Love, Alaïa

Chapter 7- I'll Take Care Of You

After all that studying and confessions I have to head home again. Not that being there is like a botheration to me but seeing my family in the condition hurts me. I would rather be sad and hold thier burdans on my shoulder rather then them doing so. I let out a sigh as I unlock my front door. The living room was still dead quiet and well the only sound running through my walls was Jordyn crying. I run upstairs to his room to make sure his okay.

"Mom, is baby okay", I asked concerned.

"His been crying all morning and nothing is working. His doesn't want to drink his milk or take a nap I don't know what's wrong with him", she sounded so worried.

"Here let me try". I picked him up gently from my mom's lap and and held him close to me. I look at his little round face which was more plump and red from all the crying. I throw him up in the air and blow unto his palms. The pleasing sound of his little giggles ran through my ears and mom's frown turned upside down. I kept doing this for a good 10 minutes until he was calm. I ran to the living room to pick up his toy llama that was abandoned by the fireplace.

"Here you go mom, GumGum was the problem. He missed his little llama", I smiled.

"How would you know he wanted his llama?", she questioned.

"Mom, all your children share 1/4 or a heart. We know when the other one hurts and why they're hurting", I smiled and waved her off.

So while I was at Elijah's house, an idea came to mind. This might be going against Dev but I have to get Alex's point of view. From my intuition, I say Alex is innocent and so does Gio. Two right's can't make a wrong right?

I drive over to Alex's house and knock on their front door.

"Alaïa, how are you dear. Please tell me you brought good news", Mrs Cole said with a look of hope.

"I'm okay Mrs Cole and unfortunately I don't have any news yet however I'm here to find out the truth and unite these two", I assure her.

"Come in dear. Alex is in his room. His hasn't come out since yesterday", she pointed towards the stairs.

"Okay, I'll talk to him"

I rush upstairs and walk down their hallway full of frames, baby pictures of Alex and his brothers and some paintings from Alex's nephew's kindergarten class. I knock on the third door to the left and I get no answer in return.

"Alex, it's Alaïa. Please open the door", I said softly against the door.

"I really don't wanna talk to anyone Lai. Please don't tell me you think I was actually capable of this, do you?", I heard him sniffle.

"No Alex and that's exactly why I'm here. Devyn is my sister but you're also like a brother to me and matter of fact, I don't think this is your fault.", I reply.

I hear the lock softly turn as the door swings open to reveal a very broken Alex. His hair was messy, his eyes were puffy and blood shot. You could tell he had don't alot of crying. I embraced him in a big hug.

" It's okay Alex. I'm here now. Please tell me the truth if you cheated on Devyn", I ask.

"No Alaïa. I would never. Those pictures, they aren't me", he said.

"What do you mean? They aren't you?", I asked baffled.

"No Lai, they aren't. I've never went on dinner date with a blonde. In fact I have never even dated a blonde."

"Then are you telling me that it's possible that it was photoshopped?", I asked trying to connect the dots.

"Probably. Okay if you don't wanna believe me. I actually have album in my attic. That album consists of all my exs. I know it's not a cool thing to do by keeping memories and moments from your past but it's something that I decided to do when I was younger. That album contains all my exs. Which was like three. After every break up I stuck a picture of us so I never forget my journey to pure happiness and frankly that pure happiness is just one person. Alaïa, I want to spend my life with Devyn. Please help me", he said so heartbreakingly as he cried a little.

"Shhh it's okay Alex. I believe you. But one thing though. The video. What's with the video?", I asked.

"See. It was 9 months into our relationship when we thought we didn't wanna continue with our relationship so we decided to take a break. Although I was dying on the inside I don't know why I even agreed to the break in the first place but that evening I was so heartbroken. I decided to make Devyn jealous. I don't even know that girl nor her name. I just wanted to prove a point. But we got back together like a week after and I told Devyn all about it"

All this made sense to me. Somebody photoshopped his pictures and obviously they dug pretty deep to get the video which is almost 4 years old. This could be the same person who the flash drive belonged to. 'AJ'. But right now I don't have the time to figure out who did this. Now I to concentrate on bringing them back together. How am I going to do that? How will I convince Devyn to come out and meet Alex? I got it! I organise a special dinner. Just like their first one. But how am I going to tell Devyn?

"Okay Alex, freshen up because you're going out", I nudged him.

"Going out? Alaïa, there's so much going on and you wanna go out", he asked puzzled.

"We're going to get your fiancé back so I suggest you put something less teenage and more appropriate. Leave everything to me but be at Berry Beach in three hours. Oh and don't forget to bring flowers", I winked and walked off.

I pull up in my driveway and run  straight to Devyn's room.

"OMG Dev guess what?!", I scream.

"Lai what are you on about? You didn't even come to see if I'm okay today and you just barge in right now screaming", she rolls her eyes.

"If I came in here pouring pity on you, would I have got what I have in my hand right now", I wave two tickets in the air. "It's RiRi! We're going to see RiRi"

"Okay you're lying she screamed almost excited. If I wasn't going through the breakup of this century then maybe, just maybe I would have come with you. But I'm too sad to sing along to Kiss it Better", she say stuffing her face into her fluffy pillow.

"You know, heartbreaks, boyfriend, fiancés come and go but meeting Rihanna is worth forgetting about your problems for at least two hours. Think about it. You stay home and sulk all this time while me and whoever I decided to take along be singing to your favorite artist. Won't that feel messed up? ", I pointed out.

These tickets were fake. I printed them at a cafè. I know lying isn't a good thing to do but how else will I get Devyn out of the house. Especially if it's to meet Alex. She stood there thinking about what I said until she finally agreed. My sister is so stubborn.

I told her to put on this really cute but formal dress. She moaned but she came through at the end.

We arrived at Berry Beach and the sun was just about to set. Perfect.

"Umh Lai, RiRi better be wearing some fenty underwear because this doesn't look like a Rihanna concert to me", she said.

"Trust me, would you", I pulled her hand and led her through a little tunnel like this until she stood in awe.
Sheets were spread on the floor and a table for two was placed in the middle. The smell of all her favorite foods were so strong and there was candle and string lights everywhere. On one said was a line with all their beautiful photographs pinned onto it and the other was... Alex... Alex standing there with a bunch of roses in his hand. He pulled out the chair of her to sit and some guys played violin in the background.

"What is all this", she questioned

"Dev, this isn't even an apology dinner. But I'm here to explain everything", Alex said holding her hand.

I gave them their privacy and after about an hour. Everything seemed to be cleared up. I could hear intense giggles and that's all I wanted. Them together, where they belonged.
My work here is done. I'm gonna head home....