Two weeks had passed by, since Belle has woke up from a coma, and today she's finally discharged from the hospital. While she was packing her clothes, there was a knock at her door.
"You can come in, Nic. I'm already finished packing." Belle answered to the knock at her door. Instead of Nic, Alex came to her room.
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Belle. But it's not Nic, it's me who came to take you home." Alex said from the door's entrance. Belle turned around after hearing his voice. He looked so good in those jeans and a white t-shirt. When her eyes scanned him from the bottom to his face, she met his forest green eyes that she always loved. He had a smile on his face while looking at her.
"Do you like what me, Belle?" Alex joked with her, and Belle felt her cheeks became red from feeling embarrassed knowing that he noticed she was scanning him.
"Yea, I'm ready Alex. I mean, I'm ready to leave this hospital." Belle felt more red than she was. What's wrong with you, Belle? Get a hold of yourself. You know that he never going to see you more than a friend. She thought to herself and left the hospital together with him.
Their way to her house was awkward. They didn't say even one word all the way.
"How was your arm, Belle?" Alex broke the silence that had been for the past twenty minutes of driving.
"Better. The doctor said it healed very good." She said to him, "what about your shot wound? Is it healed?" Belle was worried about him ever since he got in front of the bullet that meant for her. Why did he have to do that? Why did he say that he loved me and then left me at the hospital?
"I'm fine, Belle. Don't worry. I've healed very good." Alex sight and looked at Belle when they stopped at the red stop.
"I'm going to let Nic and Gabie live as a happy couple, especially now that she's pregnant with a baby. Don't won't her to be stressed because of me. I want for them to be happy." Alex told Belle his decision regards Nic and Gabie. Belle had a smile. She was happy that Alex finally gave them the blessing that they needed so much from him.
"I hope Nic proposes to Gabie before her pregnancy becomes difficult for her to move. That way they'll be able to travel a bit, don't you agree, Belle?" Alex asked Belle with a smile on his lips, knowing that Belle was also happy.
"I'm sure my cousin will propose soon. If not, I'll make him do it!" They both laughed at what Belle had just said.
An hour later, they finally reached Belle's house. Alex felt nervous been with Belle alone at the car in front of her house. He knows that it's not the first time that he came here, but it felt different this time.
"We have arrived, Belle." Alex said to Belle
"I can see that. Thanks for bringing me home from the hospital. I'll see you around, right?" Belle asked Alex while she was getting out of the car. Alex saw Belle was getting out, and he got out and help her with the bag.
"Let me help you, Belle. You shouldn't hold something heavy yet." Alex went to her side and grabbed her bag, but he grabbed her hand. They looked at each other and then saw that Alex was holding her hand. Her heart beggar to beat fast when she felt Alex's hand on top of her hand.
"Thank you, Alex. You don't have to do something that you don't want." Belle told him and tried to remove his hand from hers, but Alex grabbed it harder.
"Can I come in, Belle? I want to talk about something with you. And I really want to do that." Alex told her. Belle nodded her head and then went to her house while holding hands. She felt so happy that Alex was holding her hand, but she thought maybe he did it with every woman. She finally released her hand from his and opened the front door.
"Come in, Alex," she said to him and took the bag from him up the stairs to her room. "You can sit on the couch. I'll be down any minute now." Belle told him while she was going up the stairs, but stopped at the middle when she heard his words,
"I'm in love with you, Belle. I know you won't believe me after what you had to go through because of me, but I've been in love with you ever since I saw you planting roses with your late mom in the garden. You were ten back then. At first it was just a puppy love, but as you grow up to be a beautiful woman, I couldn't take my eyes off of you. That was the reason that I always tried to get those men off you back. I didn't want anyone to touch what was mine." Alex stopped talking when he saw Belle on the stairs with tears running down her beautiful face. He went up by skipping two to reach her.
"Don't cry, my love, I told that because I can't keep it inside anymore. When I told you I love you after taking that bullet for you, I meant it. I love you Isabelle Moyer, and I would always love you." Alex kissed her up the stairs like he meant it with his heart out to her. He always wanted to kiss those lips that called him. Belle, at first, was in shock, but she responded to his kissing and hugged him hard. She was afraid that it was a dream and she'll wake up in any minute now. Alex kissed her hard, licking her lips. Belle opened her lips. He got his tongue out to explore her lips and inside her mouth, Belle deepen the kiss also and a sound came out of her lips.
They had to separate for a breath, and Belle that she had to hold Alex because her legs felt like jelly after that kiss. She looked into his eyes and saw the passion that he had for her. His eyes sparked at just looking at her. So she knew. He really loved her, not as a friend, but as a woman.
"I love you too, Alex. I've been in love with you since I was fifteen. I never thought that I'll love someone like I love you." Belle smiled at Alex. He hugged her tight, never letting her go. Belle laughed at his action. "Let me put this bag in my room. I'll be down in a second." She gave him a small kiss and ran up the stairs. Upon arriving at her room, she tried to calm her heart. She couldn't believe that it had finally happened. They both kissed like never and confessed their love for each other.