CHAPTER 14
Chaos's house
Alexi woke up on the floor beside the couch in a heap. she was sure she had fell asleep on, but she wan't one hundred percent on that she could have very well crashed right here on the floor. She groaned at the noise and covered her head. That movement alone made her want to puke. Her phone was ringing shrilly making her want to throw the thing across the room. She answered the call with a groan.
"Alexi?" She groaned again wondering why she answered the call.
"Baby are you okay?" Happy's deep rasp turned worried.
"Please, stop talking so loud." Alexi moaned made sure she was still wearing clothes. it was weird but it was one of her nightmares walking or crawling into a room full of people she didn't know butt ass naked. Alexi crawled out of the den and into the kitchen. She laid on the cool tile trying not to throw up. The gorgeous brunette growled into the tile when her man laughed at her, now knowing that she was hungover.
"Mamas what are you doing?" Chaos asked. Alexi brushed the hair out of her eyes and looked up to see Chaos and Fiasco staring at her with a girl sitting beside them at the kitchen table. She flipped them off and laid her head back down.
"Baby i got some bad news." Happy said making Alexi groan and shake her head. "We're going to be out here for a couple more days. But we're done with that Darby shit. Some other stuff came up." She groaned more.
"I love you but I can't right now." She mumbled folding her arms over her head.
"Okay baby girl I love you." He said laughing. She mumbled back that he was a asshole and she loved him too and ended the call.
"qué está haciendo?"(What she doing?) She heard Gomes ask before he picked her up off the floor.
"No, déjame aquí para morir." (No. Leave me to die.) The brunette said sitting down at the table and putting her head down.
"¿Noche difícil?" (rough night?) Someone asked her
"Vida áspera." (rough life.) she responded nodding her head against the table. This was the worst hangover ever.
"¿No te acostaste?" (Didn't you just go to bed?) Gomes asked sitting beside her. It was like they were tormenting her or something with this questioning. She at up and pushed her hair out of her face. Alexi saw the look on the girls faces before they quickly looked away. Looking at anything but her.
"Ni siquiera lo se, Gomes." (I don't even know, Gomes.) He smirked.
"Así que ¿cuáles son tus planes para el día?" (So what are your plans for the day?") He asked sipping his coffee looking from her to his friends then back to her. Alexi shrugged rubbing her eyes. "Get back to charming. I guess or go see ma. Why?" He nodded an looked back to the girl beside him. "Was thinking you could chill with me unless you're too cool for that." Alexi raised an eyebrow at him her head propped up in her hands resting her elbows on the table. "I'm totally too cool for you but I can hang around, catch up and all that shit." He rolled his eyes and leaned back in his chair. "Good cause LoLo heard you were in town and wants to see you." She smiled sitting up more. "I knew there was an anterior motivate to you asking me to chill." she said smoothly cracking her knuckles on the table. "I gotta call my primo though and see what was up about last night though. He like just dipped out." The brunette said getting up to get some coffee. "Nah, they didn't just dip prima. They were looking for you but you like up and vanished or something. They were real worried." Chaos said finally speaking up.
Alexi nodded and sipped on her coffee. "¿Que le pasó a tu cara?" ( What happened to your face?) The girl beside Fiasco asked. It was clear she couldn't help herself. Curiosity had won out instead of keeping her mouth shut. The girl beside Chaos shot her a look and shook her head as both men glared at her. If Alexi had to be honest staring between the two women at the table both of them looked oddly familiar but she didn't know from where. They could have been kids she hung out with when she was younger or just met at the party last night. Alexi offered a smile and shrugged her shoulders before running a hand through her long curly hair.
"Me metí en una pelea hace un par de días. Entonces este tipo me dio una bofetada la noche pasada porque yo no iría a casa con él." (i got into a fight a couple days ago. then this dude slapped the shit out of me last night cause i wouldn't go home with him.) The girl nodded leaning forward on her elbows. "¿Era el tipo con el que estábamos bailando?" (Was it the guy we were dancing with and did shot with?). The woman's question made Alexi realize why she looked so familiar. She danced with her and her friend a lot last night. Alexi nodded leaning against the counter. "Sí, el mismo tipo." (yeah same guy.) She sipped her coffee nodding as she accepted the curly haired woman's answer. "¿lo que le sucedió?" (What happened to him?) She asked washing out her now empty coffee mug and standing beside the large green eyed brunette. "No lo se." She responded before finishing her coffee and washing out her own mug. "Ha sido real, pero me voy a limpiar." (Its been real but i'm going to go get cleaned up.) The girl announced to the room as she left.
SAMTAZ
What are you doing here?" Happy asked as Juice sidled between him and Tig tapping on the bar getting the attention of the croweater behind it. He looked over at Happy giving him a weird look. "Jax told me to come with one of the prospects." The man answered and sipped his beer. Happy looked over to Tig who glanced at him then looked back to the croweater he had been eyeing up previously. "Thought you were staying behind with Lexi, since Jax was going to Rogue River." Happy replied fiddling with the label on his own beer. Juice shook his head. "She went to Oakland last night." He replied smirking at the girl who was half naked dancing on the stripper pole in the corner of the room.
Tig snorted and walked away throwing a look back at Happy. "Thought you knew." Juice offered shrugging his shoulders. Happy didn't know. Hadn't til Juice had told him. Tig had been right. She would always go back to Oakland. Happy scowled pulling out his phone and dialing his girls number. He thought about their conversation that morning and how it was weird that he thought he had heard someone talking in Spanish in the background but he wasn't absolutely sure if he had heard it or not. But now he knew he had. Sure he hadn't told her that she needed to stay but she should have called and let him know she was leaving. He waited for her to pick up and growled when the busy signal beeped. He shot her a text telling her to call him asap.
Chaos's House
Alexi ran her hands through her hair checking herself out in the mirror. Today was the first day in a long ass time that she would spend in Oakland all day and she wanted to look good for it. Not the hungover mess that she saw looking back at her. Happy hadn't packed a lot and what he had packed was just a weird assortment of clothes no actual outfits. Not that she seriously thought he would sit and plan outfits for her but at least pack some stuff that wasn't this. At least he packed something. Right? She thought to her self as she rummaged through her bag a second time. A knock came from outside the door pulling her out of her thoughts. she called out that she was decent and the door opened. Gomes stepped through with his eyes covered and a smile plastered on his face. Alexi rolled her eyes. this dork.
"I'm good stop being a fool." Alexi chastised crossing her arms over her chest. Gomes shook his head still covering his eyes and grinning.
"Your idea of good and mine are too different things. I'm still scarred from when you flashed me when we were ten." He said peeking at her. She was in a tank top and shorts. Seeing that he blew out and exaggerated sigh of relief and dropped his hands from his face. The curly haired brunette laughed remembering the time in question.
