Finally 18 (girlxgirl)

Chapter 18

"Heyy, welcome to- ohh, Cooper!" Alexis smiles, tucking her bang behind her hair.

"Hi," I smile back, walking up to the counter.

"You came back for me," she says, leaning on her hand.

"I wanted to see if you wanted to hang out," I say.

"Hang out with..with you?" she swallows.

I nod. "Yeah. You don't have to..I just..I have a lot on my mind..and I need to get my mind off of it. I figured an almost stranger would be the perfect company."

"I would love to be that almost stranger," she says, raising her hand.

"And I would love for you to be that almost stranger," I say, fixing the slouchy bun in my half up, half down look.

"Thenn..it's a date..?" she asks, glancing at me and then at the counter, nervous.

"..yes."

"Amazing. My shift's over in fifteen minutes, mind waiting?"

"Not at all, I'm gonna go look around," I say.

"Alright," she smiles as I do the same, walking to the front of the store. Of course, me being a girl, I stop by the mirror. I have on tight, extremely holey, faded high-waisted mom jeans, a black long sleeve crop top, and all white Vans.

"..and she kept yelling at me. I cannot stand it when she yells at me."

I turn to the sound of voices, only to see Alex, Courtney, and a girl with red hair walk by.

Alex locks eyes with me as she passes the huge double doors of H&M, only to quickly look away and keep walking, lacing her arm around the red head's waist.

I think I can literally feel my heart break.

She isn't worth it.

I know. But that doesn't make me stop loving her.

I slowly walk outta the double doors and look around to see where they went. Just then, I see Alex leaning against the wall outside of Forever 21, which is just like two doors down.

She looks perfect. Her hair is down, straight, framing her face perfectly. She stands in a red t-shirt, black joggers that hang off her waist perfectly, and black Vans.

She's such a bitchy, selfish, stubborn idiot. But, I cannot seem to shake her.

YOU ARE NOT LETTING HER OFF THIS EASY AGAIN.

You're right. I know that for a fact. I need to stop.

She glances up as four really pretty girls, and even two cute boys walk by. They all look her up and down, obviously showing on their faces that they think she's attractive. She smirks and glances down towards H&M, AKA, towards me.

SHIT.

I quickly run back into the store and hide behind a clothes rack.

Please don't find me..please don't find me..pleeeassss-

"Get up."

Of course she found me. I turn to Alex, holding her hand out to me. I roll my eyes and stand up on my own, walking away.

"You're not seriously still mad, are you?"

"No," I lie, looking through clothes.

"Yeah, you are."

"No, I'm not. I'm just tired of trying."

"I don't care how tired you are, that doesn't mean you get to give up on us."