What If?

Chapter 24

Thanks for all the reads and comments and votes. It really means a lot to me. Once again I must apologise for the long wait. I have plenty of chapters waiting Its just that it's been busy periode and sometimes when I think about it, I'm to tired to put them online . I hope all of you and you're families are still doing alright in this trying periode.

But I still hope you enjoy the chapter and that it was worth the wait. :)

"Are you going to stay here?" Alex asked her, they'd just finished having dinner inside of their private box at Wembley and the football match was just about to start. He knew Amelia wasn't that big of a fan of football; but he'd hoped to pull her out so that she would be able to watch some of the game with him.

"Not all the time." She told him as she pulled Milan onto her lap as he looked down at her youngest brother, keeping him against her as he looked outside.

"I'll be out in a minute; I just want to finish this." She said, nodding to her glass of wine that stood on the table in front of her. Nodding his head with a smile on his lips, he bent forward to claim her lips with his. "I'll be expecting you soon." He whispered against the side of her head as he held out his hand to her little brother as he was eager to get out there and see the match for himself.

"You know I've never seen him this happy and I've known him for over 20 years now." Tom said a bit further down the table as she turned her attention towards him.

"Some would say he's been doing the same for me." Amelia pointed out, thinking of Sophie always pointing out that she'd never seen her this happy and giddy and just more herself than she'd ever witnessed every time they had a facetime call.

"I'm happy that he's this happy Amelia, I remember the time when his mother passed away, it happened just when term was to start again, but as you probably already know, he wasn't in for another three weeks. We, me, Alex, Eddie and a few others, we all rallied around him when he came back, but he was never the same as before her death, which is normal when you think about it. We all tried to hard to cheer him up, to bring him back to how he was before her death, at Eton and ever since. And I can honestly say, he's been back to how he was before ever since he found you." Tom declared as she gave him a tiny smile and nod of her head.

"I can never bring her back, but I would hope that I can give him some happiness at least." She explained to him as he gave her a big smile, she hadn't seen Tom since the dinner back in September, when she'd met his closest friends, including Ed, Tom, his cousins, some family members and closest friends, the circle of trust as it was called. She hadn't had much time to catch up with them since she'd been so busy with school and her placement and such.

So, she couldn't say that she was particularly close to Tom or any of Alex's friends yet. Something she intended to make work off, she really wanted to get along with them. Sure, Alex had told her that they liked her, but it wasn't something you could decide from just one dinner. But Tom was Alex's best friend, and she knew they were in contact daily, though he hadn't been in the same country ever since the dinner back in December.

"You gave him something else though, your love, support and everything else you do. He never seemed this happy with Emily and though we could understand why he dated her, she was a suitable bride, to aristocratic and royal circles, but I believe you're a much better match for him. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I look forward to spending some time together this week, now that I'm back in the country." He explained to her as she nodded her head at him. They'd already agreed to have dinner, just the three of them together at Kensington Palace, she'd do the cooking.

And they were going to take a ride through the countryside with the horses as well. So she looked forward to getting to know Alex's best friend a bit more.