"I completely forgot about that. I'm pretty sure you just barged right on in my room earning you said flashing." The gorgeous woman said back to him laughing harder now. Gomes rolled his eyes and leaned on the dresser opposite her. She was using Chaos's room to get dressed in seeing as both bathrooms were needed by the rest of the hose to get ready in.
"Bullshit, but you think you're ready yet? Chaos and I are." Alexi smiled at her childhood friend and shook her head smiling.
"I don't have anything good to wear I would have been ready by now if I did." Gomes scratched his goatee and nodded before walking over to the closet and handing her a flannel shirt.
"Here." She took it from him and looked up at him arching an eyebrow in the process. "Got shit to do. Come on." He said over his shoulder before exiting the room and shutting the door behind him.
Alexi pulled her tank top off and replaced it with a push up bra before pulling the tank top back on. Thank god fro itty bitty titties. She thought before adjusting them in the bra. The Trager girl Pulled on the black tank top and the plaid shirt Gomes had handed to her out of Chaos's closet. The green eyed girl stepped out of her short and pulled on her favorite pair of ripped up skinny jeans. She buttoned up the shirt some and pulled her make up bag out of the over night bag. Happy knew better than to touch this. She had a make up bag in almost all of her bags just in case Happy pack her something. The girl did her make up quickly. At this point her years of perfecting her skills that a couple minutes is all it took her to get her make up looking on point. She decided on a dark muted red matte lipstick that would bring out the red in the borrowed flannel and the bandanna she planned on wearing. After spritzing herself with perfume and finishing spray, Alexi skipped down the stairs tying the red bandanna around her head as she entered the kitchen.
Chaos sat up in his chair hearing Alexi come down the steps. He looked down at the paper he was reading and back up again when she entered the kitchen. He started laughing and smacked Gomes nodding to wear Alexi stood fixing the bandanna that was tied around her head covering her forehead and her eyebrows. "Too much?" She asked looked down at her clothes and looking back up at her friends. Chaos grinned showing off his grill and shook his head. "Here I was worried you were going to stick out." He said standing an fixing his beanie. Gomes stood as well and shook his head. "Its like I'm looking at a female version of Luis." Gomes said inspecting Alexi's look. The girl smiled and shrugged looking over at Chaos who winked back at her.
They left the small house and headed to Gomes's bright yellow low rider. Alexi went to get in the back of the car when Chaos nudged her aside and got in before her leaving her to get in the passenger seat. The car started and loud rap played through the fancy sound system in the car. Gomes pulled away from the curb. The brunette settled back in her seat that was fixed to basically laid the whole way back. She sat up more and adjusted the seat so she could sit properly. Her phone went off for what felt like the hundredth time that early after noon and checked it. It was Happy. by the looks of the text he wasn't happy and demanded that she call him.
"That your old man?" Gomes asked looking over at her as he cruised through the streets of Oakland. Alexi arched an eyebrow at him and nodded.
"Sure is." She said reading through the other messages that he had sent to her that morning. Chaos leaned in between them and held out a joint smiling at them. Gomes took it and lit it inhaling it before passing it to Alexi. Did she want it? This wasn't exactly the thing she imagine herself doing. Rolling through Oakland with two of her childhood friends sharing a joint. She wasn't a kid anymore. But Alexi took the joint and hit it a time or two before passing it back to Chaos who grinned wildly at her.
"Look at you. Miss proper an shit rollin with some bangers and smoking a jay." He joked passing the joint back to Gomes. Alexi turned to him and rolled her eyes. "Don't even I'm just chillin with some old friends before I have to deal with my shit. Proper my ass tho my dads a biker dude." Chaos chuckled and leaned in more. "What would your old man say if he saw you, right now?" He asked raising his eyebrows. Alexi rolled her eyes more and clicked her tongue at him.
"He wouldn't like it. But I don't live for his approval, ya get me ese? I'm me. Trying to keep my nose clean an shit." She folded her leg under her giving Chaos her full attention. Her phone went off again. It was Happy. She'd have to call him now before he started really freaking out.
"Be quiet for a second." I said turning down the music and dialing Happy's phone number. "What the were you doing that you couldn't answer any my my fucking messages?" He growled out. His raspy voice hitting her like a punch in the stomach, she had missed his voice.
"I was getting ready and just forgot to be honest." I said as Gomes pulled up to the curb and got out of the car. Chaos followed and ruffled her hair. "Are you fucking kidding me, Alexi?" He growled she could see in her mind him rubbing his face with his hand and shaking his head. " "Hey don't be like that."The brunette said quietly smiling. "I called you didn't I?" Alexi asked still talking quietly even though she was the only one in the car
"Alexi." She sighed and rested her head against the window. "Don't be mad at me, Hap I was going to call you." She closed her eyes and waited for him to speak. "Why didn't you tell me you went to Oakland?" Her man asked after a minute or two of silence. "Didn't think anything of it." She answered honestly. He sighed. "I love you Hap she said smiling looking down at her nails. "I love you too, mamas." He said probably smirking.
"What are you doing now, anyways?" the brunette picked at the hole in her pants and shrugged unable to keep the grin off her face. "Hanging out with Chaos and Gomes. Going up to Gomes sisters place. LoLo was cool as shit raised Gomes and everything. Probably seem my mom later." She looked out the window seeing Gomes and Chaos talking to some guys she didn't know.
"How long are you going to stay in Oakland?" Happy asked she could hear him smoking. "When are you coming home?" He sighed "No lo se, mamas. maybe a few days." Alexi frowned and nodded. "I'll come when you do. Not much there for me with out you and dad." She said stretching. "Okay mamas stay out of fucking trouble." She rolled her eyes smiling.
"Yeah yea I know I miss you but I gotta run. So i'll talk to you later. Love you boo" She said before hanging up. The brunette got out of the car and walked over to where Chaos and Gomes were standing. Gomes looked over at her and smiled then went back to talking to couple of the guys in front of him. THe conversation didn't last much longer and Alexi walked back to the car with the guys.
LoLo's House
They made a couple more stops before stopping at Gomes's sisters house. Alexi was excited to see LoLo. She wondered how much she had changed over the years? Alexi followed behind Gomes trying not to skip or cartwheel. Gomes didn't even bother knocking he just walked into the small home. Alexi beamed seeing the small house. It was just as she had remembered the smells and the sounds brought her childhood crashing back to her and it her like a fucking tidal wave.
