Ok so here's the next chapter. Sorry it took so long, I've been pre occupied with volleyball, drama, and a writing contest I'm planing on entering. Sigh so much to do so little time! Lol anyway on with the chapter!

Summary: Lexy is taking the lost of her grandfather by shuting out reality what will happen to her? and what will happen to there relatioship with Ray? plz R&R! rated for language

Disclaimer; don't own beyblade! Don't sue!

Lexy woke up late the next morning. 'It going to be another boring and bland day.' She groaned. The sun was shinning, the snow was melting, another drowsy day.

"Great another perfect day in paradise." She said sarcastically.

She rolled out of her futon and stored it away in the futon closet. Carefully she brought out the low table and zabuton cushions to set up the dinning/ receiving area. She then walked across the room towards the window and sat down, staring blankly out it. It was pretty big for an apartment on the outskirts of Tokyo. It had two bedrooms, a living area, kitchen, bathroom and a balcony where her grandmother loved to plant flowers.

There was a small market where her grandmother would buy the flowers. "Never go anywhere else," her grandmother had once said, "they only sell the cheap stuff". The merchants also sold vegetables, fish, good-luck-charms, beads and cloth. Around the corner, were the train station, a two-minute walk away, and some apartment buildings. Another 15 minutes, was the subway station.

"I think I'll go for a walk," Lexy yawned. Dressed in her acid washed hip huggers and an orange mesh shirt with a black tang-top underneath, her black hair and pulled it back into a ponytail that flowed halfway down her back, she headed for the door. She had only walked halfway down the hall before something hit her. Something wasn't right. She looked at the clock in her grandfather's study, 9 o'clock. Her grandparents should have been up and making noises. It was silent, no bangs, clangs, no radio blasting or them talking loudly. Lexy got this strange nagging feeling in her sides, something was wrong. She cautiously made her way to the kitchen and found a note on the table.

'Alexis,' Lexy knew for sure now that something happened. Her mom rarely called her by her full name.

Gone to your cousins to finalise details, Gran's out with Aunt Susana. Be back soon.

Love, Okaa-san.'

'Details… details of what?' Lexy thought trying to figure out what she was forgetting.

Then it hit her.

Granddad was gone. Lexy shook her head violently trying her to shake that thought out of her head. 'He's not gone… He can't be…he's not GONE.'

Lexy grabbed her coat and headed out of the apartment building. She didn't exactly know where she was going; she just needed to get out of there.

Blurred visions of people walking by her, cars and busses whizzing by. Wondering down street after street, not knowing where she was headed or why. All that she was focusing on were the thoughts that swirled in her head. One after another, they taunted her, telling her that he was really gone. That she'd never get to see him again.

Tears prickled her amber eyes. 'He's not gone. He's not, ok. He wouldn't leave like that, not like that.' She argued with her thoughts, blinking away the tears.

Lexy decided to busying herself by trying on a tang top that one of the merchants was selling in the market. She was modelling the tank top in the mirror when her cell phone rang. She quickly scrambled over to her coat and pulled out her cell phone and saw that it was Ray.

"Hey Ray."

"Hey baby, where are you?"

"What do you mean where am I? Remember I'm in Tokyo visiting my grandparents"

"Ya but you said you'd be back by yesterday for the big match today."

"Oh shit! I completely forgot! Fuck, I was supposed to face Ricka today. I was gonna beat her in into the ground." Lexy said sitting down on the bench

"Don't worry about it, look you can still get here, Tokyo is only and hour away. Just tell your parents to drive you here."

"Umm it's not that simple." Lexy looked at her watch, it was 12:00, the match was at 2, it took an hour just to get out of Tokyo, plus her mom probably wouldn't let her go. "I won't be able too."

"What… Why not?" Ray asked bewildered an edge of annoyance in his voice.

"Well see… um… I can't."

"Why?"

"Well… um… -"

"Well um what, Lexy? We've been waiting for this match for forever. You can't just let every one here down. Now come on Lexy, why aren't you gonna be here?" Ray said trying his best to stay calm.

They had been waiting for this since last year, training, competing, all for this match. There was a big war in-between Osaka underground beyblade team and Nagano's. Last time the groups had battled each other, Ricka buried Lexy. Lexy had trained the hardest out of the group as far as Ray could see and he wasn't saying that just because Lexy was his girlfriend.

"OK, fine you wanna know!" Lexy yelled, "My granddad just got up and fucking died on me yesterday fucking morning. Now will you get of my fucking case! God! Every one wont leave me alone so don't start, Ray, don't start!"

There was silence on the other line. Lexy slumped her head in her hand, her vision beginning to blur as the tears edged their way into her eyes.

"I'm sorry, Lexy, I didn't know." Ray said quietly.

"Ya well… now ya do. So, I probably wont be there." She said as tear slipped down her face.

"If you want, I'll come over." Ray suggested.

"No." Lexy said a little too loud. "I mean, no, that's ok, look I just really need some time for myself, ok?"

"Oh… ok." She could hear the disappointment in his voice. "Well... call me when you're coming home, k?"

"Yup sure, Ray. Talk to ya later."

"Aishiteru."

"Love ya, too. Bye."

Lexy hung up and put her cell phone back into the coat pocket. She rested her head against the back of change room wall, letting the streams of tears stain her face…

It was twenty minutes before Lexy came out of the change room. The merchant had been freaking out thinking that something had happened. She ended up buying the tank top and decided to go home.

She slowly made her way through the streets back to her grandparent's apartment. She was ticked that Ray just had to call her. It was sweet of him, to be concerned and all, but she really didn't need that call. Ray could be such a worrywart whenever she went away for a day or two. To be honest it was getting on her nerves. She knew he meant well, but he wasn't giving her enough room to breath. She felt like she was suffocating or something. He was becoming too clingy.

When she reached house her mom and grandmother still weren't home. She went into the kitchen and looked for something to eat. She grabbed the box of chocolate poky and took out a couple of sticks.

"This is gonna be along week" Lexy mumbled as she took a bit of her poky.

Yumm… poky lol it's really good you should all try some :P hoped ya liked it, the chapter that is, lol.

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