The Misadventures Of Lexi

Lexi, The Worrisome Warrior

I could feel my face and ears getting hot. My blood pressure seemed to have sky-rocketed as I quite dumbly stared at the screen in front of me. There, on the screen, in italics, stood the word 'finis', taunting me. My body had stiffened and I couldn't tear my gaze away from the computer screen.

I felt a squeeze on my shoulder, but nothing could stop the tears that threatened to spill.

"I'm really sorry, Pumpkin. I really am." Gone was the 6,000 words lengthy document, gone was the result of sleepless nights and gone was the essay that I had to submit tomorrow morning. All went down the drain by just one stupid click of the mouse by my even stupider boyfriend. And the award of being the stupidest person must definitely be given to me, for I hadn't even backed up the documents.

"No, no no. This can't be possible. Blake, where did you hide the file? Dammit! Don't fool me this time." I couldn't believe this, it almost felt like an out-of-the-body experiences. I desperately tried to scroll the screen but except for the word 'finis' mocking at me, the screen was a beautiful scene of white.

"I'm not lying Lexi, I accidentally did delete the essay. I don't know how did that happen, but it just... happened." He sighed. "Are you mad at me?"

That just ticked me off. With a sharp turn of my computer chair, I pulled Blake down by his collar until his face was inches away from mine, my eyes boring into his wide ones. "Of course not Blake. Stuff like this keeps happening, right? This time it just happened to be with the one essay that I actually was proud of. No big-shot, nah. Nothing to worry about. Helps my case that I have to submit this tomorrow morning."

This just made his eyes grow wider and press his lips tighter. I continued, anger waving off of me in layers. I shook my head as if disagreeing with something I just heard,"It was all my fault anyways. I should've backed up the data before I left to get a glass of water." I felt him relax a bit which got me smirking more. "Unfortunately, I had forgotten that my boyfriend is an irresponsible klutz."

On any usual occasion I would never ever call the love of my life a klutz nor an irresponsible person. He was far from being any of that. But this wasn't any usual occasion either. I wouldn't have even yanked him around with a grip on his collar so tight it was almost as if I was going to tear his shirt up.

Mmmm, maybe I should rip it up. The shirt had no work while being on him, I'd rather have it off of him. Yeah, that sounds better. And with all the assignments to submit and his upcoming track events I haven't had my time with-

"Uhh, Pumpkin?" By now his hands were over mine trying to pry them off from his shirt. That kind of broke my chain of thoughts... Rather inappropriate ones for the moment.

I stood up from my chair and pushed him away with all my force. Seeing as he was shocked by my sudden movement, I actually was able to push him away. Or else in other situations it would get really hard to push this jerk away.

"Arghh! Blake! I hate you." I groaned.

"Wha-"

"How do you do that? I mean, I should be mad at you, yelling at you but all I can think of is that!" I pointed an accusing finger at his chest, even narrowing my gaze to emphasis my point.

What I hadn't expected was for him to laugh at this, maybe I should have. So what if I still have that obsession of mine? I was proud of it and am pretty sure that it wouldn't be going anywhere soon. Heck, sometimes I would still stare at him and try hard not to squeal in contentment that this piece of meat and bones is all mine. Yes, I do have issues, I accepted that a long time ago.

"Really Lexi?" He said between his laugh,"Is that what's always on your mind? My chest and abdomen?" He wriggled his eyebrows and gave me a smirk. "Someone's got a dirty mind, eh?"

No matter how mad I was at him I couldn't help the small smile that crept onto my face. And I blamed Blake for this, the smile as well as the dirty thoughts. But the smile was short-lived before a sense of desperation and frustration along with a bucket full of worry struck me and I was back to square one.

I sat myself on the edge of the bed, head in my hands and fingers through my hair, simply wondering what should I do next. I could sense Blake still hovering near me.

"What am I going to do now?" I was pretty sure that I wouldn't get an extension. And a bad grade wasn't exactly what I had in mind to impress Dad with when I went back home.

I looked up at Blake, hoping he'd have a solution but instead saw his frown. The anger I felt had subsided and was replaced by worry. What was he thinking of? Before I could ask him anything, he left the room, leaving me in a further mess of worries. I wanted to follow him and ask him what was wrong but with all that recently happened I felt too tired.

I shut my eyes close and plopped back into the bed, my feet dangled from the edge and I tried to recollect as many points from the now-dead essay of mine that I could. I'd probably have to re-type the entire document for silly me hadn't even jotted down the key points anywhere. There goes my plans of having a peaceful night.

"Lexi?" I turned my head in response and cracked an eye open to face him. "Here." He thrust a glass of water in my hand and helped me sit up. I sullenly watched as he sat beside me. By the way I was grieving and sulking it must have appeared as if it was third grade all over again. Little Lexi would've been similarly moody if she got a corner-restraining order.

"I was thinking how about we go for a ride in the Ghini and then come back and do your essay? I'll help you with it." The mention of the white beauty got me sitting straight and paying full-attention to Blake and resulted in another round of laughter at my cost. At the moment I had forgotten about my previous worries and Little Lexi was running around throwing confetti and celebrating her freedom from the corner. I gulped the water down and vigorously shook my head in agreement. Had I been a bit more violent with the head shaking it would've definitely fallen off my neck.

"Come on, get ready Pumpkin. I'll be waiting downstairs for you. You can dri-" Even before he could complete his sentence I let a squeal of excitement and threw myself onto him, causing for us to fall off the bed. I captured his lips in for a quick kiss and pushed myself off of him before he could react. I moved to the other end of the room where my dressing table and mirror were placed, might as well just comb my hair. I wasn't going to change my clothes.

We made eye-contact through the mirror and he crossed his arms behind his head, smirking wide at me. Uh-oh, something's not right here.

And then the Devil uttered,"So, Pooky, you still want to lick my chest?"

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Hey guys, so there's it, my entry for the contest by DarknessAndLight. What do you think? Please comment and let me know? I know that my way of writing was gaaaaalaxies away from what Kay writes so you can skip that point :P And while at it, take a look at the pic on the side? It reminded me a lot of Blake and Lexi.

Also, two points to be mentioned :

(a) I actually wished to depict Blake and Lexi's first fight. Because no matter how perfect a couple is, without those small tiffs and ifs' can't stay a couple. And if you disagree with that you better own a chameleon than have a partner, buddy. Court adjourned.

(b) Can we all take a moment to acknowledge how awesome DarknessAndLight is? Right from the way she writes every chapter to the hilarious author notes, from the accurate French to the believable characters, from all angles she is a source of true inspiration and adoration. I've noticed how she personally thanks every follower of hers and replies to every message posted on her wall. It really makes us feel special when you do that, Kay :)

That's all guys. Hope you have a great day ahead.