-1Chapter 16

I awoke to the smell of bacon cooking, and the glare of the small woman standing at the foot of the couch, her hands on her hips.

"What are you doing on my couch Alex?"

I sit up, pulling the blanket from my body. The funny thing is that I don't remember having one when I laid down last night.

"Good morning to you too Lexie."

"What exactly did you tell your girlfriend about us?"

Shit, I almost forgot she went out with them last night.

"Why?" I really hate to know what happened.

"Because she was…."

"Breakfast is ready." Izzie yells from the kitchen.

I raise my eyebrows at Lexie as she scowls at me and leaves the room, never finishing her sentence.

Izzie is setting a plate of food on the table when I come into the kitchen.

"Good morning, how did you sleep?"

"Great, food smells good Iz. I missed your cooking."

"Doesn't Kelly cook?"

"No, not really. I usually cook when she stays over."

I lift the fork and stab at the omelet. I wonder if she remembers this is my favorite.

"Stays over? You guys don't live together?" She asks me.

"No."

"Oh. I got the impression that you lived together."

"She wanted me to move into her house but I like my apartment."

I bring a piece of perfectly cooked bacon to my mouth. It melts on my tongue, just the way I like it.

"So the fight you had last night……" She stops like she's not sure how to proceed. "You said she was jealous?"

"Yeah why, what happened?"

"Did she tell you anything?"

"No, but Lexie might have started to say something earlier. What did she do?"

Izzie sighs; I keep my eyes on her.

"She was pretty awful. She gave nasty looks to Olivia all night, not that I feel bad for Olivia at all but…."

"Did she say anything to you?"

"No, but she also called Lexie a slut."

"She what?"

"Yeah, it was pretty bad. I'm sorry Alex, I wasn't sure if I should tell you about it or not."

"No, I'm glad you said something. I think I should go talk to Lexie."

"She's probably upstairs; I know she was really upset about it."

"Thanks Iz, do you mind?" I wanted to talk to Lexie about this mess but I didn't want to just leave Izzie.

"No, go ahead."

She smiled at me and as I was walking out of the kitchen I turned back to her.

"Iz?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks for letting me stay on the couch."

"You're welcome Alex."