Alexandrea is just starting her senior year of high school. The past three years were drama free, and she's hoping that this year will be the same so she can walk out of high school easily. But life likes to throw curve balls at you, where ever you go, and Alex's curve ball seems to be the annoyingly cute boy who hates her. The weird thing? They used to best friends in their sandbox days, but growing up seemed to change that.
He used to live across the street from her, and their parents are the best of friends. Now though, he lives in France. Alex hasn't seen, or even spoken to him since their elementary school days, but that's about to change. Over the summer, her family and Alex decided to spend all summer with the annoying boy in France. Great right?
Wrong. From the minute Alex stepped foot into the doorway, he has been nothing but mean to her, and she isn't sure why. When Alex went back home, she was extremely happy to be away from him once and for all- or so she thought.
Imagine her surprise when she walks through the door to her house to see him standing there with suitcases.
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"Fine. I was just going to say I'm sorry for getting you in trouble, but once again, the great Alexandria cuts me off again."
My mouth snaps shut, and I stare at him with wide eyes. I don't cut him off! If anything, he's the one who cuts me off all the time. When we were in France, I could never talk to his parents because he would interrupt and focus the attention away from me.
"Why do you hate me so much?" I question in a whisper. I never did anything to him. From the first day that I met him, I've only been myself. I haven't been mean, I've been really nice. So what's the reason for hating me? Logan steps forward, causing me to step back until my back hits the wall. Even though he isn't touching me, and I could easily step away if I want to, I still felt like I was trapped.
"I don't hate you Lexie. I despise you. There's a difference."
Even from far away, all I could see was you.
"Who is who?" Derek asked, unfazed, sipping on the remainder of his protein shake from class.
"Her." I didn't point to you, to avoid being too obvious, so I nodded my head in the most subtle way. "Laughing, smiling. Do you see her?"
"The girl with the guy hanging off of her who's clearly her boyfriend? I think he plays on the varsity team. She's probably a cheerleader."
I pretty much ignored everything he said. I didn't care. I was already too far gone and into you.
"I have to have her."
He must have found that incredibly hilarious because he almost choked on the remainder of his protein shake.
"Good luck, kid."
"What?" I took my eyes off of you for a second and gave Derek a look. "You can't picture it?"
"How blinded by her are you right now?" He waved his hand in front of my face and I pushed it away as he attempted to connect the dots for me again. "I repeat: cheerleader, guy, out of your fucking league."
"Hey, let's not make assumptions now. She could be into girls and not even know it. Oh my god, she just smiled at me. Did you see that? Were you looking?"
I was in love with you the second you walked into my sight.
"There's a lot going on in this vicinity," he laughed and I shoved him as he taunted me.
"Jerk. I'm gonna talk to her."