"Elián, ¿quién has traído a mi casa?" (Elian, who have you brought into my house?) LoLo's called through the house. Alexi followed Gomes through the house to the kitchen. "Traje a alguien para que te vea, LoLo." (Brought someone to see you LoLo.) Gomes said stepping to the side, letting his sister see who he brought into her house. Alexi beamed watching the woman turn around. "¿quien es ella? Usted la golpea para arriba o algo?" (Who is she? You knock her up or something?) LoLo asked after looking Alexi up and down. "Ya sabes, por lo mucho que te preocupaste de mí, cuando éramos niños, estoy un poco herido, no me recuerdas.." (You know, for as much as you took care of me, when we were kids, I'm a little hurt you don't remember me.) Alexi said tossing her hair over her shoulder and clicking her tongue. LoLo stared at her and then smiled brilliantly.
"Holy fuck, Lexi?! Holy shit! Look at you! You're fucking gorgeous! Elian have you seen her? My god! How are you ! sit tell me about yourself!" LoLo jumped at the girl pulling her into a tight hug rocking the girl side to side. "I shocked the Spanish out of her, Gomes." Alexi said laughing looking over her shoulder at the man who chuckled. "I need you to stay here while Chaos and I deal with some shit." LoLo Shooed her little brother away and pulled the girl her brother used to be in love with as kids to the table. "Are you single?" LoLo asked pushing a mug into the girls hands. Alexi smiled and shook her head. "I'm with someone." LoLo picked up the girls hand and inspected it. "I see no ring, there's still time. My brother is a fine man." LoLo said suggestively wiggling her eyebrows and smiling. Alexi laughed and shook her head. "I love Elian as a brother. He has a special place in my heart." LoLo inclined her head to the side slightly. She side eyed her but sipped her tea willing Alexi to tell her about her life and what she was up to now.
"So, this is him? Your man?" LoLo asked holding up Alexi's phone showing the green eyed girl a picture of her and Happy. "Yeah that's him." Alexi said smiling before turning back to tend to the rice on the stove. "What is he?" The older woman asked sipping her wine. It was dinner time now and they were expecting Gomes and Chaos back any minute now. "Straight up Mexican at least his mom was don't know about his dad. As far as he's concerned he's Mexican." Alexi said over her shoulder. LoLo stood beside her and stirred the meat and the vegetables. Alexi pulled the plates out and set the table. "So tell me whats going on with you?" LoLo smiled and rolled her eyes. "Not shit. Work over at Highland Hospital as a registered nurse. I like it, pays great and the people are nice." Alexi gave the woman a one armed hug.
"How are you and Oso?" The woman turned and stared at her dumbfounded. "Oh come on! Really, Lo? You guys used to be all over each other when Elian and I were young." LoLo shook her head and smiled smugly. "I don't kiss and tell." Alexi rolled her eyes and clicked her tongue. "That attitude hasn't gone anywhere I see." The older woman said laughing. Alexi tossed her hair off her shoulder and smiled rolling her eyes again. " Anyways, Oso and I are good." Alexi nodded her head in approval. "Good you deserve good things. Thank you by the way for being there for me when I was a kid." LoLo chuckled and kissed the younger womans cheek. "Someone had to keep an eye out for you. I blame you for Elian's thug life you tainted him from a young age." LoLo joked bumping her hip against Alexi's. The curly haired brunette threw her head back and laughed loudly. "I'll claim that." The women laughed together as Gomes and Chaos came in the kitchen with Oso.
They sat down to eat and Alexi couldn't help but think that this would have probably been her life if her mother hadn't sent her to live with her dad. "Oso, you remember little Lexi?" LoLo said bringing Alexi out of her thoughts. Oso choked on his drink coughing hard."Holy shit. He said looking the girl across from him over and shaking his head. She had been a tiny little tiny when she was younger a little slightly chubby trouble maker who made his girl pull her hair out at every turn. "What are you up to now?" He asked after stating the obvious that she had grown. "I'm an accountant of sorts." She said vaguely. Oso nodded and chewed his food carefully eyeing the young woman. "You know, we need some of that help down at the record store. Maybe I'll talk to some of the men if you need some work." Alexi sat up and eyed him shrewdly. "Let me know the details. Love to help if I can." Oso nodded and smiled.
After they were finished with dinner Gomes collected the plates and Alexi quickly washed and dried them before putting them away. "Lo, we're heading out going to head back to Luis's then stop to talk to Nero and Fiasco." He said moving to the front of the house. "Hold on" LoLo said moving to the stairs. "She can't go out like that. Can't believe you let her come to me like that to begin with, thought she was some new thug recruit you were making me deal with." LoLo started ranting as she went up the stairs. Alexi chuckled sticking her hands in her pockets. Thankful that LoLo didn't ask about her face. The green eyed girl walked around the living room stopping to look at a picture of Gomes and her on their first communion. She smiled touching the picture. There they were Gomes in a little tux holding a rosary in his hand smiling broadly. She was beside him in a pooffed out white dress taht had more tulle than any dress ever needed, a veil lace white that hung just below her shoulders and lace gloves with her arms wrapped around Gomes, smiling happily. Chaos was beside them his hands in his little suit frowning.
Alexi touched the picture smiling to herself. "Here's some clothes that don't fit me anymore. Go try this on you can't say no to me you owe me." LoLo said coming in the living room. Alexi shot a look to Chaos and Gomes who where in the doorway smiling at her. Lolo was still talking and dragging her up stairs to her and Oso's room. LoLo handed Alexi some purple thing. Alexi stepped into it and regretted it immediately as LoLo started clapping. "Luciana you are crazy I'm not wearing this." Alexi started taking it off but LoLo stopped her. "Just look at yourself before you do anything." LoLo said pushing the younger woman to look in the full length mirror. The dress had cutouts at the bust line, the back was cut out and so were the hips. It was tighter than form fitting and barely reached her knees. No she wasn't going to wear this.
"Lo, I can't wear this." Alexi complained looking back at her friends sister. "You can and you will." LoLo told her giving her a look that warned her she would get hurt if she protested any more. "Hey We will be back have to clear some business up." Gomes said through the door. LoLo clapped her hands an told him it was cool they would see them in a little bit. Alexi groaned but was glad Neither Chaos or Gomes had seen her. "Okay, so Nero and Fiasco are probably at the club. Go shower and I'll help you get ready." LoLo demanded leaving no room for discussion. Alexi stepped out of the dress and walked over to where the now major pain in her ass had pointed. Alexi turned the water on and stepped in.
"We've got to go now Lo." Gomes shouted up the stairs very annoyed at being made to wait. LoLo hurried down the stairs beaming holding her hands over her heart. "I always dreamed of this. You guys going to school dances and helping her get ready." LoLo cooed to her baby brother who rolled his eyes and folded his arms over his chest. "Where is she?" He growled looking at his watch then back to his sister. They all had been waiting for five minutes and Alexi still hadn't come down the stairs.
