Alex POV
When She reveal who her step father is I already know this will change everything. The Four who doesn't know everything went out while Cody, Kyle, Ami and I Left in the living room. Ami is sitting on the floor after The other guys went out without even saying anything. It's Probably A blow to them.
"The plan didn't worked." I said. Ami look at us in confusion. "What Plan are you saying?." She ask.
Cody sigh. "Alex should Explain it." Then he left us and went upstairs. Kyle sigh. "Alex? what are you saying?." She began to be frustrated to me.
"It's was Me and Alex who planned everything." Kyle said then look at Ami. "I ask Alex who can destroy Your step father since your family is close to each other. He then Told us than Hans Could but Hans refuse to work with us since his father is keeping an eye on him everywhere in San José. With no other choice we tried to ask your mom for help so Cody could get out of the mess he didn't made but before we can talk to her, Thomas knew our plan and blocked us from talking to your mom." Kyle said. "She's always dragging your Mom wherever he goes." I added.
"With no other choice, you're the only hope we have. So Manager Earo, Kyle and I plan to come here first to give you some briefings but Cody got a hunch and stop us from doing the plan. We wanted to try reaching you out so you'll not be empty-headed Ami, But things are getting worst and we're running out of time, no choice, in the end, Even Cody doesn't want to come here, He insisted and in exchange he told us not to mention anything to you. His reason of he can't write a song is just an excuse." I continue what Kyle wanted to say since he is so stressed out.
"Why is he messing with you guys?." Ami ask confusedly. "Cody is the only one who can answer that but I bet he won't tell you either."
After we talk, we ask Ami to stay on her room to rest, she refuse at first but give in after a while, me and Kyle wait for the guys to be back so we can explain.
"They are still not responding to my messages." Kyle said and sigh heavily. "Give them time to think Kyle." I said. He just place his phone to the couch and sat and ran his hand over his face. "I stop you from telling them everything but you hard headed still told them about her." Out of nowhere Cody said while coming out of the hallway.
"They have the right to know Cody. They're getting all along!" Kyle burst out. "I ask you politely to give me time Kyle!." Cody Shouted back at him.
"And When are you gonna tell them everything? When's everything okay?! Huh?. Look at us! We're all Hiding because of that Man!. Our Careers and Dreams is shattering because we Always think about you! Have you ever think about Us? huh? NO! BECAUSE YOU'RE SELFISH!" Kyle said and storm out of the living room.
Cody only stand there, stunned to what he heard from Kyle. I went to him. "You know he didn't mean it." I said. "Alex, He wont say it out loud if he didn't mean it." Cody said and goes back to his room.
I tried calling Tim, maybe he'll answer his phone but he's not answering it, Same as the others. Without doing anything, I went down and saw myself standing in front of Ami's Room.
I'm contemplating on knocking on her door but in the end I only sat down facing it. Why's everything is so mess up again? When this gonna end? I thought everything is going well, but here we are going back to zero after happiness.
I stayed like that for I don't know hours. I just sat there thinking she'll know I'm here and come out to assure me everything will be alright like she always used to do but i know it will never happen. She must be also shock.
"Alex?" I look up to someone who calls me. "What are you doing here? Why are you sitting there alone?" Ami ask and rush to me.
Without thinking I hugged her tightly. "I'm Sorry."
She stiffened but in the end caressed my back. "Cry it out Alex Until you feel better. I'm always be here."
We stayed like that as i cried in her arms.
"I shouldn't be crying but everything is getting heavier. I don't know what to do Ami." I said confusedly. "I'm not like this but just this once, for once, can you be here by my side. just today please. I can't handle it anymore. I want us to be okay. Help me please, like you did to Tim please help me Ami." I continue saying while crying.
She's just there, Hugging me tightly. I hope someone i expected to do this can give me this hug than her. I Don't know why I cried but i let myself give in.
