The Two Months

Chapter 3: Chizzy - The Final Tour

Izzy was one of the most excitable people in Stamford, she was like a little puppy, especially when it came to spending time with Chop. It was a miracle they were still together if Izzy was being completely honest. She was glad, of course, but that didn't mean she didn't hate her behaviour. She shouldn't have done anything with Peter. End of. And she shouldn't have blamed Chop, even if he had been completely horrible to Archie and acted as if Izzy's feelings didn't matter. He shouldn't have gotten jealous about Izzy hanging around other boys, but Izzy supposed that she just proved him right. They were fine now, but sometimes she wished they'd gone about everything differently She loved Chop, even if she hadn't actually said it yet. Not properly. Little 'love ya' goodbyes didn't count in Izzy's eyes. He'd said it her, quite a few times, more so recently but Izzy imagined that was just because of everything that happened, so that didn't really count either. She wanted to say it, but just went to jelly whenever she was with Chop, even more than when he didn't notice her.

Chop had rung her earlier, said he had a big surprise with made Izzy more nervous than she had been for a long time. What was he going to say? What was he going to do? Izzy hoped for something that would break the tension between the two because she hadn't been enjoying that. Chop wanted to go to the pub, but Izzy didn't want anyone to walk in on them so suggested going to his flat. She didn't particularly like Chop's flat if she was honest. It was quite messy and grubby. If Izzy lived there, she would make it the cutest, little flat in Stamford. Izzy liked decorating and begged Chop to let her do some work or even just show him her ideas, but he refused, saying it was perfect as it was. It wasn't. Nothing was perfect in their relationship, not really. Everyone outside always said how cute they were and how nothing could break them. How wrong they were. Chop didn't seem to have a clue either. Thought everything was all fine now the gang was back together, but Izzy was still reeling from what happened. It was quite surprising because Izzy hardly got angry about anything. But the way Chop had handled the situation didn't sit right with Izzy. To be fair to him, he had apologised to Izzy and Archie. He had tried afterward to not make it awkward. But Chop could be pretty clueless about everything. And he never spoke to Izzy about how he was feeling. Typical boy. All of these thoughts swam around Izzy mind until she reached Chop's flat, she still had a spare key but hardly ever used it. This wasn't one of those times. If she was going to talk to Chop properly about everything, she was going to have to grow some balls.

In comparison, Chop was beside himself with glee. Meeting with Archie had actually made him see things clearly. Everything was fine, with everyone. And one of his legendary sexy parties? Who could resist that? Things will Izzy had been pretty solid too, all things considering. They'd both messed up but Chop mainly blamed himself. He'd been a pretty crap boyfriend. A terrible friend. And an all-round dickhead. But he going to change it. Otherwise, everything would fall apart again.

"Iz!" She was greeted by one of Chop's cheeky grins and a peck on the cheek. He tried to go for another kiss, but Izzy managed to slide out from under his arms. Chop didn't seem to realise and rushed her to his kitchen. It was the size of a brook cupboard, Chop seemed to have forgotten to do last night's washing up and the night before as well. There were broken plates on the surface and a random house plant sitting inside a washing bin – at least he'd finally bought one of those.

"What's this surprise then? Better be that you're letting me redecorate this place!"

"Redec- nah, nah. This is a bachelor's paradise Iz!" He waved his arms out, trying to show off how great his flat was. He thought it was pretty great. Not many lads his age had managed to secure a decent flat, especially on his wage. Izzy wasn't so sure at the beginning when he told her he was moving out, which surprised Chop, to be honest. His own flat meant more time together. Alone. And they had that for a while but recently Chop had noticed a slight change in how Izzy acted around him. She hadn't wanted to come around as much and at first, Chop put that down to college work, but he wasn't stupid. He could tell something was up. But was too scared to say anything. He didn't want to fuck up again.