Alex left thinking Marissa didn't love her. Few years later they meet again, they have to work in the same place in LA. Marissa is now engaged to Ryan. Alex goes for the get some, get gone routine. Appearances from old friends and new ones.
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Thoughts are in italic.
Flashbacks are in bold.
AN: CT Ash, digitalpenguin, auggy1984, xelaassiram and bigblusky thank you so much for reviewing. I'm glad you guys like it.
Chapter 8
"Ryan, lets go."
"One sec, baby. I'm just about to kill the evil king."
"You did that like a thousand times already! Come on, I don't have all day long."
"Actually, it was only 4 times. Let me finish this one, please. Marissa, I promise it won't be more than 10 minutes."
"Fine, I'll be in our room."
"Ok, thanks, baby."
Today was Saturday afternoon, Ryan had the weekend off, but Marissa had to work later. Problem was he had promised they would go shopping today, not for clothes or anything like that, but for house stuff. They had moved in a couple of mouths ago and the house was a little empty, there were only things they needed, not what they wanted. The house lacked personal items, the things that made a house a home. Besides their food supply, which means food that goes to the oven for 5 minutes and is ready to be eaten, was running low, so they needed to go to the supermarket.
But apparently Ryan wasn't so worried that his fiancé had to go to work in a few hours, he was more concentrated on winning the game for the fifth time. Finally after 45 minutes of waiting, Ryan showed up at their bedroom door, as if nothing had happened.
"So, hun, ready to go?"
"Yes, I'm ready. I was ready half an hour ago." The brunette said as she walked past him, without looking at him.
Ryan couldn't figure out for the life of him what made Marissa so mad. Must be PMSing.
"Ryan, which one do you prefer?"
"Both are great, honey."
"What color should we paint the elevator hall?"
'Why don't you pick this one, I'm sure you have great taste."
"Ryan, what do you think we should hang at the end of the corridor, a mirror or a painting?"
"Anything is fine."
"Do you think a lectern would look good in our bookcase?"
"It would be perfect."
"What if we put a giraffe in our living room?"
"Okay, baby."
"Do you think it would be a good idea for me to become a nun, and run through the world preaching the word of God?"
"Of course." She left without another word.
"Marissa, do you wanna explain to me why we spent the last 2 hours picking things for the apartment if you were gonna just run off and leave everything inside?" He said catching up with his fiancé.
"No, I spent the last two hours picking stuff for our apartment, you just stood in dreamland thinking God knows what, not even listening to a word I said."
"That's not fair, I was helping."
"Really, then what color is the vase that goes in the dinning room table?"
"Hum, it's... it's brown"
"Ryan, there is no vase!" The girl yelled slamming the car door.
The boy followed her into the car, getting in the driver's seat.
"Look, sweetheart-"
"No, Ryan, don't sweetheart me. Just drive. Or I'll be late for work."
"It's 6:30!"
"But I still have to go home, change and get my car. Or are you considering picking me up in the morning?"
"Ah..."
"Didn't think so. Beside traffic is a bitch at this hour."
Even with all her arguments, Marissa knew she would still be early, after all Alex had told she only had t be at the club at 9, but still the brunette liked to help set up. Besides Alex was all talk, she was pretty much one of the first to arrive, word around was that she would only be late the day their boss would come pay a visit to the club, just to annoy him.
"Ryan, just drive, okay?"
Instead of obeying her order he grabbed her shoulders, careful not to hurt her, making her face him.
"Look, Marissa, I'm really, really sorry, ok? I promise I'll do better next time."
The brunette knew he was telling the truth, that he would keep his promise, she could see it in his face. Still there was only one thought in her head. Why does it feel like these are not the right eyes to look into?
"Marissa, hi."
"Hey, Alex."
"So, how is the coming up with ideas for the club's theme?"
"It's fine, I thought of a few."
"Anything you might wanna share?"
"Not today" And the taller girl continued whispered "It's a secret."
"I'll look forward to seeing you tomorrow then." The blonde said, going to the basement to get a few supplies downstairs.
"Me too" The brunette responded when the other girl was out of earshot.
After the club was ready to open, Alex decided to check on the band, as usual it was the Evil Heroes. Making sure they were ready, the blonde decided to talk with her best friend.
"Hey, Jo, what's up?"
"With me nothing, but I believe you, missy, can't say the same."
"What on earth are you talking about?"
"Well, Eve has been saying some things"
"What things?"
"Well, about you and the new girl being all smiles all week long"
"I have no idea where you are going with this."
"Yeah, right."
"Jodie, we were just being polite."
"I believe lying to your best friend is a horrendous crime"
"I'm not lying."
"Alex, look, I know she is not my favorite person in the world, and that's not why I'm telling you this. I know you have feelings for this girl-"
"I don't. Trust me, there are no feelings inside of me, I'm feelings-free. No, no need to worry about feeling because there are none. See, no feeling inside of me. Nope, none. None at all. The-"
"Alex, shut up!" Taking a breath, Jodie continued. "Let me finish. As I was saying before I was rudely interrupted, I know you have feelings for this girl, but can you do me a favor and not rush into anything you might regret later? I'm not telling you to ignore it, just be careful, ok? I remember how you were after you two broke up last time, and that something I really don't need a rerun of."
"Jodie, you don't have to worry about anything, nothing is going to happen, because I don't feel anything for her, I'm absolutely –"
"Please, don't start."
As a silence followed, the black haired girl remembered what she wanted to talk to Alex about before Eve told her about what was going on with the two managers.
"Alex do you have anything planned for this Monday?"
"Not really, why?"
"'Cause a bunch of us decided to go to the beach on Monday, catch a few waves and all, since it's your day off, I thought you might want to join us."
"Sure, should be fun."
"We'll be there all day, so just drop by whenever you feel like it ok? Usual place."
"Alright."
"Good."
"Jodie?"
"Hum?"
"I'm thinking-"
"That's dangerous."
"You are so funny"
"Glad you liked it."
"I'm thinking about changing my hair color."
"But you just died it pink."
"I know, but I wanna change it again."
"What do you have in mind?"
"I don't know, purple, maybe."
"Come again."
"I'm not sure, but I like purple"
"When you died it red you said and I quote 'I would rather shave my head off, than paint my hair purple again'."
"Well, I changed my mind."
"Really?"
"Really."
"And does it have anything to do with our new friend whom we don't have any feelings for?"
"I don't think I like what you are insinuating."
"I'm not insinuating anything, I'm saying that's too much coincidence that after your ex shows up you decide to turn your hair back to the color it was when you were dating her in the first place, a color which by the way you hated."
"I didn't hate it. I just didn't like it. And now I've changed my mind. Don't ready anything into it." Alex angrily said walking away.
"Alex, you are completely whipped, did you know that?" But the blonde didn't hear her.
This chapter wasn't exactly planned but I felt like writting it, so here it is. A little diferent from the rest but that's what I was in the mood for.
Next two weeks i'll be out of the country so there will be no updates, but i'll try to finish next one before i go. Also when i come back, school will be back too, so i won't be able to update as frequently as i do now, sorry.
Anyway, i'll do the best i can. Please review. Reviews make me write faster.