Wowzies, this story has been hit more than 6,000 times!! :D Anyways... I hope you like ch 17.
Hidden Secrets
Chapter Seventeen
"Wow. How many phone calls did she make?" Alex asked. She was on the phone with Nate and they were talking about the many phone calls he had gotten from Steph.
"I didn't count but like 10." Nate answered. Shane was by his side giving him evil glares because Nate and Alex had been on the phone for 2 hours. Shane wanted to call Mitchie but his phone was out of battery and he lost his charger.
"Hurry up and get off the phone!" Shane said.
"No, get your own phone!" Nate replied. "Huh? No, Alex I wasn't talking to you."
"That is my phone!" Shane muttered.
"So what are you doing today?" Alex asked, ignoring Shane's voice in the background. Apparently, he was mad because he couldn't call Mitchie for some reason.
"I'm going to hang out with my favorite girl." Nate said.
"Who's your favorite girl?" Alex teased. "Is it... Steph?"
Nate made a choking sound. "No! It's obviously you!"
"Ohh." Alex said, laughing at his shocked voice. "Okay I have to go eat lunch. I'll call you later."
"Bye!" said Nate before she hung up.
"Bye." Alex answered, then she hung up the phone.
"Finally!" Shane said, reaching for the phone. "Now it's my turn to call Mitchie."
"Uh... go ahead but I don't think you'll be able to talk for long. They're having lunch." Nate said, laughing at the way Shane's face was twisting.
"You are in so much trouble!" Shane shouted, running after Nate.
"Guys!" Jason's voice came from upstairs. "I'm trying to take a nap!"
"Dude, you're older than us." Nate said, shaking his head with pity. "You're not supposed to take naps at your age."
"Well I do, so stop your foolish nonsense and shut up!" Jason replied, sticking his nose in the air. Then he turned on his heel and walked back into his room, 'humph' ing loudly so that Shane and Nate could hear.
"He needs some medical help." Shane suggested, looking in the fridge for something to eat. "What do you want for lunch?"
"Why don't we just go down to the sub station and ask for a sandwich? You're no good at cooking anyway." Nate told him.
"Fine, we'll go to the sub station, and for your information, I am good at cooking!" Shane replied, stomping out the front door. Nate grinned and followed him out the door.
"You don't get the phone, I do." Mitchie said, holding the phone out of Alex's reach.
"Why?" Alex whined. "I need to call Nate!"
"You and Nate have talked like for 5 hours before lunch." Mitchie answered, starting to dial. "Besides, we had an agreement- I get the phone for half of the day."
"Whatever." Alex snapped, then sat down on the couch and pouted.
"Oh don't give me that look. It only works on your dad. I'm not your dad, I'm your cousin."
Alex glared at Mitchie and walked loudly up the stairs. She turned on the computer and started IMing Nate. It wasn't the same though, she couldn't hear his sweet voice.
"Well if it makes you feel any better, I can't get a hold of them. They're either not home or ignoring my calls."
"Ignoring your calls." Alex said. "Or maybe they're away because Nate's not returning any IMs."
"Come on," Mitchie said, pulling Alex down the stairs. "Your mom said that we have to work at the sub station for a little bit today. I don't want to get on her bad side."
"She doesn't have a bad side." Alex told her, "All she does when she's upset is vent to the customers about how her life stinks."
"Well too bad. You're coming with me."
"Aww, I wanted to go shopping for converse!" Alex complained, slapping Mitchie's back.
"Too-- ow! Bad! Ow! That hurt young man!" Mitchie said.
"I'm not a young man!" Alex said, slapping Mitchie some more.
"Ow! Well you're sure acting like one!"
"If I stop am I a young man?" Alex asked, hitting Mitchie on the head.
Two people in front of them burst out laughing. It was Shane and Nate, eating sandwiches at the sub station. "Having a catfight?" Shane asked.
Alex stopped in the middle of slapping Mitchie's face and grinned. "Yup." Then she slapped down on Mitchie's cheek, which made Mitchie yell out "Youch!"
Nate and Shane burst out in a fit of laughter again, after hearing Mitchie's cry and seeing the satisfied look on Alex's face. They didn't know what had happened before they saw the slapping, but they were sure that it was something hilarious.
Nate started choking on his sandwich in between laughter, so Shane clapped him on the back. Out of his mouth came a piece of chewed up sandwich. It hit Jerry's face right when he was coming out the door.
The four of them cracked up at the look on Jerry's face.
"Do you think this is funny?!" He asked them, removing the bread off his forehead with a napkin.
"Actually, yes we do." Alex said. "No offense, dad."
"Offense taken!" Jerry replied, heading back into the kitchen to wipe the spit off his face.
"That was hilarious!" Max said, coming out of the lair.
"How'd you know it was hilarious?" Alex asked. "You were in the lair the whole time."
"I was looking through the window."
"There's a window?" Alex asked.
Max nodded mysteriously. "Yes, yes there is." Then he turned away from the group and skipped back into the lair.
"So what are you girls up to today?" Shane asked.
"We're going shoe shopping!" Alex replied.
"Like for high heels?" Shane asked, looking disgusted.
"No, for converse!" Alex said. "Why would I wear high heels?"
"Yeah, you should've known that." Nate said. "Even I knew that."
"You're her boyfriend!" Shane reminded him.
"Yay!" Nate said, making a happy face. "I'm Alex's boyfriend!"
The phone rang, making both Nate and Alex jump. They were watching a movie, not at the movie theater, but at Nate's house.
"You might want to get that." Alex told him.
"But it might be Steph." Nate said, making a face.
"Go!" Alex directed. She enjoyed making her boyfriend do whatever she wanted him to do.
"Fine. Meaniebutt." Nate mumbled, heading for the phone.
Alex laughed and put the movie on pause. Then, she quietly turned her head so she could hear what was going on.
"Hello?" Nate had asked. "Steph?" He turned toward Alex and mouthed, "Blech!" Alex grinned and gave him the thumbs up. He made a face at her and gave her at thumbs down.
"You want to talk to... both of us?" Nate asked. "How do you know Alex is here? You're outside the house?"
Alex cracked up at the suspicious look on Nate's face. His eyes were narrowed, he looked like a puma ready to pounce on its prey. Nate walked over to the door and yelled out, "Gah!" at the site of Steph.
"Why are you here?" Alex asked.
"I just wanted to let you guys know that I understand that you two don't like me." Steph said dramatically. "So sorry for bothering you." She turned away and went back inside her limo.
"How does she get a limo? She's not even famous." Alex asked.
"She's such a drama queen." Nate said at the same time.
"Well at least we know for sure that she won't be bothering us anymore." Alex said.
Nate nodded. "Yup, now come here and give me a kiss."
Lol why do I always end with a kiss? Weird. Oh well, next chapter'll be up soon... Review?
