Twenty Five

Skylar's POV

"I'm kind of surprised these days." Alex spoke up as he drove out of my driveway.

I picked up the cup of coffee he brought for me and wrapped my fingers around it. It was scalding hot, too strong for me—and exactly perfect to scare off the heavy sleep that was nagging on my eyelids. I was glad Alex had remembered to bring my morning coffee.

"It took some real hard work to wake you up in the mornings. Especially Mondays." He pointed out. "Now, all it takes is one horn of the car and you come out."

"Uh-huh." I murmured, pulling off my hair tie from my wrist and tying up my hair in a loose ponytail.

"Is it because of that gang stuff you were telling me about?" He asked, glancing at me with a small frown.

I let out a deep sigh and placed my fore