Alexia Eden

by Sophie Summers

  After I change and shower I go see what everyone’s up to, thinking to myself about the beautiful girl I just met and wondering what her name is. I pass Ronny on the couch chatting with Chloe and they ask why I’m smiling, I didn’t even realize I was but I tell them about the girl I met and we chat about her until they go to bed.

  I need to see her again.

  I’ve gone to the fountain everyday just in case I catch her there, I’ve met up with her a couple times now and we sit on the rock and she tells me stories about her parents and all the happy memories she has of them all together. When she tells me that her dad died, I can see how emotional it is for her to say the words out loud without crying. I can’t believe how extremely brave this girl is, she also tells me about her parents relationship before her father died and how much her mom misses her father. She smiles when she talks about how they were together.

  I want to have that… with her.

  As soon as Lexi bumped into me in the school hallway I knew I’d fallen for her, I saw the way she looked at me and I was so nervous that she would recognize my eyes. My wolf liked the fact that I made her blush by just being in her company and the way she looked at me gave me shivers. The good kind of shivers.

  When Jax stopped by and put his hand over her shoulder, I couldn’t help the jealousy radiating from me even though he’s my Alpha and best friend I saw the look in his eyes when he looked at her and I knew that I had to make him understand that she was mine.

  I didn’t realize that the new girl that Ronny and Jax have been holding out on me was in fact my girl from the waterfall, I think they knew it was her and that’s why they didn’t want me to meet her so soon.

  They probably thought we would scare her away. My wolf mutters.

  “This is the girl from the waterfall.” I tell Jax through our link as we walk into our first class.

  He smiles at me. “Yeah Ron and I kinda figured that out but we wanted to spend time with her before you came into the picture. I know now that you guys have met you’re definitely not going to let her out your sight.” he smirks.

  “Damn straight.” Sebastien replies for me.

  CHAPTER 7:

  LEXI POV

  He dropped me off at home and walked me to the door, the type of thing you would expect after going on a date, he grabbed me into a big hug and squeezed me tightly as if he didn’t want to let go and I held him just as tight enjoying his warmth and his sweet musky smell. Eventually we let go and he kisses my forehead, “I’ll see you tomorrow at school okay?”

  “Thanks for a great afternoon, I had a good time…bye Drake.” I say hesitantly walking away opening my front door as he wave’s goodbye and climbs in his car.

  Closing the door behind me, I hear his car drive away, my phone makes a sound indicating a new message.

  Ronny: Lexi! U went home with Drake?? Chlo jus told me. Tel me wen ur home & I’ll come over. Wana hear everything!”

  Lexi: “Yip, just got home, come on ova.”

  I quickly jump in the shower and start making supper since mom has the evening shift tonight at the bar.

  I hear the door open and Ronny walks in as if she lives here. She gives me a hug and sits on the table while I heat up the microwave mac and cheese.

  “Soooo…. What did you guys do? You’ve been gone quite a while, Jax has been infuriating me about your whereabouts?” she starts snickering.

  “What’s his problem? Why did he want to know where I was? We went and had ice-cream by the beach, it was so nice, I don’t know why but we get along so well… it's kinda like I’ve known him forever…he seems so familiar.” I look at her and she’s given me a weird look. “Yeah Ron I know …I’m weird!” I say with a smile on my blushing face, shrugging her off with the slight wave of a hand.

  “Awww… I’m so happy! NO! You are not weird, don’t say that and don’t worry about Jax. I guess he’s just over protective being one of your closest friends even though he knows Drake won’t do anything to hurt you, he just wants to make sure you’re safe. Don’t stress bout it babe. But….what IS weird, is how Drake is with you, he’s not always that friendly you know, you saw how Jax was today with Rachel when she saw that hoe with her hands all over her ma…um...Man - you saw how uptight and angry he was? Well Drake is kinda like that ALL the time! But today was so weird…. it’s like you totally calmed him. Well anyways... how do you feel about him?” She says this with such honesty and I can see in her expression she is telling the truth but I still get the feeling that she’s hiding something from me.

