Chapter Eleven: An Alibi For All Occasions
SINCE THE FIRST STORY IN THE SERIES HAD A CHAPTER THAT WASN'T IN LILLIE'S P.O.V I THOUGHT IT WOULD ONLY BE FAIR IF I DID ANOTHER ONE THAT WASN'T IN LILLIE'S P.O.V! WELL, THE MAIN PART IS IN LILLIE'S P.O.V BUT, WELL, YOU'LL SEE! OH AND I DECIDED TO SHOW WHAT LILLIE WAS WEARING AGAIN SO HERE IT IT
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When I got out of my hotel room this wonderful Saturday morning I saw a note that said, "Meet me at Emirl's Resteraunt, 7:00 sharp. Tell the hostess your a guest of Mr. Gutierez's." There was nothing else, just that sweet little note. I was half afraid not to do it but over the course of my boring, uneventful day I decided it might be worth checking into. That's why I'm currently dressed to the nine's in something that I picked up last minute at a very nice shop. All except the necklace that is. It's not a very expensive necklace but my father got me it for my birthday one year and I always have it with me, even if I'm not wearing it. It's a little flower pin. A Lillie for his Lillie he said once when I was little. I have always liked it since then. These killer heels that I'm wearing and haven't had a chance to break in yet, not so much. The hostess leads me to the very back of the resteraunt where I'm greeted with the sight of Rey, Alex, John, Joey, Serena, and Luke sitting there in their best suits and Serena in a very nice black dress looking very serious. I attempt to leave but Luke stops me, "We need to talk."
I shake my head and sigh heavily as I sit down at the table, "What about? I thought you all hated me?"
"Trust me, some of us aren't here by choice," Alex huffs and is instantly shot a cold look by Rey. He must have set this all up.
"Lillie, lately...and god help me for saying this...you've been a real bitch to each of us. We know that it has to hurt, seeing Phil broken and beaten like that and being so helpless that you can't do anything about it. But you have to stop questioning all your friends. None of us did it, we promise." Rey sighs.
"No, no you don't understand Rey! You will never understand what it's like until the one you love is close to the brink of death and there is nothing that you can say or do to help them," I say, trying not to tear up. I can't hold back my tears though I'm sure they can tell I'm not as strong as I look. "You don't know what it's like to be at their bedside and hold their hand, hoping they come back to you but at the same time knowing that if they do come back to you, they might not remember who you are."
"That's the thing though Lillie," Serena says to me, "your not the only one with something to lose. Your not the only one who sits at his bedside wondering if he'll live to see tomorrow. You get to work. I get to sit there while you, Luke, and Joey are at work and be the one that if something does happen and he doesn't wake up, has to call the others and tell them. You get to escape, the only escape I get is when I go to my house to shower and change."
I sit there, biting my lower lip, "You all should have great alibi's then. C'mon lets here them esse. Rey, since you seem to have organized this little field trip why don't you go first."
-Rey's p.o.v-
"Angie, are you ready or not?" I called upstairs as my beautiful wife got ready to go out. It was one of my rare nights home and I wasn't going to screw up and not get to spend time with my familia. Dominic and Aalyah had wanted to go to a movie and Angie and I had agreed. I was currently downstairs with Dominick who was watching some show on Cartoon Network called Adventure Time with Finn and Jake. If you've ever seen that show and have children then you know how sucked in they can get. Aalyah was playing with one of her many dolls and walked over to sit on the couch next to me. "What is it bambino?"
"Will you play dollies with me?" Aalyah asked smiling.
I smiled, "Honey, as soon as your mommy comes down here we're going to the movies remember." She gave me that look that told me she was going to cry and I said, "But I think we have time to play for a little bit."
She smiled and handed me a Ken doll, "His name is Chris. You get to be Chris. I get to be Lillie."
I laughed, "Lillie? As in your cousin Lillie?"
Aalyah nodded, "Yes! She's my favorite. That's why I named my dollie Lillie." We played for a while until Aalyah smiled, "Mommie's waiting for us."
I turned to see Angie standing at the stairs, her hair in an updo and wearing a plain white t-shirt and blue jeans. Even in just that she was my splendid darling and I couldn't help but love her. I will always love Angie. "You ready to go now?" She nodded and we turned off the t.v. and the kids ran out to the car.
"So, when do I get to tell the guys at work you were playing with dollies?" Angie laughed as I wrapped an arm around her and walked out to the car.
