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During lunch, Alex sat in the middle of the court and opened her brown paper bag. She was sitting on the lawn under a tree enjoying her lunch. She watched the rich kids gossip and talk about everyone and everything…clothes, cars, girlfriends, boyfriends and money were the usual topics they would talk about. She smiled when she realized that she and Marissa talk about more serious things like school, college, family and love.

"Hey you" Marissa said as she drew a shadow over Alex. Alex grinned before she turned to face Marissa but her smile turned upside down when she saw Chris holding Marissa beside her.

"Oh you" Alex said as she brushed him off. She never liked him and she never will. Her parents were right, he'd just end up breaking Marissa's heart but she couldn't do anything about it.

"Why can't you just be on tour all your life so you can leave me and my girl alone?" Chris said looking down at her. He was not looking for an answer and Alex was not giving him any. She kept her eyes on the people walking by them.

"Why can't you just sail away to the end of the word and leave me and my girl alone…" Alex whispered to her self as she looked everywhere but to them. "Did you say anything?" Chris asked Alex. Marissa rolled her eyes as another fight between her boyfriend and her best friend started again.

"Why can't you guys just get along…?" Marissa said as she held on tighter to Chris' arm. Alex looked at Marissa just as she did. Alex looked at Marissa's hold then to her best friend's eyes. Marissa showed her a shy smile. Alex just raised her eyebrow and got up.

"That's right, walk away Kelly" Chris said as Alex started walking away from them. Marissa frowned when Alex left without even saying a word to her. "She's lucky she's your best friend…" "Or what?" Marissa folded her arms and questioned her boyfriend. Chris walked closer to Marissa and kissed her. "We won't have to know that…unless she's not your best friend anymore…"

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Alex was still deeply engrossed after two hours of hard training. She had a lot of anger in her and tennis was her perfect outlet. As her cool down exercise, the coach asked her to practice her serves, left and right. "Wow! Whatever you did this morning, keep doing it. I haven't seen you this motivated before." Alex just kept her focus on her service and let the anger inside of her run out.

"My best friend is sleeping with the biggest jerk in the world…" Alex said before serving another 100mph ball. "…and I can't do anything about it…" Alex continued before serving a faster ball with her left arm. "…because she loves him and I can't take that smile off her face" Alex finished as she served her final ball.

"Just kiss her and get it over with" Alex's coach suggested as he gave Alex her towel. Alex caught it and wiped her face then her arms dry. She sat and wiped her legs dry. "She's not gay" Alex said as she took off her shirt and changed into her jacket. "And so were you until you found out you like her" Alex stopped and looked at her coach. "You haven't had a boyfriend in 3 years and you haven't seen anybody seriously since then" the coach added.

"I am not interested in anybody" Alex fired back as she unlaced her shoe, took off her sox and wore her sandals. "Anybody but Marissa" "exactly" "And you're mad because he has her and you don't" "wrong!" Alex argued with her coach.

"I have her, he doesn't…the problem is she's too blinded by his greasy hair bouncing the sunlight to her eyes" Alex and her coach laughed at her remark. Alex got her keys from her bag and tossed it. It dropped to her hand and she winked at her coach.

"Okay, I'm going to say these because you're my only student and we've been partners through this for almost 4 years now…get laid! You're 18 and you're frustrated. It might be bad for you game but love is a good thing…just not in tennis" Her coach advised her before she could go to her car. Alex thought about it before saying good night.

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Marissa leaned her back on a pile of pillow and was reading a book when she heard Alex park her car. She smiled and waited eagerly until Alex turned the light in her room on. She looked at her clock and after exactly 10 minutes, the light in Alex's room lit. Marissa opened her balcony door and watched Alex's shadow moved around in her room. She smiled as she saw Alex go towards her walk-in closet and take a quick bath.

Normally, after Alex takes a bath after training, she and Marissa would open their balcony and talk. Marissa sat on the lounge chair outside and waited for Alex to open her doors so they could talk. But Alex didn't open her door. After taking a bath, she turned off her lights and surrendered to her bed. She just looked at her ceiling and let her train of thought chug alone…

"I love you, Marissa…just leave him already and be with me" Alex said softly. She spent the whole year thinking and saying the same thing every night and every morning. She closed her eyes as she cursed herself for letting Marissa stay with Chris. She couldn't understand why Marissa still loved him even if Alex had caught him cheating and told her about it. "Why do you love him so much?" Alex asked her self again.

Alex's thoughts were interrupted when she heard her phone beeped. She looked at it and saw Marissa had sent her a text message. "What's wrong? Bad training?" The message was simple but full of concern. Alex closed her eyes and took a deep breath. "No…what's wrong is that I'm in love with you but you love him and I can't do anything about it" Alex talked to her self again. She pressed the reply button and typed her message.

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Marissa sat on the edge of her bed looking at Alex's room as she waited for Alex's response. They always talk every night before they sleep…but recently, they have been missing those times mainly because of Alex's tour or Chris.

Marissa waited and waited. She was about to send Alex another message when her phone lit up and told her she had a message. "Open your door" Marissa read the message again. She looked at her balcony door, it was open, but Alex's was closed. That's when she realized Alex meant a different door. She immediately got up and rushed to her bedroom door.

When the doors opened, Alex was already there looking down. Marissa watched her for a minute before Alex moved and looked at her. She took a deep breath and stepped inside. She cupped Marissa's face and looked at her for any restraint…but there was none. She closed the door with her foot, leaned in and closed her eyes.

Alex felt the softness of Marissa's lips. It was sweetest she had tasted and she enjoyed every moment of it. She felt Marissa tense up at the contact but slowly eased in to the kiss. She pulled Alex closer to her by her waist.

Marissa was the one to break the kiss when she realized what they were doing. Alex looked at Marissa and Marissa returned her gaze. They both faked a smile. "Leave him and be with me…I love you…" Alex said honestly. They both knew they were perfect for each other but nobody really made a move…until now. Marissa opened her mouth to speak but stopped. Marissa removed the smile off her face. Alex looked to her side, stepped back and took a deep breath.

"Alex…" "Stop!" Alex interrupted Marissa before she could say anymore. The look in Marissa's eyes already gave Alex more than she wanted to know…she still picked Chris. Alex opened the door and closed the door behind her. Marissa just leaned on the wall and looked towards Alex's balcony door. The lights never turned on for the rest of the night.