  Getting my food from the microwave, I get two forks and give her one, sitting on the table next to her, “Well I know it’s soon, but I really like him...” I blush, “…and I never knew he was like that he just seems so …you know…like the boy next door type but hotter. I can’t imagine him getting angry like Jax does and that whole thing with Jax scared the living shit outta me! Okay… I’m going to be honest with you and whatever I say stays between us okay?”

  She takes her finger and crosses her heart, she continues to eating the mac and cheese watching me.

  “Okay well you know , you asked me how I felt about Jax and I said I only have friendly feelings for him? Well… I kinda didn’t tell you the whole truth, you see with Jax my feelings are so different, like we are really close and when I’m with him- it’s just about him. I forget about all my other problems, I don’t think about anything else and then when I’m with Drake it’s totally different, I can’t explain. I don’t quite know what I feel for Jax but I know I don’t want to lose him, I can’t lose him and I need him in my life – just like I need you…” I smile at her ,she returns my smile and pats my back, “…and even though Jax is one of my best friends, along with you ,when we got to school today I got so fucking jealous when I saw him with all those girls, the ones that hang all over him. As soon as I met Drake though, that all changed and I didn’t care who was hanging on Jax’s arm all I worried about was Drake and if these girls do the same with him?" I laugh it off like it was nothing, I look at her and she’s got a strange look on her face, she presses her lips in a line like she wants to say something.

  “Ronny? What is it? What aren’t you saying? “I ask her nervously.

  She lets out an unlike Ronny squeal and gives me a big hug almost dropping our food. “Okay well I wasn’t going to say anything because I wanted everything to just unravel by itself but I just can’t keep it in anymore… you’re all Drake’s been talking about, asking us questions, he liked you from the first time he saw you and he’s been driving us nuts like every day, my gosh..” then her eyes widen like she said something she shouldn’t have.

  “Wait? What do you mean “everyday”? Today was the first time I met him?” I say slowly trying to figure out what she meant.

  “Oh sorry, I meant …um…all day today.” she stutters.

  Something’s not right here, with all the whispers that have been going on and looks they give each other when I’m around, it’s obvious they’re keeping something from me…

  Ronny’s phone goes off and she hurriedly says her goodbyes and rushes out the door.

  I clean up the kitchen and work on some homework. Jumping into bed that night, thinking about the day I had and all the little remarks my friends have been saying and brushing it off as if they were mistakes – I know something is not right.

  CHAPTER 8:

  The rest of the week flew by, Drake and I became closer and not once did I see the “other side” to him that Ronny said he had. I’m doing well in school and I made a couple new friends. The girls that I saw on my first day of school, the ones that were hanging around Jax, keep throwing snotty glances my way and snickering to each other when I walk by.

  I kept it to myself but I just about had enough. It was after gym class on a Friday and we were getting changed in the locker rooms so we can go home. I heard them mentioning by name followed by their squeaky pathetic laughs, so I went up to Bimbo Barbie and asked her what her problem was. You se
e “Bimbo Barbie” was the slutty blond that was hanging all over Jax the first day of school in her cheerleading outfit that barely covered anything.

  She looked quite shocked that I actually confronted her, and she replied.

  “Well ….you see… my problem is YOU. I don’t know who you think you are, coming to MY school and taking Drake and Jax away from us. I think it’s best you stay away from them and leave them to us girls who can ACTUALLY handle them.” she winks at me and looks at her friends.

  Her friends snicker as she continues with her pathetic rambling, I fold my arms over my chest and listen, I really don’t give a shit about what she has to say but I’m going to listen and when she’s done, I’ll say my piece whether they want to listen or not.

  “Do you honestly think those two will find you attractive, especially with all those tattoos all over you and those piercings, it’s disgusting! Like I said before leave them the fuck alone, you can’t handle them and they are too perfect for a low life like you – you think we don’t know who you are? You’re just trailer trash just like your emo-friend you hang out with or that no good slutty momma of yours!” With that I cut her off and got in her face, I grab the side of her hair and pushed her into one of the metal locker room doors.

