ISABEL
I shift uncomfortably under Alex’s gaze. Wow, this has to be the hardest thing I’ve ever done. It sucks to be a grown up sometimes. “He said that you like me in a more than friends kinda way. He also mentioned that Liz, Max and Tess were helping you out.”
There I said it and I don’t think that I messed it up to bad. Sure, it lacked my normal grace and charm but what do you expect? Folding my arms across my chest, I stare at Alex expectantly.
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*Max*
Liz's words are kind, but I'm not really assured. Isabel's been a good friend and she seems really sweet and kind, but I know she has a temper and I have a feeling she might be the kind to hold a grudge.
“It’s not you forcing her to tell him that she’s upset about. It’s the situation in general. I understand why she doesn’t want to tell him. If I were in her place, I probably would want him to know either. Sometimes you don’t want things to change. It’s normal, being afraid of the unknown.” she says.
"But you know Kyle would have said something. That would have made it worse for both of them. I'll talk to Alex afterwards and try to explain," I sigh and look at Liz. "Sorry for getting you kicked out of your room."
Liz's words are kind, but I'm not really assured. Isabel's been a good friend and she seems really sweet and kind, but I know she has a temper and I have a feeling she might be the kind to hold a grudge.
“It’s not you forcing her to tell him that she’s upset about. It’s the situation in general. I understand why she doesn’t want to tell him. If I were in her place, I probably would want him to know either. Sometimes you don’t want things to change. It’s normal, being afraid of the unknown.” she says.
"But you know Kyle would have said something. That would have made it worse for both of them. I'll talk to Alex afterwards and try to explain," I sigh and look at Liz. "Sorry for getting you kicked out of your room."
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“He said that you like me in a more than friends kinda way. He also mentioned that Liz, Max and Tess were helping you out.”
Uh oh, he brought the others into this too? Great. And ... did they not have anything else to talk about than me? Guess that's why Max and Liz where here but what about Tess? And what do I do now? Why is there never a hole in the ground when you need one?
Oh well, lets get this over with.
"He didn't lie." I simply say, what's the use in denying and then I add, "At least with the stuff about me ... I#m not sure what he said about the others' involvement."
“He said that you like me in a more than friends kinda way. He also mentioned that Liz, Max and Tess were helping you out.”
Uh oh, he brought the others into this too? Great. And ... did they not have anything else to talk about than me? Guess that's why Max and Liz where here but what about Tess? And what do I do now? Why is there never a hole in the ground when you need one?
Oh well, lets get this over with.
"He didn't lie." I simply say, what's the use in denying and then I add, "At least with the stuff about me ... I#m not sure what he said about the others' involvement."
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<center>~*~ ~*~ ~*~ Liz ~*~ ~*~ ~*~</center>
“But you know Kyle would have said something. That would have made it worse for both of them. I'll talk to Alex afterwards and try to explain,” Max answers, and I look up at him from my seat on the floor. I want to tell him that he’s wrong, that Kyle wouldn’t do that if Izzy really didn’t want him to, just like we would honor her wishes. But since Max didn’t seem to honor that wish, I might be completely off in my assumptions.
“Sorry for getting you kicked out of your room.”
“It’s okay. It’s not your fault. They’d need to talk it out somewhere. Alex’s room, Izzy’s room, either way one of us would be kicked out.” I pull my legs to my chest and rest my arms on them. “Things have been so crazy that I didn’t ask, did you have a good time at the Keys?”
“But you know Kyle would have said something. That would have made it worse for both of them. I'll talk to Alex afterwards and try to explain,” Max answers, and I look up at him from my seat on the floor. I want to tell him that he’s wrong, that Kyle wouldn’t do that if Izzy really didn’t want him to, just like we would honor her wishes. But since Max didn’t seem to honor that wish, I might be completely off in my assumptions.
“Sorry for getting you kicked out of your room.”
“It’s okay. It’s not your fault. They’d need to talk it out somewhere. Alex’s room, Izzy’s room, either way one of us would be kicked out.” I pull my legs to my chest and rest my arms on them. “Things have been so crazy that I didn’t ask, did you have a good time at the Keys?”
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Crazy. Yes, things had been crazy. It started off nicely enough, joking about a kiss Liz was supposed to pass on from Isabel. Now it looked like there'd be no kiss from Isabel or Liz. What a pity.
"Yeah, it was really beautiful," I say. I did have a nice time -- not amazing but nice. Tess was good company but I can't help but think that something was missing. "I hope you get a chance to head down that way before you go back to Georgia."
Crazy. Yes, things had been crazy. It started off nicely enough, joking about a kiss Liz was supposed to pass on from Isabel. Now it looked like there'd be no kiss from Isabel or Liz. What a pity.
"Yeah, it was really beautiful," I say. I did have a nice time -- not amazing but nice. Tess was good company but I can't help but think that something was missing. "I hope you get a chance to head down that way before you go back to Georgia."
ISABEL
“Oh,” I say, slightly surprised that he didn’t even attempt to deny or sugarcoat the truth. Nervously running a hand through my hair, I try to think of something suitable to say but come up with nothing. I guess in the back of my mind I had always kinda hoped that Alex would deny it.
That said, now that everything is out and in the opening a lot of things are starting to make sense. Oh my God, he punched Max because he thought that Max was playing around with me and Maria. There was always that weird thing between him and Jake. And there are other things that are suddenly making a lot more sense.
