- Mary's P.O.V. -

I'm sitting on my window seat in my room. My room is smaller than the average teenage girls room. But I like it this way. The room consists of a twin-sized bed, a dresser, a nightstand next to the bed, a desk, and a bookcase packed full of books. The bed has light green sheets and the pillowcases are dark green. The walls are white with a ton of pictures, news articles, and random sayings to make me feel better when I feel down. The carpet is a cream color.

It's still raining outside as I glaze out. I look down at my watch.

8:30 pm

It's close to sunset if the sun was out but it's not. It's covered in dark, stormy clouds.

'I wonder what Alex is doing?'

I think as a tap goes through the room. I jump and look around for what the noise could have been. There's another tap and I look at the window.

'What could that be?'

I ask myself. I open the window a little bit so rain doesn't get inside. I look down and see Alex, in a raincoat, standing looking up at me.

"What are you doing? You're going to catch a cold."

I yell down at him. I see his smirk and shrug from up here.

"Come down here. I want to talk to you."

He calls back at me.

"Why?"

I ask. My hair is staring to get damp.

"Because I want you to."

He says. I look down at him and roll my eyes.

"Fine. I'll be down there in five minutes."

I call down and close the window. I get up from my spot and look it the mirror hanging from my door. My red hair is wet and so is my green t-shirt. My black shorts and long, black socks are the only things that aren't wet. I open my dresser and pull out a green long sleeve shirt. I pull my t-shirt off and pull the other shirt on. I pull my hair into a ponytail. I pull on my light green raincoat and my mudd boots.

I walk out of my room and run straight into mom.

"Where are you going, young lady?"

She asks. She's wearing a white sweater and black sweatpants. Her long black hair is pulled into a bun. Mom is giving me the you-better-answer-quick-or-your-grounded look.

"Um... Alex Stone wants to talk to me. It will most likely less than five minutes. Can I please go talk to him?"

I ask giving her my best puppy-eyed look.

"Only if you promise that there will not be any fights."

She says giving her counselor look.

"Promise. See you later, mom. Love ya."

I say kissing her cheek as I run passed.

I walk out of the house and into the pouring rain.

'Seriously! What the hell does Alex what?'

I ask myself, pulling up my hood.

"Mary, finally. What took you so long?"

Alex asks me while walking towards me. I roll my eyes. When he reaches me, we walk away from the house.

"My mom. So what do you want to talk to me about?"

I ask as the raindrops fall against my hood. Alex puts his weight on his other foot and looks at the ground.

"Mary. I want us to start over. We know each other for three years and two of those years fighting. Two years is a long time to fight. We know everything about each other and so I want to apologize for everything I've said and done to you. We can still have a friendly competition every now and then. What are we even fighting over again?"

Alex finishes and looks me it the eyes. I stare at him with an open mouth.

'Is he really apologizing? What is going on? Why does he want to start over? Does he want to be friends?'

All these questions go through my head at the same time and I'm confused.

"Why do you what to start over?"

I ask after a couple of seconds of silence between us. Alex looks uncomfortable.

"Um... I... I just want to be friends."

"Oh. Okay. Sure let's start over than."

I say with a smile and he smile back at me. I stick my hand out.

"Hi I'm Mary Walburn. What's your name?"

Alex takes my hand and shakes it. His hand is big and rough because of training in the JROTC program. His hand is also warm even though the rain is cold.

"The name's Alex Stone. Cadet Alex Stone."

We let go of each others hands and I laugh.

"Well I better go. See you tomorrow Cadet Stone."

I say with a smirk before walking away. I stop and turn around after a couple of feet.

"Oh. By the way, we started fighting after I won a race against you two years ago."

I say and then turn away and continue to walk. I hear a laugh behind me as I reach the front steps.

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