Now and Forever

Chapter 43

"Listen here- I want those documents printed and- I don't care if it's Saturday tomorrow!" Alexander

yelled into the phone.

How I wouldn't like to be the person on the other side of the phone call..

I knocked and pushed the door a little bit wider because it was already ajar.

"They better be here before." He said through gritted teeth then slammed the phone down and ran a

hand through his hair, tugging at it in anger.

"Everything okay?" I asked with caution because boy did he look mad..

"Mm-hm." He grunted then proceeded to type something on his laptop- violently if I may add.

"Are you sure..?" I walked up to him slowly incase he decided to suddenly direct his anger to me.

"Mm-hm." He hummed in response and unbuttoned the third button of his shirt with one hand then

continued typing.

Not gonna lie- that was hot..

"Okay, um well.. do you maybe want to come to bed? It getting pretty late." Oh who am I kidding, it's

already late- I mean, 2 am??

You're probably wondering why I'm up at 2 am? That my friend, is a question you don't need to ask

yourself each time I say I'm up at an odd hour because (drumroll please).. I'm hungry. Yes, I'm hungry.

Pregnancy right? **cue eye roll**

"Sure- I'll come when I'm done." That's what you said 2 hours ago..

"Mm-hm, okay. Goodnight then, again." I muttered under my breath but luckily didn't get heard and left

the room, closing the door behind me.

Welp, time to get something to eat..

"I can't believe it." I whispered to no one in particular.

"I cannot freakin' believe it!" I said a little louder and continued rummaging through the freezer for ice

cream- vanilla to be specific.

"No no no no.." I slammed the door closed and slid down to the floor, my vision getting blurry with un

shed tears.

I'm over exaggerating and I know it.

"Amelia?" Someone called but I didn't bother looking up because I knew who it was.

"What- why are you crying?" His sentence took another direction when I looked up and a tear had

rolled down my cheek.

"There's.. there's no more ice cream." I said and burst into tears. You heard -more like read- that right, I

cried- actual tears streaming down my face because there was no more ice cream.

My sudden outburst must have taken him by surprise because of the way he widened his eyes and

took a step back.

"You're crying because there's no more ice cream?" He asked and I nodded then hugged my knees,

tears still streaming down my face.

He raised an eyebrow and tilted his head to the side, probably wondering how something so small can

make me cry.

You can either trust me on this one or not, but I swear to god it's the pregnancy hormones!

"Well then, let's go get some." He suggested.

"Re.. really?" I asked between a hiccup.

"Sure." He walked up to me and held out his hand for me to take.

"Okay!" I immediately stopped crying and placed my hand in his then got pulled up with ease.

"Well then what are you waiting for? let's go!" I pulled him out of the kitchen and up the stairs by his

hand, my tears long forgotten.

I quickly threw on some dark grey sweatpants to replace my pink fluffy pajama pants, a matching

hoodie over my tank top and wore my brown Ugg Boots.

The car ride to the closest grocery store to the house was at least a 20 minute drive and it was filled

with silence- a comfortable silence at that.

"Wait- didn't you have work?" The memory of him being to busy to even answer my questions in

sentences suddenly crossed my mind in the last few minutes of the drive.

"I did." He answered, eyes still on the road, one arm on the steering wheel and the other lightly

drumming on the gear shift.

"And..?" I pushed because the answer I got wasn't enough.

"And.. I needed a little air and space." Not gonna lie, but I was surprised he even said that because a.

Alexander never and I mean never needs 'space' or 'a little air' away from work and b. He's never

explained himself to me.

So, is that a good thing? Or bad?

"You-"

"We're here." He cut me off and pulled into a parking spot the the engine of the car and buttoned up of

his shirt, leaving the top two open.

Only now did I notice he was still in his work clothes- black slacks, dress shoes and white shirt which

was surprisingly not wrinkled even after a long day of work.

He stepped out of the car and threw on his black trench coat- me doing the same with my fluffy winter

jacket.

The walk to the grocery store was short but excruciatingly cold and I sighed in relief as soon as we

entered.

"Vanilla.. vanilla.. vanilla- aha!" I mentally patted my self on the back and bent down to grab a tub of ice

cream and put it in the basket Alexander had offered to hold.

