Makayla Reminisces

Makayla took off her socks and shoes, and sat down, dangling her feet in the water. she closed her eyes and thought back to happier times.

Alex took his final bow along with the rest of the cast of Our Town. He headed of stage being congratulated by the stage manager Gomer.

"One more to go," Alex said, both exhausted and energized from the performance.

Gomer started rattling off notes as he followed Alex back to the dressing room.

"Gomer, you know I'm not going to remember any of this. Give them to me tomorrow night."

Gomer, real name Scott Swartz, was a nice enough guy, and a solid stage manager but had a tendency to get himself in trouble by being too hyper. He was slightly shorter than Alex and a little pudgy, with curly black hair and brown eyes. He did manage to do okay with the ladies however, just because of the sheer number of them he attempted to ask out. Gomer took a deep breath.

"Are you coming to the party tonight?"

"Of course."

Gomer got a big smile on his face.

"You have got to meet my date. Ohhh, she's hot."

"Oh?" Alex said, raising his eyebrow as he looked to his friend.

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Makayla was nervous as she made her way around the house, Gomer introducing her to different cast members and backstage workers from the play.

"This is Brett, he runs the lights," Gomer said excitedly.

Gomer then spotted Alex and Aya hurrying over to them. Makayla recognized them as the actors that had played George and Emily. They had been so believable that she thought they must be a couple in real life.

"This is Alex and Aya, the stars of the show. Alex, Aya this is Makayla."

"Nice to meet you," Alex said, shaking her hand gently.

Aya simply said "Hi," and looked around the room. Then apparently finding what she wanted, Grabbed Alex and dragged him away. Makayla watched them as they walked away. She thought Alex was a handsome guy with those blue eyes. And the way he had looked right into her eyes... She thought Aya was gorgeous, same height as him, long blonde hair and large breasts she knew she could never compete with. she could see why Alex was with her.

A couple of hours later Makayla was walking around the house looking for Gomer. He had left her about an hour earlier to say he was going outside to smoke. Luckily Dana Kelly, an African-American woman who was in charge of costumes, and who lived in the house, had kept her company. The party had thinned out and most of those left were laying around in some state of drunkenness. She saw Aya going upstairs with the guy who had played George's dad. Dana rolled her eyes.

"Isn't she with Alex?"

"Ohhh, nooo," she laughed. "Though I think Alex is a little smitten with her."

They finally found Gomer in a bathroom worshiping the porcelain god. Next to him, sitting on the side of the tub was Alex, holding a towel and patting him on the back.

"That's it buddy, let it all out."

"Seriously?" Dana asked.

"He decided that tonight was a good night to try weed for the first time. And of course it was Luke's ditch weed with who knows what in it. Oh and a full bottle of SoCo."

"Mother fucker," Dana cursed "Sorry, but he is not staying here, not after the last time."

Alex gave an affirming nod.

"I'll drag him back to my room. Axe is home for the weekend, he can crash on his bed. Though it means Axe will bleach his sheets Sunday night and double the incense to get back at me," he said with a stifled laugh. Alex then looked to Makayla, "I guess the date is over..."

Makayla smiled and tilted her head.

"Looks that way, and I was sooo looking forward to the goodnight kiss."

Gomer groaned and they all laughed including an annoyed Dana.

"Do you have a car? You here on campus?" Alex asked.

"Yeah I live in Olsen Hall"

"Oh other side of campus. We can get someone to give you a ride or something."

"Don't you need some help with him?"

Alex looked to Dana.

"Don't look at me. And when he wakes up tell him his ass is banned tomorrow night."

Dana walked away.

"I guess, if you are offering," Alex said to Makayla. "Come on big guy, lets get you to bed."

"How far?" Makayla asked.

"Just across the street, and thankfully 1st floor."

Alex got Gomer up and out the door, then Makayla took his other arm. Gomer looked to her.

"Heyyyy, you're purdy," he slurred.

"Eyes straight ahead, focus on the walking," Alex chided.

They finally got Gomer back to Alex's room. Gomer jumped onto Axe's bed, curling up in a ball and falling asleep. As this happened, Makayla fell back onto Alex's bed, exhausted.

"What a night."

She looked up at Alex looking down at her with an odd smile.

"I'd say. A pretty girl on my bed is not how I expected the night to end."

Makayla felt herself turn bright red, and she sat up embarrassed. She recovered quickly.

"What? The star of the show didn't plan to hook up with a sexy starlet tonight."

She saw Alex turn bright red.

"I uh, well, I'm not, I.."

Makayla reached out and touched his arm.

"I understand," she said comfortingly.

"I'm just waiting for the right person, you know."

"Me too," Makayla smiled.

Alex walked over to a fridge and grabbed a beer and a wine cooler. He offered her the wine cooler which she accepted. He then sat down on the bed, not too close, but a comfortable distance away from her.

"So how did a nice girl like you meet up with that oaf?" he asked.

Makayla smiled and kinda looked down, picking at the label.

"We are in Alegebra together. He makes me laugh sometimes. He asked, and I really haven't been to any parties so it sounded fun."

She looked back up at him to see him smiling and looking right into her eyes again.

They talked and talked about school, dreams, the future. Makayla forgot all about getting back to her room and Alex never stopped the conversation to ask.

Makayla woke up to a lamp lit room, clearly not her own. She looked over to see a snoring Gomer and for a moment panicked at what she might have done. Then the rest of the night came flooding back to her and she smiled. She checked her phone. It was 5 am. She must have fallen asleep in Alex's bed. He'd covered her with a blanket. But where was he? She spotted him curled up on a small recliner, fast asleep. She looked at him. He hadn't tried to kiss her, he could have stayed in the bed with her. The fact that he did neither made her respect him, but she also kinda wished that he had. She heard Gomer groan and she quickly grabbed her shoes. and headed to the door. She quietly opened it, turned and looked again at Alex, then slipped out.