Chapter 25

I slowly rolled over in the bed, slowly becoming conscious. I groaned loudly in annoyance and pain, my head pounding. I reached my hands up and held my head, not liking the feeling of being hungover. How the hell does Catie deal with this, like, weekly? I was finally able to roll myself off the queen sized bed and almost fell to the floor, but caught myself and stood up, the room not spinning which I was thankful for. I saw Catie laying on the other side of the bed, knocked out completely. The clock on the nightstand next to the bed read 12:03 PM. Wow... I've been knocked out for around 11 hours... How much did I drink last night?! I walked around the bed to where Catie was and shook her shoulder to wake her up. She groaned as rolled onto her back and pulled the pillow over her face. "Catie, get your ass out of bed, it's noon" I told her straightly as I looked down at her.

"I'm aware" came we muffled voice. I pulled the pillow off her face and chucked it across the room and she slowly opened her eyes to look at me.

"You may have been aware, but you would have slept 'til 4 had I not woken you up"

"I know, thanks, but I don't need help Iz"

"Okay, but who brought you back from the club last night?"

"Mike"

"And how would you have gotten out of there otherwise?" She stared at me for a moment, trying to figure out an answer that wouldn't make her look stupid... And it seemed she couldn't really figure out one. She broke into a smile and laughed a bit as she answered "I'm 34 I can take care of myself"

I couldn't help but laugh at that answer and that just made her laugh more as well. She rolled herself off the bed and stood up next to me, as we both walked out into the hallway, the smell of bacon instantly catching my attention. Once I turned the corner to the kitchen I saw Mikey standing in front of the stove making bacon and eggs. When Catie got to the door he turned and noticed us, my eyes fixed on the food that really looked amazing right now. "Afternoon girls, glad you decided to get up before 4" he told us with a chuckle "I made you guys breakfast"

"You're too sweet Mike, just like I remember you" Cate said giving Mike a hug before walking around the island and sitting down.

"You're awesome Mikey" I said, giving him a hug as well and went as sat down next to Catie. He turned to us and gave us both a plate with scrambled eggs on it, mine with cheese and hers without.

"Bacon will be done in a minute" he told us, a smile on his face. I picked up a fork full and put it in my mouth, my eyes lighting up at the amazing taste of it.

"Wow Mike! I didn't know you could cook" I said in amazement.

"You didn't know he was in love with you either, your best friend is just full of surprises" Catie whispered to me. I sat there and looked at her, trying so hard not to laugh, just death staring her.

"I'm going to kill you Catie, understand that" I told her straightly, making her laugh and caused Mike to look at us weirdly.

"What?" He asked us. Crap.

"Nothing" I responded a little too quickly.

"C'mon, I know you both better than that. Catie said something stupid and then you found it funny in whatever type of way, tried to keep a straight face but couldn't and then threatened her. So what was it?" I looked over at Catie who with every fiber of her being was trying not to laugh and/or tell Mike I'm in love with him... And I swear if she does either I will-

"I was just telling her that she got wasted last night thanks to me" Catie said, covering me completely. Mike eyed us both before he turned back to finish the bacon, which gave me the chance to turn to Catie and mouth 'thank you'. This girl may love to mess with me, but she's still amazing at covering for me.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

We all sat in the living room not doing much but watching mindless television and blurting out random stories or thoughts. "hey Iz, do you even remember what happened last night? I mean, you were blasted!" Catie said in the middle of an episode of 'Doctor Who'.

"To be completely honest, I remember bits and pieces" I responded, shifting to look at Mike and Cate "Why, did I do something I should be remembering?"

"Yeah, big time" she told me. I looked at Mike in confusion, so he decided to explain to me.

"Remember you dick ex-boyfriend?" He asked me.

"How could I forget Kyle" I responded in disgust "Why, what about him?"

"You... Kinda, sorta, might've gotten back together with him..." My eyes widened and I started laughing, thinking they were kidding... But neither started laughing, so I knew they were serious. "Wait, you're not fucking with me?" I asked "This is serious?" They both nodded in agreement and I dropped back to lean on the armrest of the couch. "Never, never let me drink that much again... I need to go set his ass straight" I said getting up from the couch and heading for the door.

"Wait, I, I'll take you... In case you need any back-up or something" Mike said suddenly and shot up from his seat as well. I turned and saw Cate giving him a look and he flipped her off before looking back at me hopefully. I smiled at him. "Yeah, I could always use the extra muscle" I answered grabbing my jacket from the hook across the small hallway from me. All 3 of us walked outside and to the car since we had to drop Catie off at home and it was on the way to Kyle's anyways. Once we got to Catie's I got out of the car and hugged her goodbye. "I'll see you soon Cate, alright?" I told her.

