I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Mike's Point of View-
Maryse dragged me upstairs to go to bed, I wasn't tired and wanted to stay downstairs to keep an eye on the two but yet my brain was trying to understand what Addie had said to me the night before about the whole incident. We went into our room, I shut the door as we changed into our nightly pajamas and I went into the bathroom leaning against the bathroom sink facing the wall letting my mind think as Maryse was doing her nightly rituals of washing her face to get the make-up off.
"What's eating at you?" Maryse asked.
"Huh?" I asked looking to her confused.
"You have been weird all day, what's wrong?" Maryse asked as she glanced to me.
"Addie and I talked last night…more like her talking…she just said something that got me thinking." I said.
"Talk to me…I can always help you think things out." Maryse said, which was true and she was always willing to listen to whatever I had to say.
"She said that her seatbelt came undone during the accident and that Alex actually saved her life…" I said still not sure how to come to terms with it as I spit the words out, I had mixed feelings knowing this.
"So she finally told you…"
"You knew?" I asked kind of shocked.
"Yeah, she told me in the hospital." Maryse said as she turned around to lean against the sink herself.
"Then she went in to tell me it was an accident…I just don't know…" I said shaking my head.
"Still confused on how to feel and think about hearing how Alex saved her life, huh?" Maryse asked.
"Yeah…I try to pretend that I'm mad at him, not saying that I'm not mad at him because I am but yet I feel a new respect for the man to have the guts and dignity and to dive across to save her proves how much he loves her…happy and grateful that he was there to save her…but…" I said stopping there because I lost what I was going to say and felt myself getting emotional, "Forget it…" I said pushing myself off the sink to walk past her to go to the bed, but she stopped me by putting her hand in front of me. She stepped in front of me wrapping her arms around my waist and rested her chin on my chest to look at me.
"I know how much you love my sister as your own sister… just talk to me…" She said as she kissed at my shirt covered chest.
"But I just feel anger inside me everyday knowing this could have been prevented…yet he hasn't even fess up to it to the superiors and can't wait for that fun…"
"Um…he has…he told Hunter everything and he has a conference Monday..."
"Good…
"I only fear for the worse because he doesn't have anyone to speak on his behalf…"
"He'll find someone…" I said confidently but I let that wonder in my mind knowing that he knew a lot of people and someone is bound to do it. "Are you angry at him too?" I asked running a hand through her hair.
"Yes…I'm angry with both of them, not just Alex…you got to understand that Adora was drinking too, not just Alex and it was her too….I'm happy that they both survived and alive to this day, and grateful that they have each other then and now…things could have been worse…they are trying to make it right…" Maryse said.
"But we can't just let them walk around here like nothing happened…"
"You don't think it was an accident?" Maryse asked.
"No…that is one hell of an accident." I said honestly believing that after hearing what Alex had to say.
"Well…that is what you believe but they are trying their best to make things right and they hate seeing you angry…please take it an easy on those two, mainly Alex?" Maryse asked.
"I'll see…" I said, I wrapped my arms around her kissing the top of her head knowing where she stood feeling a little more pride in Alex for doing the right thing but yet a little anger he didn't tell me because it does make a difference. I walked around her going to climb into the bed laying down letting the emotions and what Maryse said sink in, at least I knew I wasn't the only one that felt the same way and do I believe it was truly an accident? Why don't I believe this? I begun to wonder when Maryse came over sliding into bed with me, I wrapped my arm around her pulling her to my embrace when I heard a loud sound come from downstairs."What was that?" I asked sitting up swinging my blanket back to get up to go see what they were doing knowing I had yet to go down there.
"Mike, it was probably Adora's crutches…they do fall, we witnessed this earlier…" Maryse said.
"Your right but I still want to go check…"
"Mike, please, I'm tired and don't want to deal with this tonight." Maryse said as I looked back at her knowing she was right that I have been acting ridiculous lately.
"You're right…sorry." I said as I walked back climbing back into bed with her, she pressed her lips to mine for a soft kiss before we cuddled together to sleep through the night without hearing anymore noises from downstairs besides hearing Addie scream Alex's name which caused Maryse jump up shaking me.
"Mike, get up…something is wrong with Adora."
