Teen Love, Best Friends, and Jealous Boyfriends

Teen Love, Best Friends, and Jealous Boyfriends -6-

When i woke up, I sat up and looked around. Why am i sitting on Shay's couch? I thought. I looked over at the futon and it was opened to a bed with Lexie and Shay sleeping in it. I found my phone and looked at the time. It was already 2 pm. I got up to use the bathroom. While I was washing my hands I looked in the mirror. "God, i'm a mess," I said to myself. I took a hair tie off of my wrist and quickly put my hair back. When I went back out, the TV was on and Shay was sitting on the couch. Lexie was still asleep on the futon. Normally, I would have woken her up because it was so late in the day already, but I think both Shay and I knew that she needed to sleep as long as she could.

I sank down on the couch and leaned against Shay. He put his arm around me and pulled me close to him. He sighed.

"Let's go find that bastard and shove a corn cob up his ass," I said. I felt the movement of his body as he chuckled quietly. When did his chuckle get to be so warming and cute?

"You do that Kais, but I'm not too keen on the idea of being that close to a guy's ass. No doubt he's going to jail, though."

Suddenly, Lexie sat up and and looked around. The look on her face was on of pure terror. Her lip started to quiver and the tears started to fall. By the time I got up and got to her, she was already sobbing. I clutched her to me as she cryed into my shoulder, my chest. After a good 15 minutes I looked up at Shay. He looked completely stricken, like he wanted to help but didn't know how. I gestured to upstairs with my free hand and made like I was drinking a bottle of water. He took the hint and got up.

"I'll be right back, i'm just going to get some water." I could hear him upstairs talking to his mom. I thought I heard her saying she was going to come down in a few minutes to check her out, but I wasn't sure. Shay's mother, Mary, was really nice. She was almost 40, but she still looked in her twenties. She only ate raw foods and worked out for about 2 hours a day. Also, she was a nurse.

Shay came back down about 5 minutes later. Lexie wasn't exactly sobbing anymore, but she was still crying. A sob escaped her throat every now and then. I helped her over to the couch and handed her one of the bottles of water Shay had brought down. She took it and also a tissue that she used to dry her tears and blow her nose. I crouched down in front of her. "Hey, I want Mary to take a look at you, and then we can go back to my house. You can take a bath in my jacuzzi tub that you love!"

"I'm sorry you guys," she apologized, "I don't know why I keep crying."

"No, Lexie, I'm sorry. If I hadn't been selfish and went with you guys instead, Shay wouldn't have had to come get me and this wouldn't have happened." My face softened and I let a tear fall.

(Lexie's P.O.V)

I instinctivly reached out and wiped the tear away from Kai's face. Right then, I knew just how responsible she felt for what had happened. Kai doesn't usually cry about anything.

I looked up when I heard someone coming down the stairs. It was Mary. MarKai stood up and Mary then crouched in front of me in her place. She put on some rubber gloves and started to look at my face. When she touched the left side, I winced.

"Oh my, did he punch you?"

"No, but he did slap me," I said, trying to keep my voice steady.

She nodded and moved onto my arms. She inspected my wrists which had dark purple finger prints on them. I had a couple of scratches on my forearms as well, but thats about it.

"Hey, I want to take a look at the rest of you torso, okay? Shay can you leave?"

Shay grunted and got up. He ran up the stairs.

"Okay Lex," she said, " Can you just take your shirt off?"

I took it off and looked down at myself. "How did all these bruises get here?" I asked myself.

Both Mary and Kai gasped when they saw. My pale skin was dotted with green and purple spots. Mary got a camara out of the cabinet that the tv was in and started to take pictures.

"These will help with the evidence," she said. "We'll need to take them to the police station when I print them off and then I'll take you two home."

I put my shirt back on and sat down. Mary went up the stairs to print the pictures off. A couple minutes later, Shay came back downstairs. Kai snuggled up to his side after he sat down and I sat on the futon. I swear, those two seem like they are dating. They're always together and they always cuddle on the couch. Also, Shay calls her "his Kai". Whatever, I will never tell Kai that it makes me jealous to see those two together. For some reason Kai is always the girl guys go after, while I'm just the silly best friend. Sure, I'm a cheerleader, but that doesn't mean I'm popular with guys trying to get with me constantly.

"Okay, guys let's go!" Mary yelled down the stairs.

"Bye Shay," I said, giving him a hug. I started up the stairs. MarKai, however took her time.

"Bye Shay," I heard her say. I turned around and saw them hugging. It wasn't like the hug between him and I, though. This hug was long and you could tell they had a deep connection with each other. I quickly turned around and walked up the stairs. When I walked out of their house I heard MarKai behind me. We piled into Mary's blue Taurus and we were off.

"I'm just going to drop these off at the station after I get you two to MarKai's house, alright?"

We mumbled our okays and I stared out the window.

30 seconds later we were at MarKai's house. I got out and both MarKai and I walked to her front door, arms linked.

(MarKai's P.O.V)

Finally, home. As soon as we walked into my air-conditioned house, we went up the stairs to my room. We set our purses on my bed and Lexie went to my closet.

"I think I'm going to take that bath now," she said. She grabbed a towel, one of my old t-shirts, and a pair of pajama pants. She walked into my bathroom and started the bath. My bathtub actually looked like a hot tub. It had two seats in it and had jets that sprayed when you pushed a button. I walked in there to keep her company while it filled up.

"Kai," she said, looking at me, "Do ya wanna take a bath with me?"

"Alright," I smiled. I went back into my room and grabbed my favorite towel, a huge orange fluffy one. When I walked back in, Lexie was already sitting in the bath. I undressed and got it. You might think this is wierd, but we used to do it all the time. It's so big we don't touch, so it's not awkward.

I leaned back and just relaxed. Lex had put a couple of mango bath bombs in, so it smelled wonderful. When I opened my eyes again, I looked at Lexie.

"Hey,"she said, "Do you like Shay? LIke, like like him?"

"I don't know," I replied. How was I supposed to answer this? I just realized how much he meant to me, how special he was to me, today. And, yes, I did also realize how hott he was, too.

"Yes, Lex. I think I do." I said.

"You know, he loves you," she said.

And just like that, everything changed.