"Yeah sure. What do you want to talk about?" He asked cautiously.
"Uhm.....Can we go outside?" She asked softly.
"Ok." Alex said and walked out the open door. He didn't stop until he
was all the way outside and he waited for Isabel.
"OK, I really need to tell you something, and I need you to just sit
and listen to me. Don't say anything until I finish, ok?" She said.
Alex did as he was told and sat down. "Fine." He answered.
Isabel took a deep breath. "OK." She said. She sat down next to him
and looked away. "OK. Uhm, Alex, I know that things kinda...ended
badly between us...and I just want you to know that I regret it every
single day...I think about you every second and I wish I'd never ended
things. I know you probably don't feel the same about me, you
probably hate me or something, but, Alex, I love you." She said
finally, she didn't meet his eyes, afraid of the rejection she might
see in his eyes.
Alex was stunned. And he had been thinking that she didn't feel
anything for him. Boy was that one wrong. He reached out and took the
hand closest to him in his hand. "Isabel..." He trailed. He took his
other hand and gently turned her face to face him. "I never stopped
loving you either."
Isabel smiled softly. "Really?" She said. "God...I was so afraid to
tell you.....I thought you had moved on, and that you probably even
hated me."
"I could never hate you. I thought you had moved on. I was avoiding
you for the same reason that you didn't want to talk to me. Isn't that
ironic?" He asked, smiling.
"Yeah." She said. "It's a good thing Liz convinced me to talk to
you, or else we would have continued thinking that."
"Gotta remember to thank her. "Are we ok now?" Alex asked.
Isabel nodded. "Yeah." She said. "Although, there is one more thing
left." She smiled. She leaned in and kissed him.
Alex didn't hesitate to kiss her back. It felt like ages, it had been
ages since he was able to do this.
Isabel felt her heart beating back to life. All the bad things in her
life and any life before seemed to evaporate into nothingness.
As much as Alex didn't want to stop, air was promptly becoming an
issue, so he pulled back, but not too far. His face remained maybe two
inches away from hers.
Isabel smiled at him.
"Now that was something I definitely missed. Think maybe we should go
back up?" He asked. He wouldn't have really been surprised if Liz was
looking out the window.
"I guess." Isabel said, although she wouldn't have a problem with
just staying outside and kissing some more.
Alex grinned at her expression. "But I really think it would be more
fun to stay out here. They can hold perfectly good conversations
without us." Alex said.
"I like that idea." Isabel grinned.
"I thought so." Alex said and proceeded to start kissing her again.
"I wonder what's going on with Alex and Isabel." Maria said.
"I'll bet if you look out the window you could find out pretty
easily." Tess answered. She had, of course, just looked out there as
Liz had before her.
Maria, Kyle and Max went to the window to see what was going on
outside.
"Awwww, they made up." Maria smiled.
"I think this fixes everything." Liz said to Tess, who nodded. "And
Max, your sister is harder to convince than Maria is." She said.
"Hey!" Maria said, taking some offense. Max laughed.
"Yeah, Izzie's pretty stubborn." He said.
Michael joined the group at the window and couldn't help but smile.
"Think they have enough air?" He joked.
Maria elbowed him in the gut playfully.
"Ok guys. We really shouldn't be just standing here watching them."
Liz said.
Tess shook her head. "If they wanted privacy they wouldn't be outside,
right?" She asked.
"Exactly. I like this girl's logic." Maria smiled.
"Thank you very much." Tess said.
Max stopped watching the two that were still outside and sat down on
the sofa. "Liz, I'm guessing that this means you were able to get
through to Isabel about everything, right?" He asked.
"Yeah." Liz answered.
"That's great." He said, obviously relieved.
"I know." Michael added. He had been really worried about her.
"Why, what's wrong with Isabel?" Kyle asked
Liz looked at him. "Uh.......It's really not our place to tell." She
said.
Tess sighed. "I forgot we didn't tell him. But Liz is right."
"Oh." Kyle said. "OK, I understand."
