C.C. McKenna
Inexperienced LoveChapter Two.
"Come on, is there really a surprise?" Lexie cocked both eyebrows and folded her arms upon her chest. "We've been down here wasting precious time and I still can't see clearly... and, in case you didn't know, I still have pleeeenty to read". She fidgeted on the sofa, where she had been sitting for more than fifteen minutes; Prue on the right, Phoebe on the left.
"Patience little one, patience" Prue said as she ran her fingers through Lexie's hair. "Phoebe...did you make the call?"
"Yeah, they should be here any minute" Phoebe hastily walked to the window and glanced outside when she heard a truck pulling over. "Yeah, it's them...they're here Prue"
"Great...Ok, Lexie, close your eyes and come with me" Prue calmly got up and dragged her sister along with her; covering her eyes. Phoebe opened the door, walked outside, and waited for her sisters to come out.
When Prue uncovered her sister's eyes, Lexie couldn't believe what she saw. There, in front of her, was a beautiful Red Honda VLX ?ModelNameShadowVLXDeluxe&ModelYear2005&ModelIdVT600CD5
"Oh my God! Please Prue, please say it's mine!" Lexie shouted in a perky tone.
"It is kiddo" Prue answered with her usual cockiness; turning to Phoebe and smiling at the same time. "Don't forget to leave the two helmets" Prue said to the driver while she signed the delivery papers.
Lexie ran to the motorcycle and hopped on it. "This is awesome!" She screamed and bounced several times on the seat, along with her heart, not believing what was actually happening. Prue and Phoebe stood there, smiling, enjoying her sister's joyfulness for a change.
"Do you think I did the right thing?" Prue whispered without looking at Phoebe.
Phoebe elbowed her sister on the ribs. "Yeah"
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"Oh no; no, no, no, no, NO!" "There's absolutely no chance for you to go to school in that huge thing!" Piper raised her voice frantically in the kitchen while placing a platter of deliciously home made croissants on the table.
"But Piper... I used to ride a motorcycle back home" Lexie whined following Piper around in the kitchen. "My cousin Belinda showed me how; she always let me drive her bike, ...and I was a natural, believe me"
Piper stopped and turned around to face Lexie. "Nope" She shook her head.
"Piiipeeer" Lexie whined with frustration.
"Oh, look, so your cousin lent you her bike" Phoebe added sarcastically. "How sweet... how considerate of her, I'm sure your aunt bought it with your own money" She rolled her eyes and shook her head with annoyance. "Innocent".
"Phoebe, don't" Prue scolded her.
"Whaaat?! It's the truth," Phoebe snapped back. "Her aunt is a cold hearted mean bitch and she just can't see that"
"Helloooo!" Piper shook her head, slightly cocking her eyebrows. "We're talking about Lexie driving her motorcycle to school, not about her mean aunt or her stolen heritance!" She pointed her finger to Prue. "Can we please stick to that? I mean, is that too much to ask?"
Prue grabbed Piper's finger, playfully making an annoyance face. "Come on Piper, chill out... everything will be ok; I've been outside watching her all morning, and hey, the girl is good; I even went for a ride with her" Prue smiled arrogantly, trying to be convincing. "Let me tell you...she's a damn good driver...she really got me impressed"
"Oh my God, I can't believe what I'm hearing, are you insane?" Piper closed her eyes tightly and pulled back her long brown hair with both hands, holding it there for a couple of seconds. "Yes, you are insane!" She sighed.
"Hardly" Prue shrugged and held her gaze on her nervous sister.
"All right then" Piper added with a defeat tone, hands on hips. "You win; but let the truth be told; I absolutely disagree with this crazy decision of yours"
"Thank you Piper!...thank you all!" Lexie unexpectedly kissed Piper on the head; then she ran to Prue and kissed her twice on each side. "You're the best big sis" She grabbed one helmet, and headed for the backdoor. "I'm going for another quick ride and be back shortly to get ready for tomorrow... I'm going back to school guys!" She sounded excited.
"Yay!" Phoebe jumped off her chair. "It was about time! I do miss my little sister in school, you know! But there's only one more thing...how come I didn't get a kiss?...I mean, I was the one who chose the color!"
"Uhm..." Lexie stopped on her tracks and turned to Phoebe. "Sorry" She blushed and kissed her swiftly on her cheek too.
"Now that's more like it" Phoebe beamed.
Lexie looked at the floor and then gazed back to Phoebe. "Uhm...Phoebe.... would you like to come with me? I promise to go slow...please?" She asked shyly.
"Why not" Phoebe nodded.
"All right!" Lexie smiled widely and walked to the door.
"I'm feeling kind of daring right now" Phoebe turned to her sisters as she grabbed the extra helmet from the table and followed Lexie through the back door.
