AUTHOR NOTES

This is my first try on writing fanfiction and my first time writing in English, which isn't my first language. So I ask you to forgive my mistakes and correct me if it's necessary.

I love Alex and I ship Jolex probably more than it's healthy. I always want to see and read more and more about them, so I decided to write this as a way to let my imagination fill the gaps on what we see onscreen. I'll try not to write anything that conflicts with it's actually happening in the show, so despite of what I want to happen, I'm only writing what I think that could happen. I also like to write about other characters, so you'll see many of them interacting with the main couple.

(I write it between 10-31-2013 and 01-18-2014, but I decided to proofread everything again during the hiatus to correct some mistakes and improve some dialogues and descriptions. I'm still doing this. I didn't add or remove anything relevant, just trying to make the story better. I'm also removing all my notes, since most of them only make sense at that specific time.)

I don't own anything, all recognizable characters belong to Shondaland.

Enjoy it (I hope)!

My love is strong enough to last when things are rough
(Take a chance on me - ABBA)

All Alex wanted for that night was be left alone and eat candy watching old scary movies. But he agreed to help Meredith with her Halloween party, so he should open the door and pass candies to the kids of the neighborhood. After doing that two times, he decided it was enough. He turned off the lights, turned on the TV and sit on the couch with the candies left. Right then, the doorbell rang.

"Lights are off!" He yelled, but it didn't work. Whoever it was rang the doorbell again, knocking on the door at the same time, and forcing him to get up.

The last person he expected to see was the girlfriend he'd been pushing away for more than a week. God, she was hot in that fairy costume! But he was still too hurt to just open the door and let her in - not just in his house, but in his life again. He'd been broken so many times that he didn't know if he could do that.

"I was wrong about your dad," she said, the door closed between them. "I made a bad call. I should've let you walk away, but I never would have pushed you towards him if I thought you'd end up hurt. I didn't see it coming. You did. And I'm so sorry. But it was one crappy call. That's all."

He didn't know what to do. He was scared to hell to open that door and take the risk of being hurt one more freaking time, but he loved her and she was trying so hard to make things better... He was a jerk with her and she was still fighting to have him back, like no one ever did before.

"Get in before the trick-or-treaters think that I'm home."

He opened the door. A little smile came out of Jo's lips. She was so relieved. Things weren't great yet, but that was a step. And she would do anything to make him feel better.

Entering the house, she turned off the lights and stood before him. For a few seconds, they just stared at each other. All she could hear was the strong beat of her own heart. All she could see was his eyes - those eyes that used to say much more than he was willing to express. She saw his expression going a little softer, just a few seconds before his lips touch hers in a short and sweet kiss. She placed her hands in his neck and looked into his eyes again. With his free hand, he touched her face.

"I missed you", it was all she could say. She didn't know exactly how much she had missed him until now.

"I... I'm sorry for..." he started, clearly not knowing exactly how to finish the sentence. She decided to take the pressure out of his shoulders. He'd hurt her, but he was hurt first, so she had forgiven him and it was okay with her if they could only move on.

"You don't need to..."

"Yes, I do," he cut her. She could be the guilt in his eyes. "I'm a terrible boyfriend."

"No, you're not," Jo said sincerely. "You just suck at communication and act like a child sometimes, but we can work on that. I'm not leaving you alone just because you're in a dark place, Alex. You better not try to push me away ever again, because it's not gonna work, ok?"

He gave her one of his super-hot-half-smiles, that always melted her heart, and she smiled too, kissing him again. This time, a passionate kiss.