Now and Forever novel Chapter 41

"Bella are you crazy?! Of course I'm not going to do that!"

"Come on Amelia! Don't be such a buzzkill!"

"Bella, it's negative freakin' 16 degrees and oh- if you haven't forgotten; it's January! Literally the coldest month of the year!"

"We'll only be out for less than three seconds!" Oh this girl..

"I don't know if you haven't noticed, but I'm pregnant and I can't afford to do reckless stuff such as making snow angels in a storm!" My eyes widened and motioned to the layers of white that covered everything in the backyard including the pool.

"You only found out you were pregnant today and you're acting like you've known about it the whole two months!"

"Doesn't make me any less pregnant!" I crossed my arms and put my weight on one leg.

"But we'll only be outside-"

"What're you going to do outside?" Someone interrupted Bella and we both looked behind me only to see Tony leaning against the kitchen door frame.

"To make snow angels." Bella answered like she was proud of what just came out of her mouth or something making me roll my eyes and sigh.

"Cool!" He replied and walked over to us.

"I know right! But someone thinks it's too reckless and cold."

"Well that's because it is Bella!" I said and threw my arms up in agitation.

"I'm up for it if you are." Unbelievable... "Really?!" Bella asked and grinned wide.

"Mm-hm, let's do this!" And with that said, they both zoomed out of the patio door, a gush of cold wind entering when they didn't close the door behind them.

"You didn't even go out with your jackets and gloves!" I screamed after them but closed the door when the cold had become unbearable.

The both lied down in the snow clad grass and moved their arms up and down and their legs side; making snow angels and laughing hysterically.

"Children." I breathed out and put the kettle on, preparing something warm for them when they come back in.

"Th.. tha.. that w.. wa.. was f.. fu.. fun.. nn." Bella's teeth chattered when they came in and sat down, grabbing their mugs to warm their hands.

"I.. I kn.. know r.. ri.. right.. tt." Tony smiled (or at least tried to) and wrapped a blanket around his shoulders, Bella doing the same thing.

"You guys are idiots." I rolled my eyes and added up the heat on thermostat.

"Fun idiots." Tony said and the both of them high fived. "What? That doesn't make sense in the least bit." I rolled my eyes again and shook my head when the snickered.

"Whatever you say Amelia, you're just jealous I'm going to replace you with Tony." Bella said and feigned seriousness but failed miserably because she ended up smiling.

"Yeah Amelia, you're just jealous I'm going to end up taking your place." Tony said, agreeing with Bella.

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes playfully and smiled. "Now hurry up before your drinks get cold."

***

"Okay bye!"

"See ya!" Bella yelled back and got into her car.

"So.." Tony drawled out and followed me to the kitchen.

"So?"

"Your night?" He asked which made me even more confused.

"My night? What about my night?" I asked and put the dirty dishes in the sink.

"I'm talking about you and Alexander of course!" Okay, is he trying to make me even more confused because if he is, it's working pretty well...

"What about me and Alexander?" I asked but continued my work if de clattering the kitchen.

"Ugh! Goodness Amelia! Did you two break the ice with some hot make up sex?!" Pardon? Did he just say what I think he said?

"The fuck?! Of course not! We didn't even share the same bed, let alone the same bedroom! Jesus Tony! Where did you even get that idea from?"

"Well Alexander said he was going to- oh..." his facial expression changed like something had just dawned on him.

"He was being-"

"Sarcastic?" I finished off for him and continued wiping down the counters.

"Oh how I'm going to..." I didn't hear the rest of his sentence because he was out of the kitchen and walking down the hall before I could even count to three.

"Tony!" I called out.

"Yeah?!"

"If you're looking for him, he already went to work!"

"But it's just 7 am, why would he go so early?" He asked when he walked back into the kitchen.

"I don't know," I shrugged, "probably avoiding me?" I said and pushed back the tears? Why the hell do I want to cry?! I bet it's the pregnancy hormones!

"Just give him sometime and he'll get over it, okay?" Tony said, trying to comfort me. It worked (just a little bit though).

1 hour later...

"Bella? What- are you okay?" There on the porch, stood Bella- a crying Bella to be exact.

"He.. h.." *hiccup*

"Who?"

"That fucking bastard son of a bitch asshole Mark slept with that slut next door!" Never in my life have I heard so many bad words used in the same sentence... but other than that, that bastard did what now?!

"You know what? Let me grab my keys and we can talk about this at Rosie's diner."

"Rosie's diner? But that's like two hours away from here, how did you even know about it?"

"It doesn't matter! Let's go- wait! Tony!" I called out.

"Yeah?!" He replied.

"I'm leaving and won't be back till later! There's food and snacks in the kitchen if you get hungry!"

"Okay- wait! Where are you going?!"

"I'll be back!" I shouted back, "come on, let's go Bella."

***

"Now I know why you wanted to drive all the way this side," Bella said and took another sip from her mug, "their hot chocolate is heavenly."

"I know right? So tell me, what exactly happened?" As soon as I asked this, her eyes glossed over with unshed tears again.

"Oh Bella I'm so sor-"

"No, no it's okay," she smiled weakly and wiped a tear that escaped from her eye, it really did ache my heart to see her in this condition.

"So.." she started off, "when I got home and through the door-" her voice cracked, making me reach out and give her hand a small squeeze, "there was giggling coming from the bedroom and I knew it sounded awfully familiar...

"I pressed my ear against the door only to hear the giggling again so I," she cleared her throat, "I pushed open the door and and-"

"It's okay Bella, you don't have to go on." I smiled reassuringly and gave her hand a light squeeze.

"You know what?" I asked.