"Alright Izzy, I'll hope you to it. And you better have a certain Michael Mizanin as your boyfriend the next time I see you, got it?" she said when we let go. I rolled my eyes smiling.

"I'll work on it" I replied before I got back in the car. We waved to Cate and Mike started driving again.

"What are you gonna work on?" He asked me with a smile as we kept driving.

"Nothing Mike, just something Cate's been bugging me about for a while" I told him, a slight chuckle escaping my lips.

"Well what is it? I could help you out with it" he offered happily. Oh trust me, you're definitely gonna be able to help me out with this, I thought.

"I'll tell you later, okay?"

"Alright" he responded as we pulled up in front of Kyle's house. "You want me to come in with you?"

"Uhm... Yeah, that could always be helpful, just in case" I told him. We both got out of the car and walked up the stairs to Kyle's front door and I knocked on the door, waiting for him to come and open it

-Mike-

The door opened in front of us and Kyle had a huge smile on his face the second he saw Izzy's face. "Hey babe" he said leaning down to give her a kiss, which she quickly dodged and moved over to me. He looked at us and scowled at bit. "What? You coming to break-up with me because of him?" He asked, his voice full of spite. Izzy shook her head.

"No, I came to tell you that we aren't back together" she said, her voice was borderline anger.

"What? Yes we are! You said so last night, you said you forgave me!"

"I was drunk off my ass last night Kyle, I was in no state to get back in a relationship with you!"

"Yes you were, you were very aware of what you were doing Iz"

"No, you don't get to call me Iz and you don't get to tell me what I was and wasn't aware of Kyle! I remember none of that from last night!"

"Iz, c'mon, there's no way you don't remember my apology, my explanation. Look, just-" he grabbed ahold of her wrist and I immediately grabbed ahold of his tightly, staring him down.

"You get 5 seconds to let go of her Winchester" I told him coldly. His hand instantly let go of her, but his other hand swung around and punched me across the face, almost causing me to fall backwards down the stairs. I grabbed ahold of his arm and regained my balance before grabbing his shirt, slamming the door shut, and slamming him back up against it. "Who the fuck do you think you are? Think you can tell Isabel what for and punch me across the fucking face and get away with it? I don't think so you stupid son of a bitch" I seethed, anger pouring off me in waves. I felt a soft grip on my shoulder as looked to see Isabel, a mixture of worry and fear in her eyes.

"...Mike... I-I don't think you should..." She said timidly. I'm scaring her, I could tell by how hesitant she was to talk.

"Why not? He deserves it!" I said back, trying not to throw too much if my anger at her.

"Because... If you do, you're no better than he is, and I'm asking you not to... I don't want to see you hurt someone that's not worth your time" her eyes showed pure anger and disgust when she turned her gaze to him. I sighed heavily, knowing she was right. I held his shirt still as I opened the door, then I tossed him inside of his house and shut the door for him. Isabel grabbed ahold of my arm as we started walking back too the car, until we heard the door open and Kyle's stupid fucking voice. "Yeah, sure, be a bitch! Run away and do whatever that stupid little hoe tells you to!" He called out to us, anger and spite in his voice. My fists clenched and I wanted nothing more than to run right back there and bash his face into the brick wall on the front of his house, and I probably would have to had Isabel not kept ahold of me and kept leading me back to the car. "How are you not running back there to kick his ass for saying that?" I asked her quietly.

"He's not worth it... I need to save my energy for someone who is" she responded, her eyes a bit glossy from that bastard that was still shouting hateful things more so towards her than me.

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"You really don't need to do things like that for me" she said as we walked in the door.

"Yes, Iz, I did. He put his hands on you, and as the big brother you never had, I fill that position and had to hurt him" I explained to her as I hung my jacket up on the hook. I actually need to kick any guy's ass that puts his hands in you since I'm fucking in love with you, I thought honestly.

"Whatever... Thanks though Mikey, I'm not sure anything would have gone well had you not been there with me" she said to me, gratefulness in her tone.

"It's what I'm here for" I told her "Now, I need to go change and make a phone call, illness back down in a little bit" I hopped up the stairs 2 at a time and pulled out my phone as I walked into my room, dialing up Maryse in the process. She picked up on the third ring.

"Hello?" came her sweet accented voice from the other side of the line.

"Hey Maryse... I kinda need some help..." I said warily as I pulled my T-shirt off and started digging around for a new one.

"And with what would that be?"

"I need help on how I'm gonna get Iz to be my girlfriend..."

A/N- So Kyle's an asshole that needs his ass beat, Catie know how to get to Isabel and just as well cover it up from Mike (and vice versa), and now Mike's going to Maryse for help on how to get Iz... yup, that just about sums that up... alright, see you guys soon :)