"I'm here, can we go now?" Alexi asked tugging the dress down that had risen up for the forty-sixth time since she had put it on. LoLo clapped excitedly seeing Alexi all put together. The older woman had straightened the girls hair out. It now reached her hips. She had teased it a bit and pulled it back from her face. It was teased just slightly. LoLo did her make up too so now there were no bruises or cuts. "If your done gawking I would like to get this over with." Alexi grumbled rolling her eyes and popping her hip out. Gomes laughed at her in her club getup.
"You look ridiculous"! He chuckled. It was such a foreign look that it was funny. "Can I please get a picture?" LoLo begged her hands clasped together in front of her. The trio looked at her like she was fucking nuts but knew they wouldn't be going anywhere until she got her way. So, Alexi stepped in between Chaos and Gomes who by the way was still laughing his head off at Alexi. LoLo instructed the girl to put on her shoes which Alexi did jsut to move the whole ordeal along. Once in her shoes and forcibly smiling LoLo took a couple pictures with everyones phone and her own outdated digital camera. She handed a bag of her old clothes to Gomes telling him to give it to Alexi since they were all Alexi's size.
"She's ridiculous and threatened to burn me with the straightener." Alexi said scooting into the back of Gomes's low rider. Gomes looked back at her and laughed shaking his head. Alexi shook her head and huffed as they pulled away from the curb when Chaos got in. Five minutes later they pulled up to the club and got out. She looked at the big building and grimaced but felt a little bit of excitement. She always wanted to go in that building when she was a kid. She gto close one time but LoLo had been on the hunt for her and grabbed her before she could get in.
The Club
Alexi followed Gomes through the door and the crowd dodging random hands that tried to grab her to dance. The trio reached the "VIP" area and Alexi smiled at the rest of the Byz Lats who were lounging around. "You clean up pretty nice." Fiasco snickered at her. She rolled her eyes. "Thanks I guess."She said with a half smile. She wasn't there five minutes and already knew this wasn't her scene. "And whose this?" A voice brought her out of her thoughts and she looked up at the older man. "Alexi." She said stepping forward and offering her hand to the man. "Nero." He said giving her a warm smile and shook her offered hand. "You're Che's step daughter, right?" Nero asked looking down at her. She nodded. "Yeah that would be me." The man studied her for a moment and sat down still looking at her. "Never seen you around." He said and she shrugged. "Live with my dad in Charming." He nodded and turned his attention to fiasco muttering something that only Fiasco could hear. Alexi turned to look over at Gomes who was chatting some pretty tiny thing up.
Alexi stood by the bar waiting for the bar tender to come her way so she could order a damn drink. Someone slapped her ass making Alexi spin jerking her fist back to beat the shit out of the asshole. She stopped when she saw it was Noa smirking at her. "I almost beat the shit out of you." Alexi stated lowering her fist. The girl chuckled and stood beside the green eyed girl. "So what are you doing here? You're man here?" Noa asked looking around her for Happy. Alexi leaned against the bar relaxing more.
"Here with some friends. Hap's not here." Noa nodded and tapped her fingers on the bar. "I've been looking for you." Chaos said in her ear. Noa eyed the man beside Alexi carefully. "I came over to get a drink and ran into my sister in law." Alexi said looking up at the man. "You need to stay close."was his response making the gorgeous girl scoff and turn away. She leaned closer to Noa who had somehow got a drink before she did. "I've been over here for like ten minutes, how the fuck did you get a drink before me?" Noa giggled and nodded to the bar tender. "That's my brother." Alexi scowled leaning over the bar to get a good look at Noa's brother. Alexi unrolled the hem of the dress and shimmied the skirt down more.
"You want to dance?" Noa asked looking over the crowd and back to Alexi who nodded and shouted at Noa's brother. She got her drink soon after and followed Noa through the crowd. She introduced her to the group she came with, Alexi beamed at her brother who gave her a once over and smirked. "That is so not you, Lex." He said chuckling. She rolled her eyes and smiled. "LoLo dressed me." He nodded and hugged her. She let Noa pull her to the middle of the floor and they started dancing Laughing at each other.
Noa was behind her trying to hold the dress up that was now gaping open because god forbid she dance when she had two sided sticky tape on her. LoLo had promised that it would keep the dress from gaping open and exposing her to all of Oakland. But nowthe adhesive had worn away and she was almost exposing herself to the world. So now they were walking to the bathroom with Santiago laughing hysterically following behind them. He cleared out the men's bathroom because that would be the easiest one to get into and guarded the door while his girls fixed this major malfunction.
Alexi pulled the tape off of her and fixed the dress. "Tell me, Honestly, how bad is it?" Alexi said looking at Noa through the mirror. Her sister in law stepped back and looked at her for a bit before speaking. "Honestly?" Noa looked in the mirror to meet Alexi's eyes. The bright greened eyed brunette nodded earnestly. "I think it looks better." Alexi tilted her head to the side and pursed her lips. "Want a second opinion?" Alexi smiled and shook her head. "I trust you." Noa smiled and nodded. "I got you, boo." Noa said sweetly winking at her. Alexi chuckled. "The dress shows off your ink more now. What does it say?" Noa asked pointing to Alexi's exposed side. She smiled at her sister in law. "For those I love I will sacrifice." Noa smiled and touched the ink. "I like that. Its so pretty." Alexi nodded smiling more "Thank you." The brunette said following the smaller woman who got out her phone and posed in front of the mirror. Alexi popped her hip out smiled. Noa took the picture and probably posted it somewhere. She didn't know. The pair left the bathroom.
SAMTAZ
Happy looked over Juice's shoulder and felt his eyes almost bug out of his head. "What the fuck? Why do you fucking have a picture of Alexi on your fucking phone?" He growled snatching the device out of his brothers hand and shoving the younger man. "I don't have it. Someone posted it." Happy stared at him like he was speaking another language. "What the fuck did you say?" He was on fucking edge now. Why was he looking at his girl? "It was taken of her and someone tagged her in it." Juice said shoving the taller man and taking his phone back. Happy shook his head still not understanding what his brother was saying. "Why is it on your phone and why are you eyeing her?" Juice rolled his eyes and thought of a way to explain it to the neanderthal in front of him.
"She's out at some club with her sister or something. Noa or whatever, she put it up on the internet." Happy looked at the phone somewhat understanding now. "She don't go to clubs." Happy stated. Juice rolled his eyes. "Well she did tonight. Here, look." Juice showed him picture after picture of his girl with different people and different captions to go with each picture. She was in the same dress every time so it was from tonight. "She looks good." Happy stated looking over the picture. The younger man made a noncommittal noise. He was going to comment knowing either way he'd be fucked for doing so. The younger man scrolled through the pictures posted of Alexi and started laughing; he showed happy a picture that was dated to the day before.