"Isn't there anything fun to do here?" Tess asked, mostly to herself.
Kyle grinned. "Well, we could follow in Alex and Isabel's
footsteps." He said, smiling at Tess. Liz rolled her eyes.
"What?" Tess asked Liz teasingly. "It's not like you two wouldn't do
the same eventually."
Liz looked down and blushed.
Tess grinned. "Don't you have any games or anything?" She asked
Michael.
"Nope. No need for games. I don't have that many people over here." He
answered.
Isabel pulled away slightly. She smiled at Alex. "We should probably
go back inside now." She said.
"Yeah. They're probably getting bored without us." Alex joked with a
smile on his face.
"Probably." Isabel laughed. She stood up and took Alex's hand,
lacing her fingers in his.
Alex walked with her back to the apartment. They walked in. "We miss
anything?" He asked.
"Not really." Kyle said.
"See? I told you they wouldn't have any fun without us." Alex
grinned.
"We had all sorts of fun. Watching the two of you for example." Tess
pointed out.
Isabel laughed.
"Hey, we are perfectly entertained without you." Liz pouted
playfully.
"Oh yeah, especially with the little romance scene you guys were doing
out there." Kyle chuckled. Isabel glared at him.
Life soon settled into their own form of normalcy after a few days.
None of the couples hardly spent any time apart anymore these days
and that's not to mention the time the whole group spent togather.
Isabel stood at her locker, getting her things for her next class.
Alex walked up behind Isabel. "What's up?" He asked, his arms wrapping
around her waist.
Isabel smiled. "Nothing really." She felt so good and comfortable in
his embrace. "You?"
"Not much. Waiting until the bell rings." He answered. "What are we
doing tonight?" He asked. They'd been going out every night.
"Hmm, how about we rent some movies and hang out at my house?" She
asked.
"Sounds like fun." He answered.
Kyle walked into school with Tess. Living in the same house did have
its advantages in their relationship. One being they could come to
school together and all.
Max walked over to Liz and stood at her locker. "Hey." He smiled and
kissed her.
Liz kissed him back. "Hey. We are still on for our date tonight,
right?" She asked smiling.
"Absolutely." He said.
"Great. I think this is so great. We are all more happy then we've
pretty much every been, you know?" Liz asked.
"Yeah. Michael and Maria are fighting like they always do. We're all
happy and together. All is right in this universe and any other
universes out there."
"Yep. All is right. And look at Tess and Kyle. I don't think Tess has
been mean to a single person in the last few days." Liz pointed out.
Max smiled. "And you two are beginning to act like sisters." He
joked.
"I know. It weird how everything turned out. Weird in a good way, that
is. It's like everything is perfect and nothing could change it.
Ever." She answered.
Maria shut her locker. She started walking to English.
Michael all but ran to catch up with Maria. English was one of the few
classes that they shared. He put an arm around her waist. "Hey."
Maria looked at him. "Oh hey." She smiled.
"'Oh hey' is all I get? I'm insulted." Michael said in mock hurt, but
it was kinda screwed up by the fact that he was smiling.
Maria smiled. "Awwwwww, I'm sorry Spaceboy, did I hurt your
feelings?" She laughed.
"Nah. Not really, but it was fun. I had a really great time last
night." Michael said.
"Me too." Maria smiled.
"What are we doing tonight? Movies? Dinner? Hanging out?" He asked.
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" She asked.
"We could hang out. That's always fun." Michael suggested.
Kyle walked into school with Tess. Living in the same house did have
its advantages in their relationship. One being they could come to
school together and all.
The group, as always, gathered together in front of Liz's locker. They
generally talked about everything then when the bell rang, they went
to class.
Isabel walked slowly out of class. The day had seemed to go on forever
and she was glad school was finally over. She walked out into the hall
and ran right into someone.
The guy stepped back. "Oh, I'm sorry." He said gently.
"It's my fault. Are you ok?" Isabel asked. He didn't look familiar.
