Chapter 26—Taking care again

 

“you both really should control yourself. What if it wasn’t a minor injury? You guys are already old enough to know to take care of your bodies. Doing such things is okay but this should still be done in moderation.” Since, no matter what we say, Victoria is not going to listen to us, Alexander and I kept quiet and just listened to what she was saying while ignoring each of these grinning teenagers.

“Amelia, I’ll inform Janise and tell her what happened to you.” She patted my head as I blinked my eyes, completely tired of the pain tinkling repeatedly from my back to my neck. She turned to Alexander and said “Take care of her and no dirty business. She is not well right now for such things.”

Alexander almost groaned and his other cousins fought the smile.

Marco and Sophia both looked especially constipated and turned their head to the other side.

“Mom, we already told you, Amelia was washing utensils and I was standing beside her, and she just slipped and while saving her, I fell on her. That’s why she was more hurt.”

“Why were you beside her? Why was a man taller than her and stronger than her wasn’t able to save her? There are so many loopholes in your story, I don’t believe a word that comes out of you.” Victoria said and left after giving a warning look to Alexander who was trying to speak again.

“What are you guys snickering at? Laugh again and I’ll make you cry more.” Alexander said and warned his cousins who were still laughing and finally sobered up.

They circled around me, and Sophia asked, “How are you feeling, Amy?”

I nodded at her, still not wanting to speak. Marco squeezed my hand and said, “The doctor said, by evening today, you will feel a lot better.”

“I think we should let her rest now.” Another one of their cousins smiled at me and told all of them to leave and Sophia said “We actually shopped for your engagement party and came to put the stuff in Alex’s place. The date is not yet decided for the party, but Aunt Vic was excited and shopped, so we came to help her with it. We will put it in the guest room. You rest and get well soon.”

I looked at Alexander as soon as I heard the talk of my engagement and he blinked at me while waved at his cousins to leave.

“Why do you always get hurt whenever we sleep together? Last time, you got allergy, this time you fell. What next?”

“…” Now, that he joked about this, I also remembered of how i broke his nose, or hit him where it hurts the most. Almost demolished any hope for new generation of Alexeev’s.

And as his face turned bad, I felt that even he too thought about all the incidents as well.

“Are we really okay for each other?” Alexander who was joking till now suddenly looked constipated from the thought.

I too wondered for a while before shaking my head and whispering "It doesn’t matter, it’s not real anyway."

He peered in my eyes and nodded at me.

“Right. Not real anyway.”

“I’ll get something light for you to eat. You didn’t eat anything in the last four hours.” He got up to leave and I held his hand when he was leaving.

This time, he turned around and sat back in his chair. He saw as I strained a little to talk to him and smiled as I leaned towards his side on my pillow and closed my eyes.

It was the first time I held someone’s hand and didn’t let go just to hold and sleep. It was a new sensation, but it wasn’t a weird one. Alexander’s hand touched my hairs and I let myself snuggle up to his palm and he allowed it to happen. He caressed my hairs and cheeks before kissing my forehead.

I wondered if kissing forehead was some habit of these people and smiled in my haze.

He let me hold him to sleep and even kissed my forehead. Was it really just friendship or was it more?

The questions flashed and lost in my head. It was not a matter of thinking anyways, what will finding answers would do?

I let myself fall deeper in sleep with a calm mind and easeful sleep. The pain in my neck finally eased a little because of his constant massaging of my hair but that might just be my delusion from sleep.

“Amy, get up and eat something now.” I looked at Alexander gazing down at me holding a tray in his hand and lazily got up slowly not feeling much on my back and smiled as he placed the tray in my lap and caressed my neck a little for a comfort touch and I leaned on his palm before eating the food. It was just some rice porridge and vegetables but still nice enough to eat.

“The doctor said we can take you home as all the reports came out and there’s no internal injury. Just some bruises that will get well if you keep applying sprays on them.” Alexander said and packed some of my stuff as I ate.

He took the tray from me when I finished my food and gave me clothes to change. I tried to get up but still felt dull pain in my mid-riff and had to take Alexander’s help to reach the washroom and changed while he stood outside.

As soon as I changed, I opened the door and Alexander stood there with all my stuff and his, held his hand out to me.

I looked at his hand for a few second and finally held his hand and he placed his other hand on my waist to help me move easily.