Bella's Sister

Chapter Eleven

The morning came far to soon for the young girls preference. Her daughter slept well through the night but she did not. She kept reliving her kicking Paul out of her life. She couldn't wrap her mind around the fact that this boy, this rather handsome boy, managed to weasel his way into her heart after only three weeks. Alexandria kept trying to remind herself, she wasn't in love with him rather the idea of him. Even if her reminder wasn't true it out her restless mind at ease. When her alarm rang she had slept of a totally of thirty five minutes.

Lexi dragged her tired self out of bed and looked in the mirror. Large black bags under her eyes and hair was a dry and frizzy mess. Luckily her father offered to spend the day with his granddaughter for a little bonding time. She set everything out for him the night before. Lexi ran a comb through her hair and added a layer of foundation. She left her hair down in dark waves that hit her back. She got dressed in a pair of leggings and a old sweatshirt. Feeling no need to dress up for anyone at school.

Lexi went downstairs with her back pack in hand, she stopped at the fridge and grabbed out a smoothie before leaving the house. She left the baby monitor in with her father and said goodbye to both her father and daughter. She crawled into her tattered car and drove to school music playing quietly on the radio. She couldn't help but let her mind run; was letting Paul go a mistake? Was her sister the one to blame? Lexi loved her sister, she would do anything for her. 

The young girl felt more that Bella has lost her way. The Bella that she remembered wasn't shallow shell of a girl. The Bella she remembered loved romance novels, and never missed an opportunity to laugh, or course Lexi knew Bella little deeper then everyone else. Still she wished she could only see the side she missed of her sister. Still she couldn't help but to wonder if it was in fact her sisters motive to break her and Paul up; Bella seemed to have a deeply rooted hate for Paul and his friend group. 

Trapped in her mind Lexi drove into a parking space without even thinking. She stared forward at the brick structure. The brunette grabbed her bag and walked into the hell. As she turned the corner to reach her locker; she slammed into a tall mass of hairspray and makeup. Sabrina Williams stood their with a disgusted face. "Watch where you're going" She scoffed and pushed against Lexi before walking away. "OH wait, give this back to Paul; He left it in my bed" Sabrina said handing Lexi a beautifully braided leather bracelet with an engraving on the back. "Wait why was he...." with her trailing off Lexi realized what the girl meant. Sabrina rolled her eyes and sauntered off. 

Lexi felt a frog in her throat; 'I guess he's moved on'  She put the bracelet in her back pocket and continued onto her locker. Lexi added Paul Lahote to the list of boys who broke her heart. She was really beginning to think he would be the one that would last. 'Maybe I was wrong' 

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The Night Before At Emily's

Paul sat at the kitchen table; head in his hands. "How could I do this? I intentionally hurt her and yet I still did it" Paul vented to his Alpha to his mother like figure Emily. "Just don't tell her you did it" Sam said taking another sip of his coffee. Emily punched him in the arm and gave him a sharp glare. "No, you have to tell her. Maybe she'll forgive you" Emily said giving Paul a sad smile. "Or maybe she'll say she hates him and go back to Arizona and fall back in love with Diego, get married and send a Christmas card" Sam said to his fiance in a matter-o-fact kind of way. 

Paul moaned and ran his hands through his cropped hair. "Not helping" Emily said with a tight jaw. "I'm just trying to be realistic; if he tells her she will never want to see him again. Take this as a scapegoat." Sam said to the stressed teen. "No, because if she finds out she will be more mad, it's better to just get it over with now rather then have it happen in ten years. Also she could never just leave him their imprinted you big idiot" Emily said playfully at her fiance. 

The teen's hands went to play with the bracelet that was gifted to him. When he realized that it was missing panic set in. He quickly texted Sabrina that she needed to give the bracelet back to Paul the next morning. "I forgot my bracelet at her house" Paul said looking up at the couple. Emily sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Yeah man, you're screwed."