Part II

Jo Wilson's life was pretty much a mess after Vanessa and Liam Anthony died in a car crash. After 2 years of fostering her, the childless couple was finally going to adopt her.

When Jo was 9, she was watching tv when the phone rang. After her 8th birthday, the Anthonys lets her answer the phone and included her in the voice mail message.

She answered it and then the man told her that her parents were dead. The next morning, Jo was taken away by child services without letting her say goodbye to Alex.

Now Jo was 16 years old, she was a fine looking young woman. Smart, beautiful but has the darkest secret. A month ago, Jo decided that she would take matters in her own hands. She was getting older for foster care and no one seems to want to even foster her anymore.

So she left her life in Minnesota and drove back to Iowa with a car that isn't even hers. She then got a job on a grocery store and save up for a beat up car just for her to live in.

She parked it behind the school and Mrs. Schmidt, her teacher in Home Economics lets her use the facilities there for free like shower, laundry etc.

One day, she was working on the grocery store when a kid knocked off boxes and boxes of cereals while trying to reach for a koko crunch. Everyone on the mall heard the crash. Jo hurried up at the scene, the kid crying and was probably scared that his mom would be mad.

That's when she noticed him. He was all grown up. Taller, muscular and leaner but she would have known that face anywhere in the world. It was her childhood sweetheart, Alex Evans. He was trying to make the kid stop and reached for a koko crunch telling the kid he could buy him another one if he stops crying.

The boy's cries were put to a stop by Alex and the mom was apologizing so much. Jo told her it was okay and started arranging the box, Alex gave the mom some money for another box of cereals for the boy and help Jo pick up some boxes and helped arranged too.

Alex looked at the young lady beside him, she looks so familiar but he can't quite put a finger on it.

"You know how to stop kids from crying huh?" She said. At first, Alex thought she was talking to someone else but then he realizes it was just the two of them.

"Uh. Yeah, I guess. I'm really sorry I noticed him trying to reach the cereal but I didn't realize he would knock off a bunch of them." He smiled, giving Jo the same butterfly when they first met. "I'm sorry, you look really familiar. Have we met before?"

"You know what? I was thinking exactly the same." Jo decided to play along, letting him solve the puzzle. She smiled at him.

"Oh no." Alex realized who the beautiful lady was. It was the first girl he ever loved. "Josephine Wilson?"

"Finally, Alexander Evans." Just as they finished returning the boxes, Alex hugged her, lifting her feet off the ground.

"Wow. Look at you Jos." Alex smiled so hard, it hurts his face.

"It's Jo now, let's keep things short." Jo laughed.

"Well it's Karev now. Not Evans." Alex corrected. Then the manager of the grocery gave Jo the evil eye which Alex saw perfectly. "Uh I think you need to get back to work. We could talk soon or else, that lady might bite your head off." They both laughed and exchanged numbers.

"See you around Jo."

"You too, Karev."

Alex could not believe his eyes. That was Josephine Wilson? Gah! She was hot! She wasn't that chubby kid with a shoulder length hair and bangs, calling him 'mister' when they first met each other. She wasn't the girl he knew when he was a kid but she was the girl he loved from the start.

6 months after their reconciliation, Alex decided to ask Jo out for a date and ever since then they were going out. They remembered when they were young, their dads joked around them falling for each other, missing the good ol' days and of course, Jo's witty response.

"If they could see us now, they never would have believed we fall in love with each other." Jo remarked, immediately missing the one and only family she had.

It was already two in the morning but they haven't notice the time flew by fast. Alex was driving, both of them are pretty tired and they agreed to both stay at Alex's apartment for the night.

"I'm so glad you're here next to me." Jo remarked, looking at Alex lovingly.

They entered Alex's room and started making out. Alex threw Jo's petite body on the bed and Jo gave him a sultry smile. Alex continued the kiss and Jo's hands went to the hem of his shirt trying to remove it.

"Are you sure?" Alex stopped her hands as he looked at her light brown eyes.

"No more talking."

Jo kickstarted the make out session again while Alex removed his shirt without leaving Jo's lips.

Even though Jo is a mere junior high student, she still help Alex with his math subjects but he was a pretty fast learner.

It has been almost a year and a half since their first date and they are still going strong. That is, until that frat party at the university.

Jo was studying with her group that night, Jessica, Sarah and Megan when Alex texted her to come pick him up because he was too drunk to drive and his stupid buddies were enjoying too much and since this was Alex's first time to ask Jo for anything, she didn't hesitate.

She replied that she would be there in 20 minutes.

She drove to the university and the frat house wasn't so hard to find since it was so loud and full of people outside.

She heard laughter and drunk comments about someone. There was a guy who hit on her but she turned him down. She entered the house but no one seemed to care about the newbie. She searched for Alex calmly for a while before she saw him. At the back of the house, making out with a blonde lady with a rack the size of the melon and he was grasping it.

"Alex?" Her voice broke in pain. She didn't know how it hurts before she saw it with her own two eyes, tears threatening to fall.

"Oh, hey its my girlfriend." Alex said slurring every word because he is indeed too drunk. "Am I in trouble, Chelsea?"

The blonde shrugged as she faced Jo. That's when Jo noticed it. She was high as fuck.

"Good luck baby." She kissed Alex on cheek and the stupid boyfriend grinned as if he just won a million dollars.

Jo's arms were crossed, looking at Alex sternly. She was quiet on the drive home.

The next morning, Alex woke up with a terrible hangover. He searched frantically on his medicine cabinet for an aspirin and take two of it.

He found Jo on the couch, studying for her exams. "Good morning." Alex greeted but she didn't respond, he ignored it thinking she was into the book she was reading. Afternoon came and Alex decided to pick Jo up at her school and when she still acted like he doesn't exist, that's when he can tell something is really wrong.

"Whats wrong?" Alex said softly, putting his hands on Jo's shoulder.

"What's wrong? What's wrong?!" She shouted when they were inside the car. "Oh I don't know, Alex. Why don't you tell me what's wrong? Is it the fact that I saw you last night making out and boob grabbing that stoned as fuck Chelsea girl or the fact that you were so drunk last night? Alex you're 19 for heaven's sake. Grow up!"

Alex's eyes bulged out when he heard Jo's words. It hurts too much, knowing that he hurt the person he ever really loved.

"I'm sorry." He whispered but Jo got out of the car and shut the door so hard. He just waited there in his car in front of the school for Jo to come back, when he checked his watch it was already 8 in the evening. He decided he should go look for Jo.

He found her inside her beat up Corolla. Her head down on the stirring wheel crying so hard. He got out of the car and knocked on his window.

"Jo open the door." Alex pleaded. " Let's talk."

"Go Away!" Jo yelled in a muffled voice because her window cannot be completely closed.

"I'm not going anywhere. If you wanna stay in your car, fine. If you wanna sleep there, fine too but I am not leaving here." Alex said stubbornly. His car was next to her. Jo got exhausted of crying and fell asleep. Alex still outside, got inside his car to sleep.