Earth 41

Y/n's View

"Mom." I call.

"You are working me to death." Mom says walking around the corner.

"Who is this?" Mom asks smiling.

"Isabelle." I say.

"It's nice to meet you." Isabelle says.

"You sound Italian. You look Italian. Are you Italian? You're Italian." Mom says.

"You two would make beautiful babies." Mom says.

"That's not—" I say.

"A woman can dream." Mom says.

Isabelle smiles and mom hugs her.

"Come help your mother." Mom says walking to the kitchen.

I sigh and follow her. She points at the box and I pick the box up. I put it on the counter and she opens it.

"This is all the vegetables for the kitchen." Mom says.

My parents opened a soup kitchen when I was younger and it's been open for 20 years. I worry that she's gonna hurt herself running around so much. That old lady just won't listen.

"She's nicer than the other girl. And she's actually Italian." Mom whispers.

"How is she, by the way?" Mom asks.

Alexa's View

"Hello." Allison says answering the phone.

"Can we talk?" I ask.

"You're not with my sister anymore, we have no reason to talk." Allison says.

"We were friends before future in-laws." I say.

"Okay, fine." Allison asks.

"Before you married Dylan, did you want to back out?" I ask.

"Yeah. You got cold feet?" Allison says.

"I'm not nervous, I just don't think I want to marry Max." I say.

"So don't." Allison says.

"It's harder to get rid of someone when you're legally in a relationship than when you're just in a relationship. I know that more than anyone." Allison says.

"Okay, thank you." I say.

Time Skip; Y/n's View

"When are you two getting married?" Allison asks.

"I don't think I even want to be with her." I say.

"What? Why?" Allison asks.

"She's hiding something from me. And I know she's probably cheating I just can't accept it. I don't wanna admit it." I say.

My phone rings and I answer it.

"Hello." I say.

"I don't wanna be with you anymore." Isabelle says.

"There's someone else..." Isabelle says.

"I kinda figured that." I say.

"You got until Friday morning to get your shit out of my house. I'm send the rest of it to Goodwill." I say.

I hang up and sigh.

"She just confirmed it." I say.

"I'm sorry." Allison says.

"No relationship has worked out expect for with Alexa. Maybe it's a sign or something." I say.

"She called me and said she wasn't sure if she wanted to marry Max. I guess the wedding is still on because she hasn't said anything else about it." Allison says.

"She did tell me that she wants you there. It's obviously going to be awkward but she said she wants her best friend to be there." Allison says.

"I'll consider it." I say.

Time Skip

"I never thought I'd see you again!" Someone says.

I turn around and see Charlie. I smile and kneel down to hug him.

Charlie is Alexa's nephew and he would sometimes spend the night at my house when Alexa lived with me.

"Can I sit with Y/n?" Charlie asks.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Leo says looking at his phone.

Charlie smiles and we sit down.

"My mommy said I should away from you. She said you could... uh.. in flu hence me." Charlie says.

"How so?" I ask.

"Cause you like like girls. She don't want me to like like boys." Charlie says.

"That's not how it works." I say.

"I don't know." He says.

I laugh and he smiles.

15 minutes later...

Alexa holds Max's hands and I sigh.

"We're gathered here today..." The man says.

I'm so irritated, I can't sit here and watch this.

"Where you go?" Charlie whispers.

"The bathroom." I whisper.

I sneak out and leave.

I can't watch the love of my life get married to my best friend.

2 hours later...

There a knock on the door and I groan.

"No houseclean—" I say opening the door.

I see Alexa and I gulp.

"What are you—" I ask as Alexa walks in.

Alexa cups my cheeks and kisses me.

"I couldn't do it." Alexa says.

"I didn't want to take the good and the bad so I left you and I regret that more than anything else. There will never be someone better than you." Alexa says.

"Why? Why date my best friend?" I ask.

"You're basically the same person, at first glance, he's the guy version of you. The only difference is that he doesn't give a shit about and you never put your hands on me." She says.

"He put his hands on you? I'm gonna fucking kill him." I say.

Don't worry about him." She says wrapping her arms around my neck.

"You expect me to start dating you again just because you say so?" I ask.

"Yes." She says.

"That's not how it works." I say.

"Mm, so why are you undressing with me?" She asks.

"Uh—" I say.

"Uh, uh, uh." She says mocking me.

"There's a difference between a relationship and a hook up." I say.

"Oh, okay." She says.

I smile and she kisses me.

Time Skip

My phone rings and I groan. I silence it and grab it. I go in the bathroom and shut the door.

"Hello." I mumble.

"What the fuck am I seeing?" Isabelle asks.

"Why the fuck are you calling me?" I ask.

"You got back Alexa?" Isabelle asks.

"Why does it even matter? You broke up with me. You cheated on me." I say.

"Bacause—" Isabelle says.

"Because what? You don't want me to be happy? Oh, fuck off." I say.

I hang up and sigh. I walk out of the bathroom and see Alexa sitting up in bed.

"Who was that?" Alexa asks.

"Don't worry about it." I say sitting beside her.

Alexa kisses my cheek and I smile.

"I'm so hungry." Alexa says.

"Get dressed and we can go get something." I say.

"I'm sorry about—" Alexa says.

"I know, you've said it 100 times." I say.

"I just need you to know that. If we're gonna work things out." Alexa says.

"Work things out?" I ask.

"Uh, I just thought—" Alexa says.

"It's not that easy. We can't just kiss and make up. Something has to change. I'm not gonna keep sweeping it under the rug." I say.

"Okay, let's do it." Alexa says.

I smile and nod.

Alexa smiles and I kiss her.