"Is that enough?" He asked, examining the freezer filled with different flavors of ice cream.

"Ye- no, let me get another one- or two, do you think two is too much?" Here comes the

indecisiveness..

"I.. I don't know?" Alexander said then looked back at me.

"I'm just gonna go with two.." I muttered and picked another two tubs of ice cream and put them in the

basket.

"Is that all?" He asked when we started walking back to the cashier.

"Ye- oh wait!" I stopped abruptly, making Alexander walk straight into me- luckily nothing tragic

happened like me tripping over nothing.

"What is it?" He asked in irritation.

"A spoon." I said then turned around to look at him.

"What do you need a spoon for? There's plenty back at home." He looked at me like I had finally lost

my mind.

"That's why we're getting a plastic one." I explained in a 'duh' tone.

"You still haven't answered why you need the spoon."

"I can't exactly use anything else to eat my ice cream now can I?" I crossed my arms and raised my

eyebrows.

"You can't wait till we get back?" He sighed and ran a hand down his face.

"No." I stated firmly then turned around and started looking for the aisle the plastic spoons are in.

***

"You're going back to work?"I asked and furrowed my eyebrows when I noticed Alexander opening the

door to his study.

"I have something to finish up real quick."

"Okay.." I sighed, "goodnight I guess." I mumbled and turned around to walk away, Alexander going

back into his study.

***

"GOOD MORNING SLEEPY HEADS!" Someone shouted and drew open the curtains- luckily the sun

wasn't there due to the heavily falling snow outside.

"Get out.." Alexander groaned and pulled the covers over his head.

When did he come to bed?

"No! Now get up!" I finally pinpointed the voice to Audrey when she came into view.

"What are you doing here so early anyways?" I whined and sat up.

"Early? It's 10 am!"

"And?" I yawned out and tried to rub the sleep out of my eyes.

"And?! You have to wake up!" She exclaimed and pulled the covers off the bed, exposing a shirtless

Alexander- correction, a very hot looking Alexander.

[Iv'e decided to give Alexander more tattoos if that okay! If not- please let me know!]4

"Audrey.." he groaned and put his hands over his eyes, making the tattoos on his chest and torso more

visible.

He had a quote on his rib that I couldn't quite read because it wasn't in English- maybe Italian?- that

was three lines long, he had another one of a flock of birds flying upwards in between his left peck and

shoulder -they were 4 or 5 birds.

"Don't 'Audrey' me, now get up!"

"What for?" He sighed and sat up then rested his elbows on his knees, rubbing his sleep deprived

eyes.

Only now could I see Chinese letters going down his back- probably a saying or something.

"For the ski trip of course!"

"And what ski trip is that Audrey?" Alexander asked.

"The one I told you guys about last month!" Audrey looked in between us with horror filled eyes.

Alexander and I both looked at each other then back at Audrey simultaneously.

"You didn't-"

"Yes I did! And you know what?!" Audrey cut me off and I swear I could see steam blowing out of her

ears..

"Wha-"

"We are going for this trip-"

"But-"

"No buts! I did not plan for two whole months just for you guys to-"

"Audrey-"

"No! Now get up and start packing!" She screamed then stormed out of the room, not forgetting to slam

the door shut behind her.

"Pack enough clothes for the week!" She screamed through the door.

"Well that was... something.." I said after a few seconds of processing what just happened.

"Yeah.. Audrey can be pretty scary when she wants to." Alexander said then rubbed his face and ran a

hand through his messy hair.

"What time did you come to bed by the way?" I tried to oh so casually ask and crawled off the bed,

flinching when my feet touched the cold hardwood floor.

"5 am." He answered like it was normal for people to go to bed at that time. "Why?" He asked and

mimicked my actions only he got his phone and typed in something.

"No reason.. apart from the fact you said you said you were going to finish up something 'real quick'." I

mumbled the last bit but he heard it. Like he usually does- I really need to work on my mumbling..

He looked up from his phone and raised an eyebrow, causing me to widen my eyes and face to heat

up.

"Missed me now did we?" He smirked and put his phone back on the table.

"No I didn't." I said and crossed my arms. Thank god I didn't stutter.

"Mm-hm, sure." He said and walked to the bathroom.

