Chapter 5

"Ryan?" Summer stared at the person who had just pulled Alex into a hug.

"Summer? You're her sister? But you two look nothing alike!" Ryan looked back and forth between Summer and Alex, trying find a resemblance. "And how come you never told me you had a sister, Summer?" Summer just shrugged.

"You never asked."

"Alex?" Marissa finally spoke and looked wearily over at the blonde. Alex looked at the brunette.

"Marissa? You're Ryan's girlfriend?" Alex sounded like she was accusing her of something so Marissa hesitantly nodded but Ryan wasn't paying attention, he was still shocked to find out that his best friend was the sister to his girlfriend's best friend.

"You're Ryan's girlfriend…" She repeated again except in the form of a statement instead of a question. Alex looked away from the Marissa and looked at the ground, confused. Ryan finally got over the fact that Summer and Alex were sisters, and that they all knew each other, and perked up.

"This is so great! We already all know each other so there's no awkwardness!" Alex scoffed, but the only person who heard her was Marissa.

"How'd you two meet, anyway?" Summer motioned between Alex and Ryan. Before one of the two could answer, they heard tires screeching nearby. It caused Alex to look up, and once she saw what caused the horrible noise, she smiled, and so did Ryan. They looked at each other before running off to greet the person who had just gotten out of the car that parked.

"Jodie!" They both hugged the short brunette at the same time, who after a minute, pushed them off.

"I know you guys are glad to see me, but, that's just too much touching from a guy for my liking." They all shared a laugh as they walked towards the two girls that Alex and Ryan had left behind. Ryan introduced Jodie to the two girls.

"This is Jodie. She's Alex and mine's best friend from L.A." Marissa felt a pang of jealousy and shot Alex a hurt look when she heard that. She thought she was Alex's best friend. "And this is Marissa, my girlfriend. And Summer, Alex's sister." Jodie examined the two girls and then turned to Alex.

"Hey Alex, wasn't Marissa your e-" Alex hit her in the arm to cut her off. Marissa's eyes widened in shock. 'She knows about me and Alex? Alex told her about me? Who is this girl?' "What the freak, Alex?" Jodie rubbed her arm where Alex had hit her, and Summer smacked Alex on the back of the head.

"What was that for?" Alex moved her hand to her head and felt it slightly, checking it for a bump.

"You aren't supposed to hurt your friends, that's like, evil." Summer moved over to Jodie and checked her arm. "Are you okay?" Alex watched Jodie smile sweetly and put a hand over her heart.

"Yea, I am, because you're here…" Before Jodie could say anything else, Alex dragged her off away from the group, and the other three watched them.

"Aw, isn't she sweet?" Marissa looked at Summer strangely before casting her gaze back to the two girls that had just left the group.

"What's wrong with you?" Jodie yelled at Alex as she pulled her away.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with you?" Alex whispered harshly, trying to keep her voice down.

"I didn't do anything!" Jodie thought Alex was acting ridiculous, hitting her for no reason and then yelling at her. Alex closed her eyes and rubbed her temples.

"Look, Jodie. Ryan doesn't know about me and Marissa. And Summer, my sister, doesn't know I'm gay. So please don't make any comments about that crap around them, okay?" Jodie opened her mouth but she didn't even respond before Alex continued. "Also, don't flirt with my sister. I know how you are." Alex glared at Jodie as she put her hands up in mock defeat and innocence. The two girls walked back to the group and Alex put a huge smile on.

"You guys okay?" Ryan asked sincerely. Alex nodded and walked towards the entrance of the Bait Shop.

"C'mon you guys, let's show Newport what it has been missing for the past year." Summer and Jodie followed Alex soon after, but Marissa remained behind. Ryan stayed with his girlfriend.

"Hey, is everything alright?" Marissa put on a smile and nodded.

"Yea. You go on ahead, I wanna stay out here for a moment." Ryan looked skeptically at her.

"You sure?" Marissa's eyes drifted towards the entrance of the Bait Shop and looked back at Ryan, then she nodded. "Okay, we'll be by the bar area or something, alright?" He gave her a smile before entering the club on his own. Marissa looked around the parking lot and saw the tire marks that Jodie made. She smiled as she remembered the time that she and Alex caused such vandalism.

Marissa hurriedly walked towards the jeep that Alex was sitting in, waiting for her. Marissa looked behind her, casually, trying not to cause suspicion, before throwing her bags into the back and getting into the passenger seat and giving Alex a soft kiss on the cheek.

"Hey, did you find everything okay?" Marissa smiled and nodded before quickly scanning her surroundings.

"Yea, can we go now?" Alex turned her key to start her car, and then faced Marissa again, while waiting for her engine to heat up.

"Yea, but what's the rush?" Marissa looked back to the entrance of the department store that she just left and answered quickly.

"No rush. But can we go?" Alex noticed Marissa's gaze towards the store and raised an eyebrow at her.

"Marissa…Did you do something? Illegal?" Alex whispered the last part, not wanting to be heard by other people. Marissa looked at Alex with a hurt look on her face, not really believing that her girlfriend would accuse her of something like that.

"What? No!" Alex stared her down and Marissa cracked. "Well, maybe. I'm not sure…" Marissa began nervously diverting her gaze away from Alex.

"Marissa!"

"It's just that, I was drinking my slushie, and I tripped and I accidentally spilled it on a bunch of stuff…" Alex stared at Marissa with her mouth open. "But can we please go now?" Alex snapped out of it when they saw and heard an overweight man in a business suit come out of the store shaking his fist at them.

"Hey! You kids get back here and pay for this stuff that you ruined!" Marissa sank into her seat.

"Drive Alex, drive! Please!" Before the man could reach their car, Alex put the car into drive and slammed on the gas, not wanting Marissa to get into any more trouble than she already was, leaving the man with nothing except ruined items and tire marks.

When they were out of the vicinity, Alex spoke as she continued to drive.

"I can't believe you, Marissa. See, this is why I don't trust you with food around nice things."

"Hey! You trust me with you, don't you?" Marissa gave Alex a cheesy smile and Alex rolled her eyes.

"Smooth."

"I know!" Alex shook her head before leaning over to give Marissa a quick kiss, trying not to get them killed.

"But yea, I do." Marissa smiled at Alex before leaning her head against Alex's shoulder as the other girl continued to drive.

Marissa sighed as she finished the memory and began dragging herself towards the entrance.

"Well, this is gonna be a fun night…" She straightened up, put on another smile, and pushed open the door, bracing herself for what has yet to come.