I finally came out of my room. My parents were sitting on my couch, with my little baby in my mother's arms.

Mom -

"Izzy, I told you to get some rest."

Izzy -

"I'm not getting rest," I whispered. "I'm getting dressed." Ben came out from behind me. "I'm getting married at the courthouse."

Dad -

"What!?" Her mother frowned.

Mom -

"I don't think it's a good idea."

Izzy -

"Ben wants to see how far we can go," I shrugged. "So do I."

Dad -

"So, you two..."

Izzy -

"We bet," I smiled. "He says love is real," I crossed my arms as I looked over at him. "I said prove it. Whoever wins, goes to Disney."

Mom -

"So, he's trying...to...make you fall in love?" She nodded. "Izzy...didn't we raise you right?"

Izzy -

"Oh yah ma, stick a book in my face everyday!" She rolled her eyes at me.

Mom -

"Your a smart woman now, get over it."

Izzy -

"Woman? Is that how you see me now?" I gave an innocent face. She glared at me.

Mom -

"More like an child," I corrected myself.

Izzy -

"Outch ma," I sighed. We went to the courthouse. We got married. Ben won the bet. I lost. He took our little baby, and he brought her to the park, while I stayed home, and slept.

Four months later ~

Mom -

I slowly went into Izzy's room. She looks so peaceful when she sleeps. "Izzy," I whispered. She didn't wake up still. I crawled into bed because it looked comfortable.

Izzy -

I woke up, to eyes staring at me. I screamed and pushed and fell off the bed.

Mom -

"Honey, I tried waking you up in a more gentle way," I sighed.

Izzy -

"Mom!" I gathered the blankets, and made sure she couldn't see me naked. "Ben and I just had sex before he left to Disney land!" Her eyes twitched. She immediately got off that bed. I got up.

Mom -

"You two are disgusting!"

Izzy -

"No! We didn't have a proper honeymoon!"

Mom -

"So you did it, in your house!?"

Izzy -

"Yes! Where else am I supposed too do it!?"

Mom -

"Well...me and your father always went to an abandoned park, but that was when he was more romantic."

Izzy -

I looked down at myself. Romantic? What am I feeling right now? Is it because I know I'm no longer a single woman? Love is strange, and who knows...maybe he ran off with my baby.

Ben -

I knocked on the door to are room. "So, am I sleeping on the floor again?" She was surprised to see me there, she started crying. Her mother was confused. I smiled. "You thought I'd run."

Izzy -

"Did not you...bastard."

Ben -

"Yes, you did."

Mom -

She rubbed her eyes like a little kid. Izzy will overcome her struggles, she may have done a lot of crazy things, but, I love her.

Izzy -

Ma smiled at me, then, she slowly came up to me, and gave me her first hug.

Mom -

"You did good," she became a broken mess after I said that.

Izzy -

"That's good," I whispered. "Because I have something to tell you..."

Mom -

"What's that?"

Izzy -

"I'm pregnant."

Mom -

"You know, you always bloom in the spring," I whispered. "You always seemed, happiest."

Izzy -

"Where the flowers bloom," I whispered back. "I realized that, a flower can grow, but it needs time, and love. The flower needs to spread its roots," I looked over at my little baby. She and Ben were playing with abc blocks. "I made mine, and I grew fast."

Mom -

"That you did...your father is still a stubborn man...and refuses to come over..." I laughed a little.

Izzy -

"Last time he got puked on by Sky, I don't blame him."

Mom -

I kissed her forehead. "Well, my little flower, your journey ahead, is going to be rough," I winked at her. "Every flower dies in the fall, so, if you start loosing your petals, but you still have roots, it's okay."

Izzy -

"You mean, petals, as in...hair?"

Mom -

"Sure."






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