Now and Forever

Chapter 20

To say I felt relaxed, would be the understatement of the year.

Audrey and I had gone to the spa, we got body massages, pedicures, manicures and even went to the

salon. Audrey curled her hair and I straightened mine, even though I knew it was going to go back to its

curly form after a bath.

I painted my nails white with glitter on three out of five fingers. Audrey painted her nails a pinkish

peach-ish color.

"Oh by the way, I'm going back to America with you guys and will be staying there for two weeks."

Audrey said as she opened the front door.

"Does Alexander know about that?" I asked as I walked through the door.

"No, but can you please ask him for me?"

"Why don't you ask him?"

"He won't say yes to me, but since your his fiancée, I'm sure he'll say yes to you."

"And what makes you think that?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. Contentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDrâ/ma.O(r)g!

She just shrugged and continued talking, "I just think he'll say yes to you."

"Ok, I'll try, but I'm not making promises, okay?" I said as I opened my bedroom door.

"Thank you thank you thank you!" She said as she gave me a huge hug.

"You're welcome." I giggled as I hugged her back.

"You're the best sister in the world!" She said and the world froze.

Down the hall was the one and only...

Alexis freaking Knight!

She threw me a hard glare as she stormed towards us.

Audrey stopped hugging me and turned to Alexis, her hands on her sides.

"What did you just say?" Alexis asked through gritted teeth.

"I just said the Amelia was the best sister in the world." Audrey said as she crossed her hands.

Is this girl and idiot?! Does she seriously want to get me killed, by her own sister?

"Take that back." Alexis said as a glare was fixated on me.

"How about..." Audrey said as she pretended to think, her finger tapping her chin as she looked up.

"No?" She completed her sentence.

I thought Alexis was going to break her jaw from the way she was gritting her teeth.

"You!" She said jabbing a finger in my direction.

"This is all your fault!" She screamed.

"Me? How is this my fault?" I stared at her with my eyes wide.

"If you hadn't come into our lives, this wouldn't have been happening!"

"I-"

"Stop it Alexis!" Audrey interrupted me.

"This! This is why I said Amelia was the best sister! It's because of you! You always go ahead and

blame people for your mistakes! If you had been the best big sister I could have had when I was

growing up, I would say that you are the best sister." She stopped and took a breath.

"But no! It always had to be about you! Your mistakes, your own mistakes Alexis, were blamed on

innocent people who got in trouble! And not just any kind of trouble Alexis, like going to jail trouble!

Remember Tony? Sweet and innocent Tony Alexis. Yeah, that's why you're not the best sister and

never will be. I'll see you later Amelia." And with that she walked away, anger radiating off of her.

I looked over at Alexis and saw her tear glazed eyes. She looked at me, this is the first time she's

looking at me without glaring.

"Come here sweetheart, I'm sure she doesn't mean it." I said as I pulled her towards me.

I pushed the door open and walked in, Alexis in my arms.

I sat down on the bed and pulled her head into my chest and the waterworks opened.

"She- She ha- hates mm- me, A- Amelia." She said as she removed her head off my chest.

"Shh, it's ok, she doesn't hate you, she's just hurt." I cooed as I put her head back on my chest.

"Ho- how do you kn- know that?" She said as she sniffled.

"I just know, but she doesn't hate you, you're her older sister, she loves you."

"But she sa- said that you're her best sister."

"I know sweetie, but doesn't change the fact that you're her sister, she still loves you."

She chuckled humorously and asked the question I was trying to dodge.

"Why are you doing this? I thought you'd hate me with all I've been doing this past month."

"I don't know, honestly. I don't hate you, though I highly disagree with what you've done the past

month."

"How come? I mean, if it was someone else, they would have exploded by now."

She ended with a chuckle at the end of her sentence.

I chuckled along with her.

"I'm sorry you know, for everything I've done."

"It's ok, I forgive you."

"Do you know why I did that to you?" She asked as she sat up.

I nodded my head no and she continued.

"It's because I don't want Alexander to get hurt again." She said as she played with her fingers.

"Did he get hurt by Bethany?" I asked, curiosity taking over me.

"No, it wasn't her, it was someone before her. After her, he never wanted to even look in the direction of

a woman."

"Then how come he dated Bethany?"

"He just used her as a date to some very important gala and she started telling people that they were

dating."

"Why didn't Alexander say something?"

"He did, but he gave up because Bethany wasn't having any of it. So the media only took Bethany's

side of the story and that's how they supposedly started 'dating'." She ended with an eye roll at the end.

"So Alexander took the chance of Bethany 'cheating' on him and he 'broke up' with her." I put the

puzzle pieces together.

"Is that why he wasn't hurt when he found them?" I asked.

"He's the one that even set it up. The guy that slept with Bethany? Yeah, It was someone he hired."

She chuckled at the end.

"Why didn't you tell Bethany?" I asked.

"Because she's a bitch? She kind of- no, she deserved it." She said, looking me straight in the eyes.

"I don't get it, isn't she like, your best friend?" I said as I stared at her wide eyed.

"Best friend? Psh, more like female dog." She said as she went back to playing with her fingers.

"Then why do you hang out with her?"

"She's blackmailing me so that she can get 'closer' to Alexander."

"So let me get this straight, you, don't like Bethany?" I asked with raised eyebrows.

"I hate her. When she and Alexander 'broke up' she ran to me for help to get closer to him." And again,

roll eye at the end.

We were in a comfortable silence for a while until I asked the question that was on my mind.

"Can you tell me about the woman who broke Alexander's heart?"

"No can do sweetheart, if he hasn't told you, it's not my place to tell you, it's not my secret to tell." She

said as she stood up.

"All I can tell you is her name, Jessica Bryant."

"Can't you tell me anything-"

I was cut off by the door opening. Alexis and I turned towards the door and in came Alexander.

"By Amelia, see ya later!" Alexis exclaimed and scrambled out of the room.

Before I could say anything else, the door shut with a loud thud.

I turned towards Alexander who had raised a perfectly shaped eyebrow.

I was about to scramble out of the room but my escape was blocked by a wall named Alexander.

I tried to side step him but he wasn't having any of it.

"Can you please move?" I said in defeat.

"No."

"What?! Why not?!" I said as I looked up at him.

"Because I said so."

"What do you mean-"

"You know what I mean Amelia. Now, what was that all about?"

"Alexis and I were just talking." I said with a shrug at the end.

"What were you talking about?"

"Nothing, just... girl stuff." I said as I looked around, anywhere, but him.

"Then why did she run out when I came in if you were just talking about 'girl stuff'?"

"We didn't want you to know what girl stuff we were talking about. We could have been talking about

periods for all you know."

His nose crinkled up in disgust, he actually looked adorable.

"Exactly, now if you would move aside, I have somewhere to be." I said as I side stepped him and

walked out of the door.

Phew, that was close.