"I will help you Alex. I promise you that. And if you ask me again if you want me to come with you at Richford, I will." She said that made me stop crying. I suddenly part away from our hug and look at her. "What? but you said earlier you won't..." I ask confusedly while she's busy wiping my tears using her own hands. "I thought about it for a while.." She cut me off. "...and you're right, I should go to Richford, I should do my duty to my mom but in exchange you have to help me make amends with Tim and the guys. I need to tell them my apology for everything especially Hiding my own identity and having your personal information on my hand." she said.
I only smile at her and hug her tightly. "Thank You Ami. Thank you." She only pat my Back.
Even without certainty, She still makes effort for them, We prepare the dinner. She cook A simple feast for everyone. While she's busy cooking, I grilled some scallops and mussels outside and put some cheese on top of it, like how the guys like it. Cody went out of his room and help her inside. He even insist on grilling the scallops but i know They needed time to talk things out, to clear things and make amends.
"Are you done there?" I look at Ami who's leaning on the frame of the door. "Not yet but will soon be done. Go ahead and prepare the dining room."
"I'll help you prepare the dining table." without nowhere we saw Kyle coming inside the house. Ami gives me an assuring smile and follow after Kyle. I look up to the sky. "I'm hoping everything will be alright. Please make it happen." I murmur then continue grilling some of the mussels and scallops.
After I'm done I went inside and saw Ami trying to convince Kyle and Cody to talk. "Ami lets go..." I look at Cody and Kyle. "...Be a man and give the girl a break from stress." I told them while passing them by.
I sent the four who's not here a messages to come home and make amends. But as I expected I still got no reply. I sigh and ask Ami to put some nice clothes on as an excuse to talk to Cody and Kyle who's still not talking to each other at the Living room. "If you two don't talk things out, nothing's gonna be done." I said and sat down.
I only heard their heavy sigh. "Fine, if you don't want to make amends with each other I won't force you anymore but I hope you remember what I've said before." I said and left them on their own. I went straight to my room and lay down on the bed.
"Will everything turn out okay or will it turn worst?" i ask then drifted to sleep because of everything.
Ami's POV
"Fine, if you don't want to make amends with each other I won't force you anymore but I hope you remember what I've said before." Alex said. I was about to go out behind the stairs when I heard him say those to two. I sigh and let myself sat there as I waited for them to talk, I don't know what happened after I went to my room earlier but I felt that Cody and Kyle had an argument.
After a moment of silence, i decided to go out when Kyle Said that made me stop.
"I'm sorry Cody, sorry because I led your decision to tell them the truth about Ami and didn't think carefully about how it would affect me and how much reaction everyone will have. And also for what I've said earlier. I hope you didn't take it to your heart. I didn't mean those words." Kyle said. I don't know what's going on but hearing them saying their Feelings made me think that I should do the same.
"I'd be lying to you Kyle if I said I wasn't affected by what you said earlier but You're right, I should have been brave enough to face everything. It's not that I'm going to hide to Thomas forever, that I'll be alarmed by what he can do to us. I should have face him because that's what a man should do. Face my own Problem. Because that is my responsibility." Cody said and i heard him sigh Heavily. "I'm sorry, I'm dragging everyone here. You guys shouldn't be in this situation too, But I hope you didn't think that I'm selfish because I'll do anything for all of you to be safe and reach your own dreams. I'm doing everything here for you guys." He added.
"As per Ami? Would you tell her what you know?." Kyle ask. "For the mean time no, I hope you won't led it again Kyle. I'll tell her eventually, not now, we we're just starting again." He said. "I want to build a strong foundation with her before telling her everything why Thomas is after me."
"Shall we call the two so we can make up with one another and tell the four guys who's still out our apologies?" Kyle Ask. "I'll come to Ami."
As soon as I heard it I went to my room carefully and close the door. I sigh and panicking deciding where to sit when a knock
surprised me. I sigh and calm myself before opening the door.
"Can we talk?" He ask. i sigh and open the door widely to come him in but he stayed outside my room, I let the door open as what Alex told me always when I'm talking to a boy or a guy i my room. "We're not gonna talk here. In the Living room please." He suggested.
