Hello my Friends!
So again I'm totally having a good time writing this story and so far it's just coming to me (making me want to write during all my free time)! I really hope you like it.
Also just keep in mind that the trouble isn't over yet! This is only the beginning!
Chapter 4
"Alex," Emily repeated slowly, her voice low and angry; Alex and Logan both apparently frozen in both shock and fear. "What are you two doing here? Alone."
"Emi…Ms. Prentiss I…" Logan attempted to say something, stuttering helplessly.
"Alex," Emily interrupted, her attention focused solely on her daughter, while ignoring the blonde boy. "You better start explaining."
"Logan I think maybe you should go," JJ quickly suggested, seeing the anger on her girlfriend's face, while Alex simply stood, repeatedly opening and closing her mouth. "Alex will see you at school," she said, ushering the teen to get his things and leading him towards the front door; knowing from the look on the boy's face that he was terrified.
"Alex, I'm not going to ask you again," Emily said threateningly once Logan was out the door; JJ making her way over to stand next to the brunette.
"We…we were just studying," Alex eventually replied, her voice quiet and afraid.
"That didn't really look like studying to me," Emily was quick to respond; referring to the fact that she had found the young couple sprawled out on the couch; Logan immediately jumping off of Alex in order to put his button up shirt back over his undershirt.
"We took a break," Alex sighed, her voice slightly louder as she began to feel defensive. "We were just kissing. It's not a big deal."
"Not a big deal?" Emily repeated incredulously. "There are rules in this house. You were there when we made them remember? No boys when JJ or me aren't here. Remember that?" She asked practically yelling now, Alex's eyes falling to the floor. "You two aren't supposed to be here alone."
"I know," Alex whispered.
"You know and yet here we are," Emily said, unable to control her anger. "Was this Logan's idea? Did he pressure you into coming here?"
"What? No!" Alex quickly denied, not wanting to get her boyfriend into even more trouble then they were already in.
"Then what Alex?"
"It was my idea okay?" Alex replied, raising her voice as her own anger got the best of her. "I wanted to come here. I told Logan that you said it was okay and invited him over. We were studying and I made him take a break. I started all of this," she said motioning towards the couch. "It was all my idea okay?"
"And what the hell was going to happen here if we didn't interrupt?" Emily asked, breathing deeply.
"Em," JJ tried to interrupt, not wanting to see the two brunettes blowing up at each other; afraid of what the older of the pair might say, knowing she would regret it if she hurt her daughter.
"No Jen I want to know what exactly Alex was thinking here," Emily said, not taking her eyes off the teen. "So? What exactly were you two going to do here all night by yourselves?"
"Nothing!" Alex quickly shouted. "We were just going to do our homework. I told him I had to be back at the Hastings' by dark. I was going to spend the night here by myself. That's it," she explained angrily. "We were just kissing. I'm not having sex with him, and I have no plans to."
"Then why go to all this trouble?" Emily asked, still not believing the teen. "Why all the secrets and the lies? Something just isn't adding up here Alex."
"I don't know okay," Alex yelled. "I just wanted to spend some time with my boyfriend. I wanted to be with someone who cares about me. I didn't…I…"
"You're grounded," Emily interrupted, her voice far too calm; ignoring the looks JJ was giving her beside her. "Two weeks. No TV, no phone, no computer," she said. "No friends, no Friday night sleepovers. You will go to school. You will go to auditions for the play because you need an extra-curricular, but you will come straight home afterwards."
"And how exactly is all of that going to work when I spend most of my time living with the Hastings?" Alex questioned.
"I'll figure out a different arrangement, don't you worry," Emily was quick to reply.
"Great," Alex replied sarcastically. "Can't wait."
Angry and frustrated by her daughter's attitude, Emily shook her head not knowing what to say; understanding that whatever she said at this moment would only result in more arguing.
"Go to your room," the older brunette finally ordered. "Leave your phone on the table and just go to your room."
"Fine," Alex huffed, throwing her phone on the coffee table and scooping up her school things before moving past her mother and JJ. "Whatever," she mumbled; avoiding both their gazes before stomping up the stairs towards her room.
The sound of the teen's bedroom door slamming shut filled the house, JJ flinching slightly; rubbing her stomach as she turned towards her girlfriend who was still fuming in anger. "Em you need to calm down," the blonde said, practically whispering; reaching out to grab the brunette's hand, which was quickly pulled away.
"Calm down?" Emily hissed. "How can I possibly calm down Jen? She broke the rules. She lied, she kept secrets and she brought Logan over here to do God knows what. He didn't even have his shirt on when we got here Jen. God only knows what would have happened if we didn't get here when we did."
