Couple: Marissa/Alex

Rating: R

Summary: A month or two after 'The Broken Heart Club', Marissa and Alex are more intimate now than ever. The problem? When people find out…most aren't as accepting as you wish it…

Prologue…

It was ten months since Alex first kissed Marissa, and ten months since she responded to that kiss, and ten months since they started dating. For once in her life Marissa felt truly happy, while Alex for once felt truly accepted for whom she was; flaws and all.

It was Sunday morning, and there was a light shower outside. Marissa was staring out the window peacefully, thinking on the past two months. She had, for months before Alex or even Ryan, been storing her weekly all ounce in her own, personal account. All those weeks added up to quite a lot, and soon moved out of the house. She was still connected to her mother and to her dismay, Caleb, but she thought that some family connection could come in handy one day.

Marissa recalled on the events that led her where she was now, and couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in herself, marveling at all she accomplished in less than a year. She gazed back upon a memory that bought her the most sorrow, but yet also bought her to where she was now. In her mind, she drifted back to two months later after their first kiss. As she thought of what happened, she closed her eyes as she started to get lost in the memory. Soon afterwards drifted back into the memory, and as she opened her eyes, she was in a bed, on April 14, 2005 at 10:00 AM.

Chapter 1

The noonday sun shone in through a minute gap in the curtain, shining annoyingly right into Marissa Cooper's face. Marissa let out a low moan as she attempted to get up from the bed to shut the curtain; it was Sunday morning, where people slept in and hung out; she didn't see why a few more minutes, or hours, of sleep would hurt. However, as she tried to get up, she found herself entangled in limbs of a young woman. Marissa looked down in temporary shock, but then as she saw the face of the girl whose arms were wrapped securely around her waist, she couldn't help but smile to herself. She gazed down upon Alex Kelly's face, the light shining across her golden hair, and lighting up her lightly tanned faced. 'The face of a goddess' she once proclaimed long ago.

Marissa tried to resist, but she couldn't help herself as she reached down and softly caressed her face, careful to not wake her up. She relished the feel of the silky smooth skin against her palm, the calm relaxed face of the young woman she loved. She realized this on the day that they kissed, and she hadn't turned back since. They both decided to keep the relationship secret, since in the past for both of the girls, people who thought differently about their relationships ended up breaking it up, and they didn't want to take any chances.

As Marissa was reflecting back upon their decisions, she hadn't noticed that Alex had woken up, and was watching her as her forehead was crinkled in thought.

"Anything I can help you with?" Alex asked sweetly, startling Marissa.

"Wha...Alex! When did you wake up?" Marissa asked, slightly embarrassed at being caught caressing her face, but mostly guilty for waking her girlfriend up.

"Hm…quite a while ago actually. I just decided to play the role of the sleeping girlfriend since you were so nicely caressing my cheek…and you stopped…Marissa!" Alex whined, missing the contact dearly.

"Nuh-uh…" Marissa said pulling her hand away, teasing Alex. "You don't get away that easily for pretending you were asleep. Taking advantage of my kindness, aren't 'cha?"

"Marissa!" Alex shouted, pouting at her girlfriend. "Come on Marissa…you know you can't resist my charm." Said Alex seductively, giving her a look that she knew made Marissa weak in the knees.

"Alex…" Marissa whined out, her heart melting at the look her girlfriend gave her. She couldn't help herself, she simply got lost in that look that simply said everything she wanted to hear, yet with no words. "You know I can't resist that look…you're cheating!"

"Your point? It's working, isn't it?" Alex said as she languidly ran a finger down Marissa's thigh, scoring her a shudder and a low moan coming form Marissa's mouth.

"A…a…Alex…" Marissa barely breathed out, feeling a slight shiver vibrate through her body as Alex continued to tickle and caress her thigh. "No…no fair…" she whispered so softly that Alex barely heard it.

Alex leaned forward and licked a slow trail up Marissa's ear. "Hey..." she started, nibbling lightly on Marissa's earlobe, knowing Marissa probably at that moment felt like she would burst. "All's fair in love…and war" Alex whispered as she got up and headed toward the shower, stripping all her clothes in the process, earning her a dirty look from Marissa as she closed the door.

Marissa still looked on, half in shock and half in disbelief, as a slow, mischievous smile spread across her face. "Well then…" Marissa whispered to herself, "This…will be a most interesting war indeed." She flashed a quick, devious grin as she proceeded to strip and make her way towards the bathroom door, intent on causing some serious payback.

Chapter 2

The shower was already in full blast, steam emitting from the showerhead, bathing everything in the room in a misty, white fog. Alex was humming to herself, not noticing the silhouette at the doorway. As the dark shadow continued to proceed toward the shower curtain, Alex was imagining all the ways that Marissa was feeling right now, from deprived to simply in shock. As she continued to ponder over her thoughts, the dark shadow silently snuck her way into the shower, still undetected.

Small, but strong arms snaked their way around Alex's waist, and Alex couldn't help but emit a small squeal in surprise at the intrusion.

"Well…well…well Ms. Kelly…the entire time I've known you I never knew you were a squealer." Marissa teasingly whispered into Alex's ear.

"Marissa!" Alex shouted, turning around to face her lover. "You scared me half to death!"

"Hm…your point?" Marissa said as she began to kiss up Alex's already wet neck and caress Alex's back, slowly moving downward.

"W…well…" Alex gulped, feeling all of a sudden very hot and VERY short-breathed.

"Well?" Marissa asked, as her kissing antics now went from Alex's neck to her shoulder, while now her hands were firmly caressing Alex's backside, earning deep, heated breaths from her companion.

"No…no…no fair…"Alex meekly protested, as she was willing herself to maintain her self control, which after each second became increasingly harder to do.

"Hey, you're the one that said it." Marissa said as she all of a sudden stopped. She stepped out of the shower and moved toward the towel rack, grabbing her towel and wrapping it around her body. "All's fair…in love" as Marissa walked out of the bathroom. "And war!" she shouted, the sound reasonating in Alex's ears. Silence passed for a moment as Alex took the time to recollect herself.

"Damn…"Alex muttered. "She may be new at this…but hell she is good!"