Alex's POV

God damn it, I caught a cold. I wish I could've seen Aiden to see if he was okay. But instead, I had to sit in my room all day. I couldn't even go to the party that Nathan was holding last night! I hope Aiden was okay after what happened yesterday.

"Alex, are you alright?" I hear from my door frame, breaking me out of my thoughts.

"Oh... Yeah, I'm okay, Sam," I said. Sam was my mother's boyfriend, and though Chloe -my little sister- already was calling him dad. It's not like I hated him; he was like a big, friendly teddy bear. It's just that I felt it would be better to call him that once he's actually married to my mother and all that.

"So, I saw you walking home for a bit with a boy yesterday when I was going to the store..." Sam said, smiling evilly, "Who is he?"

I sighed before saying, "No one special..."

I felt myself blushing, and Sam definitely saw it because I heard him chuckle as he walked over and sat on my bed.

"Who is he to you then? If there's nothing special between the two of you," Sam said, crossing one of his legs over the over. 'I guess I can tell Sam,' I thought, sighing.

"He's my crush for a few years now... I don't think there's any real chance, though. I did something stupid on Wednesday, and he probably won't forgive me..." I said, not telling him every detail and hoping he might just let me off without telling him.

"Tell me what you did, and then we can consider if he'd forgive you or not," Sam said sternly, suggesting that he wasn't going to leave me alone until I told him.

I sighed. 'Please don't hate me,' I started chanting in my head before saying, "I kind of forcefully kissed him because of a dare. When he found out it was because of the dare -even though I wanted to do it in general, though he didn't know that- he looked so hurt. I ran after him, and he'd run off to cry. I never want to see him crying again; I already saw him like that twice, and that's almost too much." 'Fuck. I'm crying,' I thought, wiping at my leaking eyes but unable to stop the flow of tears. "He looked so sad the first time, and the second time he was terrified," I continued, unable to stop crying, "He almost got kidnapped because of me!"

"It's alright. It's alright," Sam said, hugging me. I hugged him back, needing the comforting touch.

"He probably... He probably hates me," I said, struggling to speak from how badly I was crying, "And I'll never- never be able to- be able to kiss him again."

"I'm sure it'll work out," Sam said, "You just need to be patient, and it'll all work out."

"I can only hope so..." I said, hoping my tears would stop. My brain just kept replaying the crying face of my childhood crush. 'If I hadn't kissed Aiden, that would never have happened,' I thought, hating myself for giving into that bet.

I cried for another five minutes, and Sam comforted me that whole time. As I wiped my eyes, I tried not to think about the past two days. Maybe today will be better. The front door opened, and five seconds later, a little red-headed girl ran into my room.

"Alex! Alex! I made a friend!" Cloe -my little sister- said, jumping up and down before turning around towards the doorway, "Kayla, come in here. Meet my big brother, Alex!"

A bit of a longer episode this time lol. I’m not gonna make everything go to hell just yet lmao. There's a damn lot of crying in this story, but that's how life is sometimes. Anyway, I hope you have a nice day/night/whatever time it is for you. Take care of yourself, and comment any thoughts or suggestions you have for me!