"Emily, you know Alex wouldn't do that," JJ assured her, feeling confident that the teen had not brought her boyfriend over with the intention to have sex. "You're angry so you're not thinking clearly, but deep down I know, you know she wasn't doing that," she continued. "She's just screaming for attention right now, and you need to calm down and go up there and talk to her. You can't leave it like this. You need to talk to her."
"And say what?" Emily asked disbelievingly. "I am so mad right now I don't even know…I can't," she said shaking her head.
"Emily..."
"No Jen," Emily interrupted before the blonde could say anymore. "I can't. I just can't do this right now," she said, making her way down the hall towards the office; immediately slamming the door behind her.
Once again flinching at the sound, JJ stood in the foyer in disbelief, not even sure where to go or what to do at this point. Completely surprised by Alex's behaviour, JJ wasn't sure what to think, only sure that things were going to be rough at home for the next two weeks.
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Still unsure what to do JJ had sat in the living room for nearly an hour, expecting Emily to reemerge at some point. When that didn't happen JJ finally decided to take action into her own hands, heading upstairs towards Alex's room. The blonde knocked lightly before letting herself in, finding Alex curled up on her bed; her back facing towards the door.
"Alex," JJ called quietly, unsure if she was awake or not. "Honey, are you awake?"
There was a moment's silence, Alex not saying anything, until she eventually turned around, remaining curled up, but now facing the blonde. "I'm up," she sniffed; JJ immediately able to tell that the teen had been crying. "Did you come to take my stuff?"
"I'll take your laptop for your mom but we'll just take the cord for your TV," JJ replied, having thought about this while she sat in the living room. "But I didn't come up here for that," she said. "I just wanted to make sure you were okay."
"I'm fine," Alex replied quietly, staring at her comforter, picking at a loose string. "Mom's pretty mad," she eventually added.
"She's upset yes," JJ nodded. "We both are actually," she added, wanting it to be clear that she was also unhappy with the teen's behaviour. "But we're mostly worried about you kid. You're shutting everybody out, and you're telling lies and keeping secrets and that isn't you. Whatever is going on can't be bottled up forever Lex. You can't keep pushing us away."
"I…There's not…I just can't," Alex said, shaking her head. "I just can't."
"I know," JJ sighed, having known that the teen wasn't simply going to start talking right away. "I just wanted you to know I'll be here when you are ready. Your mom will be too," she continued. "We love you Lex. You need to remember that," she said, hoping the teen was really listening.
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It had been a quiet night at the Prentiss/Jareau house, JJ eventually making sandwiches, bringing one up to Alex before coaxing Emily out of the office and convincing her to eat with her. Emily had gone up to say goodnight to Alex, finding the teen already asleep, or at least pretending to be. Despite this fact, Emily had placed a soft kiss against her daughter's head, telling her she loved her before heading back to her own room.
While the older brunette was still upset with Alex, Emily wanted to make an effort to talk with the teen, knowing she had let her anger get the better of her when she had found Alex at the house with Logan, meaning she hadn't really listened to what her daughter was saying. Knowing that wasn't fair, Emily had hoped to talk with Alex before she left for school; unsuccessful though, as Alex had stayed up in her room until the last possible moment, yelling that she was leaving before running out the door.
Since her phone and computer had been taken away, Alex hadn't been able to speak to any of her friends the night before; anxious to explain herself to Logan and desperately wanting to tell Spencer what had happened. Expecting Spencer to be waiting out in front of her house like usual, Alex was surprised to find her friend wasn't there, heading towards the bus stop at the end of the street since she knew she would be late if she didn't. Figuring Spencer was either sick or getting a ride; Alex was even more surprised when she found the taller brunette standing at the street corner.
"Hey why didn't you wait for me?" Alex asked as she approached her friend, Spencer immediately crossing her arms across her chest, looking displeased. "I wasn't late was I? What's going..."
"Your mom called my parents last night," Spencer interrupted angrily. "Anything you want to tell me?"
Sighing, Alex could tell her friend was mad, unsure how to explain herself. "Look Spence I'm sorry okay? I shouldn't have lied to you about my moms coming home."
"Then why did you?" Spencer asked. "My parents think I knew exactly what was going on. They think I lied to them for you!" She explained. "I got a huge lecture and then I got grounded so thanks so much," she said sarcastically.
"Why didn't you just tell them that you didn't know?" Alex replied. "I mean this is exactly why I didn't tell you. I didn't want you to get in trouble. You should have just told them exactly what I told you."
"Oh you don't think I tried that?" Spencer snapped. "I'm not stupid Lex. Obviously I told them that I didn't know but they didn't buy that story for a second. They think I was in on the whole thing because God forbid they actually believe anything I say, or you know listen to me at all."
