tried." Alex disclosed.
"Well we should tell the police?" haley said pulling her into her
"NO!" Alex said
"He was drunk i let him believe it was just as much my fault you can't tell anyone you promised alex said scared" alex stood scared
"Okay Okay our secret" haley said grabbing her waist and rocking her.
It was around 11 am the next morning when alex got back to brooke's it was as if friday night hadn't happened. She walked in on brooke and payton being all brooke and peyton and she regretted getting grounded she wanted to go to rorys house she wanted to talk boys and eat popcorn with her best friends.
"hey?" payton said through her laughter
"hi" alex replied half asleep this caused the older women to laugh
"rough night" brooke joked
"we watched them all!" alex said falling back on to the sofa
"you're with me today girl" payton said
"great" alex said sarcastically earning a slap on the back of her head she laughed and followed payton out and into her car
"so where are we going?" alex asked
"studio" payton said "so grounded huh?"
"yeah and babysitting ain't I a classic 16 year old" alex said sarcastically "but it is like having a real family"
"alex you have a real family" payton said "we are your family"
"alright cheesy much!" alex laughed.
