Worried about your feelings
"Hey Alexandra what's wrong?" Ethan said as she picks the call but he is greeted with a sobbing sound, he quickly jump up from his bed and asked what is wrong again but he is answered with more wailing sounds.
"Alexandra, talk to me" he pleaded worried and then the call ended.
Unable to think straight, Ethan rush out of his room troubled by her cries, all he could think of is going over to see her
"Where are you going this late?" he is stopped by his mother as he took the car keys to leave.
Ethan checked the clock and its a few minutes past nine, it's really late so he tried Alexandra phone again and it turned off. He informed his mother that he is off to see Alexandra but she still wouldn't let him out of the house and offered to call her father instead
"Okay mum" he said and pretends to return back into the house but he actually didn't, he head to the backyard and escaped through the garden in his motorcycle to find her.
Carolyn, Ethan's elder sister comes out of her room and goes to meet her mother who is trying to get a call through to Arthur and took a piece of fries from the plate in front of her
"Why are you not asleep yet?" Mrs. Anderson questions and drops her phone
"Can you call your brother downstairs? Am unable to get through to Alexandra's dad" she said
"He left the house" Carolyn told her, she had seen him sneaking out of the house while she was smoking a cigarette at the garden so her mother doesn't find out.
Being the only girl among two boys, she has always been rebellious and to escape her parents plan to make her run the company after them, she change her course of study to photography leaving them with only Ethan to take over the whole business
"What? I told him not to leave the house this late" Mrs. Anderson said worried and pick her phone to call him
"I am sure he dropped his phone in the house before leaving" Carolyn quickly stops her
"Why don't you stop focusing on Ethan and let him…
"Did you pierce your nose?"
"…"
"Goodnight mum" Carolyn quickly runs off to her room before she discovered that she also has a tattoo on her hand.
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Ethan arrive outside Alexandra school and is faced with the issue of how to get in, he managed to make his way to the girls' dormitory but couldn't go in.
The whole place is going to be locked at exactly eleven and he could only think of another plan to get in, he walk around and find the window to Alexandra's room but it's on the second floor.
Ethan tried Alexandra's line again as he heard the matron telling everyone to return to their rooms and she pick up the call this time
"Hey, I didn't know I answered…" Alexandra was saying but he quickly interrupts her and informs her that he is outside her window
She doesn't believe him at first and immediately walk over to the window to check; she called out to him and waves his hand to show her where he is.
Alexandra is pleasantly surprised to see him there, she wanted to ask what he is doing here at that time but instead hurried down to meet him
She came to him and the two hug each other for a few seconds before pulling away and Alexandra heard the matron telling the girls to hurry in before she lock the door.
The two exchange cunning looks and Ethan held her hand then lead her away towards the door and they left the school by climbing through the walls.
Ethan bought her to where he had parked his motorcycle earlier and they race off without a destination in mind, the ride continued for about thirty minutes before he pull up beside the quiet road and they got off then burst into laughter for the next minute.
"Are you going to be okay with being absent from the dorm?" Ethan said in between his laughter and Alexandra shakes her head negatively
"I will just have to take out longer" she replied
They sit on the bench by the road and remain silent enjoying the calm nature and peaceful atmosphere, Ethan gaze intensely at Alexandra as she closes her eyes and take in the fresh air feeling relieved from all stress. He hasn't seen her in a few months and misses her greatly.
He recounts the lies he made up after telling her about his nonexistent crush and wish he did not say anything like that to her because now it will be a little difficult to tell her his feelings.
"How do you know to come here?" she asked
Ethan immediately turn his eyes away from her and answered her that he was worried
"Sorry, I didn't mean to cry over the phone I picked the call without realizing it' she said and he replied that it's alright.
"Did someone upset you? You were crying a lot" he queried
"I had a fight with Liam" she answered and turned to him
Ethan is surprised that a fight is the reason why she cried so much, he feels angry and disturbed at the same time, angry that Liam made her cry and disturbed because she might really like him more than he thinks she do.
"What did you fight about?" he questioned after a few seconds and it's Alexandra's turn to remain quiet.
Alexandra turned her face away and stood up from the bench then walk over to rest her body on the walls as she remembers Liam's words.
She doesn't understand why she keeps rejecting any other close contact with him when it is obvious she likes him, she finds herself drawing back and to made things worse, Liam doesn't like her close relationship with Ethan…
Ethan walks over feeling hurt by her unwilling to speak to him about the fight, she usually tells him everything whenever he asked and even spoke to him about their first kiss.
Although this is the first time she will tell him about a fight but he doesn't expect she would be unwilling to disclose the details to him.
"Is it something you can't talk to me about?" he asked as he stood in front of her
Alexandra fakes a smile on her face and nods her head positively, she doesn't want to tell him he is the reason for their fight nor does she want to cancel her plans with him to please Liam.
"He didn't hurt you did he?" Ethan asked again thinking of a possible situation
"No he didn't, it's nothing"
"You know you can talk to me right?" he said again and she assures him that everything is fine.
"How are things with Alexandra?" she asked changing the topic
"I don't want to talk about her" he replied and return to the motorcycle.
Alexandra wonder if things are not good between them also and followed him quietly then get on the bike and he drive away from there.
Ethan knows if he returns home at this time, his mother will talk his ears off and going over to Alexandra's home is definitely a no so he called Antonio and asked to stay at his place.
Antonio's parents don't live with him and let him stay at one of their house which is not too far from Heights so they head there and he opens the door for them.
He is surprised to see Ethan together with Alexandra late at night but swallow up his curiosity and tell Alexandra to use the spare room while Ethan share the same room with him.
"I can stay in the same room with Ethan, he doesn't like to share the same bed with other people" Alexandra said after Antonio hand over a blanket to her and is answered with a stunned look from him
"Right Ethan?" she said and looked at him but he didn't say anything and pretend to go get some water for himself
"Am sure Ethan doesn't mind but I do and...Am his best friend" Antonio told her and push her gently towards the other room then close the door after her
Antonio returned to Ethan who already dropped the empty glass in his hand and hit his shoulders lightly, he make a funny face at him and asked how he end up staying out late alone with Alexandra
"It's not what you think it is" he told him and went inside the room
"So nothing happened even after you stayed out this late?"
"I picked her up from school because she was sad and crying" he told him and Antonio sigh disappointed then his face light up again as he thought of something
"Did she break up with Liam?"
"No, they had a fight"
Antonio sigh frustrated put his hand around Ethan's neck as he took a seat beside him
"Don't tell me you are going to help her make up with him?" he asked but Ethan didn't say anything and only push his hand away
"I need to get some rest" he said and lies down without taking off his clothes.
"Coward" Antonio mumbled and lies down beside him.