Now and Forever

Chapter 44

"Finally." I threw myself on the bed and groaned.

After a long two hours of waiting for it to stop snowing and another three hours of driving here, who

wouldn't be tired?

"I'm gonna go shower." Alexander said and made his way to the bathroom.

I guess some people weren't tired..

"Mmhm." I hummed in response even though I know he wouldn't hear me.

After a few seconds of sweet glory, I took off my shoes and crawled under the covers, even more

pleasure washing over my body.

"Just a few minutes.." I whispered to no one in particular.

Even I knew that was a lie..

***

"What're you doing?" I sat up and yawned, trying to rub sleep out of my eyes.

Alexander -who was sitting at the edge of the bed in the dark and staring into nothingness quickly

turned to me.

"Nothing, go back to bed." He whispered and put his feet up on the bed.

"What time is it?" I looked over at my phone flinched when the level of brightness was really high.

"What're you doing up at 2 am?"

"Amelia.." he said in a warning tone but that didn't shut me up like it usually does, "Alexander, what's

going on?" I asked and crossed my arms.

"Nothing-"

"Then why were you sitting in the dark- at two am at that?"

"Amelia.."

"Fine,"I huffed and lied back down, my back faced to him, "never mind then." I mumbled and pulled the

covers over my shoulders.

Am I being dramatic..? Yes. Do I care? No.

"Goodnight." He said and sighed when I didn't reply. There was some shuffling here and there before

everything got quiet then I remembered why I'd even woken up in the first place.

I needed to pee.

Why is peeing at night even a thing?? I mean, why?? It's so.. irrelevant..

I sighed and stood up, wobbling a little bit before I caught my balance and dragged myself to the

bathroom.

Something's different.. I thought as I looked at myself in the mirror while washing my hands.

Something- oh. My. God.

It then hit me. My clothes- at least the shorts were mine.

"Who changed me?" I tried to ask as calmly as I possibly could.

"I did."

Woahhhhhh! Hold on! What?!

Alexander P.O.V

**a few hours earlier**

Knock knock

"Hi," A very tired looking Isabella greeted from the hallway, "is Amelia up?"

"No she isn't, did you need something? I could-"

"No don't worry, can you please give these to her when she wakes up?" She asked and held up a

cylindrical plastic container.

"Uhh.. sure." I said and took it from her hand.

"Goodnight."

"Night." I closed the door and locked it behind me.

I put the container on Amelia's side of the bed and looked over at her -tugging and pulling her clothes

in her sleep.

Is she comfortable? I furrowed my eyebrows at what I remember her wearing: a grey long sleeve free

falling dress that ended just above her knees, a pair of black leggings and black boots that I could see

were on the floor at the bottom of the bed.

It'd be weird- but she doesn't like sleeping in tight clothes- it'd be awkward- she isn't comfortable- she'll

be mad at you- better than leaving her to spend the night like that..

I walked over to her suitcase and unzipped it, searching through her stuff made me feel really bad so I

grabbed the closest piece of clothing: a pair of pajama shorts.

I grabbed a navy blue shirt from my bag and made my way over to her.

"Okay.. where to start.." this is going to be harder than I thought..

A after a few minutes of fidgeting here and there I finally got the dress off and now she was just lying

there in her bra, not having a clue as to what was going on around her.

The sight of her like this brought flashbacks of that night (yes THAT night) to my mind.

I remember leaving a trail of kisses down her beautiful, beautiful body.

I remember touching and caressing every single part- okay! Focus!

I pulled the shirt over her head and put her arms through after.

Now. Pants. Here goes nothing..

As I pulled her pants down -sounds wrong, I know..- even more flashbacks popped into my head.

How her legs wrapped around my- focus!!!

I pulled the leggings off and immediately slipped the shorts on before anymore (I wouldn't say

unwanted.. but you get what I mean!) memories flooded my mind.

I was shaken out of my thoughts when my phone suddenly started ringing from the other side of the

bed.

Who could be calling at 10 pm?

Unknown number.. Huh, "hello?"

"Hi there Xan Xan, missed me?" An awfully familiar voice rang through the phone.

"What do you want?" I asked through gritted teeth, my fingers slowly curling into a fist due to the

amount of anger that had filled me in a matter of seconds.

"Isn't it already obvious-"

"Get to the point." She laughed obnoxiously for a good one minute before finally answering, "you."

No. This cannot be happening.

Amelia POV

"What?" I spoke my mind.

"I changed you." Alexander sat up and leaned against the headboard of the bed.

"But.. but.." I stuttered as my face slowly started heating up at the thought of being (half!) naked in front

of Alexander.

Like you've never- Shut up!

"Why?"

"Because you were sleeping?"

