Evelyn's POV
"Will you at least tell me what you told her?" I asked Aiden who was moving ahead of me, on a pace of his own, as I desperately tried to catch up "Hey, wait up, you worm!"
Aiden seemed rather amused by my already tired state, my hair starting to frizz up already "Nope, never" he replied, laughing. "Nope, never as in you'll never tell me or you'll never start walking like a normal human?" I said back, trying to catch my breath.
Dear Lord, have mercy.
"The latter. As for the first one, I already told you, Hayes, no one can resist my charm" he very arrogantly said, and I could almost feel the smirk forming on his lips.
"Dude gross, so like what, you hit on my mum?" I tried to block images in my head of what could have come out of his filthy mouth in order to make my mum swoon and let me go. Get out, get out, get out, no, please no.
"Okay, now that's too far, even for me. I love women, but not that much" he stopped in his tracks to let me catch up, something I was absolutely grateful for. I reached him, and wiped the sweat from my forehead.
"Alright, enough with that, we have around one and a half hours to put this thing together and I have no idea what we even need to do, so guide me." I checked my phone to see I had gotten a text from Ivory.
Evil boss lady:
Can't wait for 2nite ;) What r u wearing?
I chuckled and shook my head, trying to come up with something to mess with her. "Who the fuck is Evil boss lady?" Aiden asked, amused and also clearly confused, making me giggle "That would be Ivory, peeping Tom" I messed with him, before typing a text back to Ivory.
Me:
My sexiest lingerie ;)
"You guys are still as close as I remember?" Aiden asked as I put my phone into my pocket and we started walking once again. "Yeah, pretty much" I replied, focused on trying to fix the rat's nest that my hair had turned into. He just nodded and put his hands into his pockets, looking away from me.
"Is everything okay?" I asked him, noticing the sudden change in his tone. Brushing it off he just said "Yeah, dude, why wouldn't they be?" with a slight smile that I didn't quite believe."Uh, I don't know, just asking"
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Turns out one and a half hours could pass much quicker than i thought. After a lot of messing around, chasing Aiden and watching him flirt with the entire store, we had everything we needed.
"I admit I had missed your idiotic behavior, but after today I think I've had enough of a dose" I teased him, stuggling to hold the heavy bags, hoping my arms wouldn't give up on me. Since we left the store, Aiden hasn't stopped mumbling about how he thinks there's no point in throwing this whole thing, and we're going through trouble for nothing and- cranky, he's being cranky.
"Choosing to ignore the fact that you called my charming behavior idiotic, I think you're just jealous that everyone at the store obviously like me way more than they like you" he said with a cocky smirk, while opening, well, attempting to open the door while his hands were also full of bags.
Setting down all of our bags on the counter, I realized we had gotten a lot more stuff than I thought we needed. Trusting Aiden knew what was necessary for our little get together, I blindly followed as I was too busy coming up with comebacks, so looking back at all the things we got, It was almost as if the house was empty to begin with.
I opened the fridge to start putting away our things while Aiden took a run for the bathroom. Opening the fridge's door, my assumptions were correct. Othen than a few basic items, it was empty. With my curiosity eating me up I opened the cupboards only to find out they were in the exact same state. Drawers- also almost empty. What the hell?
"Are you looking for something?" Aiden's voice snapped me out of my investigation. "S-Sorry? I pretended not to have heard the question. Emparassed to have been caught red-handed, I shut the drawers with more force than needed, making me jump from the sound.
"Is there a reason why you were looking through my drawers?" he asked warily, any signs of his playful tone now gone. I looked around me, nervously resting against the sink, not knowing whether or not I should confront him about it. "Uh, I was just looking for a knife to open the chips" I lied, using a horrible, horrible excuse of a lie that not even I believed.
Aiden narrowed his eyes at me, crossing his hands over his torso. "You need a knife to open a bag of chips?" oh boy he is not convinced. I'm not either.
"My hands were sweaty and I couldn't open them so I was going to use a knife" I explained, trying to sound as reasonable as possible, giving a small smile.
Aiden grabbed the bag of chips from the counter "Uh huh" he remarked, eyes still narrow as he opened the bag with no problems whatsoever, putting it back on the table.
"If it was such a difficult task you could have just waited for me to get back from the bathroom and asked me to do it" he said
"Those self defence classes have gotten to my head, I guess" I replied, scratching my head. It was somewhat true, the classes me and Bailey had attended had made me want to watch my back 24/7.
"And you thought someone was hiding inside of the chips?" He interrogated, humor evident in his voice with this one. Pretending to be mad I just mocked him and continued storing away everything, starting with the ridiculous amounts of alcohol that we somehow managed to buy.
"Aiden how did we get all this? Aren't we like seventeen?" I asked, implying the use of a fake ID.
