Alex finished making the pancakes and decided to check the Cooper cottage first. She hoped that by giving Marissa a little bit of time the girl would have calmed down. Running out the back door, forgetting about the rain, the blonde ran all the way to the Cooper cottage and up the back steps. When she got to the back door she seen the parents sitting around in the kitchen talking and drinking wine. Slipping in quietly and standing on the mat as to not get the floor wet.
"Hi everyone I was just wondering if Marissa was here." The parents all shook their heads and Alex decided to head back out into the rain and check the dock.
When she got there, there was no sign of Marissa, not even on the boat. Thinking for a minute before she took off into the woods. When she got there all she seen was Marissa's flip flops. "Marissa!" Not hearing a response to took off her own shoes and jumped into the water.
Around the bend Marissa could have sworn she heard Alex calling her name. Jumping off the rock and back into the water she swam back around where she seen the blonde in the water looking around frantically. "What are you doing you crazy kook."
Almost having a heart attack Alex turned around. "Looking for you, what the hell Cooper."
"Easy killer, just decided to go for a swim didn't mean to scare you." Marissa smiled.
"Where have you been then, under water or do you just magically appear these days. Something I should know about you?"
Marissa began to swim away before turning around and tell Alex to follow her. Before long they were laying on this little beach, fit for two. "Wow, how'd you find this place?"
"Got bored one day decided to go for a swim a couple summers ago. I needed to get away from, yeah I needed to get away for awhile and I found this spot."
Alex sighed. "You know you used to be able to talk to me, even if it was me you were mad or upset at." Marissa just looked out into the water. "Please." She wasn't pleading but her tone was soft, she was just curious as to exactly what was going on in Marissa's head. Especially since one minute the girl was mad at her and taking off and the next she seemed fine.
The girls sat there in silence, Alex didn't want to push the subject she knew when the other girl was ready, if she ever was she'd tell her.
"What makes her so much better than me? Ever since we were 7 years old, in the back of my mind I always wondered if you'd rather it was Jodie that you were spending your summers with. I knew you two were really good friends and you had a connection, don't get me wrong I never wanted to break it. I'm not jealous, no I'm really not, I just wanted to be apart of you life and mean something. For awhile I got over it and then Jodie showed up and it was like I was back to square one, with you sitting on the dock not wanting anything to do with me. Back at your place when I walked into your conversation I just lost it again, and I'm sorry.
It was Alex's turn to look out into the water, she had no clue what to say to that. "I wanted to hate you, and never look at you. It felt to me like you had taken my best friend away and you wouldn't shut up, I wanted to push you into the water. When I turned around and I seen you that all faded away, there has always been something about you that has always gotten to me."
After that the girls sat in silence for awhile, as the rain came down. It was as if the rain was washing all the pain that had been there for two years. Something about the water calmed them both.
"I missed you." Alex whispered. "I really missed you." She never looked away from the water, it was the only thing keeping her sane.
"I missed you too Alex." Marissa jumped back into the water. "Come on I'm getting kind of cold and I'm really hungry and someone said something about banana pancakes."
"I'd say I'd race you back to them because they're already made but I'd get lost and knowing you you'd eat them all before I found my way back."
Marissa raised and eyebrow but then nodded her head in agreement. "Probably right, so hurry up Alex this girl is hungry." With that said Alex ran back into the water.
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"I love swimming in the rain."
"Mhmm, yeah me too." Alex replied as she got clothes out for her and Marissa, again. "How do those pancakes sound?"
Marissa thought for a second. "Awesome, although I don't know if I trust your cooking."
"Ouch, that hurt." Alex joked. "Meet you down there? You can change in here if you want."
"It's okay I'll change in the spare you. See you in five?"
Alex nodded. "You got it." The brunette walked out of the room as Alex followed her closing the door. Leaning against the door she seen her phone starting to flash. Groaning she walked over to it check the caller id, Jodie. Sighing she threw the phone back on her bed and got changed she wasn't in the mood or that right now.
Meanwhile Marissa was leaning on the other side of the door. Take a deep breathe she went to get changed. Maybe this summer won't be so bad after all.