Hi guys! Sorry for the long gap between posts!

This fic is the sequal to History Repeated, so if you haven't yet read that one you probably should :).

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Making History Every Day – Part 1: You Can't Chose Your Family

Alex Ryan had never been one to believe in fate, but now that he had Tess in his arms, he was beginning to.

He stared down into the beautiful pools of her eyes, moving a loose strand of hair out of the way. She was so beautiful.

He felt her sigh against him as they moved around the room to the slow music.

"Happy?" Alex whispered against her ear tenderly.

"Very," Was her soft answer, "Especially now that you're not stepping on my feet every five seconds."

She felt his chest rise and fall as his laughter filled the room. For someone who had a champion ballroom dancer in the family, Alex was shocking at the waltz.

But they had stopped waltzing a few songs ago, and taken to just moving to the music and enjoying being in the others arms.

He dipped her suddenly, "What say we go and practice some horizontal dancing upstairs instead?"

Tess smiled as her hand came to his cheek, "Two more songs"

"I'll massage those poor feet of yours," He grinned widely.

Tess looked away laughing. His offer was very tempting! But she had to resist for now, "I need to make sure that this isn't a fluke and that your skills here are as good as the ones you display upstairs"

"Two more songs then," Alex repeated, pulling Tess upright again. He kissed her passionately before they resumed their dancing.

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They had gone back to the waltz, and it had been wonderful – Alex hadn't made one wrong move.

As the CD came to an end they paused, both glowing with happiness.

"I think we've got it!" Alex laughed happily at his progress.

Tess threw her arms around him, laughing.

Pulling away, she gazed up into his warm eyes, "I love you, Alex"

Alex cocked his head to the side as his hands rested around her figure, "And I love ya back."

Tess sighed. She was deliriously happy, "I can't believe we're getting married in a month, Alex… if someone had told me that this is how things were going to turn out, I would've asked what drugs they were on."

Alex laughed and pulled her into his arms. Truth be known, he would've done exactly the same thing if he was in that situation. Alex had always imagined Tess ending up with Nick.

He pulled away and looked into her beautiful face. About to speak, he was interrupted.

Both turned at the sound of someone clearing their throat.

Tess' face fell as she saw Nick standing in the doorway. "I don't believe this! What are you doing here, Nick?"

She felt Alex' arm wrap around her waist in an effort to calm her.

"My big brother's getting married," Was all he said.

Tess shook her head frantically, "No, you weren't invited."

"I didn't think I needed to be"

Tess shook her head in frustration. She'd worked so hard to get over all the pain Nick had caused her, and build a life with Alex. And now he was back to demolish what she had built for a second time.

"Just stay away from us" She warned before pulling out of Alex's hold and flying up the stairs. She couldn't handle being in the same room as Nick any longer.

As Alex glared at his brother, the slam of the bedroom door boomed through the otherwise quiet house.

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Tess could hear Alex bellowing from their room, grilling Nick for information, throwing threats into the mix.

She wanted to block it out. It was only a few minutes ago that she was on cloud nine... now she felt like she had sunken to the bottom of the earth.

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"Look, Nick," Alex tried to calm down, and stop with the yelling, "You're my brother, and unfortunately I can't do a thing about that. But I can stop you from turning up to this wedding."

Nick shook his head. Alex wasn't even giving him an inch.

"Would you just hop back on the plane to Argentina? Or at least bugger off to Killarney. I don't want to see you round here again, nick," Alex stated before heading upstairs to his fiancé.

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"Is he gone?" Tess asked as Alex came through the door.

"Yep," Alex answered as he sat down on the bed beside her, "Reckons he came back to make amends. Complete horse dung if you ask me. The only reason he's back is to stop the wedding."

"He won't will he?" Tess looked into Alex's eyes for reassurance. She suddenly felt so vulnerable.

Sensing her uncertainty, he took Tess into his arms and planted a gentle kiss on the top of her head. He loved her too much to lose her.

"I won't let him," Alex whispered tenderly.