I've decided to extend this into a full story. I don't know how many chapters it will have, but for now here is the second one. Hope you like it, please review I wanna know what you guys think and whether it is worth continuing.
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CHAPTER TWO
Jay and Alex had another five days in Toronto at Alex's mom's house before they were headed back to British Columbia. They lay in bed just before six thirty in the morning. They stared out of the window at the beautiful Canadian fall that was settling in. Little Daniela was asleep in her travel crib, and baby Zara was also laying sound asleep in her Moses Basket. The couple had been blessed with two excellent sleepers. That was where they took after Jay even more than just their looks.
Jay, with his arm thrown over Alex, entwined his fingers around hers, admiring the rock that he'd presented to her almost three years ago.
"Lexi, can you go to the kitchen and get me a beer please?" Jay asked.
"I just sat down, Jay!" Alex whined, sighing heavily. She was a little over eight months pregnant with her and Jay's first – unplanned – baby. Her protruding stomach was huge, her ankles were swollen and she was in no way shape or form in the mood for slaving over Jay.
Jay had been sat comfortably on the sofa for the past two hours, feet propped up on the coffee table, beer in hand, watching the game.
"I know, but I'm tired from work."
"This is the first day you've been in all week!" Alex pointed out angrily. "And that wouldn't be so bad, if it weren't Thursday today!"
"Please, Lex?" Jay asked, smiling oddly.
"Fine!" Alex agreed, exhaling loudly and reluctantly. She heaved herself off the couch and waddled into the kitchen.
"You'll see the crate, cant miss the box." Jay called to her as she walked past him, swatting him on the leg.
"Box, meaning your casket?" She sniped as she passed.
"Love you too!" Jay shot back laughing.
Alex disappeared into the kitchen and Jay could hardly contain himself. He jumped off the couch and stepped to the doorway that lead into the kitchen. He watched as Alex stopped dead in her tracks in front of his crate of beers. "Oh my God..." was her only response.
Jay cleared his throat, and she spun around.
"Jay?" Alex uttered, not sure what to say.
Jay stepped into the kitchen and took the small black velvet box from atop his 18 pack of Bud, and dropped down to his knee. "Alexandra, will you, please, do me the honor of marrying me? I love you so, so much, it's scary." Jay flipped the box open to reveal a silver band ring with a dark blue sapphire surrounded by tiny diamonds. It caught the light and glinted, like it was a sign.
Alex screwed her face up. "You do look cute knelt down on one knee..."
"Was that a yes? Do I need a second opinion? Can I take that as a yes?" Jay asked smiling mischievously.
"Yeah." Alex said quietly. She looked at Jay and began grinning. "OK, I can't keep a straight face! I do! I really, really do, I love you to you big idiot!"
"Me big? Look at yourself, fatty!" Jay joked, placing two hands on her bump, before pulling his future wife into their first kiss as an engaged couple.
"Hey, you were a bit brave acting like such a jerk these past few days."
"I guess I was taking quite a risk." Jay admitted, his ecstatic smile still painted on his face. "But I had to so that I'd look like more of a hero when I proposed."
"Well luckily for you it worked!" Alex exclaimed as her new fiancé pulled her in for another kiss.
"Hey baby, I love you I do, but I've gotta go and make a few phone calls." Jay said, kissing her forehead before darting back to the living room to use the phone.
A few moments later, Alex heard Jay telling Sean that "she said yes, buddy! She freakin' said yeah!"
Thinking about Jay's proposal always bought a smile to Alex's face. She'd been getting really down with attitude in the days leading up to it, but then the extent of his jerky behavior was rounded off in such a perfect way she really didn't care.
They had a long engagement. During the time of their engagement they'd had two daughters, but they hadn't really thought about actually getting married. Being engaged with kids was enough for both of them, and it had been for three years, so why rock the boat?
She lay next to him, soaking up the time they had together and relishing it. Soon, Daniela would be up, and Zara would wake up, demanding attention. Daniela was such a daddy's girl, she'd latch straight onto Jay's leg and not let go.
"Jay?" Alex's husky voice broke the silence.
"Yeah?"
"Did I hear you say yesterday that you saw Spinner?"
"Yeah. At the hospital on the... the cancer ward." Jay was reluctant to say it, like his words were causing Spinner more pain or something.
"God, I haven't seen him since we left Toronto."
"Yeah, it's been a while." Jay said sadly. He didn't really want to discuss it, he felt guilty enough as it is, he didn't need reminding of his guilt.
"What did he have to say? Did you tell him about Daniela and Zara?"
"Yeah. He wasn't very... forthcoming though."
"Oh." Alex knew that the difficulty of Spinner and Jay's past wouldn't just wash away with one visit. Jay was quite persistent, she was sure that Jay would hound Spinner until he got forgiveness. And that could take a while...
