AN: Quick note, I made a mistake in the last chapter. That was supposed to be Monday, not the next day cause that would've been Saturday. This chapter also takes place on Monday. My bad, guys. Enjoy the chapter.

Same Day, 5:45 P.M, Locker Room...

"So, how's Xavier getting on? I heard him and Emma kissed for the first time over the weekend. Kid's probably on cloud nine." Shane asked Big E as they changed after another hard day of practice.

"He's scared out of his mind." The big teenager answered annoyed.

Shane was confused.

"Huh? Why's he scared?"

"Because, he's terrified of the possibility of having sex with her. Xavier's kind of an introvert as you could tell, and his only gauge of how relationships work are through TV shows and movies. In his mind, first comes the kiss, then comes the fuckin. It's ridiculous. He's ridiculous."

"Well, why would he be scared of banging Emma? It's not like she's ugly. I don't really see the issue there."

"Neither do I, but we're not the ones dating her. He says he's worried about finishing too fast or the condom breaking, or just about anything that could go wrong. He's my best friend, but damn. He can really be a paranoid bastard sometimes."

"I see that. And what about Kofi? Anything new come out about his recovery?" Shane asked curiously, hoping for some good news.

Big E beamed.

"Yup! Kofi's coming back to school next week! Thank God. Maybe he can talk some sense into Woods. Cause I'm this close to giving up."

"That's great! Can't wait to see him again. I didn't know him that well, but the times we interacted, he seemed like a cool dude. I know the team loves him."

"Yeah, we do. He's like our spark plug. Whenever we're down in a game or team morale is down, he's usually the dude that brings us up. Hell, even The Uso Twins like him, and they friggin hated me and him when we were in middle school!" He joked.

"Because you guys kept annoying us with that dumb unicorn shit, Uce!" Jimmy yelled from across the room.

"What kind of fruity ass shit was that?!" Jey followed.

"Hey! Don't disrespect the power of unicorn magic!" Big E yelled back.

"Yeah, whatever Uce!" The twins responded in unison.

Big E laughed.

"Yeah, everyone has a story about Kofi helping them out in some way. Ay yo, Breeze! Remember that time you got hit in the face with a tackle dummy and you had to wear that mask for a month?"

Tyler shuddered in disgust.

"Oh, don't remind me. I felt like the ugliest thing on the planet. Total uggo. It was even worse because it happened the week before I was supposed to go on my first date with my now girlfriend, Summer. Luckily though, Kofi was there for me. He convinced me that I wasn't hideous and psyched me up so I wouldn't bail on her. Even though I had that mask on during the date, me and her hit it off. I basically owe my relationship to Kofi."

"Wow, he's like the glue that holds the team together." Shane said impressed.

"Ahem! What about me? I'm the captain here. I'm-"

The whole team knew what he was going to say before the words even left his mouth so they finished the statement for him.

"SETH FREAKIN ROLLINS!"

Seth was satisfied with that. He smiled.

"Glad you guys understand that."

Shane chuckled.

"You just like the attention."

Seth shrugged.

"Maybe."

"Yeah, that's why he dyed his hair." Cody chimed in.

"You shut your mouth, Rhodes! I saw you trying to show off for Dakota today on the field." Seth retaliated.

"Like I said before, she's hot! Don't judge me!"

Just then, Coach Helmsley came in, and he didn't seem too happy.

"Shut the fuck up, both of you. You're both little attention whores! Now, all of you, I got a hot wife at home who I'm waiting to share my boner with. Everybody, hurry the fuck up and go home!"

The whole team laughed.

"Yes coach!" They all yelled.


10 minutes later...

Shane fist bumped both Seth and Big E before heading home. He couldn't wait to get in his house and just lay down in his bed. Sweet euphoria that was to him, especially after a hard day at practice.

"Hey, Price!"

Alexa's voice called out to him from across the street. He looked and saw her standing there with Bayley by her side. They were looking pretty nice if Shane said so himself. They both still had their cheer squad outfits on. Shane could've sworn that their skirts were a little higher up than normal, but he ignored that thought. He waved at them and waited until he had the light to cross.

"Hey guys. How are you?" Shane asked the girls.

"We're doing just fine, Shane!" Bayley said with a bright smile.

"Yeah we're good." Alexa agreed.

Shane pouted, feigning sadness.

"Well, I'm not."

Bayley was concerned.

"What, why? Did you get hurt during practice?"

"No... It's just that... I haven't gotten a hug from you all day. I miss my Bayley hugs."

The girl cheered up when she realized he was just playing.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to hold out on you. One Bayley hug comin' right at cha!"

The two hugged while Alexa looked on awkwardly.

"Alright, I'm better now. Thanks." Shane said chuckling.

The happy girl giggled with glee.

"Anytime, Shane!"

Shane then turned his attention to Alexa.

"So, you ready to roll out? First we walk Bayley to the bus stop like usual, then we go home."

The blonde girl nodded.

"Cool."

"Onward soldiers!" Bayley yelled before going ahead of the two.

They looked at each other and laughed.

"Sometimes I wonder where that girl gets all of her energy from." Shane said.

"Price, you don't even know the half of it. You thinks that's a lot, you should see her when she gets some sugar in her."

"That sounds almost terrifying."

Alexa knowingly smirked at the boy.

"Exactly."

Along the way, the three student athletes passed the time with stories about the stuff they participated in today. Shane talked about the conversation he had with Big E about little Xavier Woods and Emma, to which Alexa laughed.

"That kid really needs to grow a set. He's a nice guy I know, but come on." She proclaimed.

Bayley had a different take on the situation.

"Well I think it's completely normal. If I was in his position with a boy that I liked, I'd be scared too. He's just nervous, and I think it's cute."

