Chapter 37
There was no fucking way I would leave her alone while she was in pain. Not even for twenty minutes. That's why I had my driver get the things and drop them off here when he was done.
Of course, I didn't just buy my girl cotton sticks and blood-sucking panties, I got a few extra items I know will put a smile on her face; her favourite candy and drink, by drink I mean the Starbucks sugar milk she likes to call coffee.
I glance at the bed. I did fucking fine for a beginner. The sheets might be a little wrinkly and the black pillowcases might not cover the entire pillow but it looks fine.
Ry would make it better though.
Just thinking about us living together, even if it's only temporary has me smiling, though the reason as to why Ry has to live with me makes my blood boil.
I've never wanted to murder people as much as I wanted her brothers yesterday.
Well, Jalon-her ex is an obvious exception.
But his time is coming soon, so I don't have to worry about that piece of shit right now.
I rub my hand over my face and fall face first on the soft mattress. I would give fucking everything to stay here all day with my girl, but there's things waiting for me to end them at my base. And the one hour drive doesn't make it any better.
"Aiden?" My heart speeds at the sound of Avery's weakening voice calling my name from inside the bathroom. "Sí?" I sit up on the bed, my eyes fixated on the black piece of wood separating us.
"Oh! Good, I thought you were still out." I smile at the somehow happy tone, in her breathy voice. I never left. There's a long pause before she continues, "can you bring me my panties and a pad?" I'm off the bed immediately at her question.
"I'll have them in a minute," I respond hastily before jogging down the stairs and into the foyer where the two brown, paper bags lay on the floor. Fluffy, big plastic squares greet me when I open the first bag. All of them in different colours and I assume all of them for different use.
What the fuck is this?
I shake my head in confusion at the Ultra and sensitive-shit written on the fronts and drop the squares inside the bag before making a sprint for upstairs.
"Baby what colour do you want?" I ask with a frown.
"What colour did you get?" Is her reply from the other side of the door. If I didn't know any better I'd say that she's trying to hold in her laughter at the question I asked.
"Don't fucking laugh at me," fuck I sounded like a whining fucking child.
Just then a snort is heard. With a roll of my eyes, I bite the inside of my lip to not join her laughter.
"Dark blue and purple, but there's more colours too, like green and an ugly ass fuck pink and there's different labels on them.
" My eyes squeeze shut as I try to remember whatever the fuck was written on the fronts.
"Bring me the dark blue ones, Aiden." She grits out, no doubt having another fucking cramp.
For the third time today, I run down the stairs to bring my girl the pads she needs.
With a pair of her panties and the fluffy square packet in my hands, I enter the bathroom.
The sight of my girl bending over as she sits on the toilet lid wrapped up in a black towel makes me want to wince.
I can't even fucking imagine the pain she's going through right now, so instead of asking her if she's fine, I kneel in front of her and cup her face in my hands.
Her eyes glimmer with tears, her face red. "Do you need help?" Despite the pained expression on her face she manages to give me one of her knee-bending smiles. "I can do it myself."
I kiss her forehead before standing up and walking out. The last thing I want is Avery to feel uncomfortable changing her pads in front of me.
Taking a seat on the edge of our bed I wait for Ry to finish.
After getting out of the bathroom, she walks into the closet to get dressed. Probably in my clothes.
Unsurprisingly Avery walks out dressed in a pair of my boxers and one of my many black t-shirts. Her hair is pulled into a messy bun and her lips and nose are scrunched up in the cutest way possible.
I've never used the word cute before. I think.
Spreading my arms wide, she gets the message and comes to stand between my legs. No words are exchanged between us, only silence.
With her arms wrapped around my neck, my girl lays her head sideways on mine as I support all of her weight, with my hands wrapped around her lower waist and higher thighs.
"Want me to get you a painkiller?" I ask, pressing my lips on her exposed collar bone.
"I just had two." She mumbles tiredly.
I fall back onto the bed, taking her body with me. Avery doesn't move. I'm afraid she's holding her breath as well. No words leave her mouth, nor does her eyes open when she moves around on me, while trying to get comfortable.
