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.
Don't own anything.
Thoughts are in italic.
Flashbacks are in bold.
AN: Thanks to xela-assiram, Vero, xxocluvurxx, FiresOfDeath, dHee for the reviews. It gives me will to write.
Chapter 11
Jodie didn't look back as she strolled down the beach to join her friends, leaving a confused, angry, but especially, jealous Marissa watching.
The girl stood there, thinking about Jodie's words. Are they getting back together? Does Alex love Jodie? Do they love each other? Marissa was sure she had seen Jodie tell the blonde that, as the girl walked away. And Alex didn't act like she didn't already know that.
Does Alex love Jodie? Why did she invite me here? Does Alex love Jodie? To watch the two of them? Does Alex love Jodie? Some sort of payback? Does Alex love Jodie? In the middle of all the questions in her mind, the last one kept popping up, and for the life of her Marissa couldn't think of anything else.
Then another thought came through her head. Why do I care? I have a fiancé. He's great. She's just my ex. Nothing more. She can have anyone she wants. But another voice came from the back of her mind, a voice she chose to ignore. Keep telling yourself that.
She was gonna continue overanalyze the incident when another sight caught her eye, making the temperature rise up, her pulse quicken, her eyes bulge, and her mouth drop.
"Oh, God!"
Alex had taken her shirt off, showing a black bikini top that was maybe a little too small for the girl to surf. Completely hypnotized, Marissa couldn't help to keep her stare at her ex's breasts, and continue downward, as the blonde's girl hands took her boy's shorts off.
This showed a matching black mini shorts, that ended before her ass did, and clung to it like a second skin. The brunette's lustful eyes kept admiring the blonde's tanned legs, as they ran to the water, and then swam all the way to the big waves.
"You're drooling."
Marissa's gaze was finally broken, as she tried to clean up the drool around her mouth, before facing the newcomer. A girl. The brunette had seen this girl before. She worked at the Joy Ride. Aaron had said her name, if only Marissa could remember it.
"You have no idea who I am, do you?"
"I know you work at the club, that's a start, right?"
"I guess. I'm Maya Fanshaw. You are Marissa Cooper, right?"
"Yeah, sorry I didn't recognize you. I met a lot of people this week."
"Not a problem, it's not like we have been friendly to you, right?"
"Still no excuse for me not to know your name. I'm sorry."
"No, I'm sorry for the away we've been, it's just that we didn't think you stick around this long."
"Wow, that makes me feel confident." The brunette said, smiling.
"Yeah, we have a bet going on, how long will you stay."
"Thanks, really helping the confidence thing."
"Well, every since the club opened, it takes less and less time for the person in your job to lose it."
"Then I'll just have to break this curse then."
"If it makes any difference, you seem different than the others, in a good way."
"Thanks, I guess."
"No problem. I promise I'll be better from now on."
"And I promise to remember you."
"Good, now come on, let's join the others. Alex just said you were gonna join us."
"Really, is she here?"
The redheaded girl chuckled, as she had seen what Marissa was doing before her drooling comment.
The girls walked side by side, allowing Marissa to compare the two girls. Maya and Alex. Maya had strait red hair, deep green eyes, a beautiful face, and a petite body. She was wearing pretty much the same as Alex, but as Marissa looked from one girl to the other, she didn't feel for Maya what she had felt when staring at the blonde.
Even as the brunette had already seen Alex with fewer clothes than what the blonde was wearing at the moment, hell, Marissa had seen Alex with no clothes at all, yet she still felt the fire within her at the sight of the smaller blonde. A fire that Marissa had discovered a few years earlier didn't show itself at the presence of other girls, and if she was truthful with herself, nor at the presence of boys.
"Hey, guys, this is Marissa, the one that Alex mentioned." Marissa was so deep in thought that she hadn't realized that they had reached their destination, and Maya was introducing her. There were three other people getting a tan, 2 girls and a guy.
"Janet, Bill, and Lillie. The others are in the water, they will come here at some point." The redhead informed.
