Chapter 5. Drake Steps Down

Flashback A Year Ago

It was Alexis’s fifteenth birthday and the whole family had gathered together at Aunt Pauline’s house. Alexis’s school friends were invited as well. A few months back, after Annalise spoke to Alexis about concentrating only on her studies, she had stopped going to the club and with Nate as well. While Drake was happy for a change, Nate was frustrated and clueless about what suddenly went wrong. So he confronted the birthday girl and demanded an answer from her for her actions. 

“You can’t just ignore me this way. I’m your boyfriend, for God’s sake!” reminded Nate, angrily flailing his arms.

“If you truly care about me, you’d wait patiently for me to grow up, Nate. At fifteen, my family wants me to only concentrate on my studies,” said Alexis. Nate scoffed at her words.

"I know plenty of couples who have done it all at fifteen," he said in a displeased tone. 

“I’m not them and neither am I in such a hurry,” she said, wal