  I’m shorter than her so I bring her a little down so that she's slouched, her cheek is against the locker and I can feel her trembling in shock. Of course none of her friends jump into rescue her but I can hear their grasps in shock at what I just did. Just what I thought. I also hear the distinct laughing coming from Ronny behind me. I calm myself before I do something I might regret. I’ve got her in a tight grip. Yeah daddy taught me well., I put my mouth near her ear as I whisper but since the hole locker room is quiet now I’m guessing everyone heard what I had to say.

  “NEXT time you wanna argue with me, don’t dare be a fucking coward and bring my family or the people I love into it. You honestly think I give a fuck if you got a problem with me? I DON’T, I couldn’t care less - you and your little pathetic friends are really starting to annoy the living shit outta me. And as for Drake and Jax? Honey.... I think you need to realize that I don’t take orders from ANYONE, and I’m sure they find the whole “Bimbo Barbie” thing you and your friends got going on attractive, I mean you guys really don’t leave anything to the imagination now do you – what you see is what you get? Yeah that's about right – no fucking brains and an easy lay!” I say with sarcasm, dripping from my mouth and hear more laughs from behind me.

  “Whoever thinks that is attractive clearly can’t get a REAL WOMAN, a woman that hasn’t hooked up with the whole Football Team.” I tighten my grip in her hair to get my last point across and she yelps in pain as her face goes harder into the metal door.

  “Stay the fuck away from me and if I EVER hear you or your “bitch squad” mention my name, or any of my family's and YES that “emo-friend” of mine is my family, I will do some work on that pretty little face of yours and when I'M finished with you it won’t be so ….attractive” I say emphasizing the word attractive in disgust.

  I let her go, pick up my bag and push through the crowd in the locker room putting my shirt on. Yeah... I was busy getting dressed when I confronted her and although I had my shorts and boots on I was still in my black lace bra. So throughout the argument I was half naked, that’s probably why she brought up the whole tattoo story since I have tattoos down my back and on the side. I have large roses and vines down my rib cage as a tribute to my mother and fathers love they held for one another. Every Monday morning dad would buy mom a bouquet of red roses and tell her how much he loves her and then he would steal one of the roses and give it to me saying he loved me just as much.

  It’s funny how the roses symbolized so much to me. The love they had was amazing and when I got the tattoo I added the dates of his birth and death, I also added his and moms name small in-between some of the vines, you’ve got to look close to actually notice it but it’s there.

  I don’t know what I was thinking, I probably should have put my shirt on before I confronted her little gang but I was just so irritated that I didn’t think clearly and only saw red. Walking out the school down the stairs and crossing the grass park to get to the cars, Ronny comes up behind me and puts her arm over my shoulder. She’s laughing her ass off and I end up chuckling too, we end up rolling on the grass laughing with tears in our eyes.

  “Oh my gosh! Lexi! I never knew small lil’ you had that in you...THAT was the funniest shit ever! You should have seen the faces of her bitches when you told her off.” she says through laughs.

  I reply, trying hard to compose myself from laughing, wiping the tears out of my eyes, “I swear I wasn’t going to touch her, but when she passed that fucking comment I lost it..."

  I start laughing again, “… and there I was giving her a lecture on decency…only to realize as I got my bag, I was standing in my bra the WHOLE TIME!” Laughter erupts again as we lay on our backs on the ground.

  “Did I hear Bra? What did you say you were doing in it?” I look up to see Jax’s smirk, he’s towering over me with his shoes near my head looking down at us. I look at Ronny next to me and we burst out laughing again.

  “Jax! You missed the hottest thing ever! Who would have thought our little Lexi here was a spitfire, she gave your girlfriend a good talking to ….With her head against the LOCKER!” She starts snickering again.

