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Chapter 12
Flashback.
"Arthur are you sure that it's ok that I come for Christmas?"
Alex hesitantly asked as she sat in the passenger's seat of his car while he was driving them back to his mother's place. Arthur grinned over at her as he took her hand in his. "Of course baby… they're going to love you." He said sweetly as he looked back over towards the road. "I'm sorry I'm just really nervous." Alex said softly as she shyly smiled.
Arthur then pulled her hand up to his lips and kissed her soft skin and then laid her hand down on his lap. "You have absolutely nothing to be nervous about Alex. My family is going to adore you, I promise ok?" Alex nodded as she began to feel more at ease. "You know this is the first Christmas my brother and I have ever spent away from one another." Arthur slightly frowned at this, he knew that Dom and Alex were extremely close and spent practically every holiday together; he then quickly looked over at her unsure if this was the right decision. "Are you ok with this?" Alex immediately grinned over at him and nodded.
"Most definitely."
Arthur then grinned at her and then looked back at the road. "Ya know I told my mother all about you. She's so excited to meet you." Alex laughed with a large smile on her lips. "I'm excited too… I wish my mom was still alive so you could have met her, she would have just adored you." Arthur then smiled.
"I wish I could have met her too."
After a couple of more hours of driving they finally made it to his mother's home. Arthur then pulled up into the driveway and noticed Alex's jaw literally drop once she saw the chateau before her. It was a large home that was cover with red brick and elegant vines climbing up the home. The property was obviously large and to be honest from the description Arthur had given her, she definitely did not expect his past home to be this elaborate.
"You grew up here!"
She asked astonished, Arthur chuckled as he opened the door for her and helped her out. "Well until I graduated from High School then I started to go the University in Paris where I got the wonderful chance to have you in my life." Alexandra smiled up at Arthur as she pulled him into a warm hug. "Well I am so incredibly thankful for that." Arthur grinned down at her as he kissed her on the lips. "No I'm thankful for you giving me a chance to show you how much I really love you." He said softly as he hugged her tightly against him. Alex happily smiled as they started to walk up towards the elaborate front door.
"I cannot believe you used to live here."
Arthur started to laugh as they climbed up the steps. "After my father left my grandparents took my mother, my sisters and I in and we had lived with them since. My grandfather owns a vineyard which is located on this property and I used to help my grandfather run the property. His partner is Clare's grandfather and that is actually how Clare and I ended up with one another." Alex silently nodded as Arthur rang the doorbell as she looked over at him.
"If you do not mind me asking how did your family react when they found out you and Clare broke up?"
Arthur shrugged as he smirked over at her. "Guess you'll have to see." Alex frowned over at him as the door whirled open to show an older woman with soft curly dark brown hair and green eyes. "Arthur! Arthur sweetheart your home!" The woman smiled as she gave him a warm hug. Arthur grinned as he squeezed the woman just as hard.
"It's good to see you too mother."
Alex raised her eyebrows as she watched the two in interest. Arthur then pulled away from his mother and then smiled over at Alex. "Mom I'd like you to meet my girlfriend Alexandra Cobb." Alex shyly smiled as she held out her hand to Arthur's mother. "It's a real pleasure to finally get to meet you. Arthur speaks about you all the time." Madelyn arched her brow at the young woman. Sure, Arthur had explained to his mother that he and Clare had broken up and he was seeing someone else now and that he was head over heels with her.
She examined this girl before her and had to admit that she was drop dead gorgeous but was she good enough for her son? Well she'll have to figure that out later but for right now she figured that she may as well be pleasant to her for Arthur's sake. "Well hello sweetheart it's very nice to meet you. My son has spoken lots about you as well." Alex blushed as she bowed her head and smiled. Arthur grinned over at her and wrapped his arm around her shoulders and laughed.
"Come on baby let's go meet the firing squad."
Alex immediately looked over at Arthur, her eyes completely widened as he escorted her into the house. Madelyn started to laugh at Alex's reaction as she closed the door behind them. "Arthur don't you scare her like that." Arthur then grinned over at his mother and then looked back over as Alex and kissed her temple. "Don't worry baby I'll protect you." Madelyn smiled at the interaction between the two, she never saw Arthur this affectionate with Clare and the fact that he was so smiley and happy with this girl made her wonder if maybe this Alex wasn't as bad as what she assumed.
"Your home is absolutely beautiful Miss. Manchester."
