About twenty minutes later as well, Alexandria hurried into the coffee shop where she was meeting Erika and saw her friend sitting nearby the windows. They greeted each other with strained smiles before the blonde sat down and ordered a hot chocolate. "Have you done some thinking?" Erika asked, willing to make things right again with her best friend. "Please tell me you've come to your senses and that I didn't come here for nothing, Alex."<br/><br/>Alexandria smiled. "Well, it's a little complicated right now. Keith and I have a deal until the end of the year. He personally agreed to do it, so you should stop bitching to me about it."<br/><br/>Erika's eyes narrowed. She knew just how Alexandria loved her deals and games, it made her feel in control of everything and everyone around her. "Tell me about the deal, babe." She spoke, intrigued.<br/><br/>"If Keith doesn't break before we graduate, I lose and promise to be his girlfriend." She explained. "If however he does break, he loses and he'll never have a chance with me ever again."<br/><br/>Erika looked thoughtful. "And what if you break? What if you can't resist him anymore?" She asked and noted the troubled expression on her friend's face.<br/><br/>"Then I lose and will become his girlfriend before graduation." Alexandria announced, holding her chin up. "It's a fair deal and he knows I will be hard on him. I told him he'd suffer."<br/><br/>"Undoubtedly. But it's quite unfair, to be honest." Erika replied with a smirk. "You have all these people you can manipulate: jocks, Marcus, your father, college guys..."<br/><br/>"I know!" Alexandria exclaimed in excitement. "He's going down in no time."<br/><br/>"Not if you ask me." Erika said coldly. "You know what? Two can play that game of yours. Keith has no idea how to strike back at you because it's not in his nature. But I'll think I'll side with him this time. I think he could use some advice on how to bring you down to your knees."<br/><br/>Alexandria stared at her friend in awe, barely noticing the hot chocolate she received. "You have no motive! You'd be better off helping me break him. That was our initial deal, Erika."<br/><br/>"Well, the deal is off since Sunday, my dear." Erika chuckled, a clever smile on her face. "And I do have a motive. I want you two together. I want you to give up your defenses and I've watched you long enough to know what gets a reaction out of you. I might not know you as you said on Sunday, but I know enough to help Keith melt you... and destroy you."<br/><br/>The blonde grabbed her hot chocolate, squeezing the paper cup with her fingers as she stared at her friend in blazing anger. How could she!? Eventually her grip became so strong that the cup broke, causing hot chocolate to drip on the table and the floor. Erika simply sneered at this and stood up. "I'm going now. If I were you I'd sleep one eye open. Keith will be more cunning than you when paired with my advice." She then walked off, leaving Alexandria to her fury.<br/><br/>"Yeah right." She growled before getting up and hurrying to join Keith for clothing shopping.