Laurex ~ A Cinderella Story

Chapter 6: Don't Worry About It

Lauren's POV
Just 5 more minutes. 5 more minutes and I'm done for the day. Today, I'm hanging out with my friends so I can avoid seeing Monica and of course Natasha. Ugh, just about 9 months till graduation. Then I can start figuring out my life.

(Once the bell rung, the class was dismissed and Lauren left and went to her locker.)

As I was walking to my locker, I saw in the corner of my eye was Monica, oh but she wasn't alone.

Alex was there talking to her. He was flirting with her. Giving her that big bright charming smile of his. He can basically have any girl just dropped to his feet if he flashed them that smile.

I also saw Maria, she was there on her phone. She was standing there looking all bored. These are the type of things that make me feel bad for her. I feel like everything she does to me, she's forced to do it. But I don't know.

Anyway, I get to my locker and grab the things that I'll be needing tonight. All I need to take home today is my AP Calculus textbook and notebook and folder for AP European History. I wish I didn't have to take my textbook because this shit is heavy, but my teacher assigned the homework from the textbook.

(As Lauren was closing her locker, Angela, Taylor, and Alyssa came up to her.)

"Ready to go, Laur?" Angela asked me.
"Yeah, let's go," I said.
"Ok, c'mon let's leave this hell hole," Angela laughed.

As we were walking out, the jerk himself stopped us. Oh c'mon!

"Ladies," Alex said to us. Can you just leave?
"Alex, can you move? We were trying to leave," Taylor told him.
"I can see that," he said. Then his eyes landed on me. "But can I borrow, princess for a moment?" Are you serious?
"You may not borrow me, jerk. I don't want to speak to you," I told him.
"Lauren, c'mon, please," he pleaded.
"No," I said sternly. Then Alyssa pulled me aside.
"Lauren, just talk to the guy. It doesn't look like he's going to let you leave until you talk to him," she said to me.
"But I don't want to talk to him. I told you what happened. He's trying to get into something that doesn't concern him. He can't just barge into my life, I don't even want him in my life," I said.
"I understand that I do. Just talk to him and then we'll go, ok," she said.
"Fine," I agreed. I walked back to where we were at first. "Alright what do you want, Alex?" He then smiled when he realized I agreed to speak to him.

He came up to me and pulled me aside. Before he started speaking, Angela called out to me.

"We'll be waiting for you outside, ok Laur," she said. And I nodded. Then I watched my best friends walk out of the hallway. Then I realized it was just me and Alex in this long hallway.

Of course, we are.

"Are you mad at me?" he asked. Really that's where he's starting?
"Not really mad, it's more of annoyed by you," I said.
"Very funny. But I'm serious. Are you ok?" he asked me. What's with him and 'caring about me'?
"Alex, why do you care? Why do you so desperately want to know what's wrong with me?" I asked him.
"Because I want to see you smiling. I want to see you happy, Lauren. I don't like seeing people unhappy. You deserve to be happy, Lauren. That's all it is. I want to see you happy," he said.

Why is it so important to him that I'm upset about something? Why is he making this such a big deal? Besides its kind of hard to be smiling when you live with 2 witches and a Godzilla.

"Well if you saw the life that I have, you would know that happiness is hard to have," I told him.
"What do you mean?" he asked. Oh, right he doesn't know. But then again, nobody knows except Angela, Taylor, and Alyssa.
"Never mind. But it's not your job to make sure I'm happy," I told him.
"Yes it is," he argued.
"Says who?" I asked.
"I did. And I'm gonna make sure you're happy. You know what, I'm gonna cancel my plans for today and we're going to do something," he said.
"Wait, what?" I asked.
"You heard me. I'm canceling my plans, so now you cancel yours. Let's go have fun so you can have an actual smile on your face," he said.
"And why would I do that?" I asked him while crossing my arms against my chest.
"Because I said so. And I'm not taking no for an answer, so you might as well agree to this. So what do you say?" he asked while shooting me one of his signature charming smiles.

Damn this guy is really persistent.