- - - - -
Sure enough, a little over three minutes later, Daniela began whimpering in her crib, which set little Zara off too. Jay was designated to grumpy Daniela, who was worse in the mornings than a hangover on your wedding day. Alex cradled the newest addition to the Hogart clan, still not quite being able to grasp the fact that the same jerk that had cheated on her back in high school was her future husband and father to her two daughters. She also couldn't believe that this same "jerk" had stuck by while she briefly thought she was a lesbian, and persisted enough to win her back after all that, put up with her hormonal bitchiness, and even end up popping the question to her.
It was difficult sometimes, living this life, when she thought about all she gave up when she left Paige. Being with Jay was living the good old fashioned simple life. Drinking together, having the occasional smoke – which obviously she hadn't done in a while – spending hours just indulging in each others company. She may have been bitter, but she did adore the time she spent with Jay.
Still, with Paige it had been hella different. They were living the high life. Well, Paige was. Great job, great prospects, hectic social life. Alex hadn't had a proper job since the strip club, even four years later, she'd tried her hand at numerous temp jobs, but hadn't stuck any out longer than six months. Soon after, their relationship began to hit the rocks. Before it had been kisses, hugs and meals out together in fancy restaurants, now it was arguments, cold looks and nights spent sleeping in separate beds. Then within the space of a week, things picked up and changed drastically. Jay appeared back on the scene, "Palex" died and Jay and Alex were reunited in all their ex-trailer park glory.
It was easier when they took the kids downstairs and Emily was there to assist. Jay sat at the table, this time holding Zara. He held her tightly, like she was glass that would shatter at any minute, and fed her a bottle. Alex had never breastfed, said she found it weird. Jay just thought it was another excuse for her to pass the kids to Jay when they got a bit rowdy.
He had big stuff on his mind. He needed to get to Spinner before... before it was too late. He shuddered at that thought. It reminded him of the shooting at school way back when.
The news that someone had been shot and Rick was dead traveled fast. Jay's gut churned as people speculated who it was; Sean, Spinner, Jimmy, Toby... Things had dropped so drastically. He had gone from being insanely proud of he, Spinner and Alex for pulling off the prank so well, to being struck dumb with fear that Spin could be dead.
Of course, when he found Spinner in the hallway as they were evacuated, he was relieved. But then Spinner had told him it was Jimmy and he felt sick. If Jimmy died, they'd be responsible for murder... Of course, thank God he didn't die. They didn't go to prison, just he and Spinner were expelled. The next year, Spinner tried to make amends, and thanks to Jay, he suffered another set back in the form of Darcy Edwards. Jay vaguely remembered her face. She was a pretty girl, nice hair he remembered. He wondered what she was doing with her life now, almost ten years later.
Jay decided promptly not to return to Degrassi after that. He was gonna make it big, he could taste it. He had his job at the autoshop. Over time, things could only get better, right?
Emily was tossing Daniela up in the air, and the dark haired young one was shrieking ear-splittingly loudly in delight. The sound of his oldest daughter bought him back to the here and now.
"Hey, mom can you look after Daniela for an hour, we're gonna take Zara for a walk." Alex announced. This was news to Jay.
"Huh?" Jay asked in confusion, looking at Alex with a stumped look on his face.
"Come on." Alex ordered, her voice quiet, almost urgent.
- - - - -
"Well that was random."
"Huh?" Alex had her hands stuffed deep in her coat pockets. She shuffled her feet and fixed her gaze on the sidewalk ahead of her.
"Randomly deciding to go for a walk at like seven in the morning."
"Yeah, but I needed to get some fresh air and I wanted you to come with me." Alex said simply. There was something about her tone that was almost child like.
Jay pushed Zara in her stroller. She was bundled up in about ten cardigans, swaddled in two blankets and the hood was up around the stroller to shield her from wind and passing debris.
"OK." Jay agreed with what she said. They walked on a couple of hundred more yards in silence.
Jay was beginning to grow tired of the secretiveness. This awkwardness was not sitting well with him at all. "OK, what's the real reason we're out here?" He demanded to know, staring ahead fixedly, making sure he didn't make eye contact with his other half.
"There's something I need to tell you, Jay." Alex was looking away. Jay knew that because he couldn't help himself glancing at her out of the corner of his eye, even though he'd promised himself he wouldn't.
"W- what?" Jay stammered, he suddenly clammed up. He didn't want to hear what Ale had to say, it would be bad news. His heart was hammering in his chest as Alex cleared her throat and poised her mouth to talk.
"It's Paige isn't it?" Jay exclaimed, jumping to conclusions like he usually did.
"What? No!" Alex scoffed incredulously. "I haven't heard from Paige since before we had Daniela!"
"Well what is it then?" Jay sounded defeated before he even knew what it was Alex had to say.
"It's about Spin."
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