Finally settling on a foster position, with her knees up to her chin, I lay down behind her and hold her close to my chest.
"I got snacks and Starbucks as well, do you want to watch Twilight while we eat that?
" I suggest, peeking over her shoulder. She's been bragging about having a Twilight movie marathon for weeks now, and every time I had to cancel on her because of work, of course Ry told me that it was alright with a smile on her face, but I knew better than that.
So here I am, about to watch a vampire movie with my soul.
Avery turns her head and smiles gently at me.
She's beyond fucking beautiful.
And mine.
"Do you have lucky charms as well?" She giggles at the incredulous look I give her. Bringing her warm hand up to my face, she connects our lips, in a gentle peck.
I rest my forehead against her's. "I love you so much, you know that?" I re-open my eyes. An unreadable expression takes place on her face.
Ry bites her lip. If I get hard right now, a cold shower will be everything my dick will get. Unless she's up for fucking under the water. I get rid of my thoughts and continue torturing myself by pulling the pink flesh out of her teeth with my thumb. "Only I do that, got it?"
She holds her breath at my gruff words.
My lips brush against hers for a few seconds before they connect again. Her tongue swiping across mine and her fingers fisting my hair is everything I need to bite down on the lip she had between her teeth seconds ago.
With her lower lip tightly between my teeth, I pull away and look into her eyes. "Meglio."
(Better.)
She closes her eyes and harshly pulls my face close to hers again. Her tongue invades my mouth, she aggressively takes over the kiss and I let her.
Not for long.
One swift movement is all it takes for Avery to be beneath me with my hand wrapped around her throat. I know she enjoys when I choke her.
Who thought that she would be a freak in bed?
With my tongue down her throat, she wraps her legs around my waist and pulls me closer. We both part abruptly when our pubic areas rub against each other, creating a beginning of something we both know won't have an end.
Not today or for however long her period lasts for, anyway.
I realise the grip around her throat and look down at Ry with a small smile when she throws her head back and groans.
I don't think she'd be up for period sex.
"I'll go get the food, put the movie on." I peck her nose and stand up from the bed, adjusting my hardening dick inside my pants once I'm out of the door. I need to get my fucking erections under control. I feel like a horny teenager all over again.
.....
We change positions for what feels like the hundredth time. I won't complain though, I love holding my girl in different ways.
The introduction of the second movie starts playing and Ry lays now between my legs while I sit up against the bed frame.
Honestly, the first movie was boring as fuck. But I would never tell her that, so instead I shift all of my attention to her. I remind myself of the vampire who watched his girl sleep. I might be a sociopathic killer, but watching people sleep is definitely next level shit.
I mentally scowl at myself. What the fuck am I thinking about?
A scream from the TV has me looking up. The female protagonist keeps having those nightmares and I can't help but look at Ry's reaction every time it happens. She looks fucking adorable when she looks at the screen with a small scowl on her face.
The way her eyes narrow slightly and the way her nose scrunches up, has me thanking my lucky stars for her.
My stomach flips when she starts playing with the silver chain around my wrist.
It's always the little things she does that have me feeling overwhelmingly weak.
I find it pathetic that another person, a girl who I've known my whole life, has the power to break me into pieces the second she desires.
The movie sets on pause, I look at the TV in confusion before looking down at the gorgeous girl in my arms but find her already looking at me. "Aiden..." she trails off.
I nod, urging her to continue. Her chestnut hair tangled between my fingers. "I-" The ringing of my phone cuts her off.
She sighs, "I'm sorry, baby I got to take this." She lifts herself up, allowing me to get off the bed. As soon as I'm off, Ry falls back down and looks at the ceiling.
I fish my phone out of the pocket of my sweatpants. Irritation fills me when I read the name displayed on the screen. "What?" I snap, impatiently waiting to go back to Ry so she can tell me what she was about to.
"Capo, è sfuggito di mano, penso che tu debba sbrigarti vuoi finirlo da solo." Comes the terrified voice from the other end. I slam my fist into the wooden door, rage taking over my body.
