Be Better

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Foxete's POV:

    Lexi is, again, drunk in the kitchen. I saw Damien crying the hallway because Jake and Lexi were arguing. For the past 2 months, Lexi hasn't stopped drinking. It's become a problem. I walk into the kitchen to find Lexi crying and Jake arguing with her.
"You can't just drink your sorrow away Lexi!" Jake argues, trying to keep his voice calm.
"What am I meant to do?!" Lexi yells.
"Hey! Both of you shut it." I command.
The two of the shut up really quick.
"Listen, I know you lost people Lexi, but you drank half of our entire storage of alcohol!" I scowl.
"Is that all you care about? Me wasting supplies?" She pouts.
"No, I stayed out of your problems until I saw Damien crying outside!" I snap at her, "I thought that Jake could handle it, but now it's affecting the crew."
"Why are you so angry?!" She snaps back, "This doesn't concern you!"
"Yes it does! I'm the captain. I also know how Damien feels! You and Jake are like his parents! He has to listen to you arguing every day!" I scoff, "You're being unreasonable!"
"Unreasonable?! I just lost my entire crew!" She yells.

I take a deep breath and bring my voice back to normal level, "I lost people too, you don't see me drinking all the alcohol on the ship."
She slams her hands down and leans over the counter, "Well, maybe your stronger than me!"
We stare at each other for a minute. Jake just stands there, unsure what to do.
"Here's what's going to happen, we're locking the alcohol up, you're going to take a nap, then apologize to Damien, Jake you will apologize to Damien as well, alright?" I sigh, "After that, Jake meet me in the workshop."
Jake sighs and nods, leaving the room.
"Fox-" Lexi begins.
"Save it Lexi. Go sleep." I sigh, "I'll talk to you tomorrow."
"I'm sorry." She frowns.
"I won't tell you that it's alright, because it's not, but I only say that because I know you're better than this." I sigh and leave the room.

Dex's POV:

I watch Foxete leave the kitchen. Her face is angry, so I assume that Lexi was drunk again. I walk into the kitchen to see Lexi by herself.
"Hey, you alright?" I ask.
"Yeah, fine." Lexi sighs, walking out.

"Good talk." I mutter under my breath.
I walk down to the workshop in hopes to catch Foxete, but I hear her talking inside. I'm about to walk away when I hear her mention my name.
"Dex and Josie are doing the best they can with Kean being quiet at night, but between not getting a lot of sleep because of crying babies and arguments with Lexi, it's getting pretty stressful. If you could just try and get Lexi through her feelings instead of yelling at her, that would be great." She sighs.
I hear Jake next, "Yeah, sorry. She's been a lot recently." He sighs, "I care a lot about her, but that's why I'm trying to get her to stop."
"I get it. She needs to shape up if we're gonna do anything. I understand her sadness, but it's been 2 months." Fox groans, "I hate being an adult."
"You're barely an adult." Jake scoffs.
"That's what's worse." She laughs.
I open the door, "Hey, you busy?" I ask, pretending that I didn't eavesdrop on their conversation.
"Not really, you need something?" Fox asks, she sitting on the work table.
"Yeah, how's the virus going?" I ask.
"Oh, good." She smiles, "Just need a test subject, then it'll be finished."
"Good, we'll I'll be going now. I think you guys should get some sleep, alright?" I nod, "Night."
"Night." They respond.
What are we gonna do about Lexi?

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