Chapter 8: one last thing
"can't you two keep off of each other for more than five minutes?" the voice from the door said. Alex and Paige looked up to see it was just Marco and Dylan back from their date.
"oh my god you scared the shit out of us Marco" Alex said slightly angry from having a mini heart attack. "I thought you were Paige's parents ready to kick my ass"
Paige didn't say anything she was just frozen with fear, she had remembered another memory, the one that Alex didn't want her to remember.
"Paige are you okay?" Alex asked when she saw Paige's face
"we-we were over at your place…" Paige started to say letting Alex know she remembered what happened. All Paige could do was stare blankly at Alex.
"Paige… Paige, look at me, what do you remember?" Alex said holding Paige's face in front of hers. Marco and Dylan started to come towards Alex and Paige to see what it was Paige remembered. But before they could get to the couch Alex shot a glare at them both.
"oh I know that look, let's uhh, go upstairs Dylan." Marco said as he turned around and pulled Dylan with him.
"but I want to know what she…" was all Dylan could get in before he was dragged upstairs.
"Paige. Tell me what you remember" Alex said once again.
"I left my parents house early to get some time in with you, so we were fooling around at your place and… and…" Paige said zoning off.
"and what?" Alex said calmly not wanting to freak out Paige.
"and then your mom's boyfriend bursted in, like Marco did just now… and… and he saw us… together." Paige said starting to get teary eyed. Just seeing Paige teary eyed made Alex teary eyed.
"and then you yelled at him to get out, so I hid behind you because I was scared. But he got all pissed and he hit you… and you fell back and then I fell and I…" Paige didn't even finish because she knew Alex already knew what she was talking about. Alex couldn't take her eyes off of Paige but Paige wouldn't even look at Alex. Alex had tears streaming down her face like there was no tomorrow.
"Paige, listen, I'm so sorry for what happened I feel terrible—" Alex said screaming before she was cut off before she could finish.
"stop!" Paige yelled "just… stop" she said more calmly. "just leave"
Alex sat there for a minute trying to get Paige to look at her, but she wouldn't, so she just got up and wiped the tears off of her face before she took off. Paige sat there trying to hold her tears back but couldn't so she just let them fall.
Paige didn't know what to do, she wasn't sure what to think about the situation but she knew she needed time. She was there in silence with her thought for 3 hours. She didn't want to talk to anyone, not that anyone had bothered her yet. It was weird, it was her first time actually being alone in a week. She had spent 7 days, with Alex not once leaving her side unless it was to sleep. She felt so alone.
Paige replayed the memory of what happened over and over again. She knew that Chad pushed Alex, who accidentally pushed Paige. So technically it wasn't Alex's fault. But the thing is Alex didn't tell her the truth. She said that Paige was at Alex's house and accidentally tripped. But her mom's boyfriend found out about them and went crazy. I don't know why she just didn't tell her.
Paige needed time to think. For three days in a row Alex would repeatedly call Paige's cell phone hoping to talk to her and get everything straightened out. But Paige still couldn't get over Alex lying to her, now that she had her memory back completely she knew that Alex had never really lied to her, except about the whole stripper thing. She just needed sometime to relax.
Meanwhile Alex was talking to Marco…
"I'm screwed! She hates me, she really hates me!" Alex said pacing back and forth in Marco's bedroom.
"Alex, calm down she doesn't hate you, she's just… taking all of it in." Marco said. "it's no big deal"
"no big deal?! Marco she hasn't talked to me in three days! We haven't spent that much time apart since we got back together. And I can't afford to screw up this relationship, she's already given me so many chances. I just… I can't afford to lose her again." Alex said sitting down beside Marco trying to hold back her tears.
"aww come here hun." Marco said as he pulled the teary eyed girl into a tight hug. "everything will be alright, I'll make sure of that" And with that Marco started planning.