(Boss, it got out of hand I think you need to hurry if you want to finish him yourself.)
Useless fucks. Can't even do a fucking job right.
"Who the fuck was it?" I say calmly, referring to the bastard who almost finished the rat that was mine to handle.
"Ricordo di averti detto di tenerlo in buona forma fino al mio arrivo.
" The man on the phone breaths in shakily before weakly mumbling out the name of the one responsible.
I smirk bitterly. He's getting a hole between his eyes too, shouldn't have given me the name that easily.
I hang up the phone and return to the bed.
(I remember telling you to keep him in good shape until I got there.)
Ry sits up on the bed, her arms wrapped around her lower stomach, "I need to go, we'll talk later okay?" I ask softly, cupping her face in my hands.
"Is everything alright?" She asks concerned. Her green eyes boring into my own. "Don't worry about it, baby. I'll be back in a couple of hours." Avery gives me and nod and stretches her body.
I bend down, kissing her lips and mumbling an 'I love you' after changing into one of my black suits and leave.
.....
The sound of my black Oxfords echoes through the eerie hallway. White, pale lighting lights up my way through the grey coloured walls. Two of my guards stand outside the heavy metal door.
They give me nods before typing in the password so I can enter. I walk through the giant underground floor and enter one of the rooms.
The lame excuse of a man sits chained to the chair half conscious. His purple bruised eyes, widen half an inch when they catch sight of me.
I give him a lopsided smile, tilting my head to the side in a sarcastic manner.
"Talk."
I set the movie on pause. The dissimulation of my real feelings for Aiden getting close to overwhelming. I grip the chain around his tattooed wrist tighter between my fingers, my heart hammering in my chest.
Our eyes meet and like always, I forget about everything except him. "Aiden..." I trail off, unsure of what to say. Wouldn't it be weird to just tell him I love him randomly?
He gives me an encouraging nod. I draw patterns on his skin with my thumb. From someone else's point of view, it might seem as if I'm trying to put him at ease by drawing aimless patterns on his knuckles, but in reality, it's the other way around.
"I-" the unexpected sound of his phone ringing cuts me off. I sigh. It probably wasn't the right time anyway.
Aiden fishes his phone out of his pocket and looks at the screen. His jaw bugles when he clenches it in what I assume is annoyance. "I'm sorry, baby I got to take this." He apologises sincerely. I lift myself up and he gets off the bed, walking closer to the half closed door.
"What?" He snaps. I know it's something work related so I try to give him as much privacy as I can, though it's a little hard considering he's sixteen feet away from me .
I fall back against the mattress. It smells of Aiden. It's an indescribable scent along with Armani code and his aftershave. Beautiful scent.
The sudden bang against the door makes me jump. It's only when I look up, that I realise that Aiden swung his fist against it.
Whoever is on the other end, doesn't seem to be making something he likes.
"Who the fuck was it?" I can't help but shiver at the threatening tone in his calm voice. Aiden continues whatever conversation in Italian. He is a different person when it comes to the mafia. That much I know.
A cramp cuts through my pelvis, my hands wrap around my lower stomach immediately.
Aiden walks back toward the bed, but doesn't get on. "I need to go, we'll talk later okay?" He asks gently, taking my face in his hands. No we won't.
"Is everything alright?"
"Don't worry about it, baby I'll be back in a couple of hours." I lean upwards, ready to kiss him goodbye. Aiden connects our lips and again, the butterflies have a party in my stomach. I run my thumb along his cheekbone and pull apart.
After Aiden leaves, I turn the TV off and lay on the bed. Just because he had to leave doesn't mean that I'll have a Twilight marathon on my own.
Edward vs Jacob is something he definitely needs to see.
With a book in my hands, my consuming thoughts still find a way into my head. Now that I think about it, me and Aiden never agreed on me staying here, it just happened kind of automatically.
I don't even have clothes with me.
The idea of going back home, even for a few minutes just to get my stuff, seems dreading right now. Unless, I go after school tomorrow, when I know that all three of them will be away working.
Will Summer come to school tomorrow?
Will we even talk if she does?
