Miles I looked around with my hands in my pocket as the sun hit me in the face, it was so blinding that I had to wear sunglasses. I was in front of a coffee shop and I was waiting for Josie for our breakfast/brunch and already my craving had disappeared. I felt something in my stomach, like a pincer at the idea of being with someone who wasn’t her, my whole body kept telling me it was wrong, but my head was forcing me to do it. I sighed and looked up at the sky. I wonder what Alison was doing at that moment. It became impossible for me not to think about her. Every day I would wake up, and my first thought would go to what she was doing and not, how she was doing. My mind was trying to explain his absence, but, despite thinking about it endlessly, I could find no justification for his departure, not for me. Because I never cared what she did or didn’t do, for me, she had always been my Alison, and I didn’t care what she could give me or not give me, all I needed was her. But I kne
Miles I parked the car in front of Josie’s house, turned off the engine, and waited. Josie and I have been seeing each other for a month now as friends. We’d go out almost every day, we’d gone to the 4th of July party, and we’d had a fling at the beach. Even though we saw each other every day, nothing happened between us. The most intense thing we had done was some rubbing here and there, but we had never even kissed, not that she hadn’t tried, I just couldn’t. Every time she approached me, I’d get tense, and I couldn’t help picturing Alison in front of me. But that night was different, that night, I would try because I was tired. I got tired of being tied to someone who didn’t even bother to answer the messages I sent her. The day before I had missed her, I had written her, and she had not even answered, she had not even deigned to display the message. Why would I waste my time with someone who didn’t want to waste time with me? I sighed and sent a message to Josie, warning he
Alison "I don’t think that’s a good idea," I said, shaking my head, "It's Better to go back," and I continued to feel panic all around me. "Come on, don’t be silly," Stefan said next to me, "You promised," he continued. "I’m not ready," I said, feeling uncomfortable. "You’re ready," he replied, grabbing my hand. My body trembled, and I looked around, ready to turn around and go back into the plane to catch the first flight back. "I don’t feel ready," I shook my head. "The therapist said you’re ready to try, and that’s what we’re doing," Stefan said, pulling me to his side with force. "Saying something and doing it are two different things, Stef," I said, afraid. "You say that," he sighed, "Aren’t you happy to see everyone again? After so many months." "I’m not happy at all," I said, feeling a knot in my throat. "You know you can’t run forever," he said, putting his hand on my cheek and stroking me with his thumb under my eye. I sighed and looked at him, letting his presence
Alison "I’m going to the bathroom," I said, getting up from the table where we were all sitting. That night, Axel, Adam, Stefan, and I had decided to go to the pier for the party that would be there, mom and dad had asked us to take Alexa with us, and so now we were all there to babysit our little sister. Alexa wanted to eat a hot dog, so we stopped and sat at a food track table. Adam and Stefan were talking as my brother Axel watched the surface of the water in silence. It wasn’t the first time I noticed it, but Axel was quieter than usual, sadder, and nostalgic. At first, I didn’t understand why then Mom told me that our cousin Emma had received a scholarship at an academy in Germany and had left a few months ago. I knew what was going on between Axel and Emma, and seeing him like that, I realized how important it was to him, how much it wasn’t just a freak wanting to try something forbidden, and I wondered how it was possible. Why did fate make us fall in love with the people
AlisonI looked in the mirror. I was a mess. I had red and puffy eyes, black circles under them, a clear sign of the sleepless night I had passed.I literally sucked, and I didn’t know how I was gonna fix all this mess, it would have taken a miracle, and I only had a few hours.That night there would be the charity gala for a new wing of the hospital that we will attend with the signature of Dad and Aunt Jess, and it was also why I was back in those days.I looked at myself again and sighed loudly. It was a huge mistake to come home, it wasn’t good.The day before, I was stupid enough to think I was better, and I hadn’t taken my pills, the result was catastrophic. I had had a hysterical episode, partly due to the realization that I had most likely lost Miles forever, partl
Alison "Are you sure you don’t want to stay longer?" I asked Stefan, hugging him. "I would stay another month, but you know I have to come back otherwise, my parents will become hysterical," he said, embracing me. "Can I come back with you?" I whispered in his ear. "No, you can’t, you have to spend some time with your family," Stefan said, detaching from me. I looked him in the eye, "I don’t think I can do it alone," I said quietly. We were at the airport, and Axel was with me while I greeted my friend. The deal with Stefan was to accompany me on this trip, to give me strength and courage, and to convince me to leave, after which Stef would return to Northfield while I would try to spend at least a week with my family. At first, the plan convinced me it was a great idea, but after a day, I had a crisis, and now I was in danger of having another one, and I was not sure I could last two days alone. I wasn’t as strong as I thought. Axel was with me, and he was watching me like a