Alex said completely amazed as she looked around, Madelyn smiled as she walked up next to Alex as they headed towards the study. "Well thank you dear a lot of hard work went into this home." Alex genuinely smiled over at her and nodded. "It's truly amazing; the architecture is absolutely outstanding and elegant. Was it inspired by the Gothic Era?"
Madelyn smiled completely impressed.
"Yes it actually was, I see you know about architecture are you going to be an architect as well?"
Alex smiled and shook her head. "No actually my brother is going to be an architect I'm going to be a psychiatrist." Madelyn gave Alex an impressed look as they continued to walk. "Quite the careers you and your brother have made for yourselves. I'm sure your parents are very proud of the both you." Arthur immediately gave his mother a look while she looked at him innocently and then looked back down at Alex who had a look of complete sadness morph upon her face.
"I'm sure they would."
She said softly as she looked up at her and gave her a closed mouth smile and then bowed her head, Madelyn was completely confused until her son explained. "Um mom Alex's parents are no long living." Madelyn then became completely mortified as she looked over at the young girl. "Oh sweetheart I'm so sorry I didn't know!" She then swatted Arthur's shoulder. "Why didn't you tell me!" Alex softly laughed and gave her a sweet smile. "It's quite alright Miss. Manchester it has been quite some time since they both had past and my brother and I have came to terms that they both are happily together and now are in a better place." Madelyn nodded amazed with how well this young girl was dealing with her loss and couldn't imagine what it would've been like to lose her parents at such a young age.
"They most definitely are sweetheart."
They then entered into the study. Madelyn sat down in a chair while Arthur and Alex sat down in the loveseat across from her. "Now tell me dear how did you and my son come to meet?" Alex then smiled over at Arthur and then looked back over at Madelyn. "Arthur and my brother Dom actually became roommates from the very beginning and since my brother and I are so close he then insisted that I must meet his new best friend and well since then Arthur and I then became really good friends and it just then led on to something more." Arthur grinned over at Alex as he took her hand into his.
"You should've seen it mom I was head over heels since the moment I saw her."
Madelyn couldn't help but smile as she watched Arthur kiss Alex's temple.
"You two are too sweet."
Just then, Catherine, Lizzy and Clara came rushing into the study, laughing and talking amongst one another. Arthur grinned and then looked over at Alex who was watching the sister's animatedly talk. Madelyn immediately looked back at her girls as waved at them. "Girls look whose here!" All three of the girls looked over and immediately grinned once they saw Arthur and all trampled him as soon as he stood up. "Arthur you're home!" Clara yelled happily, while Lizzy jumped up and down with excitement. "I'm so happy your back!" Catherine then beamed at her brother in pure excitement. "We missed you big brother it's been way to long!" Arthur grinned as he gave her a huge hug as Alex shyly rose up from the couch and adjusted her dress while the sisters all animatedly talked with Arthur. Arthur chuckled at all of his sister's excitement and then looked back over at Alex who was grinning at the interaction before her. Arthur then took Alex's hand and pulled her next to him.
"Catherine, Lizzy, Clara this is my girlfriend Alexandra she is going to be spending Christmas with us."
All three of the girls then looked over at Alex, finally noticing that she was even there. Clara was the first one to smile at her and make her way to the beautiful woman who was standing before her. "Hi! I'm Clara." Alex smiled at Clara and gave her a slight wave. Clara was a little shorter than Alex considering that the girl was only 16 years old but she was truly a beauty with her black hair and green eyes.
Alex couldn't help but notice the similarities that this young girl and Arthur share. "It's really nice to meet you Clara. Arthur always talks about you and how you used to get into all sorts of trouble." Clara laughed and nodded.
"Oh I'm sure he did! I'm sorry to say that we don't know much about you but I can't wait to learn more."
Alex gave Clara a genuine smile, happy at least one sister was ok with her presence. Just then Lizzy then finally walked up to Alex and introduced herself. Lizzy was tall probably the same height as Alex, she had soft blonde hair and blue eyes and the sweetest smile Alex has ever seen. "I'm Lizzy and I gotta say I love your dress!" Alex grinned at her and then looked down at her dress.
"Well thank you! It's really nice to meet you Lizzy."
She said in a friendly manner as Arthur wrapped his arm around her waist. Lizzy beamed at her, she thought it was cute how Arthur was trying to be so affectionate with her and in all honesty she never really seen this side of him before considering that he was always aggravated with Clare.