It was a grey and white photo of Alexi wearing a mens plaid shirt buttoned at the collar over a black tank top and ripped up skinny jeans. She was With Gomes and Chaos, they were on either side of her. Gomes and Chaos were showing off their grills. They were standing together scowling and throwing gang signs. the caption read "Thug life." Happy shook his head almost smiling. "She fits right in doesn't she?" Juice asked chuckling. Happy took the phone and looked through some more of his girls pictures. He hadn't seen any of them. Most were of her and friends very little were of just her. "She does.' He muttered eyes flicking over each picture.
"I keep track by the way of her social media, when we're gone so I know what's up. It's easier than hacking her phone and finding out where she is." Juice added. In a tone that said fuck you asshole. Happy looked over at him and narrowed his eyes at the younger man. "Thanks.." He growled not liking the younger mans attitude.
The Club
Alexi smiled as she posed with her brother and Noa for a picture. She looked down at her glass frowning slightly seeing that it was empty. She walked over to the bar and waved at the bar tender. "So you're Noa's brother." The gorgeous green eyed brunette said as the man came over. He smiled and nodded. "She's dating my brother." Alexi offered realizing that the man more than likely didn't know who she was or how she knew his sister. This piece of information made the man smile more. "Ahh okay. I'm Samuel." The man said loudly as the music turned up more. Alexi smiled leaning over the bar more. "Alexi." She said Offering her hand. Recognition flew across the mans face and he nodded earnestly. "You protected her when she was inside." He said refilling her drink with her asking. Alexi shrugged the comment off. "No really, she said that you really looked out for her. Thank you for that." Alexi just smiled not knowing what to say to that. She just did what she thought was right. He smiled at her and winked before leaving to deal with some other patrons on the far end of the bar.
"You make friends everywhere you go." Chaos said beside her leaning against the bar. The brunette sipped her drink and grinned. "Hey, I'm really likable." she playfully defended. Chaos chuckled and shook his head. "I remember when you used to fight anyone that would look at you." He laughed remembering one of teh many times that made his statement true. Alexi clicked her tongue at him and rolled her eyes. "I recall having to save your butt more than once, mano." she said grinning up at the banger. He playfully scowled. 'Only cause you started shit." He countered elbowing her. Alexi rolled her eyes more laughing harder. "I'm pretty sure you started a fair few of your own." She said He rolled his eyes and shook his head. "You're ridiculous." Alexi bit her lip and smiled. She set her empty drink down on the bar and shrugged her shoulders.
Noa came over with Santiago and Tonio. Her youngest brother picked her up and spun her around. "You've been in Oakland allthis time and haven't even hit me up." He teased and frowned looking down at her. Alexi frowned as Tonio set her down, she leaned into his side. "I've been caught up. Sorry, I was planning to go to Ma,s tomorrow though." She added looking over to him. He smiled at this tid bit of information. she saw Chaos standing awkwardly by the edge of the group and walked over to him. "Wanna smoke with me?" She could tell he was fighting not staring at her. She had caught him a couple times just looking over to her; checking her out. He nodded as she linked her arm through his and they walked out back to the smoking area. He lit her cigarette then his own.
"Having fun?" Chaos asked nudging her with his elbow. She grinned. It was more fun than she anticipated but she equated that to Noa being there. "Its different. You come here a lot?" She asked turning to him, she blew her smoke up so it wouldn't go in his face. "Yeah I do." Alexi nodded. "What do you do on the weekeds?" He asked looking over to her. She was lost in thought and had a slight smile. "nothing much really spend time with Happy mostly. Just hang out." "He doesnt take you out?" she frowned a little. "Doesn't really get time to." He didn't like that a girl like her shold be out althe time being showed off. Thats what he would do if he had a girl like her. Thats not right nina." Alexi looked over at him. and shifted her weight from foot to foot. "We're home bodies, Luis. He works a lot for us and lately there's so much that's been going on he doesn't have time to do much." She could tell he didn't like her answer but whatever, she was happy with her dude.
"Why do you always roll up beat the fuck up?" The question took her by surprise. "Shits been going down in Charming." He's supposed to protect you." He does. Does he? you have a fucking stab wound in your fucking thigh." Somethings happen. Was it him? No it wasn't fucking him. you think I would be with someone like that? I think your blind to shit." Whatever you think what you fucking want." She grumbled walking over to trash can and stubbed out her cigarette. "You deserve better not to be sitting at home waiting to get beat the fuck up." You don't even know what you're fucking talking about." She growled whirling aroudn and glaring at him. "I know what I fucking see and he's never fucking around." Get the fuck out of my fucking face." Chaos stepped closer so they were now nose to nose. "You want to fucking go?" Alexi asked angrily gritting her teeth. "Whatever." He said walking away. "Yeah whatever." She said walking in the opposite direction. "This is fucking bullshit." She mumbled weaving through the crowd. '
"Hey bonita." Someone grabbed her hand and she swung punching them. She kept going til she was out front and leaning against the wall. She pulled out another cigarette and lit it. She watched people coming in and out of the club and the cars go by still fuming. The brunette started smoking another cigarette ignoring the stares she was getting from the girls. "Alexi." The girl rolled her eyes and threw out her cigarette. "Fuck this." She muttered and walked inside. Scowling as she did so. "Alexi." Chaos called after her. She rolled her eyes and weaved through the crowd tot he bar. "You look like you could use a drink." Samuel joked. "How about ten? Tequila and please leave the bottle." Alexi grumbled. at Noa's brother. He frowned and leaned towards her. "What's wrong, chica?" He asked concerned. "Stupid shit." She mumbled taking the bottle from him and downing a good portion of it. "ALexi.
"She rolled her eyes at Samuel as Chaos approached. "What now?" She muttered pouring some tequila tequila into a glass. "To talk." She sipped the tequila and sat on a stool. "Talk." Chaos groaned "Come on." He said tugging on her arm. She looked to Samuel rolling here eyes. She paid for the bottle and gave him a nice tip before walking off with Chaos and her bottle. 'You deserve..." She cut him off and laughed. "Please stop alright? you can have your opinion I came here to have fun not argue with you." The man stared at her then nodded.
Alexi was joking with Nero and his Byz Lats when the song changed. Her head perked up as did the rest of the men around her. "Go home with your brother." Chaos said standing up and pulling her to her feet. She frowned at him. "Just go. The song changed because our boys down the street sent word that the niners are about to roll up that lets us know whats going to happen. Go home." She nodded understanding now. He didn't have to tell her shit but he did. His way of telling her they were cool. She hugged him and kissed his cheek. Gomes hugged her and pushed her away. The girl found her brothers after some time. "We're heading out." She nodded. "Can I bum a ride? Mine has to take care of some shit." Tonio and Santiago squinted at her. She nodded behind her to the Byz Lats. "Come on, pequeño." (Little one.) Tonio said wrapping an arm around her and guiding her out of the club. Chaos followed and called after them. "Here, LoLo wanted you to have this. I'll drop your stuff off at your ma, tomorrow." He said jogging across the street. Alexi climbed on her brothers bike trying to cover her ass as the skirt rode up on her. She leaned against her brother as they took the short ride to where ever they were going.
