Now and Forever novel 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.

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.