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I'm currently up to my neck with work and every time that I get a chance to update, it gets in the way

Anyway, here's another chapter

This was suppose to be longer than it really is but it got TOO long that I had to cut it

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Marissa slowly stirred under the sheets and smiled when she noticed that she was still wrapped around Alex's arms the way they had fallen asleep. She stayed motionless at first and tried to figure out whether Alex was already up or not. When she didn't feel Alex's breathing become irregular, she turned to her other side and faced Alex. Alex was still as peaceful as she last saw her. She smiled and stared at Alex for a while.

"What time is it anyway?" Marissa asked herself softly. She looked at the digital clock that Alex had on her side table and saw that it was 15 minutes before 6pm. "Hmm" That was all Marissa could say. She nuzzled between Alex's chin and her shoulder and closed her eyes again. She wrapped her arm around Alex, and made Alex move.

Marissa tried to move away slowly but Alex pulled her in a tighter embrace. Marissa smiled at Alex's actions and eased in into position. "What time is it?" Alex asked lazily. "It's almost 6" Marissa said softly. "Oh we still got - " Alex then realized what time Marissa just said. "It's 6 o'clock already?!" Alex's eyes shot open.

Alex began to sit up but Marissa prevented her and just pulled her back down. Alex watched as Marissa fixed their position once again. "I have a dress already anyway." Marissa said as she snuggled with Alex. Alex didn't know what to do. She was finding it hard to keep her emotions in tact.

"Um…Marissa…what are you doing?" Alex said as she tried to sound unaffected. "Why? Does this bother you?" Marissa said not wanting to move in her position. Alex took in a deep breath and knew whatever she did now would ultimately decide where their friendship will lead.

"With a girl like you, who needs a girlfriend…" Alex said as she kissed the top of Marissa's head. Marissa closed her eyes and tried to ignore what the other just said. Alex pulled her closer and took Marissa's scent in. They both closed their eyes again and eased into each other.

"Hey Alex…" Mrs. Kelly then opened the door and stopped where she stood. Alex and Marissa didn't even bother moving. "Sorry…I'll come back later" Mrs. Kelly then closed the door behind her and quickly…and happily…ran to Alex's dad's office. "Bob!" Alex heard her mom call out for her dad. She and Marissa laughed together.

"Did I ever tell you how much I love your mom?" Marissa said softly as her breath warm Alex's heart literally. Alex felt the electricity trickle down her spine and shuddered. She took a deep breath and whispered back. "About an 4-5 hours ago…but you know…you can say it over and over again."

Marissa pulled Alex closer to her and listened to her heartbeat. "Your heart is beating so fast" she teased Alex. "Yeah, cause they have to work extra hard for my blood to flow back to my brain." Alex said breathless. Marissa was hugging her too tight. They started laughing again and Marissa finally let go. Alex sat up and caught her breath. She then looked at Marissa, who was still under her sheet, and lay, on her stomach.

"So…what do we do now?" Alex asked Marissa as they scooted closer to each other. "What do we do about what?" Marissa teased. Alex narrowed her eyes and slightly tilted her head to the side. "About you and me…alone in my room…" Alex thought to her self. "You want to have dinner here or do you want to go out?" Alex said instead.

Marissa leaned back a bit and lifted an eyebrow. "I'm here in your room and we're all alone and all you can think of is having dinner?" "Well, I'm hungry…" Alex answered innocently. Marissa rolled her eyes, shook her head and stood up. She looked around to check if she left something and realized she didn't bring anything when she went to Alex's house. "I'm going home." Marissa said as she proceeded to Alex's door. "Okay" Alex said hiding her disappointment.

Marissa then quickly turned around and faced Alex. "Okay?! That's it? You're not
stopping me?" "But you wanted to-" "I WANT YOU TO STOP ME!" Alex sat up at Marissa's sudden outburst. Marissa was huffing and puffing and she looked down. "You're not even the slightest bit interested in me anymore?" Marissa stopped herself from crying.

"Marissa…" "Are you in love with someone else?" Marissa interrupted Alex. Marissa asked in a more somber note. Alex was taken off guard but answered Marissa truthfully "No". "Are you still in love with me?" Marissa had to know. She was doing everything to make Alex remember how they both used to feel towards each other, how they flirted and teased each other. But Alex just stopped. Whenever they were making progress, she'd stop it and change another topic.

"I asked you something…" Marissa pressed Alex for an answer. Alex looked at Marissa and stayed quiet. Getting over the fact that they just couldn't happen was hard enough for Alex…she didn't want to go through that again. At the end of the day, Marissa was still with Chris and Alex was still alone, looking at the girl she loved from a distance.

Marissa got her answer but it wasn't the one she wished it would be. She turned around before any of them started to cry. Alex stayed still. She hated Marissa for making that decision for them a long time ago…but she hated herself more for letting Marissa make that decision for them.

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