To Be Alone.

**********Tate's point of view*********

My mom opened the door and saw I was carrying Lexi after she stood there smiling like a weirdo she let me come in. Lexi was pretending to be asleep. she left me to deal with mom. My mom walked over to me and whispered very excitedly "you finally brought a girl home!!" As soon as she said it Lexi bust out laughing. "Put me down please. Just don't let me fall." "you wont fall if im here." I put my arm around her waist to support her. "Hi I'm Lexi." She held her hand out to her. My mom took her hand "I'm nevaeh but you can call me Neva." She nodded and smiled. She started to wobble "Can I sit down?" She asks and I picks her up again. I put her on the couch and lean down to whisper in her ear "get some rest I'll be right back with a pillow and blanket." She nods as I walk away. I cover her and give her a pillow. Within five minuets she's asleep again. "Mom I need to talk to you." she nodded. When we got back to the kitchen I looked her I'm the eyes and said "we are not dating." "You should ya'll would be cute together." "Thanks. Anyways. She just tried to kill herself three days ago. I saved her I don't want to talk about it but her parents abandoned her. I told her she could stay with us. I'm sorry for not asking but I'm not letting her leave my sight for a while. When we came on earlier she put her head down to hide something from you. Follow me." We quietly walked back into the living room and I pulled back the blanket Lexi was laying on. Mom gasped at the sight of her neck. "How did I miss that earlier?" I shrugged. And pointed to the kitchen we walked back. "She gets dizzy. That's why I was carrying her. But. I do like her. A lot." My mom was still in shock. Then she snapped a huge grin across her face and squealed. "I KNEW IT!" she whisper yelled.

*******Lexi's point of view********

I woke up. But didn't move I could hear Tate and his mom talking. "But. I like her. A lot." He said. Was. Was he talking about me? He wasn't. I. He couldn't be talking about me. Could he? "Tate?" I whispered softly. But loud enough for him to hear. He walks in and looks at me and smiles "your awake." I gave him a confused look. "How long was I asleep?" "almost an hour. Dinners ready. I told mom. What happened so you don't have to eat but please try to at least drink something." "Ok." "Do you want me to carry you or do you want to try to walk?" I think for awhile " I'll try to walk. But don't let me fall." He rolled his eyes and laughed "I told you it's not gonna happen." He held out his hand I took it as he pulled me up from the couch I got dizzy again and fell in to his chest. Again. But this time he didn't let go of my hand. We walked slowly to the table and sat down. His mom saw me and gave me a big hug. I hugged her back with tears in my eyes. "I'm sorry about what happened." She whispered in my ear I just nodded and hugged her tighter.

"I'm just glad Tate saved me." I smiled and nodded to Tate. "Me too." He smiled a really cute, proud smile.

So maybe he was talking about me. I smiled about that thought. We finished dinner and went to bed. He carried me up the stairs to a blue room with black trim. And band posters everywhere. "Is this your room?" "Yes sorry don't have any clothes for you so you'll have to borrow shirt and shorts for a few days."

I just shrugged and looked around his room it was pretty clean. "Did you mean me?" My mouth moved before I could think. "What?" I was nervous. Truth? Or lie? "Earlier you said 'but I do like her. A lot.' Did you mean me?" "You heard that?" his face was glowing a lite shade of pink. "Yes, but that's all I herd. Was that about me?" "If I say yes would you go on a date with me?" "Yes." "Then yes." I smiled and took the shorts and shirt he held out to me. He picked me up and took me to the bathroom. Only he didn't leave. He stepped in the shower and closed the curtain. "Get dressed." He said. First I pulled off my shirt it fell to the ground as I pulled the clean shirt over my head I got a little dizzy I waved it off and pulled my shorts off. The dizziness got worse and I started to fall but caught myself on the wall. "Tate I. I. I can't stand up. anymore." I slid down the wall and hit the floor Tate picked me up and carried me to his bed room. And payed me on his bed when I realized... I wasn't wearing shorts. "Tate?" "Yeah?" "I need shorts." I blushed as he went to get more shorts. He laughed at my blush handed me the shorts and whispered in my ear "Your cute when you blush." "gahhhh!!" He laughed at me again . "where am I sleeping?" "your sleeping there im sleeping on the couch or on the floor in here more than likely in here." I smiled  at this thought. "Ok well good night." I covered myself and drifted into a dreamless sleep.