"That's fine. Pleasure to meet you"
"Trust me, the pleasure is all mine." Bill replied, as Lillie playfully slapped his arm.
"Don't worry about him, he can't control himself. Find a sit, Marissa. So, Alex tells me you're the new manager." The girl said after repressing her boyfriend.
As the brunette took a towel out of her bag, took off her clothes, getting ready to join her 4 new friends that were sunbathing, she told them about her job, and her life, leaving out certain details of her love life with a known blonde girl.
"What about you guys, I told you all about my life, what about yours?"
"Well, Maya here will be a doctor someday. She's at UCLA." Janet answered for the other girl.
"Really? That's great"
"I work at the club to get through college. My parents weren't too keen of me being a lesbian. My girl foud me a job, she is Alex's friend."
"I didn't know Alex did favors like that. Does your girlfriend work there too?"
"In a way, her band plays there, I think you must know her, her name is Jodie."
"Jodie? Alex's ex?"
"Yeah, Jodie said they had a thing." Marissa was conflicted, should she tell the girl what Jodie had told her about getting back with Alex? This girl is really nice, but she has no idea who her girlfriend really is. Is it my place to tell her? Its not like I know her long enough to be the one to tell her. She probably won't even beliave me.
"Don't you mind that they are always together?"
"No, of course not. I love Jodie, and I know she loves me too. I trust her completely." You shouldn't.
"Alex, is that your friend? That tall brunette talking to Billy and the girls?" Little J said, pointing at the sand.
"Yeah, that's her." The blonde girl answered.
"Well, won't you go there say 'hi'?" That was Big J.
Little J and Big J were brothers, less than one year appart. They were so close that they had the same group of friends, but as they were named James (Little J) and Jake (Big J), it was easier to call tell them appart by using little for the little brother and big for the big brother.
"In a second" Alex was scared that she would lose control once she was in the presence of the brunette. What if I end up telling her everthing? I'm not sure I can handle her here.
Jodie, seeing the blondes disconfort, squezed her shoulder.
"Don't worry, I've got your back" The latino girl said loud enough so that Alex was the only one that could hear it.
"Don't let me say or do anything stupid." Alex responded in the same tone.
"I'll do my best."
"Thanks, now lets go. And make sure to keep an eye on me, not only on that hot girlfriend of yours."
"That I can't promise."
The 2 girls made their way back to shore. Alex stoped just as they reached land, as she managed to see a almost naked Marissa lying on her front, getting a tan.
"Alex, you do know that staring at your ex is considered doing something stupid, right?" Jodie said, snapping Alex from her state, pulling the blonde along so they could get to their friends. Thank God, she has her back to me and didn't see me staring at her. The last thing I need is her realizing I still have felling for her.
They reached the 5 tanning people just as they all had finished telling each other stories of their lives.
"Marissa, you made it. Hope you didn't have too much trouble." The blonde was surprised how she had pulled it off, but she had managed to appear as if she didn't care that the brunette was there. It should have been obvious, as she had practiced the last few years appearing fine.
"No, it was easy." Marissa was shocked to see Alex so close to her. "Beautiful, an-" The brunette was gonna say 'And I don't mean the beach' but thought better about it. "And there is hardly any traffic."
"Well, it is Monday, and people've got to work." Jodie said, before Alex could respond. She knew the blonde was getting nervous and thought it was better to give the girl a little break. "How about we get back to the water? Sunbathing not really my thing."
"Thats 'cause you are naturally tanned, hun." Maya interfered.
"Nah, even if I wasn't, I couldn't bear the thought of having to stay still for more than 10 minutes. Now, I want everyone in the water. Move, people, move."
"I don't have a board." Marissa replied as the others made their way to the water.
"Don't worry, you can practice on mine." Alex said, giving Marissa her board.
Everyone was trying to help Marissa stay on the board for a little while, but the girl wasn't having much luck. This time, howaver, she seemed she would make it to the sand when the brunette suddenly lost her balance, falling into the water and not coming up.
