It has been two rough months since that incident at the café.

And in those two months, Alexis has;

Left her job at the café; She couldn't stand the thought of being there again after everything that happened.

Not spoken to any of her friends; she has shut them out because she is too scared to talk to them.

Spent all her time with Grant, in-between finding another job.

Been skipping baseball practice because she A) is with Grant and B) dreading seeing Kia and Marty.

Even though she misses her two best buds, she's dreading the next conversation she's going to have with them. She can already see it in her head; lots of yelling, someone crying, someone getting angry and walking off.

She sighed.

She stared at the ceiling as she felt someone touch her foot gently at the end of the bed.

"Hey," the person said but she didn't look up. Just stretched her arms up, gesturing she wanted a hug. He chuckled and hobbled his way over to her.

"Where's your crutches?" She asked as he wrapped his arms around her tightly and lay there next to her.

"Kitchen. I can walk you know." He whispered into her hair.

"I know, I know. I'm just worried."

"I'm fine. Scouts honor." He smiled and lifted her hand to his mouth is kissed it gently. "I love you."

She felt her heart speed up a bit but just. She smiled at him and kissed him but didn't say anything. And she knew she should've but she wasn't ready to say those 3 words yet. And he knew it.

"I'm gonna go meet the boys now." He kissed her head before getting up and grabbing his things. She watched him make his way to the door and was taken aback by the words that came out of his mouth next, "Go home." And he was gone.


He didn't say it like, "Go home, I don't want you here," kind of thing.

It was more like. "Go home. See your family and friends," kind of thing.

And it bugged her a bit.

She didn't want to go home. She just wanted to stay away from them. Okay. So maybe that's not true. She misses them like crazy but she just isn't ready to face them yet. Any of them but she knew she can't avoid them any longer, so she grabbed her things and made her way back home.


I shouldn't have come. I shouldn't have come. Stupid, stupid, stupid!

She looked out her window and could see the lights on meaning someone was home.

No one has seen you yet, you can always go back home.

She turned on the engine and was about to make a break for it when,

"Lexy?"

Busted.