I nodded and follow him after. We sat across each other. I waited for him to talk. "Ami What ever happens in the future can you trust me? please? I'll promise to you I'll tell you everything eventually but not now. I don't have any strong evidence against your step father." I sigh after he said those words.
"If father is Alive, He'll never accept this situation against his best friend. He'll probably fight for him because he'll tell anyone that he knows him better than anyone else." I stated. I Saw Cody Chuckled. "You sure about that?." He ask.
I nodded. "Of course Cody. I know him, he's My Father." He smile and lean on the couch he's sitting, crossing his arms, looking intently at me. "But what, Just what if, He's Alive and Against Thomas, Will you support him?." He ask. "Yes. I'll support Him in Everything. He's my Father after all." I said without thinking twice.
He nodded. "Now that Hans handed you the documents about all of us, Have you read mine?." I shook my head because that what i did. "I never read it once nor seen it."
He nodded then smile at me. "Can you trust me?" He ask again. I sigh and Look away from his gaze. I saw him stand and went to my side. He tries to get my attention but I ignored it. "Ami please, I know it's too much, and we don't have any label but can you..."
"Just always give me assurance to trust you and never hurt me." i said. He nodded. "I can't promise to not hurt you Ami because this situation will surely hurt us, but I won't hurt you intentionally and I'll always give you assurance you need."
"So you're both Okay now? After All?." I heard Theo's voice coming from the main door. We both stand and look at them. I bowed my head. I don't have any face to face them because i felt so ashamed.
"Theodore." Nate rebuke him but he didn't listen to him, i kept bowing, Cody place me behind him. Ready to take Theo's Rage. "Oh wow! so now you're choosing her over us?" He ask angrily.
"I'm not choosing anyone. You're raging in anger dude. What do you expect me to do? let Ami take that-"
"SHE FOOLED US!!! ALL OF YOU FOOLED US!!! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF ME? TO REACT THAT EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY?" Theo shouted at Cody.
"THEODORE!" Nate shouted at him that made him stunned. Tim and Brian tried to calm him down.
"Do you really think it's easy for me to hide everything?. Do you think i wanted all of this to happen? That I wanted to be his step daughter? Do you really think it's easy for me to go day by day with you all knowing one day you'll all be mad at me? Theo---" I cut myself from talking because everything is to much. It's crippling my heart into pieces. "---like you I never wanted any of this.. I never--" I can't continue Talking cause i started crying and babbling things, Cody held me in his arms as I I cried.
"I never wanted This Theo, I never..." I keep saying those things.
Alex POV.
As soon as I saw Ami's Crying, Cody hug her and I hurriedly went to her. "YOU WANTED IT!" Theo Shout at her. I look at him madly. "Stop it Theo." I warned him. I look at Kyle to take over so we can take Ami in her room. "We're all too emotional here, we should stop here, we'll probably say anything bad to each other--"
"This is the right time to speak So we can say what we want. If We Don't be honest today, when will we? If this pass we'll definitely regret everything." Brian said.
"You hid everything to us. We're hurt too by what we discovered. We can't comprehend to take it as easy as you can. At least the three of you has an idea. What about us? Where all clueless Kyle." Nate said calmly.
I look at all of them. "You think there's an easy way to say anything to you? Did you know why we can't tell it to you before coming here? because you will react this way." I said "You will judge her like what you've been doing now."
They all stunned to what I've said. "Look at all of your eyes in the mirror. You're judging her now because of Thomas. Right?" Kyle said.
I look at Ami. "I didn't want anything from you guys, I was just asking for a chance from you to hear me out. I don't get it but now i kind of know why. I had a clue why all of you are like this to me now, because you were angry at him. Because you think I was also like him." She said nodding while wiping her tears.
"What ever my reasons will be, you wouldn't be able to trust me, you wouldn't look at me the same way before, you wouldn't be able to forgive me from what my past was, and who my step father is because for you, those definitely defines me. I'm sorry guys for hiding such important thing, and i will continue apologizing, but i hope you also understand why I hid it, because like you, I don't want to be an inconvenient to anyone." After she said those she left us stun and went straight to her room, No one wants to break the silence.