However, to her Alex seemed like a breath of free air and seemed to have a killer fashion sense. Just then Catherine skeptically walked up towards them and looked Alex up and down trying to examine her. Catherine had dirty blond hair and dark brown eyes just like her brothers but as Alex looked at her she could tell that Catherine was very irritated.
"Wow Artie you got yourself an original supermodel."
She said condescendingly, Alex immediately became uncomfortable and looked over at Arthur while he gave his sister an aggravated look. "I mean she's absolutely beautiful is that why you left Clare? Because this one looks better on your arm?" Alex looked at Catherine in complete shock while Arthur stared at her warningly. "Watch it Catherine… I'm not going to listen to any of your ridiculousness and I will not allow you to talk to my girlfriend in such a way." Catherine rolled her eyes as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Oh come on Arthur! Do you honestly think I'm going to be friendly to her after you left Clare for this wannabe supermodel!"
Alex frowned and turned her head to the side somewhat upset and very irritated with what was just said about her and felt tears starting to sting her eyes. Madelyn immediately became very upset with her daughter and had heard enough from Catherine.
"Catherine Victoria! What on earth as gotten into you?"
Her mother asked completely astounded that her daughter was being this so incredibly rude. "Arthur was supposed to be with Clare mother! But he left Clare for her!" Catherine yelled as she pointed finger towards Alex who was completely mortified and was starting to question if coming here was really a good idea. Arthur squeezed her tightly, letting her know that he was still here while Catherine continued to yell.
"How could you do this Arthur! You two were supposed to get married and now you're with her! How selfish can you honestly be!"
Arthur then scoffed, severely pissed off at his little sister and the fact that Alex had to hear all this on her very first visit. "Selfish… you think I'm selfish! Listen to you Catherine! You'd rather have me be in a miserable relationship instead of me being happy with the woman I'm in love with!" Catherine then gave him a shocked look along with her mother and sisters.
"You love her?"
Arthur gave Catherine a hard glare, pulling Alex closer him. "Yes Catherine I'm in love with Alex!" He then looked over at Alexandra and gave her a soft smile. "I've been in love with her since the moment I met her." Catherine then scoffed. "Please Arthur don't be so naïve!" Arthur set his jaw, furious with his sister and gave her a very grim look.
"Shut up…"
He said in a quiet tone that only Catherine, Lizzy, Clara and Madelyn knew meant that he was beyond angry or enraged. It meant that you don't say another word unless you want him to completely blow up at you. Arthur was always very low key and practical but when he's beyond angry he was a force to be reckoned with however Catherine at this moment didn't care. "Arthur…" Arthur then immediately cuts her off.
"I said to be quite Catherine! Now BE QUIET!"
Catherine immediately closed her mouth while Arthur continued to speak.
"I cannot explain how disappointed I am to hear that my own sister will not side with my decisions. I know you are friends with Clare but it didn't work out for me! I don't love her and will not waste my life away with her when I can be with someone I really love! Someone who loves me for who I am and what I do! Not how I can benefit them in the long run! Now Alex decided not to spend Christmas with her only family to come spend time with mine and this is the greeting she gets! Well I'm sorry this is unacceptable! You are going to learn to accept the fact that Alexandra is my girlfriend and the woman I'm in love with and if not then you have no need to talk to Alex nor myself."
Catherine frowned; she honestly didn't know how this got so out of hand while Arthur turned to look back at Alex giving her an apologetic look.
"I'm sorry baby for the rude behavior. Why don't we get a hotel and we will head out tomorrow."
Madelyn then looked at Arthur pleadingly. "Arthur please don't leave! You're grandparents would be devastated if you left and they are looking forward to meeting Alex." Arthur sighed and looked over at his mother. "I think Alex has been through enough Mother I'm not going to put her through anymore nonsense." Alex noticed the sad look morphing onto his mother's face and looked back over at Arthur.
"Arthur its fine we can stay here. I mean you haven't gotten to see your family in quite some time and I'd hate to be the reason why you didn't get to spend Christmas with your family."
Arthur frowned over at Alex as he placed a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Are you sure you're ok with this? Because we can go if you really do feel uncomfortable." Alex then smiled up at Arthur and cupped his cheek with the palm of her hand. "Arthur it's fine really! What kind of person would I be if I allowed you to pull yourself away from your family? You know I would give anything to have mine in my life again please don't separate yourself from them because of me, especially on Christmas." Arthur sighed and pulled her into warm hug and kissed her forehead.