Alvarez House
Five minutes later they had parked in front of their parents house. Alexi grabbed the bag of clothes out of her brothers saddle bag and got off the bike. She adjusted her dress and followed her siblings up the walk. Santiago walked in without knocking and was greeted with laughter and hellos from small children.
Alexi sat on the floor with Nicholas in her lap she had changed into some sweat pants and a tee shirt of her step fathers. Nick was only three and the cutest, chubby, little thing she had ever laid eyes on. "Porque, no?" She asked holding the book she was reading to the little one above him so he wouldn't tear it out of her hands. He babbled angrily at her and she laughed which made him madder. "Está bien, está bien, lo puedes tener, pequeña." (Okay, Okay. You can have it little one.) She laughed giving him the book. The little one settled in her lap once more and started jabbing at the pictures. She read to him quietly trying to settle him down.
When they had got to her parents house, They had been greeted by their nieces and nephews. Che had agreed to watch the four children so his kids could a have a night out to themselves. Maria was helping to but he didn't want her to get over tired so she mainly just watched. Alexi had told them she would watch the kids so her mom could get a bath and Che could decompress. Apparently the children had been a little more than a handful for the older man that night.
Soon Nick had fallen asleep, his head lulled to one side, resting against Alexi's shoulder and was now drooling. It grossed her out but she'd rather him quiet and drooling than screaming in her face which is what he had been doing an hour before. The curly haired brunette carried her little nephew to her brothers old room and laid him down in the toddler bed that was assigned to him. After tucking him in she shut the door and went to tackle the othr three little monsters that were running a muck.
"niños bien, es hora de la película!" (Okay, kids. It's movie time.) She announced to the three other children. They cheered and started running at her telling her what movie they wanted to watch. She rolled her eyes at the demanding little things. The twins (Sofia and Isabella or Bella) Were yelling at her that it was their turn to pick what movie to watch. "oh no no no He oído que le dio un mal momento a esta noche." (Oh no no no I head you gave grandpa a hard time tonight.) The girls squawked and started chattering away at her. "¿No? Entonces dime por qué entonces él me llamó para respaldo?" (No? Then tell me why he called me for back up?) She asked her hands on her hips. "He would never!" Bella announced mimicking her pose. "Why is he hiding then, nina?" Alexi asked tilting her head in question. "Because he's old!" Sofia said stomping her little foot. Alexi laughed and nodded. "He is old ninas. So lets be good yeah? I'm picking the movie, okay?" The girls looked at each other having a silent conversation telepathically or something before deciding that, that was okay with them.
Alexi picked up Zander and before putting the movie in. It was her favorite as a kid and she knew the kids would like it. Alexi got blankets and pillows from the hall closet and laid them out on the floor for the twins. The girls laid down as the movie started. "What is it?" Bella asked rolling on her side to look at the curly haired brunette to ask her question. "Mulan, ever heard of it?" Alexi asked settling Zander in her lap. The girls shook their heads and turned back to the tv. Alexi laughed with the kids at the movie as her mother and step father came into the room. Her mother motioned to her that she would hold Zander but Alexi shook her held holding him tighter to her. Zander sighed and laid his head back on her shoulder. The girls and zander were soon asleep snoring quietly. Che helped put the kids to bed muttering that he was too old for this shit. Alexi chuckled quietly at his comment as she shut the door to the girls room. Zander had been put down in the boys room.
"You're good with them." Che said settling down beside Maria with a groan. Alexi shrugged. "I told the twins you called me for back up because they were bad an you were hiding from them." Che laughed smiling broadly at his step daughter. "What did they say to that?" His eyes twinkled trying to think what his granddaughters response. Alexi grinned. "Bella told me you would never call for back up and Sofia said you were hiding because you were old." Che and Maria laughed and shook their heads at their granddaughters comments. "Do you think about kids?" Maria asked taking her daughters hand in her own. "Haven't really, no." She said honestly. And she didn't with everything that had been going on in charming she was just trying to go day to day. "Do you want them?" "Can't say for sure or not if I do." Maria sighed and nodded. "Ma, you know Soli is and Mara and Carlito are trying, right?" Maria nodded but still looked sad.
"I want lots of grand babies, Alexi." This made the girl grin. "Four isn't enough?" She asked laughing at Che's face. He flared his nostrils and grimaced. "Ma, you have seven kids not including me. How many grand kids do you want? I mean Tonio and the trio aren't enough?" Che laughed and looked over at Maria who had crossed her arms over her chest and squinted at her youngest. "I want a big family Lexi." The woman said sticking her nose in the air. "Mama, you have a big family. Do you want an empire?" Maria cracked a smile and rolled her eyes at her daughter. "So what if I do?" Alexi looked over at her step father smirking. "Taking care of the Mc isn't enough? They all consider you their madre." Maria smiled more. "Sides, word on the street is two of the twins set a date for their wedding so you should be getting more grand babies soon." Maria nodded with excitement. "Oh I know nina, I can't wait I hope its soon. I hate that they aren't telling anyone yet." Alexi nodded. "I bet you that was Joaquin's doing. You know Mariana can't keep anything to herself. Her mother laughed and patted her knee, "Its so true, nina."
The next morning Alexi got up early to start breakfast for the kids. She wanted to help her mother and Che out. They had to be tired after last night, had to be. Shit she was,but she also danced and drank before wrangling the little monsters. So here Alexi was on a Sunday making Huevos Rancheros, Sweet Potato Chorizo Hash With Eggs And Avocado Crema, Chilaquiles and some other normal breakfast food. There was a knock on the front door; Alexi turned off the stove and went to answer the door. She was surprised to see Chaos standing awkwardly in a button down shirt not unlike the one he wore last night to the club. "Ey, 'mano." She greeted leaning on the door jam. He looked a little shocked but recovered quickly and nodded. "ey 'mana." He said looking away from her. "Can we talk?" She nodded holding the door open for him and waited for him to enter. When he did she walked back to the kitchen and turned the stove back on to begin cooking.
After a couple minutes she looked over her shoulder to see if Chaos was still there and didn't leave. "You okay, 'mano?" She asked looking him up and down. "Its just weird I guess." He said taking off his beanie and scratching his head. "What's weird, Luis?" She asked fixing the skillet. "You." She snorted and shook her head. The girl grabbed a plate and put eggs on it, then handed him the plate. "Eat." She said tilting her head. She thought she heard the little ones get up.
