Alexa seemed to hover around the hospital a lot. She wouldn't go in, but she's sorta just chill out near the waiting room and listen to the nurses. She had an oath to Tory, to protect her and love her. Migeul was hurt, and she loved him, but apart of her felt like she'd been betraying Tory by visiting him. So, she didn't visit. She just lingered, and she watched Robbys missing report go out on the news.

Ty would linger with her sometimes when he came from the car wash, getting free lunch in the cafeteria. He went up and checked on Miguel when he'd woken up. Unlike Alexa, he didn't owe Tory the best friend status. Alexa made him tell her everything when he came down, and she'd felt better about the situation knowing he was okay. They sent an anonymous fruit basket, and they left.

"Ugh, I hate rats." she cringed when Kreese pulled the mouse from behind his back.

"It's a mouse." Hawk rolled his eyes. "Like you."

"I'm not a mouse." she defended herself.

"You kinda look like a mouse." he pointed out, getting a smack upside the head.

"What's its name?" Bert spoke up.

"I don't know." Kreese stared at him. "What should it be?"

"Hawk Junior." the red haired boy gushed.

"Alex. Male version of Alexa." she hummed with a point of her finger. "I bet I can teach him how to flip on his wheel."

"He's got a wheel?" Hawk gapped.

"Bert, what do you think?" Kreese asked, choosing to ignore the pairs background noise.

"Um...Clarence?" he suggested.

"Nerd." Alexa mumbled.

"Clarence. Good." the sensei hummed, turning the mouse in his hand. "Here, take him."

Bert gushed at the fuzz in his hand. "He's so cute."

Alexa gave a small wave to the mouse from over Bert's shoulder. Kreese laughed. "You know, it's almost lunch time."

"Ooh, can I feed him?" Bert gave a begging look from behind his glasses. Every time Alexa saw Bert, she started to miss when she wouldn't get random headaches and could see far distances.

"No. But you can feed him." Kreese yanked the sheet off the box, revealing a snake.

"Holy mother." Alexa leaned down to look at it. "Mean looking ass."

"Like you." Hawk shoved her head.

"Appreciate it." she shoved his head in return.

"What does he like to eat?" Bert looked nervous.

"He likes to eat...Clarance." Kreese broke the news to the group. "It's okay. Come on."

Bert walked forward slowly, looking down the open hatch as he held the mouse. After a second, he backed up. "I can't."

"It's okay. I understand." Kreese took Clarence back, Alexa and Hawk shared a look. "Clearance is your friend. It's okay to object. Who else objects?"

A few hands flew up, but Alexa and Hawk were both smart enough to know better. Kreese nodded. "You're off the team. Get out!"

"But-" Bert tried.

"I said out!" Kreese snapped. The group started to head out, leaving a small number of Cobras.

Hawk watched Kreese head into his office after dropping the mouse into the cage. He looked at Alexa. "I'm gonna talk to him. Wait for me?"

She nodded, walking toward her bag.

"You look ridiculous." Hawk laughed when Alexa did a spin in her new bathing suit she'd got. "Yellow?"

"You're suppose to say "Alexa, you look hot. If we weren't best friends, i'd bang you." not that I look ridiculously she gapped at him in disbelief, tossing her sunglasses as him.

"Alexa, you look hot. If we weren't best friends, i'd bang you." he nodded, sitting up. "But yellow? It's not your color. What happened to the orange one?"

"Why would I wear my color when i'm gonna be pretend to be someone else?" she looked as him knowingly, sliding the sunglasses on. "Car wash ready?"

"I still don't see the point in this." he followed her out of the apartment, glad he didn't have to go through another glare down from Ty. "We're just gonna go to the back."

"Don't you wanna win Moon back?" she rolled her eyes.

He heisted. "Yeah."

Alexa spun around with an odd look. "You're hiding something from me."

"I'm not." he argued. She grabbed his arm to spin him around. "Im not!"

"You so are." she argued, crossing her arms. "What is it? Am I too hot to handle?"

"Oh, for sure." he cracked her a grin, sitting down on the steps. "I don't wanna sound like a.... girly man."

"Mmm, okay." she sat with him. "Well, I promise not to think you're a girly man."

"Do you ever..." he was trailing off heavily, and she was moving closer each time he said something. "Like...like girls?"

Alexa gave an odd look. "Like girls?"

"In a...sexual way?" he winced when he said it.

"Yeah, sometimes." she shrugged her shoulders. "I've always wondered what it would be like to roll around with Zendaya or Emma Watson. So what?"

"So you think you're Bi?" he sat up more.

"I don't really think of it that way. It's like, 'okay, attractive. Whatever' " Alexa rose an eyebrow. "Are you having a sexuality crisis?"

"I just feel like I need to put a label on something. Like, Moon says she's Pansexual, and Demetri use to always say he was Bi-Curious, and then I learned about omni sexual?" he gave her an odd look. "And then i'm like...am I gay?"

Alexa laughed. Hawk smacked her in the arm. "Stop!"

"No, no. I'm not laughing at you." she shook her head with a grin. "I think you're cute, that's all. If you don't want to label anything, then who cares? Don't label anything. Just...ride the wave with me."

Hawk gazed over at her. "You're inviting me to ride the wave with you?"

"Yeah. It's a one person wave, but I can make an accepting just for you." she explained with a shrug. "So, why are you just now starting to overthink this? I know you've had sexual guy thoughts for a while."

Hawk gapped. "What?"

"Let me remind you that you and Demetri were practically connect at the hip the entire time we were together. I'm not blind, I felt the energy." she waved him off, his red face not bothering her. "I just figured it was your thing."

"My thing?" he gave her an odd look.

"Like...watching." this time, she'd been the one to stumble over words. "Like a fetish thing."

"What? No, i'm not a creep." Hawk gapped at her, earning a grin. "Just, when you and Demetri would...be affection-"

"You totally enjoyed watching us." Alexa confirmed.

"But not in a creepy way!" he defended himself loudly. "In a...trying to figure out which one of you I was looking at."

"Very flattered I was apart of your sexuality awakening." she hummed, looking over at his flushed face. "So, what's the matter now? Do you have a boy crush?"

"No...it just has been a thought." he exclaimed honestly, looking away from her again. "I don't know what people would say if I,like, ever did date a guy."

"I don't think dating a guy would make you any less manly or cool." Alexa gave an odd look his way. "If anything, you'd have zero girl with you, making you double the manly."

This time, he had to laugh. "I hate you."

"You love me." she moved over, wrapping her arm around him. "Say it."

"I'm not gonna say it!" he tried to shove her off.

Alexa locked her arms around him. "Say it or i'll chockhold you."

Hawk sighed, turning his head to look at her. "I love you."

"Mhm. That's what I thought." she stood up. "Come on. The car wash still awaits, even if i'm not gonna go win Moon back for you."

•

kylie speaks

they break my heart knowing
they weren't best friends in operation graduation. can't wait for season five to come out
and lex to cry and run into his
arms and say sorry.