Flowers For You

Chapter 1

"Daddy! Do you have training after school?" Alexandra shouted across the kitchen. Alexandra is the only daughter of Carl and Jane Klein. Her family and friends usually refer to her as Alex but she did not like that idea. "Yes we do sweetheart. Why?" Carl Klein answered heading to the kitchen while holding a newspaper. He is a tall football coach in Ohio McKinley High School, where Alex is attending.

Alexandra drew an upset expression in her face and laid the plate she was holding on the table. Carl gave her a confusion look and asked, "What?" He giggled and turned around walked headed to the living room. Alex switched off the kitchen lights and followed her father. "Christian and I were planning to watch movie, you really have to spoil it?" She claimed in a high pitch tone that made her father stood up. Christian is Alex's boyfriend since they were in 6Th Grade. He lives along the neighborhood, about eleven blocks away from Alex's place. "It's a close practice sweetheart, regional is coming up." Carl convinced her and touched her shoulder. She sat down and took out her phone. "What is all these accommodation about?" Jane Klein broke the silence. She switched off the TV and stood in front of Carl and Alex. Jane Klein is about 5'9 tall, a physics teacher in Stanford University. "Nothing honey, it's just that your Barbie wanted to spend time with Ken when we have training." Carl said and gave Alex a wide grinned and winked at her. Jane laughed and brushed her hand through Alex's blond hair. Alex looked at her with an annoyed expression. "At least let me stay there." She alternatively looked at her parents. Jane stared at Carl, trying to convince him. Finally he sighed and said, "Alright. I guess I have no other choice nor option." Carl switched on the TV and turned his head to Jane as she said, "Shower now, both of you! Alex's class is in an hour and you both take 20 minutes to get ready." She said while walking away headed to their room.

Carl grabbed his keys and jumped into his fancy BMW car. Then Alex followed and sat at the front sit. It is a 10 minutes drive from their house to school. When they arrived Alex looked at her dad waited for him to say something. "Alright, alright. I'll see you after school." Carl said and a smile appeared to Alexandra's fair face.

Alex left her home room class 10 minutes early before the bell rings. She headed straight to the canteen where she can most probably find the team and Chris, and she did found them there sitting at one long table making a lot of noise. Alex stood still and looked around looking for Chris. Before she spotted him, he saw her. "Stop! My princess is here." He said pointing at her while he stood on a chair. The team cheered and clapped, Alex walked closer. They were acting like they were in a role play, saying their own lines and acting like complete "idiots". Chris reached for her hand and knelled down. He placed a kiss on her hand, Alex blushed and said, "Oh stand up, you look weird." Chris' friends all laughed and he hugged her. They all started cheering and teasing. Chris suddenly stood up on the table and announced to everyone, "I Love Alex Klein!" Everybody clapped. Christian is the quarterback and the star player of the team. Many girls run after him so Alex thought that she was lucky enough to be chosen for him.

Chapter 2

Regional Game ended and Christian spent his night at Alex's place with his mother, Mary Johnson. She is a single parent, she brought up Christian by herself. Her husband Clark Johnson died when Chris was 8 years old. He died in a car crash because of drunken driving. Jane Klein asked Mary about Clark, but she refused to answer and let Chris speak out.

After dinner, Alex and Chris went out to the backyard. Alex sat at the swing and Chris pushed it slightly back and forth. "I'm glad it's over now." Alex said and looked up at Chris and smiled. Chris sat at the other swing beside her and asked, "What's over?" He pretended to be innocent, knowing nothing. Alex pinched his cheeks and answered, "Football season. So can we watch movie now?" She giggled and held his hand. Christian laughed and answered yes. Minutes passed and Alex brushed her hand to his hair down to his chest. "You're sweating?" She was curious and felt a punched in her heart. "What? It's hot." Chris claimed. Alex stood up and said, "It's hot?! I'm freezing out here." She said at a pitch tone and stared at him. Chris was thankful Alex said that, just to run away from her questions, denying won't convince her. "Freezing huh? You didn't tell me all this while." He grabbed her hand and pulled her in. Alex blushed and forgotten about the topic so it flew out of her mind.

"Are you gonna come tomorrow? Physics class?" Alex asked Chris before he stepped out of her house. She smiled at him and he smiled back saying, "Of course, It's your mom teaching, I'm a fan." He giggled and Jane Klein smiled. Carl Klein send them back home. Chris was also like a true son for Carl, so he treats them as a family.

Christian arrived at Alex's house by nine in the morning, which was the time Alex's parents went to groceries. Right before they start studying, Alex noticed him sweating just like how he was last night. "Did you run?" She asked indirectly and more of a joke. Alex slid her hand through him. Before he answers her question, Alex then added, "This sweating of yours is getting really freaky, you should check the doctor." Christian got annoyed, well, he was trying to avoid answering her questions. So he tried to push he off. "You're not my mom so don't tell me what to do." Chris walked away and left the house. Before Alex say another word, she only heard the door closed behind her.

"What happened? Where is Chris going?" Alex's mom asked her. But before she answered, her dad, Carl said. "Love quarrel honey, we used to have that everyday." A smile appeared to Alex's face.

Chapter 3

Chris came back in an hour with a tulip flower in hand. That time, Alex was just about to go out for a walk. "What made you come back?" She asked and trying to be humble. Chris looked at her and smiled to apologize. "Oh don't give me that smile!" Alex wanted to smile and blush, but instead, she turned and stumped her feet walking away biting her lips. She was just waiting for him to apologize with his soft voice and gentle looks, and she got it. "I'm sorry. I was carried away by stress." He tried to reach out for Alex's hands and pulled her closer to him. He brushed his hand to her soft rosy cheeks and whispered I love you. "I guess you're forgiven. You're just so lucky that you get everything in a snap." Alex moved back pulling him to the living room. She grabbed the flowers and soaked in a vase of water. Chris smiled and everything started to be cool between both of them.

A few hours later, Alex thought it was a perfect time to re-open the topic they were discussing just now. "So, why didn't you want to see the doctor?" She tried her best to convinced Chris that he could open anything to her. So far, she succeeded. "Alex, it's not that I did not want to see the doctor, it's because I'm afraid to know what causes this excessive sweating." He looked down and placed both of his hands on the table covering Alex's hands. Alex gave him a blur look and asked, "Excessive sweating? Meaning?" Chris took a deep breath and looked at her. "Even in a cold winter night, I sweat. Which I call night sweats. In the morning, I will always wake up wet as well as my bed sheets. I change them regularly so mom won't notice it." Then he looked way. Alex took out her hand and covered Chris' cold hands. "Let's go see the doctor, I'll be with you I promise." Alex stood up and said she will just take something from the kitchen but truthfully, she went away and shed a tear. That moment, Alex knew things won't be alright and the same. She took a deep breath and walked back to Chris.

Alex found Chris standing, looking outside the window. She spotted a sweating region of his shirt at the back and she started to get more worried. Alex ran to him and hugged him from the back and said, "I love you Chris." Chris held her hand and turned around to hug her back and replied those words that only makes Alex strong.