Maxerica

Losing Everything

I wake up in Eadlyn's bed with her on my right and Ahren on my left. I'm laying on my back in the small bed.
I blink away the sleepiness in my eyes. I feel exhausted and lazy.
I look at my beautiful twins and smile. I then remember the argument between Maxon and I, making my smile slip away.
I sit up, waking both of them up.
I stand up and look at them as they yawn and stretch.
"Good morning," I say to them.
"Morning," Eadlyn replies with a yawn.
"Good morning mommy," Ahren says while sitting up.
"I'm going to get dressed. You do the same while I'm gone. When I get back we'll head to breakfast," I instruct.
They get up and I leave.
As I'm walking towards the princess suite I see Maxon walking my direction. I suck in a breath of shock and look away. I keep my eyes off of him, and right as he was about to pass me he grabs my arm.
I stop and look at him. He looks serious.
"We need to talk," he says.
"Ok."
I watch him.
"I have meetings today so I won't be free until after dinner."
"Fine."
He waits a minute then walks away.
He hates me. He probably wants a divorce at this point.
I sigh and go to the suite.
When I go in Marlee and Lucy are there.
They smile at me.
"Hey Ames," Marlee says. She rarely calls me that, but it's nice when she does. It makes me feel closer to her for some reason.
"Hi," I reply, smiling a bit. I immediately know they see right through it.
"What's wrong?" Lucy asks.
I shake my head as I feel tears burning at my eyes.
"Oh America."
Marlee comes to me and hugs me. I hug her back and cry.
"It's ok" she comforts, leading me to the bed. We sit and I take a deep breath.
"What happened?"
"Maxon and I got into a fight. It was so stupid. He hates me now," I cry. I hug Marlee and sob into her shoulder.
"He doesn't hate you," she assures. "If it was stupid then you'll make up for sure. He loves you so much. I know that as a fact."
"This feels just like when he thought I was cheating and said he's gonna pick Kriss. I feel like I'm losing everything all over again!"
"America. It's ok. You stayed together then and you'll stay together now."
I take a deep breath and rub my eyes.
"Has he tried to talk to you?"
"He stopped me on my way here and said we need to talk."
"See. You'll be snuggling by the fire together before you know it. Just like last time, you'll get together."
"Let's hope no one gets hurt this time to make that happen," Lucy comments with a smile.
I smile.
"Thanks guys," I gratefully say.
Marlee hugs me then gets me a dress to change into.

The kids are in their room to play a bit before bed, so I figured I'd walk around the palace until Maxon finds me. So I do. I think Maxon's still in his meeting, so I have a bit. I'm nervous he's still mad. I don't want to lose him. I can't. I finally have the life I want with the only man I'll ever want, I can't lose it.
This really makes me think about when he was going to choose Kriss. It hurts to think about. I cried so much. I'll ever tell him how much I cried that day.
I stop when I hear a thud. I was near one of the back staircases.
I go down a set of stairs that leads to the royal jewel room. It holds the crowns and other valuable possessions.
When I go in I see two people in our uniforms loading cases into a bag.
I was about to say something when I feel a burn on the side of my head. The last fuzzy thing I see is that I'm on the ground. Everything goes dark.