Beautiful Accident

Chapter 5: The Truth

Elena reached for a cellphone that was ringing inside of her pocket. When she saw the number flashing on the screen of the phone, her eyes grew wider.

Lexi noticed that her hand started shaking a little as she pushed a little green button on the phone, before putting her phone next to her ear and saying „Yes?" with a shaky voice.

Lexi could hear only few words the person on the other side of the line said, but they were not enough for her to understand what the topic of discussion is. But she was curious about why Elena's face became pale all of a sudden.

Lexi took a bite of a big, green, juicy apple.

Elena's eyes started wandering around the room. She wanted to avoid making an eye contact with Lexi. But Lexi could have sworn there were tears in the corners of Elena's eyes.

„Thank you" – Elena said with a husky voice, before ending the call. The phone fell out of her hands on the table, and she buried her face in the palms of her hands, pushing the hair from her face backwards.

„Elena?" – Lexi whispered her name, like she was afraid a loud tone of voice would break Elena into million little pieces.

But Elena did not move. She did not even twitch. She did not make any sounds, either. She did not sob, or cry, or even whimper. But the arms supporting her face were shaking, and there were goosebumps on her skin. Finally, she inhaled loudy and removed the hands from her face.

Her skin was pale, and there were tears in her big, glossy eyes. But they did not fall down her face, they were simply lingering in the corners of her eyes, making her look like an innocent child who lost its favorite toy.

She crossed her arms and put them on the table and looked Lexi straight in the eyes. Lexi was scared and curious at the same time.

„I wasn't completely honest with you" – Elena admitted to her.

„Does this have something to do with the guy you were seeing before you moved here?" – Lexi's eyes grew wider and wider, and so did her curiosity.

Everything has to do something with him, Elena thought, although she shook her head. Lexi became her close friend, although they knew each other only for a little more than a month. Both of them were lonely, and both of them missed having a friend, so they were a perfect match for each other. Lexi was kind, and caring, and warm, and honest, and she really reminded her of some of the friends Elena left back in the L.A, although she hoped Lexi is not as back stabbing as they were. She felt like she can be completely honest with Lexi. And it took her a lot of time, and a lot of hard work, to convince herself that opening up to someone is not such a bad thing.

„I met Stefan before you introduced him to me that day in the hospital" – Elena said, her cheeks blushing slightly.

„Yeah, I figured that out because of that fact he knew your name" – Lexi rolled her eyes while stretching the corners of her lips into a smile.

Elena smiled and pushed few locks of her hair behind her ear. „When I moved here I was so lonely, and so lost. I had no idea what was I doing, and I started having doubts about moving here in the first place. I went to this bar, the first one I could find really, and that is where I met Stefan" – Elena lowered her head out of embarrassment.

Lexi raised her eyebrow. She was confused. Stefan, in a bar, alone? That didn't sound like him. Stefan hated bars, and he hated going anywhere alone. But then again, after what he's been through, he probably wasn't feeling like himself either.

„To make the long story short, we slept together" – she said silently while keeping her head lowered.

Lexi's lips parted out of shock. One night stands most definitely were not Stefan's thing. He did not believe in having sex without any feelings involved, because he simply did not see the point to it. But then again, after everything that happened, he was probably tired of feelings, he was probably tired of trying to find a meaning in every single one of his actions.