The Triangle No One Expected

Chapter 3

After school, Alex asks me to go home with him. Him and Alandra's family are rich, like spiral staircase rich. One time Alandra asked if she could move across the house to get away from Alex. But sadly for her, one wing is for her parents, the other for them, and the third for their "staff" (aka two maids and one butler).

"Oh hi kids!" Their mom greets us.

"Mom, what're you doing home?" Alex asks.

"Yeah, let alone by the front door." Alandra adds.

"Can't a mother wait for her kids to get home from school?" She asks sarcastically.

"Not when you've never done that in your life you can't." Alandra spits bluntly.

"Okay fine the charades up, your father and I are-"

"Getting a divorce? Bout time." Alex jokes.

"Alex." She glares. "Anyway as I was saying, your father and I are going on a trip next month to Prague for a late anniversary get away."

"Cool." Alandra says.

"Nice." Alex follows.

"Wow I'm so glad I have your approval. Any who, Amy will be babysitting you guys!" She announces with fake enthusiasm.

"Babysitting mom? We're almost 18!" Alandra screeches.

"Mom, Amy? She hasn't  nannied us since we were 12. Doesn't she live back in Florida?"

"Oh look at the time! No more questions!" Mrs. Yang hurriedly leaves the foyer.

"Great, let's go Iris." Alex says clearly still annoyed by the debacle I just witnessed.

"No she's coming with me." Alandra protests.

"I'M the one that asked her here, she's coming with me." He retorts.

"He is the one that invited me here, Landra. I love you the most though." I smile apologetically.

"Ugh whatever!" She dramatically yells.

Alex grabs my hand and we head to his room. I struggle to maintain my breath while climbing up the million sets of stairs they have on the way there. His room is huge but also kind of empty. He has dark gray walls, a king size bed with a similar colored bed set, a really amazing gaming set up and a huge flat screen tv. He says he doesn't like decorations because of how much they move and we'll be in college next year anyway.

"I have to pee real quick, be right back." He says walking into his personal bathroom.

As he's in there I start pacing back and forth think about what Carter said and how I just left him hanging. I didn't mean to but, what does a person do with that kind of information? I have to tell someone I just have to. I jump when Alex puts his hand on my shoulder.

"Hey what's up?" He asks concerned.

"Oh nothing! I was just waiting for you to come out." I laugh nervously.

"Oh well you're usually trying to fall asleep in my bed at this point." He chuckles.

"True." I laugh.

"Well lay down, do you want some sweats or shorts?" He asks sweetly.

"Ugh, I love you. Sweats, the gray ones." I tell him.

"I love you more baby."

"You know what actually I need to go tell Alandra something real quick!" I say, needing to lift a weight off of my chest.

"Okay?" He says looking at me suspiciously.

As I walk out he grabs my wrist and pulls me towards him.

"Are you sure you're okay?" He brushes a curl out of my eye, " You've been weird since the assembly."

"I'm completely fine, just probably gonna be on my period soon." I half lie.

"Oh that's right, it is nearing the end of the month."

"Yeah it is." I laugh.

"Okay," he kisses me. "Don't be gone long, I wanna take a nap with you."

"I won't, promise." I say smiling up at him because oh how I love that boy.

I walk over to her room, anxiety coursing through my veins because I have absolutely no idea how I'm going to tell her. I need to tell someone but what if she tells Alex? I want to tell him in my own way, or maybe not at all? She glares up at me as I walk into her room.

"Oh well look who it is, the traitor." She says sarcastically.

"Hey, he asked me to come over!"

"Yeah well I asked you if you could come over today, yesterday, and you said yes." She shouts.

"Oh.. you're right, my bad." I apologize guiltily.

"Whatever, what's wrong?" She asks.

"What, why do you think somethings wrong?"

"I saw the look on your face when you first came in here, sit." She pats a corner on her bed.

Alandra and Alex are so different, her room is all baby pink. Pink pillows, pink curtains, all the way down to pink toothpaste. There are pictures of her all they way around her room, with some sprinkles of me and Alex, I think I even see a couple of Carter. Her room is also huge with her own personal bathroom and a huge and I mean huge walk in closet.

"I have to tell you something that you have to swear you won't tell anyone else." I say.

"Girl what is it?" She says getting a bit worried.

"No like you have to swear. I need to literally hear that your swear." I stress.

"I swear I won't tell anyone." She says holding her pinky out for a pinky swear.

"Like not even Alex, not even your diary." I say squeezing her pinky with mine.

"Wow, this must be huge." She says with anticipation.

"Cartertoldmehe'sinlovewithme." I say all at once.

"WHAT?" She gasps.