"Teach me how to fight,
I'll show you how to win.
You're my mortal flaw
And I'm your fatal sin.
Let me feel the sting....."
(AN: Warrior by Beth Crowley)
I picked up my phone to shut off that blaring ringtone. GOD why does it have to be so loud?!
Oh ya I know.
So my peaceful dreams about receiving my 3rd Nobel Prize could be rudely interrupted! I looked at the clock and it read 3.43 AM in bright pink.
UGH! This better be good. I looked at the contact name.
Jay(cee me rolling)ð©ð½âð.
Does this dude ever sleep?! I'm starting to think he gets frequent visits from Edward Cullen. When my eyes adjusted to the blinding white light that was burning through my retina, I answered.
A:Huro..
J: Hey Lexa. Were you sleeping?
A: It's 3 am Jaycee what else would I be doing? Hunting barracudas at a local cafe!!??
J: Damn! You need some crackers with that salt?
A: You really think that 3 AM is a good time for this?
J: I just wanted to ask you something.
A: What?
J: I think I'll tell you some other time since you're sleeping.
A: YOU ALREADY WOKE ME UP!
J: Hmph. I was going to visit you today but when I pulled over next to your house, I saw Jace Ross's car. What was he doing there?
A: Are you seriously calling me in the middle of the frickin night to talk to me about Jace?
J: Jace? So you're on first name basis now? I just want to know why he was there?
A: What else am I supposed to call him?! Why do you want to know?
J: Because.
A: Not a good enough answer.
J: Why won't you tell me?
A: I don't understand why it's important to you?
I was getting frustrated by the second.
J: Because it's all I could think about until now! What was Jace Ross doing at your house and why was he smiling all the way to his car?
A: Jaycee....
J: That's all I want to know..
A: Why are you so interested in knowing?!!
J: I want to make sure you're okay because this is JACE we're talking about. Jace who filled your locker with oil paint. Jace who kept on tripping you every time you walked by him in class or in the cafeteria. Jace who made you his target when we played dodgeball in PE. The same idiot who made your life hell for the past 3 years. THAT Jace!
A: I said I'm fine, and besides Jace is a misunderstood person who just needs people he could trust! He needs people who don't judge him without hearing his story!
J: What?! And you believed him? You're such an idiot Alexis. You're just so naïve. I mean how stupid can you get?!
A: So you called me to insult me Royce?
Now I was hurt. And it hurt even worse coming from him.
J: I didn't mean it like that.
A: I'm not gonna tell you because IT'S CLEARLY NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS! You're not my dad Jaycee, you can't tell me who I can and cannot hang with! You don't have to get on your noble white stead and come save me every time i stumble and fall because I can take care of myself! I'm getting tired of being treated like a baby! Excuse me now, I don't want my idiotic or stupid demeanour to infect you so BYE!
I hung up the phone and put it next to me in annoyance.
Maybe that was a little bit too harsh but who interrupts someone's precious sleep to ask about...ANYTHING!?
What's with this dude lately? Suddenly overly overprotective and has to defend me at all times, has to drive me to school, make sure I was okay, apologize for not "keeping me safe". Something about what Sabrina told me earlier came to my mind but I pushed it far back not because I was hurt and already broken, but also because I wanted to catch up on that dream of mine. Damn I looked good in that black lace dress holding that prize.
But in Lexi land, there's no such luck.
He called me again. And again. And again. I hung up every single time! Just because you're my friend doesn't give you the right to interrogate me about things that aren't going to affect you in any way! I guess that he got sick of being hung up on, so he started messaging me.
This is gonna be a long night.
Jay(cee me rolling)ð©ð½âð:
â¢Lexa I'm sorry. I didn't mean what I said.
â¢Lexa please answer me :(
â¢You're not stupid! I'm the stupid one for saying anything like that.
â¢Alexis PLEASE answer me
â¢You just mean so much to me and I don't want to see you hurt again, after what happened with Brad
â¢I'm really sorry for being a jerk just PLEASE answer me :/
â¢Please....
â¢Ok I deserve it :/ Good night xx I'll pick you up in the morning. Sorryð
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Pffft like hell you will. I replied with one venom laced message.
