Jack (Secret Revenge #1)

by Robin Edwards

  “Um,” Sophie began as she flipped through her phone. “I am going to go over to Chrissy’s house and hang out and then we are all going to the diner tonight.”

  “Cool,” Maddie said yawning. “You want to go eat breakfast with Alexandra and me before you run off for the day?”

  “Sure!” Sophie said hopping down from her stool and whizzing past Alexandra who was standing in the doorway smiling.

  “You good with that?” Maddie asked Alexandra. “Then I thought since it was a rainy day we could catch a movie, not one of yours of course, and then mosey over to the grocery store and pick out dinner.”

  “Sounds great,” Alexandra said looking down at her pajamas. “I’ll go change and throw my hair up real quick.”

  Maddie smiled as Alexandra ran up the stairs, almost as excited as a small child to go to breakfast and the movies. Maddie leaned her head in her hands and thought about a quiet life with someone like Alexandra; it would be nice. Maddie shook her head and pulled her butt from the stool, she needed to get dressed as well. She made her way upstairs, threw on a pair of jeans, grey t-shirt, flip flops, and she tied a hoodie around her waist just in case it got cold. She pulled her bright red hair back in a ponytail and threw a baseball cap on, pulling the long strands of hair through the hole in the back. She walked out of her bedroom and stopped dead in her tracks as she looked up at Alexandra.

  Alex was wearing a pair of ripped jeans, black Chuck Taylors, a white t-shirt tucked in, with her hair pulled back and sunglasses on top of her head. She was holding an umbrella that Sophie had given her and was peering down inside of it as if she wasn’t sure how it worked. Alex looked up at Sophie and smiled her million dollar smile and held the umbrella out, shrugging her shoulders. Out of nowhere, the latch clicked, and the umbrella flew open, knocking Alex backwards. She lay on the floor laughing hysterically as Maddie rushed forward and fumbled with the umbrella until she got it to go down. She reached her hand out to Alex, still smiling, and pulled her up to her feet.

  “Watch out,” Maddie said with a smirk on her face. “These rubber ducky umbrellas are known to be silent killers.”

  The three girls walked towards the diner in the rain. Alex laughed as Sophie went running towards a large puddle and jumped in the center of it sending a wave of water at Maddie. Maddie jumped to the side and pointed her finger at Sophie laughing.

  “Ah ha!” Maddie said. “You missed!”

  Just as the words exited Maddie’s mouth a car drove by and splashed water all over her. Sophie and Alex started laughing, and Alex walked up to Maddie with a fake pout on her face. She wiped the water from Alex’s brow with her shirt sleeve, grabbed her hand and pulled her along after Sophie. She didn’t let Maddie’s hand go when they caught up, and Maddie could feel her cheeks burning red. They reached the diner, and the three of them took a seat in a booth in the corner.

  “Maddie,” the waitress said with excitement. “Back from the big city all ready?”

  “Oh,” Maddie said smiling. “Just a little-unexpected vacation.”

  The three girls ordered and Sophie switched to the other side to sit next to Alex as she showed Sophie some of the pictures she had taken from the Academy Awards last year. Sophie’s mouth fell open every time Alex switched pictures, and she asked about a hundred questions about being famous and knowing all these people. Maddie smiled to herself as Alex gracefully explained the real truth behind all of the glitz and glamour.

  “Well Sophie,” Alex began. “These people are just ordinary people. Well, I guess normal isn’t quite the right word. They still get dressed every day like everyone else. They just have a different kind of job. We spend 12 plus hours a day on set in any weather, we get poked and prodded all day by makeup and wardrobe, and most everything we wear cuts off circulation to at least three parts of our bodies. So even though we look fabulous, sometimes it sucks.”

  “I don’t know,” Sophie said as she took a huge bite of eggs. “I would die to go to an awards show and have everyone tell me how awesome I was. And of course meet Luke Boston, he is my favorite!”

  Maddie laughed and handed Sophie a napkin. Alex smiled coyly and took a bite of her egg white omelet with a side of tomatoes, roughly as healthy as the diner could get. Maddie looked down guiltily at her stack of pancakes which Alex must have noticed because she smiled and reached across the table, taking a huge fork full of pancakes and stuffing it in her mouth. She rolled her eyes back and groaned as if she had just tasted the most delicious food ever. The three girls laughed and spent the rest of breakfast talking about Alex and her life in California.

  “Well folks,” Sophie said as she jumped up from the booth. “It’s been grand, but I have a date with my bestie.”

  Maddie and Alex laughed at Sophie’s sarcastic sense of humor and watched her as she jumped out into the rain and took off down the street. Maddie put her credit card down on the check and pulled out her phone. She looked up at Alex who was staring at Maddie with a look of contentment in her eye. Maddie cleared her throat nervously, realizing she was alone with Alex for the first time.

  “Well,” Maddie whispered. “If we hurry we can catch the 11 o'clock showing of Crazy Man, that new Luke Boston movie.”

  “Sounds good,” Alex said as she grabbed her purse, handed Maddie her credit card and slapped a fifty dollar bill down on the table. “Let’s hit the road.”

