SLOW IS THE MEMORY - Alexis/night

[kansas riley rivers]

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I HAVE ALREADY TRIED TO EXPLAIN MYSELF

What was it with Kansas' family just turning up on her turf, it wasn't that she wasn't happy happy to see them or didn't like them, she did, she loved her family, family was everything to her but they were best left where they belonged miles from her. She had done well at keeping her secrets since she arrived in LA because no one here knew her well enough to pick up when she was hiding something, that wasn't a luxury she had with family, certainly not her brother Levi, he was like a basset hound at sniffing out her secrets and she could tell he was already suspicious of her and how she was acting funny with him now he'd moved to town. It wasn't just her side job that she had to hide from them, it was everything that had happened back home to make her leave in the first place, her brothers were already completely lost on that story, she had never confirmed anything about the marks that had appeared around her neck and why she had ended up with them, everyone in town instantly speculated that she had tried to off herself but her siblings hadn't been quite as sure. Kans couldn't have told them the truth though, that their father had done it, that their old man and only living parent had nearly killed their baby sister. The thought of what they might do was too much for her to handle to, so she left, left for them, left for her father, left for herself.

She'd gone all around the country before she settled in LA for good. She didn't know what it was about LA that made her settle, it could have had something to do with the lovable rogue she had met in Daniel Morressy, it could have been that she stumbled on a beautiful wreck of a house on the outskirts of town on auction that she couldn't resit or it could have be something else or everything all at once. She didn't know all she knew was she was here now and it didn't like she was upping her roots and moving any time soon. Another thing she was unsure of was how long her cousin Alexis had actually been in town, it was a big place so it could have been years for all she knew but they were finally meeting up after who knew how long for a well overdue catch up. She'd had a situation like this only a month or so ago with Levi and that hadn't all that well, with her storming out because she had no idea what to say to him when he started probing her for answers to questions she could only give vague reply's to, vague reply's he refused to take. Hopefully things with Alexis would be a little smoother.

She walked into the coffee shop the two had organised to meet at, ordered a steaming hot coffee before she settled herself in a booth and waited for her cousin to arrive. Kansas had always liked Alexis, she was a no nonsense kind of girl and Kansas liked that about people. They had plenty in common and had always got along like a house on fire when they were younger so she was actually kind of looking forward to this conversation unlike the last. Kans was also not worried about Alexis trying to dig too much into what Kansas was up to, they weren't as close as her and Levi so she would probably not question further when it came to employment when Kansas told her she owned her own garage, Levi had instantly picked something up and asked how she afforded that and gone on and on until Kansas couldn't take his interrogation anymore and just left him here.

Words: ish | Status: finished | Muse: eh | Notes: hope this is ok, im not the best at starting either. also i forgot to mention levi would be her cousin too but i dont see any drama for them, yet.

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[alexis jayden rivers]

An alarm blared from somewhere in the darkness. A muffled groan came from a pile of blankets on the messy queen sized bed. On the floor, a German Shepard yawned and stretched while a hand forced itself out from the bundle of blankets and started searching the nightstand blindly for the alarm clock. 9 a.m. came pretty early when you go to bed at 3 a.m. the same morning, and it wasn't something you could help when you were a bartender at a club. Mumbling about the early sun, a dark mess of hair emerged to smack the buzzer off. The dog bounded on the bed, licked the girl's face and wagged his tail fiercely. "Ok ok Luca, I'm getting up. Just let me get dressed and I'll take you out." Why did she agree to a 10 a.m. meeting with her cousin at the coffee place... she didn't even like coffee. But it would be the first time they saw each other in years and the first family she had seen since she moved here. Her parents and siblings called occasionally but they never visited, they didn't exact approve of Nate and she hadn't brought herself to tell them of his murder yet.

Sleepy, she pulled on a pair was worn jeans, a cute green and black top and some matching green heels. Luca was bouncing around the kitchen at the back door so she went to let him out before he peed on the tile as she brushed her wavy hair and cleaned her teeth. Her little house was quite small but the perfect size for her and the dog. Small kitchen and living room downstairs and her bedroom and bathroom upstairs with a yard at back. Once the dog was in and settled, she grabbed her keys and purse and jumped into her little Mazda CX-5 and backed out the driveway. The electric blue SUV zoomed down the street and within 10 minutes, she was parallel parking in front of the little cafe where Kansas had asked to meet on the phone last week. Preparing herself with a deep breath, Alexis grabbed her purse from the passenger seat and headed into the cafe.

She glanced around the little cafe as she approached the counter and ordered a cup of green tea. While she waited, Alexis finally spotted her cousin sitting at a booth near the window and gave her a little wave as she grabbed her steaming cup. The girl walked over and slid into the booth, happy to see Kansas looking so well. She wasn't sure if she had heard about Nate... that was only six months ago and it might not have been something her family shared with the extended family. Hey! Looking good Kansas, how is everything? I didn't even know you lived here until someone suggested you as a mechanic. Popping the lid from her cup as she spoke, Alexis blew on the hot liquid and slipped the beverage and sighed as it burned its way down her throat. It warmed her fingers and woke up her drowsy mind for their family catch up. maybe she wasn't so alone in this town without Nathan.

ATTIRE

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