Together Again

"A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out."

I see you standing in the corner alone

Just like you did when I first saw you

So quiet on the outside not wanting to be heard

With so much bottling up on the outside

I get the same feelings again as I see you across the room

I know that you are still looking at me

But I'm afraid of what we both can lose

I have tried to move on with my life

And forget about my feelings for you

But truth be told all I am doing

Is leading her on and telling a lie

I see you together with her all the time

And all I want to do is break down and cry

I miss you so much and I don't know what to do

I don't want to admit to you

Exactly what I'm going through

Because I don't know what you'll say

And I don't know what you will do

There is so much that I want to say to you

There is so much that I want to clear up

But I just don't know how to do it

I want to be with you again

But I'm tied up with someone else

I don't want her to feel the way I did

When you left me at first

I want you back in my life again

But I don't want to be stupid when I say this

Because it's all my fault that we are here again

"Lexie what are you doing," Matt said as he sat next to her.

"I'm just writing a little bit is all, why?"
"Because I saw what happened earlier between you and Jeff."
"Oh you did. So Shawn and I weren't the only ones who noticed?"
"No I think just about everybody noticed. It's all that anyone is talking about around here."
"Oh great so once again I get to be the center of attention, wonderful."
"Well everybody knows that you two broke up and it's just like everybody saw something today that they hadn't seen in a while with you two. It's just so surreal."
"Do you think that Jeff is feeling the same way that I am?"
"I would think so because the second after that was taped he went to his little corner and started to write basically the same thing as yours. Except instead of writing 3 lines in his poem he wrote 4. Lexie you guys have to talk."
"I would talk except for the fact that he has a girlfriend."
"To be honest with you Lexie, I don't think that it's going to last much longer and I think she even knows. The entire world knows Lex, there is nothing that you can do about it."
"I know and you know what, I think it's just about time that things start to get to normal. I don't think that I can all of this catty, let's fight bullshit."
"Me either."

"Well I'm partially talking about you and Shannon. You two have not talked for long enough. You gotta cut it out."
"Well it's all up to Casey because it's her decision to make. It's her ex."
"Yeah but it's your best friend so fuck Casey and be friends with him again."
"I do miss him."
"Yeah and I'm sick of hanging out with just Shannon. We gotta have a big party."
"We do."

"So we need to get this set in motion. You have to talk to Jeff because god knows I really don't want to talk to him about breaking up with his girlfriend to go back out with me."

"Well we set it motion."
"Thanks Matty," Lexie said before she kissed him on the cheek. He got up and kissed the top of her head before he walked out of the room. Matt walked off down the hallway and found Jeff at the end lying on the ground listening to his i-pod. Matt sat down beside him as Jeff opened his eyes.

"Pearl Jam little bro?"
"Umm, no actually, it's Dope."
"Wow, one of those moods."
"You saw…"
"The whole I love you and kiss thing."
"Yeah."
"Bro the entire world saw that one but only the people that know the situation saw it's intensity."
"Matt I don't know what to do."
"Well you still love her right?"
"Of course I do but I don't want to make a complete and utter fool of myself. I feel like I already have."
"But you haven't. You have to understand that Lexie said I love you too and the kiss that you two had was real. You really need to think, not lie here being all emo listening to death rock. It's not going to help the situation any."

