Always There For You - Chapter 16

The big Chapter, and anonymous, I definitely won't comment in the middle of the story anymore. Didn't know it ruined the effect, sorry. Good to know you guys don't mind me skipping a few months. Happy New year people and enjoy.
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Skipping from January to June

Xander grinned as an old lady passed and gave them strange looks, so what, let them look! Flo and him were lying down on blanket in the park. It was summer and surprisingly the sun had come out, it was hot!. Flo was wearing a red skirt, white tank top and flip-flops, Xander was wearing some knee-high black shorts and white Nikes, his polo in his back pocket.

Flo was practically cackling as Xander tickled her, her face bright red and tears streaming down her face. Xander grinned and laughed along with her, it was a funny sight.

"OKAY, OKAY, I GIVE UP, YOU'RE THE KING OF COOL PEOPLE!" Flo screeched and Xander gave her a triumphant grin and sat up straight.

"See, i told you i could persuade you" he laughed. Flo sat up and wiped the tears off her face, she then playfully punched Xander.
"I hate you!"
"Then why you marrying me?" he retorted.

Flo smiled and lay back down.
"Because you're gorgeous, that's the only reason"
Xander leaned over her and raised his hands, shaped like claws.
"Really?" he whispered.
Flo moved away, "No!" she giggled.

Xander lay down next to her and picked up her hand. She gripped his and closed her eyes.
"Now leave me alone, I want to try to get a tan before the sun does a disappearing act" she straightened out her body.

Xander moved onto his side, leaning on his elbow and looked at her. He was doing well, he could go days now without thinking about Amelia, but the thoughts would never quite disappear. They were floating around in his head, waiting for a particular moment to bother him. They weren't bothering him now. Now he was thinking about the girl he was going to marry in less than a month, July the Twenty-first.

He was studying her face, flushed from playing around. Her hair was pulled up into a high ponytail and her lips were slightly pulled up at the corners. He smiled, she was so pretty. His eyes traveled down her face and stopped at her neck.

His smile disappeared, and he sat up. He moved closer and peered at her neck, was he imagining things or could he see a hickey on her neck?

He looked at the blanket and could see a small smudge, he wasn't an expert but he knew it was cover-up concealer. His brow furrowed, why did she have a hickey? He hadn't given her one. He grabbed the bottle of water beside his leg and unscrewed the lid, he took a gulp and then turned it upside down on Flo's neck.

She gasped and jumped up.
"XANDER,WHAT THE FUCK?!" she screamed, Xander shrugged.
"Sorry, it slipped, here let me help you" he stood up and pulled his shirt out his back-pocket.

Flo stood still while Xander dried her neck, he rubbed especially hard at the hickey and Flo winced.
"Sorry, you had a bit of dirt there" he said.

He stood back and stared at her neck, she frowned.
"What, what's wro-" her mouth dropped as she remembered what was on the right side of her neck- the hickeys, shit!

Xander's face was angry, he stepped towards Flo.

"Why,no, what are those?!" he whispered. Flo looked him in the eyes, she wasn't going down without trying.
"From my old boyfriend, I try to cover them up, they're a bit conspicuous." she said, almost sheepishly.
Xander shook his head.
"You...you said that you dumped your boyfriend in November, that's months ago, shouldn't they have healed up by now?" his voice was accusing now. Flo was surprised.

"Well, no they wouldn't because...he um...sucked pretty hard?" it was almost a question. Xander wasn't convinced, he stepped forward again.

"Who, gave you those and when, I want the truth not any of you bullshit!" he said in an even voice.
Flo sighed and her shoulders slumped in defeat, her fight was over. She looked away for a minute and took a deep breath, she looked at Xander.

"They're from, Jamal," Xander's bit his lip and his fist's clenched.
"he uh, done them in um, January" she whispered.

Xander's mouth moved but no words came out. Then he stepped back as he thought of something.

"Before, or after, I proposed to you" he said through gritted teeth.
"Before" But Xander did not relax. Instead he shook his head and his face screamed 'OUTRAGE'.

Flo tried to touch his shoulder but he flinched and moved away.
"Don't touch me, please, just go away" he whispered and he turned around and ran.

Flo watched his retreating back and when he was no longer in her vision she sighed and sat down. "Damn! So close..." she whispered. The wedding's definitely off, he's not gonna want to marry me now she thought.