We're all sitting anywhere in the living room. We're all so mess up, Brian keep running his hand unto his hair, Cody is covering his eyes using his left hand while, Tim and Theo remain standing leaning to the frame of the stairs. Nate and Kyle is side by side of the open window and I am sitting beside Cody.
"We mess up, big time." I utter words." I look at Cody who sigh heavily. "Even before coming here, we're already messed up. We should have expected this to happen." Cody said
"We can still fix this." Kyle said positively. "We still can if all of us is open minded. No one's past is beautiful nor ugly. Anyone has a possibility to go through phase of accepting, maybe all we need is to go home on our own and think carefully as how we can fix this problem and accept every possible situation. We need to fix our selves first." After Kyle said those. We all look at the only girl we've been here from the start. She went straight to me, determination is written in her eyes.
"I'm going home with you." She Said. Cody and I was shock. "If I can't fix what mess we all have here, maybe i can fix it from the bottom of this issue. We will start there Alex, From Our families." I sigh at what she said. "It won't be easy. Everything will fall apart. I don't want that to happen." I said worriedly. "Ami come on."
"You can't do anything, I already decided and From the start, Everything is meant to fall Alex because we all refuse to talk and listen to one another like you used to do." Ami said. Theo Look at her a bit shock. Ami look at him, She even went to him and she did something that shock everyone. She put his hand on his shoulder as she said something that makes us stun more on her action.
"If I clear This Issue with you and Help Alex, Will you grant me a wish?." She ask. All Theo Could do was Nod. "Tim? Brian and Nate? Is that a deal with you?" She ask the other three guys.
"Are we negotiating?" Nate ask her. She only smirk. "I'm not my father's daughter if I Don't know how to negotiate." Her words made me smile. Seems like the real Ami is also coming back but what made me more smile is the fact that she's willing to help them understand her more. "Show us what you can do Ami." Brian Said. "Give me Three days and you will understand Everything with those span of time." Then She left us in the living room.
All Cody and I could do is to smirk at the guys. "You shouldn't have challenge her like that because she will make sure you'll lose." Cody said as he sat on his seat earlier.
"Then we should pack and leave tomorrow." I said. "Be prepared guys, This is just the beginning."
After that we all decided to pack our things. We're all done, Kyle informed our manager that we all be coming to Richford, to my Home, after he pack his things. I called all of the to the dinning area to eat out late dinner but Ami isn't Coming out of her room that's why I went to her room but before i could knock, i notice the door of her room is slightly open. I peek through it and saw Her and Tim.
"I'm sorry about our reaction earlier. Kyle is right, no Past is beautiful nor ugly. It's a situation we didn't want but had to face to learn in life." I saw Ami smile at him while packing closing her bag. "You know what What I realized today Tim?." She said then Tim place her Study Chair beside him as he sat on her bed in an indian sit position.
"What is it?." Tim ask. "We can't control people's Emotion and reaction around us but we Can control our own. I can't control Theodore's Reaction so all i need to do is to look to other's perspective. And Earlier I forgot about that, I'm really sorry Tim. I --" She couldn't continue what she's saying because they both saw me. "Dinners ready."
I left there but one thing made me smile. "It's fine Ami. Everyone has secret and no people is exempted to that."
I went to dinning and saw all Cody is sitting on Theodore's place and Theo was on Cody's. We only ate silently. No one dare to talk. If we need something Ami is the one who's getting it. After that she insisted on washing the dishes. Nate even offer an help but she refuse.
I sigh and Went outside. There's a Garden where four iron chairs and a Table there, i sat on one of those and look at the sky, Its getting late but i couldn't sleep.
"Drink a glass of milk so you can sleep." I look at the one who place the glass of milk on the table. "You should also sleep. you'll see them tomorrow there." Cody only smile.
