Chapter 8
"Alex?" Both girls hadn't fallen asleep yet and Alex was still lying on and next to Jodie with her left arm draped over Jodie's stomach.
"Hmm?"
"She's the reason we broke up, isn't she?" The question made Alex freeze, and Jodie felt it, but then Alex hesitantly nodded against the other girl's body, not wanting to look at Jodie's expression, knowing that it either showed hurt or anger.
"Yea…" Jodie sighed softly before making a reply.
"What was I to you?" After the breakup, whenever Alex tried to talk to Jodie about it, or how she felt, Jodie just changed the subject, but now, Jodie was curious and wanted to talk about it.
It had been about a month after Jodie and Alex's messy breakup, when Alex spotted Jodie walking across the street with her arm around a busty brunette's shoulders. The two girls have barely spoken to each other since, once in awhile saying hi or hello, but that was pretty much it. Alex and Jodie made brief eye contact before Jodie looked away, Alex could see a flash of hurt run through her eyes in that moment, and felt horrible. Before a brief moment of hesitation, Alex walked over to the other two girls and greeted them.
"Hi, Jodie." Alex's eyes went from Jodie, to the girl who was all over her, and back a few times before the other girl answered.
"Hey…What's up?" Jodie didn't quite meet Alex's eyes.
"Nothing really, but, um, I was wondering, do you think you'd want to hang out tonight?" The two girls both cocked an eyebrow at Alex, wondering what she was doing. "You know, to catch up on old times and stuff?" Alex began shifting her gaze around nervously. Jodie shrugged.
"Sure."
"Okay. My apartment at seven?" Jodie nodded but then heard her companion whine in a somewhat sultry voice.
"But you can't. We have plans tonight, remember?" The girl ran her hand down Jodie's arm and pouted.
"Well, I'm canceling them." She turned back to Alex and waved. "See you then…" Alex waved back as she saw the other two argue and walk away.
It was now 7:30 and Alex was pacing around her apartment room. Jodie was half an hour late. She threw her hands up in the air as she let out a sigh of frustration.
"I should've expected her to be late…" She was about to go get a beer from her fridge when there was a knock on the door. Alex straightened out her skirt before taking a deep breath and answering the door. Jodie was on the other side with her hands in her back pockets, waiting.
When she saw Alex, Alex motioned her to come in. Jodie smiled and nodded before setting herself down onto one of the couches. Alex opened the fridge and pulled out two bottles, holding one out for her guest.
"Want a beer?" Jodie shook her head and turned down the offer.
"I'm good…" Alex nodded and put one of them back. She twisted off the cap and moved to sit across from Jodie. Jodie watched Alex take a few sips of her drink before asking a question. "So, what did you want to talk about?" Alex took a huge gulp of beer before putting the bottle onto the table in front of her.
"Um, I just wanted to, um…" Alex, for some reason, had problems speaking, and began playing with her hands. Jodie scoffed to herself as she watched Alex.
"Look, it's fine." Alex looked up at Jodie with a hurt expression on her face, surprised that Jodie interrupted her apology.
"No, it isn't, Jodie. You've ignored me for the past month. You don't return my calls, we don't talk anymore! How can you say that it's fine?" Tears began forming in Alex's eyes, but they didn't drop, she was getting frustrated.
"Alex. What do you want from me?" Jodie looked into Alex's eyes, trying to find an answer. An answer that would make it all better, would make them better, but didn't. Alex looked away from Jodie's criticizing gaze, and studied the beer bottle in front of her.
"I want..."Alex closed her eyes, trying to pull her thoughts together, and then opened them, looking back at Jodie. " What I want is us to be friends again…"
"Let's go." Jodie got off of the couch and headed for the front door. Alex just watched on confused at Jodie's reply.
"What? Go where?" Jodie just gave her a look of disbelief.
"Clubbing…" Alex still looked at Jodie strangely, and was even more confused when she saw Jodie give her a mischievous grin. "I need to find myself a new girlfriend." Jodie gave her another smile before leaving the apartment door. Alex watched her leave, still trying to process what had just happened, but then gained a smile of her own.
"I've got my friend back…" She chuckled to herself before leaving her apartment as well, and following Jodie down the elevator.
After a long period of silence passed, Alex found her voice.
"Y-You were my friend." Alex had a small smile on her face as she continued her answer. "My best friend…" Alex removed herself from Jodie's body and sat up to look at Jodie. But her smile soon disappeared as she saw that Jodie wasn't smiling at her answer with her. "Jodie?" Alex guessed that Jodie had fallen asleep waiting for her answer. Alex moved her face closer to the other girl's and gave her a light kiss on the cheek. "Night, Jodie…" She laid back down and turned her back to Jodie.
As Alex was drifting off to sleep, she felt Jodie move closer to her, and then an arm move it's way under Alex's right arm, and around her waist. She could feel Jodie's breath slightly against her neck and back as Jodie nuzzled her.
"You're my best friend, too…" It was barely a whisper, but Alex had heard her, and another smile formed on her face as she pressed her body back against Jodie's, enjoying the warmth that the other girl caused.