Not a bad thing

Brian’s POV.
As soon as I picked up the phone and I heard Izzie’s voice, I knew something was wrong. Really wrong. I jumped into my car and went over to get her. She told me where she was globally, so it didn’t take me long to find her. I saw her from a distance, shoes in hand, head bent down and I saw her shoulders jolt. She was crying. What did he do to her?! I was going to kill him! I drove up to her and got out of my car quickly. She looked up at me and I felt my heart break. She looked so defenceless, so beaten. As soon as I reached her I wrapped my arms around her. She crashed into my body, crying her heart out. I felt so sorry for her, and at the same time I was so mad. I just wanted to hit Chris, he is the only one who could have done this to her.

“Let’s get you home Izzie”

I put her in my car, then got in myself. I pulled her against me as I was driving us home. I pulled up to her house, she had stopped crying, but was just staring out of the window now, all quiet. I got out and pulled her up into my arms. She barely weigh anything, I could easily carry her into the house. I carried her to her bedroom immediately and put her on the bed. “I’m going to start a shower for you, you just sit here, okay?”. I went into the bathroom, started a shower and put all her favourite stuff nearby. Some music and her favourite shower gel. I heard Izzie come in, she was wrapped in this big white towel. She had a little smile on her face. “I will be waiting in your room, okay? Maybe you can tell me what happened when you come out. Just take your time.”

Hoping she was taking her time I got down the stairs and grabbed my phone. I called Chris. “Hey Brian! How are you? Wanna hang out?”. How could this guy be so stupid, I had become friends with him because of Izzie. She left his house crying and he really thought I was going to hang out with him ever again? “No, I don’t Jackass! What did you do to Izzie?” Chris was quiet for a bit, then I heard him sigh. “Well Brian, she must be a little stupid thinking I would agree to a six month dryspell, just because she won’t put out. I like Izzie a lot, but hey, you are a man. You understand. I needed someone to fuck in the meantime.” Steam must have come out of my ears, I couldn’t believe this guy. Telling me this, like he was proud of what he did... Didn’t he realize Izzie was my best friend? “Listen Chris, I want to punch you face real bad now. But my best friend is really hurt because of you, so I have to take care of her first. Let me give you one advice; never ever come near her again. And you’d better avoid walking in to me too, because your face will look a bit different after our next meeting. Capiche?!” I hung up the phone when I heard the shower end upstairs. As I took the stairs, two steps at the time, I send a message to Jimmy “Izzie is hurt, we need something to cheer her up. Get your thinking cap on, we’ll do some brainstorming tomorrow”.

Izzie just walked out of the bathroom in her favourite pyjamas as I laid myself down on her bed. She looked like hell, but I wasn’t going to tell her that. I was getting up from the bed, to let her lay down. “Please stay with me Bri, I can’t stand to be alone right now” she begged me quietly. So I took of my shoes and pants and just lay there in my boxers and shirt, with her curled up to my chest. She was sobbing quietly and didn’t want to talk.

The next morning Izzie’s mom woke me up. She didn’t look surprised to find me in Izzie’s bed, we did that all the time. Mostly when we were younger, but occasionally when a movie night got out of hand we stayed at each other’s houses now and again. I saw her walk to Izzie’s side of the bed to wake her up. I just shook my head and pointed my head at the door. “Brian what is wrong? I told Izzie we would do some mother-daughter stuff today”. “She broke up with Chris last night, I picked her up. She was really upset, she cried for hours and only fell asleep at 5 am.” Her mom looked at me worried. “I’ll let her sleep then. Do you know what happened?” I shrugged, I knew enough, but I wasn’t going to share that with her mom. If Izzie wanted to tell her, she had to do that herself. I didn’t know how much she wanted her mother to know. Izzie’s mom went back downstairs, telling me she would bake pancakes for when Izzie woke up and I went back into Izzie’s room, getting into bed with her again. I quickly felt my eyes falling shut and went back to sleep, I had stayed up with her the whole night, I was exhausted.

Izzie’s POV
It has been three weeks since I broke up with Chris. I haven’t seen him anymore. Not even at school. Brian didn’t leave my side when I was at school. We drove to school together and in between classes he was waiting for me to take me to my next class and when school was finished he drove me home. After school we hung out with the two of us, or with Katie and, or Jimmy. Yes, I finally got to meet Jimmy. I liked him a lot, we became friends, but Brian was the glue which held us together. I had a lot of fun with Jimmy, he made me smile and I really needed that right now. School was almost over and my departure was only a two months away. Brian and Jimmy were planning a party ever since my breakup with Chris. They said they wanted to do something nice for me and it might have helped that it was Brian´s 18th birthday soon.

