Meant To Be

Chapter 8

{CARRIE}

Oh god, this cannot be happening, I thought to myself, how is this even happening. I feel a hand wrap itself around my waist and know Alex is here. "Lexi?" Alex says slowly, I can literally feel the awkward in the air, "Alex," she replied looking him up and down. Dan just looked extremely confused and wouldn't stop looking at Lexi, then at me, then dropping his eyes down to Alex's arm around me and back to Lexi. "Let me explain," Lexi and I said at the same time, I roll my eyes, waiting, "oh no, please go ahead," Lexi said to me, "we all know you're the perfect one," sarcasm filling her voice. That's it, I can't deal with this right now, "at least I didn't run away from home to roam the english country being homeless and owning nothing but a fucking guitar!" I explode, so many unresolved fights and feelings for Lexi, who unfortunately is blood related to me. "Excuse me but I am not homeless you bitch, I'll have you know that I have a manager too," Lexi spat. I scoffed, "doesn't seem like much of a career," I waved my arms pointing out the park. All of a sudden my face jerks to the side and the sting left from the slap hurts more than anything, I reach out to hit her, slap her, punch her but I'm held back by someone, "YOU'RE NOT GOING TO LET ME HIT THE BITCH?" I yell to Alex, I try and wriggle out of his grasp but fail. Alex spins me so that I'm facing him, he holds me with one arm and is touching my cheek with the other, "Calm down, baby breathe." Alex kisses my cheek softly and keeps whispering to me till I am no longer thinking of Lexi but of how much I want to kiss Alex, is Dan watching? I let myself think, I shake my head, why do I care? Curiosity takes over and I turn slightly to look for Dan but I see him already walking away, his arm swung over Lexi's shoulders. I don't care I repeat to myself, I don't care. "You ok?" Alex is back to being my view, he pulls me close, "yes," I whisper suddenly pushing the thoughts of Dan away and grateful to have someone as amazing as Alex there for me, I lean up and kiss him deeply and sigh, "you're wonderful," I whisper to Alex looking up into his eyes, he winks and starts leading me back towards our apartment.

{DAN}

It's 2 in the morning and Lexi and I were back at my flat, in my room Lexi has finally stopped crying and hiccuping. I haven't said anything or moved in a couple hours my arms still around the shaking Lexi trying to understand as she explained her history through sobs. "You alright?" I finally ask, she exhales and starts, "Carrie was always the one who was perfect in the family, where any career Carrie wanted my parents supported it, it was the complete opposite for me. I've wanted to preform since I figured out how to play the guitar and sing simultaneously, but my parents thought it was stupid, they never paid for lessons or new guitars I never felt more alone in an environment where you should be most accepted. During my teenage years I grew rebellious hanging out with the "wrong crowd" getting involved in bands that played for dangerous people it was a downward spiral.

When I was 16, junior year I got fed up of everyone comparing me to my sister and my family treating me as if I had no possible future. I knew I needed a fresh start but I could never do that whilst staying with my family in Singapore. So I collected all the money earned from gigs or jobs I never kept and toke a plane to England, and yes I have been leading a homeless life." She smiled sadly and I honestly was out of words, I had so many questions but couldn't ask one, I just stared at her.

We both jump as we hear a massive crash, I run for the lounge to see what's happening and groan as I see Phil laying on the floor our complete DVD collection plus shelf on top of him, clearly making no effort to move. I move towards him and lift he shelf from on top of him and he starts laughing, "Dan," Phil says, "Dan, Dan," he pauses, "Daaaannnn." Then Phil goes back to laughing, great, I thought, Phil went out and got wasted. Lexi came out to see what was happening, she stands in the doorway, points at the laughing Phil surrounded by DVD's and raises her eyebrows at me. "Not a retarded thief, just a wasted Phil," I explain, she nods and walks to the kitchen pulls out ice cold water pours it into a mug, squeezes a lemon into it and and spoonful of salt. Lexi walks back with the mug in her hands, sets it down on the coffee table and tries to pull Phil up into sitting position, "help me," she groans. After successfully getting Phil to sit and to stay seated Lexi hands him the mug, "drink," she says firmly, "YES M'AM," he says like a child, salutes and laughs again. Lexi tips the mug into Phil's mouth where he chocks and coughs for a bit but ends up chugging the entire thing, Phil immediately seems to calm down and he's quickly asleep on the couch. I stared at Lexi again amazed, "where did you learn that?" She looks up with a blank expression, "Carrie used to make me drink these when I came home extremely drunk, even if she was annoyingly perfect she was also the most caring and loving person."

A/N: HI oh gosh please please don't get mad .. i'm finally updating hah thankyouu so much for almost 400 reads and 50 votes this is cray! So you learn a but more on Lexi's character and a love triangle or square is foreshadowed ~ sorry for not updating sooner but i'm planning another update by sunday. please comment thoughts about this chapter and if i should write in more point of views .. thanks for reading xxo