"I know one thing", Shane chimed in, "Xavier and Emma are way healthier couple than Dean and Alicia. Those two need professional help."

Alexa and Bayley both nodded in agreement.

"Speaking of Shane's friends, I also found out about his old pal from where he used to live. What was her name again? Paige I think."

Alexa looked at Shane somewhat irritated.

"Oh yeah? And how did she find out about that?"

"Oh, uh. Seth didn't believe me when I told him about her, so I called her and showed him pictures I had in my phone of her. Bayley overheard us talking about her so I showed her too."

Alexa sighed in relief. She thought he had told Bayley about that conversation they had that started the whole "relationship" she had with Shane. She was curious about other stuff but she figured she'd wait until they were alone to ask.

"Yeah he showed me a picture of her, and gosh she's pretty! Even Seth was caught off guard by her looks. I think he's got a crush on her now." Bayley stated while giggling.

"That might be the case, seeing as he legit told me she was girlfriend material and how I was crazy for not seeing that."

Alexa snickered.

"Ol' Sethy boy's in love is he?"

"Nah, I doubt it. Seth's only priority right now is football. No seriously, I'm pretty sure if you could have sex with a football, Seth would've had a baby with one right now." Shane quipped.

Shane's joke caused the girls laugh out loud.

"You're so funny, Shane." Bayley said with admiration.

"Why thank you, Smiles. I try, I try."

"Alright, Bayley. End of the line. We're here. And the bus is just down the block." Alexa pointed out.

"Okay, guys. Thanks again for walking with me. I really appreciate it."

Shane and Alexa took turns hugging Bayley before she got on the bus. Now, it was just the two of them.

"Dynamic duo reunited!" Shane said enthusiastically.

Alexa rolled her eyes and smirked.

"Price, you're an idiot."

"But you still love me though. Said it yourself." He said with a smirk of his own.

"Let's just go home."

Shan decided to pull out the old British accent.

"Lead the way, madame." He said while bowing.

They spent most of the commute home in silence, bar the occasional remark from Shane or snarky comment from Alexa, like usual. However, as they were walking toward the street they live on, that changed when Alexa had decided to ask the questions she had regarding his pal from Arizona.

"Hey, Price? I'm confused."

"About what?"

"You never said that you still talked to Paige since you've been here. You said you called her this morning."

"Well, I literally just got back in touch with her yesterday. Before that I hadn't spoken to her since school ended. She sent a letter with her phone number at the bottom of it, and boom, we talk for the first time in months."

"I... I find that hard to believe." Alexa admitted.

"Huh? Why's that?" Shane asked, surprised at her response.

"Because. If you two were as close as you said, how did you never exchange phone numbers?"

Shane thought about it for a minute and then shrugged his shoulders.

"I guess we never really needed to. We saw each other everyday at school, and she lived close by, so whenever I wanted to see her out of school, I'd just go to her house and vice versa. Plus, I wasn't expecting to move here, and when I found out, Paige had already gone back to England to visit her family for the summer. I thought there was no way I could've reached out to her. Honestly, I wish my dumb ass would've thought of writing a letter. Then we would've reconnected sooner." He explained.

Alexa glared at him and then sighed in exasperation.

"Alright I guess that makes sense. That leads into my other question then. Is she the reason why you do that accent? You know, the royal one?"

Shane's eyes slightly bugged in realization.

"You know, I've never really thought about that. I guess that was my mind's way of handling missing my friend. I know I didn't start doing it until after me and her hit it off. Weird. I guess she is."

Alexa stopped walking, causing Shane to do the same.

Dude? What happened? Why'd you stop?"

"Yeah, I knew it. She was your first love, wasn't she?"

That really surprised Shane, who instantly went into defensive mode.

"Wait, what?! No dude! She was like my big sister."

"Oh, bullshit Shane. Your subconscious doesn't just start telling you to start doing things to help you suppress the feeling of missing someone if you don't feel some kind of way about them. Think about it, you missed that girl so much, you started channeling that through basically initiating her, so in a weird way it was like her essence was still around." Alexa fired back.

The teenage boy had to really digest what she was saying. Could she be right? Was he in love with Paige without even realizing it?

"Alexa, I honestly can't tell you if you're right or not, because I truly don't know. I never thought about things like that before. What I can tell you is that whether what you said was true or not, that changes nothing between us. Okay? What, you think that now that Paige is in my life again that I'm just gonna forget about you?"

Alexa looked down at her feet after he figured out what she was feeling.

"Yeah, kinda."

Shane cupped her face in his hands and made her look at him. He flashed a warm smile.

"Short Stuff. I couldn't forget about you if I tried. You can't just forget about the people you love. Understand that, okay?"

He kissed her on her forehead and ruffled her hair a little.

"You kissed me." She said blushing with a smile.

"Well, yeah. What, you get to full on attack my lips and I can't even peck your forehead? Mine was innocent. Yours definitely wasn't."

Alexa put her finger to her lips and started acting like an innocent little girl.

"Huh? Whatever do you mean, Shaney? I'm just Little Miss Bliss. I'm a wittle angel." She said in a cute high pitched voice.

Shane scoffed.

"Dude, if you're an angel, I'm a fuckin saint. But I will admit that was really cute though."

"Duh, I'm the cutest a girl can get."

"Wow, narcissist much?"

"It's not narcissism. It's the truth." She said with a flip of her hair.

Shane rolled his eyes.

"Whatever, I'm gonna go get yelled at by Paige for waking her up by accident this morning."

"You moron, did you forget about time zones?"

"I did, alright?! Get off my back!"

The two teenagers walked to their respective homes and entered them, but not before looking back at each other one last time for the day. Shane winked at her, and Alexa responded with the middle finger, to which Shane laughed.

After she entered her house, Alexa thought to herself.

"He's right. I'm unforgettable."