*XANDER'S POV*

I'm not the best runner in the world but I felt like running to the edge of the flipping world. I stopped when I got to the bus-stop by Flo's cafe. I was feeling upset, but not devastated like you'd think. I think the reason's because I never really loved Flo, she was just a distraction. But it still hurt knowing that she'd cheated on me.

I punched the bus-stop bench and stood up, I'd just walk home. There was so many things to do, call everyone and tell them the wedding's canceled and go see Amelia.

I started thinking about Amelia on the way home, with nothing to distract me, it was hard not to.

I thought about her smile, I hadn't seen it in so long, being busy with the wedding planning. I hadn't see her at all in like two months.

I walked past my house and went straight to Amelia's, I knew she was in, her car was there. I knocked on the door, a minute passed, I knocked again, half-a-minute passed. I bent down and shouted through the letter-box; "Amelia, it's Xander, open up!".

Amelia opened the door. I took her in, her eyes were a little sleep-deprived and her face was pale but apart from that she looked as gorgeous as ever.

She grinned and invited me in, I smiled back and we went upstairs to her room. She sat down on the bed and I sat down next to her.

"God, it's been like, two months" she said, I nodded.
"I know, just been so busy with the wedding..." I trailed off, that reminded me of what I came to say.
Amelia must have seen the reluctance on my face because she tilted my chin up with one her slim fingers.
"What?"
"Flo's been, cheating on me with Jamal, the wedding's off" I whispered. Amelia gasped and stared at me.
"Seriously?" she asked, I nodded. "Wow".

*AMELIA'S POV*

I was feeling slightly happy, he wasn't being taken away from me anymore, and he didn't even look upset much. I leaned over and hugged him, he hugged me back and I felt a little jolt of electricity go down my spine.

Thing was, my hope was back up. Last night I had a dream and it was so vivid it could only be real, only thing is I couldn't remember that happen.

See what I dreamt of was this:

Xander, Sam, Timmy, Alex and me were in a club. Sam, Timmy and Alex were dancing with some other guys but me and Xander were sitting down at the bar.

We had a few drinks and we were talking and then all of a sudden Xander smiled at me.
"I love you Amelia" he said and then I started laughing like an idiot, I even fell off the stool. While I was cackling, Xander was standing over me with hurt all over his face.
Then as I stopped laughing he picked me up by my arms and kissed me. I just stood there like a statue and when he let me go I just stared at him.

"Wha...?" I whispered and Xander shook his head.
"I wasn't joking Ames" he said.

Then i seemed to understand because I practically jumped him and tried to kiss him but he pushed me away.
"You're drunk Ames, I know you don't love me back, so don't kiss me, you'll only regret it tomorrow" he said then he stormed out the club and left me sitting at the bar like a loner.

My dream finished there.

I must have been smiling like a loon because when I stopped day-dreaming Xander was staring at me. I smiled and moved closer to him.
"Xander, I know it's not really the best time but, I need to ask you something" he looked questionably at me and then nodded.

"Last night I had a dream, you were in it and some other of our friends too. We were in a club and um, we had a few drinks and we were just talking. Then you said that, that you loved me" I wasn't looking at him as I said this, I was looking at the quilt.

I felt his hand on my chin and he pulled my head up, i tried not to look into his eyes, but there was no point because I never could resist looking into those deep pools of ice-blue. I looked and he was smiling, I relaxed a little bit. If he's smiling he can't be about to shout at me.

"You remember that huh?" he asked, I nodded.
"I've only remembered it once, just last night"
He looked into my eyes.

"I did say that I loved you, and I meant it too" I looked at him surprised.
"But you, don't know right?" I whispered.
He shook his head and smiled at me.

He leaned forward and pressed his lips to mine, I responded quickly, our lips were moving in sync. It was amazing, like he was scared he'd never get another chance and he was making the most of it. He pulled away for air and grinned at me.

"Does that answer your question Ames?" I smiled and nodded.
"I have been wanting to do that for like...EVER!" I exclaimed.
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HOORAY AND CELEBRATIONS!
They're together, finally!
Are you happy? I hope you are, it took me like an hour and a half to write. But cuz I love you guys I'm not complaining.
Please comment, please! Also it's not the end yet.