Forget About It

Lexie felt herself getting into more of a routine by her third day of school. She was starting to really like living in Baltimore and she felt happy when she woke up in the morning. Stretching, she looked out of her window to assess the weather situation. Sunny. She decided that she was going to walk to school again today, rather than bothering Noah. She knew the way and the weather was nice enough for it.

When Lexie opened up her wardrobe, she grinned to herself. There hung her 2 other playsuits, one black with small white hearts on it and the other was white with multi-coloured hearts. Just to tease Alex, she decided to wear one of them.

Lexie chose to wear the black one, teamed with black pumps and had her hair in her usual braid. Grabbing her bag, she dashed downstairs to find the living room and kitchen empty. Confused, she walked round to see if she could find a note of some sort, but she came up blank. Nothing. She shrugged it off though and grabbed her iPod and set off for school.

Lexie met Rachel at the entrance to school and they began walking to class together. Maths was first.

"So how was it hanging with All Time Low yesterday?" Rachel asked her.

"How did you know I was with them?" she replied.

"Jack told me. We're good friends," she said smiling.

"Oh. It was fun, actually. I don't really know what I was expecting them to be like, but they were really good," Lexie told her sincerely.

"Yeah, I think so too. Be careful when it comes to Alex though, seriously. I like you, Lexie and I don't want to see you get screwed over by a guy like him," Rachel said.

Lexie didn't really know what to think of that. "I am being careful, I'm not some silly blonde bimbo," Lexie told her. "Don't worry about me."

Rachel nodded and smiled slightly and led the way into the classroom. Lexie followed and took her seat, thinking about what Rachel had just said to her. Was he really that bad?

Lexie hadn't really seen Alex all day at school. She spotted him a few times in the corridor in between classes, but she never saw him at lunch, though she saw Jack and Rian and gave them a wave from across the cafeteria. She was disapointed that she hadn't seen him. She had put on her playsuit just to tease him... and immediately felt silly for doing that. Since when did she let a boy affect the way she dressed?

It wasn't until she was at her locker at the end of the day that she saw him. She had just closed the door having got her belongings out of it, to find him leaning casually against the other lockers, a smile on his face and a twinkle in his eye.

His eyes drifted down to her legs and his smile got wider. "I see you wore one."

"Mmm," she said looking at him in the eye, not really knowing what to say.

"Sorry I haven't seen you all day. I got put in detention for a reason I will not indulge you with," he told her.

"It's fine, Alex," she said and began walking towards the door. She heard him rush to walk with her.

"What are you doing Friday night?" he asked and her heartbeat immediately quickened. Was he asking her out on a date?

"Nothing, as far as I'm aware," she told him as coolly as she could.

"Well, Zack's having a party at his house that night, so I was wondering if you wanted to come?" he asked and Lexie thought he sounded nervous.

She turned to look at him, "Sure, why not. Who else is going?"

"A lot of people. I know that girl Rachel you've been hanging with is going."

"Really? She never said. I'll go with her then, so I'm not walking in on my own like a total loser," she said and Alex laughed.

"Awesome. I'll see you there. Wear something short," he said chuckling and started to walk off in the other direction.

"Where are you going?" she shouted to him as he was getting further down the corridor.

"Detention! It's after school as well!" he shouted back and turned a corner. Lexie shook her head laughing and headed home. It looked like she was going to a party on Friday.

Lexie arrived home to find the house empty again, but this time there was a note left on the kitchen counter.

Sorry you were alone this morning, chick, I had to sort some house stuff out. I'm also sorry that you're alone now. I don't know where dad is, but I've got a date ;)

I left you some money so you can order a takeout if you want, or there's plenty of food in the fridge. Try not to burn the house down or anything.

Noah x

Sighing, Lexie decided to kill some alone time by going on her laptop. Signing into Facebook, she noticed that she had been invited to the event 'Party at Zack's House!' and smiling, she RSVP with a 'Yes, Attending.' Well, she didn't know if she would be allowed to go, but she was assuming. She then updated her status as 'Home alone. Going to enjoy a large pepperoni pizza to myself, while attempting homework. Fun."

