Chapter 14
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"Hi." He smiles once we pull away and I feel my cheeks heat up.
"H-hey."
"Buckle up, princess, don't want you to get hurt now do we." He says with a smirk and I can feel the blush coming up my cheeks.
I do as he says and put the seat belt on before laying my head against the tanned window.
I can't help but feel nervous around him.
We've never been alone like this. Whenever me and Aiden were alone, there was always at least one person within the distance of thirty feet.
But now, we're in a car. Together. Alone.
Without a word, Aiden starts the car and speeds out of the schools parking lot. We get on the road and a few cars pass by, every one of them passing by in a blur.
"Where are we going?" I turn to look at him, running my eyes over him. He's dressed in a black aramani suit, with his hair gelled back and to the side like usual. I don't think I could veer get tired if the way he styles his hair. Calling him hot is an understatement.
"My place, you're okay with that, right?" He questions softly and I can sense the nervousness in his voice.
"Yeah, that's okay." I tell him and he smiles before looking back at the road.
The rest of the drive is spent in silence. Not an uncomfortable silence. I don't like uncomfortable silences, especially with people I'm closed too. I would hate for that to happen with him.
......
We arrive at Aiden's fifteen minutes later and his guards open the gate up.
Aiden parks the car in the garage connected to the house and gets out.
Just as I'm about to open the car door, he beats me to it and I mutter a small thank you before getting out myself, leaving my school back in the passenger seat.
He places his hand on the small of my back and leads me through the kitchen and into the large living room.
I sit on the cream coloured, L shaped couch and Aiden sits close to me, keeping a fair amount of distance between the two of us.
We stay in silence, now this is an uncomfortable silence. I look down on my lap, suddenly thinking that my sweatpants are very interesting. I know that I'm here for a reason, not necessarily a bad one, but I can't tell if the reason is a good one either. I'm confused.
The only thing I'm actually certain off is that he wants to talk about me and him...us. Is there even an us? I'm scared of what he'll say, I'm scared of what I'll say. I don't know why but the feeling of regret just keeps growing inside me.
Are we a thing? I mean we've kissed a few times and he confessed his feelings for me but that doesn't mean there is something between us, right? I'll leave this part to him.
"What are we?" I blurt out before I can think and my eyes widen. So much for leaving this for him to decide, actually I didn't tell him we were something, I asked so I still left that part to him. I have to stop thinking.
My question takes him off guard, his breath hitches in his throat and I'm pretty sure he holds his breath for a few seconds.
I'm so stupid sometimes. Why would I ask something like that!? It clearly makes him uncomfortable. Did he have a relationship before? That's actually a question I don't know the answer-enough.
"I don't know." His simple answer makes my heart clench. I can't help but feel dissapointed.
"Oh", I reply softly looking back down on my lap.
"Avery, look at me." He says ever so softly and I feel the couch dip closer to me.
I slowly look up at him and he sighs. "I want to fucking try this. I want to try this between you and me, I don't know what we are but I want to find out."
Lying to my brothers, is something I defenetly don't want to do. They would never like the idea of Aiden and I. Especially Xavier, he has known Aiden his whole life they're like brothers and I know that he'll hate the idea of us two together. I let out a sigh. What do I do?
"Aiden..." I shake my head, eyes fixed anywhere but the gorgeous man next to me.
His hand grips my chin tightly, just enough to make me avert my eyes to his.
"You know you want this as much as I fucking do. I want you to be mine. I want to be the one to hold you and kiss you the one you go to whenever you're happy or fucking sad. But let it be me, let me fucking show you that it should be me." He glares, jaw tensing.
None of this should have happened. Ever. We shouldn't have kissed, heck, we shouldn't even be here in the first place. The whole situation just makes things harder to end now.
"Aiden, this was wrong." I almost whisper and I see the hurt and dissapoinment on his face but it dissapears as fast as it came. He masks his emotion with nothing.
He looks deep into my eyes, as if trying to process what I've just said.
"Just give me a chance, Avery. Give us a chance.
I know what you're thinking, I promise I won't let anything happen to you, I promise you, Avery, the mafia won't affect your life if that's what you want.
And we will tell the guys eventually, I'm ready whenever you are just give us a chance, Aves.
" He says in one breath. I've never heard him plead about anything.
How can he even answer all my unspoken thoughts?
"What if something happens to you?" I'm not even whispering at this point. He doesn't answer. I scoot away from him and stand up. I don't want him to see my eyes glossy.
Before I can get further than two steps from the couch, he grabs my hand and spins me around making me land sideways on his lap. I like this position.
I unconsciously put my hands on his hard chest, the feeling of his defined muscles beneath his dress shirt, make butterflies erupt in my stomach. I'm facing inches away from his face, his gorgeous face, which makes me blush.
Aiden wraps his arms around my waist as my legs hang of the right side of him, his touch leaving fire on my skin, even above the fabric of my shirt.
"Nothing will happen to me. Just please give us a chance and don't think about the consequences, deal with them when they come, if they come. Please give us a chance, Avery."
I look into his green eyes, these eyes I can get lost in for hours.
Should I do what he says?
"Aiden..." I sigh again. I have to stop doing that too.
"No, I have feelings for you, I've had for a long time and I won't let a shit take you away from me.
