A/N: Ah, I'm glad you all enjoy cliffhangers (mwa hahahaha). anyway, this
is probably the last chapters. If anyone has any ideas for a second part
let me know and I'll be happy to do it. I've enjoyed writing this so much
and that's mostly because of every single person who reviewed! I hope this
is the ending you all wanted and Alys I'll e-mail you as soon as my yahoo
stops fucking up! Enjoy-Kiera
Chapter 14: Sometimes
Hours later, John found himself sitting out in the back garden with a bottle of beer. This wasn't how he wanted the day to end on any count. He shouldn't have gone to see her. On the way there he really believed that she'd leave with him and they'd get back together and hadn't that turned out well. The back gate opened, slamming against the wall of the house. He heard a rustle and then Alex was sitting next to him. The veil and her lip gloss was gone, his eyes instantly honned in on the ring on her finger. So she'd gone through with it after all. "How did we end up here?" Alex asked.
"Well we both use to live here. I still do, but you've somehow sneaked away from the wedding." "You know what I meant."
John began peeling the label off his bottle. A large part of him was impressed that a bride had somehow managed to leave her own wedding to go visit her ex.
"Was it me?" she asked. "Was it something I did that made you cheat on me?"
"No!" John said quickly. "No! It was me.I knew it was wrong but I still did it anyway."
"Yeah. I know what you mean."
Alex was grabbing handfuls of her skirt, pulling it up and then letting go again.
"I understand, you know." He said, inching slightly closer to her. "I understand why you married Randy, and why you wouldn't leave with me."
Alex nodded. "Good. That's why I'm here I didn't want you to think that I was doing it to get my own back. I didn't want you to be angry with me."
John laughed. It was ironic. Alex had spent so long being angry with him and suddenly she was terrified it was the other way around. He wasn't. He couldn't be. Sure he was upset. John had spent Alex's whole relationship with Randy fighting for her and it had been for nothing.
"You know, you're not Alex Springer anymore." John pointed out.
She nodded. To the both of them it didn't seem like she'd simply changed her name. It was like shedding a skin. John's Alex was well and truly gone. The Happy Day's loving, shoe obsessed Alex he'd fallen in love with, was somewhere else. In her place was Alex Orton, and she was so new John didn't know who she was. Alex reached out and took John's hand.
"You helped you know. Not then when I needed you, but now. Knowing that you wanted me back this whole time, it's kind of eased things."
A wind came and rustled Alex's skirt some more.
"I really do love you."
"I love you too." John replied.
She leaned in close to him and he put his arms around her. She knew it was over between her and John. She knew that now she was someone's wife and being there with him was wrong. But it was her last chance, the last moments they'd ever get. Sometimes, you just couldn't walk away. Even when it's over.
Chapter 14: Sometimes
Hours later, John found himself sitting out in the back garden with a bottle of beer. This wasn't how he wanted the day to end on any count. He shouldn't have gone to see her. On the way there he really believed that she'd leave with him and they'd get back together and hadn't that turned out well. The back gate opened, slamming against the wall of the house. He heard a rustle and then Alex was sitting next to him. The veil and her lip gloss was gone, his eyes instantly honned in on the ring on her finger. So she'd gone through with it after all. "How did we end up here?" Alex asked.
"Well we both use to live here. I still do, but you've somehow sneaked away from the wedding." "You know what I meant."
John began peeling the label off his bottle. A large part of him was impressed that a bride had somehow managed to leave her own wedding to go visit her ex.
"Was it me?" she asked. "Was it something I did that made you cheat on me?"
"No!" John said quickly. "No! It was me.I knew it was wrong but I still did it anyway."
"Yeah. I know what you mean."
Alex was grabbing handfuls of her skirt, pulling it up and then letting go again.
"I understand, you know." He said, inching slightly closer to her. "I understand why you married Randy, and why you wouldn't leave with me."
Alex nodded. "Good. That's why I'm here I didn't want you to think that I was doing it to get my own back. I didn't want you to be angry with me."
John laughed. It was ironic. Alex had spent so long being angry with him and suddenly she was terrified it was the other way around. He wasn't. He couldn't be. Sure he was upset. John had spent Alex's whole relationship with Randy fighting for her and it had been for nothing.
"You know, you're not Alex Springer anymore." John pointed out.
She nodded. To the both of them it didn't seem like she'd simply changed her name. It was like shedding a skin. John's Alex was well and truly gone. The Happy Day's loving, shoe obsessed Alex he'd fallen in love with, was somewhere else. In her place was Alex Orton, and she was so new John didn't know who she was. Alex reached out and took John's hand.
"You helped you know. Not then when I needed you, but now. Knowing that you wanted me back this whole time, it's kind of eased things."
A wind came and rustled Alex's skirt some more.
"I really do love you."
"I love you too." John replied.
She leaned in close to him and he put his arms around her. She knew it was over between her and John. She knew that now she was someone's wife and being there with him was wrong. But it was her last chance, the last moments they'd ever get. Sometimes, you just couldn't walk away. Even when it's over.