The Tables Have Turned

CHAPTER FOUR

Alex's POV.

Everyone went to go get Starbucks. I stayed back because I know that I will have to sit next to her. I'll torture myself, sitting next to her knowing I can't hold her hand or kiss her perfect lips. I sat here in all my regrets, in all my mistakes, the mistakes that will forever haunt me, unless she believes me. I got a text from Blake I assumed.

As I put on my phone my torture began. My lock screen. A picture of us at the beach. I ignored the text from Blake and went through my camera roll, all the pictures of us. As I went through each one, my mind flooded with the sweet memories. Like the one I used as my lock screen. That day we were at the beach and I buried her in the sand and sculpted a mermaid tail. She looked so beautiful, but together we looked perfect...What felt like a thousand pictures later I stumbled upon the one that ruined my life. After that, the one of when we first met. I remembered that day like it was yesterday...

~back in elementary school~

I was always quiet and kept to myself most of the time. I always felt like no one wanted me around. I sat by myself drawing and colouring, my mom always said I was quite good. While the others played, I was there all alone.

"Hey. Need a friend?" she said. I may only be nine but I think there was something about her long, curly, brown hair and hazel coloured eyes that had me hooked. She came up to ME, the awkward boy who sat alone everyday.

"Hellllooooo."

"Sorry. My name is Alex." I said and offered my hand for her to shake it. She laughed and hugged me instead.

"I'm Nicolette, but you could call me Nikki. Want to come play with me and my friends?"she said sweetly. I smiled and nodded.

We walked over to a table, where sat a boy with brown curly hair, much like Nikki's own, he had green eyes and was smiling at Nikki as we came over, I think his name is Harry. I also met Jacob and Blake. Jacob had brown straight hair and so did Blake. Jacob had bright blue eyes and Blake had grey eyes. Then there was Natalie, Nikki sat next to her and I sat in between Jacob and Harry. Natalie had brown curly hair, but not nearly as curly as Nikki's own. She had bright blue eyes just like Jacob's. As usual I was the weird kid who didn't fit in. I had blonde straight hair and brown eyes and wasn't nearly as social as this group was. I didn't exactly fit in with them but they still made me feel like I did.

"Guys this is Alex." Nikki introduced me. "He was sitting alone"

"Hi." I said shyly.

"He's so,weird." Harry said and everyone started laughing at me. Everyone except Nikki.

"He should go back to sit alone." Blake said and they continued to laugh. I wanted to cry, maybe I'll never have friends. I got up and began to walk back to my previous table.

"You guys should be nicer to him." I faintly heard Nikki.

"You go play with him then, we don't want to." Blake said

"I will. I don't want to play with you guys anymore." she walked up to me and said "Hey you need a friend? and just me this time" I smiled at her and she hugged me. Then flashes went off. My mom came...

"ALEXXXXX!!!!"

"WHAT BLAKE!?!"

"What's up with you?"

"Blake just leave me alone. You didn't want to hang with me. Remember?"

"What are you talking about Alex?"

"Nevermind." I needed to be alone. I left and went to the only place I could think. The only place I could remember my best friend.

Nikki's POV

"Wait so tell me again what happened?" I asked Blake. With the way Alex has been acting I thought Alex would be ecstatic to know I wanted to talk to him.

"He was spaced out when I walked in so I kept calling his name. When he finally came back to reality he told me that I didn't want to hang with him, if I remembered. I didn't say that. Anyway, then he left."

I instantly knew what Alex meant about Blake not wanting to hang with him. When we first met our group of friends didn't like Alex but I did. Eventually I got the group to accept him. He left? I know where he is.

Alex's POV

I'm alone. I hear knocking at the door. No one knows about this place except Nikki and I. Could it really be her?

"Alex?" I heard her sweet voice calling my name, confirming my thoughts. I opened the door to reveal her beautiful face. If only I could tell her, but she will never forgive me. She'll never know the feelings I have for her

"I remember we always came here together." She said breaking me from my thoughts. When did she come inside?

"Blake told me what happened." She said

"I remembered when we first became friends and you were the only one in our group who wanted to hang with me. Why?" I said

"I used to be the one to sit alone. I just liked to get lost in my own thoughts, but then I met Natalie and she introduced me to the guys. They didn't like me at first either."

'I know. Especially him.' I thought.

"So I knew how you felt when they said those things." She finished and I saw tears creeping it's way down her cheek. I walked towards her to wipe it away and hug her.

"I wanted to talk to you earlier. I sent Blake to get you, but you left."

"I just needed to be alone for a while, that's why I came here no one but you would have found me." I explained.

"Well, can we be alone... together?" She asked.

I got blankets and her favourite movie. Titanic. She settled down on the couch and set up the movie, while I made the popcorn. I sat next to her making sure to keep a safe distance between us. I don't want her to leave now. I was able to calm down when she showed up, after reading that text from him, I wanted to break everything, it was getting hard to consume my anger. She saved me, again...
It came to the end of the movie and I found tears running down my cheeks. A light laughter was heard next to me.

"What are you laughing at?" I asked.

"Usually I'm the one crying." She started to laugh harder and I tackled her, tickling her senselessly. Her amazing laughter filled the room as I continued my assault on her stomach.

"S-s-stop...p-please." She said in between laughes. I continued for a few more moments before I stopped. When I thought everything was going well, she spoke.

"That was fun." She said, still catching her breath.

"Yeah it was."

So good so far.

"Alex I have something I need to tell you."

Here it comes. I knew it was too good to be true.

"Alex I don't think I could ever forgive you for what you did...but that doesn't mean I can't try."

I raised my head and looked her in her eyes. I knew hope was clear in mine, I knew she saw it.

"Wait. So what are you saying?" I said

"I'm saying it's been torture for me after you just left the other night, I'm saying I want to be best friends again, I'm saying..."

"Nikki...ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!"

"Yeah I am"

I hugged her so tight, I could feel all the air being knocked out of her. This is the best day of my life. I finally got my best friend back, now if only I...I got another text from him...Great!!!.