"I don't want anything from you! Leave. Me. Alone!! Don't even come close to me Jaycee. I heard stupid is infectious. Wouldn't want the captain of the basketball team passing the disease around just cuz he got it by being around his stupid, idiotic, naïve 'friend'."
I turned off my phone, and set my other alarm clock on and turned on my stomach to sleep.
It was quite.
Then it wasn't.
At first, I thought that it was my imagination playing idiotic tricks on me so I can stay awake, but the more I listened, the more prominent it became.
There were footsteps. I mean they were muffled by the carpet, but there nonetheless.
And whispering.
My heart began beating a mile a minute to the point where I thought that whoever was there would hear it.
My bed was facing my bedroom door, and since my room was open, I could see clearly up until my parents' room a little farther down the hall from mine.
And their room was open.
It was closed when I went to sleep.
Oh and something else.
I just saw a silhouette of a person go in there.
There was still chit chat downstairs, so I decided to grab my pepper spray and taser so I can go and face them. Stupid idea, I know, but I needed to prove to myself and to a particular other person who I won't speak of that I can protect myself and that I could take care of myself. Oh and my parents decided that after my last incident, I needed something to protect myself with.
I tiptoed down the stairs, thanking the heavens that the stairs are carpeted. I made my way to the kitchen, and the closer I got, the louder these whispers were.
I got closer and closer and suddenly yelled as I turned on the kitchen light and held up my taser and pepper spray.
"WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING IN MY HOUSE."
I swear to dear God, I heard the most high pitched and girliest shriek EVER!!
"AAAAAAAAA, JUST TAKE OUR MONEY AND LEAVE DON'T HURT US!!"
I saw my dad clingling to my mom, who just stood there with an expression on her face that says "What am I doing in this family."
Yup the shrieker was my dad.
Hahah. Funny right? Lol nope.
"Wow dad. Now I know who to hide behind when someone attacks us." I said as I went over to hug them both.
"Ha ha very funny young lady. GOD i missed you, you little bug."
"I missed you too father of mine."
"Did we wake you up?!" Chimed my mom as she gave my the comfiest hug ever.
"No, my friend called."
"Who was that?" Asked my dad, suspicious.
"Jaycee." I said, unsure of what his reaction would be.
"Oh the Royce kid, son of the police commissioner. Does he ever sleep?!"
"Hahahah heck if I know dad. So who was that person who went into your room?? I thought Annabelle went home?"
They both looked at me like I just grew two heads.
"Our bags are still in the car honey. There's no one here but us." My dad was becoming more alert.
That's when we heard it. A loud thump. Then a louder crash. We ran towards the stairs and saw someone jump through the broken window and outside to the backyard. He then ran all the way to what I assumed would be his runaway car. As it sped off, I could swear that it looked exactly like the battered pick up truck I saw many times before.
"What the hell was that?!" My mom said, almost in tears.
"That's the person I saw going in to your room."
Both my parents and looked at each other; their eyes widening. Then they started sprinting towards their room, me hot on their trail. We passed the broken glass on the hallway and entered their room. It was virtually untouched apart for maybe subtle changes in the direction of photos, no one would've noticed anything. But I wasn't no one. I saw it. Their safe was open, broken into, more like. I nudged them towards it, and I could feel their hearts beating with every step they took towards the safe.
They started rummaging through it, relieved to find my certificates and theirs, and bank statements and stuff from work. I thought everything was fine. They told me to go sleep so I can wake up for school in a couple of hours. I kissed them goodnight and I was about to close the door when they spoke again.
"Jared his birth certificate isn't here"
"Are you serious?! Check again!"
"I triple checked. I have Lexi's but not his."
"It can't be."
"Did he come to take it??!"
"What are we gonna do!?"
"I don't know! We'll have to confront him tomorrow."
Him?? HIS birth certificate?? Who were they talking about? I don't understand.
Him?
His?
Were they by any chance talking about my........brother?
AN: Is this girl even capable of having one normal day?? Looks like her parents are hiding something. Un-Oh.
Read on to find outâ¤ï¸â¤ï¸
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