Chapter 22

Meanwhile back at work the girls brought wedding magazines for Alex to look at since she didn't even start planning . So all three of them entered the office with a bunch of magazines they'd look at whenever they get a chance. While Nimah was busy searching some weird things for her case she opened another tab looking for another speech to once again while Natalie was busy dress hunting. Shelby on the other hand were looking at cakes and they left Alex wondering which one of them is actually getting married since the bride to be weren't even thinking about any wedding plans right now. Alex decided to join their search party by looking at dresses in some of the magazines they dropped on her desk. Her mind soon drifted to Ryan and the conversation about his dad they had a few weeks ago and she contemplated calling him, but instead a message from Theresa got her attention.

Alex quickly left the office to make a call to her soon to be mother in law outside in the hall. Theresa answered on the fourth ring. "Hey Alex, how are you doing?" Comes the friendly voice of Theresa, and Alex couldn't help but smile since Theresa always had such a warm friendly voice. "Hello Theresa I'm doing good thank you and yourself?" She heard a deep sigh. She wondered if Ryan told her about the meeting with his dad. "No complaints from my side. Listen Lex I'm worried about Ryan, I'm assuming you know about the situation with his father." Theresa asked although she already knew the answer to it. "Yes, he told me about it and it had quite an impact on him." Alex told her as she walked up and down the hallway. "It did. He was really close with Steven and now he has come to a point where he's almost hating his dad for what he did and what he asked him to do. He's certainly downplaying it and I'm hoping he doesn't keep all his emotions bottled up because if he cracks who knows what'll happen." Alex heard the concern in his mother's voice. "I'll do my best to make sure he knows he doesn't have to go through al of this alone and that he knows I'm always there for him whenever he needs to talk." Alex tried putting her at ease since they both inly wanted what was best for Ryan. "I know Lex. And congratulations on the engagement, I couldn't have asked for a better daughter in law." Theresa told Alex and she could hear the smile in her voice. Alex tried hard not to blush and smile broadly as people who walked past would probably wonder why she had that smile plastered on her face while her ear was pressed to the phone. "Thank you for welcoming into your family even long before Ryan and I got engaged." She thanked Theresa. They still talked for a few minutes before they said their goodbyes.

She headed back into the office where they were still planning her wedding and acting as if she didn't have any say in it. "You guys are aware of the fact that Ryan and I didn't even start discussing anything regarding the wedding right?" She questioned making sure they know that she literally has no idea where to even start. "Why do you think I went to court?" Shelby asked as she twirled around in her chair when she found the perfect cake to show them. Alex shook her head when she saw what the cake looked like. She walked over to ask Simon if he was still on path with their case and if he wanted to go out and check out what their guy was up to during , but he said they can let him be just for today. So the took an early hour off so they can discuss more wedding details. She came across an amazing trumpet style wedding gown with lace at the back and the front part of the bodice and she was in love with it instantly. She hesitated on whether to show the others what she decided on, but decided to leave it and surprise them on the day of the wedding. "All right, I'm going to call it a day and head home." Alex said as she grabbed her things, you all are making me nervous with all this planning." She said as she headed for the door. "Not so fast, you need to take this with you." Natalie said as she walked over with the stack of magazines that she deliberately forgot to take that was in a neat pile on her desk. "Do I have to?" She questioned hoping they all would say no. "Do you want to get married?" Nimah asked raising an eyebrow to the brunette standing in front of her. "Fine." Alex sighed as she turned around with the pile of magazines in her hands walking towards the parking lot.

When Alex got home she expected Ryan to be on his usual spot but he wasn't. So she went upstairs to check where he was when she heard the shower running as she entered the bedroom. She quickly changed into a pair of sweats and put her hair up into a loose bun. She was just about to leave the room when he came out of the shower with the towel wrapped around his hips. "Hey handsome." She smiled walking over to him while they hugged for a while. "You clearly missed me." Ryan said as he kissed her forehead. "Naah not really you should stay at home more often." She played as he acted if he was hurt by her words. "Okay, think I'll stay at home and lie around for the rest of the week then." Ryan answered as he walked to his closet door to put on a grey sweatpants and a loose black t shirt. "What were you up to today?" Alex asked as she took a seat on the bed. He sighed heavily and closd the closet door slowly as if he would awaken something that is asleep inside the closet. "My dad texted me this morning asking me if we could meet up so he could set the record straight. I was being naïve in thining he'd tell me why he left so suddenly and why he needs a kidney now all of a sudden." He walked over to take a seat next to her on the bed. 'Instead he boasted about his eldest son who is enrolled in college on a football scholarship and his youngest daughter who starts her senior year in high school." Her heart ached as he told her about this, he basically started a new life while he left his old one behind acting as of Ryan wasn't the eldest son but that he had a new family to work with now, and one he could right all his wrong that he did to the previous family. "So, I got up and left, I couldn't stand to listen to that anymore. If I stayed I would've probably said something I might regret or even punched him. I went for a jog and came home not too long ago." He concluded, tangling his hands in hers playing with her fragile fingers. Alex had no idea what to say to make him feel better so she just sat there squeezing his hand, bringing it up to her mouth and kissing it softly.

