Alex saw Ryan standing alone by his locker and took a deep breath before making her way over.

"Hey, can I talk to you?" she asked carefully.

"About what?" he said without any emotion in his voice.

"Look, I know we haven't ever really gotten along, but Marissa means a lot to me and you mean a lot to Marissa so I was hoping we could just calm down and at least try to be civil with each other?"

"And by civil you mean?"

"Stop with the hateful glares, speak to each other normally and not try to agitate the other with sly comments. Who knows, we might just get along?" Alex replied, but in her mind finding it very hard to believe.

Apparently so did Ryan because he gave her a doubtful gaze.

"Okay, so maybe never really get along, but I don't want to fight with you Ryan because it would make Marissa unhappy and I don't want her to be. So what do you say?"

Ryan thought about it for a moment.

"I agree," was the only thing he said before closing his locker and walking away.

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Seth walked over to Alex, having seen the two rivals talk.

"What did you guys talk about?"

"Doing a three-way with Marissa," Alex replied.

"Really? Can I join?" Seth said in a high pitched tone, making Alex roll her eyes.

"Grow up Seth."

"Okay, I'm serious now. What was it?"

"We agreed not to fight for Marissa's sake."

"That's great. We can be the fantastic five instead of four. One more team member has never hurt."

"The only thing I'm joining is the fantastic two, me and Marissa." Alex said clearly irritated.

"You should make that three because all girls need a man."

Alex raised her eye brows at him.

"I mean all women need a man."

Alex still just looked at him.

"All women need a boy?"

Alex shook her head and started to walk away.

"Oh come on Alex, lighten up a little, smile," he whined as he ran after her, but she shrugged him off.

"Think of Marissa," he said, making the blonde stop and look at him.

"You're gonna hit me now aren't you?" he said sounding like a scared eight year old..

Alex just smiled as she leaned over and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Okay, what's going on?" the boy asked shocked.

"You're just so adorable Seth," Alex said before walking away to her last class of the day.

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As Alex walked out of the school building she saw Marissa already waiting by her car.

"Hey," the blonde said as she walked over.

"So what are we doing today?" Marissa asked with a huge smile.

"I don't know. We could go home to mine so you can check out the new apartment and then I have to work."

"Great. House checking and free drinks, sounds like a fun day."

Alex grinned.

"So, you ready to go?"

"Absolutely."

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Having spent two hours at Alex' new place, mainly making out after a quick tour, Marissa was now standing outside The Bait Shop waiting for Summer who would probably bring Seth and Ryan too.

Marissa smiled to the watcher as he let the group pass. She had only been away from Alex for two hours and already she had felt like she was gonna explode at the lack of the blonde. She wasn't used to feeling like this, she never thought she would, but she sure didn't mind it since she knew Alex wanted her just as much. Marissa made her way over to the bar where the blonde was serving customers, the other three people with her already forgotten.

"Hey," she said seductively as she leaned against the counter.

Alex smiled brightly at her as she passed a customer his glass.

"You made it."

"Like I would miss out on a chance to check you out while you're working," Marissa said playfully and Alex laughed. Their attention was diverted as Ryan, Seth and Summer came up beside them.

"How about some free drinks?" Seth said trying to sound manly.

"Do you have ID?" the blonde replied seriously.

"What? Alex, come on." The boy pleaded, but Alex just shook her head.

"You and alcohol don't mix Seth, I've experienced it. You can get a coke if you want?"

"Fine," he said with a pout.

"Okay, what can I get you guys?" she asked as she looked at Ryan and Summer.

"We'll just take the same as Seth," Ryan replied.

"Okay, three cokes coming up."

Marissa looked at Alex as she retrieved the three cokes. When she gave them to the other's she shoed them away so she could get some alone time with the beautiful brunette in front of her.

"So what can I get you miss?" she said seductively to Marissa as they locked eyes.

Marissa started blushing at the intensity of the gaze.

"Um, a coke and a kiss would be fine."

"I'm not sure we serve that here," the blonde shot back with a smile.

"Well, I guess I'm gonna have to try another place then," Marissa said smugly as she started to move away only to be drawn back by a hand on her arm.

"On second thought, I think we started serving that today," Alex said before leaning over the counter and giving the brunette a soft kiss on the lips.

Marissa pouted when Alex pulled away.

"That's not a kiss."

"Don't worry, you'll get more when I'm done here," the blonde replied as she retrieved the brunette's coke.

"I'm holding you to it," Marissa said before winking at Alex as she walked off to find the others.

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Alex turned of the lights in her office and walked out of it with a sigh.

"I am so wiped," she said as she walked over to the brunette that was waiting for her.

"No wonder you are when it's two in the morning."

"I know, but you didn't have to wait for me. You should have gone home and gone to bed, it's school tomorrow."

"I wanted to wait. You owe me lots of kisses remember?" Marissa said playfully as Alex walked closer to her.

"That I do," the blonde agreed before leaning over to give her a short kiss. Alex smiled when she felt Marissa pull her closer by the neck and started kissing her more forcefully. Alex moaned when she felt Marissa's tongue run over her bottom lip and opened her mouth so she could meet the brunette's tongue with her own. When their tongues met, the blonde heard Marissa moan and she smiled to herself.

They broke away from each other, both breathing heavily.

"Wow," Alex said as her piercing, clear eyes moved from Marissa's eyes to her lips and back to her eyes.

"I really think you should lock up here so we can go to your apartment," the brunette said with a wink and Alex laughed.

"Good idea," she replied before taking Marissa's hand, guiding her to the exit.

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Alex and Marissa stumbled through the door to Alex' apartment and laughed as they broke away from the kiss before moving in to kiss each other again. The brunette's arm reached out behind her in search of the door. When she found it, she pushed it so it closed itself.

Alex stopped the kiss when the door was shut with a bang and looked at Marissa, both panting.

"What?" the brunette asked when Alex just stood there, studying her.

"I just need to know how far you want to go because I don't think I'm ready to…you know," the blonde said nervously.

"Don't worry, making out is good." Marissa replied with a smile at how cute Alex was.

"Making out is very good," the blonde said relieved as she took a hold of the brunette's waist and started pushing her in the direction of the sofa.

Marissa giggled when she fell down on it with Alex on top of her. Seconds later they were kissing again.

About an hour later, the two girls were cuddled up on the sofa together.

"We have to go to school in like four hours or something," Marissa said.

"I know and I'm so tired."

"We should probably get to bed," the brunette said with a soft giggle.

"Probably," Alex replied as she yawned.

Ten minutes later both girls crashed down on the bed and were asleep instantly.