"The Summer Was Full of Mistakes We Wouldn't Learn From"
Thank you to those who are reading this! Just trying to keeps our girls, Malex, alive ;) … here's the next part. There will be more interaction between the girls veeeery soon!
Chapter 3
"Jodie's an asshole." Luke said, a bit tipsy from the drink in his hand.
"She's not that bad." Alex defended, but knowing her friend was right.
"I don't want you to take offense to what I'm saying, because in the beginning she was really cool and everything, but you really deserve much better than what she's giving you. I'm just saying this because you're one of my best friends, Al. You deserve way better. I hate to say it, but you've got pretty bad taste in women." Luke went on.
"Wow. Thanks a lot." Alex rolled her eyes and took another sip of her beer. "I didn't really ask for your opinion, though, Luke."
"Well I'm giving it to you because I'm the only one with the balls to say it. You're getting defensive because you know it's true." The sandy-haired boy said, hoping to knock some sense into the blonde.
It was about a week after Summer's going away party. After Jodie's asinine comments, Naomi, Anna, Luke, and Seth had all started to realize Alex needed to let this girl go. The group didn't quite understand why Alex was even holding onto the girl. Prior to her, she was sleeping with whomever she wanted to, she had great friends to hang out with nonstop, and she always had a drinking buddy. Jodie really wasn't filling any void in Alex's life, because Alex had none to fill.
Alex stood up and walked towards the rest of the group. They were all at their favorite bar, Luke had just taken Alex to the back to "talk."
"I can't believe Luke." Alex said, walking up to Anna.
"What happened? Did he turn down another prospect?" Anna asked. It was a well-known fact that Luke hadn't had sex in about a year. The boy was very good looking, he just had a pretty bad case of social anxiety that haltered any sort of sexual advances.
Alex couldn't help but laugh at her friend's comment, "No, no. He wishes someone would start talking to him. But he's just going off about Jodie saying that I deserve someone better than her. Who is he to butt into my relationship, you know? He can't even get a girl to date him."
"Well, he does have a point. She has been kind of rude lately. Not to mention lame." Anna pointed out, a little scared of what her friend's reaction would be.
At this point, Alex realized her friends were sort of right. Sure, Jodie was fun in the beginning of their relationship, but that fizzled out fast. It went from the two of them going out dancing every night, to Alex waiting for Jodie to come home from work with a home-cooked meal waiting upon her arrival. The two turned into an old-married couple way too fast. Sure, some people want this in a relationship, but not when the relationship is only a few months old and you're in your early twenties.
"I guess I see where you guys are coming from…" Alex mumbled, having the realization really hitting her.
"What are you lesbos talking about?" Seth asked, walking up to the girls and handing Alex another beer.
"Thanks. We're talking about how everyone apparently hates my girlfriend and no one has had the balls to tell me until now." Alex said, giving the boy a sarcastic smile, then thanking him for the beer.
"Oh, right. Yeah, she sucks. Can we find you a new lady? That should be the mission tonight. To find both of us new ladies." Seth said, rubbing his hands together and emitting a sinister laugh.
"Ew. Never do that again, please. You sound like a creep. And we can find me a new lady, but after I have a talk with Jodie. I'm not going to cheat on her." Alex said, taking a sip from her beer, suddenly realizing that being single again may be fun.
"Funny how you've cheated on all your awesome girlfriends, but once you have a shitty one, you decide to have morals." Seth joked, but receiving a 'death' glare from Anna and a hard shove from Alex.
"Dude." Anna said, hoping Seth would shut up. The boy was one of Alex's best friends, but he had a pretty bad filter on his mouth. He never really knew what he was and wasn't allowed to talk about.
"That was years ago, Cohen. But thanks for bringing it up. I'm not going to cheat on Jodie… but give me your phone." Alex demanded.
Whenever the girl asked, the boy always handed it over. Most of the time, meaning 'all the time,' this resulted with Alex changing the boy's Twitter or Facebook status to something obscene and crude. She also had a knack for picking random numbers in the boy's phone and sending out sexts, clearly as a joke. Even though she did this every time, for some odd reason, the boy always handed his phone to the blonde.
"Oh shit. Wait, what are you doing? Please no sexting tonight." Seth begged, realizing what he had just done.
"No sexting, don't worry. All done. Here." Alex said, giving the phone back to the boy.
Seth checked Facebook and Twitter and nothing was changed, "Shit, Al. Who'd you text?" The boy said out loud as he opened his text messages. "Oh. Wow." He said, laughing, after reading what the girl had done. "Really?" he asked his friend, curious to see if what she said was true.
"Yeah, I mean… why not?" Alex said, giving the boy a cocky grin and taking a swig from her beer.
"My friends, the old Alex is back!" Seth screamed to the whole bar, causing all the drunk people to cheer – even though no one really knew what they were cheering about.
"I don't get it. What happened?" Anna asked, grabbing Seth's phone. She scrolled through his texts to find the one Alex had just sent out:
Sent to: Marissa Cooper
Alex thinks you're hot.
Anna laughed as she handed Seth his phone, "Alex, are you kidding me?"
"No, why? She's hot." Alex smiled, finding what she had done to be very silly, even though it was the truth. After Alex had gotten back from the party that night, it would be a lie to say she didn't immediately "Friend Request" Marissa on Facebook.
"She's okay. And that just made you sound like you were in high school." Anna said, shaking her head at the girl.
"What's going on here?" Naomi asked, approaching the group.
"Alex thinks Marissa is hot." Anna said, "Oh, and she texted her from Seth's phone telling her so."
"Are you in junior high, Lex? Jesus. Is she even a lezza?" Naomi asked. It wasn't even a question that had crossed Alex's mind, but now she was wondering too.
"First of all, Naomi. What did I say about using weird British slang? You really need to stop watching British television. I'm going to hide your computer to stop you from watching all that crap. Secondly, Seth, is she?" Alex asked.
"Marissa? A lesbian? Absolutely not. The girl is as straight as an arrow, but we all know that's your type, so I suggest you attempt to hit it, then quit it right after." Seth told the girl.
He was right – Alex had a fascination with straight girls. It seemed that 75% of the girls she dated or hooked up with were in fact, straight. The other 25% consisted of asshole lesbians that none of her friends even liked. Basically, to everyone, Alex had the worst taste in girls.
"Should we pool money to see if Alex can get this one?" Naomi asked the group, pretending to pull money out of her back pocket.
Seth looked down to his phone and a smile appeared on his face. "What's with the creep-o smile?" Alex asked, seeing the boy's face light up.
Without saying anything, he handed his phone over to the blonde.
Tell blondie to get on over here.
Alex's face lit up, her grin matching the one plastered on Seth's face, "So who's putting money on this, because it's definitely on."