Scandalous?

Chapter 8

Chapter 8

"Where's Kyle?" Alex asked Emmett.

"I don't know," Emmett scratched his head, unconsciously looking over his shoulder. "He hasn't come to school since that video came out"

"I swear, he's always hiding in that damn basement!" Alex groaned, glaring at Emmett who nonchalantly continued scrolling through photos on his phone.

With a sigh, Alex headed to her car with his house as her destination. When she got there, she was met with Kyle's black land rover that was carelessly parked in the driveway - as if it was parked in a rush. Realizing that Hannah was probably at work, Alex left her car and approached the front door.

Finding the door open, she let herself in and made her way to the basement.

"Kyle?" she called, looking around the basement cautiously. "Kyle!" she called again.

"Upstairs!" he replied nonchalantly.

Alex flipped the light switch before running upstairs to meet Kyle.

"Hey?" she slowly approached him.

"Hi," he said happily. Taken aback by his happy mood, her eyes raked over his body, checking for any signs of him drinking. "Alex," he said waving his hand in front of her face. "Why are you here?"

Blinking, she replied "Oh umm right. You weren't at school today.... or yesterday...or the day before,".

"Yeah, and?" he shrugged casually.

"Okay, but - why?" Alex asked, clearly confused. I mean, he didn't look sick or anything and he wasn't the type to bunk without a reason.

"Well, I'm pretty sure you already know about the tapes that came out 2 days ago. The next morning, I was a mess and could barely get out of bed and today I just overslept and didn't feel like going to school." he sighed, taking out a cup from the kitchen and pouring himself some water. "Want some?" he asked gesturing to the water.

"No thanks" Alex replied, still unsure of what was going on. "So, you're not upset about the tapes?"

"Nope," Kyle answered almost too quickly, popping the 'p'.

Alex just stared at him, cocking her head.

"It wasn't even that big of a deal. I mean, we used a condom so she's not pregnant, I'm I was drunk off my mind and plus I kind of hate her. It was a friends with benefits kind of thing," he said taking a sip of his water.

"So, you're okay with this?" she asked, almost hoping he was going to say no.

"Yeah," he shrugged, taking another sip.

"A month ago, this wouldn't have been your reaction," Alex stated.

"I'm not the same person I was a month ago"

"Because of Rebecca?" Alex asked quietly, knowing she was treading on broken glass right now. She already knew the answer was yes but she wanted to hear his answer.

"Who? Oh, you mean the slut who cheated on me?" he said like he was spitting poison. With a scoff, he continued, "I haven't given her a second thought,"

Alex took a seat beside Kyle at the table, staring at him worriedly.

"Stop worrying," he laughed awkwardly. "I'm fine, honestly. I'll be at school tomorrow. I'm actually going over to Isaac's anyways to kick Carlos and Thomas' ass in FIFA,"

"I'll call you when I get home okay" he laughed, finishing his water and placing his cup in the sink. He walked over to the door and slipped on his shoes.