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Chapter Four

"All You Wanted Was Somebody Who Cared"

The next day Stella woke up to hr phone buzzing and ringing on the bedside table, she groaned and sluggishly reached out from under the covers and grabbed her phone. It was a text message from Charlie, he was asking if she was still coming over. Stella blinked a few times to get her eyes to clear them, she typed a quick message back to Charlie telling him she would be over soon if it was still okay, a few seconds later she got a reply from him saying see you soon. Stella set her phone back on her table and pulled the covers off of her and shivered, no matter how warm it was in the house, she always woke up cold. She walked over to her closet and decided on a pair of dark blue ripped jeans, her vans, a white t-shirt and her black vest. Laying those aside, she went and took a quick shower.

About an hour later, Stella appeared in the kitchen, she grabbed an apple, she saw a note on the table from her mother. They had a sudden business meeting out of town, her brothers would be at their grandmothers for the week and there was money for Stella to get food. Stella sighed, and walked out of their front door and began on her way to Charlie's house. The whole way there, Stella couldn't get the image of Lexi out of her head. What would she do if Lexi was there? If she saw her? Stella's heart began racing, she wanted to be with Lexi, there was no doubt about it. Stella wanted to call Lexi hers. Stella arrived in front of Charlie's house 30 minutes later, she glanced over at the house next to Charlie's that had been up for sale, the sign was gone, there was a trash can in front of it, there was curtains up and a welcome sign on the door. Stella looked around as she walked up Charlie's steps and onto his porch. The house looked empty and dark. Stella signed heavily. Maybe she wasn't home? Stella rang the doorbell, she waited. She rang the doorbell again. No answer. Finally she knocked a few times. Suddenly Stella heard someone from the backyard of Lexi's house.

"Stella?" Lexi's voice rang out.

Stella's heart stopped. "Yeah?" was all she could get out.

Lexi appeared next to the porch, wearing nothing but a bikini top and bottom. She smiled brightly and waved.

"Charlie told me to tell you he was sorry but they went to visit his brother today, he forgot about it." Lexi said, then smiled again. "You can hang out with me if you'd like...My mom's gone for the day."

Stella smiled, Charlie, you sly dog you was what Stella was thinking in her mind. She smiled at Lexi and nodded. "I'd like that,"

Lexi smiled back and motioned for Stella to follow her, Stella followed Lexi behind her house and up the back porch steps. Stella had a hard time trying not to stare at Lexi in that bikini. It was black, with white poka dots all over it. And it was one that looked like a strapless bra, it made her look even more amazing than before. As they entered the house, Lexi turned to Stella.

"You wanna come up to my room while I get dressed? Then we can...I don't know...watch TV or something? Sorry I'm kinda boring when I'm home." Lexi apologized.

"No, no it's fine..." Stella said, smiling gently.

Lexi smiled back and Stella started following her up the stairs to her room. As the entered the room, Stella's heart skipped about fifteen beats. Up until now, it hadn't registered to Stella that she was standing in Lexi's bedroom. Her hands started sweating and her heart rate went up, she was sure her face was red. Lexi turned around to Stella.

"You can sit on the bed if you like, sorry I don't have chair or computer desk yet." Lexi said, walking over to her closet.

"It's okay," Stella said, sitting down gently on the bed.

"Oh, by the way, I'm sorry about running off like I did..." Lexi said, turning around to face Stella, holding a pink tank top and faded hole ridden jeans.

"It's okay," Stella said, watching as Lexi slipped the clothes on over her bikini. "But, can I ask why you ran off?"

Lexi paused in braiding her hair to the side, she looked at Stella. Her bit her bottom lip, not knowing if she should open up to Stella as she had to Charlie. They were all friends, Lexi knew she could trust Stella, but her past haunted her, horribly. She was scared to death. Suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder, a soft, gentle hand. She snapped back to reality and looked up to see Stella standing next to her, her hand on her shoulder. She felt Stella give a gentle squeeze, Lexi looked into Stella's eyes.

"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to..." Stella said softly.

"No...it's not that, it's just..." Lexi took a deep breath, looking down. "Last time I told anyone, it ruined my life..."

"Hey..." Stella slipped her fingers under Lexi's chin, lifting her head. "You can trust me,"

Lexi looked at Stella, her heart literally melting in her chest. Stella's deep brown eyes were so pure and caring, why was she even having to think about trusting her? Lexi took a deep breath, looking back up at Stella.

"I'm...a lesbian." Lexi said, looking away from Stella.

Stella laughed gently. "So am I," She surprised herself, it was the first time she'd ever spoke it to anyone.

Lexi looked at Stella in disbelief, a smile creeping up on her face.

"Really?" She asked.

"Yeah, really." Stella smiled, for once in her life feeling like her complete self.

Lexi smiled brightly and wrapped her arms around Stella, hugging her tightly. Stella's heart almost jumped out of her chest, she wrapped her arms around Lexi's waist and held her close to her. Lexi laid her head on on Stella's shoulder for a moment and then she pulled away gently, looking at Stella with a bright smile. Stella returned the smile, until the phone rang. Lexi looked at the caller I.D and cursed softly under her breath. She listened to the answering machine pick up, it was her mother.

"Lexi, I'm coming home early." Then the line went silent.

Stella saw Lexi look at her with a heartbroken look, Stella smiled at Lexi.

"Let's go to my house, my parents are gone on a business trip and my brothers are spending the week at our grandmother's." Stella suggested, she saw Lexi smile.

"Let's go," Lexi smiled.

The two girls left out of the house and started walking down the street, Stella wanted more than anything to grab a hold of Lexi's hand and not let go, but she didn't know how she would feel about that, so she kept herself content by gently brushing her hand against Lexi's every now and then, which in turn would earn her a secret smile from Lexi, who was obviously trying to hide it. When they arrived at Stella's house, they walked up to Stella's room. They sat on the bed and Stella found a god movie on Netflix, even though they ended up not paying attention to it, instead they talked the entire time. About the band, about how the school was there, about when Stella knew she was a lesbian and then about what happened to Lexi at her old school. She told Stella about how they would taunt her, call her names, write things on her locker. How it ended up getting to her house, finding letters in the mailbox, taped to the door, horrible things wrote on her parents cars and garage doors. How her father ended up distancing himself from her completely, how her mother turned her back on her instead of trying to help her. How she had thought about ending it all, many times.

Lexi began crying and Stella pulled her close, letting her lay on top of her and cry into her chest. Rage and anger began boiling in Stella's blood. How anyone could be so cruel was beyond her, she could never do that to anyone, especially someone as amazing as Lexi. Stella stroked Lexi's hair gently, holding her as she shook from the tears escaping her body. Stella's heart ached for Lexi, she wanted to make everything go away, she wanted to take the pain away. Stella soon realized that Lexi had stilled, she looked down and saw that she had fallen asleep in her arms. Stella smiled gently and wiped the tears that still stained Lexi's face away, she leaned down and pulled her blanket up around them. Stella snuggled close to Lexi, softly singing a song to her as she too drifted to sleep.

If you want to, I can save you.

I can take you away from here.

So lonely inside, so busy out there.

And all you wanted was somebody who cares.

All you wanted was somebody who cares.

If you need me, you know I'll be there.