All Is Fair In Love And War

Chapter 10

Chapter 10

We sat and talked for the next hour, laughing. I was so glad I came home.

Everything was fine until my mom said, "Lexi, I think you should talk to Zack, he really does love and miss you."

Coming from my mom that meant a lot, she never really approved of me dating so 'young', in her words. But when she met Zach she completely changed, it was like love at first sight, well not the same kind of love but you know what I mean. She was always encouraging me to date him, because she thought he had perfect grades and was 'the' perfect boy. And within the last few months she grew suspicious of Zach, trying not to show her feelings in front of me. But I knew she didn't like something about him, and she never was good at hiding things.

I sighed, "I know," I started.

It took me a second to finish but I said it in a whisper, "I'm scared to."

She looked at me in confusion, this was probably the second time she has ever seen me scared. And I didn't like it, the vulnerability.

"Lexi, you need to face your fears, instead of running all the time," she said.

I nodded, "But it's hard to sometimes," I said, "sometimes I just want to cry, but I know I can't in front of everyone, so...I run."

"Just because you cry, doesn't mean you are weak."

"I know, but it just feels liked that sometimes," I said.

She nodded, "I know how you feel; I've been there before."

After a few minutes of silence I said, "I'm going to head up to bed and check on Amanda, see you in the morning."

She nodded and I gave her a kiss on the cheek before walking upstairs. I walked down the hallway and slipped into Amanda's room.

"Scoot over," I whispered.

She groaned but scooted over. I slid in next to her and hugged her to me. She snuggled into my side and went back to sleep.

But I heard her whisper, "I'm glad your back Lexi," before sinking into a deep sleep. I smiled, she truly felt like my sister. I drifted off into a deep sleep, finally feeling...happy.

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I laughed watching her try to flip the pancake.

"You're not supposed to throw it up!" I yelled laughing.

Amanda who had pancake batter in her hair and on her clothes, had somehow while flipping the pancake, stuck it to the ceiling.

I let out a squeak when the pancake fell back down, landing straight on my head. I peeled it off and threw it in the garbage.

"Maybe I should make the pancakes," I said looking at the pile of burnt and raw pancakes.

She glared at me and then sighed, "I guess, I mean we do still have school today."

I smiled and took the spatula from her, flipping the pancake that was almost burning.

I decided I would go back to school, I mean I had to face them some time right? Amanda and I had gotten up at around 5:30 that morning to make pancakes, her favorite. And it had taken us an half an hour to burn many pancakes because Amanda was so set on making it herself.

I quickly finished the pancakes and we ate. I had two and after I finished I reached for another one, only to find the plate was empty. I looked up at Amanda who was shoving pancakes in her mouth. She looked up at me and smiled, dropping bits of pancake out of her mouth. I shook my hand and took my plate to the sink.