OKAY, so I know I haven't updated any of my GX stories in a while, but I decided to work on one story at a time. And right now, that's my Fairy Tail story, but I will finish An Unexpected Romance. I decided to give you all this companion one shot to He, She, and We (I actually wrote this back at the beginning of last school year). It's from Alexis' POV and I also changed a few things that I will go back and change in chapter one eventually. Like quite a few things after the car accident is different. Also, this is also much longer than last chapter, so it's something for you all to enjoy until I get back to An Unexpected Romance.
Enjoy! :)
She liked the way his bangs fell over his eyes. She liked the way his brown eyes lit up when he became excited. She liked the way he pulled her into hug when he knew she was feeling down. She liked the way he would groan in frustration when he found something difficult. She liked the way he would let her lean in his chest when they were either reading or playing on the phone together. She liked the way he never failed to bring her strawberry cupcake and a single red rose and tell her, "I love you" on her birthday every year.
Maybe if she taken his words seriously, they would have gone where fate would have taken them. She was conflicted and he was hurt somehow, but she ignored it in favor of seeing him smile.
"Lex," is what he would call her," Why are we even here?"
"So we can get the ingredients for the Christmas cookies," Alexis would answer.
"But you've been looking at the back of that same box for five minutes," Jaden groaned.
She laughs at him, finally putting the box in the cart." I had to make sure the ingredients were good."
"I guess that's my Lex for you," he grinned.
...
She becomes frustrated when she lets him sleep over and he wants to be in close coordinates with her. He would wrap his arms around her and bury his face in her hair.
She would become annoyed for a minute before snuggling into his embrace and whispering softly," Goodnight, Jaden."
"Hey, Lex," Jaden whispers shortly after she tells him goodnight.
"What?" she replies.
"I...Well, I... Nevermind," he unwraps his arms around her and turns to the other side without mumbling a word.
...
She calms him down when he finds out his former girlfriend played him. She knows he's sad, but it consists of mostly anger because she was right when she once said something was off about her.
Jaden kicks the wall, leaving a slight sent."Argh!"
Alexis puts a hand on his shortly softly before he brushes it off and bites out bitterly," I should have listened to you, Alexis."
"It's fine, Jaden. You didn't have to listen to me. It was just-"
"I really came to like her, Lex," he mumbles sadly.
"Came to like her?" this confuses the blonde." Did you... Did you like someone else why you were dating her?"
"I did and I still do," he says in soft voice that she rarely hears from him." But it's unrequited."
He leaves silently.
She wonders how he feels about her first boyfriend. She developed a crush on him a while ago and actually enjoys their first date. She decides to introduce him to Jaden.
They meet at her favorite dessert cafe. He cracks a joke or two, but she notices he seems hesitant in everything he says. When he jokes about her in front of her lover, she elbows him and he frowns.
Once it's time to leave, he shake's Zane's hand and pulls it back just as quickly. The drive back to her apartment is silent.
She knows he didn't like it.
...
On her wedding day, she walks down the aisle with a small smile, but ends up smiling widely when she sees Jaden on the fornt row. Her hands sweat as she wonders if she reallys wants this. She said yes because of Zane. Not that she didn't love him, but she wasn't sure if she was ready.
She says," I do," once their wedding vows are said and looks at Jaden, who seems hurt in his eyes. He sees her gaze and he smiles back at her softly.
She knows that smile was for her because it he was her day and she knows he wants her to smile.
...
Her first argument with Zane is when they're driving to her parent's house to tell them about her pregnancy.
He thinks they should move.
She doesn't want to.
He asks is it because of Jaden.
Alexis doesn't answer and he repeats it once, twice, then looks at her and repeats it loudly.
Next thing she knows, a truck hits their car just as Zane pulls her into him protectively, and she blacks out.
...
When she's finally awake, she finds out her baby is dead and so is her husband. Jaden comes later and she cries in his arms.
He's warm.
She lives with him for the rest of the year and she slowly heals.
A year has passed when he comes to her in a mess and shock one morning.
"Alexis," he croaks out.
She knows something is wrong.
"You know, my ex-girlfriend... Amber... She's pregnant.. With my baby..." he mutters while holding his head in his hands.
She doesn't react, but she says," Didn't you break up when she played you almost two years ago?"
Jaden nods." Yes, but now she knows what it feels like... Not too long ago, we slept with each other out of hurt feelings. She's really sorry now, but I'm confused. I like her, but I don't love her."
Alexis stays silent.
