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C.C. McKenna
Inexperienced Love
Chapter Ten
"Wait a minute young girl, aren't you going to have breakfast?" Piper stood beside Lexie watching the way her little sister hastily strapped her helmet on.
"Don't have time" Lexie walked towards the back door and smiled. "See you for dinner?"
Piper shook her head, slightly closing her eyes. "You know I don't like this, but all right Missy... just take care, will you?" Piper lifted up the plastic shield of her sister's helmet and kissed the tip of her nose. "And make sure you get here early, we don't want to keep Prue waiting, now do we?"
"Prue?" Lexie squinted. "Why Prue?" She glanced at Piper and stopped zipping her jacket for a moment. "Did Phoebe say something to you or..or P-prue?"
"Something about what exactly? Piper frowned. "Lexie, honey, is there something we should know?"
"No..no, I was just wondering...that's all"
Piper shook her head, obviously doubting her sister's words. "Ok then... remember Prue said you two were going to talk about Sophia; she's quite intrigued about that friend of yours, as a matter of fact, we all are" Piper fixed up her sister's leather jacket and gave her a sweet smile.
Lexie rolled her eyes and finished sliding up her zipper, feeling relieved and somehow happy that Phoebe had remained silent about Kevin. "Oh that...all right, ok" She blew a kiss to Piper and stormed out of the kitchen.
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"Great game last night Alexia" Rachel smiled widely lifting her hand up and getting a quick high five from her brand new friend.
"Yeah, it was great, wasn't it?" Lexie smiled.
"Uhu... Listen, I'm going to the cafeteria, wanna come and join me for a cup of coffee?" Rachel quickly changed the subject, obviously being jealous of Lexie's skills.
"No; I've just been there, actually, I was looking for Kevin; have you seen him by any chance?" Lexie pulled back her hair and groaned. "I just don't know where else to look for him"
--'Yeah, I've just left him in the gym, very exhausted, I might add' –Rachel thought. "Sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you; haven't seen him either" Rachel smiled.
"Great!" Lexie glanced around, still hoping to spot him. "Can I ask you a favor?"
"Sure, anything" Rachel smiled.
"I'm going to the library right now, and I'm going to be there for about thirty minutes; then I'll go for two boring hours of Philosophy, so if you, by any chance see him, tell him that I won't be able to wait for him, or see him for that matter after soccer practice, tell him I need to get home early."
"Sure, no problem; everything ok back home? Is there anything I can do to help you?"
"No, thank you, it's just this very important talk my older sister wants to have with me, and she'll be real mad if I'm late"
"Oh, " Rachel smiled. "Let me know if you need anything"
"Thanks" Lexie tossed her back pack on her shoulder and left in a hurry; she needed to get to the library to finish three very important essays so that she could at least get a "B" in Chemistry, Biology and Environmental Science. Between Kevin, soccer practices, and bike riding, her grades had been foolishly dropping, and her sisters weren't too happy about it.
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The hot steaming water was gently relaxing Lexie's sore body. Soccer training had been especially hard that afternoon, but she still had plenty of time to get to the manor and have that annoying conversation with her sisters. She raised her head and allowed the hot stream to bang soothingly on her face for a little while longer. After a few minutes, she reluctantly got out of the shower and quickly started drying herself.
"See you around Alexia" Rachel yelled from the door.
"Yeah, drive safely" Lexie finally buttoned up her jeans and went to her locker to grab her backpack. She opened the door and stood frozen for a while; her bag was not in the same place she had left it. She hastily started pulling out some extra tanks, two pair of jeans, a couple of clean uniforms, and a pair of dark brown suede boots; but no backpack. Lexie took a deep breath and slammed her hands on the locker; she grabbed a Marlboro and lit it to try to calm her nervousness but it was useless; after a couple of smoke draws she kicked the locker and violently closed the door. "Damn it!" She muttered as she quickly started kicking and opening the rest of the lockers, she knew her bag had to be somewhere, she knew it was just some kind of a stupid prank, and she prayed to find out the name of the one who did it. "I know it has to be here...I know... but where?!" She said to herself as she decided to go outside to check. She thoroughly scanned the field and its surroundings but still, her backpack remained invisible.
