Episode Three

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The next day, Scarlet and Alex coincidentally came out of their house the same time. This was practically the first time they were seeing each other before going to school. Previously, Scarlet went to school at odd hours and so they never crossed paths.

They both made eye contact and Scarlet immediately turned and walked away with her skateboard in hand.

Alex thought that she was mad about the incident that occurred in her room that was why she looked away after seeing him. Truth be told, Scarlet was not mad but flushed. Seeing him reminded her of his smile and caring words, even if she hadn't confirmed if it was true or not.

Scarlet dropped her skateboard on the floor and hopped on it making her way to school as usual. Alex could only watch in admiration at how good she was at it.

That afternoon, just after school, Alex headed for band practice. He had joined a band and was the lead singer. He had a really good voice and was a guitarist as well.

Scarlet didn't know that anyone would be using that corner of the school, she rode her skateboard slowly with her head down thinking about life, then all of a sudden she heard his singing voice.

Struck by the melody, she paid no attention to the road and her board collided with some boxes and she fell. The fall caught the attention of the band members. Alex saw that she fell and hurried to help her. She looked up and saw Alex's extended hand. At first, she could just stare at his face. He saw the expression in her face and gave her a smile. It was one that she could never get used to. There was traces of blush on her face as she took his hand and he raised her up. Unfortunately, her ankle was twisted and so she stumbled and fell on him but she didn't pay attention to that at all. She could only focus on his face.

"Oh no, you sprained your ankle" Alex voice brought her back to reality. She looked down and saw the sprain on her ankle.

'But it doesn't hurt, it never does!' Scarlet thought and before she knew it, she was swept off of her feet. "What are you doing?"

"I'll take you to the infirmary." He said and carried her away.

'This has never happened to me before. No one has ever worried about me or taken me to the infirmary, not to talk about being carried. Why is he doing this?' She thought "Why..."

"Hm?"He looked down at her. Her face was hidden in his clothes so that he wouldn't see how embarrassed she was.

"Why are you acting like this to me? You're being k...ki..." She found it difficult to say the words 'kind'

"Kind?" He smiled and she looked up. "If I told you that I felt a connection to you when I first saw you, would you believe me?" He asked knowing she wouldn't believe but surprising she did.

"I believe you!"

"You do?" he looked at her surprised

"Don't look at me like that. I...I also felt that way too but, I didn't know what it was." She said but then looked away. "I'm not telling you this so that you can take advantage of it. If you do, I'll beat you up." She threatened.

"Sure you will. So, can we be friends now?" He asked with a polite smile and she turned to look at the smile on his face.

"Tch, you just want me to be your friend?" She asked disappointed

"You want to be more than friends?" He asked trying to guess what she was implying but she simply looked away.

"Don't think too Mich. We are neighbors after all. Just don't try anything funny or I'll beat you up."

"Then that's a deal." He smiled. 'I don't know why I always feel like smiling when am with her. I just can't help it, that dark expression of hers is just so cute. I want to look at it forever' Alex thought.

"Stop smiling so much or I'll beat you up!" She warned and he couldn't help but chuckle. 'So now we're friends, what next. What do friends do?' She thought while trying to hide her shy and nervous expression.

Alex sighed relieved. Another step taken and another wall breached. It would only be a matter of time before she finally open up to him.

After that day, Alex and Scarlet started getting along. They'd walk to school together, get together for lunch in school even if Scarlet pretended to not want to. When Alex was practicing with his band members, she would hide away and watch him. Even if he knew she was there, he wouldn't say a word and just let her watch. However, when she was practicing skating, he would openly cheer her on.

Scarlet was happy with the feelings she felt from being friends with him.

Just like that Scarlet was able to get social with the people around her and with Alex's help, she was able to get three other friends. Lukas, Dawn and Rose. They were also from her neighborhood. Nobody knew Lukas had a secret crush on Scarlet but he knew that he didn't have a chance as long as Alex was in the picture, so he kept his feelings hidden.

Being friends with more people was so great but, it was not as great as being friends with Alex. She felt fulfilled and satisfied. The most happiest thing was that she no longer had fights with her mom.

Things were going great and fine until a certain day...

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