A/N: New chapter for you guys. Enjoy.
Alex taps her fingers repeatedly against the door of the SUV. She huffs to her self and glances outside and shakes her head when she sees the beaming patrons, and wandering bystanders. Why can't she ever be seen as a normal teen, and not have to ride around in vehicles with flashing lights, American flags, and sporting the presidential seal?
Upon seeing that they've arrived at their destination, Alex reaches towards the front seat and places her hand firmly on Eliza's shoulder. "I want you to send the other cars away. Then I want you, and only you to come back and get me when I call you, okay?"
Eliza opens her mouth to protest but sighs heavily when she sees the look that the teen is giving her. How can she ever refuse that look? "Fine, but promise me that you'll be careful?"
"I promise." Alex says as she gets out of the SUV and makes her way around to the driver's side. She leans in and gives the agent a quick kiss on the cheek and smiles. "Now go, I promise I'll be fine." She reiterates before she makes her way up the stone pathway. She makes her way up the steps and lets her finger hover over the doorbell for a moment before she digs deep and finds the courage to press it just in case she loses her nerve in a few seconds.
Waiting patiently, Alex shifts uncomfortably from one leg to the other. After probably about a minute or so, she rings the doorbell again and returns to awkwardly shifting to keep her self occupied. Another moment of waiting, and her heart soon freezes when she hears the locks being turned on the other side.
Casey swings open the door, and abruptly frowns when she sees that it's Alex that's been ringing her doorbell from the other side. If she were a rude person, she's positive that she would slam the door in the blonde's face, but thankfully she isn't that kind of person. Thus, even though she isn't rude enough to slam the door in Alex's face, that doesn't mean she needs to be happy about seeing her. "What do you want?"
"To talk." Alex replies shakily, wondering if Casey has any idea about the events that had just taken place at the school not too long ago, or if she was already gone by then. "Please? Can I come in?"
"Why? What could you possibly want to say that I would want to hear?" Casey questions scornfully, her green eyes battling the hurt that is threatening to shine through.
Alex flinches at the harshly spoken words and hangs her head in defeat. "I know that I deserve that, and I probably deserve more, but please? I-I really need to talk to you. Please Casey."
Casey doesn't know why, but she sees a sense of slight fear, worry, and pleading all pooling in Alex's eyes. She steps to the side, opening the door wide enough for the blonde to enter. Without saying another word, she closes the door and leads the way up to her bedroom where she closes that door as well and tightly folds her arms across her chest. "You wanted to talk, so talk."
Taking a deep breath, Alex jerkily nods her head and begins. "I-I wanted to tell you how sorry I am for hurting you. I miss you Case, I really do. I miss what we had before, how we could just sit and talk and hold hands and cuddle and kiss. I just…I messed up. I messed up by hurting you, and I'm really, really sorry."
"You really hurt me Alex." Casey says sadly as she angles her gaze to the floor. "You were the first person that ever expressed any kind of interest me. People…they didn't notice me Alex. No one noticed me, and the ones who did would pick on me relentlessly for no apparent reason at all. Then you came, and you talked to me and you actually like me. You liked me, for me, and you're the first daughter! It's completely unbelievable. But I guess some things are too good to be true."
"Casey, don't say that, please. I-I shouldn't have kissed Abbie like that. I was upset with you because you were ignoring me, and I'm so used to getting what I want that I freaked." Alex exclaims as she begins pacing quickly. "I-I do like you Casey. I like you a lot, and I would even go as far enough as to say that I'm starting to fall for you."
Casey's eyes widen in shock, and her mouth falls open at Alex's revelation. "What d-do you mean by y-your falling for me?"
Alex shakes her head and crosses the room where she eventually places both of her hands on Casey's cheeks. "I mean, that I'm falling for you, as in I think I'm starting to fall in love with you."
"B-but how? I'm just so…me. I'm geeky, and nerdy, and I'm not even that pretty…"
"Stop. We've been through this remember? I love you just the way you are. You can be geeky, and nerdy all you want to, but you're still the most beautiful girl that I've ever laid eyes on. You don't have to change just for me, because I love you how you are."
Casey can't hide the blush that makes it's way across her features, and she's positive that her face matches the color of her hair. She is slightly taken off guard when she feels a pair of soft lips meet her own, but she most definitely doesn't protest against it.
After a few moments, Alex breaks the gentle yet innocent kiss before she rests their foreheads together. "Can you ever forgive me for being such an ass?"
"I think we can work our way back up to where we were." Casey says with a small smile, before her face falls again. "But I have some news…news that isn't particularly good news."
Alex takes a step back and nods her head. "Me too, but you go first." She says shakily, wanting to put off what she has to say.
