Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters from Four Brothers. Only my own. :)
Author's Note: This story is based 4 years before the movie, however this story will go through the movie as well. Unknown Strangers is basically about Evelyn's niece coming to visit her during her Christmas break and during that week plenty of odd instances happen during her time of visit. I hope you all will enjoy this story and please Read and Review. Just so I know if I should continue on with this story or not.
Ch. 7
Morning had finally came once Alex had groggily woken up from bed. After the whole incident last evening between her and Bobby, she was concerned as to how he was going to act around her today. Sure Bobby was a typical I don't give a shit bad ass but she was worried that maybe that kiss was going to ruin the friendship they both had started developing with one another.
So as she rose up from her bed and pulled on a black form fitting t-shirt and a pair of blue jeans she then started to head down the stairs. Sure, she was up really early but she figured that maybe she could start making breakfast for everyone before they had all woken up.
As she walked closer to the kitchen she could hear someone arguing and one of the voices she could hear was Bobby's who sound very irritated. "Look it was fun alright but you need to get going I got shit I have to do today!" Alex slowly walked closer, trying not to make any noise. "Bobby! Why is it every time we get together you're always shoving me out the next day! I thought maybe we can have a repeater of last night." The female voice hinted suggestively, Alex smirked once she realized that Bobby brought home with him one of his quick night romps and was trying to rush her out of the door before anyone could see her.
"Look you really need to get the fuck out of here alright?"
Bobby said gritting his teeth. "Bobby! Come on why do you do this to me every time? Are you embarrassed by me!" Alex shook her head with a large smile on her lips as she heard Bobby irritably sighed.
"No! Look Lenna I have some stuff I need to take care of today so now would be the good time to get the fuck out of here!"
Alex then decided she was going to make her appearance before this so called Lenna left; she definitely wanted to get a good look of this girl.
So Alex nonchalantly walked into the kitchen, stretching her arms in the process as she saw a tall blonde hair woman dress in barely nothing, Alex could definitely see why Bobby wanted her to leave and judging by the look Bobby was giving now that she walked in was not a very good one. Alex looked at the both of them innocently and shrugged.
"Morning."
She stated so simply and started to walk towards the fridge. Lenna then glared over at Bobby and pointed at Alex. "Who is she!" Bobby glared back at her but tried to retain his composure. "She is my mother's biological niece who is spending the week with us!" Lenna looked at him completely confused and then looked over at Alex who was now pulling the carton of eggs out.
"She's spending the week with in your house!"
Lenna asked astonished, Bobby sighed and was about to re-explain once again until Alex spoke up. "She has a name and yes she is staying at his so called house because she has not seen her aunt in quite some time and would like to visit her." Lenna frowned once she saw Alex glaring back at her. "Well then what's your name then?" Alex smiled at her not a usual fake smile she usually would pull off with these types but a large warm smile that caught Bobby completely off guard.
"Alexandra Verona. And yours?"
Lenna immediately smiled back at Alex now deciding that she was not a threat after all. "My name is Lenna Mac. But my stripper name is Lenna Magic." Alex's smile grew even larger once she learned this and looked over at Bobby giving him a smug smile. "Really… a Stripper huh? I take it you and Bobby are pretty tight." Lenna shrugged. "He's alright." Bobby immediately glared at her, while Alex burst out into laughter.
"So Lenna tell me sweetie what is your act? I mean do you pole dance? Do you do burlesque?"
Lenna immediately grinned at her and allowed out an obnoxious giggle. "Oh I do a bit of both actually and we're a modest group! Our boss won't let us strip completely nude, in fact he makes us wear g-strings so that way men will respect us more!" Alex snickered and slowly nodded her head.
"Way to fight for respect girl!"
Lenna giddily nodded, while Bobby was becoming more and more irritated by the fact that Alex didn't even seem somewhat angry that he brought a stripper home. "So what do you do Alex? do you strip to?" Alex's eyebrows rose upwards but that sweet smile still remained upon her lips as she shook her head.
"Nah I'm actually going to school at the moment. But I do have a friend who has a pole in her room; she said it was great exercise!"
Lenna immediately started to laugh and nodded her head. "Oh it is! Have you tried it?" Alex shrugged, giving her a sideways smirk. "Yeah… My Ex thought it was the most amazing thing ever!" Lenna then looked over at Bobby with a new bounce of excitement. "I like her! And she is absolutely beautiful don't you think she could be stripper material!" Bobby glared at her and shook his head.
"No I don't think she could be stripper material she is Doctor Material and that is where she's staying."
He said starting to grow more and more angrier. Alex crossed her arms over her chest while Bobby was now fuming towards Lenna. "Look now you really need to get going alright? Don't you have to go get some fucking sleep for your show tonight?" Lenna glared at Bobby and started to push her index finger into his chest.
"Now you listen here Bobby Mercer I'm not going to be your fuck buddy anymore! You can go ahead and find another one because I'm tired of your behavior towards me and I don't deserve that! So Fuck you Bobby Mercer."
