( Alex! You... ugh... why!? D: )<br/><br/>Her jaw clenched a little when he turned to walk away. Did she really mean everything she had just said? Did she really? It pained her to play this hot and cold game with him and yet it was all she knew in life, it was where she found passion and focus. What was love, if not this? That was her mentality, but she was beginning to see it wasn't exactly how others perceived love. She just might have broken a very good man, something Gabriel would not be very happy about. In fact, she'd probably get punished. The thought was disturbing.<br/><br/>She didn't even want to think of the reaction her father would have... or her science teacher. For fuck's sake. Everyone else seemed to want them together, it began to feel like some sort of a secret society developed against her.<br/><br/>"Wait." She managed to say, hoping it would be enough to stop him, even for a second. Oh, what to say? What do you even tell to someone you've just completely broken? Oh by the way, you're still mu tutor? Ugh, this situation, why did she always get herself into these! "Wait, Keith, please." Oh god, she was saying please and all now. He should be happy. Alex walked over to him and stopped him by grabbing his arm. "I don't want to see you go like that. I just can't, even if I wanted. Can't we, uhh..." She searched her mind. "Have a trial period?"<br/><br/>A trial period. Really. That was all she could come up with. She was really selling half of her kingdom for even suggesting something as ridiculous as trial period. No one had ever made it that far with her. What was so special about him anyway? Hmph. She tried to think it was just to pass the year, but was worried that part of her actually wanted it. "Let's be together for a month. Then you can make your choice again. No games, just us together."<br/><br/>Alex bit her lip. She hated compromises, but she really didn't see any other way. If she could postpone this for a month then maybe she'd be good enough to pass her classes and wouldn't need a tutor... Maybe her father would forget about Keith... And Erika would forgive her... Wishful thinking, but still, she didn't have much choice.