Weelll here's another one for ya guys. There is appearences of the Davies. And don't worry, I promise spashley fluff in the next one. Anyways, there's only two more after this one. Sad to see it end.

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Apologies, Explanations, and Return Trips

The next day

Alex's POV

I take a deep breath before getting out of my car and knock on the door. The door opens to reveal a not so friendly looking Luce behind it. I groan inwardly, this is not going to be good.

"Oh hey Coop…fancy meeting you here. Up for another Fuck n' Run I suppose." She says bitterly, narrowing her eyes at me. "That was low Coop. Really low. She's my fucking sister, dude."

I shake my head, "That's not even how it happened, Luce."

"Yeah, well I have to fill in the blanks because Carmen won't talk to me. She's been upstairs the whole time or she's been eating silently. She's my sister Coop." Lucy's temper is flaring. I know she's very protective, but usually I'm on the other side of this. She pushes me back and I try to keep my cool and stand my ground.

"Let me talk to her, Luce. I'm here to apologize, not to cause trouble. So please." I plead to her. Her eyes soften a bit, considering it. "Luce, you know me, you know I wouldn't-"

"I don't know if I do, Al. You were so different the other night. You were this cocky little bitch around my sister and I didn't like it. It wasn't the Coop I know, the Coop who helped me." She glares.

I scoff, I'm tired of people telling me I've changed. "Luce, just let me in."

She shakes her head, "I can't have my sister hurt again. I can't believe I thought I'd set you two up."

Alright, now I'm just getting sick of being accused, "Fucking let me in Luce or-"

"Or what? Big bad Coop is gonna hurt me? You really have changed." She scoffs. "." She punctuates every word with a push. Pushing me down her driveway.

"I'm warning you, Luce…" I growl out. My temper is rising and I don't know if I'll be able to control myself.

"What Coop? Come on, hit me." She pushes me hard and I sprawl back onto the grass on my back. Fuck that hurt. I definitely scratched up my back on a rock. She just chuckles. "Serves you right."

I'm on my feet in a flash and we end up wrestling each other onto the lawn. We try to pin each other down and her hand slaps me across the face. I wince at the sting and it's enough for her to get the upper hand. She pins me into the grass and winds back. "Stop! Luce!" We both turn our heads and see Carm standing in the doorway.

Lucy whines, "Carm, come on. After what she did to you, you should be happy I'm about to-"

"Lucy, you don't know, shit. Get inside, right now." Carmen commands, her voice almost a growl. Lucy looks between us, torn. Carmen getting all demanding is kinda hot…Lucy eventually gets off of me and storms into the house.

I get up, fixing my hair and brushing dirt and debris off of me, careful not to aggravate the scratch on my back which I'm sure is bleeding. "So, mind telling me why my little sister was about to kick your ass?" She says seriously, staring me down.

"She's very protective of her big sister." I shrug, walking up to her. "I just was the bad guy in her eyes. Not that I didn't deserve it." Carmen looks at me curiously. "Listen, Carm…I'm so sorry about the other night. I just…I wasn't in the right state of mind and you struck a nerve and I lashed out. I'm really sorry, I hope you can accept my apology."

"I might…" She says seriously. "If you take me out for a coffee."

"Ugh, you chicks and your coffee." I remark playfully. She pushes me lightly. "Alright, alright. Come on." I smile at her and mumble, "Jeez you Reed's and the pushing of the Coop."

At the nearby playground

Alex's POV

We got coffee at Starbucks and drove over to the playground. I felt it was a good place for me to be, it was the place Wiles and I talked before it happened. I think I owe Carm an explanation.

"The playgound, huh?" She remarks amusedly.

"Yep." I say shortly, sitting on the swings. I sigh, "It's a good place right now…for me to explain why I acted the way I did." She sits next to me, sipping her coffee.