Miles I pressed the bell again and stood by. "Alison!" I said, knocking at the door. Dammit it! I knocked again and waited again, but nobody came to open the door. Maybe she hadn’t come home, maybe she’d been around, and I’d lost her like an asshole. "What are you doing here?" I heard someone say behind my back. I turned and was in front of Axel, with my hands inside the pants of the suit he was wearing. "Shouldn’t you be at work?" I asked, scowling. Like he’s the one in the wrong, and I’m not the one knocking on his door. "Lunch break," he said, pulling out the keys and approaching the door as I moved, "What are you doing here?" He fished out while he put the key in the lock. "I want to talk to Alison," I said. Axel stood up and looked at me, his icy gaze "What part of staying away from my sister is not clear to you?" he asked. "The part about staying away," I said mockingly. "Listen, I don’t want to punch you, let alone ruin my white shirt, so I suggest you leave before
AlisonI Sigh and click on the site. It had been two days since my last crisis and two days in which I had done nothing but stay locked in my room doing nothing but stare at the void.My mom tried to talk me out of it a few times, but I never did. I had limited myself to exist, making me think a lot.I understood that I was not ready at all, that I had never been, that it had not been right to return home so early when she was not sure, and these were the results.I missed my family, that was true, but I didn’t feel at home since I came back, I always felt restless about who goes there and didn’t listen to anyone.I knew it would be a mistake from the beginning, but I let Stefan convince me, thinking I was strong enough, but I wasn’t. I had never really been strong, I had my weaknesses, too, and those weaknesses were destroying me with time.I had been on the airport website for about ten minutes, and I was deciding which flight to take back to Northfield because I felt it was the rig
Megan My heart was pounding in my throat, and I felt a bite in my stomach as I watched the closed doors in front of me. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. "Are you anxious?" asked Devon-Dad, and I opened my eyes to look at him, he was wonderful in his black suit and the flower in his pocket, I nodded and bit my lower lip. "Don’t be, it’s always Liam," Lucas-Dad said on the other side, and I turned to look at him. Dad reached out and gently stroked my cheek, "It’s the moment you’ve been waiting for for over five years, said Devon-Dad. That’s right, it was the moment we’d put off forever, but now it was finally coming. I was in front of the closed door of the room where our wedding would be celebrated, where we will finally be sworn eternal love before the eyes of all, even if we had sworn eternal love for a long time, this was one more thing. Beyond this door was the love of my life, the father of my child, my other half. The man who showed me what love was, made me feel it
Axel "Daddy!" Aurora shouted, giving me a wide smile as she ran towards me with her little legs. I grabbed her and twirled her while she laughed cheerfully. "Did you miss me?" she asked me when I stopped. Her blue eyes shone with pure joy and love. "To die for, I can’t live without you," I said, closing my eyes and faking death. "No, dad!" Aurora cried, and then I kissed her on the mouth, "The awakening kiss!" she said, and I opened my eyes immediately as she watched me waiting. "Ohh, you saved me!" I said and kissed her while she laughed. I moved her blond hair behind her ears and looked into her eyes, "How did it go the first day," I asked her as I walked towards the car. "One of them tried to take my place, and I pushed him down and told him if he ratted me out next time, I’d beat him," she said grimly. I froze and looked at "Aurora" and started saying. "What?" she said angelically, "He wanted to steal my job, Dad!" she said in an obvious tone. "That doesn’t mean you can
Alison I took a breath again "And the princess turned and looked at the prince, who smiled wide and hugged her, knowing that he finally had in his arms the woman he loved" I read with transport and then closed the book and looked at my little girl in her cot. "And they lived happily ever after?" she asked, her green eyes shining as she held her stuffed animal in her arms. "Forever," I said with a smile. Harper gave me a wide smile and squeezed the plush to her chest, shaking her little redhead with joy. "Now sleep, Harper," I said, bending down to kiss her forehead. I put her favorite book on the bedside table and turned on the night light, and then I got out of bed and walked to the door. "Mom?" Harper called me, and I froze on the door, turning to look at my four-year-old in her bed. The slick copy of my husband, the love of my life, with her green eyes watching me with interest. "Is Daddy your Prince Charming?" she asked with her angelic voice. I smiled wide, "Daddy is my
LiamI had slept on the couch. I had spent a whole fucking night on the couch! I was kicked out of my bed for something I didn’t even know what I did!That morning I got up from the sofa and tried to go to Meg’s room, finding the door locked from the inside!My clothes were in the cabinet in the hallway, so I just went to the bathroom, changed, and left at dawn.I went to my mom’s house, and she welcomed me with a super happy Logan in her arms. I had breakfast with her, and in the meantime, I called my twin sister, asking her if she could take Meg to the spa to make her relax since she was pissed at me.Emma immediately said yes, and I had just eaten my breakfast with my son in my arms."How was your night?" Mom asked, pouring juice into a glass.I shoved a fork in my mouth and looked at Logan on my lap, "I slept on the couch, mom," I said, looking up at her, she opened her mouth wide.
