It's Complicated

"You fucking prick" Erick yelled punching Nick. Stella came to the end of the deck to see what was going on, when she saw Erick beating Nick up she screamed in horror.

"Shit!" I heard Romeo swear. He jumped off the railing and onto the sand then ran to us. Erick had now dragged Nick to the water and was holding his head down.

Jason copied Romeo and jumped onto the beach then sprung into action to help his cousin. Tears streamed down my face, I didn't ever mean for this to happen. "Shh calm down honey" Cami said soothingly and wrapped her arms around me in comfort.

Romeo manged to pull a still very pissed off Erick off of Nick, while Jason helped a bloody and unrecognisable Nick out of the water. His face was cover in blood, his lip was bust, his nose seemed to be broken and his eyes were swollen.

"Get the fuck out of my house, all of you" Stella swore sending me a glare before turning to help her brother up the stairs. "Come on let's go" Cami said leading me to the car. Romeo drove while Erick and I sat at the back.

He tried to hold my hand but I pulled away facing the window. When we got to the apartment I rushed in not listening to Erick's pleas. "Alex wait, listen to me. Lex!" He said following after me, I went into my room and slammed the door in his face. "Lex! Come on" he said from the other side of the door.

"What did you expect me to do huh? Was I supposed to just let him hurt you?" He asked, I pulled the door open and glared at him. "Yes you were. Because I had it under control until you showed up" I spat, "yeah the busted lip really shows that" he mocked.

"He was drunk Erick, he didn't know what he was doing and he was about to apologise for it then you showed up" I shouted, "What do want me to do? What do I do to make it better?" He asked. "Leave!" I shouted back tears rolling down my face. "Things were much simpler when you were gone. Now my life is fucked up, you might be spending jail time and I have no job" I said.

"I'm sorry Lex" he said softly, I grabbed his hand and dragged him to the kitchen. I pulled out a plate from the cupboard and threw it to the floor it scattered all over the place in thiny little pieces. "Say sorry now Erick" I said before turning and going back in to my room.

I cried myself asleep before I felt too suffocated in my room. I packed some of my stuff up and left the next morning, I went to the only place I could think. I just had to get away from it all. I went back home to my parents house.

I cried myself to sleep for two weeks after that, Erick and Cami had tried calling me a few times but I switched my phone off. My mother tried to comfort me but I wasn't ready to talk yet, I just sat in my room. Not talking to anyone, hardly eating and sleeping away most of my days.

"Okay that's it" my mother said stomping into my room one morning and pulling the curtains opened. "This place is disgusting and smells like something died. I want you to get up clean this mess and have a shower before coming down for breakfast. And I don't want to come back in here" she said in a threatening mom voice before walking out.

I gorned before getting up and doing as she told me, I pulled on a pair of black sweat pants and a t-shirt after my shower then I went to the kitchen.

"What's this? The walking dead I see?" My father joked adjusting his glasses. "Haha very funny" I said walking past him and sitting down, my mom pushed a plate of pancakes in front of me. "Alright start talking" she said sitting on the other side of me.

I told them everything that happened in my life leading up to that moment. "I didn't mean for all that to happen I was going to tell them when I found out which one of them I liked" I explained. "I don't know why you didn't tell us all this" mom said.

"I don't know it all happened to fast then I panicked and came home" I sighed looking down at my lap. "Well all we can do is guide you, you gotta figure out the rest on your own. You're a smart girl Alex you'll always come out on top" Dad said giving me a side hug.

"Well I guess I gotta go make a few calls" I said getting up and going back into my room. I picked my phone up and called Cami first, "Good to know you're still alive" she said when she answered the call.

"Yeah sorry about that I just had to clear my mind" I said, "is it clear?" She asked curious. I thought for a moment, "yeah, yeah it is."