Chapter 11: It's Not Over
Spencer's POV
That Night
I was staying the night...again. And when I walked into Alex's room, I saw him sitting on the edge of his bed, probably tweeting or on Facebook.
Once he set his phone down, I smirked to myself and climbed onto him so I was sitting on him, straddling his lap with my arms around his neck. "Hi." I smiled.
"Hey." Alex puts his hands on my waist. "What are you doing?"
I shrugged. "Getting comfortable."
"Ah." He smiles, then takes my chin with his thumb and index finger. "Your eyes look better."
"Mmhmm." I nod. "So does every other bruise." Alex moves his hand back to my waist, but starts to pull up my shirt. "What are you doing?" I asked, kind of alarmed.
"I wanna see!" he says, but smiles.
I laughed and stopped his hands. "I can do this myself. All you had to do was ask." But I did pull up my shirt to show my bruises that were barely noticeable.
Alex poked my stomach and then looked up at me. "You didn't wince." He smiles and wraps his arms around me, kissing me gently, but pulls back so I can put my shirt down.
I put my arms around his neck as his hands went to my waist again and smiled. "It doesn't hurt anymore." Alex smiles and kisses me again.
Alex pulls back first and says, "God, I missed you," winding his arms around my waist and pulling me closer to him. He rests his head against my shoulder.
I lay my head on his shoulder and say, "I missed you, too."
"This is such a corny moment," Alex says.
I laughed, but said, "Yup."
I pulled back slightly, but we kept our arms around each other. Alex got a look in his eyes and looked me up and down so quickly, that if I wasn't pay attention or had blinked I would've missed it.
"What's that look in your eyes?" I asked.
Alex shakes his head, looks down, but moves me off his lap. "Nothing."
I think about pressing on, but I shook it off. Alex lays down, so I lay down next to him. I'm laying on my side, but he's on his back. He smiles at me, so I smile at him, but say, "You worry me sometimes."
He wraps an around me and I rest my head in the crook of his neck. "If anything, I should worry about you," he says.
"I'm fine, though," I said.
"Yeah, now."
I sighed and wrap an arm around him. "I wasn't smart about it, okay?" Alex starts to protest, but I stopped him. "No. I wasn't. I shouldn't have stayed as long as I did."
"But you were scared."
"I was terrified," I admitted.
"Then, I understand why you stayed so long. No, you were smart about it since you were scared." He kisses my forehead.
I shake my head. "I don't want to think about him anymore."
Alex smirks and gets a mischievous look in his eyes. "I can fix that."
I roll my eyes, but laugh lightly, and lay down on my back next to him. "I bet you could."
"I know I could," he says with a chuckle and sits up, crossing his legs.
I shake my head, smiling, and push him lightly before rolling over of my side, not facing him. Alex lays down behind me and puts his arms around my waist. "I love you, Spencer," he whispers.
"I love you, too, Alex."
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Alex sits on his couch, crossing his legs, facing me, and taking both of my hands in his. He smiles. "I'm taking you out tonight."
I raise an eyebrow. "Just me and you?"
He nods. "Just me and you. Now, go get ready." He nods his head in the direction of the front door because my stuff was at Jack's.
"Wait, where are we going?"
"That, Spencer, is a surprise."
"So, you're taking me to Applebee's?"
He sighs. "You're fault. That's your favorite restaurant. No go get ready!" He slightly whines the last part, standing up and taking me with him.
"I need your car keys, then."
"Fine. I'll drive you there, wait for you to change, then we'll go."
I shrug. "Fair enough."
Twenty Minutes Later
"I'm going to change now."
"Okay." Jack and Alex say together and both smile up at me from their spot on my bed at Jack's house. I was standing by the closet.
"Jack." Alex looks at Jack.
He sighs, before getting up and walking out. "Fine."
"Alex." I cross my arms.
"I've seen you naked, Spencer," He defends.
"Yeah, a year ago."
He sighs heavily, but gets up to walk out. "Don't think it won't happen again."
"Don't get your hopes up, Alex!" I hear Jack yell.
I change into jeans and a t-shirt because we were just going to Applebee's and that's what Alex was wearing, so...yeah.
I walk out of my room to the living room. I was pulled into a hug by a pouting Jack. "Alex is a dick."
I look around Jack slightly at Alex. "What did you do?" All Alex does is grin at me so I kiss Jack's cheek. "Yes, he is."
"What!" Alex says. Jack and I chuckle together and he lets me go.
"Wanna go now?" I ask Alex. He nods enthusiastically and runs over to me, grabbing my hand and running to the door.
"Have fun, love birds!" Jack calls.
"Love you, Jack," I said.
"Love you, too!" he says just before Alex shuts the door to his house.
Two Hours Later
Alex's POV
At around eleven that night I was pulling Spencer into my house. "Hey," I said.
