The interesting thing was that Alexis was fond of Scarlett. Justin was unhappy but could do nothing about it.
Although Alexis and Justin were neighbors, Alexis liked to stay with Scarlett. Alexis always accompanied Scarlett home after school and then collected bottles while going home with Justin.
Justin had been adorable since he was little. His family was as poor as Alexis', but he was always clean and neat. Thus, the girls in his class liked to play with him.
Alexis was thin and dark as a kid. She had always been carefree. Probably because she was too young at that time, she was unaware of her feelings for Justin.
Therefore, when other girls wanted to be Justin's deskmate, Alexis was not annoyed. Instead, she ran to Justin and said, "So I can do share the table with Scarlett, and you can also have a new deskmate. You won't be alone."
After hearing this, Justin had been angry for almost a month.
Justin was also amused by Alexis. He still returned home with Alexis after school. When Alexis had problems with her homework, he helped her as usual. They still collected bottles together after school, but he didn't talk to Alexis and only grunted in response sometimes.
During that time, Alexis was confused and said to Scarlett, "What happened to Justin? Is there anything wrong with his throat? He doesn't like to talk these days." Justin found that his anger was to no avail because Alexis didn't understand at all.
The three of them had been in the same class for six years. Alexis was lucky in the middle school entrance exam. She entered the key class. The three of them were still classmates.
In middle school, kids began to fall in love and experience physical changes.
Scarlett watched them on the side and found Justin’s expression interesting. However, Alexis was so careless that she didn't notice it. Though Justin was upset when seeing Alexis showing off the love letters she received, he couldn't quarrel with her because that would only make her mad.
In the second year of middle school, a boy from another school waited every day at the gate for Alexis to tell her how he felt. At the beginning, Alexis was delighted. She had been enjoying the admiration of others. At that time, she felt it was cool that the boy waited for her at the gate and other students cheered around her.
Yet Alexis was bored with it within a few days.
It was said that the boy's family had something to do with gangs. The boy was also a gangster. After waiting for Alexis for a few days, he thought that she was pretending to ignore him, so he got impatient and said that he wouldn't let them go unless Alexis agreed to date him.
The boy wanted to drag Alexis, but before his hand touched Alexis, it was pushed away by Justin, who was standing beside Alexis.
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