"Why me?!!!" She shouted looking at her wristwatch. "Prue is going to be so pissed; I don't even have my bloody cell to call home" She sat on the grass and annoyingly dropped her back, thinking about how was she going to get home; she glanced around but the field was empty; she took the cigarette to her lips and drew a big chunk of smoke "Nothing could get worse than this!" She hissed, slamming both hands on the grass; she closed her eyes when all of the sudden every single sprinkler on the field were automatically turned on, and in a matter of seconds she was soaking wet. She smirked, slightly shaking her head as she grabbed the dripping cigarette from her lips; the only thing left to do was laugh, and... she did"
"Having fun?" Karen stood beside Lexie, watching amused the way she seemed to be enjoying the sprinkler shower.
"Kary!" Lexie jumped on her feet, but refrained herself from hugging her sister's best friend because of her drenched clothes. "Thank God you're here, I need a ride home, I...I also need your phone"
"Ok, ok" Karen smiled. "My cell is in my car, and Mike... you know Mike, right? He's my brother"
"No, I don't think I've met him" Lexie impatiently replied.
"Well, he's actually waiting for me there, so come on, I'll introduce you to him!" Karen smiled. "Just let me grab a book from my locker and we're off"
"Ok" Lexie whispered, "I think I better tidy up a little" She followed Karen to the dressing rooms and started picking up all her belongings. "I'll change into something dry...can you wait?
"Sure" Karen looked around the room. "What did you do in here missy?" Karen smiled, looking at Lexie's things and some other scattered stuff on the floor.
"I got a little frantic looking for my backpack... my cell and my bike's keys are in it"
"I see" Karen grabbed a book from her recently messed locker and stared at Lexie. "I suppose you didn't find it in my locker either, did you?"
Lexie blushed. "Sorry, I had to check everywhere"
"It's ok kiddo" Karen wrapped her arm around her best friend's little sister's neck and ruffled her hair... Come on, let's go"
They left the dressing rooms and because of Lexie's nervousness, they quickened their pace, almost to a running point; suddenly, Lexie stopped on her tracks when she heard a very familiar sound coming out from a trashcan, it was Seether's and Amy Lee's 'Broken' song, so, it had to be her cell phone. She lunged herself over the rather large green can, plunging half her body inside and digging frantically throughout the papers, cans, and leftovers; "Eww!" She shouted and shrugged her nose trying to get rid of the repulsive smell; closing her eyes tightly with revulsion. "This is bloody disgusting!" She whined, finally getting a hold of her now yucky stained leather bag and quickly snatching her cell phone out "I've got it, I've got it!" she raised her voice, juggling the cell a couple of times before answering it.
"Hello?"...Oh hi Kev...yes, ...no, I know I should be home by now, but... of course I'm alone, I'm still at the Faculty...yes...but...ok...all right...but...I...yes... I don't it's necessary for you to come and pick me up, I have my bike... ye... ...hello?...hello?" She flipped her cell closed and smiled at Karen. "Maybe it was a bad connection; I've lost the signal" She was blushing.
Karen smiled, giving her friend the benefit of the doubt. "Ok, so I reckon you don't need a ride home anymore, do you?"
"No Kary, I can handle it now, thanks anyway"
"And are you leaving or are you going to wait for Kevin?"
"I can't wait for him, I need to go home now...and sorry, I'll meet your brother some other time, if you don't mind"
"It's ok, don't worry"—He's going to kill me, but we'll try later— Karen thought. "Cool, just do me a favor kiddo...don't speed!"
"Yeah, all right; thanks Kary" Lexie smiled, grabbed her cell from her pocket and dialed home. Karen got in her car but decided to wait until Lexie finished her phone call; she didn't want to leave her alone in campus. Lexie smiled and winked an eye to her friend to show her appreciation and waved to Mike. Karen's brother blushed, but Lexie didn't even notice his nervousness.
"Hello, Prue, it's me Lexie........"
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