She finished the food she was making and set it on the table that she had set before she started cooking. Alexi walked back to the kids rooms and cracked the door, peeking in to see if the boys were up. They were and greeted her with huge smiles. "Tia!" Zander said jumping out of bed and running to her. She ruffled his hair as Nick jumped out of bed and ran to her. As the young woman bent to pick up Nick, Zander took the opportunity to climb up her back and wrap his legs around her. She laughed loudly, adjusting the boys before walking back to the kitchen.
"¿quién es ese?" (who's that?) Zander asked pointing to Chaos's back as the came into the kitchen. "Mi amigo Chaos." (my friend Chaos.) Alexi replied looking over at Chaos. "Chaos?" The boy asked as Alexi set him down in a chair. Nick babbled waving his hands in the air and pointed to her friend. Chaos looked over at the little boy who was eyeing him carefully. He smiled and the boys eyes grew wide. "Tia!" The boy said loudly making Alexi turn from the stove. "Porque?" (What) "His teeth Tia!" Alexi stood beside Zander and looked over at the man sitting beside him.
"What about them, pequeño?" She had already put Nick in his booster seat and was giving Zander some food. "Look at them!" Zander said pointing to Chaos. She walked over to Chaos and he bared his teeth for her. She tapped a long finger nail against them and looked over at her nephew. "Again, what about them?" Zander stood in his chair and looked Chaos in the eye then back up to his aunt. "You have nothing to be afraid of, Nick. Chaos is cool." Alexi said going back over to her nephew and running her hands through his hair. He looked up to her unsure that he believed her or not.
Just then his sisters ran into the kitchen giggling. They stopped at the sight of Chaos and gasped. "Ninas take a seat." Alexi said setting some more food on the table. She cut up some food for Nick then sat beside Chaos to feed her youngest nephew. "I should go." He said getting up. She looked over her shoulder and shook her head. "No. Lets talk. Give me a minute okay? I'll finish up and change. okay?" He sighed "Okay." Her child hood best friend walked outside. Che came out as the screen door shut in a white wife beater and grey sweats.
"Who did I hear in hear just now?" He asked pouring some coffee and looking over at his step daughter. "A friend stopped by, wanted to talk. I gave him some breakfast but the kids woke up before we could chat. You think you could watch them for a bit while we talk? Will probably go out somewhere so I might lave and come back?" Alexi asked pouring Chaos and herself a cup of coffee. Che nodded. "no problema. Thank you for cooking and watching them." Alexi waved him off and surprised them both by kissing his cheek. "No problem abuelo." Alexi said grinning. Her step dad laughed and shook his head. She put her hair up in a bun and walked to the guest room. She looked through the bag of clothes quickly and army green tee shirt and white shorts. She put them on quickly and left the house with the mugs of coffee. She looked around for Chaos and found him by his car.
"So what's up?" Alexi asked handing him the mug of coffee. "I'm sorry about last night." Chaos said sipping the coffee. Alexi raised an eyebrow at him in a question. "It fucks with me, you being here. Its like I'm dreaming." The brunette held her coffee to her and thought about what he had said. "Do you not want me to come around?" She asked carefully looking over the mug of coffee at him. "Nah nothing like that 'mana. Its weird. Its like you're back and were kids again." The curly haired brunette nodded. "It is weird. I guess who we just fell back into the same thing." She said leaning against his car. "I got this crazy need to protect you, Lex. Seeing you with a smashed up face doesn't help that. Doesn't make me think that your old man is doing his job." The girl beside him sighed and nodded slowly understanding what he was saying and accepting it.
An SUV pulled up in front of Chaos's car. Chaos stood and blocked Alexi from view grabbing his gun from the back of his pants. She peered around him and saw Michael and Michele get out and look over at them. "Relax, that's my brother Michael and his wife Michele. They're picking up their kids. Put your gun away." Alexi said calmly taking the gun out of his hand. He looked over at her and she nodded then kissed his cheek. She elbowed him to get him to relax. "Shit here isn't good, 'mana." He said his voice was still on edge.
Alexi rolled her eyes. "'Mano, we're good. You want to go to the back yard and talk? It would be safer." Chaos thought about it for a second then nodded. He followed her through the side gate and to the back yard. They sat at a picnic table in the back corner of the yard so no one could hear them. "You got a girl 'mano?" She asked sipping what was left of her coffee. He shook his head. "Nah." Alexi tucked a leg under her and leaned forward smiling. "You remember when I got suspended from school like right before mom took me away?" Chaos inclined his head thinking about it. "Yeah why?" Alexi fished out a pack of cigarettes lighting one and pushing the pack to Chaos.
"Well," She drew out the word as she inhaled. "You were a reason behind why I got suspended." she said as she blew out the smoke from the cigarette. Chaos shook leaned on his elbows. "What do you mean?" He asked tapping the ash of his cigarette. "Lucy Tills kept talking about you in gym class. Had been for like weeks, 'mano. Just on and on about some dumb shit. I told her a couple time to keep her mouth shut but she wouldn't. So I beat the shit out of her." Alexi tilted her head to the side and blew the smoke upwards so it wouldn't go in his face. "¿En serio?" (Are you serious?) Alexi, they sent you away for that." The girl shrugged. "She was going to hurt you." Chaos stared at her dumbfounded. "She was going to play you and I couldn't sit by idly and let it happen." The green eyed girl stared at him for a couple seconds and then looked away as her nieces and nephews came running towards them.
Alexi stood and hugged the children. "Mis amores!" She exclaimed sitting with them as they told them about their morning. "Give me one second okay?" She said standing up and looking over at Chaos. "You did that for me? But you knew it would be your third were going to kick you out." Alexi shrugged and smiled down at him as Zander jumped up on Alexi. "I got you boo." She winked at the man and laughed as Zander crawled over her. Chaos's cellphone rang and he turned away from her. Alexi turned to the twins who were jumping up and down excitedly. "Can you help us get ready? Mamma said you know how to braid hair! can you braid my hair?" Bella asked her eyes wide with excitement. "Of course. Lets go get dressed. yeah?" Alexi looked over her shoulder to Chaos who was heading her way as the twins pulled her towards the house. "I gotta go. Talk to you later 'mana." He kissed the side of her head and took the gun from her waist band and tucked it into his pants. "cuidate." (Be safe.) Alexi said watching him leave.