“Oh,” I repeat before chewing my bottom lip. “I don’t know what to say.”
“Oh,” I say, slightly surprised that he didn’t even attempt to deny or sugarcoat the truth. Nervously running a hand through my hair, I try to think of something suitable to say but come up with nothing. I guess in the back of my mind I had always kinda hoped that Alex would deny it.
That said, now that everything is out and in the opening a lot of things are starting to make sense. Oh my God, he punched Max because he thought that Max was playing around with me and Maria. There was always that weird thing between him and Jake. And there are other things that are suddenly making a lot more sense.
“Oh,” I repeat before chewing my bottom lip. “I don’t know what to say.”
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“I don’t know what to say.”
"You don't have to say anything right now, Isabel." I reply with a shrug. She looks so ... lost right now and sounds lost too, I'd really like to give her a hug but I know better than to try and do that. I guess she realy didn't have the slightest clue about my feelings. So, maybe I wasn't as obvious as I (or Tess) constantly feared.
"If you want me to, then I'll leave you alone and we'll talk tomorrow or in a few days in case you want us to keep some distance for a bit." I say after a moment, unsure what to do but wanting to make her feel slightly better. "Whatever you prefer, it's up to you."
“I don’t know what to say.”
"You don't have to say anything right now, Isabel." I reply with a shrug. She looks so ... lost right now and sounds lost too, I'd really like to give her a hug but I know better than to try and do that. I guess she realy didn't have the slightest clue about my feelings. So, maybe I wasn't as obvious as I (or Tess) constantly feared.
"If you want me to, then I'll leave you alone and we'll talk tomorrow or in a few days in case you want us to keep some distance for a bit." I say after a moment, unsure what to do but wanting to make her feel slightly better. "Whatever you prefer, it's up to you."
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It's not great, but I didn't really know *what* to do with things. ::shrugs:: It's something, at least, I suppose.
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I look up at him as he comments about how beautiful it all was over there. There’s a small smile tugging the side of his mouth as he speaks his hope that I will get to see it before we all have to go back home. I wonder, idly, why he didn’t say anything about what he did and how good a time it was, but I suppose I don’t want to know the particulars about their trip. Maybe he considered that, which is why he didn’t tell me any specifics about things.
“Maybe I’ll see it before we leave, but if I don’t, it’ll be all the more reason to come back some other time after this is over. It’ll still be there. I haven’t seen Tess. Is she okay? Was she tired when you got back?” I ask as I stretch my arms in front of me. “She doesn’t know about the cookies, does she? Come to think of it, I don’t think Maria knows about the cookies.”
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I look up at him as he comments about how beautiful it all was over there. There’s a small smile tugging the side of his mouth as he speaks his hope that I will get to see it before we all have to go back home. I wonder, idly, why he didn’t say anything about what he did and how good a time it was, but I suppose I don’t want to know the particulars about their trip. Maybe he considered that, which is why he didn’t tell me any specifics about things.
“Maybe I’ll see it before we leave, but if I don’t, it’ll be all the more reason to come back some other time after this is over. It’ll still be there. I haven’t seen Tess. Is she okay? Was she tired when you got back?” I ask as I stretch my arms in front of me. “She doesn’t know about the cookies, does she? Come to think of it, I don’t think Maria knows about the cookies.”
*Max*
"Tess is fine," I say. She hadn't actually said she was tired, so I won't comment on that. There might have been some other reason that she went straight upstairs when we got here. Sand in her clothes. Too much sun. Another guy on her mind???
"She did go right up to her room when we got here so if you didn't tell her about the cookies, then I suppose that she and Maria don't know. Michael, too," I say, adding the last almost reluctantly. I don't really want to think of Michael as a ... an adversary, but he hasn't given me much reason to think of him as a friend.
"We should probably warn her about what Isabel knows, anyway," I say. I get to my feet and offer Liz my hand to help her up. "Liz ... can I ask you a question?"
"Tess is fine," I say. She hadn't actually said she was tired, so I won't comment on that. There might have been some other reason that she went straight upstairs when we got here. Sand in her clothes. Too much sun. Another guy on her mind???
"She did go right up to her room when we got here so if you didn't tell her about the cookies, then I suppose that she and Maria don't know. Michael, too," I say, adding the last almost reluctantly. I don't really want to think of Michael as a ... an adversary, but he hasn't given me much reason to think of him as a friend.
"We should probably warn her about what Isabel knows, anyway," I say. I get to my feet and offer Liz my hand to help her up. "Liz ... can I ask you a question?"
Sorry that it took me so long to post. 
ISABEL
“I think that it would be pretty difficult to stay out of each others’ way considering that we live in the same house and that your bedroom is next door.” I say ruefully as I sit back down the bed.
Alex is meant to be my friend. I don't want to have to avoid him. I don't want things to be awkward between us. But this isn't just about me. This is about Alex as well.
“Unless of course, you think it would be easier for you. I don’t want to make you…uncomfortable or anything. I just…I don’t know Alex.”
ISABEL
“I think that it would be pretty difficult to stay out of each others’ way considering that we live in the same house and that your bedroom is next door.” I say ruefully as I sit back down the bed.
Alex is meant to be my friend. I don't want to have to avoid him. I don't want things to be awkward between us. But this isn't just about me. This is about Alex as well.
“Unless of course, you think it would be easier for you. I don’t want to make you…uncomfortable or anything. I just…I don’t know Alex.”