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Chapter 5: Stalk Here Often?

  The school day ended a few hours ago and I didn't see Alex until we got on the bus ride to go to our sector unit but I still feel uneasy from the words he had said at the end of the first block. What did he mean? Why did he tell me? Well, I guess I'm going to find out right now.

  I walk over to Alex's unit and knock on the glass door he had. I then see Alex come up to the door with a grumpy face which consisted of his face being scrunched up, and it was pretty cute, similar to a five-year-old that hadn't gotten what they wanted.

  He doesn't open the door, instead he stared at me for a few agonizingly long minutes. Then he walked away without a word. But I had a few words  for him,

  "What the tacos! Alex open the door! Just cause you're grouchy doesn't mean you have to be rude!"

  I hear muffled words coming from inside the house saying,

  "Go away, Alma!"

  "Okay then," I mumble to myself.

  "I guess I have to do this the stalker way. Hmm, if I were a stalker what would I do to get to the stalkee?" I say to myself, trying to think of a way to get to Alex.

  I end up searching the unit for any windows even though I knew there weren't any because all of the units were the same; one giant cube with two levels, linoleum floors with cream walls except the certain use of each room is different.

  So I went to the door and smashed my face against it, trying to look into his unit.

   It was plain with little to know decorations. A couch in what I suppose would be the living room was pushed against the right wall making it seem as if the room has more space than in actuality.

  Then I think I see a table and stools for I guess the kitchen. But that's all I get to see before Alex's body gets in my view. But I don't mind because I get a different view of his abs, as i notice that he is shirtless with only black sweats on which I hadn't noticed the first time I had seen him on the other side of his door. I hear him say,

  "Staring is rude, you know."

  "Yeah, I know."

  I hadn't realized I had been staring until my focus traveled up to his pecks then to his biceps which had muscle entwined around them and finally I reached his face. I get a shocked by the coloring of his eyes because I had forgotten how green his eyes were and his chiseled face perplexed me. But all he did was smirk at me.

  "Enjoying the view?"

  "Yup." I say laughing nervously.

  I ask him one more time before i decide to give up on finding out what he meant before,

  "Can you let me inside now?"

"Sure, " is all he says when the door slides open by placing his palm on the touch screen on his side of the door.

  I then remember that my face was smashed against the door but it's too late before I fall inside.

   I thought that Alex would've caught me but no, instead he side steps me and I end up falling face first into the floor.

  "Thanks for catching me, you hobo!" I yell sarcastically.

  "Anytime," is his only response.

  I wandered the unit but there wasn't much to look at. It was exactly like mine so I took a seat on a linoleum kitchen stool that looked worn out from use but yet still had black paint on the legs which looked amazing in contrast to the white tabletop. But then I heard a muffled shout from upstairs who was Alex,

  "Let me just put on a shirt so I don't distract you, okay! And by the way, do you stalk here often or is it just me?"

  "Ha ha, you are so hilarious, aren't you!" I yell back.

  I laugh anyways because he's just so dorky through his little bad boy charade and I also imagined the smirk he most likely wore.

   By the time he comes back, I'm starving  and he notices this when my stomach decides to growl loudly. Before I can get up and leave to feed myself, he agrees to feed me because I, of course, am his beloved annoying buddy, according to him.

  "Thanks for the food!" I say.

  "No problem," he replies, a small smile on his face.

  This is when I decide that I, Alma Ruiz, have some sort of attraction towards Alex Rodriguez. But I knew that I had better things to do other than chase some boy that I just met and would probably get over in about a few weeks.

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   Alex surprises me even more when he pulls an old fashioned radio similar to mine and starts playing some music. I ask him,

  "You into this kind of music too?"

  "D'you mean oldies?"

  I nod.

  "Yea, I like the sense of the past leading our future on."

  "Wow, Alex, you just keep getting better and better, don't you?"

  "Only for you Captain Clumsy," he makes fun, a smirk on his face while throwing a wink at me.

  I take to offense and wondered if he saw me in the morning, falling into the sinkhole. But I decide to forget about for now and crossed my fingers that he hadn't seen me.

  I pondered to myself in my daydreaming daze that I'd never thought that one day I'd get to see this side of Alex. Nor did I think that it would take a day to see some parts of him that he doesn't show throughout the school day. Maybe he isn't such a tough bad boy like I thought with his leather jackets and mean demeanor.

  I was actually glad that I had the pleasure to meet someone like Alex. He's such a good friend even though we've just met and we can't be counted as friends just yet but I didn't know.

  Maybe one day, I'll see the bad side of Alex Rodriguez but from the looks of it, I wasn't going to see it anytime soon.

A/N

QOTC (Questions Of The Chapter):

Alex actually let Alma in his unit, what are your thoughts on it? Is Alex getting soft or is this a one-time thing?

I hope you enjoyed this longer chapter☺.

Besos, Cass