JUST SAY IT'LL BE OK / ALEX

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i52.tinypic.com/otj5sn.jpg); width: 390px; height: 450px; -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 40px 0px; border-radius:40px 0px 40px 0px; opacity: 0.8; border-right: #7298ac 15px solid; border-left: #7298ac 15px solid;] She had finally arrived home, to Los Angeles, after a long day of flights and layovers. It was a bittersweet feeling, landing at LAX, knowing she was back to life. Grabbing her small carry on bag, she made her way off the stuffy plane, thankful for the fresh air and ac that hit her as she made her way out of the terminal. As she waited at the baggage claim, her phone buzzed, a text from a random friend telling her to check out the most recent article on the Dirty Laundry. Aalina wasn't one for drama most of the time, although it seemed to have a habit of following her, she didn't keep up with the ins and outs of the industry's most recent juicy gossip. Intrigued, and, needing to kill some time, she waited for her phone to load the app, swiping the touch screen a few times before the story popped up. Noticing the subject of the article right away, she felt as if her breath was being sucked out of her, leaving her lungs at a rapid pace without her being able to do anything to stop it. She couldn't bring herself to read whatever lowlife author had written, but, the image of her and Alex said it all. This was not what she needed, not after her past few weeks. She heard the beep of the conveyor belt, signaling that their bags were on the way. Aalina couldn't bring herself to wrap her mind around anything, other than the burning feeling in the pit of her stomach, consuming her. She was angry, though, she wasn't quite sure about what or with who. It took her being bumped out of the way of an middle aged woman, giving her a dirty look, to be brought back to reality. Luckily her bag was toward the end of the line, grabbing it and making quick work of making her way out of the airport. It was now online, for everyones eyes, that she and Alex were something more than just friends. It didn't matter if it were true or not, it was out there, even if her name wasn't mentioned. She felt the flame of anger grow, shoving her phone down into her purse, not even worried if Evan would show up or not. Maybe it would be smarter for her to take a cab, knowing she would blow up on Evan as soon as he opened his smart-ass mouth. Her plans of going home and taking a shower, spending some time with Evan had officially gone out the window, knowing she needed to talk to the other person involved in the situation. Aalina found herself blaming Alex, if she had just kept her mouth shut, or at least told her somewhere more private, instead of a public chat room. Or if she had stayed home and drank herself into a stupor. But no, Alex always had to make a show of everything. Her flight had been nothing but her consumed by her thoughts, questioning everything she had ever thought. Now she was faced with knowing her best friend had feelings for her, more than a typical friend. She had never been in a situation where she had to question her sexuality, or what she felt for Alex. But now, it was all hitting her at once. And publicly. Once her ride arrived, she directed them to Alex's, not even bothering to call or shoot her a text to let her know she was on her way. Aalina was already out of the vehicle before it even came to a complete stop, pulling her bags out, but not bothering to take them inside with her. "Alexandria Brooks!" Aalina called out as she let herself into the mansion her best friend called home. Just by the tone of her voice, it was clear something wasn't right. Setting her purse down on the kitchen counter, she walked further into the house, waiting for the petite Barbadian to appear.

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[alex]

There had been a lot going on in Alex Brooks' life lately, from touring to getting with with a glass bottle. Everything hadn't been all that fun though, and now... she was back in LA for at least a week. This week, she was going to go to New York and finish out one of her last shows, then her tour would be finished and she could finally relax. Things had gone pretty well, she met some amazing people and she enjoyed herself. Of course, drinking every night, making out with some people, but never sleeping with a random person. Everyone seemed to think that Alex went to bed with someone every night, but really... it was normally alone. She wasn't at all a big enough hoe for people to care all that much, that's why the paparazzi never really stuck their nose into her love life. Actually, more so because it was boring, she didn't date all that much and to be honest, she wanted to keep herself away from that world for a while. Ever since what happened between her and Desi, she couldn't see herself jumping into someone's arms so quickly, unless of course Aalina changed her sexuality or something.


