Lingerie • jariana

T w e n t y - F o u r

Ariana ;

I notice Alexa sitting by herself at lunch, so I make the bold movement, to sit with her.

"Hey," I say.

She looks up at me, picking at her salad with her plastic fork.

"Hey," she mumbles.

I sigh, and pull out my kelp, I take out my fork as well, and my Evian water.

I open the container, and watch the steam come up. I just heated it in the teachers lounge. Well I didn't, I got Ms. Reynolds too.

"Lexi.. I miss you," I admit.

She looks at me, and gives me a small smile. "I miss you too," she says.

A smile creeps onto my lips. "For real?," I ask.

She nods.

"Yeah, really."

"I'm sorry," I say.

"Me too, I overreacted, and was stupid," she said.

"Me too," I admit.

She reaches over, and so do I, as we wrap up in a tight hug. "I missed you," we both say simultaneously.

"So why were you being so sneaky every morning anyways?," I asked, as we pulled away.

She bit her bottom lip, turning her face towards the floor. "Lexi... it's okay, you can tell me," I say.

She looks up.

"I have to help in the kitchen in the mornings, to help pay for my scholarship here," she said.

My eyes widened.

"What? I thought your mom was paying for it?," I ask.

"She was.. she was, but my grades started slipping, I got too careless, she got angry, said if I wasn't gonna take it seriously, neither was she, so for the last month, I've been working in the kitchen, to keep myself here," she admits.

Wow..

"Lexi, I'm so sorry," I say.

"Don't be, it's not your fault," she shakes her head.

"I was such a bitch to you," I said.

"No, I was the bitch,"

"I'm just glad we're friends again," I smile.

She nods, and smiles back.

"Me too, I really missed you," she said.

The bell rang and we both groaned.

"I'll tex you after school?," she said.

"Yeah! But Justin and I gotta finish our project first!," I tell her.

She nods.

I walk into Music class, and see Justin. But he didn't seem happy. He seemed tense.

"Hey," I say beside him.

He pulled me into his lap, where I was straddling him. "Justin," my cheeks heat, as I pull away.

He shakes his head, and I look down, seeing tears in his eyes. What the fuck is wrong???

"Baby.. what's the matter?," I cup his face in my hands.

Kids start to look over at us.

I turn and narrow my eyes. "Mind your own fucking business for fuck's sake!," I snap angrily.

They all turn away, going back to their own conversation. I turn back to face a sad Justin.

"Baby, what's wrong?," I ask him again.

He pulls me close, and kisses my forehead. "My brother.. he's hurt, he's in the hospital," he said, tears streaming down his cheeks.

"Hurt? Hurt how?,"

"He gets bullied, and they really hurt him when he got to school today, the doctors said he can't take much more, he rubs are bruised, he has marks and bruises all over him," he tells me.

"Oh baby boy," I pull his head against my chest, as I run my fingers through his hair, massaging it.

He buries his face into my chest, wet tears moisten my shirt. I hear his sniffles the whole class.

My poor baby.

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Another chapter just cuz I felt like it, more tomorrow!! Hope you liked it!! I'll talk more about Jaxon soon!! Alexa's secret came out!

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