Hello! This is my first GA fan fiction. It's somewhat AU in the fact that Jo is a little more innocent than she is on the show. I hope you like it!
Alex groaned as he rolled over and picked up the annoying cell phone.
"It's 2 am. Someone better be dying, or I swear…" He was cut off by the trembling voice on the other end.
"Alex, I need you to come and get me." She whispered so low that had it not been for the caller id, he wouldn't have known who it was.
"Jo? Where are you?" Alex sat up in his bed. He was wide awake now, every nerve ending on high alert.
"I'm- I'm at Joes'," she strangled out. He started to ask why she just didn't have her date bring her home, but knew the reason. He never liked that guy. He tried to warn Jo a few different times that he was bad news. Each time, she just shrugged him off, chalking it up to his male ego. After all, Jason Myers was the type of guy every girl wanted; charming, intelligent, good looking and a successful doctor.
Alex was already dressed and out the door. "I'm almost there." He hung up his cell and tossed it into the passenger seat. On the ride over, a hundred scenarios passed through his head as he contemplated what made her call him. None of them were good. If Jason did anything to hurt her, well, it wouldn't be pretty.
Alex nodded to Joe as he made his way into the bar. Realizing why Alex was there, he nodded almost imperceptibly in Jo's direction and went back to wiping down the bar. Joe had a sixth sense about relationships. Those two could tell themselves all they wanted that they were "just friends".
Alex walked up behind Jo. She jumped slightly when he touched her elbow. "Jo?" he said, almost cautiously.
She turned around to show her tear streaked face. "Alex. Can we please just get out of here?" She looked so defeated, nothing like the feisty girl he had first met.
"Where's Jason? Weren't you two on a date or something?"
Jo lifted her eyes to scan across the room. He followed her line of vision to the sight of a very cozy interaction between Stephanie Edwards and Jason.
Needing no further explanation, Alex guided Jo up the steps of the bar and out into the damp Seattle air.
The ride home was quiet, except for the hum of the Camaro's engine. Occasionally, Alex would cast a sidelong glance at the woman in the passenger seat. Jo kept her gaze fixed on the world outside. Alex couldn't take it anymore.
"What happened?" asked Alex.
Jo slowly looked over at Alex, but couldn't muster the courage to explain everything. Not yet.