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CHAPTER 2
CATCHING UP

"Alex Sawyer, is that you?" Mrs. Collette screamed happily when Tyra and Alex arrived.

"Good evening, Mrs. Collette," Alex greeted the oldest Collette woman with a huge smile.

Alex always loved Tyra's mother. Maybe she was a little crazy and had some issues, but she would do anything for her daughters, unlike Alex's mother.

"Oh my God, you are beautiful." Mrs. Collette hugged Alex.

"Thank you."

"How was New York? I'm sure you've got lots of things to tell us," Mrs Collette said as she started to pull Alex toward the couch.

"Mom, leave her alone. We'll be in my room," Tyra said rolling her eyes as she grabbed Alex's arm and started to pull her to her room.

"Tyra, don't be mean," Mrs. Collette complained.

"I'm not mean, Mom. I just want my friend to myself for her first night home," Tyra answered, closing the door of her room.

"Your mom hasn't changed at all," Alex giggled as she hopped to the bed.

"She will never change," Tyra answered, shaking her head.

"Now spill it, girl. I wanna know everything, every little detail," Alex said excited, crossing her legs.

"There's so much to catch up on," Tyra said, sitting next to her friend.

"Start with you and Tim. How the hell did that happen?" Alex asked, truly wondering how Tim and Tyra could get together.

"It's just happened," Tyra answered, shrugging.

"Tim was a dick as usual. It was mostly about sex anyway," Tyra added.

"Don't go there, Collette, I've decided I don't wanna know every detail," Alex laughed.

"I didn't want to tell you about that part, you pervert," Tyra said, rolling her eyes.

"So we were on and off all the time. And then Jason got paralyzed," Tyra sighed.

"You know things really changed after you left," Tyra added.

"What do you mean?" Alex looked curiously at her.

"Our little inner circle ended when Jason fell in love with Lyla," Tyra groaned.

"I can't decide which one is more gross you and Tim or Lyla and Jason," Alex said.

"I've got the answer, Tim and Lyla," Tyra laughed a little bitterly.

"You've gotta be kidding me," Alex said with wide eyes.

Alex thought about it after the scene at Applebees but she'd decided there was no way Tim would have anything to do with Lyla. Seem like she'd been wrong.

"I wish. After Jason got paralyzed, Lyla cheated on him with Tim," Tyra informed Alex.

"Oh my God! Cheating on your paralyzed boyfriend with his best friend? Who does that?" Alex said indignantly.

"Garrity did for sure," Tyra shook her head. "That was also the end of Tim and me. I mean I forgave him every damn cheerleader and rally girl but Lyla…"

"Well, Tim was just being Tim but Lyla… It seems like Miss Perfect isn't so perfect after all," Alex said.

"The point is that Tim wasn't Tim. The guy is in love with Lyla," Tyra explained, rolling her eyes.

"Oh, no," Alex groaned, putting her hand over her mouth.

Even the thought scared her. If Tim was in love with Garrity, they couldn't be friends anymore. She couldn't stand Lyla, not even for Tim.

"Yeah, after all this shit happened Lyla found Jesus and now as far as I know she's with this Chris guy and Tim is running after her like some pathetic dog," Tyra said.

"Oh, no. Is it like a cult? Does she take Tim to a sect or something?" Alex asked, terrified of the thought.

Although, in a weird way, it was funny to imagine Tim at church.

"I dunno, something like that. But move on and tell me everything about New York. I'm sure you had much more interesting things to tell," Tyra said impatiently.

"There's nothing much to tell. New York sucks and that's it," Alex answered, bored.

"Oh, no. Come on. Seriously, just something," Tyra pleaded.

"'Kay, I've got some photos in the car."

After Tyra got the photos from Alex, she asked question after question. Where was that? Who you were with? What were you doing there? Alex laughed at Tyra, but she answered every question.

She told Tyra about the clubs, the car races, her school and the people she knew.

"Wow, who is the hottie with you here?" Tyra asked with a photo in her hand.

"Show me," Alex leaned closer peeking on the picture. "Oh, that's Ryan, my ex."

"Girl, New York couldn't be that bad with a guy like this," Tyra laughed.

"He was a dick. We broke up after I beat him in a race and won his car," Alex grinned. "He doesn't really like lose, especially not to a woman."

"Is that his car you came with?" Tyra asked.

"Yep. I left after I got the car," Alex answered. "I can imagine how furious he'd be when he found out."

"Did you see all of it?" Alex asked Tyra.

"Yep," Tyra nodded, giving back the photos.

"Then I think I'd better go, it's late."

"Do you wanna stay here for the night?" Tyra asked.

"No, I'd like to go see Daddy," Alex answered, filling the light atmosphere with sadness.

"Oh, yeah, sure," Tyra nodded, didn't really know what to say.

"I'll see you around." Alex hugged Tyra before she left.

Alex stopped her car in front of the cemetery. She got out and looked around if anybody could see her. The night was quiet, nobody was there, except Alex. The chilly wind blew her hair into her face. She shivered a little and put on her leather jacket.

Alex looked around one more time and crawl in the cemetery. It wasn't a new thing for Alex sneak into the cemetery. She did all the time. Alex didn't like to go to her father's grave when other people were around.

"Hey, Daddy," Alex sighed as she stopped in front of her father's grave.

Alex always believed that her father heard her, even if he couldn't reply.

"It's been a long time, but I told you I would come back," she said and sat down on the ground.

"I hope you don't mind, but I had to leave Mom. She's worse than ever. New York drove her even more crazy. Her actual boyfriend is a Chippendale. Can you believe it? And my birthday gift was he stripped for me," Alex giggled a little.

She had gotten some embarrassing gifts from her mother through the years but this last one was the winner.

"Have you heard about Jason? He's paralyzed. It's so sad. I'm going to visit him tomorrow," Alex said, picking the grass around her.

"Oh, and Timmy. Daddy, you would be so proud of him. He's the fullback of the Panthers. I can't wait to go to a game." she said, excited.

"But something surely went wrong with him. You won't believe it but he's in love with Lyla," she said in disbelief.

"I know, I know. I will have to beat some sense into that head of his. But I've got a feeling everything is going to be fine now that I'm home," Alex smiled.