"Alex, you don't have to-"

"No…I need to. I need to tell, someone, at least. I dunno, I just feel like you'd be a good person. Psych major and all." She nods for me to continue. "So, Ash and I haven't been talking which I'm sure she hasn't told anyone about." Carmen nods, swinging back and forth slightly, listening intently. "We got into a fight a few months ago. It was right before Wiles and I broke up, actually. Ash thought that Wiley was a bad influence for bringing me to Indigo and meeting up with Lucy, who was in her old ways." I sigh. "So I got pissed because we hadn't talked in a while and now she was trying to run my life. We agreed to stop talking and we haven't talked since."

"But why? I mean you two were best friends. You helped her be a better person. She trusted you with everything."

"Exactly, I helped her. She doesn't need me anymore, she has Spencer." I run my fingers through my hair.

"She misses you." I turn my head to look at her, her eyes searching my face. "I can tell."

"Well…anyways. Wiles knew something was wrong. We were on our way to Indigo and I was being an ass to her. She pulled over here and sat in the seat you're currently in. I told her about Ash and then I asked what she thought of our relationship. Turns out, we were both thinking the same thing. Better off friends. I mean she was great, she was my first…but she wasn't my forever, ya know?" Carmen nods and I take a deep breath. "So..we went to Indigo, planning on telling people we broke up. But before we told anyone, Lucy came up to me and kissed me." Carmen's eyebrows shoot up. She's probably shocked that Lucy would even think of kissing me. We're pretty much family. "She was high as a fucking kite and I couldn't take it anymore. I made Wiles drive her home and contact your parents so we could get her clean. We took her to rehab the next day."

"Al…I can't thank you enough. I mean, no one acknowledged her problem and I wasn't here to see it." She touches my shoulder. "Seriously, thank you."

I nod, "She was just misguided. She needed help."

"You are a big helper aren't ya?" She smiles at me and I smile weakly back, thinking of how I have to tell her the next part. She notices and gets serious again. "So…how does this explain your freak out?" I take a deep breath.

I take a deep breath and close my eyes, picturing that night that I so desperately wanted to forget."I uh..well, Wiles didn't want to leave me alone to take Luce home but I insisted. I told her I'd take Lucy's car and I'd drive it home and text her when I got there." I pause, gathering my thoughts.

"Oh no..Al…" She rubs my arm and I shake it off, standing up and pacing. She just watches me.

"I uh, ran into a dealer friend of Lucy's, I'd seen him around. He was decent to me before. But this time, I was alone and Wiles and Lucy or anyone else wasn't there. He started flirting with me and I turned him down again and again, but he wouldn't take no for an answer." I clench my teeth and close my eyes hoping that I wouldn't break down sobbing. I take a shaky breath. "He…He r-raped me in the alleyway behind Indigo." Carmen gasps and I sniffle, tears starting to stream down my face. I feel arms circle around me and she pulls me into her chest. I wince slightly because my back is still sore from the fall.

"Shh…Al...I'm here…ok?" She strokes my hair gently.

"D-Don't tell anyone." I suck in breath sharply. "Please." I plead.

"I promise, Al. I won't." She whispers into my hair and places a kiss on my head.

We arrive back at the Reed house. Carmen kisses my cheek goodbye and I wince again. Lucy has a powerful slap, I think she bruised my face. Speaking of Lucy…She's at the door.

I walk up and put my hands on Lucy's shoulders, looking into her eyes, "Luce, I'm sorry. I've already made up with Carmen. Can you please forgive me?" I give her the pout and the eyes.

She rolls her eyes, "Ugh, fine. Just because you're my herrroooo and you better not be a repeat offender or your ass is mine." She looks at me with her intense eyes.

"I promise. Won't happen again, Luce." I pull her into a hug and squeeze her.

"Coop…can't…breathe." She squirms and I let go, chuckling.

"Good to have you back Luce." I wink.

"Good to have this version of you back as well." Lucy smiles and ruffles my hair.

Two weeks Later-The Davies House

Carmen's POV

"Oh, loverrrss I'm hooome." I call out into the house before finding Arden and Ashley in their usual fight for the remote.

They look up at me and push each other over trying to get to me first. Arden, the speedy little one that she is, plows into me and kisses my lips.

"Hey babe." She winks after she pulls away.

"Hey Ard. Miss me?" I purr into her ear.

