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Alex had drifted off to sleep by the time that Sofia had returned to the bedroom. In spite of her precautions, the bed moved just enough to wake him up when she got into bed. Even so, he was too drowsy to do more than notice that Sofia was there before he went back to sleep again.  

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The next day Sofia didn't have to wake up early and so she could sleep in. It was always so great to sleep in so she continued to stay in her peaceful deep sleep, unknowingly snuggling up to Alex since it happen to be pretty cold in their room. Sofia's birthday would be tomorrow and she would have to cope with that some how, she would most likely just go in the attic and work more on music and art. She knew that she neglected to tell Alex her birthday but that was just a day she didn't want him to know because she didnt' want him knowing that on such a day she wouldn't get a "happy birthday' from her parents or anyone for that matter. It would truly show how pathetic she was.
 

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As could be expected, Alex wasn't the least bit inclined to get up early that Saturday morning. His plans for the day could be summed up in two words: college football. Even though he was finished with playing high school football, Alex's doctor had the optimistic belief that Alex should be able to play again once Alex had started college, and so it was a good idea for Alex to become as familiar with college-level football as he could prior to the commencement of college. Besides, watching football was a further indication of just how much he loved the game. By the same token, Alex's plans for Sunday had 'NFL' written all over them. One of the very few positive aspects of Alex's knee injury was that he had the perfect excuse to sit and watch TV for most of the day. As Alex slowly woke up that Saturday morning, he became aware of the fact that Sofia was lying close to him. In fact, she was very close to him. A lot closer than she had ever been before. He spent a few moments in contemplation of what he was going to do about it, but ultimately decided against doing anything that would wake her up, since his close proximity was likely to spook her. Instead, he just lay next to her and admired her natural beauty as she slept.  

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Sofia had a semi peaceful night, there was a reason why she was so close to him now. During the night she had a nightmare and had neared anything close that she could hold though she had not gone so far as to actually cling on to him. Sleeping in never passed ten o' clock and when eight nine o'clock came around she finally began to wake up, not sure if Alex was awake but when she opened her eyes she saw how close she had been and of course her natural reaction was to blush and slowly roll away. Still no knowing if he was asleep or not she slipped out of bed and went to the mirror to fix her hair though she only had to run the comb through her hair twice to get it straight again, other than that she never bothered with make up or anything useless like that. Since there was no need to change for now she left the room to start with breakfast. Sofia put her hair into a pony tail as she walked out the door, the shirt she wore rising up ever so slightly exposing more of her legs but nothing more.
 

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While Sophia's reaction to being so close to Alex when she woke up hadn't been as abrupt as Alex might have expected, she had still moved away from him as decorously as possible. Alex was amused by the fact that she hadn't seemed to notice that he was already awake, and he chose to not disabuse her of that notion. He silently watched her as she fixed her hair, and naturally enough he was admiring her as she was walking out of the bedroom. Alex gave her a few seconds before he got up, and he paused again before leaving the bedroom as well. When Alex saw her again, he cheerfully said to her, "Good morning! Did you sleep well?"  

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Sofia began to scramble some eggs and when Alex spoke it had startled her sightly. She glanced over at him and smiled, "Oh, good morning. I slept well actually, how about you? Did your leg bother you any time during the night?" She slowly looked away from him to pay attention to the food she was cooking, Bo awakening from the smell of bacon and he ran in greeting Alex first before going over to Sofia and waiting there as if waiting for her to feed him some bacon. She chuckled and have him his food instead and she knew that today was a perfect day to walk Bo so after breakfast she would change and probably go jogging with her favorite boy. It didn't take long for breakfast to finish so she sat down and served some to Alex and began to eat, glancing over to see Bo eating his food as well.
 

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"I slept well, and my leg didn't bother me at all," Alex replied. Of course waking up and finding Sofia so close to him had been a pleasant surprise, but he wasn't going to bring that up yet. After he had sat down and had begun to eat, he asked, "What do you have planned for today? I was thinking about relaxing and watching some college football on TV."  

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Debra had just finished with getting dressed when she barely heard a knock on her bedroom door over the blaring of her stereo. (She was playing AC/DC at the moment.) Walking to the door, she opened it, saw that her grandmother was there, and irritably demanded, "What do you want now?" "There's a young woman here that says she knows you at school," her grandmother explained with a pleasant smile. That puzzled Debra. The only person whom she could think of who would bother to visit her was Sofia. Her grandmother had already met Sofia, and if Sofia had come, Debra's grandmother would have said so. Grumbling at the interruption, Debra went to the front door to see who had come to see her. Lo and behold, it was Cynthia of Team Bimbo, one of the last people that Debra expected to see outside of school. Debra almost didn't recognize her because she was dressed in a modest blouse and skirt instead of the usual stupid cheerleader uniform. "What do you want?" Debra demanded irritably. Cynthia looked as if she was expecting Debra to bite her any moment now, and she hesitantly replied, "Can we talk? In private?" Debra's first inclination was to refuse, but she was curious about why Cynthia had come to see her. She thought about inviting Cynthia to her bedroom, but all of the occult things and the posters with vampires and other scary things would probably freak out Cynthia to the point where she couldn't talk. Coming to a quick decision, she called out, "Grandma, I'm going outside for a while!" "That's fine. Let me know if you decide to go anywhere," her grandmother said in return.

