Chapter 11
The two girls were broken from their silent embrace when they heard a cough. Marissa pushed herself off of the ground into a sitting position next to Alex's body so the other girl could sit up as well.
"You guys might wanna get up, Summer's coming out soon." Jodie said it with a cute little grin that caused Alex to cock an eyebrow. She didn't like how Jodie said that sentence.
"Out of the shower?" Alex's voice had a somewhat threatening tone to it and Marissa tilted her head in a questioning manner at her.
"Yea. Shower." Jodie laughed out loud before shaking her head and walking back to Summer's room. Both girls watched Jodie leave, one with an amused look, and the other with a scowl. 'What the hell does Jodie think she's doing? And with my baby sister!' Marissa then moved in front of Alex and sat down on her legs, the blonde didn't really seem to notice, too engrossed in her thoughts.
"Alex..." Marissa touched the other girl's arm to get her attention, which caused Alex to snap back into reality.
"What!" Marissa was surprised by Alex's harsh tone and jerked her arm back.
"I-I..." Her voice faltered and she shook her head as she looked down. "N-nothing... Sorry..." The dejected look on the girl's face made Alex feel lousy.
"Marissa..." She leaned forward, to get closer to the other girl, and lifted Marissa's chin up so that she was looking at her. Marissa's breath got caught in her throat when her eyes met with Alex's.
She easily lost herself in the depths that were Alex's blue eyes and was surprised when she found herself glancing down at the other girl's lips. Alex, too, was entranced by the girl in front of her, and also found her own eyes quickly glancing at Marissa's lips. Then they locked eyes again, but this time, Marissa took Alex's hand and enclosed it in hers before leaning a bit closer. Alex could feel Marissa's warm breath on her face and she closed her eyes, inhaling slow and steady breaths, trying to calm herself. Marissa took this as a sign to continue so she took her free hand and moved it up to Alex's face, caressing it softly before closing the gap between their two lips.
Alex moaned as she felt Marissa tugging on her bottom lip with her teeth. But then she pulled away and opened her eyes. "Marissa..."Marissa's lips formed into a pout when Alex's lips were no longer next to hers. She reluctantly opened her eyes to see why Alex removed herself from her. Marissa had both arms draped over Alex's shoulders and Alex had her hands on Marissa's waist.
"Yea?" Marissa's voice had a certain nervousness to it, afraid of what Alex might say.
"We-We can't..." She removed her hands from Marissa's waist and wrapped her arms around herself. Marissa kind of leaned back in confusion.
"What?" Marissa removed her arms from Alex's shoulders and put them on her waist instead. Alex hung her head down in defeat.
"You.." Alex took Marissa's hands and moved them away from her before looking away and sighing. "You're with Ryan..."
"So?" Marissa stayed silent for a while, to see if Alex would say anything, but didn't, so she thought of something else. "Don't you love me anymore?" Alex jerked her head back towards Marissa after hearing her reply.
"How could you ask that?" Marissa was shocked at the anger in Alex's usually sweet voice. Then Alex shook her head. "But this isn't about that..." Marissa raised an eyebrow as Alex trailed off. "This... This is about you and Ryan." She visibly sighed and slumped her shoulders. Marissa laughed out loud.
"What about Ryan? He...He's Ryan!" Alex shook her head again, laughing sadly.
"Ryan, he's my friend...And your boyfriend..." She gave Marissa a depressed look and before Marissa could say anything, her overly cheery friend interrupted her.
"Morninnng, Marissa! You guys have been out here forever, what are you doing anyway?" Summer had come out of her room, showered and dressed, with Jodie rolling her eyes behind her. Marissa reluctantly pulled herself away from her former girlfriend and greeted her best friend.
"Morning..." Marissa kept her eyes to the ground as she got up and helped Alex up as well. When Alex took her hand, she felt a sudden chill, but she shrugged it off as she let go and gave her sister a smile. She then motioned towards her room and the bathroom with her hands.
"I'm just gonna, yea..." She glanced at Marissa before heading back towards her room. The other girl didn't look up as she began walking towards the stairs.
"I'm gonna go home and get cleaned up. I'll meet you guys there or something..." She paused at the steps and looked over at the two brunettes behind her. Both girls had their heads tilted slightly at her, and then the slightly taller of the two spoke.
"Heyyyy, can I come with? I want to meet the oh so famous Julie Cooper I've heard so much about of..." Marissa's face clouded with confusion. Not really finding a good enough reason for the girl not to go, she just nodded.
"Sure..." She looked over at her best friend. "So we'll come back first, or?" Summer nodded her head approvingly.
"Yea, that's fine. I'll just..." She shrugged as she trailed off. Summer waved to Jodie before walking to her sister's bedroom.
Marissa and Jodie watched her enter Alex's room and close the door before looking at each other again. Jodie pointed towards no real direction.
"To your house?" She raised an eyebrow at Marissa who just nodded dumbly.
"To my house." Jodie gave her a smile before walking past her down the stairs and swinging open the front door.
"C'mon and hurry up, we don't got all day!" The girl hopped through the door into the bright light that was outside and Marissa squinted her eyes as she followed her body.
"Well, this should be an interesting car ride..." Marissa walked down the rest of the stairs and went outside to her car, closing the door behind her.