"Yeah I know but why change me?" I asked and crossed my arms.

"You didn't look too comfortable and and you were tired so I helped." Was it sweet? Yes. Was it totally

uncalled for? Yes. Am I complaining? No.

I switched the bathroom light off and climbed back into bed, Alexander watching my every move.

I lied down, my back faced to him because I was still 'mad' at him (I'm not sure if I can stay mad at him

after what he did..)

"I got an unexpected phone call." I'm listening..

"From who?" I asked, still not facing him.

"Someone I'd really rather forget.." he trailed off like he wanted to tell me- but didn't want to tell me at

the same time.

I didn't push him to go on, instead, I gently tugged on his arm to get his attention and when I did, I

pulled him down to lie down on my chest.

We were both quiet as I ran my fingers through his hair, twirling the curls around my finger.

Who could possibly have called him?

***

"Where're you going?" Alexander asked in a sleepy voice and when he realized what he said he

immediately sat up and asked again but with more energy, "where're you going?"

"Shh.. I'm not going anywhere." I whispered and and stroked his hair until he lied back down and

closed his eyes.

I swear to god if I have to pee one more time...

I climbed back into bed and Alexander immediately latched onto me like I'd been gone for such a long

time.

"Please.. please don't ever leave me.. Amelia.." he mumbled.

"I won't." I whispered after a few seconds of processing what he'd just said and continued running my

fingers through his hair like I'd been doing the past three hours.

"Thank you." He said and held me even tighter.

Is he aware of what he's saying? If so, would he just pretend he didn't say anything at all or will he do

the complete opposite tomorrow?

***

Knock knock

"Room service!" Someone shouted from the other side if the door.

"Just a second!" I shouted back and walked over to the door after wrapping a shawl around my waist,

"Good morning ma'am." A woman in greeted when I opened the door.

"Morning.." I looked down at her name tag, "Grace." I smiled and opened the door wider.

She smiled back and wheeled the food cart in.

"Who is.. it?" Alexander walked out of the bathroom wearing only his plaid pajama pants. "Uh.. This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

morning?" He walked over to the bed and sat down.

"Morning s.. sir." She greeted back, her eyes never leaving his torso- how disrespectful.. to Alexander

of course!

Funny thing is, it bothered me more that it should have- it shouldn't have bothered me at all!

"Uhh.. Grace?"

"Huh? Oh yeah! I'm so so sorry!" Never in my life have seen someone run as fast as Grace ran out of

the room.

"What was that?"

"What was what?" I played dumb and avoided eye contact.

He stood up and walked over to where I was standing by the door. "You," he put both his hands on my

waist, taking me by surprise- the good kind of surprise! "Were," he whispered in my ear, his breath

tickling my ear and making me giggle, "totally," he slipped his hands under my shirt and started drawing

swirls on the bare skin of my waist -which made me cross my legs (if you know you know!) "jealous."

This made me stop laughing almost immediately.

"W.. what? N.. no I wasn't." Stupid wobbly voice..

"Oh yeah?" He stopped all he was doing and stepped away from me, my body immediately feeling

cold.

"Mm-hm." I hummed and crossed my arms because I couldn't trust my voice.

"Okay.." he smirked and walked back to where he was sitting.

"You don't believe me?"

"Not. One. Bit."

"I-"

"Go on a date with me?" What?

"Pardon?" Did he say what I think he said??

"Will you go on a date with me?" Oh my god he did!

I froze. He just raised an eyebrow. My mind was empty. I didn't know what to say. Should I say yes?

Should I say no? I need to go over the pros and cons-

"First tell me, do you remember what you said to me last night?" I asked out of no where and walked

over and sat down next to him.

Might as well get the answers to my questions...

"No..?"

"Oh.." disappointment and sadness washed over my body.

"Hey," he put a finger under my chin and made me look up at him, "I remember perfectly what I said

last night." He whispered and smiled.

"Really?" He nodded his head yes.

"I remember saying and I quote: 'please.. please don't ever leave me.. Amelia..'" he whispered the

exact same words he had said last night into my ear.

"So.. ?"

"I would love to."

***

"Did you have morning sickness today?" Bella asked as she helped put pins to keep my hair in place.

"Yeah but it was late in the morning at around nine- ten ish." I answered as I compared two different

shades of lipstick.

"Good. Did you take your vitamins?"

"After breakfast."

"Good. Did you-"

"Yes I drank lots of water to avoid the heartburn." I cut her off and continued comparing the different

lipstick shades with each other.

"And.. done." Bella said and sighed in relief when she'd finally got my hair under control.

"Wow Bella.. it really looks good." I praised as I looked at the hairstyle she'd done: a high puff with

make do bangs falling over my forehead. It was simple but stylish- just how I liked it.

