In denial//clexa-lexarke an

Stay

Alicia woke up thinking of Elyza. She recalled the night before and how she had endured the biggest embarrassment of her life and she dug her face into the pillow.

Her mother was still asleep while she got up and prepared to leave. She packed all her things and went downstairs. She placed her bag in the living room and then began looking for her IPod on the dining table where she was sure she had left it the night before, when a sound from outside caught her attention.  It was the engine of a motorcycle. Elyza.

She hurried outside. She found Elyza next to her motorcycle strapping her bag to it and her shotgun to her back. She lifted her leg to ride her motorcycle and Alicia moved quickly to stop her.

"Wait, where are you going?" she asked. 

"Look princess, I think it's time we part ways. We knew we were going to have to eventually. You have to go meet the rest of... whoever you're meeting and I have to go too." Spoke Elyza very coolly. Alicia tried to hide her upset at the fact that she seemed unaffected by the idea of parting from her. Why was she leaving? Oh no. Had she heard her conversation with her mother last night?

You don't have to go. Stay. I can convince my mom. "So that's it?" Alicia said instead of what she wanted to.

"I'm afraid so. Look, it's alright. You don't owe me anything babe. I didn't have to save you." Elyza said as she put on her glasses. 

"Then why did you?" asked Alicia softly. She hated that Elyza had put on her glasses because she couldn't see her eyes anymore, only her own reflection, and the woman was hard to read behind all the flirtation, she didn't need glasses to make her more impenetrable. 

Elyza smiled. "I don't know. I'm not really the hero type."

"But you saved me. More than once." Said Alicia, trying to figure out at least why the blonde had saved her if this was going to be the last she would see of her.

"I'm glad I did. It was nice knowing you Alicia. And that sweet ass of yours."  She smirked and winked. Alicia laughed, blushed and looked down for a moment before looking back up.

Elyza hadn't shifted her eyes from her and Alicia couldn't think of anything to say. It was not like she could force her to stay. Not like she really had a reason to. She knew it had only been a few days but it had been nice to have her around. She missed having friends and Elyza had become that in the short period of time she had known her. Crazy as it sounded, she was going to miss her and her indecent humor.

"Goodbye Alicia. May we meet again." She said and then she leaned in slowly.

Alicia was caught by surprise by the closeness but she froze in place. The blonde just moved closer and closer and she saw Elyza's lips approach hers. Alicia took a breath in and slightly parted her lips, but then Elyza moved past her mouth and she felt her lips on her cheek. She gave her a small lingering peck on it and Alicia closed her eyes for a moment and smiled at the action. A kiss on the cheek. Of course. Elyza leaned back and smiled. Not a second later, she adjusted herself on the seat and took off.

"May we meet again," Alicia repeated to herself as she stood alone on the street and watched the blonde-haired woman disappear.