"I don't know, are we?" He winked and grabbed the heavy bottles from me. "Here, let me do it, why don't you sit at the couch, I'll be right there" he told me and I didn't feel like pushing it, he wants to do it let him do it, I was too tired.
"So who are we waiting for again?" Aiden asked, breaking the silence that had fallen upon us in the moments that followed. "Um, Jagger, Ivory, Bailey and Parker and Noah" I responded, turning off my phone and turning to look at him. "Maya?" he asked. "I told her to come but she hasn't refused nor accepted the invitation so I guess we'll wait and see"
"Do we have to do this?" he jumped from behind the couch and was now seated next to me. "Are you seriously going to ask this after the marathon we went through to make this thing happen?" I jokingly asked, finding his timing unbelievable. "I mean can you only imagine what will happen? A room full of our idiotic friends drinking and making a mess out of themselves and everything else in the process" he joked, turning to look at me.
"Yeah, like you haven't lived through that before" I teased him, reminiscing our times as a group when we would do this every week. "Doesn't mean I enjoyed it" he replied, checking his phone. "Well I never heard you complain about it"
I turned to look at him, setting my hand on his own that was resting on the back of the couch. "What's this all about? I thought we were having fun, you're talking about it like we held you at gunpoint to come" I joked, even though I felt a small sting in my heart.
"No, it's not that, I did, I'm just not in the mood for it right now. Wouldn't it be better if we were just the two of us?" He turned off his phone and turned to look at me.
"We can do that after this. Mom's bringing her boy toy over and I'd really hate to have to face that alone" I jokingly said but meant it, I wouldn't mind hanging with Aiden at all.
"So it's a plan then" he stated and smiled "It's a plan" I agreed, returning the smile.
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Two hours and too many shots later, everyone had arrived and I admit we were having fun. Even Aiden seemed to be able to loosen up and stop being the mr cranky pants that he always is.
"Okay, okay my turn" Ivory said in the midst of her hysterical laughing. " Never have I ever gotten laid" she asked and if it wasn't for the alcohol I would've rolled my eyes at how childish the question was. We were playing never have I ever and well, you know the rules, the one who has done what is said has to take a shot.
I looked around me, seeing how everyone in the room took a shot, yes, even Maya. "Yo what?! Maya's a freak in the sheets y'all I bet my face on it" drunk Noah exclaimed "Not betting much I see" Bailey smirked, making everyone laugh.
Shaking his head but still laughing, Noah -unfortunately for me- turned his attention on me. I was desperately trying to blend in and I didn't think anyone was sober enough, well apart for Maya, to tell I didn't take a shot. That was until Noah "Wait a second" he said and dramatically put his glass on the table.
"Evelyn didn't take a shot" he announced like it was the news case of the century. "I mean are we surprised? How was she supposed to get laid when she was living like Patrick from spongebob" Parker joined to mess with me, making the others laugh.
"Don't tease her guys, maybe she hadn't found the right one yet" Ivory joined to stick up for me, something I was grateful for, considering I was pretty embarrassed.
I was fine with being a virgin, considering I had only been in one relationship before and don't get me wrong, it was nice, but I could tell my boyfriend at the time only wanted to do it so he could brag about it to his friends considering he was also a virgin, and I wasn't up for it.
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Too many rounds of never have I ever later, my mind was starting to cloud over. I had never drank this much before and I couldn't pay attention to anything going on around me. I rested my head on a pillow I found on the couch and closed my eyes, trying to come in touch with reality.
"Everything okay, Eve?" Aiden asked, a worried expression on his face, a hand on my shoulder. I smiled at the sound of my nickname coming from his lips. "Just a little out of it, I'll be alright though, thanks"I replied. "Tell me if you want to go have some air" was the last thing I heard from him as I closed my eyes and drifted back to my cloudy thoughts.
To be honest I really wished this whole thing would be over and I could stay with Aiden. Aiden. Ugh not this again.
Why is everything about him such a mystery? He's supposed to be that one thing in my life that's simple, he's just a friend. Well not anymore. With one thing popping out after the other Im confused as to if he'll ever be able to be an actual friend.
Today was just the cherry on top. I know he owns the house next to mine, I've seen him and his mom in here but I still think something's up. It's been a while since they've moved so why was the house practically empty?
Rubbing my temples and shaking my head, I was slowly coming back to reality- and by reality I mean my drunken friends playing truth or dare like ten year olds. Truth or dare?