It might be my hormones that are all over the place, or it might actually be the hard reality that has me crying for what feels like the millionth time.
I hate crying.
......
"Why did you cry?" Is the first thing Aiden asks when he enters the bedroom. My eyes widen and I drop my phone on my stomach.
"Don't give me that look, your eyes are fucking red.
They get like that when you cry. Why did you cry?
" He asks again softly. He throws his black suit jacket somewhere on the floor and takes a seat on the side of the bed and puts his palm on the side of my neck, his thumb on my cheek.
I bite the inside of my cheek to keep from smiling.
His overprotective side shows and I love every second of it.
"I'm fine, that was a long time ago anyway," I draw the o's out earning an eye roll.
"You'll tell me if someone hurts you right?"
"No one hurt me, Aiden. I promise." Another eye roll. I ignore his behaviour and change the subject, "can you go change so we can continue the marathon, now?" I pout my lower lip.
"I'll go take a shower first and then I'll be back to your services, Miss. Ry." Aiden kisses me and walks into the bathroom, at the same time taking off his black dress shirt, exposing his tattooed back for me.
I lick my lips.
I still can't believe that I get to call him mine.
.....
With the only light coming from the TV and the city that never sleeps, me and Aiden sit next to each other on the bed. A pizza box between us and wine glasses filled with Aiden's favourite, red wine on each nightstand.
I chew down the rest of my pepperoni pizza and pull my knees close to my chest as the rolling credits of the last Twilight movie begin to play.
With closed, watery eyes, I shout the lyrics of Christina Perri's heartbreaking song all the while I feel Aiden's eyes boring holes into the side of my face.
"Amazing, baby," Aiden claps when I finish.
I grin and wipe my eyes with the back of my palms. "Thank you, baby."
I instantly cringe at the sound of that specific pet name coming out of my mouth. It only sounds good coming from Aiden.
"Only I get to do that. It sounds so much fucking better." Aiden shakes his head, his lips pursed.
With pursed lips myself, I nod. "Yeah, I can agree on that." He pulls my legs down and lays his head on my lap. My hands find their way to his soft hair. He leans up and kisses me.
Like always, he dominates my mouth with his tongue, by pressing his hand on the back of my neck.
I break the kiss, feeling the need to tell him what I've decided.
The confused look on his face is adorable.
I peck his nose before I speak, "I'm going home to get clothes tomorrow.
" Aiden turns on his side and looks at me.
I avoid eye contact, unsure of his reaction.
I have no choice but to connect our eyes when he places two fingers on my chin and turns my head.
"I'm coming with you." Aiden states, his voice leaving no place for arguments.
"You don't have to, I'll just go after school, get my clothes and leave." I shrug, brushing my thumb over his cheek, my head tilted to the side.
"I promise, I'll be fine." I smile reassuringly and lean down to kiss him, the same way he did to me earlier.
I'll never tire of his lips on mine.
.....
As soon as I walked out of school grounds, the heavy weight I had on my shoulders since waking up, somehow disappeared.
Despite the guilt, I couldn't help but feel thankful for Summer's absence today.
I never thought that the day I would be thankful for not having my best friend with me would come.
Ethan didn't come either so I ended up being alone. Except for lunch where I sat with Zach and his friends. Poor Josh didn't dare to look at me since the last time Aiden threatened him over the phone.
Zach didn't ask anything during the day, but as soon as we bumped into each other in the corridor alone, the questions about why the guys kept up a weird behaviour and why I didn't come home the night before came one after one.
Of course, I told him the whole story. His only answer was, "Fuck! I didn't get it on video!" A glare from me was everything needed for him to take the situation a little more seriously.
I zip my black duffel bag shut and look around my room one more time, making sure I didn't forget anything. I know for a fact that me living with Aiden isn't something permanent, but the last thing I want is to stay home and away from him when things are weird with my brothers.
Getting downstairs, I make a b-like for the kitchen, my dry throat getting too much to handle. I open the fridge and almost get a heart attack when I hear Hunter from behind me.
"Aves?"
I thought I was alone.
......
A/n
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