  I scoffed. &quot;What do you want, Erica?&quot; I asked, not really interested in what she had to say.
  &quot;You really think he will stick with you? He will soon dump your sorry ass because you are nothing more than a loser.&quot; She said wrinkling her nose in disgust. Just as I was about to say something, a voice cut in.
  &quot;What is going on here?&quot; I turned around to see Josh looking at Erica, folding his arms across his chest.
  &quot;Oh, hey babe. Just giving Alexandra here a heads up.&quot; She said batting her eyelashes at him. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her behaviour. Desperate much!
  &quot;Firstly, I'm not your babe so don't call me that and second, I heard what you were telling her and you are way out of line, Erica.&quot; He said walking up to us.
  &quot;You're in denial. That's okay, you will leave this bitch eventually and come back to me.&quot; She s

  Sighing, I leaned on a nearby locker and closed my eyes. Great. Now he is mad at me. I was frustrated and I took my anger out on him. I have ruined one of the best thing that have happened in my life. He even called me Alexandra, not Cupcake. Not even Lexie. He must be really upset.
  Way to go, Lexie! I scolded myself.
  Sighing again, I leaned off the locker and went home. I knew I wouldn't see Josh's car in the parking lot waiting for me, but I looked anyway. He really was mad at me and I knew I had to apologize. Stacy had left already and I had already missed the first bus, so I decided to walk home. 
  At home, I was in my room lying down and I couldn't help but feel like crap. It was now 5pm and I looked at my phone for the hundredth time and sighed. He was not going to call me as he usually does at about this time. I had to apologize, but I didn't want to do it over the phone. 


  &quot;Do you have an hearing problem?!&quot; He shouted at me. &quot;I remember telling you to stay away from that boy!&quot;
  &quot;You don't own me, Troy. I'm sick of you telling me what to do and you know what? I'm done listening.&quot; I said my own voice rising.
  &quot;You bitch!&quot; He roared and raised his hand. The next thing I know, I felt a sharp sting on my left cheek. Tears stung my eyes as I looked at him. He raised his hand again and I closed my eyes, but I never felt anything. I heard a loud grunt and I opened my eyes to see Josh's hands gripping Troy's shirt collar, pushing him up against the lockers. 
  &quot;Get your filthy hands off her!&quot; He shouted angrily. His eyes held fury and he looked murderous. I have never seen him this angry before. Troy then shoved Josh away from him and stepped away from the lockers. By now a large crowd has filled the hallway, ta

I scoffed. &quot;What do you want, Erica?&quot; I asked, not really interested in what she had to say.
  &quot;You really think he will stick with you? He will soon dump your sorry ass because you are nothing more than a loser.&quot; She said wrinkling her nose in disgust. Just as I was about to say something, a voice cut in.
  &quot;What is going on here?&quot; I turned around to see Josh looking at Erica, folding his arms across his chest.
  &quot;Oh, hey babe. Just giving Alexandra here a heads up.&quot; She said batting her eyelashes at him. I couldn't help but roll my eyes at her behaviour. Desperate much!
  &quot;Firstly, I'm not your babe so don't call me that and second, I heard what you were telling her and you are way out of line, Erica.&quot; He said walking up to us.
  &quot;You're in denial. That's okay, you will leave this bitch eventually and come back to me.&quot; She said and I seriously wanted to slap this bitch.
  &quot;Don't call her that.&quot; Josh said.
  

Chapter 26 Fall Out