  “Shh…Ronny, you make it sound so bad, I just couldn’t take her crap anymore …. I could’ve done worse you know.” I say trying to defend myself.

  “Lexi! What did you do? What do u mean you couldn’t take it anymore? And Ronny, Chelsea is NOT my girlfriend, it’s just sex; what the fuck is going on?” Jax says in a serious tone.

  “That’s disgusting…” I mutter quietly to myself disappointed in Jax for actually sleeping with someone like that and falling for her charms.

  “Guess he does find that type of thing attractive.” I whisper to Ronny wiggling my eyebrows.

  She smiles at me and we giggle again, Jax looks confused like he’s missed something.

  “Alexia you better tell me what’s going on right now!” He yells and that kills the mood, Ronny and I are silent now and I’m pretty sure I felt her shiver next to me at the sound of his angry tone. Luckily Drake arrives, he couldn’t have come at a better time and he starts laughing.

  “I can’t believe you! I didn’t think you were the type to throw down. Damn Lexi everyone’s talking about it.” He bends down then picks me up as if I weigh nothing then tosses me over his shoulder with my ass in the air.

  "Ronny what have you done? Now we got a little fighter on our hands! Let’s get you guys out of here before you cause any more trouble.” I laugh at his teasing tone and tell him to hush it.

  When I look up, Jax is standing a few meters away on his phone. Hmmm probably to his “bed buddy" trying to find out what happened. Drake eventually puts me down and opens his car for Ronny and me, and then he walks back to where Jax is.

  Ronny gets all quiet in the backseat and puts her hand on my shoulder, I turn my eyes away from the boys to look at her and I see so much emotion in her eyes.

  “I heard what you said to Chelsea, you’re my family too you know and I love you just as much. I’m so happy you came here… even though you didn’t want to. I know what you’ve been through and that’s why I appreciate the fact that you let us in…well let me in. You’ve told me all your secrets – well …I think you have… but I know something is bugging you and when you’re ready you’ll tell me. You’ve been so open and honest with me and you’re my best friend Lexi, I have so much that I want you to know about me and I feel guilty that I haven’t been honest with you. But I promise you Lexi that when the times right - I swear…. I will tell you everything you want to know…” she trails off as she looks down at the back of the driver’s seat. I reach back through the chairs, with my ass in the air and give her a big hug and whisper in her ear.

  “I know Ronny, there’
s stuff you guys have been keeping from me and I’m not stupid I can sense it, I see the whispers and looks you guys give each other when I’m around.”

  I pull back and look at her face, “Its okay Ron, I trust you and when you’re ready I’ll still be here. You know I won’t judge you…and yeah…. there is stuff that has been bugging me, that being part of it but other stuff at home. I’m not ready to talk to anyone about it yet but when I get to the point where I'm not able to cope with it alone, you will be the first person I tell, okay? I just don’t want to bring anymore drama to you guys.”

  I give her a reassuring smile, “No more emotional girl-talk today okay? Let’s go get some DVDs and snacks ready for tonight!” she smiles and I get back into the passenger seat of Drakes car.

  “You girls ready?" Drake says as he jumps behind the wheel and starts the car.

  “Yeah let’s go buddy.” Ronny says.

  CHAPTER 9

  We eventually get back to my house, unloading all the groceries onto the kitchen table, Rachel, Mark, Chloe and Jax should be here soon. I hear my phone in my pocket alerting me of a message.

  JAX : Lexi, nt goin 2 b able 2 make it 2nyt, I forgot I had other important plans. Sorry.

  I don’t even bother replying, I don’t know what to say to him? Why did he have to say “other important plans” does that mean that this is not important? Well at least he texted me to say he wasn’t coming I guess... don’t know why I’m so sad? The way he shouted at me, full of anger, it was probably the most frightened I have been in a long time. I think that scared me more than how I felt when Greg manhandled me at the bar.

  “Lexi? What’s wrong?” Ronny comes up to me, looking at my phone.