Someday

Chapter 20 - Boys Will Be Boys

Issac's POV:

When they brought me to the station, I thought that it had something to do with when I TP'd the Miller's house. The last thing I expected was for this to be about Alexandra.

They laid down a few dozen small sheets of paper in front of me, a name and address on each one. "We think that Alexandra might be one of these people. Look through them and tell us if you recognize anything."

I looked back at the pieces of paper, sparing only a glance at each one. There were a few Emma's and an Amanda here and there, but there was one name that stood out to me.

Alex Jones.

Then I remembered.

We were sitting in the tree at our favorite park. We always went there when we had some free time. The first time we climbed up there was in the fourth grade. We were already best friends, and someone wanted to see who could climb the tree faster. So without wasting time, we both started climbing up the tree, not looking down. She had beaten me because she was more athletic than me at that age. When I had caught up to her, she was just sitting at the top of the tree, staring ahead in awe. When I noticed what she saw, I found myself staring as well.

It was the sky, but it was purple and orange. And the breeze made us want to fly, but we obviously didn't try otherwise we would probably be dead. We felt free when we sat in that tree. So free that I spilled one of my secrets.

"I'm afraid of heights." There wasn't a trace of shame in my voice as I said this. She must've found that as an odd thing to say given where we were, because she looked at me, gave me a goofy smile, then turned back and looked at the sky again.

"I hate my name." She confessed. "It's not that Alexandra isn't a good name, it's a great name. It's just not a great name for me."

I didn't know that about her. That seemed like the kind of thing she wouldn't ever tell anyone. Must be the view. "If you could change your name to anything, what would it be?" She thought for a second, you could tell because she did this thing where she pulled her mouth to one side of her face, making one of her cheeks appear to be bigger than the other. Then she told me the name she wanted, and for some reason I remembered till this day.

"Alex."

"So, do you recognize any of these names?" One of the guards asked hopefully. I snapped out of my flashback. I thought about it. I knew that if any of these people were Alexandra then it would be Alex. But the guards didn't think so. They thought she would use an entirely different name. But she was smart, and she knew how to trick these guys.

"No." I lied. These guards should've known better than to think that I would've turned my best friend in. I quickly committed the address on the paper to memory before the guards escorted me outside and told me to go home. I smiled. The smile then turned into a grin that would probably scare off a little kid. I was gonna see my best friend soon. I literally skipped to my car with my newly found information.

Alex's POV:

It turns out that the call that stopped me from cheating on my really sweet boyfriend, was from my doctor. The same doctor that told me I wouldn't get 100% of my arm function back. The same doctor that Hunter utterly despises. And it is that doctor that told me I need to come in to check the progress of my arm. For the entire week, I had forgotten about the cast because I was so involved with Tyler.

I gave Tyler a quick goodbye and walked back to Hunter's house, but not before catching Tyler smiling to himself. It was kinda cute. I wasn't sure how I was able to walk to Tyler's house in the first place, considering how far away it was from the school. It took me twice as long to walk to Hunter's house, my legs aching more and more by the second.

By the time I reached the house Hunter was already in the car and had been waiting for me. So I climbed in, not wanting to make him wait for me any longer. As I sat there, three thoughts were running through my mind.

1) I almost cheated on Hunter. I almost cheated on Hunter. Kind, pure, gentleman-like Hunter. I feel terrible, despite the fact that I didn't actually cheat on him. The only thing that stopped me was that doctor.

2) I didn't love Hunter. I really didn't. I settled for him. Our kisses felt weird and our hand holding was unnatural. I loved like I loved Angie and Maddy. I loved him as I would a friend.

3) The car smelled different. It smelled of sweat and another smell that I couldn't quite make out, but it made the air thick. I felt like I was suffocating.

Hunter kept glancing at me the whole ride to the hospital and was sweating profusely. I was about to say something to him when he beat me to it. "We're here!" He announced, very relieved. He practically ran to the front doors of the hospital. But being the idiot I am, I shrugged it off thinking that boys will be boys. I soon followed Hunter to radiology, where two doctors were waiting for us. The doctor that Hunter hates, who visibly gulped at the sight of him. And a female doctor, who looked like a nice lady. I laid down and then the waiting game began.

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We were currently in a room together. No, not like that. We were waiting for the results on the x-ray that I took in radiology. I noticed how uncomfortable Hunter looked. Almost guilty, and I was going to ask him about it when the doctors walked in. Why was everyone going out of their way to keep me from talking to Hunter?

The concerned look on their faces as they looked at my x-ray made me worry. Which made me ramble. "Oh no. It's bad. It's bad, isn't it? It's really bad! I'm not gonna get my arm back, am I?! Oh no, no no no no no." I began hyperventilating, which abruptly stopped when the female doctor spoke.

"Quite the opposite, actually." She had a British accent which made everything she said sound completely valid. "Your arm is completely healed. When you came in four weeks ago, the entire bone was shattered and nearly half of your nerves were fried. Now none of them are. You made a full recovery in one-third of the time everyone else would." She looked astounded. All I wanted to do was go home. I told this to Hunter and as soon as the cast was removed from my arm, we bolted to his car and sped off.

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"Okay. You are going to tell me what is wrong with you before I get pissed and break every bone in your body. Am I clear?" He nodded nervously. Good, he should be nervous. "Go."

"I know you're cheating on me." My eye balls were about to pop out of there sockets at that, but he continued despite this. "But it's okay, we're even now because I cheated on you too." I couldn't understand what he was suing for a minute so I just stood there with my arms crossed. Then I suddenly ran up the stairs and into my room.

I didn't sit there and cry, like you might think. I didn't punch a wall either. I opened up a duffel bag and began shoving all of my clothes and other possessions in there. I couldn't live there anymore, not after what he said he did. I couldn't. I wouldn't.

Then it dawned on me. The smell in the car. It was sweat and perfume.

I guess I was right. Boys will be boys.

I rushed down the stairs and out of the house. I realized only after I shut the door that I didn't have a home to go to besides that one. So I went to the one person who I knew wouldn't turn away from when I needed him.

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