Bobby scoffed. "Yeah I'll probably see you crawling back to me by the end of the week." He said in a nasty tone, causing Alex to give him a surprised look. "No I won't and just you wait and see!" Bobby snickered with a condescending look upon his face. "Yeah we'll see baby cakes we'll just see!" Lenna then stormed out of the house in a huff, while Bobby slowly looked back at Alex who seemed unaffected by the whole sequence.
"Sorry you had to see that."
Bobby muttered, Alex even though she was very irritated with the situation pulled off a very nonchalant shrug and walked back to the kitchen. "Why are you sorry? What you do in your own personal time is your business. I'm sorry that I accidentally walked into it." Bobby glared at her, if anything he wanted Alex to be at least a little irritated or jealous of what she had just saw considering the great night they both had just recently, but maybe it really didn't bother her what he did after all.
"So you're not pissed that I brought a stripper back to the house?"
Alex shrugged, as she pulled out a mixing bowl, not even bothering to look back at him. "Why would it? If that's the sort of girl you go for then hey good on you." Bobby was starting to grow more and more irritated and began to storm up to her. "What is that implying?" Alex slowly turned around, giving Bobby a confused look.
"Nothing… Bobby I don't understand why you're making a big deal out of this. I'm sorry I walked in on you two alright?"
Bobby sneered at her and stopped her from turning back to the stove. "I'm making a big deal because you're insinuating that I only go for a certain type of fucking girl! Maybe if big hot shots like you didn't have your heads so far up their asses then maybe you'd be remotely interested in just some regular man!" Alex then immediately glared at him and shoved him away from her.
"Who the hell are you to sit here and insinuate that I think I'm better than you or anyone else! Where the hell is all this coming from Bobby? So what you slept with a stripper that's your damn choice! Either you're pissed off because you wanted me to be mad about this situation or you're pissed with yourself and are trying to throw the blame on me for some weird ass reason! Either way Bobby you are going to do what you want to do, I am going to do what I want to do. So either just let it go or explain to me why the hell are you trying to pick a fight with me."
Bobby sighed; he tightened his jaw and was about to leave until Alex grabbed his arm. "Bobby. Look I'm sorry…" Bobby glared up at her while Alex slowly walked up to him and placed her hand on his cheek. "If I for any reason made you feel inferior it was not intentional. I really do value your friendship and if Lenna is the girl you're interested in then its fine." Bobby stared at her for a moment and couldn't help but start to burst out into laughter.
"Alex… she was just a good fuck nothing more."
Alex's eyes widened, as she slowly moved her hand away from his cheek, completely mortified. "Oh… well then um then I guess this conversation is over with then." Bobby smirked at her and pulled Alex into a tight hug. "Hey, hey, hey don't you get like that. Look I was trying to get Lenna out of here before you saw her because I didn't want you to think differently of me alright? We had a great night last night and I felt bad about kissing you so I just wanted to get some air and I ended up running into Lenna and that was about it." Alex slowly nodded, shifting her gaze away from him.
"Bobby I told you that it didn't bother me. You didn't have to feel bad or apologize for it."
Bobby scoffed. "I'm not a typical guy you'd hang out with Alex and let's just keep it that way alright?" Alex frowned at him but slowly nodded. "Ok… if you don't want to be friends then I guess we can stop associating then." Bobby gave her a small smiled and shook his head. "I don't want to stop associating with you." Alex slowly looked up at him while Bobby chuckled and pulled her into another tight hug.
"Look I'm sorry, I'm sorry… Let's just forget this happened alright?"
Alex nodded and slowly looked up at him, resting her chin against his chest. "Bobby I don't think less of you, I don't hate you for kissing me last night and I don't think I'm better than you. I think deep down you are a good person when you want to be. I can tell that you love my aunt and you love your brothers. But I think that is as far as you allow yourself to love anyone. However, I do think that one day you will meet someone who will break that wall down and once you do it'll be easier to trust and to love someone who isn't in your circle." Bobby stared down at her with such seriousness while Alex slowly smiled up at him.
"We all at one moment have some bad times in our lives that prevents us to do things we really want to do. The only option to defeating that course is just to overcome it. To just let it go."
Bobby looked at her for a couple of moments and allowed out a small smirk to form upon his lips. "So your friend really does have a stripper pole in her room?" Alex looked at him completely surprised but burst out into laughter. "Yeah… Yeah she does." Bobby started grinning profusely. "And you have used?" Alex sighed as she pulled away from him, slowly shaking her head. "Yeah I have used it. And let's just say that David thoroughly enjoyed it." Bobby chuckled as he crossed his arms over his chest.
"As he should… Care to show me your moves sometime?"
Alex scoffed and playfully slapped at him. "Please… after the whole David incident I plan on saving my moves till I'm married." Bobby smirked at her while she turned her back to him and started to mix the scrambled eggs. He slowly walked up behind her and placed his hands on her hips, leaning his lips close to her ear.
