A few days later I ended up going to the hospital because my appendix ruptured. My mom insisted it was because of stress, which she guessed was the stress of me having to pick between Izzie and Evan, since she saw Izzie and I's forehead promise. Which she might have been right about. Whatever I felt for Izzie constantly made me confused and made my stomach hurt.
Soon, Izzie came over to hang out. See knocks on my bedroom door, and she looks beautiful. Her hair is up in a messy bun, and she's wearing a black t-shirt that accentuates her curves. She has a chain necklace on with baggy yellow sweatpants that look so cute. "Thank god. I'm so bored." I say. She laughs. I'm laying in my bed, covered in blankets, playing on my phone. I can't run for a few weeks because of my appendix getting taken out. "You look pathetic." She says, as she walks over, smiling. "I brought twizzlers." She drops them on my bedside table. "You brought me your favorite candy?" I ask. "You're welcome." She replies. "Scooch." She tells me. I move over in my bed, giving her enough room to slide in. I feel her warmth as she scoots in next to me. She pulls the blanket over to her, letting it cover both of us. "Your bed is so cozy and warm." She says, laughing. "It's all the farting I've been doing." I joke. "You're so gross." She says, and we both laugh. "You didn't know that?" Evan asks, as he walks in. For some reason I get a little sad that he showed up. I kind of wanted it to be just Izzie and I, but whatever. I smile as he walks in. "Evan." Izzie says with an obvious fake smile. "No more appendix?" He asks. "It's all gone. I miss it." I say with a frown. "I'm sorry." He walks over to us, and kisses me. I feel Izzie tense up next to me before Evan and I break apart. "Maybe I should go." Izzie says, as she starts to get up. "No. Stay. I need my loved ones around me, we don't know how much time I have left." Evan laughs, and Izzie lays back down. "I got you this." Evan hands me a little stuffed sheep with an angry face. "A sheep?" I ask. "Yeah. It's a little weird, but there's a story behind-" "Super weird." Izzie cuts in. "Look at it, it's angry." I laugh. "It is so angry. Put it away." Izzie jokes, and puts it on the bedside table. I pull out my laptop. "Get in." I pat the seat next to me on the bed for Evan to lay in. He lays down, and I give him some of the blanket. I pull up Netflix on my laptop. "Okay guys, what do we got?" I ask, as I scroll through Netflix. Soon we find a movie.
Before I know it, Izzie and Evan are asleep on both sides of me. I'm not able to fall asleep again. Izzie and Evan are both pressed up against me, and I can't help but look between them. I love Evan so much, but I still don't know what my thoughts are about Izzie. It's so confusing. I take a deep breath before I get up. I go to the bathroom and stay there for a while, not wanting either of them around. It's too confusing. Once I walk out, I see Izzie sitting on my bed, and Evan is gone. Izzie looks up from her phone when she hears me approach her. "Where's Evan?" I ask, wondering why he left in the middle of the night. "I don't know." She replies.
I find Evan downstairs, about to walk out the front door. I start to talk to him. "Why are you leaving?" I ask. "I thought I'd let you get some sleep." I nod. "You don't have to leave." I say. "You never even told me about the story behind the stuffed sheep." I tell him. "The sheep that you hate?" He asks. "I don't hate it." "It's not about the sheep, Casey. I don't know what's been going on with you. You haven't been yourself lately." He tells me. I feel tears threaten to fall. I know I've been acting weird. But I can't tell him it's because I might have feelings for Izzie and I'm confused about everything. "I know." I say. He walks a little closer, noticing me getting upset. "I just feel like everything is so good in my life right now and I don't want to do something to mess it up." I say, partly telling him the truth. He wipes the tears off of my face. "That's so dumb." He jokes. I laugh. "Remember when we first got together, and people were telling you all kinds of rumors about why I got kicked out of school?" He asks. I nod. "Remember the rumor that I ate a live sheep?" "I haven't seen conclusive evidence that that's not true." We laugh. "Well, I got you the sheep to tell you that no matter what you've done, even if you ate a live sheep, I'll always love you." He says. I give him a hug. "Thank you." I tell him. I give him a kiss before he leaves. Would he still love me if he know about Izzie?
Evan leaves, after I promise him I'll sleep over at his house next weekend. I walk back upstairs to Izzie. "Everything okay?" She asks, as I enter. "Yeah. He just had to get home." She nods, and smiles. "I'm going to sleep over at Evan's next weekend, do you think you can cover for me?" I ask. I notice her smile slightly drop. "Um, yeah." She says hesitantly. "Cool." I reply. I know talking about Evan makes her uncomfortable, but I need whatever is going on with her to stop. Maybe this is the only way.