Okay, there will be some time-skipping here, 'cuz I'm impatient.
Sorry if I'm doing Sabina wrong. I think that the relationship between Alex and Sabina would not have survived Egypt. So they are more like cousins. And this took a long time. So sorry.
Also, thank you to everyone who read/favorited/followed my story.
Yours truly,
Ramona Fox
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Lexi sat at her desk, worrying. Had she said the wrong thing? Did Josh hate her? It had been three weeks sense the first study session. She had seen Josh at school and met him twice more at the library. But each time, he was distant, wary, as if he thought she would laugh at him.
Lexi hated it. She needed Josh, the enigma of Josh had realy helped her feel alive again. She hadn't felt that way for a long time. Now Josh probably never wanted to see her again. Lexi would be left with nothing but memories and a far-to-empty house.
Alex was at the kitchen table, lost in thought. He looked up as Sabina entered the room.
"Hey." She said as she sat down across from him.
"Sabina, how do you tell what someone is thinking?" The question seemed to take her off guard. She frowned. "What do you mean?"
"Lexi. She said, ' I know that expression. Its the same one I get when someone asks me about something that hurts so much that I'm afraid I'll start crying if I talk about it' and she was right." Alex explained.
Sabina shifted uncomfortably. "I guess it means that she has been through something that took her childhood, too. I don't really know."
After that there was silence, as Alex pondered the new development.
School the next morning was awkward. Lexi and Alex kept glancing at the other when they thought it would go unnoticed. Lexi broke three pencils accidentally, and Alex was distracted all morning.
Lexi sat by herself at lunch. Juliet was gone-again. This time it was a trip to the Florida Keys. She watched as Josh sat down at a table, thoughts churning in her head. Was Josh mad at her? Did he regret telling her what he did?
Suddenly, Josh looked up, meeting her gaze. Lexi looked away.
A minute later, someone sat down across from her. Lexi glanced upwards. It was Josh.
Lexi took a breath. Best say it now, and get it over with. She thought resignedly. "Are you mad?"
Josh considered her question. "Mad crazy, or mad angry? Because I am defiantly crazy."
Lexi wasn't sure he was kidding, but said; "Are you angry at me?"
Josh frowned. "No." Then his eyes widened. "Wait, you thought I was mad? That's why you've been so quiet?"
Lexi nodded. "You aren't mad at me for prying?"
"I thought I scared you off with what I said." He confessed.
A slow smile spread across Lexi's face.