"You're right when you told me back then that She so ready Alex. I can't help but admire her more." I took the glass and drink some of it. "If only we can turn back time and protect her then none of this is happening."
"You clearly know why He's after me. You even saw it with your own two eyes." I smile at what he said. "Are you ready to tell her?."
"I'm always ready." He said with conviction then look up the sky. "The only thing I'm scared of is her reaction." I nodded unconsciously. "She'll probably hate us after knowing the real reason behind this mess."
After that we stayed there for a while and talk about things and eventually we both decided to sleep. I feel like I just close my eyes when Kyle wake me up.
He keeps babbling thing i couldn't take so i ask him to calm down and meet us on living room. after i wash up, i go down to the living room and saw all of them so problematic.
"What's happening?." No one dare to Speak but Kyle only turn the tv on and showed me The news. It contains of Cody's Issue and unknown woman. I look at Ami and Cody who's sitting side by side at the couch. "It's Blair, Ami's former friend. I already gave my statement to manager Earo and the company posted it already but the thing reporters are around the Lewis and we cant leave as soon as possible."
"But We should really leave Richford now." I said. We all became silent after Ami's phone rang. She answered it right away without hesitating.
"Hey Stacy. I know its so sudden but--" she stop talking and listen to someone over the phone. She sigh in relief and smile. "I owe you this one Stacy. Thank you Very much." She said and hung up.
She face us with a smile on her face. "You can leave as soon as possible. You'll meet me at the Lewis market."
"What?" Cody ask. "What are you talking about?" Nate follow up question. "We can't leave you here alone." Brian said. "Too Dangerous for you."
"Ami what's your plan?" Kyle ask. "There's a Three car that'll be coming in here at the village in thirty minutes, it's a same version of Cody, Theo and Tim's Car, it will drive the media crazy and As soon as It enter the village we can leave the Lewis with the van." We we're all attentive to her explanation.
"They won't be suspicious of our van since The Three of them owned a sports car. It can act as theirs." She explained.
I smile at her and we use the remaining time to pack thing in the car so we can leave. "How should we know if the car enters when we're all here?"
Ami is on the passenger and Cody is on the driver seat. "I'll open the gate and take the van out Cody. after I close the gate, I'll pretend to be inside the house and as soon as we saw the three cars and i got in here, we will leave." After her plan we need to see if that will be successful.
"Can you leave us at San José?." Theo ask nonchalantly. We all look at him except Ami. "I can drop you off the terminal if you want and let the fans mob you." Cody said. "You want it?" Theo was about to say something when cut him off. "I can call manager Earo now and let you tame the reporters outside of the village. You want it?." Kyle is trying to challenge Theo. "You know what Theo, if you don't want to be with my plan. You can leave and tell your manager to pick you up." Ami said flatly. "Who ever wanted to be out with my plan then you can leave now." she added.
Theo who's with Kyle and Tim at the very back of the van shut off and only put his earphone and cover his head with his hoody. To make the situation short, we successfully tricked the reporters and we peacefully leave the Lewis Town.
After how many hours of Driving, Our van is going inside the Village. "This is it." i heard Ami said in front. I look at Cody who's driving. "You can do it. Don't worry, I'll be here if you need someone to talk too." He assured.
Yeah Ami is right this is it. Since Cody knows where My home he didn't bother asking me which of the route is.
Nothing change it's still the same. Cool dy park the Car at the parking lot of my parents home. As we got off, I went to Ami's side who's standing beside the van.
"This is it Ami. There's no turning back." She only Nodded. "I won't turn back now."
I look at my parents who's waving at me happily but eventually stopped as they saw who's beside me. We went home but Everything is uncertain. What will happen in Two days of staying here? I sigh and Look at Ami.
"Will Everything Turn okay after this?" i sigh. "We only know is we should fix what we should fix."
As i said that we both look at my parents who's shock. Will staying here solve All of our worries? Will Theo Brian Tim and Nate be able to forgive Ami and accept who she is? Will my parents will my parents be proud of what I've become now?