Signing out, she got the phone and ordered a pizza. She already felt lonely.

About ten minutes later, there was a knock at the door. It couldn't be here already, could it?

It wasn't her pizza. It was Alex. What the hell?

"How do you know where I live?" she asked him confused, before he had even had a chance to say hello.

"Rian told me," he said.

"How did Rian know where I live?"

"He lives just down the street, he saw you when you first moved in and when you've left for school the past few mornings... that sounds like he's a creeper stalker. He's not, honestly. But I saw your Facebook status and I didn't want you to be lonely, so I thought I'd come and keep you company," he told her all in one breath.

Lexie felt her heart warm instantly. He was actually really sweet. "I believe you on the stalker thing," she said laughing, then opened the door wider. "Welcome to my humble abode."

Alex stepped in and made himself at home on the sofa. "Did you say you were ordering a pizza?"

"Yep. I ordered it about 10 minutes ago, actually. It's a good job you're here actually, otherwise I would have ate it all to myself and gotten really fat," she told him, sitting next to him on the sofa.

"I highly doubt you would get fat after one pizza," he said.

"You don't know my metabolism. It sucks," she told him, and Alex just laughed.

"D'ya wanna watch a movie or something?" he asked.

"Sure, why not. The DVD's are in my room, come on," she said and gestured with her hand for him to follow her upstairs.

She walked into her room and headed straight for the box of DVD's and placed them on her bed. She noticed Alex was just standing by the doorway, eyes scanning round the room.

"Are you going to come in and sit down or just stand there?" she said.

"I was observing your bedroom," he said but sat down with her anyway.

"And your verdict?"

"It's a pretty decent room," he said then began pulling out DVD's at random. "Does it make me gay that I want to watch Finding Nemo?"

Lexie laughed, "Not at all. It's a great movie."

"Excellent. We're watching that, no excuses," he said and put the rest of them back where they were from. Lexie was about to take the DVD and set it up when there was a knock at the door.

"That must be the pizza, don't break anything while I'm gone," she told him sternly and dashed downstairs. She recieved the large pizza, payed the guy and walked back upstairs.

But when she walked into her room, Alex was looking through her drawers and holding a very lacy pair of knickers on the end of his finger, grinning. "This is saucy, Lexie. I didn't think you were the sort of person to wear this," he said and raised an eyebrow. "Nice."

Lexie was mortified. She put the pizza down on her bed and grabbed her underwear from his hand. "Don't touch my stuff, Gaskarth!"

"Hey, I was curious. And you only told me not to break anything, you didn't say I couldn't look through your underwear drawer," he said innocently.

"I didn't think I needed to," she said blushing.

"Do you often wear stuff like that?" he asked her.

"Not that often. I don't really wear fancy underwear for school or anything, but if I go to a party or something then I tend to wear lacier stuff like that," she told him, then realised what she had been saying. "I don't know why I'm telling you about my underwear habits... just forget I ever said that."

"So, does that mean you might possibly be wearing them on Friday?" he asked her biting his lip.

"Maybe," she said blushing even brighter and put the underwear back into her drawer. "Now just shut up and sit down or I'll kick you out."

"As you wish, m'am," he said bowing and layed down on her bed. Lexie put the DVD in and layed next to him, suddenly feeling very exposed and awkward.

The room went silent as the film started, but then Alex broke that silence.

"Lexie?" he asked innocently.

"Yeah?"

He didn't answer immediately and she turned to look at him. He was biting his lip, looking at her.

"What?" she asked him.

"You seriously do have amazing legs," he told her. Gasping in horror, Lexie picked up the nearest pillow and hit him round the head with it.

"Shut up and watch the movie Alex. Leave me and my legs alone," she said to him.

"I'm trying," he said to her, looking her directly in the eye. Lexie felt herself blush and turned her attention to the TV ahead of her. What was this boy doing to her?