A Mystery Novel

~ČĤÁPŤĔŔ 24~

Even though he is lost in thought, Xander is still able to get to the 'special place', there's no way he can ever forget the way.

He used to hang out with Paige there even before they started dating, his friends don't even know about it.

Its basically just a clearing in the woods with a huge rock in the middle.

When he got there, Paige was already waiting on the rock. She quickly cleans her eyes with the back of her hands when she sees him.

"Sorry," she says like she feels bad for crying, "I know how you feel about crying girls."

"Its okay, crying helps," Xander says, standing awkwardly beside the rock.

"Are you going to sit down?" Paige asks and Xander sits on the edge of the rock, as far away from her as possible.

"Sorry about Alex, if I had known she was lying I would've-"

His words are cut shut when Paige smashes her lips into his. What is it with girls kissing him when he's with someone else? Seems like Miley was right, he never realized how much he missed Paige.

This is exactly what happened with Jacqueline and Savannah dumped him.

At the thought of Jacqueline, Xander immediately comes to his senses and gently pushes Paige away.

"Paige......I'm with Jacqueline now, I can't do this."

"You're not even supposed to be with Jacqueline. We would still be together if your stupid sister hadn't interfered," Paige says angrily.

"I should go," Xander starts to walk away but Paige grabs his hands and pulls him back, there are tears rolling down her cheeks now. She's using his only weakness to her advantage.

"Its not fair, I didn't get a fair chance with you. You should be with me, I love you Xander."

Xander is at loss for words. His brain is telling him to just leave before something more intense happens but he feels so sorry for her, he can't just leave her like this, she's a mess.

'Leave right now,' his brain yelled. 'Turn around! Turn around! Its a trap! Do what I tell you and walk away!'

"I love you too Paige."

'Idiot! What have you done?!'

Paige seemed shocked to hear him say that, she never expected it. She also didn't expect him to start leaning in.

Their lips never meet because Xandra comes out of nowhere and tackles Paige to the ground.

"Get your filthy hands off my brother you vermin!"

"What the hell is wrong with you?!" Paige looks beyond frustrated at this point, "why do you always ruin everything?!" She shoves Xandra off of her and stands up. Xandra shoves back but with more force.

Paige stumbles backwards, trips and the back of her head lands on the large rock. She's motionless and blood starts rushing from the back of her head.

"Oh shit!" Xandra exclaims as her eyes widen.

"Fuck, Alex! We've got enough on our plate already, did you really have to kill a someone?!" Xander exclaims angrily. "What are you even doing here?"

"You ditched me at the station, did you forget we came in the same car?" Xandra seemed to forget the current situation when she remembered that she had to walk home.