Love Behind the Lies

~(Alexis)~

Alexis (P.O.V)

I watched as Alex shrugged his blazer off the minute we were in our seats and I let out a small chuckle. I don't know why he hates it so much it's not that bad, it's comfy and it keeps you warm plus the pockets are great, I guess the colour isn't the best but hey everyone's wearing the same ugly thing right. My thoughts were interrupted by one of the girls who usually sits up the back of the class.

"Hey.. ehm .. could.. ehm would you guys mind if sat here today Reece is off and so are the girls at my table." Her cheeks took on a pink tinge. Aww god bless she was shy. It's so tough to ask people you don't know to work with them. I think I recognised her though she was new-ish, she joined at the beginning of term which was only a few weeks ago so she's still a newbie.

"Yea course you can hun, take a seat, its Danielle right?"

"Wow close, its Daniella". Damn I hate getting people's names wrong, I must look really stupid or mean, she was only introduced a few weeks ago. She probably thinks I got her name wrong on purpose, great. Daniella sat down in the seat next to Alex, who was suddenly extremely interested in his essay notes. He's always shy around girls, I don't understand it. I mean he's handsome so he shouldn't be but he is.

I leaned over him slightly "Oh sorry I got your name wrong, it's really pretty though, I'm Alexis most people call me Lex though, you can choose which ever I don't mind, and this is my eh .. brother, Alexander." I explained trying to excuse my earlier blip, while trying to familiarise myself with the new weird change in relationship status.

Alex chuckled at my hesitation on saying brother before he finally looked up and smiled hesitantly "Hey nice to meet you" his voice was so quiet and unsure, aww he can be so adorable.

Mr Young walked in the room, one of my favourite teachers he's only in his mid-thirties but he's really smart and caring, his lessons always match exactly what the class needs it's amazing. He pulled the class to attention and then set the group tasks telling us which type of essays we were to focus on for the rest of the week, it's discursive. Oh great, not really, that's my strong suit and Alex's weakness so he'll hate that. The hour passed quickly, Daniella came out of her shell a little and was great to work with, she's really sweet and discursive isn't her strong suit either so I ended up mostly helping both of them throughout the lesson, not that I minded Alex totally saved my toosh with narrative week last month. Alex was quieter than usual since batboy Reece wasn't in but he still talked a little. Reece is usually the third member of our little English group, he's obsessed with batman so I've called him batboy since we started working together, he loves the nickname it's really sweet.

As the class came to a close and we were packing up and talking about our next classes it turned out Daniella's next class was right next to Alex's. I turned as she rested her hand on his arm and rubbed gently. Something in the pit of my stomach tightened, that's not right she shouldn't be touching him like that, should she?

"So ehm what do you think, wanna walk with me?" she had a slight lilt to her voice like she was nervous. My heart was pounding waiting to hear his answer.

"Ehm yea sure why not" he answered easily