Falling Into You

Chapter 25

I wake up and smile when I see Alex laying beside me. I snuggle in closer to him and kiss his cheek. "Morning" I whisper
"Morning" he replies yawning.
"So how was drinks last night?" I ask
"Great"
"That's good, what time did you get in?"
"Pretty late, like 3ish"
"Oh wow. Well I'm glad you're here now, you're usually never here in the mornings with me" I say as I give him a kiss.
"Mm I'm glad I'm here" he pulls me closer to him and continues to kiss me "What time is soundcheck at?"
"Two o clock" I say as he looks at the clock
"Perfect" he says as he kisses me again.
*
"What time is it?" I ask
"1:30"
"What! I need to go!" I say as I jump out of bed. I'm going to be late if I don't hurry up. I mean they can't start soundcheck without me, and they specifically made soundcheck later in the day because I slept through the early ones. 
I throw on a pair of jeans and a sweater, I quickly brush out my hair and put it in a ponytail. I turn to Alex to see he hasn't gotten out of bed yet.
"What are you doing come on, get up!" I say
"We have time baby calm down"
"No we don't it takes us 10 minutes to get there and you're not even close to being a little bit ready. You have two minutes, I'll be waiting by the door" I see him smile a bit as I walk out of the bedroom.
He walks out a few minutes later. "Alright now we can go" he says as he places his arm around my waist. I open the door and we walk out. We walk out the door, it's raining and cold outside. I shiver a bit realizing I forgot my coat. "Are you cold?" Alex asks, I nod and he takes off his coat and hands it to me. I smile and kiss his cheek as I put it on.
"Thank you"
*
At soundcheck
"Sorry I'm late!" I say as I run onstage
"You're late by five minutes it's okay" Tony laughs
"Okay what do we wanna start with?"
The band starts playing a songs and I realize what one it is immediately.
"I figured it out, I was high and low and everything in between. I was wicked and wild, baby you know what I mean. Til there was you, yeah you
Something went wrong, I made a deal with the devil for an empty I.O.U, been to hell and back but an angel was looking through, it was you, yeah you. It's all because of you
You are the reason, you are the reason I wake up every day and sleep through the night, you are the reason, the reason.
In the middle of the night
I'm going down cause I adore you
I want to floor you"
I finish the song and smile, I love that song. I sing through the set list and then go to the side of the stage when I'm done.
"Hey honey, we're all gonna go get coffee, you coming?" Alex says to me
"Yeah sure, let me just grab your coat and I'll be right back"
I walk to my dressing room and grab Alex's coat and put it on. I put my hand in the pocket and feel something. I pull it out and it's a small piece of paper, it's folded neatly. I open it with a bad feeling.
Had a great time tonight, let's do it again very soon ;)- Cheryl
I suddenly feel sick to my stomach, my eyes burn as tears fill in them. I sit down on the couch and tears instantly stream down my face, when Alex walks in suddenly.
"Baby what's wrong" he asks, I look up at him and glare. I stand up and throw the paper at him.
"You and Cheryl were together last night? You told me you were going out with Tony!"
"What? I was with Tony I wasn't with Cheryl! What makes you think I was?"
"She left you a little note in your pocket" I point to the piece of paper on the floor. He picks it up and reads it.
"Honey-"
"DON'T! Don't call me that right now! What exactly happened between you two last night?"
"Well-"
"And I want the truth, don't you dare lie to me right now"
"We slept together"
I feel the tears come back in my eyes as he confirms what I thought was true. His words stabbing me like a knife.
"I can't believe you! Why would you do that? Why did you sleep with her?"
"Because you were over here hanging off Rene, I was jealous and mad, I got drunk and we ended up together"
"Please Alex don't blame it on your drinking. I've seen the way you look at her. This wasn't an accident"
"Baby-" he says as he puts his arms around me.
"Don't touch me" I push his arms off of me and he steps back. "How could you? I told you nothing was going on between me and Rene and you just can't believe can you? You get jealous and you think the solution is to go and sleep with my backup singer?" I cry as I say all of this to him.
"You're telling me, you never EVER did anything with Rene? And I want the truth from you!"
"We kissed" I confess "More than once. I stopped it, that's as far as it ever went"
"I knew it. I always knew something was going on between you two"
"Hey I didn't sleep with Rene, we've only ever kissed, and I stopped it because I knew how wrong it was because I'm in a relationship with you"
"You're just as guilty as I am here. How long have you been keeping that secret huh?"
"Look I know. I'm just as guilty as you are. But I stopped things and I focused on you. You're the one that I wanted to be with. I thought we were going to get married, we were going to have children, we've been together for so long I wasn't going to grow all of that away. I loved you Alex, I was willing to make things work. It's too messed up now and we can't make this work anymore. I'm done. We are done. It's over Alex"
He looks at me, hurt by the words that just came out of my mouth. "That's what you want?"
"Yes" I say as I catch my breath.
"Fine" he takes his jacket and walks to the door. "Hey?" He says causing me to look at him.
"Good luck on your show tonight" I smile weakly at him
"Thanks" he nods and smiles a bit before walking out of the room.
I lock the door behind him. I suddenly start crying uncontrollably and sink the floor in tears...