Alexa laid on her bed just staring at the ceiling, she felt like she had only been there for a few minutes but after looking at her phone and seeing it was now one in the afternoon she couldn't believe she had been laying in bed for the past five hours. Alexa slowly sat up and decided to change into something more comfortable. After slipping off her jeans and white top Alexa slipped on a pair of black sweatpants and a white tank top, pulling on a gray hoodie and zipping it half way. Alexa took a deep breath, mentally preparing herself for whatever conversation she and Wade were going to have next.

Alexa walked downstairs and saw Stu sleeping on the couch, Alexa let out a sigh of relief as she made her way to the kitchen. She hadn't really eaten since she arrived at Stu's house and she knew if she didn't eat something soon she would be no help to Wade sick. Alexa decided to make chicken parm, it was quick and Wade could have it when he woke up from his nap.

"Something smells good," Alexa heard from behind her.

Alexa had been cooking for the past hour and just as she pulled the chicken parm from the oven Wade had walked in.

"I made chicken parm," she answered, glancing behind her at Wade.

Wade sat down in the stool at the island as Alexa placed two plates on the counter, along with the pan of chicken parm, a bowl with pasta and red sauce, and a plate with garlic bread.

"After we eat there's something I want to show you," Stu said.

"Please Stu, if I can't take any more of these emotional games," Alexa said, she really didn't want to hear anything from Stu right now.

"It's not bad," he said. "Would you like to see now so that you can eat in peace?" Stu asked as he placed the spoon full of noodles back into the bowl.

"Actually yes," she said, Alexa knew that if she didn't see what Stu was hiding she wasn't going to be able to eat.

Alexa followed Stu as he stood from the island and began making his way upstairs, to his bedroom.

"I already saw the bedroom," Alexa said. "If you're bringing me in here to show me that you already got rid of all our pictures then I don't need to see that," Alexa said as she turned back around to head back down the stairs the second Stu opened the door.

"The pictures are still there," Stu said as he walked into the room, glancing behind him to see Alexa was standing in the doorway peeking into the bedroom. Stu motioned in the direction of the walk-in closet that held all of Alexa's shoes, clothes, jewelry, and purses.

Alexa walked over to the closet and pulled open both of the double doors bracing herself when she saw all of her clothes still hanging in their places, every shoe on its rack, all of her jewelry just the way she had left it. The day she moved out she took very few of the things that she owned, knowing she had nowhere to store all of it at the time.

"I thought you would have gotten rid of all this," Alexa said as she walked into the closet, skimming her hands through the clothes.

"I tried," Stu said. "Every time I came home from a tour I came in here with every intention of throwing it all in the trash. Sometimes I would just want to tear the place apart but the second I opened those doors I couldn't do it—this was my piece of you that I still had."

Alexa looked to her right at the island that was right in the middle of the closet, the top of it was filled with her sunglasses and jewelry and the drawers covering the four sides held all her undergarments, but one item in particular caught her eyes. Sitting in its signature blue box in the very middle of the island was her ring – the ring she thought Wade would have destroyed.

"You kept this," Alexa said as she picked up the black box.

"I could never get rid of that," he admitted. "I've never even attempted to get rid of that, that ring used to be a promise. A promise that one day you and I would become a family and spend the rest of our lives together."

Alexa shook her head and placed the ring back down on the island, "So why did you want to show me this?"

"I just wanted you to know that all your stuff is here," he said. "You're here for the next few days and I know you went shopping but there are clothes here for you to wear. You can leave them here or take them with you when you leave," he said. "I just wanted you to see that I never let go – I haven't let go."

Alexa took a deep breath and looked around the closet one more times, she secretly admitted to herself that it would be nice to be able to wear different clothes the next few days since she only bought a few items; she just didn't know how she felt towards Stu about all of this.

"Should we go eat now? The food is probably getting cold," Alexa said.

Stu nodded and followed Alexa out of the closet and the bedroom and back downstairs to the kitchen. The two enjoyed their food together, both lost in their own thoughts about the other, neither knowing what the next few days or even months would bring.

"So my phone is right there if you want to get your doctors number out of it," Alexa said as she washed their dishes after they had finished eating.

"Yeah, I should really make that follow-up call," Wade said as he picked up Alexa's phone. As he slid his finger across the screen he rolled his eyes at her screen saver of her and PJ making a funny face. Stu's curiosity got the best of him when he saw a text message icon in the top left of the screen, he glanced up at Alexa and when he saw she was still doing dishes he clicked on the icon.

'Please call me tonight. You said you would think about giving me a chance and I really want to know your decision. I can't stop thinking about you.'

Stu took a deep breath as he read the text message, deleting it when he was done. He quickly got the doctors number and typed it in his phone before setting hers back down on the counter.

"So what ended up happening with you and Randy?" Stu said as Alexa turned the water off and turned to face Stu. "I know you said it was a mistake but have you talked to him?"

"Not since I've been here," Alexa said. "He's text me a few times but I really don't want to deal with that right now. He and I were really close and now it's all ruined," Alexa said. "PJ said that I should call him, tell him that I don't want to be more than friends and just get it over with."

Stu shook his head, "What's so wrong with giving him a chance? I know you said you were friends and sleeping with him confused things but what if a relationship could fix all that?"

"I don't see Randy like that," Alexa answered as she sat down on the stool across from Stu. "He's my friend, he's always been my friend – my feelings for him don't go farther than that and one drunken night isn't going to change that." Alexa looked at Stu as he processed the information in my head; she knew that he didn't want her to be with Randy; just like she didn't want him with anyone else. "So you know that I was with Randy during this little break up, but what about you? Was there a special lady for you during all of this?"

"Yeah," Stu admitted. "After you kicked me out of your house that day there was a few, random ones every now and then."

Alexa shook her head, "Well random is better than a friend."

"Well the only friend close to me is PJ and I don't think he's my type," Stu smiled.

"Oh come on," Alexa smiled. "You don't like brunettes?" she laughed.

Wade laughed as he reached over the island and pushed a piece of blonde hair out of Alexa's face, "I prefer blondes," he smiled.

A/N: Nothing too exciting but a sort of revealing chapter none the less. The sequel is giving me issues right now, I have parts written…a lot of parts actually except the beginning lol once I figure out how I wanna start it I'll post it…any ideas for a title?