"You're full of shit."
He whispered Alex chuckled as she continued to whisk. "Guess you'll never find out will ya?" Bobby arched his brow wondering if she was challenging him. "I won't huh? Well since that guy at the Wings game thought I was your boyfriend and your Ex thinks I'm your boyfriend how else would I be able to convince them if I don't have anything to prove to them with?" Alex giggled and gently shrugged her shoulders. "Guess you'll have to make something up." Bobby scoffed, resting his chin down on her shoulder, watching her pour the egg mixture into the pan.
"Or we can make an honest man out of me."
Alex rolled her eyes and slowly turned to look back over at him to see a smug grin on his lips. "Ok I know you're not just trying to pick me up right after you had sex with a stripper." Bobby snickered and shrugged his shoulders. "You honestly surprised?" Alex looked at him for a moment and slowly shook her head. "No can't say that I am. But I do give you credit for trying." Bobby smiled at her. He really liked the fact that she was able to take his humor and throw things right back at him like he did with her. Sure, he was really testing her to see if she was the jealous type and even though she acted like she didn't care he knew deep down she somewhat did with that last comment she made to him.
"Well it seems to me that I'm going to have to earn some more credit before you want to do anything with me is that right?"
Alex now fully turned around to look at him and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Bobby the comment you made last night really did hit home for me… You are right I had been in a really long relationship and at this moment I'm extremely vulnerable. I need time, I need to recollect myself and get used to being on my own for awhile. I mean for the longest time I thought David and I were going to get married and have a family but now all that has just disappeared. That's the point I'm at now Bobby… If I'm going to start something I'm going to start it with those intentions in mind. I want to get married one day, I want to have kids, have a good career. I want to give my kids what I wasn't given when I was younger… I don't want to just have a fly by the seat of your pants relationship. I want something more, something real. And honestly Bobby are you really ready for that? Because I don't think you are."
Bobby slightly bowed his head and slowly looked back up at her. "You're right… I'm not so we should keep this strictly platonic then." Alex nodded giving him a sad smile. "Alright… so we agree to keep this on a neutral level." Bobby nodded and started to move away from her.
"Yeah… look I got some shit I gotta do so you have a good morning alright?"
Alex frowned at him she knew he was angry with her but he just didn't want to voice it right now. "Oh um you're not staying for breakfast?" Bobby then shook his head. "No." He stated so simply, but with that one simple word it struck a pang into Alex's heart. She really didn't want to upset him but after everything that has been going on between the two of them she really didn't want to allow herself to fall in too deep, especially with someone as unpredictable as Bobby. "Bobby I'm sorry if…" Bobby then cuts her off.
"Don't alright? I got the point. Look I need to head out so I'll see you around."
He managed to ground out and stormed out of the kitchen. Alex sighed, she really didn't know what happened but by assuming the way he stormed out of the room made was because she allowed out that big mouth of hers again. She really didn't know how to handle this situation but the fact that Bobby was now angry at her made things even more difficult. Alex suddenly then heard a small chuckle and turned around to see her Aunt smiling back at her.
"I take it you two didn't have a very good night last night."
Alex frowned over at her aunt. "No… we had a great time. I just had to allow my big mouth ruin it all that's it." Evelyn smiled at her niece as she walked in further to the room. "Alex… Bobby is known to be a hot head he'll cool off eventually." Alex nodded, as she started carrying dishes to the table. "Yeah well I don't think he'll be very happy with me for a long time." Evelyn arched her brow at Alex, even though she didn't hear the whole conversation between the two of them she did see Bobby storm out of the house like he usually did when he was ticked off.
"Really how so?"
Alex looked back at her aunt and sighed. "He and I were goofing around and he made this comment to me about having to earn more credit points to win me over and I just flat out told him how I'm not ready for anything right now and how if I am going to get into a relationship that it's going to be serious and not a free for all and that I think he's not ready for that… So I think I had upset him a bit." Evelyn nodded taking in everything that Alex had told her and gave her a curious look.
"What caused you two to even remotely get into talking about this at all?"
Alex shrugged, placing the plate of scrambled eggs on the table. "Well after the game he was being incredibly sweet and I ended up giving him a hug and that hug then turned into him kissing me. We then immediately broke apart and he went off on telling me that it was too soon for me and that I need to take my time and whatnot so after he said that it just sunk into me that I really did need to. And when I woke up this morning I saw him in the kitchen trying to scoot out this girl he brought home last evening." Evelyn looked at Alex completely surprised. It seemed that the two of them really didn't know what they wanted but it seemed that in some way they both wanted each other at the same time.