Debra went outside, and after walking a short distance away from the house, she faced Cynthia and said, "So, talk already!" Cynthia appeared to need a moment to steel her nerves before she took a deep breath and began to speak. "I just wanted to say that what you did to those cookies was a horrible thing! I was on the toilet for hours!" Cynthia whined. "Cry me a river!" Debra snapped back unsympathetically, "That's what you get for letting Brandy manipulate you and drag you into her stupid and futile plots for revenge! Take my advice and get away from Brandy before things get really ugly." "But... Brandy's my friend!" Cynthia protested. "She's not your friend!" Debra exploded, "She's nobody's friend! She doesn't have friends! She just has... people that she uses until she's tired of them and then throws them away like... like... trash!" Cynthia opened her mouth to protest again, but apparently thought better of it and remained silent. Smirking in triumph, Debra went on to say, "You see? You already know that I'm right. Tell you what. The next time that you're on Youtube, watch the video for Sweet Dreams by the Eurythmics. That will spell it out for you, and you might find your place." Cynthia appeared to think about it and then nodded as she said, "OK, I will. By the way, me and that other girl really weren't kissing. We were just pretending for the photo." Debra patted her on the shoulder as she condescendingly replied, "Whatever helps you to feel better." "Really, we weren't!" Cynthia insisted. "Sure you weren't!" Debra stated in a tone that indicated that she wasn't buying it.

Seeing that it was pointless to argue the point, Cynthia changed the subject by saying, "I've been wondering about something. Why do you like Sofia? Nobody likes Sofia!" Instead of giving a direct answer to that, Debra said in return, "Maybe if you took the time to actually get to know Sofia, you wouldn't need to ask that. I will say this much. Sofia is a much better friend than Brandy and those other cheerleaders that you hang out with." It was now Cynthia's turn to look dubious, and she replied, "If you say so. Well... ah... I should go now. Thanks for talking. I guess I'll see you in school." "Yeah, I guess you will," Debra remarked, "Think about what I've said. You should really ditch Brandy before she does something to hurt you." "I'll think about it," Cynthia conceded, and then she went on her way. As soon as Debra returned to the house, she found her grandmother waiting for her, and her grandmother politely said, "She seems to be nice. What were you talking about?" "Nothing important," Debra replied, since an explanation would take far too long to make, and then Debra returned to the seclusion of her bedroom.  

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]"I'm going to jogging with Bo after breakfast, but other than that I'll probably just practice more before the concert this upcoming Friday," Sofia replied as she continued to eat though not a lot as usual especially since she would go jogging and eating too much would only make her throw up. Once she was done she got up and left to the room to change into proper clothing. The last time she had gone jogging was a couple months ago before she moved in with Alex. Sofia had always gone when it was still dark out but she stayed asleep a bit longer today. Nonetheless she could not deny Bo his exercise along with her own so she got dressed and put her shoes on. When she walked out she was in the process of putting her sweater on so yes, if Alex had glanced her way he would have seen her practically topless just with a sports bra on. After tying her hair up in a pony tail she put the leash on Bo and headed out as she called out, "I'll be back in an hour or so!" And with that she was out the door and listened to her music as she jogged about the area.

It would seem that Alex would have the apartment to himself for a bit but about ten minutes after Sofia left, the door bell rang and standing out there waiting for him to answer was...Helen.
 

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As it happened, Alex did look up when Sofia had walked through the room, and so he had noted her state of dress. Not that he let on that he had seen her, since that would only embarrass her again. "OK, see you then," he called after her as she went out the door with Bo. At the moment he was watching college football as he had said. Ohio State was playing at Michigan, and they were going for it on 4th and short, when wouldn't you know it? The doorbell rang. He waited long enough to see the outcome of the play (the Ohio State fullback was stopped a yard short of the first down) before he got up and made his way over to the door to see who it was. To be honest, Alex was expecting to see Debra, since she was the only person who would come to see Sofia and his friends, including Greg, rarely visited him at his apartment. Much to his disappointment, he saw that it was Helen. In other words, the very last person he wanted to see, with Brandy running a close second. For a moment he wondered if he should have pretended that he wasn't home, but Helen had probably heard the TV on. Anyway, it was too late to do any pretending. "Helen! What a... surprise!" Alex said more cheerfully than he felt, and he made no move to invite her in, which was certain to be an invitation to disaster, especially if Helen insisted on staying long enough for Sofia to return and find Helen there.  

