"If you don't leave Newport I'm going to come back like clockwork and remind you why you should," Alex warned before walking out of the trashed apartment and slamming the door.
She got in her Jeep that was parked behind some trees and watched the front door of the apartment. Twenty minutes later, Trey walked out of the front door in clean clothes with a duffle bag draped over his shoulder. He got in a car and drove to the Cohen's house while Alex followed him, not caring if he saw her or not. Trey made a quick stop at the pool house before going back to the car. When he opened the door, he saw Alex's Jeep parked across the street with her staring at him from the driver's seat.
He shot her a dirty look, but it didn't faze her. She's already made her point. She was just making sure he was doing what she told him to.
After dropping the car off at a friend's house, Trey walked to the bus stop while Alex crept behind him in her Jeep.
"You gonna give me a ride?" He asked wiping his nose that started bleeding again.
"Fuck no," Alex raised an eyebrow. "I have no idea what kind of diseases you have from all those drugs in your apartment."
"You better check your girlfriend then," He muttered.
"What?!" she asked.
He just shrugged as they got to the bus stop. Alex watched him buy the ticket to Las Vegas and sat in her Jeep making sure the bus he was on took off and he hadn't gotten off.
Both Marissa and Serena decided to not go to bed and sleep on the couch just in case Alex got home that night. Neither was completely bewildered as to where Alex went, but neither one completely sure. Marissa looked at the clock on the stove and saw it was almost ten. Alex had been gone for more than five hours. Again she glanced at the clock as she did every ten minutes since Alex left. Then she looked at Serena who looked worried which made Marissa worry more because Serena had known Alex most of their lives and if she was worrying there was probably a good reason.
Four hours later, Marissa fell asleep staring out the window. Serena watched Marissa sleep for a while before she noticed that Marissa was shivering. She picked up one of the many blankets on the couch and covered Marissa up. Then she got up and put another pot of coffee on, determined to be awake when Alex got home. However half an hour later, Serena fell asleep sitting on a stood at the kitchen counter.
Marissa was the first one awakened by the locks clicking back on the doors, but Serena was only a second behind her. They both stood as the door slowly opened, watching as Alex stood there looking exhausted, a black zip up sweater hanging off of her sagging shoulders.
"Thank god," Serena said and carefully hugged Alex briefly. "I'm going to bed. We'll talk tomorrow." As she walked off Serena added, "Take something before you go to bed."
Alex just nodded.
When she hear the bedroom door close Marissa asked timidly. "Where did you go?"
"Newport," Alex simply answered. "I need to lay down. Come with me?"
Marissa nodded and followed Alex into her room. It was similarly decorated as the guest room, but there were more pictures on the walls and more clothes scattered everywhere. The brunette closed the door and turned to Alex who was taking off her sweater.
"Oh my god," Marissa breathed, seeing many short scratches down one side of her right arm.
Alex gathered the hem of her muscle shirt in her hand and started to pull it up, but winced from the pain. Marissa quickly took over and pulled the garment over Alex's head.
More gasps came from Marissa when she saw a huge bruise peeking over the top of Alex's jeans, right over her hip. Marissa didn't hesitate to unbutton and unzip Alex's pants before pulling them down, allowing Alex to step out of them while kicking off her shoes. The bruise was massive over Alex's hip and was already a deep purple.
Alex turned around to turn down the bed and Marissa bit her lip when she saw another bruise on Alex's back right above her kidneys.
"Alex," Marissa softly said, tears welling up in her eyes.
Alex turned around and saw Marissa about to cry. She slowly and lovingly wrapping her arms around Marissa. She kissed the side of Marissa's head, "It's okay."
Marissa dipped her head to softly kiss Alex's shoulder before pulling away and looking at Alex. She hesitantly asked, "Where is he?"
"He should be far away from Newport by now," Alex told Marissa and stroked her hair, reassuring her as best she could.
Alex faltered for a moment before regaining her balance quickly.
"Lay down," Marissa told Alex who readily complied. Marissa knelt next to the bed and was eyelevel to Alex. "Where's the Tylenol?"
"In the cabinet in the kitchen over the sink," Alex answered.
"Okay," Marissa kissed Alex's forehead before going to get Alex some Tylenol and water. When she returned and Alex had taken the medicine, Marissa turned off the light and got in bed with Alex. The light of the full moon was still shining through the window and lit up the bottom half of the bed. Marissa could see bruises and cuts peppering Alex's body.
"You didn't have to do that," Marissa whispered, lightly trailing her fingers up and down Alex's skin. Over her back and down her legs as far as she could reach without shifting her body and back up her spine to her neck and then her fingers got lost in the golden locks.
"What he did wasn't okay in any way, shape, or form," Alex explained her voice laced with exhaustion, "You deserve so much better Riss."
Marissa sighed and stroked Alex's cheek. She didn't really have any words that could describe what Alex had just done for her. She'd helped chase at least some of the demons in Marissa's head away and Marissa finally felt safe with someone.
"You're amazing," Marissa whispered and kissed Alex's cheek.
Alex smiled at Marissa's kiss and lulled her head to the side. She moved her face toward Marissa's and turned on her side, slipping a hand onto Marissa's hip. "Far from it, but you get an 'E' for effort."
Marissa finally smiled, "Fine." She softly kissed Alex and after she added, "Go to sleep."
The blonde just nodded and closed her eyes, easily slipping into a deep sleep.
Marissa watched Alex sleep for almost a half an hour before snuggling into her and going to sleep.