Chapter 2. Bickering over the Same Girl

Flashback Two Years Ago

Nelson soon got married to Annalise. Since Alexis and Aries were orphans and were minors as well, they too had moved into Nelson’s house with their sister. Nelson admitted them to Westview High immediately and the boys, Nate and Drake met them every day. Nate always spoke to Alexis while Drake stayed away from her as much as possible.

“Why don’t you talk to her?” asked Dexter Moore, who was Drake’s best friend.

“Nate won her for himself. He warned me of her,” said Drake with a shrug.

“Are you two crazy? You can be friends with her, can’t you?” asked Dexter.

"No, I’m happy being nothing to her," muttered Drake.

So it went on that way till Alexis’s fourteenth birthday. The whole family and Alexis's friends had gathered at Aunt Pauline’s front yard in the evening for her birthday party. Everyone had wished Alexis except Drake. Although he was dying to wish her, to talk to he