Can't help falling in love with you

■●After●■

  The past few days flew by. It was now Wednesday, I had the plans with my family and the charity event tomorrow. I was done with my collection for the event and now I just had to drop them off today after dinner.

  "Are you ready for today" I asked Chris as we where eating. "Yeah this should go smooth. We just have to go over the details. We're counting on you too."he said with a smile. I returned the smile and we continued eating in a comfortable silence.

 
"Do you think we can take Ivory?" "I don't see why not, maybe just keep her on her leash. She's good with strangers but better be safe than sorry" I yell back at Chris.

  As we walk out I ask"Your car or mines?" "Mines." I lead Ivory to Chris's car and we head to my parents house.

  We only come by during holidays, the house was the same as always. A grand urban house, dark and sort of intimidating. Flowing with horrible memories I tried to keep locked under a trap door in my head. I guess Chris saw my discomfort as he took my had and squeezed it slightly to bring me out of my trance and gave me a smile. God how come I don't love this man. It's like something is blocking me.

  We walk inside to be greated by our parents and Lucian. "Glad you guys can make it" my father said.

《As if I had a choice》

  "Of course we won't miss this for the world" Chris said for the both of us. We walked outside and caught up for a while as we waited for them. Ivory lounge around us moving occasionally to go in and out of the shade or going to drink water, something coming up to us to get a few pats on the head and kisses

  After about 15 minutes we hear the door bell ring. My father got up, followed by my mother and the Richards. Me and Lucian stayed outside waiting for then to come back outside.

  We hear chuckling and people talking but we still waited until they came out. 

~3rd person ~

  As the Richards and the two Violets walk back outside followed by the Trents. Stephan had his new usual business face as he walked outside next to his sister Elena. They where so different, you can see it clearly as day and night. Elena had beautiful almost white blond hair and her icy blue almost grey eyes, both inherited by her mother. While Stephan black hair and piercing green eyes. They sort of don't look related, unless you see both parents and you see their almost exact copies of one of their parents.

  They walked outside first, hand in hand. Followed by everyone else.

  Gisele's heart sank as she saw them, how can she forget his face. The man she fell in love with, when she knew she couldn't. A soulmate that wasn't meant to be.

  Both Elena and Stephan stopped dead in their tracks as they saw Gisele. How could Elena forget the woman who caused her brother such an emotional toll. She will always remember how she encouraged her brother to call her. She, in her eyes, was also the cause for her brother's pain he felt.

  Stephan looked in disbelief. That was soon replaced with anger.

  "Well I feel like I have to introduce myself and my family" Chris said while Almando and Owen agreed. "These to wonderful people are my parents"-he said pointing to his parents-"these three other wonderful people are my in laws"-he pointed to Almando, Rose and Lucian  -"And here is my amazing wife, we can't forget our dog Ivory" he came next to his wife and pulled her closer to him by her waist and scratching the dog's head.

  ~Gisele view~
  I felt as though I was having a panic attack. It's been years since I had one. I almost forgot how to mask it, but it was like riding a bike. On the inside images of everything I have built came crashing down and I was in a corner watching a different trap door trying to burst open in my mind,trying to make  every single memory come flooding back. But on the outside I kept the smile my mom taught me when things like this happened. The mask I hadn't used in years came back, it was like something in my mids started to work again like clockwork, just how it was 3 years ago. Ivory also became my emotional support dog she would put her head on my lap for me to pet.