"I didn't!" I shouted when he had closed the door.

"Whatever!" He shouted back.

I groaned and fell back onto the bed, my face still hot with embarrassment.

Might as well get to packing..

I hummed to myself as I folded and neatly stacked my clothes in a suitcase, leaving enough space for Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

my toiletries.

As I stood up to get my shoes, Alexander walked in- towel hanging dangerously low on his hips and his

wet hair dripping on his chest and shoulders.

I was paralyzed. I could not move a muscle.

He walked over to his side of the closet and started scrolling through his clothes, humming a tune to

himself.

His back muscles contracting with every movement of his arms.

"Enjoying the show back there?" I swear to his I could hear the smirk in his voice when he asked that

question.

"Y- no, I'm not." My face heated up when the thought of me finishing the first word came to thought.

"Well then," he turned around to face me, "you better leave before it gets interesting." He crossed his

arms and smirked when my eyes widened.

I scrambled to my feet and walked out of the closet, not forgetting to grab the clothes I was going to

wear after my shower.

"Oh my god oh my god oh my god.." I chanted as I undressed.

"He didn't mean that, did he?" I asked and looked at myself in the mirror.

"He didn't, it was just a joke." I assured myself and stepped into the shower.

***

"Okay so this is the plan: Amelia and Alexander go with the bags-"

"Wait, why do we have to go with the luggage?" I interrupted Audrey.

"Because Isabella, Alexis and I are going-"

"What about me?" I could see Alexis and Audrey visibly freeze at the sound of Tony's voice.

"Tony?" Audrey turned around and when she saw it was indeed Tony, she ran and jumped into his

awaiting arms.

They're that close? Huh.

"Change of plans! Isabella is driving with me!" Alexis stood up and literally ran out of the house and into

one on the awaiting cars outside.

"Okay..?" Bella furrowed her eyebrows and followed Alexis.

"Come on then, let's go." Alexander said and grabbed the car keys for the Tahoe Chevy SUV.

"Right behind you."

***

"We can't go any further in this weather." Alexander said and pulled up at the side of the road.

It's been a long three hours since we left the house and lodge Audrey booked is a six hour drive from

Manhattan.

Why so far you may ask? It's apparently the best in all of New York [this is a made up place, I don't

really know New York all that well] and Audrey wanted all of us to go there.

It was snowing heavily and the road had started getting slippery about 20 minutes ago. Alexander

switched off the engine but left the heat running and unbuckled his seatbelt.

"Wait, where are you going?" I asked when his hand was in the door handle.

"I'm just going to tell everyone to wait out the storm." He raised an eyebrow and when I gave him a

slight nod he opened the door and stepped out.

After a few minutes, the door opened and in came a snow coated Alexander. He took his jacket off a

shook it to remove the snow before he closed the door and tossed it in the backseat.

"How long do you think we have to wait?" I asked while taking off my shoes and put my sock clad feet

on the dashboard then reclined my seat to make myself more comfortable.

"Maybe one, one and a half hours or so?" He said while drumming his fingers on the steering wheel.

Might as well get something to do to kill some time..

I grabbed my bag from the back and fished out for my book when something fell out. Just as I was

about to bend down to pick it up Alexander beat me to it a held it up.

My eyes widened to the size of saucers and my face got hot when I saw what he was holding up.

"What do we have here?" He asked and raised an eyebrow, amusement taking over his facial features.

All I could do was look at the small black piece of clothing in his hand in horror.

"I swear to god I didn't pack that!" I said and looked back at him.

"Is it yours?" He asked and raised both of his eyebrows, a smirk that was clearly evident resting on his

lips.

"Well- yes but I didn't pack it!"

"Do you ever wear it?" Is he trying to make the situation worse?!

"No and I've never worn it ever!" I blurted out.

"Then why do you have it if you don't wear it?" Amusement could be clearly heard in his voice.

"I.. I.. I don't know! Maybe because I don't have anyone to wear it for?!" My hands both flew straight to

my mouth after I blurted that out.

"Oh?" He must have been as surprised as I was and I took that as an opportunity and snatched the

lingerie out of his hand and stuffed it back into my bag.

Oh how I'm going to kill Bella..