"The Summer Was Full of Mistakes We Wouldn't Learn From"
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Chapter 2
"She's awfully sociable with everyone other than us." Seth said to Alex, looking over at Jodie. The girl had taken a liking to Summer, and vice versa. The two paired up to play beer pong against two of Summer's friends from school.
"Yeah, let her be. She's probably just trying to seem fun and interesting so people will draw attention to her and like her." Alex laughed.
"Damn, that was harsh. Did she fuck your boyfriend or something?" a tall brunette asked, leaning across the table the two were sitting at, to grab another drink.
Taken aback, all Alex could say was, "Excuse me?"
"Sorry. Hey, I'm Summer's roommate, Marissa. I just figured with the way you were shit-talking that girl, she must have fucked your boyfriend or something." Marissa said, matter-of-factly, almost too comfortable and over-confident. She then leaned towards the lanky, curly-haired boy, and gave him a kiss on the cheek, "Hey, Sethica. Long time no see. Stop disappearing on us."
"Yeah, well maybe if Summer stopped banning me from coming to the apartment… anyway, this is my friend Alex." Seth replied, motioning towards his friend.
"Sorry, again. It's nice to meet you, Alex. I come off a little strong, I guess. I'm sort of an acquired taste." Marissa smiled.
"Yeah, I can see that. I suppose it's nice to meet you too." Alex said, finally smiling back.
There was something about Marissa that caught Alex's attention. The girl had her hair up in a messy ponytail, and was dressed very casual. She was actually dressed quite differently than the rest of the crowd there that night – Alex categorized everyone else as a "hipster." Marissa's manner of speaking really threw Alex off, as well, but she realized she shouldn't take offense to anything the other girl said.
"Well, who is this little guy and what the hell is he wearing?" Alex said, bringing the other two's attention to a little dog walking into the kitchen, wearing what seemed to be a diaper of some sort.
"This little guy is actually a little lady, and this little lady belongs to Marissa." Seth said, laughing. "She's the worst dog ever. Everyone hates her."
"Go to hell Seth. She's a princess and she's perfect – something you'll never be." Marissa said, scooping the dog up to kiss her.
"What's with the diaper?" Alex asked, scared of what the answer may be.
"She's on her period." Marissa said, nonchalantly.
"On her what? Excuse me?" Alex asked, slightly appalled.
"Marissa refuses to spade her because she wants to have Josie puppies ones day." Seth laughed.
"It's not funny. I've come to terms with the fact that Josie isn't going to live as long as I do, so I have to take matters into my own hands and have baby Josies one day, so her legacy can live on." Marissa said, but with most of her attention on the dog, rather than the two people she was conversing with.
"Is she psycho?" Alex whispered to Seth.
"I can hear you, you know. No, I'm not psycho. I'm just in love with my Josie." Marissa said, still not looking at the other two people involved in the conversation.
Alex just smiled and shook her head at the girl. She was odd, that was a fact. However, she was also in love with her dog, which Alex found to be rather cute.
"Babe, you ready to go?" Jodie asked, approaching the group.
Confused, Alex replied, "We drove with Luke and everyone, and they're not exactly leaving yet."
"We can take the subway or something. Let's bounce." Jodie insisted.
"I'm sure Luke's almost ready anyway, it's getting kind of late. Why don't you wait a little longer and we can all leave together?" Seth offered, not really ready to leave yet.
"I'm not really ready yet, and I came knowing we'd have a ride home with Luke. I don't want to take the train. This is Marissa, by the way." Alex said, introducing the girls, and rather embarrassed at the way Jodie was acting.
"Hey, Jodie. Nice to meet you. You guys should stay a little longer, the night is young!" Marissa smiled, trying to play nice. There was something about Jodie that made Marissa realize she couldn't joke with her the way she always does with Seth – the way she just did with Alex.
"Hey, you too." Jodie replied to the other brunette. "I have work tomorrow, though, Alex. I want to have enough sleep."
"What do you do?" Marissa asked, butting in. "I have to get up early, too. I have a final at 9am."
"I do hair. Mostly cutting and styling, just started to learn color recently, though." Jodie said, sounding very proud of her field. "And an exam at 9am? Must be an easy one of your roommate is having a party and you're attending and not studying."
"No, it's actually one of my hardest classes. I've been studying all week, though. Studied out!" Marissa smiled, kind of wanting out of this conversation, and kicking Seth to let him know so.
"Ouch!" Seth exclaimed, averting all eyes on him.
Not really caring, Jodie looked at her girlfriend. The look basically read: Let's leave now. Even though the blonde was against the idea, especially because she had met some really cool people, and was just starting to get to know Marissa, she obliged.
"We have the car, though. I don't want to stay out that late, either. I'll leave in thirty minutes if you guys want." Luke said, not wanting Alex to leave just yet.
"It's cool, we can take the train." Jodie replied, before Alex could get anything in.
"Yeah, but it's nearly 1am. The trains are running every thirty to forty minutes and you're going to have to transfer trains, as well. If you leave now, you'll probably get home around the same time as we would, if we left in 30 minutes. It makes no sense, Jodie." Luke said, totally fed up with the girl.
"It's cool, Luke. We'll take the train." Jodie said, smiling at the boy, as if she was above him, not realizing she was making a complete ass out of herself.
Rolling her eyes, Alex embarrassingly mouthed the word "Sorry" to her friends. She thanks Summer for having her, said goodbye to all the people she had met – well, everyone except Marissa, who disappeared. She figured the girl had gone to bed for the night, considering she had an exam in the morning.
Alex and Jodie walked 5 blocks in silence on the way to the train. Alex was upset Jodie made her leave, and Jodie was aware of that. What she didn't realize was that she had embarrassed Alex in front of her friends and everyone they had just met. Jodie and Alex were two completely different people that had somehow found each other and more or less, made their relationship work. There were moments such as this one, in which they could not understand each others actions or words, or even how they carry themselves.
Luke was right. After the painstakingly awful wait and ride on the subway, the duo walked back to Alex's apartment. Approaching the front door, they heard the sound of a car honking – it was Luke, pulling up to the apartment to drop Naomi home. Seth getting out of the car, as well, to crash on their couch.
"Told you so, lesbos." Luke said with a cocky grin on his face, driving away.
Alex rolled here eyes for the umpteenth time that night. It had gone from a fun night to a dreadful mess and she wasn't a fan of that. She made her way upstairs, didn't say a word to anyone, got ready for bed, changed, and fell asleep with her back facing her girlfriend – a way she rarely slept.