Vanilla, Cream and Strawberries (Unedited copy)

Chapter 17 - Unedited

The week in Florida had been more than the twins or Ari could ever imagined it would have been. They had stayed in their hotel or laid on the beach for the remanding 5 days, Daniel had handled the launch tour obligations. The social events and dinners were just too much for them at a time like this. Things had relaxed but there was still an awkward tension in the air. The twins agreed they couldn't touch her sexually again until after their session with Saunders, they didn't want to inflict any more damage than they already had. The twins had even been considering telling Ari why they left her but that would be something they'd have to discuss with Saunders separately.

"Are you sure you can handle this?" Alex asked Daniel

"I've been handling it all week haven't I? I'll be fine. Just get her home safe and sort yourselves out" Daniel told him, patting his shoulder. It was 3am and the twins had arranged for their jet to take them home. It was easier to get out in the middle of the night without the media at the front door.

"We appreciate this" Christian told him

"It's what I get paid for" Daniel smirked and left the room. Ari was in the shower and the twins used the privacy to discuss their next move.

"I rang Saunders yesterday, we have an appointment tomorrow" Alexander told Christian, the thought of visiting Saunders again made Alex nervous, they had parted on bad terms after Alex couldn't agree to follow Saunders advice.

"That's good. Does he know what's been going on?" Christian asked, he knew visiting Saunders would be difficult for Alex, he was hot headed and impulsive and found it hard to listen to criticism.

"I emailed him a brief summary." Alex said, packing the rest of his things into the his suitcase

"You need to relax Alex" Christian told him

"Easier said than done really" The last 5 days had put immense strain on the twin's relationship, while both of them wanted to take a different approach to handling the situation. Alexander wanted full commitment and to tell Arabella everything, she deserved to know, and they expected the truth from her but weren't willing to give it to her... Alex couldn't go on like that. Christian disagreed and thought telling her everything would only make her run.

The opening of the bathroom door brought the twins out of their glaring competition. Ari strode into the room as naked as the day she was born. She ignored the twins questioning glazes and stood in front of the mirror applying her body lotion.

"What do you think you're doing?" Christian demanded of her. Usually she'd cringe at his harsh tone but it didn't even affect her

"Getting ready? What does it look like" She told him

"Don't be smart Arabella"

"Whatever you say Christian"

"What is your fucking problem?"

"You are." She told him, pulling on a cream thong and matching bra set. Alexander decided to stay quiet and see how the situation played out.

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?"

"I had a bad day, ended in a bit of a melt down and you two won't even touch me. You'd think I had some sort of flesh eating disease. Look what happened was a big mistake but I'm not going to stick around and make you both feel guilty about it. Clearly what happened changed the way you two see me and I can understand that. So I'll move out and things can go back to normal" 5 days, she'd felt like a burden. After two days of them pushing her out, she couldn't handle it. Everything that had happened, had been an awful mistake.