Chapter 8 – She's back.

It had been two weeks since the disastrous dinner incident and it was five am on a Tuesday night in Newport Beach.
Jodie stepped out from her red Ferrari and untied her hair.
"Hmm, apartment 11A… ok." Jodie made her way towards the door and knocked loudly.
"I hope I'm not too early." She muttered to herself as she waited impatiently.

Marissa and Alex lie in bed contentedly, until Alex was disturbed by the knock at the door.
"What the hell?" Alex squinted and got up from the bed, Marissa murmuring and placing a hand on her lower back. "It's ok babe, I'll get rid of them."
"Who the hell do you think you are? Do you know what time it is?" Alex hollered, stepping closer to the door.
Jodie laughed to herself outside. There was the Alex she knew and loved.
Alex was utterly shocked and surprised by who she saw at the door.
"Jodie, what the fuck are you doing here?"
"Nice to see you too." Jodie gave her a dirty look and stepped inside.
"Uh! Did I say you could come in?" Alex flung a hand out. "My girlfriend's sleeping in there!" She hissed.

Marissa, who had heard all the commotion and decided to see who was outside, came in wearing nothing but her red robe and hair dishevelled.
"Oh it's you."
Marissa scratched her hair and looked at Jodie.
"Oh, you're back." She muttered.
"Yes, I am. And I take it you two are all shacked up?"
"That's right." Alex said proudly and put an arm round her girlfriend's waist.
"Well, Alex Kelly, I have to say I'm surprised." Jodie shook her head.
"Why?"
"Well, you were never the settling down type were you? More like love em and leave em."
"Yeah, well it's all in the past. I've met the right girl now." Alex replied, looking to Jodie then at Marissa.
"Well, I'd love to stay, but you probably don't want me here… I can see that. But just to let you know, I'm staying for a while."
On hearing this, Alex and Marissa turned to one another with the same look on their faces.
Great.

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When Jodie had finally left, Marissa and Alex couldn't get back to sleep.
"I can't believe she showed up here! The nerve…" Alex was angry.
Marissa tried to comfort her.
'It's ok babe. There's nothing she can do that will split us up. We're stronger than that."
"Yeah, we are." Alex turned to her, managing a smile and they clasped hands tightly.
But in her mind, Alex knew that there wasn't anything Jodie wasn't capable of; she knew how her mind worked and that she would do absolutely everything she could to split them up.
Alex didn't like it one bit.