Here's part 10 of Ms. Russo, my longest fanfic yet :)

Mitchie's POV

It had been 2 months since I moved into The kids home, people around school have been pretty nice to me, because they heard about my mom & dad, and even Chloe laid off for a while, but things with Chloe are back to their old ways now, she just doesn't make digs about my parents.

Things with Alex had been great, we hadn't had sex still, but we were still super close. I went to her classroom every day at lunch and morning break, and she was still taking me to and from school. My life was actually turning out to be pretty great. Me and Danni had become really close friends, and I'd become good friends with all the other kids in the home. I was getting therapy every other Friday, to help me try and get through all the abuse, and to try and stop my nightmares, which had become less and less frequent. I was now only having them around 2 or 3 times a week.

But anyway, tomorrow, was going to be an awkward day for me. My 15th birthday. I wasn't sure if Alex knew it was my birthday, I hadn't mentioned it to her before, So I didn't expect her to know.

Kara had offered me a birthday disco, but I told her I didn't want one, because I would rather just go round to Alex's to catch up on homework, like I did every Saturday. Kara had no idea I didn't really do homework.

At midnight, I was already half asleep, I didn't even remember Rocky coming up to turn the lights off to say goodnight, and happy birthday, since it was gone midnight.

The next morning, I woke up, forgetting that it was even my birthday, I only remembered when I was scared shitless by the 30 something kids, and 3 adults, jumping out at me when I went down to the living room.

I was greeted with 'Happy birthday's' and presents, which I happily opened. They were mainly clothes, except the ones from Danni, Kara, Rocky and Spencer; they all got me gift vouchers to HMV.

After opening my presents, and recovering from the shock I got earlier, I got ready for my day.

At 12.00, the door was knocked, and Alex was standing there smiling at me, waiting for me to follow her to her car, which I did.

"So, who's birthday is it?" She asked, referring to the birthday banners Kara had oh-so-conveniently put on the front door.

"Mine." I said quietly, hoping she would make a big deal.

"Oh my god! Mitchie! You should've told me, I could've taken you out somewhere! Well, we have to go shopping today." She said excitedly.

"No, Alex, I really don't wanna, I just wanna be with you." I said, resting my head on her shoulder.

"Aww… are you sure? We can go to dinner later if you want." She said, gently pushing my head off her shoulder with her hand, because she needed to move her shoulder to drive. I sat back up and nodded.

"Yep, I'm sure, I just wanna be with you." I said again. She smiled, and we drove the rest of the way to her house.

"Where's Keeli?" I asked, suddenly realising that the house was quiet for a change.

"She's staying with My mom for the weekend. I'm getting her back Monday, after school." She told me. I nodded, and cuddled up next to her on the couch. I leant up to kiss her, and the next thing I knew, our clothes were thrown on the floor.

It was better with Alex than with my dickhead of a dad. With Alex, it was by choice, it was slow, and careful, she wasn't just thinking of herself, she was thinking of me as well, which was something I wasn't used too, but something I liked.

"Wow, talk about birthday sex." I said, smirking. We were laying on her couch, cuddled up again, completely naked. Her fingers were absent minded-ly twirling the ends of my hair, when I remembered something.

"Alex, do you mind washing your hands before you play with my hair? I know where those fingers have been." I said, jokingly. She giggled, and carried on playing with my hair.

"M-Mitchie?" She whispered. She sounded shy, I don't know why, she was scaring me from her shyness.

"Yeah 'Lex?" I asked, too lazy to say her full name, obviously tired from our previous actions, and trust me, you would be too.

"I… I love you." She said quietly, kissing the top of my head. I jumped for joy… in my head at least. In reality I was comfy wrapped in her arms. I smiled hugely, and desperately wanted to tell her I loved her too, but I couldn't say it. I wasn't sure why, my throat had gone dry from excitement. I tried to say it back, and eventually managed.

"I love you too, 'Lex, I really do." I whispered, hoarsely.

We fell asleep at some point. It was a comfortable sleep, we were squashed together on the couch, but I didn't mind.

We were awoken a few hours later by a loud banging on the door. Alex quickly sat up and ran up the stairs, coming back down a few seconds later with two dressing gowns. She tossed one to me, and put the other one on, walking over to answer the door.

She obviously didn't expect it to be Kara.

DUN DUN DUN! I'm sorry, I know it's short, but oh well.

REWIEVS MAKE ME WRITE MORE! xD