"Spencer I'm…"
"And you know what the worst part is?" Spencer interrupted just as the bus approached their stop. "If you had told me the truth and asked me to cover for you I would have. But apparently you didn't even trust me enough for that," she concluded, getting on the bus and stomping away from her friend, effectively ending their conversation.
As she got on the bus and took a seat near the front of the bus by herself, Alex felt an overwhelming sense of guilt. Yesterday she felt certain that she had a solid plan. She thought she would spend a nice afternoon with her boyfriend and then return back to the Hastings' the following morning and no one would need to know. Now as she peaked over her shoulder at the angry look on her best friend's face and she thought back to her mother's reaction the day before, Alex realized that she had completely messed up. And she had no idea how to fix it.
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"So they were on the couch? Horizontal? And he didn't have a shirt on?" Morgan asked Emily that morning in the office after the brunette recounted the previous night's events to her partner.
"Well technically he was wearing an undershirt, but still," Emily replied with a nod.
"Please tell me you destroyed him?" Morgan said. "Because I'm about ready to."
"Jen got him out of there pretty fast," Emily explained shaking her head. "But seriously Derek I don't think I've ever been so mad at Alex," she added. "I mean we basically went three days where she would barely talk to me. I've been freaking out the whole time, worried about what was going on and I come home to this. I didn't even know what to do, I was just seeing red and I completely lost my cool," she sighed. "It's a complete mess."
"Aw Princess I know it seems like a mess now, but it'll be alright," Morgan assured her. "She's a kid. She messed up. They all do it," he said. "Alex is a good kid. You just need to talk to her."
"I don't know how I'm going to do that now Morgan," Emily said shaking her head. "I mean I completely lost it on her yesterday. There's no way she's going to talk to me now."
"She will," Morgan quickly replied. "Seriously Em she will," she repeated when he saw the look of disbelief on his friend's face. "Just give her some time. You both need to calm down a bit. You guys will fix this."
"I really hope you're right Derek," Emily sighed. "God I hope you're right."
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During her bus ride to school, Alex realized that the next conversation she had to have was going to be the worst one yet; coming to the realization that her lies had hurt multiple people, suddenly wishing she could take the previous night back. Unfortunately for the teen though, life didn't work that way, and she had made her choices and now had to deal with the consequences. Not needing to wait for Spencer, Alex was quick to get off the bus once they arrived at the school; hurriedly making her way inside and heading straight for Logan's locker, hoping the blonde boy would still be there.
Seeing the blonde, Alex practically jogged towards him, an apology at the ready. "Logan I am so sorry," she quickly told him, the blonde turning towards her with a look of hurt on his face.
"What the heck was that Alex?" Logan asked, ignoring the brunette's apology. "You told me your parents knew I was coming over. You said it was okay. Why would you lie to me like that? Why would you lie about that?"
"I don't know okay," Alex replied, tears of frustration filling her eyes. "I don't know. I messed up. I wanted to spend time with you and I didn't know what else to do. I just…I messed up."
"I wanted to spend time with you too but not like this," Logan said shaking his head. "I could have waited for the weekend. We could have waited until your moms got home. I mean did you even think about how all of this would make me look? I mean your mom must think I'm…I don't even know, but I'm just so…so upset with you."
"I know, okay, I know," Alex replied tearfully. "I'm so sorry. I don't even know why I did it," she said, doing her best to keep her tears from falling, not wanting to create a scene in the middle of the hallway. "I told my mom it was all my idea though. I mean she doesn't think it was you. She knows it was me so it's okay."
"It's not okay though," Logan sighed. "I never thought you would lie to me like that Alex," he said sadly. "I just…I don't get it. I mean I know something has been going on with you this week…I'm not blind, but I thought you would come to me eventually. I even thought maybe you would talk to me last night, but you didn't…you never do."
"Logan…"
"I wanted to be there for you Alex," Logan continued on as if the brunette hadn't tried to interrupt. "I wanted to be there for whatever it is that's bothering you, but I don't know how to do that like this. I just…I don't know how to do this."
"What…what are you saying?" Alex asked, a single tear rolling down her cheek.
"Something's going on," Logan replied, looking at the floor rather than the brunette in front of him. "There's obviously some things that you need to work out, and I just…I think that we should take a break so that you can do that. I…I think maybe we need to stop seeing each other."
"You're breaking up with me?" Alex asked quietly, unable to believe what she was hearing.
"I think that it's for the best," Logan nodded, finally looking up, his own eyes glassy.
For a moment Alex looked like she was going to argue; like she was going to say something to convince the boy to change his mind, but instead the brunette closed her mouth, nodding as more tears began to fall. "Right," she whispered. "Okay. I…I have to go," she said before turning on her heal, pushing through the hallway as quickly as she could; needing to get away before she completely lost control.