"Enough about me, what were you doing? And why are you home an hour before the time you usually get home?" He asked her. She didn't reply, just pulled his arm and led him downstairs to the lounge area where the wedding magazines were lying on the table. "This is what I've been doing most of the day. Or not really me Nimah, Shelby and Natalie brought these and they started planning things on our behalf." She answered the questioning look on his face while taking a seat on the couch, patting the seat next to him so he could sit down. "So, if we don't start planning anytime soon they'll do it for us." She told him putting her feet up on the coffee table grabbing the first magazine. "Where do we start?" Ryan asked looking at the bunch of pages with the ends curled in. "I think we need to set a date first, and then choose the colors and we'll take it from there." Alex responded turning the pages. "How about wine red for the color?" Ryan asked. Alex's head snapped I his direction. "Nooooooooo, how about the good old classic black and white?" She asked showing him a picture in the book she's been paging in. "That could work." He answered shrugging. "What?" She asked putting the magazine down to look at him. "That's just so, simple. There's nothing special or different about a black and white wedding." He replied looking at her. "Okay, so if we opt for the wine red color, please take into account what colors will the flowers be and will I even find red flowers depending on the season we get married in. Also will the bridesmaids be happy about the color of the dresses and will it suite all of them? And what color will you and the groomsmen's suits be?" Alex asked as he voice raised slightly. "We'll figure that out when we get there, Alex, don't jump the gun." He responds calmly. "Don't jump the gun are you being serious right now? This is our wedding we're talking about Ryan of course I'm taking this serious." She answered. "Well just because you started planning your wedding day at 16 years old doesn't mean you have to stick to that picture you have in your head." Ryan answered equally frustrated. "I did not plan a freaking wedding at 16! If we can't even agree on a color to start this off I don't even want to know how the rest of this planning will go. Maybe I should just take these stuff back to the girls and tell them to do it on our behalf." Alex said as she got up to walk to the kitchen. "Yeah maybe you should hey. I think now I understand why Caleb went to court so he didn't have to deal with all of this." Ryan mumbled when he thought Alex was out of earshot. She paused midway on her way to the kitchen and turned back to look at him, her eyes spitting fire. "Seriously? Ryan just tell me if you still want to do this or not then we can stop this now before we blow money on a wedding that could've saved us a couple of thousand dollars." She replied and didn't even wait for him to respond. She grabbed a pop tart from one of the kitchen cabinets and went made her way upstairs. She barely even made it to the second step when Ryan grabbed her arm from behind. He pulled her towards him, almost forcefully and crashed his lips onto hers. She tried to resist and squirm out of his hold but quickly got rid of that idea. His tongue glided on her bottom lip begging for entrance which she allowed. Their tongues danced around passionately and Ryan alternated between kissing her mouth and that sweet spot behind her ear where her neck and shoulder met. He always knew how to mesmerize her even when she was mad at him, although her madness were fading gradually with each kiss. He slowly led her to the couch they were sitting on a few minutes ago and laid her down gently. He trailed soft feather like kisses across her neck and slowly slid his hands into her sweatpants, lifting her slightly so he could peel it off slowly while showing her just how much he loves her and needed her to become Mrs Booth.

There it is! (Blushing) I'm nit very good with writing these love scenes I'm trying though. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter and thank you to the *guest* who gave me this option on how to continue after I got stuck there for a while. (I hope I did it justice and that you're satisfied.) . On a side note uni classes were suppose to start tomorrow but was suspended for the day again . On the bright side more time for updates and I'm hoping you guys are still happy with the Ralex story thus far. Thank you for all the follows and favorites and the reviews I appreciate them. It's really nice waking up to your emails they inspire me to write more and to keep writing this story! As always read, review and let me know what y'all think. Lovies-S!