"Phoebe...if you like, maybe I could take you to school every morning" Lexie said while putting her helmet on, and a big radiant smile casing her face.
Phoebe stopped on her tracks. "Don't push it Lex". She narrowed her eyes, waiting for her sister to hop on the bike, and carefully climbed on the back. "Thanks but no thanks, I rather take Piper's Jeep, missy". She strapped the helmet tightly under her chin, wrapped her arms strongly around her sister's waist, and took the deepest breath she had ever taken in her entire life. "Let's go" She spoke bravely, still holding her breath.
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Next morning Phoebe arrived at the school's parking lot, and Lexie's motorcycle right behind her. Phoebe closed the Jeep's door and put away the keys inside her bag. She waited for her sister to get off her bike and smiled when Lexie took the helmet off and revealed her happy face. "We're looking good!" Phoebe said still smiling.
"Yes, you have no idea how I feel" Lexie cheerfully responded. "Well, actually I'm lying; I do feel kind of nervous but happy as hell; don't worry about me, I'll be fine"
"You sure?"
"Absolutely" Lexie grabbed the backpack and tossed it over her shoulder.
"Fine, let's get going" Phoebe grabbed hers sister's arm and they slowly headed for the main building. "I'm going to the library, and then to the conference room; do you want to come with me?" Phoebe asked in a very gentle tone of voice.
"You kidding? I have my own classes to attend" Lexie answered trying to sound cool. "Stop it Phoebe; stop being such a worrywart; I'll be perfectly ok by myself, I asked you not to worry; I'm not a child"
"Ok, ok, I was just asking, that's all" Phoebe brought her hands to the air and smiled nervously. "I'll see you later; you can wait for me in the soccer field after classes, or I'll wait for you in the cafeteria if it's after 4:00"
"Ok" See you then" Lexie shifted her backpack to the other shoulder and walked towards the locker area. Her mouth was dry and she was very tense, but she tried to hide her nervousness. When she got to her locker, she rubbed her hands together and cracked her fingers before trying to open the combination lock. After several unsuccessful tries, she finally gave up. "Damn!" She hit the locker with the palm of her hand. "Great, this is just great!" She mumbled to herself as she leaned her forehead on the locker.
"Need any help?" Rachel McPherson scornfully asked while standing behind Lexie.
"What?" Lexie hastily turned round to find Rachel and Sabrina staring at her.
"You won't be able to open it Alexia, they changed the combination after the police found drugs in your locker" The girls laughed with mockery.
"Thanks" Lexie replied and hastily walked away; suddenly feeling a lack of air as the adrenaline started pumping throughout her body. She found this situation very unpleasant; for it reminded her of Sophia, the friend that gave up her own life to save hers. Lexie walked faster, wishing she could be home at that very moment.
"Come on Alexia, we are trying to be friendly" Rachel raised her voice while she and Sabrina walked annoyingly behind her. "Look, this is Sabrina, Sabrina Summers, my friend, and your future worst nightmare" Rachel laughed and Lexie remained speechless.
"Geez, where's your sense of humor?"
Lexie took a deep breath. "Well, please excuse me if I don't find your 'friendly, funny comments' amusing; my God, what grade are you in? Lexie spun and leaned her back on one of the lockers. She opened her mouth and took another big gulp of air.
"Mmm, well what do you know; ... jail really works wonders; I can see you're not the shy, little coward girl you used to be" Rachel added. "Pretty amazing"
"Lets drop this Rachel, I don't want to fight" Lexie shook her head. "This is stupid, you're stupid, and this whole situation is stupid!"
"Chill out dude, who says I want to fight? We are just giving you a nice, warm welcoming."
"Yeah?...well, save it! I don't need it; now, back off, and leave me alone, please"
"These girls bothering you?" Kevin asked, looking obviously upset, while he approached Lexie.
"Kevin!" Lexie's face sparkled. "No, they were just leaving"
"Good; come on, I'll buy you a coffee" He leaned over and kissed her cheek. "I'm glad you finally decided to come back to school"
"Yeah, me too!" Lexie's heart jumped and her body slightly trembled when she felt Kevin's lips gently touching her cheek. "I do need some coffee".
"Ain't that bitch lucky? First she gets Leslie and Susie in jail, then she comes here and steals my guy!" Rachel spat watching with anger as the couple walked away, smiling.
"Rache, you and I know perfectly well that Kevin is not 'your guy', in fact, he's nobody's guy" Sabrina alleged. "Rachel, look at me...lets just leave them alone... for now"
"Yeah, yeah... but be certain that I'm not going to let that stupid bitch steal him away from me"
"Right, ok, now let's go have some coffee too" Sabrina suggested, pulling Rachel's arm.
