part 3



alex watched jake as he happily bounced into the kitchen and plopped into a chair.
" what are you so happy about?" alex asked warily. jake grinned.
"what? where's laura? what happened??"
" well...........laura's in her room."
" and..........?"
" i kissed her!!!" he squealed.
" you did what?? why??" alex roared. jake's face dropped.
" was that a bad thing?"
" jake, you are such an idiot." alex sighed, rising out of his chair. rubbing his temples, alex climbed the stairs and knocked on laura's door. not waiting for an answer, he pushed it open and went in.
laura was laying on her bed, curled up in a ball. her eyes were closed and her long hair was spread out around her.
" laura, hon. wanna talk?" he asked climbing around her and laying down. she rolled over to face him, staring at him with her ice-blue eyes.
" no." she whispered. alex sighed. he wrapped his arm around her body and pulled her closer. she was freezing.
" you're not gonna kiss me too, are you?" she narrowed her eyes at him.
" no....of course not." he stroked her hair. " do me a favor."
" what?"
" talk to me. i know you usually hide what you're feeling, but at least tell me what happened with jake and you."
" he kissed me." she buried her head in his chest.
" that's all?" she shook her head. " what about with daniel?"
" he kissed me too."
" yeh, i knew that. so spill!"
" you sound like cassy."
" she's my girlfriend." jake could feel her warm breath through his shirt. " which one of them do you like better?"
" what?" laura lifted her head and looked at his as if her were crazy. " how the hell am i supposed ta answer that?"
"uhhhh..........honestly?"
" you're a dumbass." she pushed away from him and rolled onto her back.
" thanks, i love you too."
" i'm gonna go to sleep now." she announced after a long silence.
" yeh?"
" that means you have ta leave now."
" right." he pushed himself up and got off her bed. " night." he said pecking her forehead.
" night."


daniel stared at the dark wooden table of laura's kitchen table. he'd memorized all the creases and swirls of the wood. now, looking up, his eyes fell on the clock. he'd been sitting there three hours waiting for her.
alex walked in, looked at him, and smiled.
" she's still sleeping, man. well, at lease i think she is. anyways, you look like shit. go take a shower." daniel narrowed his eyes at him. alex grinned. " well, what are you waiting for. she could be up any minute....." he warned teasingly. rolling his eyes, daniel dragged himself out of the chair and went upstairs. passing laura's room, he peeked in. she was laying face up, lifelessly sprawled over her bed.


unfortunately, when alex heard the scream, he was pouring himself a glass of orange juice. it startled him and he dropped and broke the glass. hopping back to avoid getting wet, he realized daniel had been the one screaming. he raced out of the kitchen and up the stairs. daniel was in the doorway of laura's room, clutching the frame.
" daniel? are you all right?" alex asked, stepping forward uneasily. daniel turned to look at him.
" laura." he squeaked. eyes wide, alex pushed past him.
" what happened?" he gingerly touched her arm. as he guessed, she was cold. he gently shook her.
" i dunno...i....she..." he stopped midsentence when laura let out a low groan. she turned over and her eyes fluttered open.
" laura! what happened! are you ok?" alex asked hysterically.
" where am i?" she rubbed her eyes.
" where are you? you're in your bed."
" i am?"
" yup."
" but didn't i fall asleep at cassy's house?"
" no sweetie, you didn't."
" where's daniel?" she whispered.
" right behind me." her eyes focused on daniel.
" hi." she said shyly.
" hi," he replied, looking at his shoes.
" uhhh......i think i'll leave you two alone." alex got up and left. daniel kneeled where alex had been. he stroked her hair gently. she allowed him to do that for awhile, then grabbed his wrist.
" lay with me." she whispered, rolling onto her back.
" k." daniel got up and crawled to the empty spot next to her. " are you ok?"
" just fine......." she slipped her arm around his waist. now facing each other, the two looked into each others eyes. daniel put his arm around her and pulled her to his body. there they lay...............


alex grinned to himself as he bounded downstairs and cleaned up the orange juice mess. he wanted them to be together. cassy did too. now only if jake would just give up..........
his thoughts were interrupted by the annoying ring of the phone.
" hello?"
" hi......is laura there?" asked a deep male voice. alex froze. 'no,' he thought....'this can't be who i think this is.'
" hello.........? anyone there? alex, is that you?"
" f*ck you!" alex slammed down the phone.


cassy walked into the kitchen to find alex pacing around, looking more than just mad.
" hey, hotstuff, wussup?" she playfully grabbed him and started to dance. alex frowned. "what's wrong? don't you wanna dance?"
" cassy. trent just called."
cassy backstepped, crashing into the table. she didn't feel the pain. " what did he want?"
" he wanted to talk to laura."
her eyes widened. " he knows where she lives? ohhhh shit......" she sank into one of the chairs, feeling faint.
" apparently so. i don't know how though.......we were very careful about everything. " he continued to pace. " this is never gonna work." he mumbled to himself.
" what's not gonna work?"
" laura and daniel are upstairs snuggling in laura's bed! if trent comes, who knows what he'll do to them!"
" oh my god.......daniel doesn't even know! what if he's walking and..........and......they meet or..." she stopped talking. " you're right, it's not gonna work."
" whatever you do, just don't mention it to them..........."


trent pushed his long, wavy black hair behind his ears as he peeked around the corner of laura's house. alex and cassy had just left. judging from alex's reaction on the phone, there was no way he would be able to see laura. he wasn't gonna do anything to her - he just wanted to see her. make sure she was ok, that they were treating her good. he ran around to the back door. it wasn't locked, so he gently opened it. he hear the tv in the direction of a hall off the kitchen, so he walked to the sound. turning into a room, he crashed into an outcoming body.
" who the hell-" he heard a voice. a skinny, blonde boy came into view.
" who are you?"
" i'm...uh..here to see laura..." he stammered.....wondering why this boy was in here, with her, alone. someone arose from the couch and appeared behind the boy. it took him a while to realize it was laura. he was much skinnier, if that was possible, from the last time he'd seen her. really pale too. she froze.
" hey....." the words died on his lips. she looked petrified. he couldn't blame her, though.......after what he put her through.......
" what are you doing here?" she asked, icily.
" i wanted to see you." he said softly.
" i don't want to see you. leave me alone. isn't what happened enough? or do you wanna torture me more?"
" laura, i....please, let me talk. how are you?"
" go away."
" look, i have no idea who you are, but she doesn't want you here. leave her alone." daniel interrupted.
" i......ok, fine. i'll see you around, laura." he stated hopefully.
" no you won't."
trying to hide his disappointment, he ducked his head and left.


daniel wrapped his arms around laura and lead her to the couch. she looked shocked.
" who was that guy? are you ok?"
" can you call alex and ask him to come over?" she asked, her voice cracking with emotion.
" yeh." he picked up the phone and dialed.
about five minutes later, alex was barging through the door. he looked really pissed.
" are you ok?" he asked somewhat frantically, kneeling beside her. she nodded. alex sat down on the other side of her and they sat there in silence for a couple minutes.
" ummm......who is this guy? what did he do?" daniel asked, curiosity getting the better of him.
" well, he's laura ex. he's kinda krazy." alex began.
" first of all, his name's trent. he and laura used to go out for about a year until she caught him cheating on her with laura's really,
really good friend. so, laura got really mad and dumped him and everything........." he paused for a second before continuing. " they didn't see each other for about a month until one night, he decided he wanted her again. he started stalking her until her got her alone. he ended up hurting her arm, cause he was half drunk, and got arrested." he paused again and sighed. "yeh.....that's the story." daniel stared at laura, wondering how she was still functioning. she'd had a really rough time..


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