Alexa's POV

I woke up feeling really hot. I was about to sit up when I felt a strong pair of arms around me. I groaned when I realized that I had fallen asleep next to Cole. I turned to face him and he was sleeping so soundly and peacefully.

Event from last night hit me like a brick. Sadness overwhelmed me, knowing he won't remember a thing and if he does, he'll say that it was a mistake. I sigh and slowly get out of his grip.

I walked to Axel and I's room and saw him sleeping too. I walked to te shower and took a quick shower. I changed into one of Brian's shirts that I stole and black shorts. I then walked downstairs to make breakfast. I decided to make french toast with some eggs and bacon.

Cole or Marie were always the ones to cook. My cooking isn't as good as there's but it's edible. I really prefer baking.

"Morning..." Cole mutters groggily as he enters the kitchen

"Did you take some Aspirin?" I chuckle at him

"Duh."

I chuckled once again and finished up with breakfast. I gave it to him and sat down beside him. He mutters a thank you and starts scoffing down the food.

I grab my phone and start scrolling through tumblr. Silence filled the air. All you could hear was his the spoon and fork. I didn't like this silence.

"Lexi...What happened last night?"

I knew he'd ask that...

"Well you came home about to fuck Ariana again but I had to stop you cause Axel is here. I then helped you upstairs and into your room. I tried to get you to sleep but you threw up on the both of us. I cleaned it up though so don't worry. Then when I finished cleaning, you finished washing up. You wanted me to stay so I stayed and accidentally fell asleep."

You probably have an idea why I didn't tell him about the kiss.

"Oh god. I'm so sorry." He apologizes

I wave him off and tell him it's fine.

"Nothing else happened?" He asks.

"Nope" I lie. Lying was my specialty. I've kept so many secrets from others causing me to lie so much that NO

ONE can tell.

Hours passed by and we had just finished lunch. I brought out the left over cake from last night. Cole looked shocked and Axel looked at it in hunger.

"You two made this?!" Cole exclaims

"Yup!! If you're good in cooking, Auntie Allie is great at baking!!" Axel says and scoffs down the piece I gave him.

"Heh. Just like my parents. My mom is a chef and my dad is a baker" Cole chuckles

I hand Cole a piece and he thanks me. He takes a small bite and moans. I chuckle at his wide eyes. He joins Axel in scoffing down their cake. They soon finish and push their plates at me, asking for seconds. I laugh and give them some.

"Awww look at you three being such an adorable family."

Our heads all turn to the voice. Marie was standing there with a wide smile. She saw me and winked.

I blushed bright red and shake my head. Marie was the only one who knew about my little crush.

"Welcome back Marie!!" Cole smiles at her

"Hi hi hi Marie!!" Axel grins

"Hello my adorable little boys" She coos and pinches their cheek

"Hi Marie" I smile widely

"Hello Alexa!!! How are you? Did the boys give you trouble?" She questions

"Axel is an angel all the time. Cole on the other hand..." I trial off smirking at Cole

"He went partying again, didn't he?" Marie sighs.

"And he puked at me" I laughed

"Cole William Reynolds!!! I hope you at least helped clean up" Marie scolds

"He didn't." My smirk grew even wider

"You,mister, better make it up to her or else." Marie glares at Cole. He shrinks down in her stare and nods.

"It's fine Marie. It was no problem." I say

"He puked all over you dear!! And he didn't bother cleaning up. That's a problem" She tells me. I shrug and pick up the dishes. She takes the dishes from my hand and smiles warmly at me

"Sweetie you've done enough. I'll take it from here." She says

"I'll at least take the dishes to the sink." I say and she nods

I help her with taking the dishes to the sink. She watches me with a big smile and I look at confused.

"Ohh sweetie. The man who you will end up with would be lucky. You're such a great woman." She praises me. I blush and smile at her

"Thank you Marie..." I smile

I go to the living room and plop down on the couch. Cole sits next to me and throws an arm over my shoulders.

"So I was thinking of making it up to you today." He says

"We're gonna go to the arcade, movies and park. not necessarily in that order though"

"I kinda don't wanna go to the movies. Going to the movies will make me feel lazy." I say sheepishly

"Okay!! Let's go!!" He pulls me up but I pull my arm back

"I'll just take a quick shower okay?"

He nods and I go upstairs.

I couldn't help but think that this was like a date. It got me all giddy and happy.