Finding the nearest bathroom, Alex was relieved to find it empty, running into the last stall; shutting the door behind her before she allowed the tears to falls, keeping a hand over her mouth to hide her sobs. Overcome with emotions, the teen didn't even hear the bathroom door open; startled when there was a light knock on the stall door.
"Lex," Spencer's voice called from the other side of the door. "Alex open the door."
"Just go away," Alex replied, unsuccessfully trying to keep the tears out of her voice. "Just leave me alone."
"I'm not going to do that," Spencer sighed. "He's an idiot okay," she said, referring to Logan; having heard most of the conversation between the now ex-couple. "And he's a complete jerk. So come on. Open the door."
"I messed everything up," Alex cried, embarrassed and angry with herself, still not opening the door.
"You made a mistake," Spencer replied. "We all do it," she said, already forgiving her friend since she knew she needed her. "It's okay Lex."
At this Alex slid open the lock to the door, pulling it open to face Spencer as tears continued to fall down her face.
"Come here," Spencer said, opening up her arms, Alex immediately falling into them as she continued to sob.
"I'm so sorry," Alex cried.
"I know," Spencer nodded, hugging her friend tighter. "It's okay. I know."
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Work had been difficult for Emily, the brunette unable to concentrate all day; feeling terrible about the fact that she had yet to talk to her daughter after their argument the night before. Emily had lost track of the number of times she had picked up her phone to text Alex only to realize that she had taken the teen's phone away. When JJ had finally come to her desk just before 5pm asking if she was ready to go, the brunette had practically sprung from her chair, ready to get home and praying that she would be able to talk to her daughter once she got there.
"What if she won't talk to me?" Emily asked after pulling into the driveway, turning towards JJ with a worried look on her face. "I mean after the way I reacted yesterday I wouldn't talk to me. What if she won't?"
"Then you talk to her," JJ replied. "You had every right to be upset about what happened yesterday Emily," she assured the brunette for the third time that day. "She broke the rules, and you're worried. But there's something else going on here and you need to talk to her about it. Even if she completely ignores you and doesn't say a word at least she'll hear you. That's all you can do right now."
Nodding the couple had got out of the car, letting themselves into the house, which was completely silent.
"She must be upstairs," Emily pointed out, seeing the teen's shoes and jacket left in the foyer. "I'm going to go talk to her now."
"No problem," JJ nodded with a smile. "I'll get started with dinner. Good luck baby," she said giving the brunette a quick kiss before making her way into the kitchen, while Emily headed upstairs.
Knocking lightly on Alex's bedroom door, Emily received no reply, deciding to let herself in anyways, opening up the door to find her daughter lying in bed; the lights off and the teen facing the opposite wall. "Lex. Honey, we're home," Emily said, making her way over to the bed where she sat down on the edge, "Alex?"
"Mmm hmm?" Alex replied, not moving to turn around.
"Sweetie listen can we talk?" Emily asked hesitantly, really wishing her daughter would turn over and look at her.
"We don't have to," Alex answered, her voice sounding sad. "You were right. It was stupid to have Logan here. I broke the rules. I'm grounded. That's all there is to it."
"It's not all there is to it though is it?" Emily replied, watching as she daughter's back seemed to tense. "There's something else going on. Something, which has you not talking to me," she mentioned questioningly, hoping that the teen would turn around.
There was a moment's silence as Alex considered being honest with her mom; telling her about the nightmares she had been having and the resulting doubts because of them. She desperately wanted to tell her mom about Logan's breakup, wanting to cry in her mother's arms. But as she opened her mouth to begin, she suddenly hesitated, knowing how it would all sound.
"There's nothing else," Alex whispered, still refusing to roll over.
"Okay," Emily sighed, biting her lip and shaking her head. "Okay. But if there is something else going on, I want you to know that you can tell me Lex," she added. "You can tell me anything honey. I promise that I'll listen. Whatever it is Lex I'm here. I love you and I'm here for you," she continued, placing a hand on the teen's shoulder. "I'm not going to let you push me away sweetheart. I'll be here when you're ready," she said, standing up and leaning over so she could place a kiss on the younger brunette's head.
Walking away, it wasn't until Emily was already out the door that Alex finally turned over, staring at the now closed bedroom door and wiping away the tears from her face before finally whispering her reply.
"I love you too."
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So I doubt many of you will be upset about Alex and Logan's breakup, but I think it needed to happen! Please forgive me if you are upset!
As I said at the beginning, there's much more to come for this story, so don't worry! I know Alex is being incredibly stubborn, but what teen isn't? She'll come around eventually though! She's just gotta get there on her own terms!