"I know but I don't know what to do about Riles."
"Well Jeff, from what I know about her, she was using you as much as you were using her. You guys used each other to hurt Lexie and you accomplished it."
"I really didn't want to hurt her but I wanted to make her realize that she made a huge mistake by breaking up with me."
"And don't you think that she realized that after she came to your house and apologized to you?"
"How do you know about that?"
"Have you met our group of friends?"
"You've going a point there. So when should I do this?"
"Go and talk to Riley, honestly and openly. Don't leave anything out."
"Alright thanks."
"You're welcome. Now go and get your girl back."
Jeff hoped up off of the ground and went to see his girlfriend.
"Hey Riles."
"Hey."
"How are you?"
"I'm alright and you?"
"I'm okay but we've gotta stop doing this to Lexie. It is hurting her so much and I just can't stand to do it to her anymore."
"I know, I can't either. I'm really sorry Jeff, I do like you."
"Yeah me too but we can still be friends right?"
"If Lexie allows it."
"Trust me, after all of this I think we can manage a friendship out of this. You may actually need to talk her and tell each other what you really think about one another and why you've been tormenting her all of these years. I know that's going to be hard for you but you've got to do it."
"Yeah I do need to talk to her but first things first, you need to talk to her a little bit more than I do."
"I kind of do but I'll talk to you after, alright?"
"Yep, good luck," Riley stated as she kissed Jeff softly on the lips. "Go get um Tiger."

Jeff turned and went out the door. He started running down the hallway and burst into Lexie's locker room.

"Where is she," he said out of breath to Shawn.

"She'll be out in a minute. Oh my…"
"Be quiet pops."
"I missed you calling me that and as much as I would love to be here I've got a match."
"Good luck."
"You too."
Shawn left as Jeff stood impaciently waiting for Lexie to get out of the bathroom. As she came out it was as if her heart stopped beating for a moment and started to pound out of her chest.

"Hey Jeff."
"Hey."
"What's up?"
"What are you doing for Christmas?"
"Umm, I don't know, why?"
"I was kind of wondering if you would like to come to daddy's house?"
"Umm…"
"As my girlfriend." Lexie let out a much needed breath and leaped into Jeff's arms with tears falling down her face. "So is that a yes?"
"To be your girlfriend it's a definite yes." They smiled at each other before kissing each other quickly. "So what changed your mind?"
"I think for once in his life Vince managed to do something right." They kissed once more before Lexie let go. "So are you ready for our match?"
"I've been ready for a while now."
They smiled at each other and walked over to the mirror. They fixed their hair in the exact same way and started laughing at each other. He grabbed her hand and opened the door for her. They walked out to a standing ovation from all of their friends. Lexie went over to one and smiled.

"Hi, I don't think that we've met, I'm Lexie."
"Hi Lexie, I'm Riley."
"We should talk."
"You got a minute now."
"Sure do but just a quick one." Riley and Lexie headed off down the hall and sat down on the ground against a wall. "So are you okay with Jeff and I seeing each other again?"
"Actually it was partly my idea. I figured that we punished you enough."
"Why have you been punishing me all of these years?"
"I honestly don't know. I figured that you were always a better wrestler than me and I tortured you enough you would quit. And that didn't work out in my favor. But now that all of this has happened I feel like I've gone way too far and I'm really sorry for everything that I've done to make your life miserable."
"It's alright I guess and I would've done the same thing in your position. I mean, I am pretty damn sexy." She tried to keep a straight face as Riley stared at her but she burst out laughing.

"Come on new buddy. You've got to get back to your man for your match."
"Thanks Riles. I'm really sorry too."
"No biggy, really."
They got up and joined Jeff and everybody else where they had left them.
"Can we all just be friends again," Lexie said. "We've been fighting and argueing for too long and we need to get everybody back together. How about New Years party on the beach? Is anybody up for that?"
"I'll bring the boos," Matt said.

"I think that everybody should because Matt, you don't want to go bankrupt."
"Haha, very funny."
"And by everybody being friends again, I mean you and Shannon too. And Shane. You guys need to get over whatever petty fight that you had and get over it."
"Alright Lexie, whatever you say. Come on, we all have a match." Matt put his arm around Casey and Jeff put his around Lexie as they started to walk off.

"Angel."
"Yeah pops."
"Merry Christmas."
Lexie stopped and ran to Shawn giving him a hug. "I love you dad."
"I love you too Angel."

He kissed her cheek and she ran back to Jeff's open arm. She smiled up at him and said "I've missed you Jeff."
"I've missed you too Lexie."