MeganI sighed and looked at myself in the mirror, bending my head to the side as I watched the red and black underwear that I had bought for that special evening.After a lot of work, I convinced myself to leave Logan for a night with the grandparents, my parents had taken to the hair with Liam to take Logan, and I had let them do it because I needed that night with my fiancè.Logan was four months old, and I had never left him when I had hardly rested and given little attention to my husband. Even after the doctor cleared us, we didn’t do anything.Liam was so focused on work he came home too late, and I was too tired to do anything.Every night I heard him come home, and I heard him throw himself into bed with me, and although every night I promised myself to wait up for him, every night I gave in to sleep and fatigue.But not that night, that night was just for him and me because I needed to mark my territory again. I didn’t want Liam to go looking for what I didn’t give him elsew
EmmaIt was a fucking disgrace. Oh my God, it was a disgrace.My breath was gasping, and I looked at the fucking stick in my hand that was shaking nonstop.It was too early, not again.I looked at the two positive lines on the pregnancy test and had tears in my eyes. Oh, Axel would go crazy.How was that possible? I had finished breastfeeding Aurora only a month ago and had taken the pill immediately when I had stopped, I could not get pregnant during breastfeeding!What a fucking mess. I shook my head and looked at Aurora in her crib as she played with her toys cheerfully, her blue eyes gleaming cheerfully as she kicked with her feet wrapped in the pink onesie she was wearing. I looked at her and felt my heart roll over in my chest.Aurora was the joy of my life, my love. When I found out I was pregnant with her, I was scared, but at the same time, I was excited because Ax and I were building something together, but Axel’s reaction wasn’t exactly what I expected.Although he was a w
EmmaI sighed as the sun kissed my skin, turned my gaze towards the sea as I watched my wonderful husband come out of the sea, like a fucking model, and immediately I felt wet.I bent my head to the side and looked at him, his chest wet and sculpted, the costume sticking to his skin hiding what was underneath, that wonderful part of his body that I had had inside my mouth just that morning. I let myself go a dreaming sigh as I watched him.Axel passed a hand through his wet blond hair, moving them backward, and I squeezed my legs between them while the women of the beach watched him bewitched, but he didn't look at anyone.Axel walked straight towards me, eyes only on me, and suddenly I had the irrepressible desire to undress what this man could do to me.We were on our honeymoon in the Maldives, we had left a few days ago, having to postpone the departure for the birth of little Logan, who had decided to break into this w
MeganLiam opened the door to the house very carefully, holding on one shoulder the bag with the things we had brought to the hospital. I stood still behind him, with Logan in my arms, sleeping peacefully, wrapped in his hat and pacifier in his mouth.I was a bit worried because he didn’t stick to my nipple to drink, and I had little milk to give him; so the nurses had opted to give him the bottle, even though the doctor told me I should continue to attach him to my breast.I sighed and watched Liam open the door to let me in. I had been in the hospital for four days when Liam had slept in a chair next to my bed, and I had spent nights awake to check that Logan was okay.I could never stay calm, I would go up and check on him continuously, checking that he was really well and that it was not a joke.I was a little paranoid, I knew it and admitted it, but I couldn’t stay calm.I walked into the house and
Liam"Okay, Meg, it’s okay, just push," said the doctor sitting between Meg’s legs.Meg yelled and shrugged her head "No," she said with clenched teeth."Meg, baby, you gotta push," I said, shaking her hand.We were in the hospital room after doing something in the middle of the city streets to get to the hospital. Megan had broken her water this morning, three weeks early, and while we were in the car, I called our doctor, who told us that she would be waiting at the hospital to take care of the birth but to be quiet anyway because everything would be fine.I was trying to be calm, but Megan wasn’t, she was worried and scared. As soon as we arrived at the hospital, we were given a room, and after an hour, Megan was completely dilated and ready to give birth. Our doctor had prepared the room, and now it was between Megan’s legs, begging her to push, but she didn’t want to know."No!" sh