C.C. McKenna

Inexperienced Love

Chapter Six

Rachel interrupted Kevin and Lexie's conversation; they were seated on the sand, far away from everyone's gaze. "Lexie, do you want a hamburger or anything?" Rachel asked.

"No, thank you...I'm leaving... Kevin's taking me... where Kevin?... uhm.. Who is going to leave? You or me? Lexie smiled joyfully. "Wow, you four are awesome!" Lexie raised her voice as she stood up, grabbing Rachel's arm to keep her balance.

"Four?" Rachel asked with amusement.

"Yes, you and you" She pressed her finger on Kevin's and then on Rachel's chest. "Hey, I hope you're feeling ok, 'cause you're spinning like crazy too...or is it the beach?...no, wait, it's the bloody sky!... hey mate, the bloody sky is really spinning" She stumbled awkwardly but Rachel held her still and then shoved her back to the sand. "Sit down" She ordered. She looked at Kevin, quizzically, and rolled her eyes.

"What did you give her?" Rachel smiled. "And don't say 'nothing' because I know she's 'high'.

"Stay out of this Rachel, I can handle her, it was only one fucking pill, the effect will be over soon, so get lost and don't waste my time"

"Uhm... are you going to..."

"Well...I'll try!" He laughed.

"But won't you get in trouble if she finds out?" She looked over at Lexie and saw her resting her back on the sand, staring avidly at the stars.

"She won't remember a thing after the speed effect is gone...now go!" He shoved her away.

"All right...but I'm going to be waiting for you here after you take her home" She kissed his lips and slowly slid her hand on his chest. "We'll have some real fun, I'll show you how it feels to have real good sex"

"Ok...deal!" He kissed her back, running his hands on her chest. "Hold those thoughts" He sat down beside Lexie. "Right now I'll have some fun with Lexie"

Rachel smiled and left Kevin alone with her new good friend; she had barely walked a few steps away from them when she decided to go back. "Erm...Kevin"

"What?!" He was now getting upset.

"Enjoy", She mocked as Kevin threw a fistful of sand to her in return.

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"Are you ok Lexie?" Kevin whispered in her ear as he leaned down, very suggestive, on his hip next to her, supporting his head with the palm of his hand and burying his elbow on the sand.

"Stars are falling in the water...can you see them?" She garbled without taking her eyes off the vast space.

Kevin smiled. "Oh yeah...they do that all the time, come here, I'll protect you and they won't hurt you" He reached over, sliding his hand on her back and pulling her even closer to his chest. He started kissing her, first her lips, then her neck; he was about to get his hands under her white shirt when he felt something hitting his head. He broke the kiss and gazed around, but saw no one. Lexie hastily seized his shirt and pulled him back to her, kissing him passionately. Kevin forgot about the pain the rock had inflicted on him and continued with his task; taking his time to slowly start unbuttoning Lexie's top. Suddenly, a beer bottle hit his temple; making him a bit dizzy. He took his hand up to his head and felt a stingy pain when he touched it, as well as a little stickiness between his fingers. He didn't even try to find out what that dampness meant because he immediately noticed Lexie's white shirt stained with a dark liquid.

"Fuck!" He pushed back Lexie's hands and swiftly got on his feet. "Stay here Lexie, don't move!" He ordered as he carefully started gazing around. "Hey guys, get your fucking asses over here and help me find the wise guy who just signed his fucking death sentence!"

He shouted with anger.

A few yards away, behind a car, the person who hurled the bottle to the friendly couple flipped a cell phone open and dialed the Halliwell's house.

"Hello? Yes, this is the Halliwell manor, Phoebe Halliwell, who is this?" She placed the book she was reading on the bed as well as her reading eyeglasses, and slowly sat up.

"Hi, I'm at the beach party, and Lexie asked me to call you... she wants to know if you can come to pick her up...uhm, like right away... meaning now!" She flipped the phone closed and hid it in her shirt pocket.

"Is she ok?... who are you?" Phoebe asked worriedly but only got a sickening silence in return. Damn it, she hung up. She quickly changed into her jeans, grabbed her handbag, and ran quietly down the stairs, not wanting to worry her sisters or wake them up, for that matter. Oh God, please, let her be ok. Phoebe picked up the keys from the foyer's table and softly closed the door behind her.

"Shit, Bond, when are you going to stop getting yourself in trouble!" Sophie thought to herself and quickly crawled herself out of that spot when she saw a couple of guys heading her way.

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Lexie slowly got on her feet, completely unaware of what was going on around her. She straightened her clothes and walked over to the bonfire.

"Where's everybody?" She naively asked to a half drunken half drugged Rachel.

"I don't know...around, I guess" She wiped her eyes trying to focus. "What happened to you, why are you bleeding?"

"What?" Lexie looked down, staring at her shirt. "Oh...I don't know" She kept staring. "How can I take this bloody stain off?" She gazed up, looking for Rachel's advice.

"Easy" Rachel mocked her reply. "Get in the ocean and it will be off almost by itself", She laughed trying to stand on her feet but Sabrina pulled her back down.

"Hey, that's a great idea!" Lexie ran to the sea and fearlessly dived through a big wave.

"Holly shit!" Rachel sprung up. "She did it Bri! She fucking did it!" She looked down to check Sabrina's reaction but the latter was out in space. "Man, Bri, snap out of it; she's going to get in trouble...the ocean is not calm tonight, in fact, there are some nasty waves braking out right now"

"Cool!" Sabrina nodded as she slowly leaned back on the sand and closed her eyes trying to stop the sky from spinning. Rachel smiled and stumbled her way to the shoreline.

