Safety Net

4

It was a cold december day. A fresh blanket of snow coated the streets, leaving the grass frozen. Jo was now thriteen weeks into her pregnancy.

She stood outside with her hands in her light grey trench coat pockets, staring out into the white abyss.The only thing that stood out against the snow was her frost bitten cheeks and nose. She waited and waited for her visitor. Well, technically, she was the visitor.

"Alex," She said as she watched the scruffy man walk up to her, shivering. "Let me explain" She said, reaching out for the riveting man.

"No, Izzie. You left me, you don't get to explain." Alex huffed, rubbing his hands together. "You've had five years to explain."

Izzie gripped his gloved hand "You have a son. I was pregnant when I left."

He stood there in complete shock. "Why didn't you tell me?! You kept me from raising him!" He exclaimed, too enraged to think of the one problem: She couldn't of been pregnant. Her eggs were frozen.

"I didn't want to mess up your life! I didn't want to keep you from being happy." She said. This was not an on the spot kind of deal. She had this all planned out for days.

"Oh, stop it! Stop making excuses for depriving me of my son! My child..." Alex pulled his hand back, stumbling back "Jo..." He said under his breath. What was he going to tell Jo?

"Alex, Im sorry." She said, giving him on her captivitng looks. "Let's sit down and talk about this.." She suggested, guiding him to the bench. They sat down and discussed everything. Alex slowly started to understand, for some unknown reason.

"What's his name?" Alex asked, looking sheepishly at the ground.

"Carson." Alex definitely wouldn't of chosen that name, but it was nice.

They talked for another hour before they picked a date to meet the boy. Izzie put her hand on his face, pulling him into a kiss. Having to rehash this part of his life brought up a lot of feelings he had shoved down. So he did the only thing he shouldn't of done, kiss back.

"I, uh. I cant do this." Alex said, rushing off. How did he go from enraged to kissing her? And what was he going to tell Jo!? it always came back to Jo...