Now and Forever novel Chapter 22

Alexander parked the car in front of the jet and we all filed out.

I could tell Audrey was still mad because she immediately got out of the car and onto the jet.

I was about to get out of the car but Alexander put his hand on my thigh, stopping my movements.

Electricity ran through my whole body, just by him touching that spot.

"What?" I asked, relieved that my voice didn't betray me.

"Wait."

"Wait for-" he sent me a look that immediately shut me up.

We waited for Bethany and Alexis to get out of the car until he removed his hand from my body.

"We still have to share a room when we get back."

"What? Why?"

"Like I said before, my sisters and Bethany are going to get suspicious as to why we aren't sharing a room."

"Fine." I said and got out of the car.

Like before, Audrey had her earphones in and her head on the window, her gaze directed to something outside.

Alexander went and sat down at a seat and surprise surprise, Bethany took the seat opposite of him while Alexis took the seat next to her.

Audrey sat on the other side of the aisle, listening to music from her earphones.

I put my handbag down on the seat next to Alexander and went to sit next to Audrey.

She didn't even bother looking up but I know she knew I was sitting there.

"Hi, good evening this is your pilot..." he said then the seatbelt sign came on.

I was still looking at Audrey when I heard Alexander's voice.

"Are you ok?"

"No, I'm not very good with flying." Bethany's annoying voice came next.

I looked over at them and Bethany had a disturbed look on her face.

I just rolled my eyes and looked back at Audrey.

"Audrey." I called out while touching her arm lightly.

She looked at me then went back to looking outside.

The jet was moving backwards, out of the parking space.

"Audrey, I'm really sorry." I said as rubbed her arm in a circular motion.

She moved her head off the window and took out the earphones.

"I'm really sorry Audrey."

"I'm not mad at you Amelia. I'm just mad at the fact that you might be right. Maybe Alexis does have a reason why she's being bitchy, I just wish she could tell me the reason." She said the last part as she fell back into the chair.

"I know, but she'll come round, okay?" I said while rubbing circles on her arm.

We talked a while until the plane settled in the air and I went back to my seat.

Alexis looked over at Audrey then at me and stood up and took a seat next to her.

I looked over at Bethany and this was the first time a saw everyone's outfits.

I was wearing light grey sweatpants, a matching sweatshirt and white sneakers. I let my hair fall down my shoulders and put clear lipgloss for makeup.

Bethany was wearing denim shorts that were shorter than usual, a white crop top that stopped just under her bra and white heeled sneakers. Her hair was curled at the bottom and her face was caked up with makeup.

Alexander was wearing a black polo shirt, black denim jeans and black sneakers.

Audrey was wearing the same thing as me except her clothes were black and so were her sneakers. She tied her hair up in a messy bun and used lipgloss and eyeliner.

Alexis was wearing blue denim jeans, a black top and white sneakers. She had curled her hair at the bottom and just used eyeliner, lipstick and blush.

Alexander, as usual, was working.

"Don't you ever get tired of working?" I asked as I put my head on the headrest.

"No." He said without even looking up.

I just sighed and looked for my tablet and earphones.

As I was putting in my password for Netflix, Alexander put his hand on my forearm.

"Wha-" I was cut off by him nodding in a direction.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion but anyways looked. The view in front of me was utterly beautiful.

Alexis and Audrey were laughing! Together!

I looked back at Alexander and he was looking at me with a raised eyebrow.

"How did you do that?"

"Do what?" I asked with furrowed eyebrows.

"That." He said, using his chin to point at them.

"I didn't do anything." I said as I shrugged and put in the password for my Netflix.

***

"Xander..."

Ok that's it. I've had enough 'Xander this, Xander that'.

I didn't even listen to the rest of Bethany's sentence because I stood up and went to sit with Audrey and Alexis.

"Had enough 'Xander this, Xander that' ?" Audrey said as I took a seat opposite of her.

"You read my mind." I said as I flopped back in the seat.

Audrey and Alexis giggled and I soon joined in.

"We should have a girls day out one time when everyone's free." Alexis suggested when our laughter had died down.

"Yeah, we can also invite my sister and best friend." I also put in.

"It will be so much fun." Alexis said them squealed afterwards.

"But we'll not invite Bethany." Audrey said as she leaned back into her seat.

"Definitely." Alexis and I said at the same time.

We all laughed, not giggled, but laughed at ourselves.

"Would you quiet down! Xander is trying to do his work." Bethany exclaimed from across the aisle.

"Ok that's it." Audrey muttered under her breath, but it was loud enough for Alexis and I to hear.

"Shut up Bethany! You don't even know what work Alex is doing!" Audrey clapped back.

"Sure I do! It's it's... umm"

"Statistics and finance." I blurted out by mistake.

"That- that's not fair! It's because you two are dating!" Bethany shouted.

"And when exactly do you plan on getting that into your thick skull and stop trying to get Alex's attention?" Audrey said, a faint smirk playing on her lips.

Bethany turned a bright red due to anger and I swear I could see steam coming out of her ears like in the cartoons.

I looked over at Alexander and saw him still typing away on his laptop.

Must be used to these things, huh?

"A-"

"That's enough Bethany." He said even without looking up from his laptop.

Audrey stuck her tongue out at Bethany then snickered.

Bethany huffed then got up and walked to the direction of the bathroom.

I looked over to the girls then saluted and walked back to my seat.

"Aren't you tired? You've been working for four hours now." I said as I took off my sweatshirt and remained in my white tank top the stopped just under my bellybutton.

He looked up at me then went back to doing his work.

As I was preparing my chair for sleep, Bethany came back from the bathroom, all changed and ready for bed, more like a strip club. *cue eye roll*

She was wearing the tiniest of shorts (and here I was complaining about the ones Isabella had gotten for me *scoff*) and a crop top that looked more of a bra than a shirt. She had tied her hair up in a 'messy' bun, which in real life looked like she took a lot of time to perfect it.

She sat down on her chair and crossed her legs, pretending to be 'reading' a magazine but was actually waiting for Alexander to say something on her outfit.

When she realized he didn't, she flopped back in her chair and huffed out in annoyance.

I just rolled my eyes and faced away from the both of them and went to sleep.