"Hey Lexie!" Rachel shouted trying very hard to focus on the dark noisy water in front of her, but being extra careful of not getting her shoes wet.

"What's going on?" Paul arrived to where Rachel was standing and glanced towards the infuriated sea.

Rachel turned to face the person beside her and smiled. "Oh hi Paul, would you believe that goofball?" She rolled her eyes. "She went laundering" She chuckled.

He grabbed her shoulders and gave her a slight shake. "Goofball, who are you calling goofball? And what do you mean by laundering?"

"Hey!" Rachel tried to get loose from Paul's grasp. "You are hurting me"

"Rachel, try to focus here, is somebody in there?" He shook her again.

"Yes!" Rachel yelled.

"Who? Damn it!" Paul raised his voice.

"Alexia Bennett, that's who! She went swimming"

"Shit!" Paul took off his shirt and headed quickly towards the sea. He was about to dive in when he saw Lexie coming out, grabbing her hair with both hands squeezing the water excess.

"Hi" Paul smiled staring closely at her. I think you need mouth to mouth resuscitation" He bent down and softly kissed her.

"Hey, how dare you" Lexie swiftly backed off and slapped him.

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Sophie hid herself inside a BMW and remained ducked. She nervously picked through the corner side of the window from time to time, to see what was going on and hoping that Lexie was ok.

"Damn it!" Kevin shouted, holding a small piece of cloth against his wound. "I'm going to get you!" He shouted again standing beside the BMW. "You little piece of shit, I'll get you for this" He yelled and kicked the car in front of him. Sophie was startled by the sudden kick and covered her mouth to muffle her scream.

Kevin went back to Lexie and found his best friend suspiciously standing beside her.

"What is going on here?" He asked obviously upset, as he stood in front of them.

"Kevin" Paul smiled with nervousness. "It's not what you think man; we were just talking that's all, weren't we Lexie? Paule sounded tense. Lexie softly nodded, trying to prevent a fight between friends.

Nobody seemed to notice Phoebe's arrival. She parked the car and quickly ran towards the beach, expecting to find her sister wounded. "Lexie!" Phoebe shouted as she hastily approached them. "Oh my God, what happened?" She placed her hand on her chest when she saw Lexie standing in the middle of the two corpulent guys, glaring at each other.

Phoebe quickly wrapped her arms around her baby sister. "Are you ok sweetie?"

"Yes" Lexie replied softly, staring at the sand. "Can we go home please?"

"Sure Baby, come on, your soaking wet. Phoebe took off her windbreaker and wrapped it around her sister.

"Wait a minute" Kevin tried to stop them. "Let me talk to her Phoebe"

Phoebe looked at him over her shoulder. "Not now Kevin, maybe tomorrow, she's all wet and I need to take her home, besides, you don't look to good yourself"

Sophie stared at the sisters from a close distance and smiled. She quietly walked away, it was late, so she decided to call a cab from her cell. That Kevin is bad news Bond. Sophie shook her head. He's not for you.

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Phoebe locked the doors and grabbed the seat belt. "Buckle up missy" She ordered as she fastened hers. Lexie did as she was told and sighed, silently trying to put together the pieces of the complex puzzle inside her head.

"Ok, spill it out" Phoebe ordered her sister without taking her eyes away from the windshield.

"There's nothing to talk about, I ... I just went inside for a swim and when I came out of the water Paul was there, waiting for me, and ..." Lexie swallowed hard and looked outside her window.

"And what!" Phoebe urged her sister to finish what she was saying.

Lexie fixed her eyes on the dashboard again and sighed. "He caught me by surprise ok, and, and he kissed me, but then I slapped him and Kevin came and.. and..." Lexie started crying, but not because of that incident, but because she didn't remember most of what had happened to her. She knew she had some beer, she remembered talking to Kevin, and having a nice little chat with Rachel...but not the details; She tried to remember how did she end up in the water, or how she got that blood stain on her shirt but her thoughts were a mass of blurriness. All she had was just a distorted memory about that weird night.

"Lexie!" Phoebe raised her voice and stopped the Jeep. "What's going on with you, I want to know what happened, and I want to know now" Phoebe slammed both hands on the steering wheel and took a deep breath. "Spill it" She raised her voice but trying to keep her composure.

Lexie cringed a bit to the noise and tightened her eyes. "I had some beers, that's all, I guess I got a little drunk and maybe did some stupid things, like, like going for a swim, I don't know, it's ... everything's..."

"A blurr?" Phoebe glanced at her sister and quickly returned her eyes to the road; not hiding her annoyance.

"Damn it, just get off my back!" Lexie unbuckled her seatbelt and tried to open the door; Phoebe stopped the car, swiftly grabbed her sister's arm tightly and held her back to her seat.

"Don't," Phoebe muttered as she reached over Lexie and grabbed the seatbelt. "Put this on, you're not going anywhere!" She waited until Lexie finished buckling to put the car in motion. "You need to sober up young lady" Phoebe hissed. "Maybe a couple of hangover stopper pills would help"

"Whatever!" Lexie spat, folding her arms on her chest and clamping her teeth.

"I just hope Prue and Piper are asleep when we get home or we're dead meat"

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