Chp.9

~~~~~~~~~~~Soda pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I stood outside the door and could hear her crying into the pillow behind the door. She's crying because of you!!!! You are the reason she's crying. Way to go soda way to go. I was the one that used to hold her when she was crying. When she lost her dog in a hit and run accident Gosh I never meant to hurt her. I just. I let go of a breath that I didn't know I was holding. YOU IDIOT!!!!!!! YOU SHOULD'VE KEPT YOUR MOUTH SHUT!!!!!! You should be happy for them. Happy for her. She was your best friend too Soda. I sat outside her door for another hour and my heart just broke as she cried. Finally the crying had stopped at she opened the door. I fell to the ground.

~~~~~~~~~~Alex pov~~~~~~~~~~

I opened the door and soda fell to the ground. He was leaning against the door and his eyes or eye as were that the other was black and blue were bloodshot. I laughed bitterly at him. "What are ya doin Soda?" "I- um- I I'm sorry." To say I was shocked was the least but I was torn. Torn between forgiving him and just screaming at him. "Listen I was wrong. And I know that I hurt you and that kills me. It kills me to know that I hurt the woman I love. It kills me to know that I hurt my oldest and best friend. I deserved to be slapped and I deserved the black eye. Heck I bet I deserve a lot more too. I understand if you want to hit me again and I understand if you never wanna see me or talk to me again but-" I cut him off. I pressed my finger against his mouth. I let a small smile creep onto my lips. I was ready to forgive him. "Soda what's done is done. The damage has been dealt and now all we can do is rebuild. I forgive you." I pulled him into a hug. I was happy to have my best friend back.

~~~~~~~~~~Soda pov~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

As I held her in my arms I remembered all the old times when she was mine. When I would hold her like this for hours on end. GOD why are you TOYING with me!?!?!?!?! She wants to be my friend but I don't. I want to be the man she needs. Why did it have to be my best friend!?!?!? I love her. I'll always love her. I just lost my way. But now. Now I can't go back. I'm stuck. And I'll just have to suffer threw it. Soda you truly are the biggest idiot of them all.

~~~~~~~~THE NEXT DAY AT THE DX (Alex pov)~~~~~~~~~~

"Hey Ben!" "Yeah?" "I'm heading out ok?" "Alright but be careful ok? Don't need another accident." "Yeah Ben I'll be careful." I walked out the door and checked my back pocket. I could feel the cold blade and knew I was ok. I walked into Jays one of the local bars that was more for the socs and middle classers. "Hey Charlie how are ya?" "Alex good to see ya. I'm doing fine thanks for asking. Glad to have you back. Ya know how hard it is for these other chicks to know how to be waitress?" I laughed I knew I was good at my job, "Well Charlie don't worry cuz this chick is back and ready for work." "I like that. Show 'em how it's done girly." "With pleasure." I got right to work. I was great at handling all the different kinds of people that came through here, the drunks , the jerks, the sleazes, the whores, the preps, the snobs, you name it and I could handle it. "What can I get for ya boys?" The socs stopped laughing, "Well look whose back on her feet boys." I looked up from my book and my heart began to beat faster. "What're you talking bout boy." "What you don't remember? All the screaming and the resisting you did? You gave everything else up so easily but dang girl you just wouldn't give up that necklace of yours." He pulled out a small silver chain with a ring on the end of it. My blood boiled but my face paled. "Listen are you gonna order something and give that back voluntarily or do I have to pry it from ya hands myself." "Girly, I'll have to be dead before you get this back." "That," I pulled my blade out and flicked it open, "can be arranged."