I sighed reading the text. I've only talked to her over the phone and met her out in town. I haven't been over there or talked to Ben and I know what she's asking. I did want to Han g out with Lex though. I reluctantly responded.

I called Will. "Hey babe. I'm gonna go hang out with Lexie for a while tonight. I'll call you when I leave tonight." I said. "Okay baby girl. Have fun. Talk to you later tonight." He answered. "Well I'm gonna go get ready and head on over there." I said getting off of my bed. "Okay. Be careful and have fun." I smiled. He so sweet. "Okay bye." I answered. "Bye." He said. I hung up my phone and grabbed my purse and charger and stuff. I left my room and went downstairs.

"Hey I'm gonna go hang out with Lexie for a while. I'll be back later." I said stopping in the living room door. "Okay sweetie have fun." My mom said glancing up at me with a warm smile. I turned and left the house and went to my car. I pulled up at Lexie's house and took a deep breath getting out of my car. I walked up to the front door and knocked. Ben answered the door. "H..Hey." I breathed. "Hey." He answered quietly. "Lexie invited me over." I said quickly. He gave a slight nod. "I know." He said. He backed up and opened the door so I could go inside. Lexie was in the kitchen cooking. "Hey." I said walking up behind her causing her to jump. "Oh! Hey! You scared me." I laughed. She grabbed whatever she was cooking and took it off of the stove and put it on a pot holder to cool. " I made supper." She said turning towards me. I gave a nod. "Good. What did you make?" I asked. "Spaghetti." She said. I smiled. "My favorite." She giggled. "I know." She turned and headed into the living room and I followed her.

We sat on the couch and she turned towards me. "So what's new?" She asked. "Nothing much just working and going to School and hanging out with Will and Chelsea." I answered. She smiled. "How is William?" She asked. I grinned. "He's good. Never a dull moment." I said. She nodded. Her phone rang. She sighed. "It's work. I'll try to get off as soon as I can." She said. I shrugged. "It's fine. I'm gonna run to the restroom." I said getting up earning a nod from Lex. I started up the stairs. I quickly went to the bathroom, washed my hands, and gave myself a once over in the mirror before heading back out of the bathroom. I ran into Ben who was coming out of his office. He looked down at me and I gave him a small smile. He took a deep breath. "Can we talk?" He stated more than asked reopening his office door. I nodded and walked in. He followed me in and shut the door. "I tried to stay away. I tried to let you go and let you be happy. I really did, but I can't stay away from you. And I don't think you want me too." He said coming closer to me. Our lips met and sparks went everywhere. Every inch of my body was on fire. He brought his hands up to my hair and he tangled his fingers in it and I wrapped my arms around his neck. He picked me up and I wrapped my legs around his waist. He walked us forward until I could feel him lowering us down onto the couch. "I knew this damn thing would come in handy." He said in between kissing my neck. I moaned in reply. He unbuttoned the button on my pants and then I heard him undo his.

I got up off the couch and put my pants back on and buttoned them up. "I'm going downstairs." I said and turned to head out the door. He reached up and caught my hand in his. He pulled my arm enough to make me turn around and face him. He pulled me down and brought my lips to his. I eventually broke the kiss and straightened back up and left his office and went back downstairs. Lexie was just getting off the phone when I walked in the living room. "You okay?" She asked when I sat down on the couch. I nodded. "Yeah I'm fine. Ben wanted to show me something he was doing at his office, he was working on it in the office up there." I said. She gave a slight nod. "You ready to eat?" She asked. I nodded getting up. "I'm starving." She smirked. She got up and went to the bottom of the stairs.

"Ben are you going to eat?!" She hollered. "Yeah I'm coming down in a second!" He hollered back. She turned and started towards the kitchen. "We don't have to wait for him." She said. I followed her into the kitchen and helped her get out the plates and silverware and cups and pour the drinks. A few minutes later Ben joined us in the kitchen. We started eating. "This is good Lex!" I said looking up at her and grinned. "Thanks Jay." She said smiling. "It is great Babe." Ben said without looking up. "Thank you babe." She said before looking back down at her plate. We ate dinner mostly in silence with occasional conversation but not much. After dinner I helped Lexie load the dishwasher and Ben went into the living room and turned on the tv. Once we were done in he kitchen we decided to go sit out on the back porch. We sat out there and watched the beautiful sunset. "What's going on Lex?" I asked quietly. She shrugged. "I don't know...we've been trying you know, and I had a miscarriage. It's just been really hard lately." She answered just as quietly. I felt like a completely terrible person. "Oh Lexie I didn't know. I'm sorry." I said feeling all of my emotions hit me at once. I wrapped my arms around her. "We're gonna get through it though. I just feel it." She said. "Y'all better." I said.