"Ok… we'll stay."
He whispered, resting his chin on top of her head as he stared at his sisters and mother. "But that means I do not want to hear one negative thing said to her or about her do you understand me?" He said warningly glaring mostly at Catherine. Lizzy and Clara both nodded while Catherine begrudgingly nodded as well. "Fine." Arthur finally smiled and then looked down at Alex. "Come on I'll show you where we'll be staying ok?" Alex nodded, pleased that he decided to stay and gave a warm smile. "Ok." She said softly, Arthur then beamed at her and then began to lead her towards their room, leaving all the women who were important in his life in a complete stupor.
Once they finally managed to get all their things settled in their room, Alex decided to take a nap while Arthur climbed down the stairs and headed towards the kitchen to see Lizzy and Clara both baking some Christmas Cookies. "Hey Arthur!" Clara grinned as Arthur walked into the room and smiled as he noticed his sisters covered in baking mixture. "Hey…" Lizzy then finally looked up and tilted her head to the side. "Where's Alex?" Arthur sighed as he sat down on the stool that was in front of the counter.
"She's resting, it's been a really long flight and drive so she's really tired."
Lizzy nodded as she started to mix her cookie mixture in the bowl. "I can totally understand that." Arthur nodded, giving his sister a closed mouth smile. "I like her ya know…" Lizzy said softly, Arthur then finally looked up at her while she continued. "I think she's really nice so far." Arthur gave her a genuine smile as he clasped his hands. "She is nice… very nice." Clara then grinned over at him.
"I like her too she's totally better then Clare! I'm so happy you're out of that relationship."
Arthur chuckled once he heard this. "Yeah I am too." He said softly, Lizzy then smirked up at him, still mixing her bowl. "So Arthur is she the one?" Arthur smirked and slowly looked down. "Yeah… yeah I think she is." Lizzy beamed and looked over at Clara. "I told you!" Arthur then looked up at them and started to laugh. "What is that supposed to mean?" he grinned, Clara rolled her eyes and smiled over at her brother. "It means that as soon as Lizzy saw Alex she knew that she was going to be the one." Arthur arched his brow over at Lizzy and grinned. "Oh yeah how did you figure that?" He asked, not being able to help but being thrilled that at least two of his sisters honestly liked her, it only made things more enjoyable for him.
Lizzy scoffed and over grinned at him. "Oh come on Arthur it's so obvious! You never acted this way with Clare and you never were this happy when you were with her either! I mean you just can't stop grinning and that's because of Alex and to be honest I'm thrilled to see my happy go lucky brother back! And not my brooding always serious brother anymore! I think she's honestly good for you if she really does make you this happy." Arthur chuckled, incredibly thrilled that his sisters really liked her.
"Well I'm really happy to hear that because I think we're both gonna be together for a very long, long, time."
Meanwhile, as Alex finally woken up she noticed that Arthur was no longer in the room. She allowed out a soft sigh and rose up from the bed and decided to go look for him. As Alex slipped out of the room to her displeasure she saw Catherine now walking out of hers.
Catherine slowly looked up at Alex and noticed her hesitation as she slipped out of Arthur's old room. She allowed out a quiet sigh knowing that she was extremely brash and harsh with this woman she barely knew and thought that maybe she should just give her a chance.
"Hello."
She said softly as Alex shyly smiled and gave her a slight wave. "Hey." Catherine knew that Alex was nervous and decided to walk towards her. "Hey I'm um sorry for the way I acted earlier. I didn't realize how much Arthur cares for you." Alex hesitantly smiled and placed a strand of her hair behind her ear. "It's ok I understand that you were just trying to be protective over him but I just want you to know that I care for your brother very deeply and would never intentionally hurt him." Catherine smiled and gently nodded her head.
"Somehow I know that… Even though Clare and I were really good friends she never appreciated my brother even when he was crazy for her. Arthur was never really happy in that relationship and I was being selfish for going off on you and him like that. I would like to get to know you better and figure out what you do that makes my brother so head over heels for you."
Alexandra blushed and quickly averted her eyes.
"I'm not necessarily sure what I do to make him love me so much but I just know that I love him just as equally. I can't explain it Catherine but your brother makes me so incredibly happy and just being with him lit up my entire world. I may not be the ideal person you and your family expect Arthur to be with but I just want you to know that I care for him very deeply and I would do anything for him."
