Summer of Boys

Chapter 10

I was tossing and turning all night and just couldn't seem to get a wink of sleep. It was torture. I can't get the image of Britt on top of Dylan out of my head. I know I shouldn't be feeling this way but I was actually starting to fall for him. Which was stupid I know, but some times you can't help who you-

"Alexis, you ok?" I turn my head to face Leslie and notice I've just been staring at the ceiling this whole time.

"Um yea." I quickly hop out of bed and run to the shower to avoid the awkwardness with Leslie.

The hot water feels good against my aching body. It seems that since I've gotten to L.A. I've had a lot more stress, causing my body to hurt all over. I get out of the shower after doing my normal routine and look at the clock seeing it's already 11. I wrap the towel around my body and step back into the room seeing Leslie putting her tennis shoes on.

"Hey where you going?" Leslie gets off the bed and heads to the door.

"On a run. Wanna come?"

"No thanks, I think I'm just gonna hang aroung here today." I walk over to my closet and pull out a t-shirt with my school soccer team on it and black shorts to match.

"Alexis come on. Have some fun. Who cares about Dylan, it would never go anywhere anyway." For some reason Leslie saying this pissed me off. Do you think I don't know that? Of course I do, but she doesn't have to point it out to me.

"Leslie all I've been doing this whole week of being here is hang out with Dylan or go to a party. I want to spend time with the nice people who pretty much made this trip happen by letting us stay with them." I turn around and start to get dress. I hear the door close and am thankful that Leslie left. She doesn't understand that I actually like this guy. Or liked. No like, uhh I don't know! I grab my shoes and walk up to the kitchen to find Sadie and Cameron coloring on the table.

"Hey guys what you coloring?"

"A house."

"A lion."

They both say at the same time. I smile and take my own picture which is of a boat and pick up a blue crayon to start coloring the water. Jenny walks in just as I start to color and I stop to look up to see her looking quite frantic.

"Hey Jenny you ok?" She was pacing back and forth grabbing different things off the counter and putting it in her bag.

"Yea it's just a little hectic. I have so many things to do, like go to the bank, the store, I have to stop by Morgan's office, and on top of all that the sitter just bailed so I have to take the kids which makes it a little harder to do all that." She takes a deep breath before running around the kitchen frantically grabbing things.

"I can watch the kids if you want."

"Oh no sweety I wouldn't ask you to do that. You probably have plans." She picks up one last paper shoving it in her bag before grabbing the keys.

"No really I have no plans at all. I was just planning on hanging out here anyway."

"Are you sure? They can be a handful." She looks relieved that I'm asking but also a little hesitant.

"Trust me we'll be fine." She lets out a huge sigh before bringing me into a hug thanking me repeatedly.

As Jenny walks out the door after leaving us some money it is just Cameron, Saide, and I. I walk back over to the table to find they are both done with their pictures and are smiling wide, obviously proud of their work.

"You guys did awesome. Do you want me to put it on the fridge." Saide nods her head frantically and runs over to watch me put it on the fridge.

"Cameron do you not want yours on the fridge?" He shakes his head and picks up the picture walking over to me.