"Well Alex to be honest you both are wrong. Yes it was somewhat harsh to flat out tell Bobby you don't think he's ready for a serious relationship when you barely know him, and it's wrong of Bobby to just kiss you and then bring some girl home and I'm going to talk to him about that. But Alex if you knew where Bobby had came from before I had received him as my own you would understand how hard it is for him to truly open himself up and allow himself to trust someone that is out of his circle. I think he was starting to feel that trust with you and maybe even try and take a leap at something that could possibly be there. He just doesn't know how to say Hey I like you let's get dinner. He's the type that will take a detour approach. Alex you have to understand sweetheart most of the girls that Bobby dates automatically falls for his charms you didn't and that confuses him immensely. He cannot understand why you don't but at the same aspect he doesn't want you to think he cannot amount to anything either. Give it time dear, Bobby will never hate you but he will be angry for a bit. He stormed out because the last thing he wants is to hurt you. I know that because he's done that with me as well."
Alex slowly nodded, she felt horrible about the whole situation but she hoped that when Bobby gets home that they could settle this once and for all.
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It was now 12 in the afternoon while the boys found Bobby at the Ford shop working on an engine on a Ford Mustang. "Hey Bobby where were you this morning?" Jerry yelled, while Angel and Jack followed him. Bobby sighed and pulled his head out from under the hood and looked back at him.
"What the fuck does it matter where I've been?"
He growled he was really in no mood to listen to any bullshit right now. Angel shrugged, as he started to look over the car. "Well we were wondering how the game went last night and Alex really didn't have much to say so we figured that we should come and talk to you." Bobby glared at him and started to placed one his tools onto the side. "It was fine." Jack then chuckled and nudged Angel's shoulder.
"He kissed her last night."
Angel immediately grinned and looked over at Bobby. "Really!" Bobby gritted his teeth and started to storm over to his tool box. "Yeah I did." Angel and Jerry snickered, while Angel slapped his hand onto Bobby's shoulder.
"Nice man! Very nice how was it?"
Bobby glared over at him, they could tell that he wasn't in a good mood so they figured that maybe it wasn't as good as they thought it was. "It was good… Then I realized that I'm never going to be fucking good enough so I went out and brought Lenna back with me…" Jerry's eyes widened along with Angel and Jack.
"What? You had a great night with Alex and you bring a stripper back home with you! What the hell is wrong with you Bobby!"
Bobby scoffed, crossing his arms over his chest. "Yeah well when I was trying to kick Lenna out Alex walked in on us." Jack arched his brow; this was starting to get very interesting. "How did she react to seeing that you slept with a stripper?" Bobby shrugged.
"She didn't in fact her and Lenna ended up having a conversation and eventually I had enough of it and kicked Lenna out. She wasn't affected one bit so she and I were goofing around I made this comment to her and she flat out told me what she really thought when it came to me and her starting something."
Jack frowned at Bobby. "What did she say?" Jerry scoffed, answering before Bobby could. "What the hell do you honestly think she would say! She saw Bobby with a stripper this morning and right after she leaves he puts his moves on her! She knows that he's not going to take anything with them seriously and the fact that she knows that Bobby does sleep with strippers, how can she honestly be able to trust him." He then looked at Bobby, glaring at him
"You're the dumbass not her! Do you honestly think she's going to accept anything with you after that whole thing! Hell no man!"
Bobby rolled his eyes, getting seriously irritated. "Yeah well she seems to think that I'd never be ready for a serious relationship as she had put it and that is the sort of relationship she's ready for." Angel shrugged, giving Bobby an apologetic look.
"In a way man I have to agree with Jerry. You gave her no reason to believe that you would… Bobby she is right. You never had a serious relationship in your life! And I think the fact that she flat out told you to your face it pissed you off because she didn't fall into you game like most girls do with you. She doesn't want a guy who has a girlfriend every week. She wants a guy who will stay loyal to her every week."
Bobby sighed and furiously punched his hand into the wall. "Why the fuck do I even fucking care! She's just some fucking girl! I've had plenty of women before! It's not like this should be a big fucking deal!" He yelled, Jack smirked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"It's because you really like her man. Come on Bobby we see the way you look at her, you like her more then you will let out. That's why this is bothering you so badly."
Jerry then nodded in agreement. "It's true man, she had hurt your ego and you're pissed because she caught you red handed." Bobby furiously threw his other tool back into the box and stormed over to the Mustang. While Jerry followed him.
"Look Bobby if you want to start something with Alex you're going to have to prove yourself man I'm just sayin."
Bobby scoffed and looked back over at Jerry. "Yeah how the fuck am I supposed to do that? Buy her roses fuck no I'm aint doin that!" Angel snickered and leaned against the side of the car. "Sweet talk her that always works for Sophi." Bobby then snickered, pulling out a wrench and started to screw a bolt back in.
"Yeah I can see how that's really working out for you with La Vida Loca."
Angel glared at him, while Jack was about to say something. "Well you could…" Bobby then immediately cuts him off before Jack could get anything out. "Don't even try it you little fairy I don't want to know how you get your boyfriends to forgive you and convince them to finally taking in your cock alright?" Jack glared at him while Angel and Jerry chuckled.
"Fuck you Bobby."
