I scrunched up my face, "W-what?"
She just gazed at me for a minute, before breaking out into a smirk, "Only kidding. Come on, movie time."
My heart dropped as I slowly nodded and followed her to my room. 'Only kidding.' God, she has no idea how much that crushed me. I paused for a minute as she continued walking, my chest was aching and I just needed a minute. I know she didn't purposely hurt me, she would never do that, but it still hurt. I don't even know why it hurt, it shouldn't have, but it did. I sighed and continued on walking to my room, where I found Alex laying on my bed, chewing her lip, and surrounded by movie cases. I smiled a bit, she can't possibly get anymore adorable.
She glanced up and pouted, "I can't choose, help me."
I walked over and moved some movie cases over, so I could sit, and I grabbed a random one, "This."
Her eyes flickered to the title, "The Last Song? We'll both be sobbing."
I chuckled, "Fine, then what are you in the mood for?"
She groaned, "I don't know, that's why I need your help."
"Well, we could-"
Alex's phone buzzing cut me off and we both glanced to it. It was sitting on my nightstand, so I grabbed it and began to hand it to her, but she shook her head and focused on the movies in front of her. I laughed a bit and unlocked her phone, her passcode was the date we first met, and I opened the text. It was from that Mason guy she's been getting close with, I actually debated telling her it was from him, but I didn't want to be like that…
I bit my lip, "It's um, Mason."
She nodded, "What's he want?"
I read the text allowed, "Hey, Lex, feel like hanging out tomorrow?"
She bit the corner of her lip and looked over at me, "Um, are you going to be hanging out with Caitlyn and Nate again?"
I shrugged, "I don't know, I thought you wanted to hang out."
"I do, I always do."
"But do you want to hang out with Mason tomorrow, 'cause, you know, you need to answer him."
She paused, "How about this… all of us hang out, you, me, Mason, Caitlyn, and Nate."
I nodded, "Yeah, that works. I'll text them and let them know."
She smiled, leaned over, and pecked my cheek, "Perfect then."
I smiled, "Like you."
She blushed and bit her lip, and looked back to the movies.
Right after school the next day, we were all at Alex's house. Mason, Caitlyn, Nate, Alex, and me. I really wish I hadn't agreed to this, though, because Mason's feeling for Alex are the most obvious thing in the world, but I'm sure Alex doesn't notice. She's oblivious to those kind of things, obviously. Nate, Cait, and I were on one couch, Mason and Alex were on one across from us. Every time Alex would turn her attention to us, Mason would do everything he could to turn it back to him, and it was really starting to piss me off.
I tried to speak, "Hey, Lex?"
She happily looked to me, "Yeah?"
Mason broke in, "Lexi, if you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?"
She glanced back to him, thinking for a minute, so I just sighed and rolled my eyes, before leaving the room. I slid open the slider door that leads into Alex's backyard and stepped outside, taking in a deep breath, and looked around, before I felt someone behind me pull me against them.
Nate spoke up, "You seem upset."
"I hate Mason."
He chuckled, "I figured as much. Alex really is a blind girl, isn't she?"
I sighed, "Sadly."
He rested his chin on my shoulder, "But you know she means no harm, she's just trying to make everyone happy, it's what she does."
I mumbled, "Well… I wish she just didn't try to make him happy."
"Mitch, other people are going to like her, and there's nothing you can do from stopping it… but you can do something that would stop most people from acting on it."
I looked up at the clouds, "And what's that?"
"Make her yours."
I let out a dry laugh, "How exactly would I do that?"
"You're as blind as Alex is, girl."
"What?"
He shook his head, "We should get back in-"
Alex's voice filled my ears, "Um, sorry to interrupt whatever's going on here, but can you guys come back inside?"
Nate pulled away from me and walked back inside, not saying a word, but flashing me a wink as he did. I rolled my eyes and walked up to Alex, but she kind of gave me a dirty looked and walked away.
I spoke up, "Um, what, Lex?"
She stopped walking and faced me, "Are you two together?"
"Are you and Mason together?"
"What? No, ew, of course not, he's like a brother to me. Now, answer me."
"Same thing with Nate, he's a brother to me… but, you do know, Mason is crushing on you hardcore, right?"
She glanced behind her into the living room, Mason's eyes were on her, so she looked back to me, "He is?"
I nodded, "Yeah… it's really obvious…"
She smirked and raised an eyebrow, "Is that why you left?" she pinched my cheek, "Is my little baby Mitchie jealous?"
I laughed and gently smacked her hand away, "Can we just get back to them?"
The smile slowly faded from her face and she slowly raised her hand to my cheek, where she softly rubbed her thumb and whispered, "You didn't answer my question, beautiful…"
My eyes dropped, "Question?"
She stepped closer to me and whispered, "You have nothing to be jealous about… you always come first…"
I slowly looked back up at her as she closed the space between us and snaked her free hand around my waist. She softly kissed my nose, before pulling away, smiling, and walking back into the living room. I swear, she knows I'm falling for her and she's just messing with me.
Alex called after me, "Comin', beautiful?" she winked, "You can sit next to me."