You're mine Avery, I want you to be mine.
Fucking please give us a chance." He says and I get a warm feeling from his words.
Just by coming out of his mouth, the words sound promising.
He wants me to be his! I'm mentally screaming.
I'm mentally throwing a party. With tons of confetti.
I like confetti but they're annoying to clean up.
God, what am I thinking?
"D-do you promise?" I ask him, probably sounding like a five year old.
He nods his head, a small pout evident on his pink lips. I see his eyes moving from my eyes to my lips and back again, making the same progress over and over again.
He inches closer to me. I do the same, before I can regist what's happening, he connects his lips with mine and I immediately melt into the kiss as my eyes flutter shut.
I wrap my arms around his neck pulling him closer.
I feel his wet tongue slide across my buttom lip asking for entrance.
Deciding to tease him, I keep my mouth closed and I hear him groan into the kiss.
"Stop, torturing me, princess."
I move around so I'm straddling him completely, with each of my legs being on each side of his body. His tongue wipes over my lips again.
My need for him gets better. I open my mouth and we both fall into a passionate kiss.
His grip on my waist tightens and one hand travels downwards, grabbing hold of my butt. I think I let out a moan.
My hands move to the bottom of his neck where I lightly tug at the roots of his hair, making him let out a groan.
Aiden's tongue moves perfectly against mine, but we soon pull away for much needed air.
I rest my forehead on his as he looks into my eyes, but only for a few seconds.
"So, you'll give us a chance?" He asks with a smirk and I playfully roll my eyes at him. Instead of responding I peck his lips and rest my forehead on his again.
We look into each others eyes again, the corners of Aiden's lips tugging upwards and I feel mine doing the same. Aiden moves his head to my neck and start kissing my skin, sending waves of pleasure down to my core, to the point where I bit my lip so I don't let out a moan and embarrass myself.
He start leaving open mouthed kisses on my skin, sucking and nipping lightly, before he can do something else, his phone rings and he pulls away with a groan. I take that as an opportunity to calm myself dwom and catch my breath.
Damn, we really did that.
He reaches to his back pocket and grabs his phone before holding up a finger telling me to be silent, I nod and he answers.
"Yes, I'll be there in an hour." He speaks into the phone, not giving the person on the other line a chance to talk.
He tosses the phone on the other side of the couch and cups my face in his big hands, bringing me close so he can peck my lips.
"I need to go to the office, princess, I have a meeting with the people I'm selling the house too.
" He says, looking into my eyes and I scrunch my eyebrows in confusion.
Is he moving away? "I'm moving into a pent house in the city, the house is too big and since my parents have literally moved to Italy, I don't see a reason as to why I should keep living here. " I guess I asked that out loud.
"Okay, I need to get back to school any-oh my god! I'm so late for my class they're going to call Xavier and then I'll hear a mouthful!" I panic.
If the school calls Xavier, to tell him that I didn't show up at any of my classes, he'll get angry and I do not want to make him angry, because he'll probably end up grounding me and taking my phone away.
I know I'm eighteen but since he's my legal guardian, still, he puts the under my roof you're following my rules, card which makes him sound more like a father than a brother.
Tho, the last time he grounded me was when I was sixteen and went to a party I wasn't supposed to go to.
Maybe he won't ground me this time, I've missed school before but that was when he knew I would skip.
Yes, my brother is weird sometimes, I know.
"Don't worry, I called in and told them you were sick before I came to pick you up." Aiden explains and pulls me out of my inner ranting. I let out a huge sigh of relief. "Thank god, you did that." I say and he chuckles.
We both stay silent for a moment, me on Aiden's lap and his hands on my waist. I feel the argue ti get closer to him so I pull him in for a hug, wrapping my arms tightly around his neck as he snuggles his face into my neck.
I take in his amazing scent; male colongue and aftershave.
"You know, I never thought I would be in this situation. Like ever." I mumble as I feel him leave small kisses on my skin, on the spot where my neck nd shoulder meets and on my collarbone.
"What situation?" He mumbles against me, sending vibrations as he speaks.
"This, you and me. Together." I say and he chuckles, making me shiver.
He pulls away and looks at me again.
"I just dreamed about a situation like this, princess." He says, mocking my words.
I blush and look down at his words, trying to hide my flushed cheeks under my brown hair but it's of no use, as Aiden reaches over and pulls my chin up.
"You're cute when you blush." CAN THIS GET ANY MORE CLICHé!? He places his lips on mine again and we keep our lips locked for a while, before we both open our mouth and get into a make out session.
He grips my hips tighter as his tongue dance with mine in sync, I grip his hair again and tug lightly to which he just groans in pleasure at but his groan soon turns into one of annoyance as his phone rings again.
We pull away and he puts the phone to his ear.
"What!?" He snaps and I can hear the faint sound if a voice stuttering in the background. "Fuck fine!"
"Princess, we need to go, I'll drive you to the school ti get your car and then I'll have to go to the office, are you fine with that?"
"Yeah, that's okay", I smile and hesitate before asking my next question. "Will you come over later?" I whisper and look down again. Can I stop blushing!? For once!?
He chuckles before lifting my face and pecking my lips.
"Of course I will."