FOREVER YOURS

FOREVER YOURS (Pt 2)-of 3

*The Following Day*
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"You brought caviar?"

"Why wouldn't I? It's a special occasion"

"Um yummy.."

"Haha oh Cmon Jade..If you don't like it I'm sure Xander will"

"I'm just joking I'll give it a try Aria thank you for coming it means a lot to me" I reached out to give her a hug. Lea helped to organize a surprise dinner where I would be announcing to everyone my engagement with Xander.

It had been quite some time since I had seen Aria. She glowed from all the traveling she had been doing. She also seemed like she was in a peaceful state of mind. Aria never settled down so instead she decided to adopt a young ten year old girl named Amaya whom she shares adventures with.

"Hey my best friend is getting married to the wonderful Xander..Of course I was going to come" She said with excitement. Suddenly a loud noise of breaking glass startled us both. I turned to the direction where it came from and saw Natasha standing in front of a now broken plate she had dropped.

"WHAT?! You're getting married to him!? That's why we're having this stupid dinner! Why would you marry him!?" She shot me an angry stare mixed with sorrow. I confusingly looked at her puzzled of her sudden rejection towards Xander. She had always loved him dearly and even addressed him as Dad. I couldn't figure why she didn't want me marrying him? If anything I thought she'd be the happiest.

"Natasha wait! We need to talk!" I shouted after her as she quickly ran outside.

"Hey there's my two favorite girls" Xander said while stopping Natasha with a huge hug. Instead of hugging him back she rudely pushed him away while angry tears ran down her face.

"Natasha! What the hell has gotten into you!?" I angrily shouted at her as she turned to face me.

"If you marry him you lose me!"

"What? Where is this coming from?"

"I don't want you to marry him! Xander is not the one for you!"

"Honey what's going on? Are you feeling okay?" Xander softly spoke trying to approach Natasha once again. However she immediately stepped back avoiding to get touched by Xander.

"You're a great guy and I do care about you..I grew to love you but you're not Dad! Mom should be with him! He still loves her and has suffered greatly for his mistakes already! He deserves to be happy too! We all do!"

"NATASHA HAVE YOU BEEN SEEING HIM!?" I furiously grabbed her by the arm as I felt Xander immediately pull my arm back. "Jade please calm down" "ANSWER ME NATASHA!!" She suddenly took out a wrinkled letter from inside her coat and gave it to me.

"I found out everything! He didn't have another choice but to tell me what happened between you two..I know why he left you and I also know why you haven't been able to forgive him! But it's not fair that you hid this truth from Lance and I! You made a decision that was ours to make! You kept him away from us! It was because of you that he never came back to see us! All this time I grew to hate him when I should've been hating you!!"

With such suddenness I slapped her across the face. My eyes widened in shock as I immediately noticed the grave mistake I had done. Her cheek flushed in red while her eyes grew watery.

"I will never forgive you!"

"Natasha that's enough come inside with me" I stood in silence as I watched Xander hug her and take her back inside the house. Tears began to stream down my face as I turned to look at my hand. I had never laid a hand on either one of them until now. My hand still throbbed in pain as to how aggressively I had strike her. I looked at the letter she had given me. Deciding to read it I opened it up.