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Helen looked at Alex and smiled warmly at him, a plate in her hands and it so happen to be his favorite kind of snack. She glanced in his apartment and looked around to see if Sofia happen to be there but when she didn't spot her she looked back at Alex and asked, "So are you going to let me in or not? I figured we could catch up today, it's Saturday and it's a perfect time to talk. Now, let me in silly." She chuckled and stood there as if already knowing that she could easily get him to take her back. She was aware that Alex had 'broken' the relationship but in her mind that never happened and that he was currently in denial and his mind was warped by the stupid nerdy girl he was forced to be with. Sooner or later Helen would make her move and Sofia would now be Helen's target, a force far worse than Brandy.
 

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Alex couldn't help but notice the plateful of Rice Krispies Treats that Helen had brought with her. It was just like her to remember that was his favorite snack and use it against him. He would have taken the plate from her already if that didn't seem like selling out. Alex was left with the simple choice of letting her inside or finding an excuse to leave her standing at the door. Even if he did think of something, though, Helen probably wouldn't leave. Since that was the case, Alex decided that the sooner that he let her in, the sooner that she would be leaving after they have had the chance to talk. "Sure, come on in," he said as he stepped out of the way, while hoping that he wasn't making a mistake.Once she was inside, he closed the door and went back to the couch. Alex didn't turn off the TV, but he did lower the volume so that they could talk. He was willing to make that much of a concession.  

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Helen smiled brightly when he allowed her to go into his apartment and as she walked in she had handed him the plate and sat herself on the couch. She glanced around again then looked to see what he was watching. She didn't speak until he sat down and even when he put the volume down it took her awhile to actually say anything. At last she turned her body a bit to face him and then spoke, "So, I'm just really curious as to how you got stuck in your current situation. I highly doubt you got on one knee and asked that girl to marry you. It's really hard to believe that you some how got trapped in a marriage! Please do clear this up for me." The look on her face showed both concern and a bit of irritation.
 

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At the moment Alex had the choice of making up a story to the effect that it had been his idea to get married from the beginning or telling the truth. The first option would sound better at the moment, but Alex had the feeling that Helen wouldn't believe him, and it would be only a matter of time until she found out the real story, and then she would be mad at him for lying to her, among other reasons. The second option would upset her right away, but in the long run would probably be the better option, all things considered. Regardless of the circumstances that had led to Alex's marriage with Sofia, Helen was likely to consider the arrangement to be only temporary, and she would probably do her best to see to it that Alex and Sofia will break up. After all, Helen can't have him if Sofia did. "Actually, it's kind of funny how that happened," Alex said. He then explained the exact circumstances that had led to his and Sofia's marriage, and he included the fact that both sets of parents and their psychology teacher had insisted that they should stay married. Sure it made it appear that Alex had been trapped in the marriage, like Helen had said, but it was essentially true, even if Alex no longer thought that way.  

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"That's horrid! There is no reason why you should stay married to her, it's your life not that of your parents or hers. You can easily get a divorce so why suffer in such a dull marriage?!" Helen shook her head and felt angered at what she heard and also felt that this was unjust. She frowned and got up, shutting the tv off and looking at him. Helen would do whatever she could to get him back and to make Sofia be the one to leave him if he didn't want to. It so happened that Sofia was making her way back now and now arrived at the door. Helen, being who she was would take this as the perfect moment to start the breaking up process. Helen was manipulative and there was no doubt that when she was together with Alex she had wanted to do the 'fun' stuff other couples did but he always refused and had some excuse. But that was a year ago, who know if he changed his mind about that specific topic.

Without any warning Helen sat herself on his lap thought gently as to not to hurt his leg. As she sat there she had her arms wrapped around his neck loosely. "You don't want a wife like her Alex, I bet she's too shy to do what married couples do anyway.." a small smile grew on her face and when the door swung open she grinned and went into kiss him, clearly making it look as if the two were wanting this.

Bo was the first to enter and the moment he saw Helen on Alex he began to bark, his fur standing up on end. He managed to pull the leash out of Sofia's hand and rushed over to them, continuing to bark at her with his teeth baring out at her.

Helen gasped and toppled off of Alex and began to scoot away with Bo sill barking at her and even rushing toward her as if she were some thief. Sofia quickly rushed over and grabbed the leash and yanked him back until she got a hold of his collar and began to pull him away into the kitchen, trying to calm him down but the fact that Helen was still there made him go wild, as if he knew that she was some evil witch. "I suggest you get out of here before he manages to get out of my hands and bites down on you," Sofia said looking at Helen and for a moment Helen could see a small smile on Sofia's face.

Not wanting to get bitten she scrambled up and hurried out though she called out, "Call me Alex!" The door slammed and she was gone, Bo still barking at the door before he finally calmed down.

Sofia rubbed his head and soothed him and then took his leash out. He then walked over to the couch and sat down next to Alex and rested his head on his lap. Sofia too had seen what had happened but she really had nothing to say and simply walked into the kitchen to get some water.