I looked at my closet and was about to take out my regular clothes but i stopped. It won't be that bad if I dress up huh? I mean standing side by side with Cole would be embarrassing. He's a walking sex god and I'm ugly trash.

I pick out a flowy maroon tank top, forest green shorts and my black vans. This was already pretty revealing but it was worth a shot. Once I got everything, hopped in the shower and did my business.

I put on the clothes, curled my hair and put on light makeup. I smiled lightly at myself. I didn't look that bad.

Being with Cole had made me feel more confident in myself. He made me feel like I was actually beautiful. He helped me so much. He made a huge impact on my life and I'm forever thankful for that.

I walk downstairs and see Cole waiting for me. I clear my throat and he turns to look at me. His eyes widen. Oh no...I knew I looked terrible. I shouldn't have tried. No matter what I did I would always be an ugly piece of crap. I look down and purse my lips.

"I uh I think I'll just change again." I mumble sadly

"No no no wait!!!" Cole says

He grabs my arm and hugs me tightly. I was beyond shocked and had no time to react. My arms went limp at my sides and he just continued to hug me.

"Don't change. You look beautiful. Absolutely 100% gorgeous. You should dress like this more often." He says

"You're such a liar." I chuckle

He pulls away and frowns at me. He puts his hand on my cheek, making me blush slightly.

"I'm not lying Lex. You are beautiful. Why can't you see that?"

"Cole...I-"

He cuts me off and pulls my hand up to his room. He then brings me to the mirror and I look up at him in confusion.

"Look in the mirror and tell me what you see." He says

"Cole this is stupid let's just go." I try to reason with him but he shakes his head. I sigh and decide to just go with it.

"I see a broken and ugly girl. She's worthless and can't do anything right" I say. I was becoming more and more disgusted of myself. "She has ugly and boring brown hair, weird blue-grey eyes and vampire pale skin with tons of fat under. She's just a pain to everyone. She's nothing but a waste of space,useless and disgusting garbage."

I was now crying I looked down. I can't look at myself anymore. God I'm so pathetic. I'm disgusting. I-

"Is that what you see?" He mumbles

I look up at him and saw he has a hurt expression on his face. I look away and he took my answer as a yes.

"Well you wanna know what I see?" he says. I look up at him but he makes me face the mirror again.

"I see a broken girl who has gone through hell and back. She's gone through things that nobody should ever go through. She was treated like shit and she's hated by many."

I felt tears in my eyes and I closed them shut. He kisses my temple making me turn and look at him.

"Look at the mirror and listen to me love" he mumbles

I nod weakly and do as he say. He brushes my hair to the side and continues.

"I see...I see..." he trails off before smiling lightly.

"I see a strong girl. She's made it this far in her life even after all the terrible shit she's been through. Everyday she holds her head up high and stays strong. She's selfless, brave, kind, caring, beautiful and have I mentioned strong?"

"Now let's focus on the beautiful part because she seems to struggle with seeing that. She can't seem to see the beautiful brown hair that looks like the most delicious chocolate ever. She's not fat. I don't know why she keeps thinking that but she is not fat. She started getting healthy and now has great curves. Now I hate talking about her body, but I'm telling her this cause she needs to know."

He was about to continue but I cut him off

"Why don't you like talking about it?" I mumble softly

"Because it doesn't matter. Fat,skinny or curvy, I don't give one fuck. I don't care at all. She's beautiful just the way she is. The body doesn't matter at all. There are so many more beautiful aspects about her other than the body. Like her eyes...god her eyes are the most beautiful thing about her. Those blue-grey eyes are gorgeous when they're happy. The way they light up and have that little shine in them. When they're sad though, it's heartbreaking. It's like the clouds when it's about rain. All gloomy and sad."

I burst sobbing and a look of panic washes over his face. He asks me what's wrong and I just give him a big hug.

"Thank you." I whisper

He smiles and kisses my head

"I was just stating the truth, love." he says

"Cole...thank you. Just thank you. You don't know how much you've helped me already. I just...thank you." I manage to say through my sobs

"I promise that from this day on I'll do everything to see you happy." he promises

"You just being there for me is enough..." I mumble

He hugs me tightly and carries me to bed. He lays my head on my lap and runs his hand through my hair. I let out a peaceful sigh and close my eyes.

"Get some rest gorgeous. We'll go out next time. And don't think we're done talking about this cause there are so many more great things about you that I need to remind you of."

The last thought on my mind before I went to sleep was...

'God I was falling in love with Cole Reynolds.'

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