Catherine grinned at this and nodded her head.
"That's a very good answer."
Alex smiled at her and shrugged.
"Thank you."
Catherine nodded and then started to walk towards the stairs, gesturing for Alex to follow her. "You know at first I thought you were only interested in Arthur because he can take you places, he has insurmountable potential and is able to give his family a wonderful life but with Clare it was obvious she was only really with him because it brought up her status even more and I honestly thought you were up to the same thing but seeing your face light up when you talk about him, seeing your eyes glow at the very thought it has became very real to me that you are very much in love with my brother and even though Clare and I have been friends for quite some time however, I cannot see her with my brother the way I see you." Alex grinned as she followed Catherine down the stairs.
"I can't tell you Catherine how appreciative I am to hear that."
Catherine nodded and smiled over at her. "So tell me is it weird to be away from your family for the holidays?" Alexandra shrugged as they now walked down the hall. "It is however it's just me and my brother who really spend the holidays together and he's with his fiancés family so we're both kinda really meeting the families for the first time." Catherine started to laugh but came to realize that Alex didn't really have a family like she and her siblings had and in a way it somewhat saddened her and made her only want to make Alex feel more comfortable with them.
"So your brother is getting married?"
Alex nodded giving her a closed mouth smile. "Yeah he is and I'm the maid of honor so this will be interesting and exciting experience but the only thing that really upsets me and Dom is that our parents won't be able to be there. However we will have our Aunt there and some old family friends from our side and that's all that matters. It's just we never realized how important family is until we lost two of the most important people in our lives. You guys are so lucky to have each other, I wish Dom and I had the kind of family you all have." Catherine's heart shattered somewhat after hearing Alex being completely honest with her and gave her a sincere look.
"Well I have a feeling that you just like your brother will be expanding your family very soon."
Alex looked at Catherine somewhat surprised by her words as they both walked into the kitchen. "Which reminds me do you have a nice dress to wear for the party tomorrow?" Alex looked over at Catherine completely confused. "You mean we're not just opening presents?" Catherine then started to laugh. "Arthur didn't tell you! My grandfather and his business partner throw a huge Christmas party for all of their associates, family and friends. It's a pretty big formal event!" Alex frowned and slowly shook her head. "No I didn't know…" Just then, they heard a male voice come out of nowhere.
"That's because she's going to look beautiful in anything she wears."
Arthur smirked as he walked up behind Alex and wrapped his arms around her waist and hugged her against him. Alex laughed as she looked back at him and saw him smiling over at her. "As sweet as that is Arthur I still need to get something formal for this party." Arthur sighed and kissed her temple. "Baby don't worry about it." Catherine scoffed and glared at her brother.
"Arthur you may think she's beautiful in anything she wears but she is going to be meeting everyone for the first time, don't you want her to look drop dead gorgeous when you introduce her!"
Arthur then glared at her. "Why do you care? Weren't you the one who said that she is the wannabe super model!" Catherine then glared back at him. "That was before I got to know her and I don't want Alex to be embarrassed because of your stubbornness!" Arthur looked at his sister skeptically, not knowing what she was up to and then looked back over at Lizzy and Clara. "Why don't you two go with them I'm sure you ladies would have plenty of fun if you all went together." Alex nodded and smiled over at Lizzy and Clara.
"Yeah I would love if you two came I can use all the help I can get."
Lizzy and Clara both looked at one another and then looked back at Alex and smiled. "Sure!" they both said in unison as they pulled off their aprons and ran off to go get ready. Once they were out of the room, Alex smiled as she pulled out of Arthur's hold and looked over at him.
"Well I better get ready."
Arthur smiled down at her as he placed his hands on her hips and kissed her, not caring if Catherine was still standing there. Once he broke the kiss he then kissed her forehead.
"Have fun… and don't get anything way to extravagant you're going to knock them off their feet by just being you ok?"
He said as she grinned down at her, Alex laughed and leaned up to give him a peck on the lips. "Ok." She whispered and then headed out of the kitchen leaving Arthur and Catherine standing there.
Catherine was about to walk out as well before Arthur stopped her. "Catherine may I have a word with you?" Catherine nodded as she turned back to look at her older brother. "What are you playing at?" He said in a rather stern tone, Catherine looked at him innocently as he moved closer to her. "What are you talking about!" Arthur glared at her as he now crossed his arms over his chest and stared down at her.
