Now and Forever

Chapter 13

Audrey and I had made plans of going shopping later on in the afternoon so I decided to pack away my

clothes in to the closet to pass time.

I dragged my suitcase to the closet and saw one side of the closet was filled with Alexander's clothes

and the other side was empty.

I started out by hanging the dresses, then tops and ended by hanging the jackets last. I then folded my

jeans and shorts and put my undies and bras, the pajamas that Bella had gotten me and my swimsuits

in a drawer that was beneath my pants.

By time I was done, it was around eleven am so I decided to organize my skin and hair products in the

bathroom. It didn't take me that long to organize them since I didn't have many of them.

There was a knock on the door and the sound of it opening. I popped my head out of the bathroom

door to see who it was then Audrey walked in and sat on the bed.

"Hey Audrey, do you need anything?" I asked as I walked out of the bathroom and towards the bed.

"Are you ready?" She asked. I looked at the time on my phone and it showed that it was a quarter to

mid day.

I furrowed my eyebrows in confusion. "It's not yet one o'clock." I said while looking back at her. She

sighed dramatically while falling back on the bed on her back. "But I'm so booored." She whined as she

put an arm over her eyes.

I chuckled lightly and walked back into the closet to get a purse to put my wallet and phone in.

We walked out of the room and made our way downstairs. On the stairs we met Alexis and her friend.

"Where are you guys going?" Let's call her Ms Annoying shall we? Asked. "None of your business

Bethany." -Oh, so that's her name. So much for my great nicknaming skills. *Cue eye roll*- Audrey said

as she just walked past them.

I could sense the tension between them so I just gave them a polite smile and followed Audrey down

the stairs. We turned going towards the left hallway when Alexander walked out of some sort of room

that had brown double doors. "Where are you guys going?" He asked when he closed the door and

came to stand in front of us.

"The mall for shopping." Audrey said. "Isn't it too early to go?" He asked looking at her. "Any ways, I

need to talk to you Amelia." He said turning to me and motioned me to follow him. "Make sure you guys

get evening dresses, we have been invited to a gala hosted by Mr Richards and his wife." His mom

said also coming out of the room Alexander had just walked out of.

He opened a room and this time, he let me walk in first. The room looked like it was a lounge of some

sort. "What do you want to talk about?" I asked when he had closed the door. "We need to sign a

contract for this... what ever it's called." I nodded my head in understanding and motioned him to

continue. "We were supposed to sign it when we went back to the states after two weeks, but our trip

has been extended." He said.

"Why?" I asked. "My mom asked me to extend it by two more weeks so that she can get to know her

'daughter' more." He finished off with an eye roll at the end. I don't know why, but it kind of hurt when he

said daughter with quotation marks around it.

"Is that all?" I asked. "No," he said as he dug something out of his pocket. "I need you to take this and

use it to buy a dress for this evening and more clothes for the longer stay here." He said handing me a

credit card. "I can't." Is all I said, pushing it back to him.

"Why not?"

"Because it'll look like I'm 'with you' just for your money." I said looking down at the floor. He shook his

head, pushed the card into my hands and walked away, leaving me in the room by myself.

I walked out of the room and walked to where I had left Audrey earlier on. We walked into what looked

like garage that had many looking expensive cars that were all black and were heavily tinted.

Audrey chose a Grand Jeep Cherokee and got into the drivers seat while I slid into the passenger seat

as she started the car and drove out of the garage.

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Thirty minutes later, we made it to the mall. We got out of the car and made our way towards the

entrance. The first store we went to looked like it sold only expensive evening gowns.

"How May I help you?" A shop attendant with a slight hint of an Italian accent asked as she stood in

front of us. Audrey explained to her the details of what my dress should look like, I honestly didn't

understand a single word she said. Please check at N/ôvel(D)rama.Org.

She seemed to understand what Audrey had said to her because she motioned is to follow her. "Wait

here." She said as she disappeared into a back room and came back holding a dress that was

wrapped up in a black leather cover.

"Please follow me." We did as we were told and followed her into a place that looked like a changing

room. There was a platform in the middle of the room with three mirrors going three quarters around it.

She closed the door and hang up the bag against the door. She unzipped the bag and took out the

dress revealing a breathtaking black dress.

It was a simple but elegant evening gown. It was an A-line burgundy v-neck dress that had spaghetti

straps and a slit the ended mid thigh.

She handed Audrey the dress and told us she would be back. She walked out and closed the door

behind her. "Wow." Audrey breathed out, looking at the beautiful piece of cloth in her hands. "Wow

indeed." I said nodding my head.

"Well then, try it on!" She suddenly exclaimed. "Are you crazy?! I can't." I said looking at her wide-eyed.

"Why not?" She asked, furrowing her eyebrows. "I-I just can't." Looking at the dress.

"That's BS and you know it. Now get your ass over there and change into the dress." She said pointing

towards a curtain. I took the dress out of her hands carefully. I took off my clothes and my bra because

it had a built in bra and put on the dress, careful not to rip it.

I walked out of curtain and walked up onto the platform. "You look so beautiful Amelia." Audrey gushed

out. I looked at her through the mirror looking at me with her mouth slightly parted.

The dress was tight around my waist, but not to tight to make me uncomfortable. It had a deep v-neck,

but not too deep to show off to much cleavage and the slit stopped slightly above mid thigh, showing off

my leg. To be honest, this dress was beautiful.

"We need to get it." Audrey said, already taking out her credit card from her wallet. "What are you

doing?" I asked turning around to see her walking towards the door. "I'm paying for the dress." She said

in a duh tone.

"No, you don't have to do that. We don't even know the price of the dress Audrey." I said stepping down

from the platform. "I want to and I will." She said. "I'll pay for it, and besides, Alexander gave me his

card, so you don't have to worry about it." I said with a pleading tone in my voice.

"Fine! But I'm buying the shoes!" She said throwing her hands up in the air. "Deal." I smiled. I walked

back into the curtain and put my sundress back on.

I put the black dress back into the leather bag it was in and we made our way to the cashier. "That'll be

five hundred dollars please." She said after scanning the dress. I fished out for Alexander's credit card

in my purse and gave it to her. She took the credit card and did whatever she had to do and then

handed it back to me.

We thanked her and walked out of the store. We went to a shoe boutique next and Audrey then started

her hunt for the perfect shoes as she described it. I just rolled my eyes and took a seat on one of the

leather chairs that were there.

As I was scrolling through my instagram feed, I saw Audrey walking back to me with her face beaming.

Her hands were behind her back and I assumed she had found the perfect shoes *cue eye roll*.

"Let me guess, you found the 'perfect' shoes?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. She nodded her head

viciously, looking at her almost made my head dizzy. She slowly took the shoes out of their hiding place

behind her back and finally, she showed them to me.

My eyes popped out of their sockets when I set my eyes on the shoes she was holding. "Wow." I

breathed out, still looking at the beautiful pair of shoes she was holding.

They were five inch white heels with black floral lace designs going all over them. They were simple,

but elegant, just like the dress I got.

"We're getting these." Audrey said as she walked towards the cash register. After paying, she walked

back over to me and we walked out of the boutique.