Jumping to sit straight my shots spoke for me "I have a question" I said, making the guys turn to look
at me "Go ahead" said Jagger, before taking a sip of his beer. Turning to my right I faced him and spoke "Aiden" Catching his attention, he turned to me amused "Hit me Hayes"
"Truth or Dare" I smirked, there's still time for my plan. "Dare" oh you rat of course you'd say dare. "Fine. I dare you to spit out your darkest secret" I challenged him, making drunk Maya go "Ooooh". The rest just looked back and forth at me and Aiden, waiting for his reply like their lives depended on it. Aiden raised his eyebrows at me and I could tell he didn't expect the question but he played it cool anyway, contemplating what his response should be.
"Oh come on, it shouldn't be that hard. You have so much to hide, just pick one" I knew I was playing dirty, getting on his nerves in a place where he had no other option but to listen and answer.
Huffing and shaking his head, he smirked. "You wanna know a secret, Hayes?" he teased, not taking me seriously. Nodding, I watched as he motioned for me to come closer to him. I sat closer to him, my eyes following his movements as he draped his arm on the back of the couch, his other arm resting on my knee, trapping me.
I finally looked up, my eyes finding his, a cloud of intensity falling over them. His eyes held my own for a bit, his stare then falling on my lips. That's when he licked his own and spoke seven words that ruined me "I didn't want to come back"
And with that I was gone again. In one swift motion his hand was off me, his body returning to its original position. I watched as he brought the glass of whiskey to his lips and sipped, closing his eyes, the feeling of the alcohol down his throat seeming to bring him a form of pleasure.
On the other side the table, Parker, Jagger, Noah and Ivory shared a worried look, looking at him, speechless, while trying to give me some sort of apology through their eyes. Next to them, Bailey and Maya were whispering to one another, looking uneasy. Bailey even texted me that Aiden's a dick and not to pay attention to him, but no use.
I got up abruptly, ignoring Noah who asked where I was going, and found myself locked in the bathroom. I messed with my hair, pulling it slightly as I came face to face with my reflection. My hair was messy from pulling it, my face was emotionless, my eyes looking lifeless.
To sum it up I looked rough.
I didn't expect his words to affect me as much as they did, I just couldn't understand what had gotten into him. I knew I had asked a heavy question, so a heavy answer was only fitting, but I never expected to hear that. A few hours ago we were having fun, he even showed some concern when I showed I wasn't okay, and then he goes and does that.
I finally looked up, my eyes finding his, a cloud of intensity falling over them. His eyes held my own for a bit, his stare then falling on my lips. That's when he licked his own and spoke seven words that ruined me "I didn't want to come back"
I shook my head and ran some cold water on my arms. What do you mean you didn't want to come back you twat? Let's go through the facts. On our little talk in the playground, I remember his confession that he was forced to leave, implying that if it would've been up to him, he wouldn't have chosen to do so, implying he didn't want to leave.
Which means that if he didn't want to leave, he wanted to stay but if he wanted to stay then why isn't he happy he's back home? And if he knew he didn't want to come back home and then why didn't he? And if he doesn't want to be here then why is he here? And then why does he say he wants to fix our relationship but goes and says stuff like that?
I sighed "I'm so confused" I whispered to myself, sitting on the toilet seat to check my phone.
Bailey:
You okay?
Jagger:
You know he didn't mean that
I turned my phone off and got up. Truth was I didn't want to go back but I had been here long enough and I didn't want to give Aiden the pleasure of knowing he had won.
Fixing my hair and sitting up straight I opened the door and stepped out, hearing the pigs I call my friends laughing from the living room.
"Oh come on, dude they lost, you have to do it now" I heard Parker speak, his eyes falling on me. "Here, Evelyn's here, now it's even more fair" he continued. I frowned, and chuckled slightly. "What is he talking about?" I turned to the rest, avoiding Aiden's gaze.
"The girls had a round of shots and we had another one, and we decided to mix the drinks. The girls couldn't drink anymore, meaning they lost. So, we had another round, with the winner getting to kiss the girl he finds the most attractive here." he finished his sentence, rubbing his temples slightly.
"So, Aiden, who's it gonna be?" Noah asked, smirking, Jagger getting up to get some water, muttering how they were a bunch of immature idiots.
I watched as Aiden looked down on his feet, playing with his hands a bit, before his gaze fell on me. His blue eyes locked mine in place and for a second I almost felt my knees buckle.
He nervously bit his lip and then ran his hands on his legs, looking down again, before shaking his head and getting up, coming my way. Was he going to kiss me?
Almost like background music, I heard the guys whistle in the back, Bailey whispering "You don't say" in disbelief.
Aiden walked my way and for some reason I felt my heart flutter, at the same time as I could almost hear my tangled thoughts screaming at me. As we were almost face to face, Aiden winked at me before... walking to the kitchen?
"Sorry folks, I'm afraid I'm taken" he spoke and we found ourselves dumbfounded.
Aiden has a girlfriend?
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Well damn
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