BROKEN PROMISES (Sample)

Five

They stood outside the gates looking for the familiar face among the throng of students filing out of the college. Alexis had taken Marjorie's advice and slipped into a sexy number. A cream off shoulder figure-hugging dress with cut-outs at the waist and a slit that stopped mid-thigh. Paired with red pumps, she looked drop dead gorgeous if the looks people threw their way weren't obvious. She'd taken after her mother when it came to her physique. Well endowed was the term Marj had used that one time. Not that she hadn't tried to change how she looked.

Like every teenager out there, Alexis had gone on diets, starved herself, lived on water just to look slim. Attempts that had all gone in vain because the weight always came back, almost immediately. At least that's what she'd thought. After countless times, she had given up and embraced her body. All because of Connor. He'd told her she was beautiful the way she was and she had to stop trying to change herself because he liked her just the way she was. She had trusted him and he'd broken that trust. What excuse would he give her? Was he going to say he'd missed her so much that he'd fallen into someone else's arms?

Two months after she'd left she had sent him a ticket so he could go see her. They had been okay then even though he'd made her promise she wouldn't buy him another ticket. According to him, he wasn't dating her so she could support him. He'd said that if he wanted to see her, he would save enough money to pay for his travel expenses on his own. She'd never seen him again and she thought that he was still saving money. How stupid of her to think so.

"I see him," Marjorie said from beside her pointing ahead to a group that was leaving the building while having a heated discussion. "I'll go get the bat"

Alexis gaped at Marjorie "What bat?"

"The one I borrowed from your brother Jayden. He's so cute and adorable that he even showed me how to swing it properly in order to hit hard"

"Jesus Marj. We're not here to kill anyone. I thought you said we would just confront him?"

"Yeah. And there's no reason I can't break a few of his bones for lying to you"

"Do you want to spend a night in jail?"

"I'd like to see him press charges."

"No," Alexis said with finality.

"Aw come on Alexis."

"I said no. You're not touching him"

"At least let me smash his car then"

"Stop it, Marj. We're not hurting anyone especially with all these witnesses around"

"Are you saying that we should stuff him in the car and take him somewhere there are no witnesses?"

"No. Shut up. He's coming"  he hadn't seen them yet so Alexis took that chance to straighten her hair and dress. She looked up just as someone whispered something to him making him turn his gaze on them. He stopped, shocked to see them and Alexis thought he was going to run or ignore them. But then his face lit up and he was rushing towards her with a big smile on his face.

"Alexis," he said lifting her up and twirling her around. "You didn't tell me you were coming"

"I.... I.... I just...."

"Forget it. I'm so happy you're back. I missed you baby" then he was kissing her. Too shocked to say anything, she kissed him back. And just like that, she forgot that they were there to confront him until Marjorie cried

"Alexis!"

Connor pulled back smiling sheepishly "Sorry Marjorie. I didn't see you there"

"Sure. But you see every other skirt within a fifty-mile radius. Right"