Forever And Always (Part Two)

Fifteen

Alexa's POV

I opened the door with my key and entered my house. I threw my bag on the couch.

"Jackson is alive." Penelope said.

"W-what?"

"Yes. He's alive." She nodded.

"B-but, officer Harrison said that he got in an accident and...died."

"Harrison is not a cop. He is one of the members from my dad's gang. Whereas Jackson, he did get into an accident but he went in coma. He just woke up two months ago." She tells me.

"Ugh! What's gonna happen now?" I asked her.

"I don't know but I'll let you know as soon as I get something. Jess has saved her phone number in your phone, you can call her anytime." She tells me.

"Why are you...helping me?" I asked. She sighed.

"I'm just proving that I'm not what my father is. I'm different from them. And yeah, I also want you to forgive me, so...that's it."

"I'm..I'm going home." I stuttered out, already feeling unsafe and walked away.

"Be safe." I heard her say.

"Alexa!" Felix yelled, making me rush to the room.

"What happened?" I asked him, checking for injuries, wondering if something had happened to him.

"I was calling you since last ten minutes." He deadpanned.

"I'm sorry, I was...just thinking. Did something happen to you?" I asked. He shook his head and caught my hand.

"Lay here with me." He tugged on it. I smiled and nodded.

"Okay. I'll just change and come." I tell him. "By the way, did you take your meds?" He showed me the packet and nodded.

I changed into a loose shirt and tied my hair up before crawling onto the bed beside him. I carefully placed my hand on his chest before looking up at him.

"Am I hurting you?" I asked. He shook his head and smiled.

"Of course not, baby. My ribs are better than before now and you can never hurt me." He kissed my head.

"I'm glad that you're healing." I said and he hummed, closing his eyes.

"Let's sleep now and have a movie night, yeah?" He muttered, sleepily.

"But you need to rest."

"That's what I'm doing right now. Sleep." He pecked my forehead. But then he frowned and opened his eyes. "Did something happen, muffin? Did someone say something to you?" He asked, softly.

"Something did happen, but I'll tell you when you're all okay, okay?" He nodded and smiled. "I love you." I carefully leaned over and pecked his lips.

"Love you too, baby." He kissed my head.

"Felix..." I said in a quiet tone. He hummed in response. "I...I just wanna go back to our town once you're all better. I want to get my mind off things." I mumbled into his chest. He rubbed my back with his hand and nodded.

"We will, muffin. Sleep now."

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"Have a good vacation. Bye." Mr Gilbert smiled and let all of us leave. Mia and I left together and talked about things.

"Do you think you'll be missing college?" I asked her, just to cover up the silence.

"I will, except the canteen food. You know, I used to think that when I grow up and get into a college, life will be perfect. Everything including the food will be perfect but look at the food we get here. Somedays its salty and somedays its really oily and somedays its just...ew." She said, scrunching her nose up. I chuckled and shook my head.

"Well, not everytime it's the way it seems." I heard a familiar voice say. It was none other than Jessica. She wore her usual deadpanned look.

Mia quickly ran away, seeing her.

"Where are you going for vacation?" Jessica asked.

"Back home. Why do you ask?"

"Good. Just don't tell anyone else about it. Jackson might stalk you or put spies on you to get your info." She said. "And before you assume that I'm doing this to help you and I'm not as bad as I look, let me clear this to you. I'm just helping you because my girlfriend wants to help you. Seeing her sad, makes me sad. So don't misunderstand, it's just for my profit either way."

"Your girlfriend?" I asked, furrowing my eyebrows in confusion.

"Penelope." She stated. I frowned even deeper.

"Then why were you flirting with Felix on the first day?" I asked. She smirked.

"Is that what his name is? Well, I just found him hot and handsome but then, he rejected me and that actually hurt my ego, you know." She narrowed her eyes, probably thinking of that moment. "Anyways, it was before Penn. And listen, you're lucky to have that guy. I mean, loyalty is something you don't see often."

"Okay..." I said, dragging 'O'

"Bye." She said and walked away.

Weirdo.

"I heard that. Get lost before I come and shove some sense in that thick skull of yours." She called out. I quickly ran off.

While walking home, I got a call from Felix.

"Hey babes." He chirped. I smiled.

"Hey yourself. What are you doing?" I asked.

"Preparing your surprise. Where are you?"

"Five minutes away from you. Wait, you are what? You should be on bedrest Felix." I said, angrily.

"Sure, muffin. Come quick." And he hangs up.

I groaned as I quickened my steps and walked home.

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Before I could open the door, the door opened and Felix was standing there with a bright grin on his face. I frowned.

"Why are you here? Go and sleep on the bed." I scolded him. He chuckled and pulled me in, closing the door behind me.

"Look, Lexi." He said, gesturing towards him. "I'm all better now. My eye is healed, my ankle is healed and I can walk around without any pain. I'm back to your handsome boyfriend like before without an bruised eye. I seriously looked like shit."

"You look awesome all the time. Don't say that." I tell him, caressing his cheek. He smiled.

"That's my thing to say to you when you're wondering if you're getting fat." He said with a chuckle.

"Hmm. What about your ribs?"

"To be honest, they are still a little sore but nothing more than that. I'm fine. You need to stop being the overprotective girlfriend." He said, making me glare at him. "Come on now." He pulled me towards him.

"No. Go to bed and lay down." I tell him, sternly. He sighed.

"Let's make a deal."

"What deal?" I frowned.

"If I listen to you now, you'll do as I say tonight. Deal?" I think for a while.

"Deal." We shook our hands, formally before he started to tickle me. I burst out in laughter and couldn't control myself. "S-stop!" I said between laughs.

He stopped and as soon as he picked me up and I wrapped my arms around his waist, he winced.

"Fuck! I forgot about my ribs." He hissed. I chuckled and walked him to bed.

And I forgot about the world around us...