"She's fine…she's probably having another nightmare." I said as Maryse freaked out because she hadn't heard or saw Addie freak the night prior.
"Shall we go see if she is okay?" Maryse asked.
"No, I'm going to try and trust Alex on this…" I said when Maryse gave me a smile and a kiss.
"Good job." Maryse said as she scooted closer, "I love you Mike." She said as I kissed the top of her head.
"I love you too." I said smirking. The next morning, I woke up earlier than normal because I couldn't sleep so I got up letting Maryse lay in bed getting more sleep as I walked downstairs seeing the couch empty and the blanket that had laid across the couch was thrown back like it was thrown in a hurry smirking knowing Alex must of done that, I looked from the couch to the opened door that led into Addie's room and curious what was going on there. I walked quietly over to the door leaning against the frame seeing Addie cuddled into Alex's embrace and she wasn't snarling at all unlike what she was the other night without being close to Alex, hoping this was just a phase and I've never been in a car accident much less experience what she has experienced and I bet she is scared more than she lets on being that close to death on top of experiencing the car accident and I let out a sigh knowing no matter how hard I tried to tear Alex away from her but I knew that Alex had learned so much since the first time I had met him almost a year or so ago. He has certainly grown in and out of this business, then he used to be the biggest flirt and be with a different girl almost every month but now he hasn't been with anyone other than her, he has taken responsibility for his mistakes without turning to me for help and to bail him out of these things. He has been a real gentleman, treating her right even if I didn't want to admit it and has been a true honest man. I pushed myself off the edge of the door heading towards the kitchen putting on a cup of coffee, as it made I went out folding the blanket and put that along with the pillow into the linen closet when I found the folded envelope I remember seeing him reading yesterday with Addie. I leant back to look into the room seeing that they were both out like a light, I slowly slid the paper out reading it to myself and this was proof that Maryse was right about the meeting. I slid the paperwork back into the envelope putting it where it was for Alex to find later when he got up like I didn't touch it. I went back into the kitchen making myself a cup of coffee before I pulled myself up onto the kitchen counter sipping at my coffee thinking about everything and stared into my coffee cup at the brown coffee or at the white bottom of the cup. I sat there until I heard Maryse and Flake coming down the steps, she walked into the kitchen wrapping her purple robe around her tying it.
"When did you get up?" Maryse asked.
"Not that long ago, you want some coffee?" I asked.
"Please." Maryse said as I jumped off the counter accidently dropping the coffee cup.
"Shit." I said.
"Mike!" Maryse said in a pissed off tone.
"I'm so sorry…" I said as I squatted down starting to pick up the pieces before Flake could step on any of them and get it stuck in his paw, I looked up at her seeing her shredding tears. "I'm sorry, it was an accident…it truly was." I said as I rested the pieces onto the counter feeling horrible.
"You sure it was an accident?" Maryse asked wiping at her eyes.
"Yes…I didn't mean to drop it…that is the first time I had ever dropped a cup and it'll be the last time...it was a mistake, I forgot I had it in my lap." I said.
"So, what you're saying is that this is an accident and a one time thing?" Maryse said as her eyes were clearing up.
"Yeah…" I said confused.
"Much like how the car accident Alex and Adora were in…it was an accident that was an one time mistake made on both parties that will never happen and was just a mistake much like how this is?" Maryse said.
"No, they are two complete different things." I said.
"No it's not. Hm, you dropped the cup like how the car hit the tree due to the stupidity of you standing up with it in your lap like how stupid Alex was driving drunk and the cup broke into pieces by the process of things like how the car and the people in the car did when hitting the tree? Both mistakes on your part and on Alex and Adora's part that could have been avoided if you had thought clearer and think about your actions before you did them…" Maryse said comparing the two situations making me think about the two. "I see how they can both be accidents and mistakes…you still owe me a new cup…" Maryse said as she grabbed a new cup pouring her some coffee, "Think about what I said." Maryse said as she walked out of the kitchen with her newly poured cup of coffee as I looked at the shattered cup on the counter thinking about what Maryse had said realizing she was right about it being a mistake and accident, it is easy to get over something simple like she did because everything is okay and that Addie and Alex are okay which is the main thing.