That “something nice” they wanted to do, started with me meeting Jimmy. It was a few days after “that night” and Brian told Jimmy to come over. I was still a mess and wasn’t really up for meeting new people, but Brian insisted. Jimmy wouldn’t mind he said. So when I heard a knock on my door I just opened it with a small smile on my face, trying to at least look friendly. On our porch stood this tall guy with a big smile on his face. “You must be Ismay. I see Brian was holding back essential information! You look beautiful, he just told me you were his best friend for like forever. He must have totally forgotten that other guys would find you amazing. He probably doesn´t tell you enough, right?” I looked at him surprised, he sounded so sincere. But not in a “I’m hitting on you” kind of manner, he was just being really nice. “Can I hug you?” And before I could even answer he already wrapped his long arms around me and hold me like I was his life buoy. Brian called from the living room “Jimmy, stop hovering, just come in”

After that we just hung out, a lot. When Brian was on a date with Katie, Jimmy would stay with me and watch movies. I never had to be alone.

The guys planned all these other things to do. It was like they made this action plan to show me how fun life could be. In the second week they took me to a carnival, Katie came along too. We did all the rides and Brian and Jimmy were competing who could win us girls the biggest stuffed animals. Jimmy won and I had to carry this enormous bear back home. Katie laughed at me carrying the bear, because it was almost bigger than me. Katie turned out to be a great friend by the way. She called me the day after the break up to ask how the date went. Brian picked up my phone and 20 minutes after the hushed conversation between them had ended she came over with chocolate and DVD’s of Donnie Brasco and The Devil’s Own. “Nothing better than Johnny and Brad!”. Brian got out of the room quickly and let me and Katie have some girl time. It was nice to have her around too.

The pain from the break up with Chris started to fade a little, mainly because I got something really great out of it. New friends. We would have the best summer, just the 4 of us, yes, the 4 of us. I didn’t think Brian was going to let me dump Katie. He saw her a lot and they looked totally lovey dovey when they didn’t think I noticed them. They were thinking about my feelings all the time. But I was happy for them. I loved seeing Brian this blissful.

In the past three weeks we’ve done a lot of things, besides the carnival. We hung out at the beach, we went to see a movie, ate a lot of pizza and in the meantime there was finishing school. But the piece the résistance of the Jimmy-Brian funtime, would be this big party they were organizing at Jimmy’s house in a week. In the meantime, we would just be hanging out, making plans.

Katie and I were making a list of everything we needed, except for the booze. That would be Brian and Jimmy’s job. The boys would pick us up in 20 minutes to do the shopping. Tomorrow the party was finally happening. Tonight was the night that it was the 4 week anniversary of the breakup and we were going to have a little pre party just the four of us. But first we had to do some shopping. “They are here” Katie said with a smile on her face.

We drove to the store, and got two shopping carts. Jimmy put me in his and Katie was already in Brian’s. We raced the first isle and of course Jimmy and I won. Then we started to load the carts with everything we thought we needed for the party. Soon there was no room for us anymore inside the carts. As soon as we turned the corner of the snack isle, my heart stopped. Shit, there he was... Chris. I haven’t seen him since that one night, but he could still make my heart stop. Everybody stopped talking and laughing and I felt Brian move close to me. Chris looked up and saw us standing there, he looked at me with a little smile “Hi”. Before I knew what was happening, Brian jumped from behind me and punched Chris his face. “Brian! Stop it!” I yelled at him. Jimmy was looking at me. “Jimmy, do something.” Jimmy got to Brian and took him of Chris, but not before he pushed Chris to the ground. “ You ass!” I heard him say softly. Chris didn’t know how fast he had to get out of the store.

We finished shopping, but the fun we had was totally gone. I didn’t talk to Brian for the rest of the shopping trip. I didn’t know what to say. I loved him for sticking up for me, but I really didn’t want him to kick Chris’ass. It felt so strange to see Chris again. Mostly because I didn’t really feel anything. I’ve gone numb I guess, or maybe I was already getting over him. I really hoped it was the latter..... Jimmy pulled me against his body as we walked to the car, while Katie was whispering to Brian. She seemed a little mad at him too. “Are you okay Izzie?” I heard Jimmy ask. “Yeah, I think so. I just wish Brian didn’t do that.” Jimmy looked at me “You know that’s just who he is. He loves you like that.” I held back and waited for Brian. Katie gave me a small stroke on my shoulder as she walked by me to catch up with Jimmy. “I’m sorry okay, I just can’t stand his face. He hurt you so bad” Brian said. I just nodded and leaned against his body. “It’s allright Bri, I would do the same for you. Now let’s get a pizza, and watch some lame movies and tomorrow.... “ “....tomorrow we party” Brian finished my sentence.

Notes

I know some pretty great stuff will be coming out in the morning, so I decided to post the new chapter now. Hope you enjoy it!

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