"She wants to keep the baby since we kinda kept in contact that night. I don't if I'm ready yet, though."
Alexis hates to see him like this. She gently grabs his hands and says," Do what you think is the right thing to do."
He decides he wants the baby too.
...
Amber moves in with them when she's six months into her pregnancy. Alexis doesn't mind because it makes him smile a bit more when she's around.
She watches from the kitchen as Jaden puts his ear to Amber's growing belly and he laughs when he feels the baby kick. Amber laughs with him as she runs her fingers through his brown locks.
Alexis' heart tightens as she thinks maybe that would have been her and her husband if the accident hadn't happened.
She doesn't notice the tears that start to fall.
...
Her heart breaks as she watches Jaden break down in tears as Amber slowly dies in front of him after childbirth.
"We have a daughter, Amber," he cries." Please don't leave... I really enjoyed my time with you."
"Your... Your mother's name was Angelise, right?" Amber's eyes start to slowly close. She squeezes his hand with strength she has left." Angelise... is a... is a beautiful name."
"Amber..."
"Let's call her Angie for short... An-Angelise... Yu...k...i..."
Her fingers slip from his.
Alexis cries when she sees her best friend let out a strangled scream as he falls to his knees at the side of the bed.
...
She visits her grave with him and Angie after a year. Angie, now one years old, keeps a wide smile on his face and completely happy.
It makes her just as happy.
Another year passes and Alexis watches Jaden study hard to enter law school, something that he never liked doing back in high school and college.
She feeds and puts Angie to sleep for him so he wouldn't be interrupted, but she decides later that the interruption is needed as she places a plate of the cookies she made earlier in front of him.
"You've been working hard," she says softly as he gazes up at her with a small, tired smile." You deserve cookies at least."
"Thanks, Lex," he says, leaning back in his chair and rubbing his eyes.
She's quiet before saying," Angie called me "mama" today."
Jaden is silent for a long time, which makes her think maybe that was the wrong thing to say. He soon speaks up and replies," Well, you are the only woman in her life right now and have been helping me take care of her the past two years. I thank you for that. I think "mama" is a title that you deserve, don't you think?"
"But I'm not-" she starts, but he cuts her off.
"You might not be her biological mother and it makes me sad that she'll never meet her mother, but she has you and you've been the greatest mother to her." he grabs her hand and squeezes it before going back to his work.
She stands there with a small blush on her face and then smiles to herself as she exits the room with a soft," Goodnight, Jaden."
Mama.
...
Three year old Angie asks her a surprising question one day.
"Mama, where's daddy?" Angie asks one day as she leans into Alexis' chest, who's reading her a book before bed." He's not home yet."
"Daddy has to stay at school for an extra hour," she answers.
"Mama?"
"Hmm?"
"Do you love daddy?"
Alexis stops, casting her eyes down towards the book in her hand." I... I..." she breathes out." Yes, I do. I love your daddy very much."
...
Alexis is surprised when Jaden asks her out on an outing one day while Angie stays with his parents. She accepts and says and yes and finds the grin that spreads across his face quite cute. She knows he throws a fist up in the air in victory once she leaves the room.
When the date starts, it's a bit awkward for them. It's mostly awkward for Jaden at first and she's glad when he loosens up a bit.
At the end of the date, he confesses and this takes Alexis by surprise. She didn't think he felt the same way for her at all. She wants to say yes, but she feels guilty after her accident with her husband, so she says she'll think about it.
He nods in understanding and she thanks him for it.
...
One day, Jaden decides to take her and Angie out for and outing at the park. She packs the food she made with Angie while he packs their belongings in the car.
Once they arrive and have everything settled, Alexis watches Angie play in the grass with a smile on her face." Hey, Jaden?" Alexis calls.
He turns to looks at her.
"About that night... I think I'm ready for another relationship now. I've loved you now for the longest," Alexis lets the words come out her mouth naturally." And I think Zane would want me to move on and be the mother to Angie that I couldn't be to our baby as I am now."
Alexis feels a large hand placed over hers and she looks at Jaden, who has the biggest grin on his face." Thank you, Alexis."
She knows he'll make her happy.
...
She is definitely sure this time when she smiles at the man in front of her and says," I do."
And that's it! I know this was kinda sudden, but like I said, I actually wrote this last August. I enjoyed this one a bit more than the last chapter. The change of how Jaden got Angie is because I remember a reviewer saying maybe she could have been Jaden's child from another woman and I went with that. I'll make changes to last chapter eventually.
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And Ramadan Mubarak! :)