Tragically Beautiful

Chapter 6...

Semi-Edited!

Song above is...You Don't Know by Katelyn Tarver

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The next three hours flew by pretty fast. After out mini golf incident with Derek things were pretty much smooth sailing. The place had literally everything and you could spend hours here and still not do everything.

After mini golf we went out back and raced cars around the track. The track was kind of insane with tons of turns and even had a part where you go up a little hill and go over a bridge type thing before coming down. It was by far the coolest thing I've ever done.

After a few laps I learned a few things about everyone...

Lexi: extremely competitive, held no remorse for smashing me or anyone else into the wall, scary as hell.

Nico: actually a nice guy but just as competitive as Lexi, could actually smile while having fun, super close with the guys and kept egging them on to hit him.

Olivia: while she is a sweetheart, on the track she was a monster. Would laugh and swear every time she passed someone or knocked into them, was actually a dirty competitor.

Derek: funny as hell, easy going, liked to drive so irresponsibly I didn't ever want to see him in a real car, always went after Olivia.

Noah: kind, good at everything, didn't hit anyone just passed them with a wide grin, probably the nicest when it comes to games out of everyone.

Alex: well...he was a mix of Nico and Noah. Easy going but super competitive on the track. Loved to ram into me every chance he got, speed devil.

By time I got out of my car I was a little shaky and albeit had a few bruises from being pushed around a lot, and we weren't even on bumper cars! I swear they were all a little insane.

The same thing happened with each activity; air hockey, dodgeball on the trampoline area, laser tag, arcade games.

While everyone was competitive it was a lot of fun. Everyone teased each other and you could clearly tell they all loved one another. I couldn't help but feel a bit like an outsider intruding on their day but everyone...well everyone beside Lexi and sometimes Alex...made me feel welcome and like I was apart of the group.

All of it was honestly the most fun I've ever had and I had Alex to thank for that. I wasn't ever going to tell him but I was really glad he woke me up this morning to take me along. I still had no clue why he did but I wasn't going to bother wondering about it.

We were all now seated in the little 'rest' area the place had trying to decide what to do next. It was now nearing 2:30pm and my stomach was seconds away from growling out loud. We had drinks in front of us but it was doing little to please my stomach.

"Remember that one time we played laser tag and Lexi started crying after being taken out in the first two minutes?" Derek laughed.

"I did not cry!" Lexi hissed looking at Derek like she was ready to wring his neck.

"Yes you did." Noah pipped in.

"I did not." The look on Lexi's face was enough to kill. I watched amused as Olivia pipped in as well.

"I vividly remember you crying." For the first time since the incident before I looked fully at Alex as he spoke. I was surprised to see he wasn't full out smirking; instead he had a half teasing smile on his face.

"Babe tell them to stop." Lexi tilted her head back to look up at her boyfriend. She was leaning back in his arms with both of them wrapped around her waist. They were a really cute couple. They both had hard edges about them but it fit. Looking at them I couldn't help but feel a twinge of pain in my chest.