Take Two: A second chance romance

Chapter 1: Alexis

I’m standing on the sidewalk, looking in the window of the coffee shop, where my fiancé told me to meet him. We have been together for 5 years and engaged for 2 years. He asked me to meet him, after I sent him a text asking to meet up as I had something important to tell him. All to find him kissing my bully, my tormentor, the bane of my existence, Angie Holbrook.

She has her arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer to her. My heart shatters into a million pieces as tears stream down my face. The doctors report I had with me stating that I was pregnant, crushes in my hand. So many thoughts and scenarios are running through my head, wondering if the last 5 years have been a lie. Has he cheated on me the whole time? Has it started recently? Who approached who first?

As I was turning around to leave, I got a message. I grab my phone from my pocket and see that it is from an unknown number. I unlocked my phone and opened the message. What I see breaks my heart even more than watching Jayden kiss Angie. I have been sent photos of Jay and Angie in bed. Jay is asleep with Angie lying on his chest, smiling at the camera. There are many photos. I threw my phone back in my bag and looked at the coffee shop once more, only to see Angie looking at me with a smirk on her face. Not being able to take anymore, I turned again and ran away. I can’t believe he lied to me. He said he loved me, and I was his whole world. I keep running till I get back home to the house I grew up in where my two brothers and my sister live.

Since our parents passed away when I was 16 years old, Jax, my oldest brother at 25, but was twenty-one at the time, did everything he could to make sure we stayed together. He was working full time at Breaker’s auto shop in town when they passed away. Mom and Dad had already paid off the house by then, so we were lucky to be able to stay there, and that the court allowed Jax to raise me, my twin brother Aaron and our 17-year-old sister Jessa-Leigh.

As I reach the front yard, I notice that my brothers are home as there is a Harley and a Mustang in the driveway. As I get to the steps of the porch, the front door opens and standing there is Jax, a look of concern on his face. I get up the steps and throw myself into my brother's arms and let the tears fall freely now. Jax puts his arm around my shoulders and leads me inside to the lounge room and gently puts me on the couch before he walks towards the kitchen. A few moments later, he is back with a mug of peppermint tea for me. I thank him softly as I take a careful sip, so I don’t burn my mouth. After a few minutes of silence and me still crying on my brother's shoulder, he finally asks.

“What’s wrong, Lex? Who am I going to have to hunt down and kill for hurting my little sister?”

This makes me cry more as, remembering what I witnessed and what I needed to tell Jayden, tears my heart apart again. I can’t help but think what I did so f*****g wrong for him to cheat on me. Was I neglecting him? Wasn’t I good enough for him? Was this all a joke to see how long he could string me along? I keep spiraling until Jax is hugging me, telling me that whatever is wrong he is here for me. Once I settle enough to be able to talk, I start explaining to him what happened.

“I messaged Jayden, I wanted to meet up with him today as I needed to see him. He said he was at the coffee shop, and I could meet him there. So, I headed over.”

I stop for a few seconds to gather myself, so I don’t burst into tears again.

“What I wasn’t expecting was seeing my fiancée sitting in the window of the coffee shop at a table oblivious to everything around him, kissing Angie f*****g Holbrook. Then, before I ran, I was sent photos of him and her lying together in bed. Instead of going in and confronting them about it, I ran home instead. I ran all the way here. I don’t know what to do Jax. I needed to talk to him, and instead I found him cheating on me. Why did he do this?” I asked, crying.

Jax hugs me tighter as he tries to help console me. I can feel his body shaking from rage at what Jayden had done to me. Jax is best friends with Jayden’s older brother, Micah. Jax had always thought Jayden wouldn’t treat me so horribly. I know I only saw them kiss, but that doesn’t mean that he hasn’t been sneaking behind my back.

“I want to leave town; I can’t stay here. I needed to see Jayden today as I had just been to the doctors. I haven’t been feeling well for a few weeks, so I went to get it checked out. I’m 10 weeks pregnant Jax.”

I felt Jax tense when I said that, but what I hadn’t noticed was my twin brother had been standing there the whole time and had heard everything I said.

“I’m seriously going to kill the fucker.” Aaron snaps.

I jolted up from Jax’s shoulder to see my twin livid.

“Aaron, I know you’re angry, just let it go please. I know you feel like you need to defend me, but this time, I’m asking you not to. I am going to leave town, and then I won’t have to be around the asshole anymore. I can’t be around him anymore. I will keep in contact, I promise. I just have to find somewhere to go first,” I pleaded.