"You new here?" She asked.
"Yeah, is the total lost look in my eyes that obvious?" He said with
a smile. "I'm Lance."
"I'm Isabel. It's just that I know about everyone here and a new face
usually stands out. Anything I can help you with?" She asked kindly.
"Well, I'm trying to find my way to the chem lab." He sighed. "But
every person I've asked thought it'd be funny to point the new guy in
the wrong direction or something." He said, fixating his blue green
eyes on her.
"Chem? That's down that hallway, third door to the left." She
answered, pointing. "Want me to walk with you?"
"Hmm, refuse a beautiful girl's offer to walk me to a class? Ha, I
might be a new guy, but I'm not stupid." He smiled.
"Well, thank you. When did you move here?" Isabel asked.
"A few days ago." He said.
"That's cool." She said and started walking towards the hall. "What do
you think of our very small town so far?"
"It's all right........A little too little green men obsessed though."
"I know. You get used to it after a while though. And then there's the
people asking you if you've ever seen an alien. It's stupid really."
She answered.
"Have you?" He asked with a grin.
Isabel smiled. "Yeah, sure. Haven't we all?" She joked.
Lance laughed. "Well, everyone is an alien, to some extent."
"If you say so." She stated. "So, played tourist yet?"
"You mean ooh and ahh and click a camera obnoxiously at any and every
single thing? Nah."
"You should try it. It annoys the crap out of the natives." Isabel
advised.
Lance smiled. "I don't want to annoy anyone. I guess I just want to
pleasantly fade into the surroundings. Like a chameleon."
Isabel nodded. "Yeah. I know how that goes. Make any friends yet?"
"No, not really." He answered.
Isabel stopped at the door to the chem lab. "Well, this is where we
stop." She said. "So maybe we can talk tomorrow?" She asked.
"I'd love that." He smiled.
"Ok. Tomorrow then. Bye." She said, turning around and walking off.
Lance watched her leave. He smiled to himself. "It's her." He said
quietly to himself as he walked into the chem lab.
"Uhm.....Can we go outside?" She asked softly.
"Ok." Alex said and walked out the open door. He didn't stop until he
was all the way outside and he waited for Isabel.
"OK, I really need to tell you something, and I need you to just sit
and listen to me. Don't say anything until I finish, ok?" She said.
Alex did as he was told and sat down. "Fine." He answered.
Isabel took a deep breath. "OK." She said. She sat down next to him
and looked away. "OK. Uhm, Alex, I know that things kinda...ended
badly between us...and I just want you to know that I regret it every
single day...I think about you every second and I wish I'd never ended
things. I know you probably don't feel the same about me, you
probably hate me or something, but, Alex, I love you." She said
finally, she didn't meet his eyes, afraid of the rejection she might
see in his eyes.
Alex was stunned. And he had been thinking that she didn't feel
anything for him. Boy was that one wrong. He reached out and took the
hand closest to him in his hand. "Isabel..." He trailed. He took his
other hand and gently turned her face to face him. "I never stopped
loving you either."
Isabel smiled softly. "Really?" She said. "God...I was so afraid to
tell you.....I thought you had moved on, and that you probably even
hated me."
"I could never hate you. I thought you had moved on. I was avoiding
you for the same reason that you didn't want to talk to me. Isn't that
ironic?" He asked, smiling.
"Yeah." She said. "It's a good thing Liz convinced me to talk to
you, or else we would have continued thinking that."
"Gotta remember to thank her. "Are we ok now?" Alex asked.
Isabel nodded. "Yeah." She said. "Although, there is one more thing
left." She smiled. She leaned in and kissed him.
Alex didn't hesitate to kiss her back. It felt like ages, it had been
ages since he was able to do this.
Isabel felt her heart beating back to life. All the bad things in her
life and any life before seemed to evaporate into nothingness.
As much as Alex didn't want to stop, air was promptly becoming an
issue, so he pulled back, but not too far. His face remained maybe two
inches away from hers.
