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Part 53

Nick walked in, none of the girls saw them because their backs were to the door. He went up to the counter and ordered a banana split for him and Aaron. The blond behind the counter attempted to flirt with him, but he was to busy watching B.J. and Alex over his shoulder. He watched as Alex took the guys arm and dropped it back into his lap. She said something to him that Nick couldn’t hear, but the whole table laughed. The guy seemed a little mad but was still trying to flirt with her. He was mad, but didn’t say anything. He paid for the banana split and lead Aaron to a booth near the door. Aaron dug into the ice cream and Nick laughed when he got it all over his shirt, “Mom’s gonna love that.”

Aaron groaned, “Not again.”

**

Alex rolled her eyes as Justin tried to flirt with her. Tracy and Manda laughed as Alex kept making faces. When Justin put his arm around the back of Alex’s chair she smiled, took his arm, and dropped it into his lap, “Listen little boy, do that again, and I’ll fix it to where you won’t be having kids.”

Everybody laughed, and Justin sat back, but only for a minute. Alex watched as Chad and B.J. talked and everybody else gabbed about this and that, mostly about school. Justin made several attempts to make conversation, but every time Alex turned him down with some sort of sarcastic remark. Everybody had more fun laughing at Justin’s embarrassment than anything else. After awhile Chad announced that they had to go, or they were going to be late. “Oh, where are you guys going?” Joey asked

“To this club downtown. Hey, you guys want to come?” Chad asked looking at B.J.

B.J. looked at Alex and then at Chad, “Actually, we have a party to go to.” She looked at the others for support.

“Oh, yeah, we’re going to be late if we don’t hurry.” Rachel said looking at her watch and playing around. They got up and started to leave when Justin asked, “Why haven’t I seen you at school?”

“Because I’m in college,” Alex said not looking at him, “and I have a boyfriend.”

Joey coughed and jabbed Alex in the ribs, “Wha…?” Alex asked and then trailed off when she looked past Joey to see Nick. He smiled and stuck his spoon in the air acknowledging her but didn’t say anything. She didn’t say anything either, but just followed everyone else out the door.

**

Nick glanced up as the table burst into laughter again, “Are you going to go over there?” Aaron asked over a mouth full of ice cream. “No, and don’t talk while you are eating, it’s gross.”

Aaron rolled his eyes, “Alex is rubbing on you a little too much.”

Nick ignored him and watched his sister talk to some guy he had never seen before. Nick wasn’t mad, but he wasn’t happy. He watched as the guy drooled all over his sister, and another guy tried to flirt with his girlfriend, not just his girlfriend, but his fiancée. As they got up to leave Nick looked down and took a bite of the banana split. He looked up to see Justin ask Alex a question, he only heard the last part of the answer, “…and I have a boyfriend.” Nick smiled and then Alex looked at him, she looked worried, or scared, but Nick just smiled and went back to the ice cream.

**

“We have a party we are going to.” Tracy said mimicking B.J.

Everybody laughed, “You didn’t bother to tell him that WE are the party.” Manda said laughing even harder.

“Well, I didn’t want to sound like a complete looser.” B.J. said in her defense

“I would have done the same thing girl.” Joey said from the back seat.

“I think Justin has the hots for Alex.” Rachel said smiling, everybody laughed and poked at Alex, “He’s to young for her though.” Manda teased

Alex smiled but didn’t say anything, “Hey, what’s wrong?” Tracy asked

“Nick was there.” Joey answered for her

“What?” B.J. asked looking at Alex and then at Joey.

“He was sitting by the door. I don’t know how long he was there, or what he saw.”

“Oh no, and Justin was….oh no!” Manda moaned

“You don’t think Nick thought….?” B.J. trailed off and looked at Alex

“I don’t know.” Alex answered not looking at her

“Well, we can tell him what happened.” Rachel said, “I’m sure he’ll understand.”

Alex just nodded as she entered the code for the gate and drove up the driveway.

The all went inside, getting snacks from the kitchen, they made themselves comfortable in the living room and started the movie. Alex was thinking about what had happened, trying to figure out what Nick could have seen, or if their was anything to see. He had smiled at her, ‘what did that mean? Surly he knows….’ She was still asking herself questions when she walked back into the kitchen to get another drink, and found Nick standing in front of the opened refrigerator door.

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