-1Chapter 35
Alex's POV
My heart sunk as the room filled with her sobs. I know this isn't the best time to bring it up but I know I can't put it off. Izzie will be home soon. "Kelly, shhh….stop crying please. Look I need to tell you something."
Her crying stops and she lifts her head off my shoulder. "It can wait; I just need you to hold me Alex."
I try to gently push her away but she holds on to me tightly. "Kelly…."
The front door opens, Izzie walks in tossing her bag to the floor "Alex, I'm…." The huge grin that she wore as she bounced through the door suddenly disappeared and was replaced by a worried scowl. She glanced at us and took a nervous step back, like she thought she might be intruding on a moment. "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was here. I'll go."
"Izzie wait." It's too late; she's already out the door.
"Let her go Alex, this is a personal matter. Besides she should be getting back to her husband."
This isn't going to go as well as I hoped, just by the tone of her voice I know she will not react well. "This is what I wanted to tell you, Izzie didn't get married. We are together."
The shocked look on her face pales in comparison with the shock I feel when she slaps me hard across the face. I expected tears and a lot of yelling. "You're with her?" Here comes the yelling.
"Yes." And the crying……
Izzie's POV
When I walked into the house this morning and saw him, his arms around her trying to comfort her. I freaked out a little, although I tried not to show it. I couldn't help but flash back to the day I walked in on him and Olivia. I know it isn't the same but my heart never quite healed from that. It was the first time I fell in love and it was the first time my heart was broken. I had to get out of there so I ran, that's where I am now, running. Well not really running…. more like walking.
I look at the houses on our street as I walk along the sidewalk. I wonder if the people that live inside of them love each other as much as Alex and I. Do they know what it's like to love someone to the very tip of your soul and not be able to be with them? I wish I didn't know how that felt.
Alex's POV
Kelly asked me to call her a cab so she could go check into a hotel. As the car pulled up to the curb I noticed Izzie's car still in the driveway. That means she is not far. After the cab pulled away I started my search, looking in the car first. She wasn't there. "Where are you?"
"Are you looking for a pretty blonde?" I spin around; an older woman is kneeled down in her garden digging a small hole in the dirt.
"Yes, did you see where she went?" I step on the grass and move to stand in front of our neighbor's house, hoping the woman will be able to tell me where to find Izzie.
"I saw her walk that way, is she alright?" The woman sets the trowel down beside her and pulls off the dirt covered gloves one by one.
"I don't know. I hope so." I feel stupid admitting to a complete stranger that I have no Idea how my girlfriend is feeling. "Thanks." I rush down the sidewalk in the same direction the woman told me to go.
Izzie's POV
I crossed the street and entered the small park. It was empty, the perfect place to be alone. I sat in a swing and pushed back with my feet. Letting go, I hoped to somehow bring back the innocent girl that swore she would never let some stupid boy make her crazy like her own mother had over the many men that she introduced to me as uncle fill in the blank.
The wind pushed my hair back and the smell of the metal chains combined with the gentle breeze of the summer day made me smile, thinking about all the time I spent in the tiny playground at the run down trailer park I grew up in. I close my eyes just as I used to do back then. It was my escape, a place to dream about the future. The only problem is that I would eventually have to open my eyes and face reality, just like when I was young. A rush of dizziness washes over me, motion sickness I suppose. I press my feet against the dirt below them to still the swing. My eyes open and my breath catches in my throat as I see him crossing the street. His eyes never leave mine as he enters the park. He offers me a weak smile and sits on the swing next to me. "What are you doing?"
I sigh, a small laugh escaping with it. "Trying to feel like a kid again."
"Oh Yeah, is it working?" He pushes the dirt below him around with his foot.
"No, not really." I focus on the movement of his feet. "Is Kelly….are you going to be a father?"
"Yeah." His fingers brush against my cheek. I am fighting back the tears as he lifts my chin. "I love you Iz, but if you run from the room every time Kelly is there…it's not going to work between us."
"I know. I'm sorry I ran. I promise, no more running." He smiles at me before our lips meet; the world melts away as his tongue parts my lips.
He pulls away from me and whispers against my ear. "Let's go home."