Speaking of Aalina, she wondered if the girl's flight had landed yet, which was why she checked her phone. It was pretty late at night, and she had told Alex that some guy was picking her up. For all Alex knew, this guy was getting his smash on with her in the back seat of his car, oh well. The brunette had come to the conclusion that Lina was never going to like her like that, no matter how hard she tried and tried, it was never going to happen. Of course, Alex had overstepped a bit, seeing as a small rectangle shaped box sat next to her on her bed, a present for Lina and her return. It was more of a friendship sort of thing, even though it kinda looked more like something you'd give a girlfriend for a one month present. She didn't really know how to take no for an answer, and though Lina was more than likely going to tell her that, she was going to keep trying. Was it wrong? Oh, probably, but what really was the harm.

Sitting on her bed, there were papers everywhere and things thrown all about. She had been writing lyrics, pretty much doodling as well and looking up a few things on the computer. That was when she got an email, in which she processed to open and rose an eyebrow. "Alex Brooks and mysterious girl, oh boy." Lina was going to be pissed about this, she already could see it coming but it was already out. There was nothing she could do about it now, and to be honest... she didn't care all that much. It was just a rumor, and it was just a fake lie, wasn't like everyone was going to go about believing it. If they did, well Alex would set them straight in an interview, she had to do this when everyone saw her and Rae together. It really didn't bother her, she knew what the truth was and she hoped Lina saw it that way too, something in the pit of her stomach told her that the blonde was going to flip a tit about this. Alex had to prepare herself, the reason she read the blurbs after it. Oh, obviously she looked like utter shit in this picture, and yet they still think they were together? Eh. Alex was drunk, she needed her hot friend, that was what it said.

Suddenly, she looked up from what she was doing, writing lyrics down and standing up from her bed. Two kittens followed her, as she walked down the steps, finally hearing her name. Wait.. her full name, oh good god, no one used that unless she was in trouble. "Um..." She muttered, kinda scared right now and just walking slowly down her staircase. "Hi.." She said, the obvious panic in her voice. She knew what this was about, she saw it this morning in some shit magazine. She'd seen everything, and she sorta didn't really think anything of it. It wasn't the first time the two of them were really pictured together, after all they were best friends. Rae was in pictures with her all the time, sometimes even kissing. But, since the recent happenings, this made things a bit more awkward than normal. She didn't really know what else to say, so she kinda stands their awkwardly, watching the kittens prance off cause they sense the anger in Aalina as well. She pretty much started cowering, not wanting to be bitch slapped or anything along those lines. She stared at the ground, hands behind her back, awkwardly standing there.

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style,background-image:url(http://i52.tinypic.com/otj5sn.jpg); width: 390px; height: 450px; -moz-border-radius: 40px 0px 40px 0px; border-radius:40px 0px 40px 0px; opacity: 0.8; border-right: #7298ac 15px solid; border-left: #7298ac 15px solid;] Aalina wasn't about to go on a wild search of her best friend's oversized pad, she was in a bad enough mood as it was. She pulled one of the bar stools away from the counter, sitting herself down before drapping her left leg over her right. She was in full blown bitch mode, a rare sight from the petite Brit. If honest, Lina was more upset with the situation than with Alex, deep down knowing that it wasn't all her fault. In fact, if she stepped back and took a good look at it all, it wasn't Alex's fault at all. It was just one of the things that were to be expected in her line of work, with her friends, Alex just hadn't helped with her feelings becoming public. Was she really so offended by those feelings? Aalina wasn't sure if she should feel flattered or weirded out. It was in fact her best friend, one of the most talked about women in the music industry. Alex could have who ever she wanted, though, knowing from experience, she had trouble with picking the wrong ones. Like herself. Lina knew she was breaking her heart, not returning her feelings, but, she couldn't lie. At least she was honest with the both of them, instead of trying to please the closet person to her, right? Aalina was lost, and this article wasn't helping at all. She had imagined Alex paying whatever sick gossip reporter to run the story, though, it was just her being cruel and insensitive. Overreacting. She looked up from her phone as she heard the footsteps on the stairs, her eyes first noticing the two kittens that followed their owner. They were cute, but Aalina really didn't like animals. They were too messy for her, with shedding fur, accidents, having to care for them. She just wasn't the pet type. Hearing Alex mumble quietly, as if she were being scolded by her mother or something, Lina rolled her eyes, shifting herself on the stool slightly, leaning forward, propping her right elbow on her left knee, cocking her head to the side slightly. "Hi." It was short, and unwelcoming. Just like her body language. "We need to talk," Aalina was always one to cut straight to the point, never dancing around the subject. Her phone buzzed, John Legend's Tonight playing from the small piece of technology. Silencing it, she reached behind her, placing it on the counter. "What the fuck is this shit online that we're dating?" Her voice was low, her accent thick, and her tone full of anger. She was going to take all her frustration out on her, whether she deserved it or not. She had tried so hard to avoid everything, going as far as taking a spur of the moment trip home to visit her parents. But, it seemed it did little to help, and hadn't taken her mind off of the information that had recently come to light. "I fucking swear Alex!" She was up from her seat now, her heels clicking against the tiled floor as she paced. "Where the fuck do you get off with this shit?"

