21. Aiden
Aiden
Later that evening, after Bailey has come home and taken a nap, I’m sitting on the couch waiting for her to finish getting ready.
After she got home from shopping, I asked her on a date, and she said ‘yes,’ so tonight we are going to dinner then we are going to an escape room after.
We did so many of them when we were in high school, but we haven’t done one in years.
I thought it could be fun to show her that even if we are on a date, and our relationship is going to change some, at the end of the day we are still Bailey and Aiden, Blue and Bear, best friends for the last seventeen years.
Things can change while still staying the same.
I hear footsteps coming down the hall and look up only to have the breath torn from my lungs.
Blue is wearing a pair of skin tight black jeans that hug her curves in the most incredible way, with a white v-neck t-shirt that shows just a bit of her cleavage and shows off the baby bump I have become completely obsessed with.
Over the shirt she has on a baggy olive green sweater that matches her eyes perfectly.
She has on a pair of tan ankle booties with a small heel.
They won’t do much to help our height difference, but that’s okay.
I love that her head nestles perfectly under my chin.
I’ve been standing there gaping at her for longer than I realize, when she chuckles at me and says, “You okay Bear?”
“You look so beautiful. I mean you look beautiful all the time, but right now, you look especially beautiful.” How many times did I just say the word ‘beautiful?’ Jesus Christ Aiden, get your shit together, it’s just Bailey. Trying to recover, I say, “You ready to go?”
“Yea, I’m starving. I don’t know when the switch flipped, but I swear this baby is always hungry right now.” We head out the door of our apartment, and she waits with me while I lock the door. When we get to my Jeep, I open the door for her and help her in.
“Tacos sound okay? I kept trying to figure out where to take you, and I honestly felt like with Rowan being picky about what you eat all the time, we should play it safe.” I say after I climb into the Jeep.
“We’re going to Taco Train?” She looks at me, and I can’t read her face. I don’t like it. Knowing every one of Bailey’s expressions is the talent I’m most proud of. What is happening right now?
Suddenly unsure that I made the right choice, I say, “I mean, we can never go wrong with tacos. Even on your worst day of morning sickness you seem to be able to eat them. I didn’t want anything to ruin tonight.”
“It’s perfect, Bear. You know I will never say no to tacos.
I almost convinced Maggy and Chloe to go to that place at the mall today, but their menu is lighter on the vegetarian options for Chlo, so we went and got pasta instead.
” We made idle conversation the rest of the way to the restaurant.
Once there, we are seated right away in a booth.
The owners of this place know us well, we come here often, so even on their busiest they make room for us.
“How was your day with the girls, did you get everything you need?” I ask after we have gotten drink orders in.
“Yea, it was really fun. I definitely needed that nap after but it was a good day. It was good to try and process some things with the girls. The last twenty four hours have been pretty insane, so it was good to get a girl’s perspective on everything.
Chloe has this way of making everything seem less serious, and Maggy being Maggy is our voice of reason.
” I reach across the table and grab her hand, rubbing the back of it with my thumb, “It was good. And yes, we got everything I needed clothes wise. I can’t wait for you to see the dress we got for my baby shower. ”
“You’re going to make me wait until the day of, aren’t you?” I pout at her, knowing the answer, but hoping my puppy dog eyes will change her mind.
“Absolutely I am.” She laughs, and right then our waitress comes over to take our food orders.
This place has two sections. There is normal seating around the walls of the restaurant, where you order through your waitress.
Then in the middle, there is a large table, that has train tracks connecting to the kitchen, and they send tacos out, and you just grab the taco you want off the train.
It was fun the first time, but we don’t usually sit there when we come.
We spend the rest of the meal enjoying each other’s presence.
We talk, but also neither of us feels like we have to fill the silence.
That’s the thing about me and Blue. We could spend hours talking about everything and nothing, or we could spend hours in silence.
Both of those are completely comfortable, and I don’t prefer one over the other either.
After we have eaten we make our way to the escape room.
Bailey and I spent a lot of time doing these and playing the escape room board games in high school.
