AN: Okay, first things first. How long will this story be? It is looking at five, at most six chapters. I am not dragging this on for longer than it should be. With that cleared up, let's continue, shall we?

Chapter Four: A Slip of The Tongue Starts The Turmoil

The only thing that David hated about not going to school, besides the fact that daytime television was beyond watch able, was that he was literally all alone for the day. Villo was off doing his own thing, Louis, Jerry and Theresa was at work, and Justin, Max, Alex, and Ashley was at school. So, David was all alone. He could go and walk around, try and see what was up around town, but that got old, of course. David just sat there, and contemplated what he should do.

David sat in his room, and sighed irritably. The thought of another boring day really started to piss him off. Little did he know, this was not going to be another boring day.

Alex was walking home from school when she ran right into Ashley herself. It was almost as if she was waiting on Alex. With nothing to lose, she decided that it would be for the best if she just stopped to talk to her.

"Alex. Nice to see you. Dressed in your usual get up, I see." Ashley said with a smile. Alex was wearing a pair of blue jeans, some sneakers, and a ladybug t-shirt. Alex looked at herself, and wondered what in the hell was she talking about, then she looked back at Ashley.

"Look, why can't we just be friends? You and I both care about David, so why do you have all of this hostility towards me?" Alex asked her.

"Plain and simple?" Ashley asked, taking a moment to find the right words for her answer. "You had a chance to get with him, and you blew it, little girl. Now I am going to get him, and you have no one or nothing to blame but yourself."

Alex stood there as Ashley brushed past her rudely. She would yell something at her, but in the back of her mind she was really kicking herself, because Ashley was right. She did miss a chance to get with someone who was perfect for her.

David snapped his head up from his pillow to hear a knock at his front door. David wiped the sleep from his eyes, and walked towards the door to see who it was, because in the back of his mind, he knew that it was Alex.

He was wrong, it was Ashley. Her short skirt, pink t-shirt, and blonde hair was proof enough of that assessment.

David fixed his appearance really quickly, and opened the door. Ashley smiled, and calmly stepped inside.

"Hey there, what have you been up to?" Ashley asked him.

"Nothing really, why? What is up with you?" David asked her. Ashley smiled, and looked at him with affection.

"Do you want to go out tonight?" Ashley asked him.

"Sure." David said. "When did you want to go?"

"In about a few hours." Ashley smiled. "I will see you then."

"I guess so." David said, watching her leave. It was a funny feeling though. Even though they were not together, David felt as though he was cheating on Alex in a way. He wanted to call her and tell her what was going on, but he decided against it.

He shrugged off the bad feeling he was feeling. He had a date to get ready for, after all.

Alex felt really bad, and mad at herself. Ashley was right, she did miss a chance with David, and now she had him, and was never going to let him go. When she said it though, she did not know what hurt her the most. The fact that what Ashley said was to be meant as an insult, or that she was really dead on. That is why she was out here tonight, or in the evening, rather, to clear her mind and to contemplate what she should do about her feelings for David.

As she walked through the city, she realized where she was, right in front of a pizza parlor where she and David would always go to, only as friends, of course. Alex sighed, and walked in. She knew that she shouldn't be here, but she was anyway. She had to get her mind off of her friend as she wandered the area for a place to sit down.

But as she looked around, she saw something that pulled her to that general direction of where two very familiar people were sitting...

"So, are you having a good time?" David asked Ashley.

"I sure am, thanks for bringing me here." Ashley said with a smile.

"I know this place very well. Louis used to bring me here all of the time." David said.

"David, there is something that I wanted to do since I have met you." Ashley said with a smile.

"What?" David asked looking at Ashley with a curious look on his face. Ashley looked at him with a bashful look on her face, placed a hand on the side of his face, and she leaned in and kissed him.

Alex, who was sitting close by to the two of them, bolted out of her seat.

Then she shouted something that she never thought that she would ever say, especially about and towards David. "Get off my boyfriend!"

Every eye was on her, including David and Ashley. David had a shocked look on her face, and Ashley sneered at her. That is when not only did she know that she made a really big fool out of herself, but she then realized that she lost probably the most perfect guy that she ever met.

David stood out of his seat, and tried to make contact with Alex, but she backed away from her friend.

She did the only thing that she could do at that point. She covered her face as she walked out of the restaurant, and ran crying all the way home.

AN: Okay, now things are starting to get interesting. How will Alex react to embarrassing herself in front of a bunch of people? Wait and find out!