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I was up early having to help with the BBQ later in the day. I walked from my room in a tank top and shorts that made my father freak, but his new wife kept him under control.

She sighed, "Those are her sleeping shorts, hell I sleep naked; be thankful. She is only helping around the house and out back not patrolling the town." she was the single best thing; my own mother was not happy about having to come but like daddy explained it had to do with Alex and she should be here for that.

I was blowing up the balloons in shades of Plum and Byzantium, with black streamers, we are having it catered by a professional BBQ master griller who was an old friend of daddies. His company was doing it all.

We had pushed it back a week but now it is Saturday and within four hours our house will be filled with unknowing people. I stood on the step ladder when I heard my brothers voice ring clear. I moved back admiring my work, it had been three hours and we are almost done. Tables are being set up in back, I was cooking two pots of eggs as well. Somehow, they thought devil eggs are not right for a BBQ, well they can fuck themselves.

Alex smiled, "This looks amazing, you and Fiona have out done yourselves. Isabel will die when she sees this." His eyes touching every small detail. I was hanging a diy project, washi tape draped down the ledge, taped to that was pictures of them from the day they first talked to yesterday. His eyes moving over each one with a smile, I noticed that his eyes lingered on the prom picture a frown pulling at his face.

He says, "I nearly died a day later, I would have lost all this and lost her to this Jesse guy. That to me is a fate worse than death, but that kind of thinking isn't for today." he still struggled with losing her and I, his own death and the outcome it would have caused.

Daddy smiled, "Alex, this was supposed to be a surprise, now you go home and get ready we will see you in two hours." he was shooing my brother from the house as I laughed waving bye to him.

I set the two long platters of devil eggs on a chill rack before leaving to dress, I was behind. The guests would arrive in fifteen minutes, Liz and Maria were here helping with some final touches out back. Liz wore a nice summer dress while Maria went with pants and a nice blouse, her step-daughter running around the yard and having a blast.

I sighed, this would be the first time I saw the twins in over a week, that was if they showed up. I pulled a white cropped crisscross tank top pairing it with a Parisian white, rose, and red floral print maxi skirt, it reached the floor as I slipped on white flip flops leaving my hair up with some framing my face. Make-up was a no go it would be hot so a little eye liner and gloss and I was good to go, I clipped the triple layered necklace before leaving my room.

Liz gasped, "Done, everything is done." we walked to the backyard, it was decked out as the doorbell rang, I chilled with Maria and Liz taking seats in shaded chairs as guest arrived, first was Dr. Lemon and my mother, next was Mr. and Mrs. Evans, then Liz's parents, Kyle's dad and Kyle, along with Maria's mom. Tess wouldn't be here, she was bed ridden. She had a harder time mind warping me, but Max figured if she tried to run it was a risk he had to take. I alerted Tess if she vanished I would find her and kill her, she could run all she wanted. We are the ones with the Granolith and the crystal to start the twenty-four hour start up.

The adults were talking, some looking at the draping photos when the bell rings again, this time it is Max with a large smile, he knew and approved of Alex and his older sister. Liz was up giving her man a hug as I stood, Maria was up since Brody arrived with Max; his daughter flung herself into his opened arms making us laugh. She was so energetic.

Max says, "The twins will be here." his words only to me but Liz still squeezed my hand as more friends, family, and dad's friends filled the grounds. The food was already cooking, drinks in hand as Isabel and Alex walked out back looking in awe.

I was the first to be assaulted by her, she was sobbing in her happiness. This was obviously more than she was expecting, I prided myself in that.

Another hour had drifted by and no sign of the twins. Music played and a speech was getting ready to begin.

Alex and Isabel stand with their glasses as we all watch them, Isabel was all smiles as my brother blushed. "Thank you all for coming, we would like to say a huge thank you to my father, Step-mother, and my baby sister for this party. Isabel has honored me, she is a magnificent creature and she has said yes. She and I are getting married." I screamed with the girls, clapping, as the adults laughed, some not as happy like my mother. Mrs. Evans was crying as she hugged her daughter, she loved Alex. Handshakes and hugs are being passed around as laughter filled the place. I felt them, they're happy. My eyes scan until I find them with bottles of root beer in hand, their eyes already on me. Max shoved me towards them, like I had a choice. They had no issue making a scene.

I moved through the crowd at least they made it to her the announcement, both dressed in tan pants and a button up, their long hair tied back. I was still pissed but if we are moving passed this, we needed to talk.

Bren and Michael followed me into the house so we could talk in private, so here I wait in the kitchen they arrive right after me, both upset.

Michael start's, "I know this has never been what you wanted, we can be much harder to deal with unlike Isabel and Maxwell. I am so sorry for hurting you, Crimson, emotionally, physically I am just sorry." he was looking at me from across the counter, pain in his voice, pain in the way he looked at me.

Bren finished, "We messed up, the power surge and mental change affected us more than it has ever done with Maxwell. We're too rash in our thinking, not everything needs to end in violence. In our new mentality, we hurt you and that is inexcusable."

So many emotions swarmed me, I sighed, "Look, I love you both and this is your final chance. I had to lie and say I was in a car accident when they found my car, Max and I staged everything. You two need to think about things, if you really want to be with me then the physical abuse when you get angry has to stop."

Instead of answering I was engulfed in a massive hug, the energy surrounded us; this was destiny, fate if you believe in it, us together. Lips, I didn't know who kissed who first but it happened then a glass breaking, we broke apart looking around.

And smack dab into the shocked eyes of my step-mother Fiona.