Chapter 2
"So we're going to Aspen?" Ally asked for the third time she was trying process everything that Ana and Christian had planned.
"Mr. Rodriguez, Jose, Christian, and some of the others love to fish up there. This will be the first time that both Teddy and Phoebe get to go up to the house. So of course everyone wanted to come and share in the fun." Ana was sort of rambling and Alex was frowning in confusion I think. Ana was throwing a whole bunch of names of people that had no faces in her mind. I was trying to gauge if whether or not she seemed excited or not. I decided that I should offer the girl an alternative.
"I could stay back. I want you to know that's it really important to Dad and me that you get settled. It's just that this was already scheduled and I thought you might enjoy the vacation." She stood in front of me with her arms crossed and her nose scrunched up.
"I'm not mad Josie, I can see where you'd make that assumption. I do need a break." Her stomach makes an embarrassing cry for help. "But not as much as my stomach needs food apparently." She chuckled as she covered her had with her stomach. "Can we make a stop?"
"Of course," Christian responded before I could even think to speak.
With a salad in tow Ally, Ana, Christian and I made our way to his private jet were my father and the rest of his family had boarded and were waiting on us.
"Oh my God, this plane is huge!" Ally was dumbfounded and I was annoyed everything Grey had seemed to be impressing to her. I now had nice things too that I knew she'd love but we were on our way to Aspen to see yet another one of Grey's treasures. Why was I thinking this way why did I care what impressed Alex? I sighed and tried to figure out the reason.
"Hey Mr. Rodriguez, thank you for taking me in." Alex hugged my dad briefly and refocused my attention to the present. My dad suffered the same shocked expression I did upon seeing her. I nodded letting him know I knew exactly what he was thinking.
"Of course Ally, there's no place I'd rather you be. If there is anything you need be sure to let us know." After exchanging pleasantries with my dad I introduced Ally to the rest of Christian's family. Just as we made our way to Kate and Elliot, Ava jumped off her dad's lap and tugged on my pants.
"Hi JoJo, look dolly!" She was always so excited to show me things.
"Oh wow what's her name?" I said picking up Ava and she giggled.
"Dolly," she answered as she kissed the doll. "Will you take snaps of her?" She asked as she waved the doll in my face once more.
"Of course later I will take a snap of you and dolly too." She clapped her hand and squirmed letting me know she was ready to get down. She ran to her mommy and told her the good news. I could hear her yelling I get to take snaps later.
"You're cute with her." I didn't realize the Al was watching so closely.
"Yeah she's kind of adorable it's hard not to be adorable with her." I stated as I showed Ally where we'd be sitting. I gave her the window seat and as she sat down she took a deep breath.
"You okay?" I asked as I grabbed her hand. She shook her head I was sure if she was just reaching for clarity or answering my question.
"Not really, I feel broken Josie, I feel like I'm living outside of my body right now." She whispered and she glanced at me with watery eyes and then quickly looked away from me outside the window. There wasn't much to see since we hadn't taken off yet. I quickly took my small camera from my pocket and took a picture of her. The tears streaming down her face and just the lighting on her face at that angle. I couldn't resist. As soon as the camera snapped she looked at me in horror. "Seriously! What have you never captured a depressed woman on camera before? Don't develop that picture Josie or a swear you're a un muerto!" She wiped the tear from her cheek and took her hand from me.
"I'm sorry Alexandria. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable you're right I should have asked," I whispered and she nodded and rolled her eyes. She was pissed at me and even that look on her face was worth being captured on camera.
"Attention everyone, we are about to take off. No turning back now!" Grey said as he took his seat beside Ana who was seat across from us. It wasn't until then that I realized that Ana was watching me. I wanted to ask her what her problem was but not while Christian was around. We started to take off and Ana's focus was drawn back to her husband, and mine was on the urgent touch from Alex.
"I hate when planes take off," she complained and she gripped my hand.
"Me too," I said as I flipped my hand over so I could hold her hand. "I am really sorry Ally."
"Stop saying that …. I've heard sorry so much lately I'm wishing I could remove the word from the dictionary. I didn't mean to snap at you, but I'm a mess right now Josie, I'm an emotional wreck." She chuckled.
"Don't worry you'll heal with time." I smiled at her and she smiled back but her eyes remained sad.
"You promise?" She allowed another tear to roll down her cheek.
"Yeah, I promise." She laid her head on my shoulder and I wrapped my arm around her. She took a deep breath and exhaled. She relaxed into me. I was glad I could offer her this. I was literally giving her someone to lean on. It didn't take long before she was asleep and the nodded off too. When I woke up Ana was staring at me again.
"We'll be landing in ten minutes you might want to wake her," she glanced over at Ally who had move closer to me during her slumber.
"I'll give her a few more minutes," I whispered. Ana nodded and smirked at me once more. I don't know what was going on in her head. A few more minutes and Ally would be in paradise I hoped that the drastic change in scenery would help distract her from her pain.
Author's Note: Hey here's chapter two! It took forever to put together. I just want to let everyone know that I'm fully aware of my horrible grammar. I want content based reviews. I've had betas but I'm an impulsive writer and I couldn't guarantee that I would post a chapter a month. Anyways, I hope you decide that you like and want to follow my story. Please read and review … no flames.