Alex, that had been watching the scene, freaked, and swam as fast as she could to the place her own board had reemerged. She looked around desesperatelly, trying to see if there was any sign of Marissa. She was scared that the girl who had her heart could be hurt, or even worse.
Suddenly the blonde felt something pulling her ankle, barely giving her time to take a breath before she was pulled into the water. She only understood what was happening when she resurfaced. Marissa was on the surfice, laughting her heart out, along with all her friends.
"You are so paying for that."Alex said before jumping into Marissa, making the brunette go under water.
In retribuition, Marissa splashed water on Alex, making the blonde girl do the same. Soon, both girls were swimming around, laughing and splashing water at each other.
It was already nightfall, and everyone was packing what they had brought and taking back to their cars. It had been a fun day, which even Jodie agreed regardless of what was, in her opinion, an unwanted guest.
The latino girl was a little behind, so Alex slowed down to talk to her away from the others.
"You don't even have to say it, it was something stupid to goof aroud with her like that."
"At least you realize it. Alex, have you ever considered that she may still have feelings for you too? And then maybe if the two of you admit it, you can go back together."
The blonde seemed to think for a bit, before she came to an answer.
"Nah."
"I'll help you if you want to forget her. But I think you shoud talk to her. You two seemed a loving couple today. Alex, face your fears." Jodie advised before they joined the group.
"Your friend just left, Alex, she asked us to tell you goodbye." Big J informed her.
"That's fine. Ill see her again tomorrow. And Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday."
"And Monday." Little J completed.
"What do you mean?" Alex was afraid she already knew the answer to that question.
"Didn't Jodie tell you next week we are going to the park to skate?"
"Yeah, she did."
"Well, we invited Marissa to come too. She's a nice girl." With this news, Alex stopped, frozen in shock, as Jodie chuckled.
Although, they thought Marissa was a nice girl, in truth, they had had a different motive to invite the brunette to the park. Alex had never invited a friend to their weekly meetings, and any fool could see that they weren't only friends. Besides, Alex had really freaked when she thought Marissa had drowned, she, obviously, cared about the brunette more than she had let on. And they wanted to see their friend happy, so they had decided to give a little push in the right direction.
Marissa had just arived home, it was almost 9, which meant Ryan would probably be there. She was right, he was playing his videogame, as usual.
"Ryan, hi, I'm home."
"Hey, baby. Did you have fun?"
"Yeah, it was really good"
"I'm glad, I wasn't sure when you would come back, so I already ate, there is some leftovers in the microwave for you. You just have to heat it up."
"Thanks."
The brunette took a shower, and then had dinner. Knowing she wouldn't fall asleep anytime soon, Marissa went to the balcony to think.
Today had been an worderful day, the brunette hadn't had this much fun ever since she and Alex had first started spending time together, before it had all gone to hell when they moved in together. Today Marissa had felt things she had thought were long dead, and that wasn't fair. She had a wonderful fiance. A caring, loving fiance.
He had made her dinner on her day off, not knowing when she would come home, nor if she would have already eaten. It was unfair she would feel this way only when she was with Alex. That made her feel really guilty, because she had spend the entire day with a girl that would make butterflys fly around her stomach, a girl that was her ex, a girl Marissa would call out on her sleep, a girl her fiance had no idea that had returned.
So when Marissa heard Ryan go to bed she followed him, even if she would only lay awake for hours. But when he hugged her from behind, planting kisses all over her neck, she had only one thing to say.
"Ryan, please, not tonight. I'm exausted. Tomorrow, ok?"
It wasn't exactely a lie, she was kind of tired, and horny, after all she had spend the whole day watching a soaked Alex walk around in almost nothing. But she couldn't bring herself to do it. Not today, not with him, not after a great day like this.
"Yeah, sure." He responded, going back to his side of the bed. "But when I get back tomorrow you'll be gone." She never heard the last part.
I think last chapter i didnt make it clear that the only reason Jodie said those things was because she wanted to protect Alex. I hope i made it clear on this chapter. I have no intation of making Alex and Jodie get together, unless you guys really want it, but i have a felling it wont happen. I hope it doesnt because this is a Malex story.
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