  The two girls walked out into the street and put their umbrellas tightly over their heads. The rain had picked up, and it was like a monsoon out there. They walked quietly next to each other and rounded the corner where the old movie theatre sat in the center of the block. Alex and Maddie stopped dead in their tracks as they noticed a huge crowd of people standing in front of the theatre. They were holding I love Alexandra signs and were excitedly talking to each other. Maddie and Alex looked at each other in panic and started to slowly walk backwards, trying to get back around the corner before anyone saw them.

  “Look,” one of the girls screamed. “There she is! Alexandra! Wait!”

  Maddie and Alex didn’t take any time to discuss their next move. Instead, they both turned and started running in the other direction, Maddie losing her umbrella on the corner of the building but not turning back for it. Alex struggled with her cover and finally threw it in the street as she exclaimed:

  “Oh, the hell with it!”

  The two girls passed the diner but kept running, not even sure if anyone was still following them. Maddie could see a smile and laughter on Alex’s face, but personally, she was mortified that her little sister had told someone that Alex was in town. The two girls rounded the corner and headed up Maddie’s driveway, stopping once they reached the cover of the porch. Maddie put her face in her hands and then looked up at Alex.

  “I am so sorry,” Maddie pleaded. “I am going to kill Sophie. She was explicitly told not to tell anyone, and she did anyways.”

  Maddie looked up at Alex in hopes that she wasn’t fuming mad. Alex stood in front of her, water running down her forehead, and her white shirt almost translucent. She had a blank look on her face, but her mouth began to draw upwards at the corner. Alex quickly took two steps forward, cupped Maddie’s face in her hands, and pressed her lips hard against Maddie’s. Maddie’s hands dropped to her sides, and she stood stunned for a moment as she kissed Alex back. Alex pulled back, and the two girls smiled at each other as Maddie quietly turned and unlocked the door.

  As soon as the door was shut behind them, Alex and Maddie’s bodies were pressed closely together and what was a sweet show of emotion turned into a heated and passionate struggle to get each other’s clothes off. They moved into the living room and Alex pushed Maddie down on the couch. She slowed her frantic movements and began to kiss her, starting at her breasts and moving down her stomach. Maddie began to breathe heavy as Alex sat back and rubbed her fingers over her wet mound. She then moved her hands to her thighs and pushed her legs apart, softly placing her lips where her hands just caressed. Her tongue st
arted to move faster, and Maddie moaned louder as Alex’s fingers pressed inside of her.

  Maddie grabbed Alex’s face and pulled her upward. Alex straddled Maddie and rubbed herself against Alex, their wetness combining. They moved in a frantic rhythm together; their screams were muffled as they pressed their mouths together. As they reached their peak, Alex pulled back and threw her head backwards shaking as she yelled Maddie’s name. She then collapsed onto Maddie and the two laid together recovering from their simultaneous orgasm.

  The girls lay still for close to an hour until Maddie raised her head and shifted to the side. Maddie kissed Alex’s face and pulled the blanket on the couch over them. She sighed as she looked up at the clock on the wall.

  “I have got to go get some groceries before Sophie comes home and starts questioning what we did with our day,” Maddie said as she slid off of the couch.

  “You can stay here to avoid the mob,” she said to Alex as she made her way towards the stairs to retrieve new dry clothes.

  “Ok,” Alex yelled after her. “I will get a shower and throw our clothes in the dryer.”

  Maddie, after putting on some comfortable, dry clothes, took the car to the grocery store to pick out stuff for them to eat for the next couple of weeks. She didn’t know exactly what Alex liked to eat so she just picked out her normal dinner selections. When she got back to the house, Alex and Sophie were playing cards at the kitchen table, and Maddie got to work on dinner. The rest of the night consisted of games and movies and before Maddie knew it they were all in bed drifting off to sleep.

  Against Alex’s wishes, Maddie slept in her room so that she didn’t give Sophie any more fuel for the fire. She drifted off to sleep thinking about the passion her and Alex had earlier and wondered what she could expect out of the weeks to come. Little did Maddie know, Alex was lying opposite her in the other room, the same thoughts floating through her head.

  Chapter Five

  The next two weeks went better than Maddie could have ever imagined. Alex and Maddie spent the first week huddled up in the house, hiding from the mob that had found Maddie’s front door. They didn’t mind, and Alex started to refer to the house as the “love shack.” Their days were filled with cuddling on the couch, watching terrible movies that made Alex laugh hysterically, and nights spent in passion after Maddie decided to finally start sleeping together after Alex had told Sophie that she and Maddie were a couple.

  Though the word couple implied that Maddie and Alex were in a relationship, Maddie didn’t mind at all since the only thing on her mind was Alex. Finally, after a week of hiding out, Alex had enough of being stuffed up in the house. During one of their reading sessions together Alex jumped up and grabbed her phone from the table.

  “I’m tired of being stuck in the house,” Alex said as Maddie looked up at her with confusion. “So, I am going to fix it.”

  Alex clicked her heels together, smiled and winked at Maddie, and walked into the kitchen. Maddie assumed she was calling Angel, and she hoped she kept the gossip about them to a minimum since this was technically her boss. After about ten minutes Alex returned, dropped her phone on the table next to her and sat down on the floor in front of Maddie.