Casey takes a deep breath and nods as she and Alex sit on the edge of her bed. "Um, my mom couldn't find a job…so she says that we're going to have to move in with my grandmother…which is clear across the city."
Pain flashes across Alex's face, and her eyes widen. "Casey, no!"
"Yeah…I guess that's how it has to be. I don't want it to be like that, but she can't find a job, and-"
"No, no, that's not what I meant." Alex says shaking her head. "I kept meaning to tell you this, but couldn't find the right time. I-I kind of had a talk with my dad, after the last time that you said that your mom was having trouble finding a job. He said that he can help you out if your mom would go and meet with him. Like I said, I wanted to tell you earlier but I didn't know how what with everything…"
Casey's eyes widen in shock and her mouth falls agape for the second time. "A-Alex, how did you…why did you…I don't understand."
"I don't want to lose you." Alex explains taking both of the redhead's hands in her own. "I don't want to lose you again, and I really want to do something nice for you and your family. My dad is more than happy to help you, you just have to talk to your mom. Please say you will."
"I-I will, don't worry, I will." Casey nods shakily before chuckling nervously. She frowns later when she sees Alex's facial expression break into one of worry. "Hey, what were you going to say earlier before I told you about my mom?"
Alex's face falls completely and she hangs her head low as the words freeze in her throat. "Ah, w-were you at school at maybe around three fifteen earlier?"
"No, I had was excused earlier from our last class period because I had to get home. Why what's up?"
"U-um. Something happened after school, and Kim had to be taken to the hospital."
Casey's eyes widen and she puts her hand over her mouth. "Oh my god, what happened? Is she alright?"
"I wasn't there when it happened, so I don't know exactly what happened." Alex begins. "But she may have drowned in the pool at school, and none of us know if she's alright. Connie was the one who found her and pulled her out of the water. All I know is that Serena, Amanda, and I were all standing outside waiting around when we saw the paramedics rush in and then bring her out on a stretcher."
"Oh my god that's horrible! I just-I can't even-wow…and you said you don't know if she's alright?"
"No...all I saw was that she was unconscious and not moving when they put her into the ambulance…"
The Next Day
"Guys, I don't think staring at her like that is going to make her open her eyes…" Amanda says quietly as she and three other girls occupy the rather spacious hospital room.
"She looks so…different like this." Serena adds in sniffling a little before she starts sobbing in between her words again. "Why won't she wake up?"
"Her Mom said that the doctor said that she's in a little bit of a coma. She was underwater too long." Connie answers not taking her eyes away from her unconscious friend. "She also said that the doctor said that Kim might have a little bit of brain damage when she wakes up….if she wakes up…"
Casey purses her lips and shakes her head tightly. "This doesn't make any sense. She hates water. Why would she be anywhere near a pool when she knows that she can't swim? Too be honest, I know that she didn't jump in thinking she could swim because the three of you said that she still had her clothes on. It just doesn't make any sense."
"Maybe she slipped and fell in?" Serena offers as she looks up at her two standing friends from where she is seated in one of the chairs.
"Also doesn't make sense." Connie adds in. "She is completely terrified of the water and as Casey suggested earlier; she wouldn't be anywhere near it. Kim isn't as reckless as to put her life in danger like that when she knows for a fact that she can't swim. She wouldn't do it."
"She could've been pushed…" Amanda offers nonchalantly with a shrug of her shoulders not intending on her comment to be taken seriously.
"Who would push her in?" Casey asks curiously. "Honestly, that's a cruel thing to do to someone, especially if you know they can't swim."
"They might not have known." Connie adds in. "It could have been intentionally accidental. They might have intended to shove her in the pool out of spite, but they could have been completely oblivious to the fact that she doesn't know how to swim."
"Once again, who would do that?"
"The same person that she punched in the face, and the same person that Amanda shoved in the pool at Daniel's party that one night." Serena says blandly, her thoughts conveying that of the other's perfectly. She sighs heavily and reaches over to the bed where she begins shaking one of Kim's hands as if it'll get the brunette to open her eyes sooner. "This just isn't fair…"
"I start to freak out when I think about what could've happened if I hadn't found her." Connie says quietly as she reaches over and repeats Serena's earlier actions. "I wonder if she can hear us."
"She probably can." Casey states shrugging her shoulders. "It's been noted that patients who have suffered severe long term comas have been able to hear everything that's going on in their surroundings. So it's a very good possibility that she can hear our entire conversation; her body just isn't allowing her to respond to its regular functions."
"Okay hotshot, since you're enlightening us on whether or not she can hear us, do you think you can tell us how long she could be 'asleep'?"
Casey shrugs her shoulders again and angles her gaze towards the clean tiled floor. "It all depends on the extent of her neurological injuries I guess. It could be days, weeks, months, or even years. It just all depends on how bad it is."
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