This is the second to last chapter of Cousin Alex Brady. I know it's a bit of a time skip, but I really don't know how to end this story. I'm working on another story that comes out February 10th that I'm thinking most of you would like more than this. And when Cousin Alex Brady II comes out, I have a feeling that that will be one sequel better than the original.
Six months passed, it was early July and Alex's parents come back from Australia in a little more than a month. Jan gave Ryan Williams another chance, and it turned out she began to like him more. They have now been dating for six months. Peter and Rachel's relationship has never been better. Mike's leg healed very quickly. Greg and Alex have been playing music with each other, and the three boys and Alex have been bonding a lot more knowing they probably won't be seeing each other for a long time. Bobby and Cindy have been using Greg's video camera to make a goodbye video for Alex.
One morning Alex walked down stairs, and there sat Bobby, filming me walking down the stairs. She couldn't escape from it.
"Don't you have somewhere to be, Bobby?" Alex asked.
"Nope." he replied.
Alex sighed and continued into the kitchen, Bobby fallowing. Alex found a pleasant surprise as she walked in. She saw Greg and Marcia eating breakfast.
"Good morning, Al!" Greg said cheerfully.
"Hi Alex!" Marcia also said cheerfully, "want some cereal?"
She almost agreed to the cereal, until she heard Alice call her name.
"Alex!" she called, "Alex telephone! It's your Dad."
"My dad?"Alex asked, a bit confused.
Greg and Marcia looked at each other, a bit confused as well.
Alex walked in the room and answered the phone, "Hi Dad," she said cheerfully.
"Hi Alex!" Mark, Alex's father said over the phone, "Hey guess where we are?"
"Uh, Australia?" Alex guessed, no brainer.
"Yeah, but guess what? Your mother and I got an earlier flight and we're coming in a week!"
"A week?!"
"Yeah! We're excited to see you too! So get packing!"
"Okay, bye, Dad,"
"Bye, I love you."
"Love you too."
Alex hung up in complete shock.
"What is it, Alex?" Marcia asked.
"My parents are coming early." Alex replied.
"How early?" Greg asked.
"A week," I replied still in total shock.
"A week?!" Marcia and Greg exclaimed.
"But there's so much things we need to do, so much we planned to do before you left," said Greg.
"Yeah, well," Alex began, "we're not gonna be able to do anything because I'm going to have to spend the rest of the week packing."
Alex slowly slugged out of the kitchen, upset.
"There's gotta be something we can do to keep her here longer," Marcia said to Greg.
"What can we do?" Greg asked, "her parents are already on the way here."
"You can't just give up," Marcia said.
"I'm not giving up, I'm just not trying to get my uncle to let her stay because they're already on the way and...I guess that is giving up."
Bobby was filming the two have this discussion, and they realized he was doing this.
"Bobby!" Greg exclaimed, "get out of here."
Bobby turned off the camera, "sorry," he said, "it was getting interesting."
Meanwhile, Peter was upstairs in his room writing something until Alex walked into the room. She walked over and sat on Greg's bed, letting out a sigh.
"Something wrong?" Peter asked.
"Yeah, there sure is," Alex replied, "my parents just called, they're picking me up next week."
"Next week?"
"Yeah."
"That's not fair. We had stuff planned for the rest of the month."
"I know. But it's not they're fault. They haven't seen me in a year, and they didn't know we had stuff planned."
"Didn't you try to stop them?"
"No, but I've got a plan."
"What is it?"
"You'll see," Alex noticed he's been writing something, "what are you writing there?"
"Uh, nothing. Anyway, I've got a date with Rachel tonight, I gotta get ready."
"At nine-thirty in the morning?"
"Yeah, well, I've got to find something to wear."
"You've been hanging out with your sister's too much."
That night, Peter waited for Rachel in the living room to go on their date, Alex was on the sofa playing the guitar. Mike walked into the room.
"Hey," he said, "you just get better and better."
"Thanks," Alex replied, a bit unhappily.
"What's wrong?" Mike asked, he took a seat next to her.
Alex stopped playing. "I just...I'm having second thoughts."
"About?"
"Well, about leaving."
"Oh?"
"Yeah, I really enjoyed being here. And it just bites that I have to leave, it really bites..."
The door bell rang, Peter answered it the second it did. Of course it was Rachel.
"Hi Rachel!" Peter said excitedly.
"Hi Peter," Rachel greeted, "Listen, I need to talk to you, can you step outside for a minute?"
"Uh sure," Peter agreed. He stepped out on the front porch and closed the door. "What is it?"
"Peter," Rachel sighed, "I don't know how to say this but...I'm going to have say it sometime."
"Just say it, please."
"Okay Peter, I'm breaking up with you."
"You're what? But, we were doing so well, we we've been seeing each other for so long...I don't understand."
"I don't really understand either. I just don't have that spark for you anymore. I'm sorry."
Peter looked at her with his big brown puppy dog eyes, he knew he couldn't say anymore. She pecked him a kiss on the cheek.
"Goodbye Peter," she said, walking back to the car that was sitting at the curb waiting for here.
After she left, Peter stood out there for a long time. He couldn't believe what had just happened, but after he thought about it he could believe it. She had been less interested in him the last couple weeks, maybe it was time for them to split up. Peter could understand that.
He walked back in the door, Mike and Alex were surprised to see him again.
"What happened to Rachel?" Mike asked.
"She broke up with me," Peter replied.
"I'm sorry," Mike and Alex both said.
"Don't be," Peter walked over and sat between them on the sofa, "it was about that time, I could feel it...well, I did after she broke up with me after thinking about it. I wish I sensed it sooner."