Isabel smiled at him.
"Now that was something I definitely missed. Think maybe we should go
back up?" He asked. He wouldn't have really been surprised if Liz was
looking out the window.
"I guess." Isabel said, although she wouldn't have a problem with
just staying outside and kissing some more.
Alex grinned at her expression. "But I really think it would be more
fun to stay out here. They can hold perfectly good conversations
without us." Alex said.
"I like that idea." Isabel grinned.
"I thought so." Alex said and proceeded to start kissing her again.
"I wonder what's going on with Alex and Isabel." Maria said.
"I'll bet if you look out the window you could find out pretty
easily." Tess answered. She had, of course, just looked out there as
Liz had before her.
Maria, Kyle and Max went to the window to see what was going on
outside.
"Awwww, they made up." Maria smiled.
"I think this fixes everything." Liz said to Tess, who nodded. "And
Max, your sister is harder to convince than Maria is." She said.
"Hey!" Maria said, taking some offense. Max laughed.
"Yeah, Izzie's pretty stubborn." He said.
Michael joined the group at the window and couldn't help but smile.
"Think they have enough air?" He joked.
Maria elbowed him in the gut playfully.
"Ok guys. We really shouldn't be just standing here watching them."
Liz said.
Tess shook her head. "If they wanted privacy they wouldn't be outside,
right?" She asked.
"Exactly. I like this girl's logic." Maria smiled.
"Thank you very much." Tess said.
Max stopped watching the two that were still outside and sat down on
the sofa. "Liz, I'm guessing that this means you were able to get
through to Isabel about everything, right?" He asked.
"Yeah." Liz answered.
"That's great." He said, obviously relieved.
"I know." Michael added. He had been really worried about her.
"Why, what's wrong with Isabel?" Kyle asked
Liz looked at him. "Uh.......It's really not our place to tell." She
said.
Tess sighed. "I forgot we didn't tell him. But Liz is right."
"Oh." Kyle said. "OK, I understand."
"Isn't there anything fun to do here?" Tess asked, mostly to herself.
Kyle grinned. "Well, we could follow in Alex and Isabel's
footsteps." He said, smiling at Tess. Liz rolled her eyes.
"What?" Tess asked Liz teasingly. "It's not like you two wouldn't do
the same eventually."
Liz looked down and blushed.
Tess grinned. "Don't you have any games or anything?" She asked
Michael.
"Nope. No need for games. I don't have that many people over here." He
answered.
Isabel pulled away slightly. She smiled at Alex. "We should probably
go back inside now." She said.
"Yeah. They're probably getting bored without us." Alex joked with a
smile on his face.
"Probably." Isabel laughed. She stood up and took Alex's hand,
lacing her fingers in his.
Alex walked with her back to the apartment. They walked in. "We miss
anything?" He asked.
"Not really." Kyle said.
"See? I told you they wouldn't have any fun without us." Alex
grinned.
"We had all sorts of fun. Watching the two of you for example." Tess
pointed out.
Isabel laughed.
"Hey, we are perfectly entertained without you." Liz pouted
playfully.
"Oh yeah, especially with the little romance scene you guys were doing
out there." Kyle chuckled. Isabel glared at him.
Life soon settled into their own form of normalcy after a few days.
None of the couples hardly spent any time apart anymore these days
and that's not to mention the time the whole group spent togather.
Isabel stood at her locker, getting her things for her next class.
Alex walked up behind Isabel. "What's up?" He asked, his arms wrapping
around her waist.
Isabel smiled. "Nothing really." She felt so good and comfortable in
his embrace. "You?"
"Not much. Waiting until the bell rings." He answered. "What are we
doing tonight?" He asked. They'd been going out every night.
"Hmm, how about we rent some movies and hang out at my house?" She
asked.
"Sounds like fun." He answered.
Kyle walked into school with Tess. Living in the same house did have
its advantages in their relationship. One being they could come to
school together and all.
