Alex walked into the school without turning back to look at Jay. She went straight to her locker. Her long dark hair hung down to her shoulders. It was getting in the way as she bent down to grab her books. She knew she probably wasn't going to go to class, but just in case. As she lifted her head there was somebody beside her tapping their nails against the locker. Alex tucked her hair behind her ear as she came up. Amy was standing there nervously. "What do you want?" Alex barked. "I-I just wanted…" Amy stammered. Alex slammed her locker shut letting Amy know she wasn't in the mood. "Will you please just talk to me for 5 seconds without threatening to knock my teeth out?" Alex shook her head. "No, I don't want to hear what you or Jay or what anybody else has to say. I know it will be some bullshit that I just don't want to hear." She began to walk away but Amy was following her. "Come on Alex! Just listen to me. It was nothing." Amy said. "I was always there for you Amy, always. I didn't say anything about those stupid bracelets. I just never thought that you would give my boyfriend a blowjob JUST for a bracelet. I mean come on don't you have a little respect for yourself, or even me?" Amy's cheeks turned pink, she knew Alex was right. "We were both drunk Alex, it wasn't anything…" Her voice trailed off. She knew that didn't sound much better. "I gotta go…" Alex didn't want to hear anything else from her. Maybe one day she would forgive Amy, but not yet. The only reason she would even consider it was because that's how Amy was. She headed into the bathroom, she didn't know where else to go. Inside she saw Ellie pacing. She had become friends with Ellie now. She really liked her; she was real, not fake like some of the other people. Ellie didn't notice that Alex had walked in and she continued to pace. Ellie walked over to the sink and looked at herself, she was breathing heavily to calm herself down. Alex knew Ellie was recovering from cutting and she thought Ellie must be having a hard time with Sean gone. Ellie put her backpack on the ground and she started searching for something. "Ellie…" Alex finally decided to let her know she was in with her. Ellie gasped and turned around quickly, dropping whatever was in her hand back into her bag. "You weren't…" Alex didn't finish. "No, no no! I was just…" Ellie looked down. "You don't have to lie to me El, its ok." Ellie didn't say anything. "Come on, let's get out of here." Alex finally said.
Emma was so confused about everything. She didn't want to just walk away from Jay, but in a way she felt she had to. She saw Manny talking to JT and Liberty, she really wanted to walk over and join their conversation but she knew she couldn't. She passed by them and met eyes with Manny. She began to open she mouth to say something but Manny turned her head back. She continued to walk down the hall to her locker. She saw many people stare and whisper. How did everybody know? When she finally got to her locker she didn't feel good at all. She got the chills and felt nauseas. She couldn't imagine what Alex was going through which made her feel even worst. She knew she didn't give Alex the disease so she didn't know why she felt so bad.
After school Alex began to walk to Sean and Ellie's house with Ellie. This was the first time they had hung out alone. "We're going to pass the Raven right?" Alex asked. Ellie thought for a moment. "Yeah actually we are…why?" Alex thought for a second. "I needa take care of something" She finally said. Ellie automatically assumed it had to do with Jay. It began to get cloudy and it was probably going to rain soon. The 2 girls saw a bomb fire started and began to walk towards it. Alex spotted Jay sitting on a bench with a beer can in his hand. They eyed each other but didn't share a word. Ellie turned her head for on second and when she turned back Alex was gone. "Ellie!" She heard her name being called. Jay was motioning for her to come over. She slowly walked over. "How is she?" Jay asked her innocently. Ellie shrugged. "How do you think she is?" Jay looked sad. "Well do you know what she's doing here?" Ellie shook her head. He pointed to Alex and Ellie looked. Alex was talking to some guy. Jay knew why Alex was here. Ellie looked confused. "Go over there and find out for yourself." Jay said simply. Ellie walked over to where Alex was. "Nice doin' business whitchya!" The guy said. He winked at Ellie and walked away. "What was he talking about?" Ellie asked Alex. Another guy walked up to them. "How much?" Alex looked at Ellie then turned back. "Five bucks a hit." The guy took out his wallet and handed Alex a couple fives. Alex searched through her pocket and came out with a couple bags of a white powdery substance. They exchanged the money and bags. "Thanks" the guys said to her. Alex nodded. Ellie figured it was cocaine. "You sell that stuff?" She asked calmly. "Yeah, I've been doing it forever. Easy way to make a lot of cash." They began walking, Ellie saw Amy talking to a guy that she wasn't familiar with. "Do you ever…" Ellie was interrupted. "Do you need something Mr. Man Whore?" Alex said rudely. Jay was standing there. "Come on Lex…not now." He begged. "What not now? Are you trying to hide something from all these girls here who don't know you're…?" Jay started to get angry. "It's not about that Alex, god!" Alex shook her head. "You are un-frigging-believable. Let me ask you something Jay, if it didn't kill whenever I peed and it wasn't painful every time we had sex, would you have told me? No, you wouldn't have. I don't even know how many skanks you got to blow you for a fucking bracelet, but I would have found out eventually. Was I not good enough for you or something? Did I…" Jay had to stop her. "It wasn't about you Alex, I really didn't mean to hurt you. He lightly touched her arm." "Get your filthy hands off of me Jay." Amy walked over when she saw the commotion. "Oh and I'd definitely like to take the time to thank my oh so GREAT best friend Amy now too. I mean who knows, I coulda got this disease from you! Why don't we count how many bracelets you have! It probably goes all the way up to you elbows! But oh it was probably worth it right? I mean who wouldn't want different colored rubber bands!" Amy looked down and then at Jay. "Come on Ellie, let's go. I sold enough for one day…" She began to walk with Ellie following her. Almost everybody at the Raven was watching all the action. For some it was the first time hearing this. Rain began to drizzle down from the sky as tears fell from Alex's eyes.