Alex's POV.
After Skyler left, I went home after spending some more time on the cliff. I put my bag and took a shower to freshen myself.
"it's still early".
I had nothing to do. Come to think of it all I ever did there was either think about Skyler or sleep or do homework. I should have changed my schedule a little.
I checked my phone just to kill sometime. Alissa's message was there.
Alissa? Oh, I remember we exchanged numbers in the cafeteria.
"Hey Alex! I had fun today hope you and your cousin got home safe :)"
Aw she is so nice.
"Hey Alissa! Thank you for checking up we got home safe :)" I replied .
Her reply came almost immediately.
"that's good to hear!"
"you're awake early though. you an early riser?" I had nothing to reply so I just texted her whatever came to my head.
"haha I could ask you the same thing and no I just couldn't sleep much today for some reason." she replied.
"mhm is that so."
Should I ask if she's up for hanging out today? I don't have anything better to do anyways.
"Alissa are you free today" I asked.
"YES!" she replied almost immediately after I sent the message. "ughum sorry for the umm caps lock im not busy!"
Haha cute not going to lie.
"then are you up for a meetup today? We can go to the movies if you want"
" YES!! LETS GO" she replied "ugh sorry again"
"Its fine let's meet at 11?" I replied.
"yes, lets meet at the Xx park?"
"sure" after writing I turned my phone off. It was 8:30 right now and xx park was not that far away from my building. I decided to take a nap.
After waking up, I put on my casual wears, washed my face and went to the park. I got there early so I just started using my phone leaning against a wall.
"Alex!" a sweet voice called out to me.
"Oh, Alissa hey!"
Alissa came over wearing a beautiful dress, her hair was in a bun. She was wearing these earrings that were really adding to her appearance. Her makeup was done beautifully too.
Me on the other hand, was just dressed… normally. Looking at Alissa I could tell she put effort in her outfit.
Woah. She looks good even better than yesterday.
"Sorry for being late Alex I was just umm looking for my bag yes!"
She said blushing lightly.
"No worries Alissa, you look good though"
When I said that , she just went entirely red.
"is...is that so. Thankyou"
Girls sure do love compliments huh.
"Do you have anywhere particular to go to Alissa?" I asked her. I didn't really do much homework to know which place to go to.
"Nowhere, in particular" she replied " but I've really wanted to go bowling with someone, we can go to an bowling alley if you want to go?
She was asking me a question but I could clearly see that she really wanted to go there.
"Sure! lets go" I said.
She beamed with excitement as we took our route to the bowling alley.
"2 players please"
I paid for the game and walked in.
We played for about an hour. It was fun, an intense game though. I was just a rookie; Alissa on the other hand was really good. She seemed so into it. She looked like a tiny penguin enjoying herself.
In the end, of course, she won.
"YAY I won" Alissa said with excitement .
"You barely won" I said pouting to myself.
"haha don't cry little boy you'll win next time" she said as we made our way outside.
By now she had gotten pretty used to me. We became frank with each other. Our personalities clicked quite easily.
"Little boy? a shrimp is calling me little huh" I said jokingly.
"yeah and what you gon' do about it!" Alissa said coming closer to my face on her tip toes.
"Not you calling me small while you have to get on your toes just to look at me face to face" I said puffing her face.
"ow ow ow stop it , it hurts"
"haha" I looked straight ahead after letting go of her cheeks. A familiar face was in my line of sight.
The blonde guy from yesterday at the movies was there with that woman who came to pick Skyler up from school that previous day.
I remember her face because of her weird expressions from that day, and that blond guy, of course how can I forget about him.
After a while someone came towards them running holding 3 ice creams in his hand. It was Skyler. I could feel a lump in my throat.
That girl's probably his aunt. He was surely introducing his new boyfriend to his aunt.
I felt so bad. The guy I like was introducing his boyfriend to his family.
"Alex?" while I was sulking more and more thinking about them, Alissa called out to me again. "Is something wrong are you ok?" she said worryingly.
Something wrong?...I don't have a right to call all this wrong.
"No, nothing at all" I replied burying all the emotions inside
"Are you sure? you look pale all of a sudden."
"No im just-" while I was mid-sentence that blond guy put his arm around Skyler's shoulder.
"ugh…on another thought, I'm just thirsty lets go to an café to get something to drink"
They all looked so happy. I cannot tell Skyler I like him while he is so happy with that guy.
In the end I decided to bury my feelings in my heart. Even though it hurted so much I chose to ignore everything.
Me and Alissa went to a café nearby. We gave our orders and started to talk.
"Your cousin from yesterday. She was really good looking, my brother won't shut up about her now"
Yep, everyone should just "fall for Skyler."
"Is that so. unfortunately, she just got a boyfriend." I said smiling.
"oh that's a bummer. Though she looked so much like someone I know. I cant put my finger on it though"
she'll know if she puts her mind on it…
"Oh, let's not talk about them" I said hoping she would change the topic.
"Hmm yeah let's not". She did eventually.
I took a glass to drink some water when my hand bumped into Alissa's hand. she blushed a little but didn't move her hand. But I moved mine though.
Man, I know I'm in a bad mood now but what is Alissa's fault in all this. She was nice enough to come here with me.
I looked at Alissa. she looked beautiful gazing out the window. She did have a expression of disappointment on her face though.
Ok Alex you know what let's forget about Skyler. Focus on Alissa now.
I looked down while thinking about all this. When I turned my head back up, she also turned to look straight at me at the same moment.
A flash back of Skyler came to my mind. He looked so beautiful under the candlelight. His hand on my hand his foot going places; everything came to my mind. I felt myself feeling more down the more I thought more about him.
"your order is here, sir." The waiter snapped me out of my mind by placing our drinks.
"oh yes thank you" I replied.
"you look so down Alex …is there anything I can do to lighten you up a bit" she said touching the tip of my finger of my hand.
Her touch and Skyler's touch felt the same yet so different.
Ugh I'm making her worried. I have to do something. Ok Alex! focus on Alissa now.
I grabbed her hand and brought it close to my face kissing the tips of her fingers.
"I'm ok Alissa thank you"
I said this thinking this would make her less worried. When I looked up she was red as a tomato. I looked at her with a little surprised expression which was, in a split second, turned into a laughter.
"pfft you look like a tomato" I said laughing
"i-its your fault idiot who the hell just grabs someone's hand and kiss it!" she said hiding her face.
"haha my bad .I'm sorry drink your coffee it'll go cold"
In the end Alissa did help me feel better for a while.