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"Come on Lexie... say yes; I promise it'll be fun" Kevin smiled widely at the beautiful girl sitting in front of him. Lexie was stunningly beautiful that special morning and maybe that's why he took the chance to invite her on a quick sudden date.
"I don't know... I mean, this is my first day in school, I don't think it's right for me to just... leave" Lexie leaned back on her chair and sighed. "My sisters won't like it"
"Oh, sorry, I thought I was dealing with an adult" He smiled with mockery.
"But by all means, feel free to go and ask your sisters".
"Hey" Lexie hastily stood up. "I can make my own decisions...let's go" She grabbed her backpack and headed for the door. "Come on, hurry up before I change my mind"
"Great!" Kevin quickly walked towards Lexie and grabbed her hand; but Lexie gently shoved it away and pretended nothing happened. It's not that she didn't like him, 'cause she obviously did; it's just that Lexie was kind of a shy, old fashioned girl when it came to dealing with boys; and she was absolutely not going to be holding hands with someone that was not her boyfriend... 'Steady boyfriend'.
"You see that?" Rachel smiled and whispered in Sabrina's ear. "He's going to take her to the lover's hill" She smirked. "I'm sure of that".
Sabrina also smiled, while sipping her coffee. "Well, let them have some fun" She scornfully added. "We are in no hurry"
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"I'm not going in your car" Lexie spoke softly. "Why don't you hop on my bike?" She jumped on the red motorcycle and smiled at him. Kevin couldn't resist that smile and grudgingly accepted her offer.
"You better drive as good as you look" He flirted. Lexie slightly blushed for a second time in less than an hour and drew a shy sweet smile on her face.
"Where exactly are we going?" She asked as she grabbed the helmet from the handlebar.
"Let's try the beach"
"The beach?" She rolled her eyes. "We don't even have our swimsuits"
"We'll buy whatever's necessary, just go" He tightened his arms around her waist; already enjoying his new toy.
"Fine" She shrugged while putting her helmet on.
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Phoebe's classes ended a lot later than she expected, so she went to the cafeteria hoping to find Lexie but she didn't find her there, so she decided to wait for her. She sat at a table near the entrance to make sure her sister could see her when she came looking for her, got herself a coke and started reading her anatomy book. It was a very boring class, but she had to soak in a couple of units because of a nasty examination she was going to have in two days. The only thing that could encourage her to keep going was the fact that she was going to be graduating in eight more months. She was finally going to become a Doctor.
"Very busy, are we not?" Rachel stood by Phoebe's table, smiling.
"Oh no, not really, hello Rachel, how have you been?" Phoebe answered politely.
"Good" She pulled out a chair. "Do you mind?" She signaled the chair before sitting.
"No, not at all, go ahead" Phoebe smiled.
"Thanks" Rachel sat down and picked up one of Phoebe's books. "So, Psychology, right?"
"Yup" Phoebe replied proudly. "I love psychology"
"You should; I mean, you're going to need it to try and figure out that sister of yours"
"Excuse me?" Phoebe narrowed her eyes. "What exactly do you mean by that?" Phoebe slowly closed her book and slid it aside.
"I'm talking about your sister, Alexia; that little tramp" Rachel smirked. "She just arrived today and the girl's already gone with Kevin" Rachel smiled mischievously. "She skipped classes and went to Lover's Hill with 'my' Kevin" Rachel squinted. "Now that's what I call cleverness!"
"Oh, come on" Phoebe swallowed nervously. "You don't expect me to believe that, now do you?" She smiled. "Now I am really finding out the meaning of the word jealous"
"Listen, if you want to keep playing stupid, go ahead, you're doing a remarkable job; but don't say I didn't warn you" Rachel spat with anger. "I'm telling you he took her, and you know what goes on over there, and specially with Kevin; just one kiss and 'pow' she's under his spell!
"Stop it!" Phoebe got up and stared at Rachel. "I don't know why are you doing this, but this is so not funny"
"Maybe she's right Halliwell" A girl came to the table and stood in front of Phoebe. "I saw her leaving with Kevin this morning; she was driving a motorcycle and Kevin was indeed with your sister; he had both arms freely wrapped aaall over her" The girl chuckled. "If you know what I mean" She smiled again.
"No, I don't believe you... She wouldn't...I'll wait for her; she'll be here shortly" Phoebe tried to convince herself.
"As if you didn't know Kevin!" The girl laughed. "Although I must also tell you that I saw Rachel bothering your sister just before she decided to leave with him"
"Hey!... I wasn't..." Rachel quickly stood up.
"Yes you were! And Sabrina was with you!" The girl grinned.
"What?" Phoebe suddenly shoved Rachel back. "You were bothering my sister?" Phoebe gave a little step forward and shoved the nervous girl again.
