Say it Again 4/6
Chapter 4
After spending nearly two hours in the park, the couple finally decided to make their way to Alex's apartment so she could throw some things into a duffel bag for the night. As they got up to leave, Paige immediately sensed the sudden change in the air around Alex and knew something was up. "What's wrong, sweetie?" she asked as she took the raven haired girl's hand in hers.
"What makes you think something's wrong?" she said cooly as if nothing was bothering her.
Paige pulled on her hand to get her to stop and face her. "Alex, I think I know you well enough by now to tell when you've got something on your mind." Alex looked down at their joined hands, but said nothing. Paige in turn lightly massaged the fingers she held so delicately, and softly prompted "What is it? Does it have something to do with the bruise on your side?" Still no response, but she could feel Alex tense at the mention of the bruise. "Does the cause of the bruise have something to do with us?" After a moment Alex lifted her head just slightly to reveal tears beginning to form in her eyes. "Oh sweetie" Paige breathed as she pulled her girlfriend into a tight embrace, and could feel Alex bury her head into her neck once again, only this time for comfort rather than desire. Reluctantly pulling away, Paige continued to gently ask "Did you tell your mom about us?"
Alex shook her head, "No, I didn't have a chance."
"Didn't have a chance? Who could have told her?" All at once it came flashing back to her. "Jay! That asshole!"
Alex closed her eyes briefly and nodded, "The three of them were all waiting for me when I got home for work last night as if they were on some kind of holy intervention. Jay was hoping that by getting my mom and Chad involved that I would suddenly realize I wasn't into you, and come back to him. My mom seemed less concerned about it, but Chad was pissed. And drunk."
"Oh Alex" Paige breathed in, scared of what she would say next.
"My mom tried to stop him. Even Jay stepped in trying to get him off of me." She held her breath for a moment, then acted as if she was shaking it off. "You know, it doesn't matter. It's over."
"Of course it matters! He should be locked away!" Paige was furious with anger and pain seeing Alex this way.
She just shook her head, "It won't happen, my mom will just defend him, and knowing Jay, he will too. Let's just get over there before Chad gets off of work and get my stuff, and get back to your place."
"He shouldn't just keep getting away with this! Something should be done about it!"
"Paige, just let it go." She could see her girlfriend was about to say something more, but with her eyes she pleaded for her to drop it.
"Fine, but you better bring enough clothes for the week because I'm not letting you go back there for a while."
Alex could see she was serious and that there was no changing her mind. She could also see the deep level of concern in her eyes, as well as feel how much Paige cared about her. "What about your parents? You think they're really going to want me around that much?"
"I'll handle my parents, don't worry about them." She reassured her as well as she could, while taking a hand back in hers. Alex had a feeling that Paige had her parents wrapped around her little finger like she seemed to have everyone else, and calmly sighed in relief that she would somehow take care of everything.
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