Jack muttered, Bobby chuckled and smiled back over at his brothers. "Look just let this shit go. I'm sick of all of you getting all Dr. Fucking Phil on me alright? I have some work I need to get done and all you jackasses are distracting the shit out of me!" The brothers smiled and nodded. "Alright man we'll leave you be." Jerry chuckled, while he, Angel and Jack left Bobby to back to his work.
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"This is a really nice place."
Amy said softly as she looked around at the Mercer house. It was late afternoon while Alex and her friends Marli, Amy and Cordy all sat in the living room watching some television show. "Yeah it's very cozy." Cordy muttered, looking over some fashion magazine. Alex rolled her eyes and shook her head, she asked Evelyn earlier that day if it would be alright if she could invite her friends over and Evelyn was more than thrilled to have a couple of girls in her house for once.
"Thanks. My Aunt I think did a really good job with this place."
Marli nodded. "It's very roomie here I feel like I'm back at my parent's house." Alex chuckled while Cordy then finally looked up from her magazine. "So Alex where are these boys that your aunt took in?" Alex shrugged, starting to flip through channels. "Not really sure they all had their separate places to go today" Cordy then grinned. "Are they hot?" Alex looked over at Cordy and laughed.
"Oh no you don't you're not going to try and hit on one of my Aunt's boys. Trust me they're not your type."
Marli chuckled and nodded. "It's true I've met them yesterday these guys are way too rough for you." Cordy scoffed completely insulted by Alex and Marli's remark. "Too rough for me! No man is too rough for me! Speaking of men when the hell are you going to get back into the dating world again Alex! It's been over a month now!" Alex sighed; she really hated it when Cordy started this on her.
"Cordy I'm not ready ok? I need time."
Marli then snickered. "Yeah plus I don't think Bobby would be very pleased if you did start seeing someone." Alex glared over at Marli while she continued to laugh. Cordy then looked over at Marli completely interested with a devious grin on her face. "Really!... Who's this Bobby we're talking about?" Alex groaned and shoved Marli.
"Why did you have to tell her about Bobby for huh? Now she's going to make it a point to have to know who he is."
Marli giggled, shrugging her shoulders. "Because I if I didn't know who the two of you were last night I would've thought you two were a couple! You guys connect really well and Mark really seemed to like him." Alex rolled her eyes, while Amy shrugged. "Maybe they're just good friends?" Cordy then scoffed.
"Amy are you that naïve? No man could be just a friend alright?"
Amy frowned and immediately looked back over to the TV while Alex glared over at Cordy. "Cordy do you always have to be a bitch I mean come on!" Cordy then shrugged. "Well she should know better! I mean she honestly believed Jeff when he told her that he was going out to get Milk instead of stepping out on her!" Amy slouched in her seat, while Alex and Marli both glared at her.
"Shut up Cordy… Like you never made a mistake right?"
Marli sneered, Cordy shrugged, flipping through the pages of her magazine. "Not one like that no. But look we're sidetracking from the real point here is this Bobby guy cute Alex?" Alex sighed; she really didn't want to get into this. "Yes he's very good looking is that what you want to hear?" Cordy then smirked.
"You gonna fuck him?"
Alex's eyes widened, while Marli threw a pillow at Cordy. "Cordy what the hell! You do realize that her Aunt is still here right?" Cordy then shrugged. "Oh come like she wouldn't know that her son isn't a virgin anymore please get over yourself Marli you little martyr!" Alex shook her head at Cordy in disbelief while her Aunt had walked in.
"So how are all you girls doing?"
Cordy pulled on a sweet smile, placing her magazine down. "Just fine Ms. Mercer! May I say you have a very lovely place!" Evelyn then sweetly smiled at Cordy, little did she know that Evelyn had heard every word that she had said and was not very pleased with the young woman. "Why thank you dear." Alex rolled her eyes and slowly looked back over at her Aunt. "Would you like to visit with us Aunt Evie?" Evelyn smiled at her niece and nodded. "Of course sweetheart!" Evelyn was so thrilled to have girls in the house. She forgot what it was almost like to even have a woman's conversation since she was always surrounded by boys.
"So tell me how did all of you girls meet?"
Marli smiled sweetly at Evelyn and pointed at her and Alex. "We met during elementary school and we've been friends ever since! Amy and Cordy here appeared when we needed two more roommates for the house that Alex and I got. And ever since then we've all been very close." Evelyn smiled at Marli and looked over at the other girls.
"That's very nice. So tell me what are you all going to school for?"
Cordy gave Evelyn a smug smile and pointed at herself. "I am going into business so I can open my own fashion store." Amy then looked over at Evelyn and shyly said. "I'm going into Psychology." Evelyn nodded while Marli then said. "I'm in Med school just like Alex but she's going into Cardiology while I'm going into Oncology." Evelyn looked very impressed towards Marli and clasped her hands.
"Well now you girls really seem to know what you all want to do. That is just amazing! I'm proud of each and every one of you."