  “Problem solved,” she said smiling. “Angel is going to put together a meet and greet at the local movie theatre so these people can get their obsession over meeting me out of their minds. Then maybe we can enjoy a few days out of the house. Besides, there is some summer fair in your town next week, and I love cotton candy.”

  Maddie smiled and looked up out the window. She thought about the fair and how Alex would want to go as a couple which would be the first time the town had seen Maddie with another girl. She kept her relationships quiet and never dated anyone from home. She sighed but realized this would be Alex’s first time in public with a girl too so they were in it together. As if Alex could sense Maddie’s tension she reached over and grabbed her hand.

  “It’s okay,” Alex said sweetly. “We will come out to the public together and have fun doing it. I love carnivals!”

  The week went by quickly, and Angel had called Maddie a dozen times with plans for the meet and greet. He was terrified that something would go wrong, but Maddie assured him everything would be okay. And in this instance, everything went off without a hitch. The townspeople were super excited to meet Alex, and they were all very kind and accommodating. Alex explained she would be there for another week and asked the townsfolk to treat her like anyone else so that she could enjoy her time in Oberlin.

  To Maddie’s surprise, the next week, they were able to go out and do things without anyone bothering them. Of course, there were stares, but Maddie couldn’t figure out if it was because it was Alex or because they were holding hands. In the end, Maddie didn’t care, she was having the time of her life going on walks through the park, watching old black and white movies, and grocery shopping like everyone else. Alex seemed to fit right in and smiled and waved at some of the older folks in town as they passed. Maddie couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed that the fair would be their last night in the city.

  As the week was winding down, Alex came to Maddie’s room and knocked on the door. She was done getting ready for their date to the fair and stood smiling in the doorway. She looked gorgeous with her hair tied back with a bright red ribbon and a red sundress and sandals. Her makeup was light, and she looked like she had lived in a small town all her life. Alex whistled at Maddie who was wearing a pair of shorts, tank top, and cardigan and had a large green flower pinned in her hair. The two walked forward and kissed as Alex took Maddie’s hand and walked towards the front door.

  No one bothered the girls at all at the fair and to Maddie’s surprise, none of the townsfolk even seemed to notice that they were holding hands. Maddie won Alex a giant stuffed bunny from one of the stands, and the two laughed and joked as they walked through the crowds of kids, the lights of the fair rides twinkling around them on the cold summer evening. The two girls walked over to the picnic tables and sat across from each other holding hands.

  “I want us to be a couple,” Alex said looking into Maddie’s light green eyes.

  “I thought we were a couple,” Maddie said smiling.

  “I mean when we get back,” Alex said looking down. “I want you to know your life will be filled with cameras and paparazzi for a little while, though. You are the first girlfriend that I will be out in public with and that is going to be huge for these reporters. I will try to make it as painless as possible, but I can’t promise anything.”

  “Oh,” Maddie said realizing that no one outside the town knew about the two of them. “Well if that's the case...Bye.” Maddie stood up with a smile on her face and pretended to walk away. “Are you serious? I don’t care about those photographers; I just hope they get my good side.”

  Alex laughed and leaned forward to kiss Maddie. After their kiss, they decided they had enough fun at the carnival and headed back to the house. Maddie knew Sophie would be out until the fair closed and she wanted a few minutes alone with Alex before they had to go back to real life the next morning. When they reached the house, they undressed and put on their pajamas and snuggled up on Alex’s bed. They spent the evening talking and laughing until the both fell asleep, entwined in each other’s arms and completely not ready to head back to reality.

  Chapter Six

  The champagne cork flew into the air and Maddie, and Alex’s laughter echoed through the enormous dining room of what was now Alex and Maddie’s new home. Maddie couldn’t believe it had been an entire year since she had awkwardly walked into the management company and horrifyingly been struck down by Alexandra. Maddie smiled at the thought of it and visions of the last year ran through her head.

  When the three girls got back from Ohio things got crazy. The press was all over the new lovers, and Maddie had never had so many pictures taken of her. It had taken about six months before the media stopped hounding Maddie every time she left the beach house. Alex ended up hi
ring bodyguards for Maddie since she wasn’t used to the pushy media. Maddie escorted Alex to the Academy Awards where she won for best-supporting actress and thanked the love of her life on national television.

  It had been hard at times making time to spend with Alex between her filming and Maddie’s schedule, but Alex always tried her best and even had rented out the theatre in Ohio and a private jet for their six month anniversary. The two of them were not just lovers they were best friends, and Sophie started to talk to Alex as if she was a mother figure and not just the girl her sister was dating.

  Maddie looked at her as she sipped her champagne and she smiled at how good things turned out. She and Alex were super in love and had sent Sophie home to visit while they got the new house ready for her return. They wanted to surprise Sophie and had her bedroom decorated and everything. On top of all of that, Alex had successfully finished her internship and was offered a position skipping the newbies and going right to the elite. She got to move into her office next to Angel that morning, and he had decorated it with everything glitter, something Maddie was sure the cleaning crew was going to kill her over.