We are both fans of mind puzzles and games, so our goal was to make it out of every room.
This will be no different. We are both competitive, so when we make it out and hear we broke the record, I’m not surprised at all.
The room wasn’t the hardest we had been in, but wasn’t the easiest either.
We laughed our way through it too. I even stole a few kisses throughout our time.
In the car on the way home, I’m holding her hand over the center console the whole time.
Her hand fits perfectly in mine. We don’t talk much on the way home, but as we get closer you can feel the tension rise in the air.
I know this morning I told her I wanted to go on dates like a normal couple and make out in the car before walking her to her door, but I’m not sure if that’s what she expects.
I wouldn’t say no, but also I’m not going to push her.
She’s already scared of this going too fast, so we will go at her pace.
When we make it back to the parking lot of our complex, we both just sit there for a moment in silence. Neither of us knowing what comes next. I turn in my seat so I’m facing her, and say, “I had fun tonight.” Way to sound like an idiot, Baker.
“Me too. It was a lot of fun. Thank you, Bear. Tonight felt normal, but also like we are a couple. I loved it.” She’s acting shy, doesn’t she know she never has to be shy with me?
“Should we go inside?” It’s my first date, leave me alone.
“I mean, we could…” Her voice trails off, and without really thinking I lean over the console and press my lips to hers.
She immediately opens for me, and my tongue tangles with hers.
This kiss is just as passionate as the one we shared the night before, but there isn’t any of the hesitation.
She reaches over to me to tangle her hand in my hair, but the angle of the car makes it difficult to be comfortable.
I reach beside me to push my seat all the way back and our lips part only long enough for me to drag her over to my lap.
We are immediately on each other again, her pregnant belly making it a tight fit, but I’m not going to let that stop this moment.
I grab her ass, and my lips trail down the length of her jaw.
She starts to rock in my lap and my hand that is on her ass presses into the horn of the Jeep.
We bolt apart, our eyes meet for a split second before we both full belly laugh.
I open the driver side door to the Jeep, help her off my lap and onto the ground below, before climbing out myself.
I adjust my cock in my pants, trying to hide just how turned on I am, but Bailey sees, and chuckles.
I grab her hand in mine and guide her up to our apartment.
When the door to our apartment closes behind me, we both stand there completely silent for a beat before we collide.
I’m not sure who moves first, but her lips are on mine, or my lips are on hers.
We are frantic in our movements, it’s all teeth and tongues.
I push the sweater off her shoulders before grabbing her by the thighs and she jumps into my arms. It’s a bit awkward with her belly, but I manage to get her to her bedroom before placing her on the bed.
I look down at her for a moment, and just stare, “Please let this be real.” I crawl onto the bed and nestle my legs between perfect thighs.
I take her mouth in a soft kiss before trailing the kisses down her neck.
One of my trembling hands begins playing with the end of her t-shirt, while the other is being used to prop me up so I don’t put too much pressure on her.
“I am very real, Aiden,” She whispers, “Please, touch me.”
“Please what, Blue? If you want me to fuck you right now, you bet your ass I will. I have been waiting my entire life for this moment, but I need you to be very sure this is what you want. Once we cross this line, there is no going back. You will be mine.” The strain in my voice is evident.
My restraint is a tight rope, ready to snap.
We won’t cross this line if she isn’t ready, but there will be no turning back for me once we do.
“What do you mean you’ve been waiting your entire life for this moment?” She asks the one question I hoped she didn’t ask right now, because I can’t lie to her, but I also don’t want the truth to ruin the moment.
“Bailey, I knew you were the only girl for me the moment I laid eyes on you at four years old. I told Momma I was going to marry you that day, so I waited for you. I never lost hope that we would end up here some day.” I need her to know this means a lot, but I don’t want to stop, “I love you more than anything in this world, and you’re the only girl I want, have been the only girl I want, and while I’ve never had sex, I don’t want that to ruin this moment.
Make no mistake, I have imagined, dreamed about this moment more times than I can count. I will make this good for you.”