Alex then grinned at her Aunt. "Awww thank you Aunt Evie!" Evelyn nodded and looked back to the other girls. "So I overheard you girls talking about boys may I ask what about?" Cordy smirked while Alex gave Cordy a pleading look, but she couldn't resist. "We're talking about how it's been a month since Alex has had a man and that she desperately needs one!" Alex glared at her while Evelyn laughed.
"My goodness do you remind me of an old friend of mine. She was always so sharp on me having someone in my life just like you."
Cordy then shrugged. "Well I wouldn't be so sharp on her if she didn't hide in her room almost every evening studying like crazy! You gotta have a little bit of fun every once in awhile!" Alex rolled her eyes and shook her head. "Cordy seems to think that it's easy to get over a 4 year relationship that has ended a little over a month…" Cordy then nodded.
"Damn straight it is Alex especially since David was such an asshole with you!"
Marli then glared over at Cordy. "Knock it off ok! When she's ready she'll meet someone alright?" Cordy then innocently shrugged. "What? I'm just saying she needs to get her mind off of him and not try to hide in her room studying and in her books she needs someone whose going to help her forget all that." Marli sighed, while Evelyn chuckled. "Well to be quite frank I somewhat agree with Cordy's theory here dear." Alex gave her Aunt a confused look, hugging a pillow that was on the sofa to her chest. "Huh?" Evelyn continued to laugh once again a.
"Maybe meeting someone new will help you forget all this craziness with David dear. You can't hide in your room forever and hope that it will all go away it won't trust me. You still need to go out there and live dear. You're far too pretty to troll away into darkness."
Alex smiled at her aunt while they all heard the door open and close. Just then Jerry, Angel and Jack all came walking in seeing Alex and their mother sitting with a couple of women who they all assumedwere Alex's college friends.
"Hey ma, Hey Baby girl what's goin on?"
Angel asked, as he placed his hand on Alex's shoulder and kisses his mother's cheek. Alex smiled up at him and said "Hey Angel! Listen I have some people I would like to introduce you all too." Jerry, Angel and Jack nodded as they walked further into the living room. Alex rose up from her seat and walked over next to Jack. "Girls these are the boys I was telling you all about, the one's my aunt had adopted. This guy here is Jack, and the Tall one is Angel and that's Jerry." The girls smiled and waved at all of them while Alex continued to introduce the boys to her friends.
"Guys these are my friends from school. You all met Marli yesterday but the tanner one is Cordy and that's Amy right over there."
Cordy smirked, biting her bottom lip as she looked over at all of them. "Well hello!" Alex rolled her eyes, and looked over to Angel and whispered. "That's the one I was telling you all about." Angel snickered, while Cordy glared at Alex as she went to sit back down in her original seat. "What did you tell them Alex?" Alex burst out into laughter and shook her head.
"Nothing but the truth dear."
Cordy rolled her eyes at Alex. "Thanks Alex I really appreciate it!" She said sarcastically, while Marli and Amy were trying to contain their laughter. Just then Bobby came walking in, still in a sour mood but noticed a huge commotion going on in the living room and decided to find out what was going on. Marli was the first to notice him and smiled.
"Hey Bobby!"
She said happily as she rose up from her seat and walked up to him to give him a hug. Bobby smiled at Marli and gave her a big bear hug. "Hey sweetheart how you doing?" Marli then shrugged. "Good exhausted from last night's game! After you guys left Mark and I went to the Hockeytown Café to have a couple of drinks." Bobby smirked at her.
"Nice… he's probably passed out by now huh?"
Marli chuckled and nodded her head. "Oh yeah… poor thing had to wear sunglasses all day today." Bobby chuckled, while he pulled his beanie off. "Light weight. Hey is Mark into cars?" Marli scoffed. "Into them! He's going to school to be an auto designer… Car's are his life." Bobby nodded in approval.
"Great tell him to bring his ass over tomorrow. I need his help on a mustang I'm working on. These assholes over here aren't to savvy when it comes to cars all they fucking know how to do is just highjack them and that's it."
Bobby's brothers glared at him, while Marli laughed. "Alright I'll let him know." Bobby nodded and walked over to the couch right behind Alex, placing his hands on her shoulders, squeezing them while he was talking to his mother. "Hey Ma how are you doin?" Evelyn shrugged, giving him a sweet smile. "Just fine dear, long day at work?" Bobby shrugged. "Nothing to special." Evelyn nodded as she rose up from her seat.
"Well if you excuse me I'm going to go upstairs for a bit it was very nice meeting you girls please come over anytime you'd like."
Cordy, Marli and Amy smiled at Evelyn while Marli thanked her.
Once she was gone Bobby then looked down at Alex, as she looked back up at him. "Hey." He said softly, while she gave him a small smile. "Hey… how are you doing?" Bobby shrugged, his hands never leaving her shoulders. "Alright… how was breakfast?" Alex shrugged as well. "Same you missed a good meal." Bobby nodded, now moving his hands from her shoulder.
