Chapter 2
Zach averted his gaze as she slowly slid her hand away from his. His grip tightened on my hand as I looked at this 'Alex Martin' girl. Zach and I have been through a lot but I've never seen him like this. I looked at him and whispered "Are you okay?" He gave me a short nod but I wasn't convinced.
"Bex, Liz, Macey, Preston could you give us a minute? I think Zachary and Ms. Martin have some things to work out." My mother's voice was light and careful but they got the point. Something was going to go down and it would be better if there were less people in the room. As Preston stepped out of the room Mr. Solomon closed the door and motioned for me to sit down. I think it would be best if I did. Alex was the first one to say anything.
"I'm sorry, headmistress, but I didn't recall 'seeing old partners that I simply hate and would not hesitate to kill on sight' as part of the Gallagher Academy experience." She said shortly. My mother held up her hands in defeat. "Well I'm sorry for the inconvenience but can't you put that in the past?" Alex huffed and sat in the chair in front of my mother's desk.
"Besides, you're here about The Circle and not about your ex-boyfriend. Both of you better get over it." Mr. Solomon casually said. My eyes widened at the words 'ex-boyfriend'. As I looked them over, I realized they sat across the room from each other and could hardly look at one another. I stood, fed up with all the silence. I wanted answers. Why was she here? What did this have to do with The Circle? What happened between them? Was it so bad?
"I'm sorry but I need answers before I walk out of this room. Like, why aren't you two talking?" I said loudly. Alex looked at me thoughtfully and asked
"How perfect do you think he is. He's flawed, obviously, but how many times have you ever felt like it would never end? Does he kiss you in the middle of a sentence and claim he was distracted and just had to? How many times have you ever thought he would never leave your side because eventually he will. Alone in Paris saying 'he'll be back.' I'm never going to fall for that ever again."
I stood there stunned because what she had said was true. He always interrupted me in the middle of my sentences but I wouldn't mind because I wanted him too. She knows him better than me. I started to move away from him and he kept shaking his head. He didn't want to hear it.
"I'm sorry! Alex, I was going to come back for you. I swear! I just got caught up in all this other stuff and I when I did, you were gone. I couldn't find you after that." Zach said sorrowfully.
"Save it. You promised me and I fell for it. I'm just here for my assignment and when I'm done I'll go back to whatever I was doing. Trust me, you won't be seeing more of me in the future. I'll make sure of that." She looked at Mr. Solomon expectantly waiting to fly off somewhere for us and never to be seen.
"Good. We don't want to go through your couple therapy." Joe Solomon was rubbing his forehead clearly irritated with their miniature scene. I just stood by the wall not knowing what to do. My mom looked at the wall thoughtfully. "Would be a shame if Liz, Macey, Bex, and Preston, were listening to our discussion. Won't you invite them in Joe?" Mr. Solomon opened the door and making them sprawl out on the floor in front of us. "Your first assignment belongs to Zach, Cammie, and Alex." She handed a stunned Alex a folder. "I'm not going anywhere with him."
"Too bad" Mr. Solomon grinned.