Alexi helped the girls get showered and dressed then sat down with them on the front porch to do their hair. The girls wanted to listen to music so Alexi let them choose what they were listening to. "You're so good with them." Michele said sitting beside her as she was combing through Bella's hair. "They're good kids. Nick is cool as heck though." Alexi smiled over at her sister in law. Bella showed her aunt a picture of a girl with her a french braid upthe back of her head and led to a ponytail. "That wont be too hard?" Michele asked watching as her daughter flipped her head over in front of Alexi so she could start braiding. "Oh not at all. I could teach you if you wanted." Alexi offered pausing to see if Michele would take her up on her offer. "I don't want to mess it up." She said shaking her head. Alexi shrugged and started braiding Bella's hair. "Its hair, can always redo it if you mess up. But some other time then?" Michele nodded and watched in fascination as Alexi finished the braid into a ponytail. She wrapped had Michele hold the braided part of her daughters hair and watched as Alexi started to braid the front. She finished quickly and out the girls hair into a pony tail.
"There ya go, nina." Alexi held up a mirror as did Michele so Bella could see her hair. "I love it!" Bella squealed clapping her hands and hugging her Aunt as hard as she could. "I'm glad you do." Bella ran inside squealing to whoever would listen about her hair. Sofia sat down in front of her and Alexi started combing through her hair to get the knots out. "I want my hair to look like Bella's but with a different braid." Sofia said titling her head back so she could look up at her aunt. Alexi nodded and smiled. "I got you boo." She said and started to fish tail braid up the back of her nieces head. Again. Alexi had Michele hold the finished part as she started on the front of the kids head. She finished and pulled the girls hair into a ponytail. "Okay, Sof, take a look." The little girl beamed at her reflection and hugged her aunt. "Thank you so much Tia!" She said dancing around the porch. Alexi beamed. "Nothing to it, nina. I'm glad you like it." The little girl nodded and ran inside to show off her hair.
"You're really good with them." Michele stated shaking her head as the girls danced around their father. "Alexi smiled. "Their fun because I can give them back. Not used to me yet. Just wait til they are and we're all pulling our hair out." Michele chuckled and smiled. "Its good to have you around. Mike likes it. Hears about it from everyone." Michele said looking over at her sister in law. "Its nice to be back. I love my dad and his club but its not the same." Michele nodded and leaned against the door as another SUV pulled up, behind Mike and Michele's and parked. Lucas and Carla got out yelling at each other. Alexi frowned and turned away. "She's having a hard time adjusting to him being out." Michele muttered seeing Alexi's discomfort. "I bet its hard too. Didn't she just find out she was pregnant when he went away?" Alexi asked indulging in some of the family's gossip that she had heard from Xiomara.
"Something like that." Michele said watching the couple get into each others faces. Alexi stepped forward watching the fight. Zander bolted out the screen door followed by the twins. Alexi picked him up and he clung to her as the twins smiled up sweetly at their aunt. "You two leave him be. You hear me?" Alexi said frowning. The twins looked at each other then back to Alexi. "Don't know what you're talking about Tia." Bella said with her hands behind her back swaying side to side. "I heard him ask you both to stop a couple different times. Go see if Abuelo needs help with lunch." She said sternly but her eyes were not unkind. She had no tolerance for bullying and that's what the girls were doing. "Mama!" The twins whine looking back at their mother who glared at them. "You heard your Tia. Now apologize to your primo." Michele said nodding to Zander. The girls mumbled their apologies and went inside. "You okay amor?" Alexi asked her nephew. He nodded resting his head on her shoulder.
"What's going on, 'mana?" Lucas asked coming up on the porch. Alexi thought he was talking to Michele so she looked over to the house across the street. "Lexi." She looked over to her brother in surprise. "What?" She asked adjusting Zander. "I asked what's going on." Lucas asked looking over his sister who was holding his son. "I didn't think you were talking to me, sorry. Not much just spoiling your boy with some cuddles." She said holding Zander tighter to her. "Okay." Lucas said looking over to Michele who smiled at him. "You okay?" Alexi asked switching Zander to her other side. Lucas shrugged and rubbed his hand over his face. "I've been better. Things could be better." He admitted Alexi frowned and touched his shoulder. "I'm here if you need to talk, Luc." THer brother smiled. "I appreciate it, 'mana. Might take you up on it later." Alexi nodded and kissed her nephews head. "Look forward to it." He smiled and leaned on the banister. "What brings you by, anyways?" The girl shrugged. "Just hanging out til, Hap gets back from a run." Alexi said turning to the door.
"I'm going to put him down for a nap." Michele and Lucas nodded and followed the girl inside the house. "He never naps for us." Lucas muttered to Michele who nodded. "Lucas, She is amazing with the kids. Seriously, she handles them so well. Che told mike and I they were down by like ten. She wasn't even in the house a half an hour and they were all out. Even Nick!" Lucas raised his eyebrows at his sister in law in surprise. "What?" Michele nodded eagerly. "Yeah! didn't even fight her about it, either." Lucas watched his sister put his son down. "I'm thinking about asking her to watch the kids full time." Michele muttered "That's a great idea. Maybe she'll watch Zander too? I'm going to need some help with him." Lucas admitted looking away from his sister in law. "Awh Luc, no really?" He sighed and nodded. "She's been fucking around has been I guess. She went to pack her shit up." Michele hugged him and rubbed his back.
"I'm so sorry Lucas. Fuck her she never fit in anyways." He sighed and nodded. "Don't let Alexi hear about it." Lucas smirked at his sister in law who was smirking back at him. They both knew Alexi would tare Carla apart if she found out. "What are you two smirking about?" Alexi asked after she closed the door to the boys room. "What do you say about watching the kids full time?" Michele asked crossing her arms over her chest. Alexi looked at her like she was mad then looked at her brother.
"You're loca both of you are. I haven't even been around them that much and you want me to watch them?" Alexi asked leaning against the wall so she could look at both of them. "Not nuts. It would be a big help and you would get to know them more." Michele said smiling at the younger woman. "How do you know I don't have some crazy crack addiction or something?"Alexi asked. Michele didn't know her too well and neither did Lucas he might be her brother but she hadn't been around them in years. "Do you?" Lucas asked eyeing her. "Of course not. but"
"But nothing." Michele cut her off firmly. "But everything I don't feel comfortable just showing up and watching them all day you don't know me that well." Michele inclined her head and then called Michael over. Alexi turned to her brother, Lucas and narrowed her eyes at him. "You're good with Zan." He offered shrugging his shoulders. "Based off of what observation? The five minutes you saw me holding him? You guys are nuts." Alexi said pushing off the wall and headed to the kitchen.
"Okay, so Mike, Lucas, and I chatted and how about you come over for dinner and we'll do a test run at our houses. If it works out then will you do it?" Michele asked Alexi after corning her in the backyard while Alexi was smoking. "I'm comfortable with that." Alexi said nodding this made Michele beam and clap her hands together. "This will be great. Just you wait." She said nodding to her statement. Alexi shook her head. "I still think your loca." Alexi said stubbing out her cigarette. "Just wait til you have three kids and no reliable babysitter and can't go out when you want." Michele laughed shaking her head. Alexi grinned and stuck her hands in her back pockets.