"Hey, I was playing with my daughter." I laughed back.
"Speaking of daughters have you talked to Lillie lately?" Angie asked.
"No, no I haven't. I'll call her later. Right now, I want to spend time with people I don't see during work. That being you and Aalyah and Dominic." I smiled back. We got in the car and went to the movies.
-end of Rey's p.o.v-
"After the movie is when I got the call," Rey says softly to me, "but I swear and you can even talk to Angie that we went to the movie. I was so upset when I heard and I figured you didn't want to be interupted when you were with him so I figured I wouldn't call. I wanted to talk to you last Friday but-"
"So you have an alibi Rey," I interrupt. I look at John and Alex, "Well, do you two have a solid alibi?"
"As a matter of fact, Lillie," Alex accents my name with spite and malice so I can tell he's not to happy at me, "we do have an alibi."
-Alex's p.o.v-
"John, do we really have to be here! This place totally weirds me out!" I said as John and I sat in the car to go one of the last places on Earth any one in their right mind would go: Cameron, North Carolina. John and Matt had been hanging out a lot together recently and that would have worried me if Matt wasn't in a committed relationship with Shannon Moore and John wasn't so devoted to me. He even lets me know when he's going to go to the bathroom. He's perfect. Anyways, that's neither here nor there. John had decided that it would be a good idea if Matt and I got to know each other better so he had dragged me out to Cameron for a day of fun with Matt and his little brother Jeff. There's only one little problem, I'm not comfortable out in the woods like this.
"Yes, Alex, we have to be here." John replied with a sigh as we pulled up to the house that we were going to. I had to admit, Matt's place was nice for a little outdoorsy place. There he stood on the front lawn with Jeff and a really pretty young girl with pink streaks in her hair. "That must be Kaia."
"Who?" I asked, looking at John as we got out of the car.
"Kaia Zeke. Jeff met her when he was on TNA and they fell instantly in love," John says. He gets to Matt and the two hug, "Hey."
Matt smiled, "Alex, Johnny boy glad you could make it. You know Jeff and this is his girlfriend Kaia Zeke." The girl with pink streaks nodded and I could see why Jeff would date her. If I was straight, she'd be the type of girl I'd go for. Matt looked at us and said, "Dinner's almost done so you got here right on time. Then I thought we could go motorbiking."
Jeff looked at Matt as if he had said the magic words, "Food and motorbiking? Dude, you didn't tell me we were havin a party!"
I laughed, "So Miss Zeke-"
"Kaia," she interuptted, holding up her hand, "Just Kaia."
"Well just Kaia, it's nice to meet you. I'm Alex Nooks." I smiled, "John's husband." The words felt just right to roll of the tongue.
"Nice to meet you Alex. I've seen you in a few matches, you're good at what you do." Kaia nodded.
"Shame I haven't seen you in any. Vince has a strict policy for anyone caught watching TNA." I laughed. Although it was known that Vince DESPISED TNA with burning passion of a thousand suns, there was no real rule against it. At least not written down. None of us would admit if we had seen TNA or not.
"Shame. TNA could use fresh talent like you and John. You might even get the push you deserve." Kaia walked up by Jeff as the rest of us walked inside. That night was full of a lot of things, both said and done, but the one thing that I can't forget was Kaia saying that one sentence.
-end of Alex's p.o.v.-
"I didn't get the call til John and I were...uh...well let's use the word indisposed." Alex says softly.
I sit there, my heart breaking. It was easy to be a bitch and be cold to them when I didn't know if they did it or not but now that I know that they didn't, I have to look at this from a different point of view. "Guys...can you forgive me?"
Alex looks at John and then back at me, "Well, like, you did say some pretty heavy shit but I guess I can forgive you."
"Same goes for me," John says softly.
"I never blamed you esse." Rey nods. "There's just one more thing."
"And that is?"
"If none of us did it, who do you think did?" Rey says, giving me a look that I know all to well. He wants me to dig deep to find this answer on my own.
KAIA ZEKE IS PROPERTY OF A FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS ALWAYS BEEN A BIG SUPPORTER OF LATINA HEAT AND MY STORIES IN GENERAL AND I THOUGHT I'D USE HER TO SAY THANKS! YESTERDAY WAS MY BDAY AND I TRIED TO GET THIS CHAPTER OUT THEN BUT THE MUSI WOULDN'T LISTEN.