The next morning Alex was laying in bed, Marissa wrapped in her arms. Her mind drifted to a time when she was still a kid, and unlike now still acted like one. Running around with her best friend and their sisters. Going to school, and causing trouble, some things were always the same, but for now most things were vastly different.

She thought about the last night she was at home, the night she walked out. Remembering her last look at the place she called home, seeing her younger sister sitting at the top of the stairs with her head in her hands. It was the last time she had seen her, in all honesty it was really the last time she had truly thought about her, it was easier not too. Also she let her mind drift to how close her and Riley used to be. She truly did feel horrible about it all, a part of her wished she could change it, at the least what happened between her and her best friend.

It was obvious that Riley had changed, but so had she, she wasn't the same girl, not even close. It dawned on Alex that since she had been back they never spoke about the past, and Riley rarely talked about their sisters. Suddenly Alex got the urge to apologize so she reached over and grabbed her cell phone off the table by the bed. Going through the numbers in her phone she finally got to the one she was looking for. It rang, and rang but no one answered. Looking over at the clock Alex realised it 6 a.m. and she was either in the shower or still sleeping, and decided that it would just have to wait.

One week later

"Do you guys ever lose?" Marissa asked as her and Alex sat down on the couch after getting home from Alex's game.

Alex laughed. "Not a whole lot and that's a good thing. I can't believe we played so well at that tournament though, those teams were really good."

"But you're the best." Marissa smirked and Alex knew exactly was on her mind and even though she was tired, she wasn't tired enough for that. Standing up she put her hand out which Marissa accepted and they walked towards the bedroom.

By the time Alex woke up Marissa had already left for school, and she had to get ready for practise. She took a quick shower and got her stuff together, before grabbing a bagel on her way out the door - the Cohen's were rubbing off on her.

She made the drive to LA and met her friends at the diner but the only one there was Jodie. Ignoring the other girl she sat down at the table and waited, but the Jodie wasn't about to be ignored.

"Look Alex, please talk to me." Jodie pleaded as

"I'm busy."
Jodie sat down across from Alex and moved the menu out of her face. "Please." Alex couldn't help but look up at her. "Are we okay?"

"Yeah we're okay." Alex smiled, there was something about Jodie, she just couldn't stay mad at her no matter how hard she tried.

Jodie smiled good. "You've been playing amazing by the way, I just thought I'd let you know."

"Thanks, but credit goes to the whole team, we all play really well together." The waitress brought Alex her milkshake and Jodie her fries. "Why's it so dead in here?" Alex asked as she stole one of Jodie's fries and looked around the dinner, it was still only them and the waitress.

"All the kiddies are at school still, the place gets packed when they all get out and even though I don't like most of them its good for my uncle and everyone seems to love him so I can't complain with that."

A half hour later it was still just the two of them. "Do you remember the first time we heard this song?"

Alex nodded. "We were watching She's all that, and you just turned around and kissed me."

"That's so not true, I said I liked it and that I was cute and you're the one that kissed me." Jodie through a fry at Alex.

The blonde opened her mouth and huffed, which caused both girls to start laughing. "Those were some good times."

"I'd say, us against the world, we were so naïve." Alex nodded in agreement. "You wouldn't want to dance would you?"

After a pause Alex finally answered. "Sure, couldn't hurt."

Jodie walked over to the juke box and played the song they were listening to again, Kiss Me by the Cranberries. The latina wrapped her arms around Alex's waist and noticed how stiff she was. "Would you relax, since when are you such a stiff ass."

"Sorry." She wrapped her arms around Jodie's neck.

By the end of the song the girls were in a world of their own. "Thanks for the dance." Jodie said about to back away but not. Neither girl moved. Before Alex knew what was going on she felt Jodie's lips on hers and even though her mind was screaming for her to break away she couldn't.

They heard the dinner door open and finally broke away, both unsure of what just happened. Looking towards the door Alex seen Chloe and Vanessa standing there, their mouths open and Riley walking away.

"Riley wait!" Alex screamed as she tried to run after her once best friend. By the time she got to her she was already in her car, driving off.

She sat down on the curb. "I'm so fucked."

"Yeah you are. What the hell was that in there?" Chloe sat down next to Alex.

"I don't know it just happened, we were dancing, she was keeping me company and I don't know, I just I don't know." She held her head in her hands. "Ri's pissed isn't she?"

Chloe shrugged. "I'm not her but she's not happy I can tell you that much. I just don't think she wants to see you lose everything you've worked so hard for."

"Like what, she barely knows me." She snapped, even though she didn't mean to. She was mad at herself not Chloe.

"Marissa, you know you're girlfriend. Who we all like, and think is great for you, and above all else makes you happy. You're turning back into selfish Alex again, and if you want to be that person I'm not going to stop you but I'm not going get hurt again either. I'll always be here for you and so will Ness, and Ri and the rest of the girls but don't take your shit out on me, or us." Chloe went to stand up when Alex stopped her.

Looking over at her friend, tears in her eyes she broke down. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for everything."

Chloe hugged her friend. "Come on let's go to practice and don't worry Riley won't be there she has to teach tonight."

"Teach?"

"You didn't know she's a dance instructor, she works for your mom like you two said you always would. The little rugrats love her, it's so cute, most of them are like 5ish or so and well let's just say they can't really dance."

"No she never told me, he don't really talk much. I mean we talk but we don't talk you know?" Chloe nodded and the two girls walked towards their cars.

"I'll race you there."

Alex smiled and got into her truck. She looked up at the dinner and seen Jodie standing at the door, looking away all she could think about was Marissa and what had just happened.