"Yeah?" She looks at me as we walking into the living room.
"I love you."
She smiled. "I love you, too."
I pressed my lips to hers, kissing her softly. But I needed more of her. Our lips were moving together and I was slowly walking her back to my room. Once we got there, my hands moved to her waist and I kicked the door closed. Our tongues met and I held her close to me.
"Spencer." I pulled back from her to look in her eyes. "You sure you're okay enough to do this?"
Spencer waits a second, but nods as she looks in my eyes before crashing her lips onto mine. I laid her down on the bed and chuckled. "I missed this part, too."
She rolls her eyes, but smiles at me and brings my lips back to hers.
Spencer's POV
The next day I woke up to music playing loudly, but out of ear buds. I rolled over to see Alex dressed, his legs crossed, listening to music, and writing in a notebook. I was still naked so I had the sheets pulled around me tightly.
I poked his knee to get his attention. Alex looked up, looking like he was confused or disoriented. But he smiles down at me before going back to his notebook. When he does this, I know not to distract him, so I rolled over on my back and wait until he's done, tapping my fingers to the song playing out of his ear buds.
Three songs later, he closed his notebook and turned off his music. He set his notebook, iPod, and pen down on his bedside table before laying down next to me. Alex smiles and drapes an arm over my waist. "Hi."
I smiled and rolled over on my side so I was facing him. "Hey."
"Are you okay?"
I furrow my eyebrows, but nod, and ask, "Why wouldn't I be?"
"I just wanted to make you sure you didn't regret last night," he says, worry in his eyes.
I shake my head. "No. Never."
"Okay. Good." He smiles and pecks my lips. "Are you hungry?"
I nod almost immediately. "Mmhmm."
Alex chuckles. "I'll make you something."
As he gets up to walk out of the room I say, "Thanks, Lex."
He turns back to smile at me. "No problem, Spence."
I got dressed and brushed my hair before walking out into the kitchen. Alex is leaning against the counter by the stove, making something that I can't tell what it is. When I stand in front of him, he takes both of my hands and pulls me to him until my lips were on his.
I hear a gasp and Jack yell, "How could you, Alex?"
"No! Jack, I love you! Forgive me?" Alex held open his arms for Jack, who walked over to us, and was trying not to laugh.
"Fine, I forgive you." Jack turns to me. "He's mine!" I held my hands up in defense and took a step back.
Jack acts like he's going to kiss Alex, which makes Alex say, "Not in front of Spencer. It's too soon."
Jack sighs. "Fine. Later." He turns around and holds open his arms. "Spencer!"
"Jack!" I wrap my arms around him.
"No!" Alex pushes Jack away from me. "I'm sorry. She's my only one." He puts his arms around my waist from behind, rests his chin on my shoulder, and closes his eyes. But after a second his eyes pop open. "Wait," he steps away from me, "that's it." Alex runs down the hall to his room.
Jack looks at me and I just shrug before he and I both walk down the hall to Alex's room. He's sitting on the bed furiously writing in his notebook, almost like he couldn't get the words out fast enough as they came to him.
Jack and I share another look and he says, "Alex?"
"Shh!" Alex shakes his head, but keeps writing.
"Come on, Jack." I tug on his sleeve and we both start walking away slowly. "He'll be done soon."
"Okay." He grabs my hand and drags me into the living room.
"Rian!"
"Spencer!" I sit next to him on the couch. "How's it going best friend?"
"What? No. I'm her best friend!" Jack says and sits in between me and Rian. He puts his arms around me and lays his head on my shoulder. "Don't replace me with Rian!"
"Aw, Jack." I lay my head on his. "I love you both."
"You better," Rian mumbled, making me laugh.
Alex walked into the living room, his notebook in his hand and a look on his face that I couldn't quite place. "It's done," he says, simply. But he grins and laughs a little. "It's done," he states, looking down at his notebook.
"What, the song?" I asked.
"Yeah." He nods, but never looks up.
I get up to stand next to him. "Can I read it?"
"No." He flips the notebook closed.
I frown. "Why not?"
"Because it's about you," Jack says, bluntly.
"Really?" I look at Alex.
"Well, um...yeah." He looks down and blushes a little.
"Let me read it," I said and reached for the notebook.
Alex moves out of the way just in time. "No." But he does smile.
"Please?" I pout.
"Don't give me that look," he says.
"Why? Because it works?"
"Yes."
I pout again. "Then, let me read it."
"No." He walks around me and down the hall, back to his room. I followed him. "At least let me write the music for it first," Alex says once he put his notebook away.
I sigh. "Deal."
He smiles and wraps me in a hug. "Oh, yeah, and one more thing."
"What?" I asked.
"I love you," he says in my hair and I could tell he was smiling.
Smiling myself, I said, "I love you, too."
