"You suck at this game." Derek laughs. Alex nudges him with her elbow, her eyes are still on the screen.

"I'll beat you soon enough." Alex says.

"I doubt it." They press play again and continue shooting zombies.

Clover rolls her eyes when she comes downstairs. She was sleeping until she was rudely woken up by the sounds of screaming and guns coming from Alex who invited her boyfriend over early. They have only been going out for a week yet Clover feels like her life has been saturated with their unnecessary public display of affection.

She steps into the kitchen and prepares herself breakfast and extra for Alex. She places Alex's portion on the counter and calls out for her. "Alex, your breakfast is ready."

"It's fine, thanks. I'm going out to eat with Derek." Alex shouts back.

10 minutes later, the couple leaves to get their breakfast. Clover sits alone in the kitchen, staring at the plate of bacon and eggs across from her.

She grabs her phone and dials for Sam. "Hey, Alex left with her boyfriend. Do you want to hook up?"

"I am busy here!" Sam hangs up.

That was worth a try. She goes through her Facebook to find some cute boys that'd make her problems disappear but 20 minutes later, her problems are still there and she has visited Alex's page 8 times. Clover paces back and forth in the kitchen, trying to organise her thoughts like they do in the movies. It doesn't work like she's expected because she can't think of anything and she's also getting dizzy.

Then Alex appears in the doorway and Clover's reminded of all the reasons why she's in love. Oh no, she said in love. Clover brushes the thought away for the moment and turns back to Alex.

"Hey Clover." Alex flops on the couch.

What Clover would give just to jump on top of her on the couch. But instead, she says hi. "How was breakfast?"

"It was really nice." Alex closes her eyes as if she's taking herself back to the moment this morning. "It was a fancy restaurant too. Those where you have to consider selling a kidney to order something."

Those where Clover can't really afford.

Alex notices a ghost of a smile on the blonde's face. "Are you okay?"

"Totally. Just sleepy, that's all." Clover fakes a yawn.

"We were too noisy, weren't we? Sorry."

Clover waves it off like it's nothing. She sits down next to Alex in silence. Alex's mind is clouded with Derek, letting Clover watch her without any self-consciousness. How did she let such a beautiful person slip away?

"How are you and Derek?" She regrets asking it the moment it comes out but seeing Alex's face lighten up, she decides to stick with it.

"He is amazing." Alex launches into a stream of endless praise for Derek that acts as fuel for Clover's jealousy. She resists the urge to roll her eyes when Alex talks about his intelligence. Seeing the gleam in her eyes and the warmth in her smile, It's hard for Clover to stay mad at him when he makes Alex this happy. She doubts she could've done the same. He's the person who can always bring her happiness while Clover was only a temporary fix to her sadness.

"Nice to see you happy." Clover says.

"I know, I'm so happy I even decided to go to the math competition to surprise him." Alex says.

"Nooo."

"Yeah, The whole math club actually worked really hard on it so I'm kinda interested to see." Alex's voice is a pitch higher and she has a mousy look on her like she's afraid of being judged for liking math. She stares at Clover's eyes, mouth or anything that can help her to read the reticent expression she has on right now. Then the corners of Clover's mouth curls up into a smile.

"Why are you so scared? I'm not going to kill you for liking math." Clover throws her head back laughing.

Alex relaxes her shoulders. "I scared myself when I started liking math, so I wouldn't even be surprise if you do kill me." She jokes and both of them laugh.

"You're so cute." Clover finds herself saying once their laughter dies down. "I meant acute. Like acute angles. Less than 90 degrees because you're not at all hot or attractive." Her voice slowly trails off with embarrassment for the not so subtle attempt to cover up.

She risks a glance at Alex who's suppressing a smile. The Hispanic girl gets up and is about to walk away when she stops and put a hand on Clover's shoulder. "I heard that."