"I know what you're up to Catherine. You're trying to pretend to be friends with Alex so you can humiliate her at our grandparent's party well I'm not going to allow that! It's hard enough on her that she is spending Christmas away from her only family and I don't need you to make this visit a living hell for her!"
Catherine frowned, hurt by her brothers words. She never realized how angry Arthur was with her till this very moment and realized that he must have been very much in love with Alex in order to be this angry with her. "I'm not trying to humiliate her. I ran into her upstairs and thought I should apologize and give her the benefit of the doubt and when we went on to talking she told me about her family." Arthur's eyes widened in surprise. "She told you about her parents?" Catherine looked at him completely confused and slowly nodded her head.
"Yeah she said that they were both gone but she still has her Aunt and older brother."
Arthur stared at her for a moment and slowly nodded. "Oh." He said softly and went to turn away from her. Catherine became very curious of Arthur's behavior and stopped him. "Why were you so surprised that she told me about her parents?" Arthur shrugged and then looked back at Catherine. "Because she doesn't talk about her parents very much." Catherine was now beyond confused and tilted her head to the side. "Why?" Arthur then shook his head, starting to walk out of the kitchen. "It's not important." Catherine then immediately grabbed his arm and forced him to look back at her. "Arthur…" Arthur sighed, knowing he wasn't going to win this one and slowly looked back at her.
"Her mother died when she was 11 from cancer, two years later her father couldn't deal with the heartbreak of losing his wife so he took his own life shortly after leaving Dom and Alex to be brought up by their Aunt. It's been a hard life for her and her brother and the last thing I want is for her to have a hard time here. I want this family to love her; I was honestly hoping that since you both are the same age that you two would get along really well with one another."
Catherine gave him a sad look and slowly walked up to him.
"I'm sorry Arthur I didn't realize but I want you to know that I'm going to do what it takes to make her feel welcomed. I really do like her I was just very unsure of her at first and the last thing I want is for you to get your heart broken. I saw the way you were with Clare and thought that you had a lot to do with that but now that I see you with Alex it made me realize that you were so miserable in that relationship and are so incredibly happy in this one. Who am I to take away your happiness?"
Arthur then finally gave her a warm smile. "Thank you." Catherine laughed and gave him a large grin. "Don't worry I'm going to make her look so beautiful that every guy at that party is going to be so incredibly jealous of you." Arthur chuckled and slowly shook his head.
"You won't have to do much she's already amazingly beautiful the way she is."
Catherine couldn't help to laugh amazed how adorable her brother was being right now and then leaned up to give him a kiss on the cheek and then ran out off to meet up with the girls.
End of Flashback.
As Arthur was reliving this memory he was still sitting in the in the warehouse after everyone left. He had his elbows resting on his hips while his hands were in his hair as he hunched over in his seat. How was he slipping so quickly?
One moment everything was going so great and he just had to ruin everything and now he lost her, HE lost her and in all honesty it hurt him more than her leaving him out of the blue because he knew for sure this time that it was his fault why she broke up with him. His heart was breaking completely and knowing that she was not his anymore only made his heart race even more.
Just then, he heard footsteps coming towards him and in all hopes he wanted it to be Alex coming back to him but when he looked up he said that it was Ariadne standing before him with her arms crossed. "Are you ok?" Arthur stared at her blankly and scoffed as he rose up from his chair and walked away from her. "Yes I'm fine." Ariadne slowly turned around and followed him.
"Arthur I know you're very upset and if you need someone to talk to."
Arthur then whirled around and stared at her blankly. "You can't help me. This is my issue to take care of." Ariadne frowned and walked up to him. "Let's go get a drink." Arthur stared at her weirdly and crossed his arms. "Ariadne I…" Ariadne then cuts him off.
"Oh come on Arthur your heart is broken! Let's go get a drink and just talk; it'll make you feel better!"
Arthur stared at her completely unsure but decided that he may as well. "Alright." Ariadne then grinned at him.
"Great I know just the place!"
Hey guys thank you all for the reviews and adds I really do appreciate them and I promise that Chapter 13 will be out soon. But in the mean time I hope you all enjoy this chapter. It was once again another flashback but I wanted to show you Arthur's side on his introducing Alex to his family, the next chapter will be more Alex's side but I promise things will be more interesting in flashbacks and in reality so just stay tuned! ;) Once again thank you all for the reviews and adds they really motivate me to continue on with this story.