On the Edge of Love *on hold*

Lots of comfort

*Izzy’s POV*

            The second that Aiden leaves, Noah comes over and hugs me. He sets his crutches to the side and holds me tightly. Letting me know he is there. It’s comforting to have him here, not questioning, just comforting. He hesitantly releases and grabs his crutches. Motioning for me to follow him and we walk into the kitchen. He takes a small glass down filling it with cold water before handing it to me. Silently thanking him, we go to the living room. He tightly wraps his arms around me as if he is making sure I won’t leave. I finish my drink setting it on the side table. I lean back sinking into Noah avoiding his stitches. Soon we both are exhausted so we go to my room and fall asleep.

*Aidens POV*

I have ruined everything. I lost my best friends. I don’t even want to know what Jordan will say tomorrow. I wonder if I can avoid him… or everyone. So many extra thoughts run through my mind. I have absolutely destroyed my relationship with them. Honestly I don’t even think that my love, or what I thought was my love, that makes it so I can’t understand. Knowing that makes me even more upset. I can’t even drive, so I’m sitting here in an empty parking lot just crying. What I did…it makes feel so horrible. I already know neither will forgive me, with the way Noah protects her, and he will never trust me. Same with Isabelle, every ounce of trust they had in me is gone. It only took about a minute for it happen. That’s the worst, the fact that it happened so fast, not over time, is just horrible. With my inability to drive I just curl up in the backseat and fall asleep.

*Noah’s POV*

            I woke up the next morning fairly early. I sit up to see Isabelle curled up still peacefully asleep. I kiss her forehead and get out of bed. Grabbing my crutches I quietly leave the room and walk to the back porch. I sit down and pull out my phone dialing Jordan. He is wakes up early so I know he will be up. There are about three rings before I hear him.

            “Noah?”

            “Hey yeah, it’s me.”

            “You’re up early what’s up?”

            “Well there was something I thought I needed to tell you.”

            “OK? What’s up?”

            “Well last night Aiden came over to drop off some of my stuff. I guess he got there while I was asleep, so he talked to Isabelle. And I woke up to her shouting, so I went out to see what had happened. And it turns out that Aiden had kissed Izzy.”

            “He did what?!”

            “Yeah, I kicked out of the house last night. He didn’t cause any other trouble. He knew he was wrong.”

            “I can’t believe him. I’m so sorry Noah.”

            “Nah its fine, I’m just mad he would do that.”

            “I will call him and talk to him.”

            “Ok I will talk to you later then.”

            “Bye.”

            I walk back inside and go straight to the kitchen. I grab a glass and fill it with water. I quickly finish and I go back to Isabelle’s room. She is still curled up under the blankets peacefully sleeping. I take a moment to observe how gorgeous she is. I am so glad I had found her weeks back. I still regret leaving her all those years ago, even if it wasn’t my fault, I still left. Being with her again, I can’t even use words to explain how I feel. I lean down and gently kiss her head. I shift so I am lying back down. Isabelle stirs slightly and turns snuggling into me; I wrap my arm around her pulling her close and close my eyes. I listen to every sound. The birds outside, cars passing by, our breathing. Everything is so calming and before I know I am back asleep.

            When I wake up I notice an empty spot beside me. I feel for Isabelle, but there is just a warm spot where she was. She hasn’t been up long though since her spot is still warm. I get up and grab my crutches before walking out of the room. I hear some noise coming from the kitchen and I go to see what Izzy is doing. I see she has two plates with cold pizza and is in the process of making tea. She hears my crutches and she looks up at me smiling. She walks over and hugs me. I set my crutches over to the side and hug her back. She slowly releases and goes back to the tea. I sit down at the table after grabbing my cup with Isabelle beside me. We start talking about making some type of plans for the day. Eventually I decided I was going to take her to a nice dinner. Although she was reluctant she ended up agreeing. So I could get everything set I sent her to Ciara’s for the day.

*Aiden’s POV*

            I woke up to the sound of my phone going off. I grabbed it from the front of the car and looked at the caller I.D. Jordan. Hesitantly I pick up.

            “Hi…”

            “Aiden. Can you come over? I’m not going to yell, but we do need to talk ok?” He voice was gentle, he was being completely genuine. If he was going to yell, you would know.

            “Ok. I will be there in like 10 minutes.”

            “See you soon.”

I hung up without saying anything else and climbed into the front seat. Quickly I drove away from the parking lot and was on the road to see Jordan. As I pulled up to his place, I see him sitting on the front steps. Parking the car on the side of the road, I get out of the car tears threating to spill over my eyes. Jordan slowly stands up and waits for me to get the steps. He wraps his arm around me leading me inside. We walk straight through the house and out the back door to the lawn. We stop looking out at the gray sky, watching the chilly fog wrap around trees. I silently sit down on the dewy grass, looking up at Jordan I see him sigh and he shoves his hands into his pockets.

            “Aiden. What happened last night?” I take a deep breath before spilling everything out. Everything he didn’t know, everything no one but I knew.

            “I saw something. Between Noah and Isabelle, there is something that I can see but is all fuzzy and unclear. Ever since lunch with them when we first meet Isabelle I have been thinking about it. I understand things Jordan, things others don’t. I understand that sounds conceited, but it is true. There are thoughts always in my head that never go away. Small details stick to me. I have this horrible need to know things. So when I couldn’t immediately figure them, I sort of panicked. I tried to think of anything that would make sense. Eventually I came to a conclusion that I liked Isabelle. I don’t even know why, but I did. So last night when I went to drop of his things and I kissed her. She got really angry and was yelling at me. I guess Noah heard her and so he came out, when he found out, he kicked me out of the house. I was so upset I went to this parking lot and slept there. I couldn’t drive anywhere so just stayed. I am so sorry Jordan; I messed up everything with them. Probably you and Alex too. The worst part is I was wrong. I don’t like her, I thought that if I kissed her everything would fall together. I figured that I would be able to solve everything but I didn’t. I can’t figure them out. Something about them is just sigh. I don’t even know anymore. All I know is I have lost some of my best friends. All because I had to figure something out. I don’t want to be like this. I can’t help it Jordan, I have this impulse to do it. I’m so sorry.” I finish talking, tears running freely down my face. Jordan is still standing. He is just staring straight past the trees and everything, focusing on the distance. Taking a deep breath he starts to speak.

            “It’s not me you have to apologize to. I wish you had told me about all this sooner. You know I am always here to help if you need it right?” He finally looks down at me. His eyes soft and comforting.

            “I know. I just, for the longest time I felt as if no one needed to know. I didn’t think it would affect anyone.”

            “Does it ever scare you?”

            “What?”

            “How you feel like you have to know something, is it scary?” I take a second to think about the answer.

            “Yeah. Yeah it is.” He doesn’t even respond. He just reaches his hand out. I gratefully take it and stand up. He wraps me in a hug and lets me cry. It really is scary when you can’t control it.