Chapter 9: what would I do without you?
"Marco, I don't think coffee is going to solve my problems" Paige said as Marco walked over to the table with two coffees in hand. Marco had decided to take Paige out to the Dot and hope that someone might stop by.
"Paige, you just need to get out a little" he said. Paige just took a sip of her coffee, as Marco and Paige sat in silence. Marco looked down at his watch to see what time it was.
"are you expecting someone?" Paige asked trying to stare Marco down.
"no…" Marco replied trying to not look Paige in the eyes.
"oh my god, you didn't!" Paige said about to get up as she saw Alex walk in through the door. Alex saw Marco and Paige and started to quickly walk over to them. Paige knew she wouldn't be able to get away so she just shot a dirty stare at Marco realizing what he had done. Marco saw the stare and just shrugged.
"Paige, we need to talk" Alex said grabbing Paige's hand and pulling her outside. Paige couldn't help but be angry at Marco for setting her up like this but decided to focus on her and Alex right now. Alex had pulled her to the alley beside the Dot. It was the same place that Alex and Paige had their fight about Alex's job as an exotic dancer. Paige didn't know what it was about this place, whether it was the dirty ground or the ugly milk crates around but it was kind of special to her because it's where her and Alex were always able to work out their problems.
"Paige I'm sorry about everything, I've tried calling you like every 10 minutes, but you never answer. I just want to talk to you right now." Alex said.
"talk? Okay, how about we talk about the fact that you lied to me. You said I tripped over something, but in truth your mom's abusive boyfriend pushed us and I hit my head causing me to lose my memory for like a week" Paige said yelling at Alex.
"Paige, it wasn't my fault he pushed us though" she said trying to defend her self.
"maybe not, but it was your fault you lied to me. I mean Alex I can handle the truth sometimes." She said
"Paige, you had just gotten out of the hospital for god's sake! I couldn't put that sort of pressure on you. It would just make things worse, I was just trying to make things easier for you. I really care for you Paige." Alex said starting to cry.
"Alex, if you really cared for me you would have told me the truth, you know how important honesty in to me. Of all people, my girlfriend should know." Paige said yelling.
"…" Alex couldn't say anything she was just speechless, she knew she screwed up. Paige saw the look on her face and walked away. Usually fights in the alley beside the dot were easily solved, but not this one, this one was bigger.
After standing around in the alley for a few minutes Alex decided to go back into the Dot. Marco was still sitting there with his coffee waiting for the two girls to walk in, back together in their relationship. But he knew something was wrong when he saw Alex walk in by himself.
"what happened?" he asked
"what do you think?" she asked back as she sat down in her chair slouching backwards.
"so then what are you going to do now?" he asked
"I don't know, but it has to be good…" Alex said trying to think of something romantic.
"well what ever you want I'm here, you know how much I love to see you two together." Marco said.
"thanks Marco, I really appreciate that"
"okay so what you do has to be big…" he started
"and romantic…" Alex said
"and memorable…" he said
"and something to show her that I really do love her."
"okay I've got it! but we're going to need everyone's help with it and its going to take a lot of planning" Alex said looking at Marco who already had his cell phone out and started to call everyone.
"Hazel, my place ASAP" Marco said as he hung up and called up everyone else. Alex just smiled.
"Marco, what would I do with out you?" Alex asked hypothetically.
"um, you'd probably be alone considering how many times I've saved your relationship with Paige." Marco said as he kept calling other people.
"yeah, that's probably true" Alex said as they both got up to go to Marco's place. Once again Marco had a plan, and this time it will work.