"Take it easy Halliwell, I wasn't....well, I just had a few words with her, nothing big"
"I don't care how big or how small the words were" Phoebe pressed her finger on Rachel's chest. "I want to know what you told her; I want to know what you did to her! And I want to know now!"
"Nothing; I just told her that her locker combination had been changed... and I guess I mentioned something about that 'cool resort' she was in" She chuckled nervously.
"Ok, that does it! Listen up you little piece of sh.. ..If you eve bother my sister again... or if you ever think about touching one single hair of hers, I will personally squeeze your brains out!" Phoebe shouted. "Do you get that?"
Rachel didn't answer; she just barely managed to nod, not daring to take her eyes away from Phoebe's enraged ones.
"You better!" Phoebe gathered up her books and left in a hurry. She had to see by herself if Lexie's motorcycle was in the parking lot or not.
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"You should have let me pay for everything" Kevin stated with a little bit of resentment in his words.
"Of course not" Lexie smiled. "My sisters gave me a credit card, and Prue said it had a high credit limit, but she just asked me not to misuse it" She grinned. "I couldn't miss the opportunity to use it for the first time"
"Ok, ok,...but next time, I'll pay, I don't like my dates to go on paying while I'm around" He groaned and sat beside her.
Lexie rolled her eyes. "Whatever"
"Good; now, lie down on your stomach; I'll rub some Coppertone on your back"
Lexie did as she was told and rolled over on the big black towel. "Just try not to get my back all sandy; I hate it when it gets mixed with oil"
Kevin started rubbing the oil, slowly, very suggestive, caressing every inch of Lexie's body; He took a deep breath and gently undid his bikini strap. Lexie popped her eyes wide and quickly sat up, covering her chest with both arms.
"Kevin!" She shoved him back and pulled the towel against her.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I just wanted to rub the oil evenly, that's all, don't take me wrong"
He lied, and she believed him...again. "Let me strap it back"
"No, I can do it alone" She shook her head. "Why don't you go and get something to drink"
"All right; I'll bring some food too" He slowly got on his feet. "Are you hungry?"
"Yes" She whispered.
"Ok... I'll be right back"
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When Phoebe found out that her sister's motorcycle was not in the parking lot, she quickly grabbed her cell phone and dialed Lexie's number.
"Come on, come on.... get the phone Lexie" Phoebe muttered to herself as she waited for her sister to answer her phone call.
Lexie was lying on the sand, having some iced tea and a big, juicy, double cheeseburger. She heard her cell phone ringing and quickly dropped the burger on her plate; she cleaned up her hands with a yellow napkin from Wendy's and grabbed her backpack; still lying on her side, she searched frantically for her cell and quickly flipped it open.
"Yeah?" She spoke with some food still in her mouth.
"Alexia, where are you?" Phoebe sounded relieved. "Are you ok?" She sighed.
"Yeah, what's up?"
"What do you mean what's up?" Phoebe raised her voice. "I'm worried sick about you and all you have to say is 'what's up'?"
Lexie rolled her eyes. "Phoebeeee... I'm just having a burger that's all, no big deal"
"No, that's not all, and it is a big deal missy; you skipped classes and you're out there, God knows where, with Kevin!"
Lexie swallowed nervously. "Who told you I was with him?" She slowly sat up.
"That's not important right now, what really matters is that I need you to get your butt right here, before Prue and Piper find out"
"Ok, ok, I'll be there shortly" Lexie sounded nervous but angry as well.
"You better be Alexia, I'm going to wait for you right here, in the Jeep, and I ain't going nowhere without you, so hurry up Lex; I mean it!" Maybe Phoebe was being a little uptight, or perhaps she was even slightly over reacting; but she knew Kevin, and she knew him too well.
"All right, all right" Lexie closed her cell phone and tossed it inside her backpack. "Shit!" She pulled back her hair and sighed. "Sorry Kevin, but I have to leave"
"Come on Lexie; you've got to be kidding; stay!" He gave her his best smile.
"I can't Kevin; maybe some other time; Phoebe's waiting for me and she is really pissed off" She grabbed her sunglasses and put them on. "Are you coming with me or are you going to stay here?"
"I'm coming with you, I have to pick up my car anyway" He answered coldly.
"Ok" Lexie got up and started picking up her things. "Don't be mad at me, please, maybe we can go out some other time" Lexie suggested while zipping up her backpack.
"Maybe" Kevin replied while putting on his jeans. "That's if your sisters give you permission", He mocked.
"I certainly do not need my sister's permission to go out with you, I can go out whenever I want to, and whoever I choose with"
"Are you sure?" He hopped on the motorcycle and waited for Lexie. "I'm ready, Cinderella"
Lexie barely smiled, trying to hide her annoyance; she hated her sister right now, and she intended to let her know about it. "Lets go" She jumped on her motorcycle and sped away.
TBC
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