| VEXED |

chapter | twelve

Alex's pov

"get dressed." I heard a voice in my doorway and I looked up and saw hazel. "why?" I asked, and she smiled immediately. last night Theo and I took down jess, I don't exactly know what they did with her, and I don't want to.  

"We are going out, like have a girls day." she responded walking to my closet. before I had the chance to speak, she closed my closet door and shook her head. "ill be right back." she mumbled walking out. 

hazel is one of the only people here who aren't completely consumed in the whole 'gang' thing. she actually has some spirit, its nice. she reminds me a lot of Elena, that's probably why I gravitate to her so much. 

she walked back inside with clothes and shoes in her hands. "today you're wearing this, and hopefully once you put it on and love it, you'll let me shop for you." she smiled. "I don't know whether to take that as an insult, or?" I laughed standing up and grabbing the clothes. 

I've noticed her style while I've been here, I like it. it's kind of revealing and dark, but it works for her. I went to the bathroom and but on the bottoms she gave me. it was a black skirt, kind of leathery material. 

it was kind of short, but not too bad. there were two tops here, and I was sort of confused. I opened the door and waved her over. "how does this go?" I asked sort of embarrassed and she smiled brightly. "the bralette sort of top goes underneath of the see-through top. layers are everything, it will look great." she laughed pushing me back into the bathroom.

I put the bralette on, it was black lace. super pretty in my opinion. I put the see-through top over it, and it was cropped so the middle of my stomach was showing. I have to admit, at first I was uncomfortable but it makes me feel good. 

I walked out and her eyes went wide. "oh my god. I've always wanted to dress you. I don't even care how odd that sounds." she spoke enthusiastically walking over to me examining her work. 

"So why all of this sudden did you want to have a girl's day?" I asked sitting back on my bed. she looked to the side nervously and I looked at her sideways. "well, you're going back home soon. larce decided he wanted you to go back to high school and finish senior year at Lynbrook high." she breathed out looking at me. she almost looked as if she was going to cry.

"what? why can't I just do online or something? that's apart of why I joined, I wanted to get away from everything there." I began to panic thinking of going back to that place. to all of those people, everyone knows. I'm just another one of his whores.

"Alex, you're so smart. you need to finish school. you're so lucky to be able to attend school, I've always wanted the high school experience." she frowned. "have you never been to actual high school?" I asked, shocked. 

"no. we move so much I've had to do a mix between crapy homeschool and online." she responded shrugging. "im sorry." I replied rubbing her arm. 

"but back to you. im going to give you a makeover today. senior year is the most important year of your high school career!" she beamed. "what do you mean makeover? and hazel you're being a bit dramatic. senior year is just another year." I laughed

"first, you're hair. it's super long and you have dead ends girl. we're getting it cut to about here." she pointed to about chest length. I do need a decent hair cut. "also, I want to dye your hair. it's like a boring blonde color. I say, we go lighter and add pink tips." she beamed getting ideas.