"Yeah well I had to get to work ya know how that is."
Alex nodded, while he looked over at two women that he has never seen before. "So I take it these you're roommates huh Alex?" Alex nodded and pointed at Cordy who had dark tan skin and chocolate color hair. "That's Cordy." Cordy gave him a seductive smile and a little wave, Bobby nodded and then looked over at Amy who was very thin and pale she also had dark brown hair as well.
"And that's Amy."
Amy shyly waved at him while Alex continued to speak. "And girls this is Bobby he's the oldest of all the brothers." Cordy grinned at him, crossing her leg over the other. "Hello there." Bobby smirked at her and looked down at Alex. "So that's the one huh?" Alex chuckled and nodded. Cordy on the other hand was glaring at her.
"Seriously Alex what did you say to them!"
Alex laughed and waved her hands defensively. "Nothing bad alright! If it makes you feel better they all know about David and whatnot." Cordy scoffed.
"Seriously you need to get that asshole out of your mind, go get laid or something already!"
Alex gave Cordy a very grim look, while Bobby started laughing. "Fuck you weren't joking about that one!" Alex rolled her eyes, while Cordy maliciously grinned at her. "Look I'm beat I'll see you all later." He grinned and slapped his hand on Jack's shoulder and headed out of the room before anyone could say a word to him.
Eventually, Angel, Jerry and Jack all headed out, leaving Alex alone with all of her friends. "Ok now that their all gone! Alex please tell me that they're single because they are all fine!" Cordy grinned; Alex looked back over at her and shook her head.
"Not really… Jerry is married and has a 2 year old girl I haven't met yet, while Angel also has a girlfriend. Jackie is only 16 so don't even try girl and Bobby isn't really the boyfriend type."
Cordy then shrugged giving her a devious grin. "That's ok I can deal with that." Alex glared at her, while Marli rolled her eyes. "Well look it's getting late and I need to see how Mark is feeling so we need to head out." Amy and Cordy nodded as they all rose up from the couch and gave Alex a big hug before leaving.
Once all the girls were gone, Alex was now left alone with her thoughts. She allowed out a soft sigh, knowing what she really needed to do. So she rose up from her couch and started to climb up to the stairs to see Bobby's door closed. She noticed a light under the seam of the door and decided to knock.
As soon as she did, Bobby swung the door open to see Alex standing there. Alex was taken by complete surprise since Bobby was not wearing a shirt and only a pair of sweats. In all honestly she didn't really know how muscular he really was since he always wore baggy clothing but under all that he was indeed very well built and it caused butterflies to rush around in her stomach once she caught sight of him.
"Hey…"
She said softly, giving a shy smile. Bobby sighed, placing his hand on his doorframe. "What do you want?" Alex nervously played with her hands and allowed out a large sigh. "Can we talk?" Bobby looked at her for a moment, it was obvious that he was still ticked off after what happened this morning between them, but decided to let her in. "Yeah come on." He said as he moved away from the door, Alex hesitantly walked inside while he closed the door behind her.
She looked around to see that it was a small room with various photos on his walls, there was a small dresser against one wall while his extra long twin bed was against the other. He also had an old desk up against the window that had car and mechanic magazines lying all over it. She then slowly looked back over at him to see that he was now sitting on his bed looking right at her.
"So what do you want to talk about?"
Alex frowned, as she continued to fidget with her hands. "I wanted to apologize for this morning." Bobby arched his brow at her as he tossed a puck between his hands. "Apologize for what?" Alex shrugged, as she subconsciously crossed her arms over her chest.
"I was really out of line this morning Bobby… I should've never made an accusation like that towards you. I mean I barely know you."
Bobby nodded, agreeing with her completely. "Yup you shouldn't have... But I can't blame you for saying what you said either." Alex looked at him completely confused, if only she knew that he thought she was absolutely adorable when she gave him that look. 'Whoa where the hell did that come from?' Bobby thought to himself.
"I'm sorry?"
Bobby softly laughed.
"Well if I walked in on you trying to get rid of a stripper that you slept with I would've thought the same thing."
Alex then started to laugh. "Somehow I really don't believe that, you seem the type that get's turned on by that." Bobby laughed, as he tossed his puck up in the air and caught it. "Yeah… you're right about that one sweetheart." Alex giggled, looking down at the ground. "Well… if it's any consolation to you that'll never happen." Bobby shrugged, giving her a devious smirk. "Never say never." Alex rolled her eyes.
"No I know it'll never happen! Because 1.) I don't swing that way and 2.) Who knows what kind of disease they had picked up along the way! It's definitely not worth it."
Bobby then arched his brow at her. "Are you implying that I have some sort of fucking STD or something?" Alex innocently looked over at him. "I'm not saying you but you need to be careful Bobby… Especially if you're going to continue to you know…" Bobby now rose up from his bed, giving her a skeptical look.
"No I don't Alex please enlighten me."
