Fire With Fire

Chapter Three

Chapter Three

Lexie's P.O.V.

A month had come and gone, I felt my life was going no where fast. I had graduated and was pounding the asphalt to get a job. Everywhere I applied there was either no response or I wasn't qualified for it. I was getting really discouraged, college was sort of out of the equation since there wasn't enough money for me to go.

I knew what career I was after and being in the medical field cost more because of the training. I couldn't even drive yet since there was no money so it was tough trying to find a job. I needed a job to buy a car but needed a car to get a job. I really hated the position I was in right now.

If it wasn't for Kara and Garrett I would probably never get out the house. Garrett had been taking me to church with him every weekend, it was a nice distraction from the routine. Apparently he was pretty popular there, it wasn't hard for him to make friends. He was really outgoing and sweet.

Most of the time we were there and he grabbed my arm all the girls would glare at me. It was no different from the outside world. They all wanted to get their hands on him, I have to admit Garrett was attractive but it would just be weird for us to end up together.

I climbed out of Garrett's truck after he dropped me off from church. No one noticed me walk in so I quickly went up to my room changing into more comfortable clothes as I powered my laptop on.

Justin had been messaging me everyday. I don't really know how but we never ran out of things to talk about. He was really sweet and always made a point to show interest in me. I had a suspicion where his intentions were but I wasn't about to question them.

Sure enough as I logged on to my Facebook account there was a message from him. I smiled browsing through all of our messages, there had to be over a thousand in there. "Hey :)" he typed the way he always did.

"Hey!" I replied back. I really should just give him my number it would be way easier to text. My parents would kill me though. Dad wasn't too happy about how often Justin and I talked. I didn't get what the big deal was but dad wasn't one to mess with.

"Hi Lexie! How was your day?"

"Not too bad, how about yourself?"

"Well it's way better now ;)"

"Haha what do you mean?"

"I'm talking to my favorite person ;)"

I laughed, he loved using those wink faces. "Aw, I'm your favorite person? That's so sweet <3"

"Oh so I've upgraded to hearts now? I must be improving haha. I really wish we could actually talk, I want to hear your voice again"

"Lol you are something else but I know, I want to talk to you too"

"Wait, I have an idea! You have an iPhone right?"

"Yeah I do but my parents would kill me in my sleep if I gave my number out, sry :("

"No, no. FaceTime, it only uses your email"

"You want to FaceTime?"

"Yeah! that's way better than actually talking, I'd get to see you"

"Um ok! I'll hook us up on my iPad"

I turned on the iPad waiting for it to load. The only reason I got it was because of Kara's parents, they spoiled me like crazy. Her family really treated me like one of their own, I was truly grateful for them.

The iPad was up and ready to go so I punched in Justin's email. I was extremely nervous for us to be face to face again. We hadn't seen each other in over ten years. I quickly checked in the mirror to see if I looked presentable and hit the little icon.

I waited and waited until it finally connected. Taking a deep breath I tried composing myself before he popped up on the screen. Holy, he was handsome! I smiled watching him adjust the device he was using. He beamed at me with his perfect white smile taking in all the features of my face. "Hi" he casually laughed.

"Hi" I said softly brushing my hair behind my ear. He still had that accent from all those years ago. I laughed hoping I could understand everything he was saying. "You still have that accent"

He slowly threw his head back laughing, "Of course I do"

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Justin's P.O.V.

I just stared at Lexie on the screen. I'm pretty sure she didn't realize how beautiful she really was. The way she kept brushing her hair behind her ear and nervously biting her lip was driving me crazy! She obviously could not tell what she was doing to me.

From what I remember she said she only had two boyfriends, which next to my record wasn't very many. At times I felt guilty for just playing with their hearts but I knew who was right and she was taking in every part of my face.

I really wanted to know what was going through her head right now. She was absolutely perfect, I couldn't recall anytime I thought that about anyone. "What are you looking at?" I softly asked breaking the small amount of silence between us.

Her cheeks quickly blushed a light shade of pink as she nervously smiled, "Nothing" she had such a beautiful voice, I could never get tired of listening to her.

"Has anyone told you your voice sounds like an angel?" I winked causing her cheeks to redden. I'm assuming she wasn't used to compliments.

She chuckled shaking her head. "Uh no, not until today that is but um thanks"

"Hey hun I've got to go, I will talk to you soon yeah?" I smiled seeing her eyes widen, did I say something wrong? "What?" I chuckled watching her beautiful face stare back at me.

"You-you could me hun" she whispered biting her lip again. That must be a very bad habit of hers.

"Yes I did, does it bother you?"

"No, I actually like it" her smile lit up the entire screen causing me to smile.

"Well good. Goodnight hun" I winked seeing her cheeks blush up again, this was way too easy.

She shook her head laughing, "Goodnight Justin"

I watched as she clicked off the screen leaving it blank. Talking to her always left me in a great mood and now actually hearing her voice made things seem even better. I was still keeping a secret from her, which I hated doing.

She was so open with me, at least I thought so. She trusted me with her thoughts and secrets but I was keeping a very important one from her. My biggest fear was losing her over this. Lexie seemed way too innocent to be dragged into this.

What if she hated this idea? What if she was scared of seeing me like this? What if I told her and she never spoke to me again? What would she do when I told her I was a professional fighter?