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ALEX POV

i hear a door slam shut and i flinch. my head slowly turns to the door, as my feet guide me to open it.

my head pokes out to see what the hell was going on and the hallway is empty.

ethan then walks out of someone's bedroom and sighs. i quietly and carefully jog back to the bed and take out the rest of the things from my bag.

"hey lex, we should go grocery shopping so you have your own food to eat." i hear ethans voice.

"do you mind if we also go clothes shopping....i could only bring so much with me..." i said slowly referring to my backpack that didn't hold much.

"sure. let's go" he turns and walks out the door. my feet guide me to follow him and we walk down to what i assume is the garage.

he opens the garage door and pulls out his keys. he presses a button and the lights on the black car flash.

"hop in. we'll go to the mall and then head to the grocery store on the way back." i nod my head and step into the car.

the engine roars to life as ethan wastes no time in backing out of the garage.

the drive was semi quiet with the exception of music softly playing in the background and my occasional humming along quietly.

"who did you stop for when i left?" ethan breaks the silence causing my heart to ache a bit.

"i uhm- i stopped for my two only friends. they're also faceless members. i thought that they'd want to get out with me but i don't think we were on the same page. especially considering they hate my guts and think i betrayed them." i explained. well- lets be honest i was venting.

"i'm sure they don't hate you." ethan said optimistically.

"if you could see the look on max's face you'd be thinking differently." i said letting my head fall into my hands.

"hey.." ethan softly said placing his large hand onto my upper back. "everything is going to be okay. the important thing is that you're safe, and every wrangler made it out alive." his softened voice spoke calmly.

"but blaine-" i started, soon to be cut off.

"grayson and i can take care of blaine. i just want you safe." he said. i took a deep breath and nodded.

yeah no way in hell am i letting them do this alone.

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the next morning

my eyes slowly opened to a bright modern room, not recognizing it at first. i slightly jolted awake only to have the memories of yesterday flood back into my brain.

max

blaine

ethan

the first thoughts to seep back in my brain. max hates me, blaine is still alive and probably even more vengeful than before, and ethan. ethan just becaue he's ethan.

he's done so much for me and i really need to repay him. especially since we didn't kill blaine. we only wounded him and his ugly gang.

i grabbed my phone off the charger and checked the time. 7 am.

ew i never wake up this early. not like i'm gonna be able to go back to sleep, so i'll just make some breakfast for everyone.

after all, i am staying in their house now.

i slip on a large grey hoodie and some black and white shorts that i just bought. wow it feels so good to wear clothes that aren't black.

blaine had a rule that the only clothes you could buy or wear had to be black and only black.

i slipped on some socks and quietly walked down the stairs. i didn't expect to see anyone awake, so i was startled when i spotted grayson in the corner of my eye.

he was calmly sitting at the large table with papers neatly placed, and folders separating them.

"goodmorning" i said quietly. i won't lie i'm scared of grayson. mostly because he so obviously despises me and i know it didn't help by adding the blaine situation.

he looked up and half nodded his head. well hey that's a start?

i opened the refrigerator and pulled out the breakfast stuff i bought yesterday with ethan.

eggs, toast, bacon, fresh fruit, and whole grain flatbread.

i got started on the bacon first, hoping that i'd figure out how to cook it right. yeah- i don't know what i'm doing so- 

my hands pulled out a pan and i placed the bacon in it after heating it up on the stove.

"you really shouldn't put that much in there" graysons voice speaks up. i slowly take out two pieces of the bacon.

"still too much. have you never made bacon before?" he asks, half annoyed and half not.

"that obvious?" i ask turning to him. he rolls his eyes, but i think instead of being completely rude he was sort of playful.

"here. i'll cook the bacon and you can make the rest. i don't want you to burn the whole house down on your second day." he says. i step aside and begin cutting fruit.

after all the breakfast was made everyone had pretty much slowly woken up and came downstairs saying "what smells so good?"

i layed out everything i had cooked along with graysons crispy bacon and the guys looked at me.

"go ahead" i said motioning to the counter. their smiles were big and they hugged me on the way to grab a plate.

"thanks alex" they all said after a hug and i chuckled.

ethan woke up last and trotted down the stairs looking confused.

"what's all this?" he asked with a soft smile.

"i woke up early on accident so i decided to make breakfast for everyone." he smiles and gives me a small side hug.

"thanks lex." he says turning to the food.

i say you're welcome and turn to the sandwich i made myself.

egg white sandwich on whole grain flatbread with cheese. yum.

everyone sat at the large dinner table and talked while eating. i didn't see any seats left at the table so i stayed standing in the kitchen and ate.

"oh my bad alex here's a chair." ethan said pulling up a chair next to his and the boys all scooted down. i smiled and brought my plate over to the table.

once i sat down i smiled and continued eating.

"this bacon is amazing alex" hayes said.

"actually thank grayson he's the bacon master. i couldn't cook bacon even if i tried." i joked. everyone chuckled and continued eating and talking.

this place actually feels like one big family.

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A/N: let's pretend i haven't been slacking on updating okay? okay.

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