"You know it, Carm." She smirks and pats my ass. "I can't wait to do so many things to you. These past weeks have given me time to think about certain things." She purrs out playfully. I know she's only kidding we really only see each other every once in a while and hook up.

I chuckle and roll my eyes, turning to the other Davies sister, "Hey Ash, how's it goin'?"

She grins and pulls me into a hug, "Good, good Carm. How's Luce?"

"Better than ever." It's true. She got clean. Thanks to a certain special brunette. Speaking of that brunette, she never said I couldn't talk to Ash and tell her I saw her. She just said that I couldn't tell her secret. And dios mio , was that a secret. I couldn't believe that she kept that in for months and no one noticed.

"Good." She smiles her nose crinkling smile.

"Ash, when you get the chance, can we talk privately?" She raises a brow at my question.

"Uh yeah, sure. We can go up to my room if you like now." I nod and start to follow her up the stairs.

"Hey, no touching. That ass is mine!" Arden calls out after us, causing us both to laugh. Oh Ard. She's too cute.

I walk into Ashley's room and see the photo of her and Alex. "So…it is her." I breath out. It's finally confirmed completely.

"What?" Ashely spins around to see what I'm looking at.

"I met Alex while I was back home." I motion to the picture of them.

Ashley's eyes widen, "What? How?"

I chuckle nervously and rush out the story, "Funny story, I go way back with Alyssa…aka her ex Wiley and Lucy invited them over to meet me and well, I didn't know it was her until we almost fucked-"

"Wait? What?" Ashley yells, I wince. I was hoping she wasn't going to catch that. She's protective like Lucy. "You two fucked?" She looks a little jealous or pissed…but she has Spencer. Might be a first love sort of thing.

"No, no, she stopped it after Wiley and Luce walked in on us."

"Wait…so my Alex, innocent, sweet, caring Alex, almost had a one night stand with you?" I nod. "Wow…that's…crazy." She runs her fingers through her hair and looks at me. "How is she?"

I chuckle, "Funny thing…she asked the same about you." Ashley's smile appears at that statement. "She's good. She's…different. But she's doing well, I think she misses you Ash."

"Yeah, well she should call if she misses me so much." She says bitterly.

"Ash…come on. She's trying out there. New life, new experiences…you should call her."

Ashley shakes her head, "No. Why should I have to?"

I groan, "God, both of you are so fucking stubborn. Just call her."

Ashley shakes her head again, "Fine. Abandon your best friend."

"She abandoned me." Ash yells at me, falling back onto her bed.

"She didn't fucking ask to move 6 hours away from you Ash. Jesus, you are so self centered sometimes. So stop acting like a brat and call her."

"Just leave me the fuck alone, Carmen." She snarls out. "It's none of your fucking business. You barely know her. What so you speak to her for what a few weeks and suddenly your best friends? Fucking tell your 'new best friend'," She says that in her mocking girly voice, "to call me if she misses me so much that she has her little bitch come down her and make me call her." Wow…that was fucking out of line and she knows it. She looks like she immediately regrets her words and tries to backtrack but I won't let her. She meant it.

I say in a low voice, "Fine. I'll leave you alone. I'll leave you alone for good. But just remember one thing…you're the one doing the pushing away…Not me." I exit her room and slam the door behind me.

"Carm? You ok?" Arden asks quietly.

"Uh yeah…Listen, Arden…I don't think that we should do this anymore."

"Was it something Ash said?" She looks at me concerned. She's not mad that we won't be hooking up, she's a really good friend to me. She's sweet and cute and would make anyone happy.

"Arden…you're young, you've got your life ahead of you. Just focus on school and girls your own age, alright?" She tenses at the mention of the age difference. She hates being reminded that she's younger or shorter. She relaxes though, knowing that its true and that I could get in trouble with her.

She nods slowly, "Alright…If that's what you want. It's not like I own you or anything." She mumbles.

"It's been fun, Ard." I kiss her lips softly.

"Yeah, a lot." She smiles and runs her fingers through my hair. "I'll see you around then?"

I nod, "Yeah, see you around." I exit the Davies house for the last time and drive off.