Alex frowned she really didn't mean for this conversation to get this way. "You know what I mean Bobby! I mean that if you're going to continue sleeping with strippers or some off the chain girl you need to be careful!" Bobby then glared at her. "Has it ever occurred to you that I do wear protection?" Alex nodded.
"Of course Bobby but that is known to break and what if it does then what are you going to do huh? You need to think of these things."
Bobby scoffed, and slowly walked up to her.
"You know what I think Alex? I think you're trying to find an unsubtle way to say to me that you don't like the idea of me sleeping with Lenna and you don't want to admit that it bothers you because then that would mean that you actually care… So tell me Alex am I getting fucking hot or what? Huh? Tell me baby girl how fucking Hot am I?"
Alex glared at him and started to move away from him. "Look I need to go…" she said agitatedly, Bobby glared at her and grabbed her arm and yanked her right back to him. "Oh no you don't. You're going to fucking tell me Alex I'm sick of the bullshit I'm not in a fucking good mood and you obviously have me all fucking figured out so tell me sweetheart, tell me what you're thinking since you know me so fucking well!" Alex looked at him, gritting her teeth. He was really starting to tick her off.
"I don't need to explain my thoughts to you Bobby!"
Bobby then cynically chuckled. "Oh you don't huh? Didn't seem to bother you this fucking morning to tell me what you really thought of me. I mean after all I would never be relationship material right? That's what you said this morning!" Alex tried to pull her arm away from him but that only made him wrap his other arm around her waist to prevent her from moving.
"Let me go Bobby!"
She yelled, Bobby then shook his head. "No not until you flat out say it I want to fucking hear it!" Alex struggled against his hold but finally gave in. "Fine! You want to know what I fucking think!" She yelled as she continued.
"You're afraid!"
Bobby looked at her as if someone struck him in the face while she continued on.
"After you kissed me last night you panicked and decided to go sleep with Lenna to get that moment out of your head! I bet you ten dollars that you still think I'm too good for you so you threw yourself at someone who you think is at your level! You're afraid to open up to anyone because of your past and the only people you truly open up to is your family! I don't think you're relationship material because Bobby that's what you pull off when someone meets you. You're a player! You have a girlfriend every week and you're never lonely because you're afraid of being alone! And you don't want a serious relationship because that means that one day you may have to actually open yourself up completely and the fact that maybe one day that person you fall for decides to leave you then it would only go to show you that you truly cannot trust anyone but the people in your circle! No I didn't like the idea of you sleeping with Lenna because Bobby I know you can do better than that! Yes I care for you, you can be a very sweet person when you want to be and I saw that last night! But you pull on this barrier because all your life you felt like you had too. And I am being honest that I'm afraid too! I just got out of this relationship with David and everyone seems to think it's so easy to let go after all the stuff he's done to me but no one realizes how much it hurts me, how much it kills me to know that I still feel some love for him, that I'm terrified to date because he might do something! And Bobby you have been so amazing through this I mean I've only known you for two days and you have helped me more than anyone! I'm scared to lose my friendship with you… Because in all honesty Mark will side with anything Marli will say but you flat out tell me the truth! You tell me if I'm being an idiot or if I'm doing the right thing and I can't tell you how much I appreciate that! But I don't want to see you hurt either and I will be honest with you just like you would be honest with me ok?"
Bobby looked at her for a moment taking in everything that she has said and in all reality it truly made sense to him. And what was scary was that she had him figured out to a T. However, she really didn't know his violent side and he somewhat hoped that she would never have to see him at that point. "Ok…" he whispered, as he pulled her into a tight hug, Alex hugged him back just as tightly as tears started to roll down her cheeks.
"Please don't hate me."
Bobby chuckled, as he rubbed her back and kissed her hair. "I don't hate you Alex. I just hate what that asshole did to you." Alex continued to cry, while Bobby felt completely out of place, he never was good when women cried and usually he just left them to do so but he for some reason he really wanted to comfort her.
So he slowly pulled her back towards his bed. He then smoothly sat down and shifted his body so he was now lying down on his side. He then pulled Alex down and had her lay on her side as well with her facing him. He gave Alex a small smiled as he ran his fingers through her hair and then pulled her closer to him, keeping a protective arm around her waist.
"You're safe baby girl alright? No fucker will ever touch you again ok?"
Alex slowly nodded, nuzzling her face into his naked chest as she wrapped her arm around his waist. "Thank you Bobby." She whispered. Bobby nodded, as he was rubbing her back.
"Don't worry about it Alex… Don't even worry about it."
He said in an unusually soft tone. It amazed him how strong she pulled herself off to be but once you broke through that shell and learn what she's been through you could see how broken and really vulnerable she really can be. In some weird sort of way she was a lot like he and his brothers.
She's suffered from abuse, loss, pain, heartache, and loneliness just like the rest of them and in all honesty she really wasn't a Verona she was a Mercer through and through and that he was sure as hell about.
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