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[alex]

Alex always had a hard time when it came to things like liking someone, normally she just hid them well and never told them. That had been her plan with Aalina, she never wanted to tell her about how she felt, but thanks to Bijou, it was now out. She honestly wouldn't of cared if Aalina didn't flip out about it, and that's what hurt the most. Being rejected wasn't something that Alex did very well, last time she ended up in the hospital. Enough talk of that though, maybe she was just being dramatic. This was different, she knew deep down in her heart that Lina wasn't going to leave her and abandon her like that. All she wanted was for her life to be simple again, where she could get drunk and waste away her life. Sure, fame was great, but when it came at the price of hurting others, she just couldn't really handle all of this anymore. She was tired, she was lonely, and all she wanted was someone to cuddle.

This whole gossip thing, yeah she had nothing to do with that either. She had no idea about it until a few minutes ago, she wondered why Naomi didn't stop it from coming out. Then again, it seemed like now and days, Naomi had other things going on. She was either going to start paying that girl less, or fire her if shit like this kept happening. She sighed, wondering just how mad that Aalina was going to be, maybe she already saw it though and forgot all about it. She was coming back to LA today, and maybe Alex should text her, no that would be awkward. She left the subject alone, and soon enough Aalina had walked right into her house, past the gate and all, and seemingly without her bags as well. Uh, did she leave them outside on the steps? Probably, and hopefully the paparazzi didn't go about trying to get over her fence. All she could do now was watch the female before her, that obvious fear written all over her face.

She had every right to be scared, since the girl looked like she was pissed from the way she was sitting. Alex was in trouble, and she sorta felt like a little kid right now, ready to get scolded for something she did wrong. But really, she didn't do anything, this wasn't her fault and she wasn't really sure how Aalina could blame her. Cause really? What did she do? All she did was be good at her job, which obviously wasn't good enough for the blonde. Obviously Aalina didn't have feelings for her, whatever Alex would get over it sooner or later, but not if the girl kept fighting with her about it.

Woah, okay so Aalina was really just cutting to the point now wasn't she. Every time Alex opened her mouth to say something, it seemed like the blonde had another thing to say. "I didn't- you know- I wasn't-" She kept trying though, but the girl was heated and kept going. Alex's eyes narrowed, kinda getting annoyed that she couldn't put her defense in. Did Aalina really think that she had anything to do with this? Of course she didn't! She would never out her friend like that, and she would never make her in the limelight like that. "This isn't-" Again she was cut off, which was starting to really piss her off now. She moved forward, in front of Aalina to stop her from pacing, and before the blonde could stop her, she kissed her, mainly to just shut her up. It was a long kiss, well not too long because she didn't want to be smacked but... long enough. She pulled away, backing up a few steps, searching her face for anything good. "Done?" She finally said, since now she could maybe get her two cents in. Was that really the right way to do it though? Maybe she should of just shushed her or... something. Oops. It was done now.

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