"Fine. But what will we be doing?" I asked him and he smirked.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" he asked.
"That's why I asked, idiot," I said.
"Don't worry about it. You'll see and you'll have fun. And don't worry it doesn't involve sex unless you want to put that on the table and I'll be totally-" I cut him off.
"No Alex," I said. And then he laughed. "How long will we be out?"
"I don't know, however long you can be out. I don't want your parents worrying about you," he said. And I felt like I was stabbed into the heart of the mention of my parents.
"Well, in that case, we can stay out as long as you can," I told him. I don't care when Natasha wants me home. She doesn't control me.
"Are you sure? I don't want you to get in trouble because of me," he said.
"It's fine. I don't care. I just don't want to be home. So are we gonna go?" I asked him and he smiled.
"Give me a sec, I have to make a quick phone call," he said and I nodded.

He then started dialing a number and I went outside to tell my friends the change in plans.

"Hey guys," I said.
"Oh hey Laur, are you ready to go now?" Angie asked me.
"Um, about that. Apparently, I have a change in plans," I said.
"What do you mean?" Taylor asked me.
"Well Alex said he wants to make sure I'm happy, so he's forcing me to hang out with him. I tried to get out of it, but he wouldn't take no for an answer," I told them.
"That's ok. Go have fun with him. I think you need to let loose for a bit," Alyssa said.
"Wait, you guys aren't mad that I'm ditching you?" I asked them and they all shook their heads.
"Of course not, Lauren," Taylor started off.
"We know that you've had a rough few weeks with Natasha and Monica and your nightmares," Alyssa said. So I've been having a few nightmares about the car crash. Sometimes I dream about my parents and then that dream ends with my parents dying in the accident.
"You need a getaway. And if Alex said he can do that, then let him try," Angela said.
"So you guys think this is a good idea?" I asked and they nodded their heads. "Ok. I'll try to have fun. But I'm not making any promises because he annoys the living hell out of me." And they laughed.
"Just call us later to let us know how it went, ok," Angie said.
"Ok, bye guys," I said and then gave them all hugs. They said bye to me and they got in their cars and left. Now it's time to check on the jerk.

I go back inside and he's still on the phone. He actually looks a bit irritated. I wonder who he's talking to. He then sees me staring at him and he smirked.

"Look, I gotta go! I don't care! Just shut up! Bye!" I heard him say to other person. By the screaming on the other end, I could tell he was talking to a girl. "Like what you see?" And the cocky jerk is back.
"Shut up and let's go," I told him. I'm already annoyed and we haven't even left the school.
"You didn't deny it though," he laughed and my cheeks flushed red. Oh fuck. "Aww, you look adorable when you're blushing." He was reaching to touch my cheeks and I swatted his hands away.
"Shut up and don't touch me. Let's just go," I said walking ahead of him.

He catches up with me and leads me to his car. We get to his car, and in front of me is a Mercedes-AMG GT. What the fuck?

"This-this is your car?" I asked. I was stunned. This car is so fucking beautiful! Oh my god!
"Yeah, you like it?" he asked.
"YES! It's so pretty! Oh my god! How did you afford this?" I asked him and he smirked, again.
"Don't worry about it," he said and got inside the car. And I just stood outside, still in shock. "Are you going to get in?"
"Yeah," I said and then blush crept onto my face. Why do I keep getting embarrassed around him? "So are you going to tell me now where you are taking me?"
"Not yet, princess," he said and smirked again. What's with this guy and smirking?
"Why do you smirk so much?" I asked him.
"I don't know, I guess you bring it out of me," he said and winked at me.
"Just start the car," I told him.
"As you wish, princess," he said emphasizing 'princess'. He then put his car key in the ignition and the car roared to life. And we were off.

I have no idea where this idiot is taking me, but hopefully, it'll take my mind off the shitty things I go through at home.

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Hopefully, you enjoyed this chapter. So this was more of a filler chapter, but the next chapter will be more entertaining. So Lauren and Alex are going to hang out. Where do you think Alex will be taking Lauren? Who do you think Alex was talking to on the phone? And what do you think will happen? Anyway, so I was extremely bored today so I've been writing this chapter all morning. So I've established that I'm mostly posting a chapter either Monday or Tuesday and a second chapter every Friday. Today's chapter was a bonus chapter. So the next chapter of Lauren and Alex hanging out will come out on Friday. Anyway if you enjoyed this chapter please give it a vote, I would really appreciate it. I hope to see you in the next chapter. Love you guys ❤️! mKay Bye!

— Citlaly