Max walked over to Liz and stood at her locker. "Hey." He smiled and
kissed her.
Liz kissed him back. "Hey. We are still on for our date tonight,
right?" She asked smiling.
"Absolutely." He said.
"Great. I think this is so great. We are all more happy then we've
pretty much every been, you know?" Liz asked.
"Yeah. Michael and Maria are fighting like they always do. We're all
happy and together. All is right in this universe and any other
universes out there."
"Yep. All is right. And look at Tess and Kyle. I don't think Tess has
been mean to a single person in the last few days." Liz pointed out.
Max smiled. "And you two are beginning to act like sisters." He
joked.
"I know. It weird how everything turned out. Weird in a good way, that
is. It's like everything is perfect and nothing could change it.
Ever." She answered.
Maria shut her locker. She started walking to English.
Michael all but ran to catch up with Maria. English was one of the few
classes that they shared. He put an arm around her waist. "Hey."
Maria looked at him. "Oh hey." She smiled.
"'Oh hey' is all I get? I'm insulted." Michael said in mock hurt, but
it was kinda screwed up by the fact that he was smiling.
Maria smiled. "Awwwwww, I'm sorry Spaceboy, did I hurt your
feelings?" She laughed.
"Nah. Not really, but it was fun. I had a really great time last
night." Michael said.
"Me too." Maria smiled.
"What are we doing tonight? Movies? Dinner? Hanging out?" He asked.
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" She asked.
"We could hang out. That's always fun." Michael suggested.
Kyle walked into school with Tess. Living in the same house did have
its advantages in their relationship. One being they could come to
school together and all.
The group, as always, gathered together in front of Liz's locker. They
generally talked about everything then when the bell rang, they went
to class.
Isabel walked slowly out of class. The day had seemed to go on forever
and she was glad school was finally over. She walked out into the hall
and ran right into someone.
The guy stepped back. "Oh, I'm sorry." He said gently.
"It's my fault. Are you ok?" Isabel asked. He didn't look familiar.
"You new here?" She asked.
"Yeah, is the total lost look in my eyes that obvious?" He said with
a smile. "I'm Lance."
"I'm Isabel. It's just that I know about everyone here and a new face
usually stands out. Anything I can help you with?" She asked kindly.
"Well, I'm trying to find my way to the chem lab." He sighed. "But
every person I've asked thought it'd be funny to point the new guy in
the wrong direction or something." He said, fixating his blue green
eyes on her.
"Chem? That's down that hallway, third door to the left." She
answered, pointing. "Want me to walk with you?"
"Hmm, refuse a beautiful girl's offer to walk me to a class? Ha, I
might be a new guy, but I'm not stupid." He smiled.
"Well, thank you. When did you move here?" Isabel asked.
"A few days ago." He said.
"That's cool." She said and started walking towards the hall. "What do
you think of our very small town so far?"
"It's all right........A little too little green men obsessed though."
"I know. You get used to it after a while though. And then there's the
people asking you if you've ever seen an alien. It's stupid really."
She answered.
"Have you?" He asked with a grin.
Isabel smiled. "Yeah, sure. Haven't we all?" She joked.
Lance laughed. "Well, everyone is an alien, to some extent."
"If you say so." She stated. "So, played tourist yet?"
"You mean ooh and ahh and click a camera obnoxiously at any and every
single thing? Nah."
"You should try it. It annoys the crap out of the natives." Isabel
advised.
Lance smiled. "I don't want to annoy anyone. I guess I just want to
pleasantly fade into the surroundings. Like a chameleon."
Isabel nodded. "Yeah. I know how that goes. Make any friends yet?"
"No, not really." He answered.
Isabel stopped at the door to the chem lab. "Well, this is where we
stop." She said. "So maybe we can talk tomorrow?" She asked.
"I'd love that." He smiled.
"Ok. Tomorrow then. Bye." She said, turning around and walking off.
Lance watched her leave. He smiled to himself. "It's her." He said
quietly to himself as he walked into the chem lab.