"I know.." she smirked as she looked at it through the mirror as well, "we still have things to do now

chop chop!"

"Uhh.. no we don't." I said and stood up.

"I know I just wanted to say that." Bella giggled and took my place in the chair.

Knock knock

"Holy shit Bella he's here!"

"Amelia, calm down. Now, put on your shoes and get your ass to the door."

"How do I look?" I asked as I fixed my dress.

"You look amazing! Now go!"

I was wearing a burgundy off the shoulder skater dress. It had an elastic neckline, short sleeves, a

form-fitting bodice that flattered my curves and had a super cute skater skirt with a high-low hem.

I matched the dress with open-toe sleek block heels (thank god my toes were painted!) and a black

clutch that only held my phone, lipstick and blush just incase I needed to 'touch up' my make up as

Bella had put it earlier on.

"Okay wish me luck!"

"Remember, no-"

"Raw meat or fish, I got it!"

I opened the door just as Alexander was going to knock again and froze when he scanned every single

inch of my body.

When he did it again and again, I looked down to see if there was anything that looked out of place and

when there wasn't, I looked back up to an amused looking Alexander.

"What?" I asked and looked back down to see if there was any spilt make up or anything on my dress.

"Nothing." He said and smirked.

"Then why're you looking at me funny?" I furrowed my eyebrows and closed the door.

"I just think you look really beautiful." He smiled (yes smiled -not smirked but smiled!) and held out his

hand.

"Thank you," I said and bit down on my lip to stop myself from exploding with happiness, "you don't

look to bad yourself." I added on and took his hand.

"I'll just pretend you said I look hot," he said, making me scoff and roll my eyes, "shall we?"

"We shall."

**3 hours later**

"You didn't.." I gasped and slapped my hand onto my mouth.

"Oh yes we did.."

"And you guys just left her there??"

"Mm-hm." Alexander replied and pushed open our bedroom door.

"Wasn't she like.. nine at the time??"

"She said she wanted to swim with the dolphins so.. we let her swim with the dolphins." He stood on

the side and let me walk in first.

"Poor Audrey.. you guys were evil." I narrowed my eyes at him but ended up giggling.

"Hey, in our defense we were thirteen." He closed the door and put in the lock.

"Thirteen or not, that was mean of you guys- what? Why're you looking at me like that?" I took off my

shoes and sat down on the bed.

"Did you have fun tonight?" He asked and walked closer.

"Hmm.." I pretended to think, "no, I actually didn't." I said and shrugged.

"Is that so?"

"Yep sorry." I said and stood up, "you'll get me next time though." I sighed dramatically.

"Oh? Does that mean they'll be a next time?" He smirked and raised an eyebrow.

"Maybe." I replied (flirtatiously if I may add) and made a beeline to that bathroom.

***

It turns out this 'Ski Trip' wasn't a Ski Trip after all. It was just a and I quote: "a relaxing getaway from

work and the city" as Audrey had put it and we "were free to do whatever we wanted as long as it

wasn't work" (I wouldn't have gone skiing even if we did come here to actually ski- I'm lazy like that..)

Today's the day we go back home -I'm excited not gonna lie, but I'm scared Alexander would go back

to his cold, distant self like he did after the Hawaii trip.

We had another date yesterday but instead of going out to dinner like we did for the first, we decided to

stay in and watch a movie marathon that lasted all night. It hurts so much as to even think about him

just forgetting everything that happened during this trip.

"Okay I got another one umm.. would you rather get stranded in the ocean or in the jungle?"

"That one's easy. Jungle." Alexander answered, his eyes never leaving the road.

"Why jungle?" I stared at him and took a sip from my water.

"Because it'll be easier to survive in the jungle."

"What?! No it wouldn't!"

"What're you talking about? Of course it would." He gave me a side glance and looked back to the

road.

"You'd have a better chance at survival in the ocean."

"There're sharks in the ocean- and oh, let's not forget about drowning."

"And the jungle's that much safer?"

"Well.. yeah, it is."

"How-" Alexander's phone suddenly started ringing, cutting me off.

"Could you get that for me?" He asked handed me his phone.

"Sure." I took it from his hand and slid the 'answer call' button.

"Hello?"

"Who's this?" A female voice angrily asked from the other end of the line.

"Amelia.. who's this?" Only now did I notice the caller ID was an unknown number.

"Just tell Xan Xan Jessica called." And then the line went dead.

Jessica? Why does that name sound awfully familiar?

"Who was it?" Alexander asked when I had put the phone back down.

"Uhh.. a Jessica." His jaw clenched. His hands tightened the steering wheel. His eyebrows furrowed.

His nose flared.

He was angry.

And I knew better than to ask questions.