Vegas;

Chapter 26

Jack and I had no idea what was going to happen. To be honest, I didn't want Allison to go back to Alex. As much as I wanted to see her happy and in a relationship, I knew that Alex wasn't good for her. At least, if I were in her position, I couldn't take someone like that back.

Allison finally spoke. "Alex," she said taking in a deep breath and looked down to him, wiping away her tears. "I really appreciate your gesture, but I can't." At that moment in time, it felt like everything just came crumbling down for everyone.

Alex stood up and put the ring back in his pocket with the box. His facial expressions brought a tear to my eye. I don't think that I've ever seen someone so hurt over this. "But why, Allison?" He wanted to cry. His voice was cracking and you could see his eyes shining, the tears building up.

"Because, Alex. Yes, I loved you. A lot. But you lied to me. About cheating on me, and about still seeing her. I can't marry someone that I can't trust." She placed her hand on his shoulder and shook her head. "I'm sorry Alex," she said. "If you didn't cheat on me, then it might have been a different story."

He hung his head down and walked to the bedroom, running his fingers through his hair as Jack got up and followed him.

Allison sat next to me and sighed. "I honestly never thought I'd turn down a proposal," she said as if it was just telling someone that she didn't want to buy a candy bar for their band trip.

"Don't you think you could have done something a little, I don't know, less hurtful?" I asked.

"I did it as nice as possible," she said, chuckling.

"Aren't you hurting at all?"

"You know, I thought I would be. But seeing his face again, I just can't do it. All I could see was him banging up that whore. It makes me sick to think that someone as sweet as him could go off and cheat on someone. You know? Like, he told me that he loved me."

"But Allison," I said, pausing. I could hear Alex sobbing, and between the whispers and cries, all I could hear was Alex saying how much he loved her and how sorry he was. "Alex is in there, crying over you, because he wanted to share his name with you. He wanted to be with you forever."

"I can't," she said, pulling her hair back into a pony tail. "He lied to me. End of story."

"Jack lied to me. He cheated on me. But I'm still with him."

"Would you marry him?" Her glare was deep, and it hurt.

Would I? Maybe not at this moment. In the future? If he was true. "Of course. I love him for who he is and how he treats me."

"If you weren't pregnant. Honestly," she said.

"I don't know. These babies have a strong hold on Jack and I. But with our troubles at the beginning, I don't think so. Why don't you just go and actually talk to Alex. Maybe you weren't thinking. I'm sure he's learned his lesson. You just can't leave that poor boy in there crying."

Allison was quiet. She was thinking, and I think something I said finally got through to her because she had got up and went to the spare bedroom. Jack walked out and shook his head. "How is he?"

"Broken more than a clock that got ran over. I really hope that there's no more bad news on his end. I don't think that he'd last that long." He sat down next to me and rubbed my back. "You feeling okay?"

"Yeah, I'm just not really sure how this will all play out. I'm worried someone will get hurt."

"Everything will work out, Em. Don't worry. You can't worry about anyone else. Okay? You have your own life to worry about. If you stress over others, those babies could get into danger. Speaking of babies, can we really talk?"