Ashley's pov
My phone rings causing my sleep to get completely ruined.
No one will understand but once you wake me up, I can not go back to sleep unless I'm really tired.
I pick up my phone without checking the Caller ID.
"Hello?" I ask.
"Hi," a voice responds.
I pull my phone away from my ear and check the Callers Id along with the time.
For fucks sake.
"For the love of God Aaron go to sleep! It's 2 in the fucking morning," I say.
"Please," He pleads, he sounds drunk.
"Aaron, are you drunk?"
"Please Ashley," He says and I can hear little sobs.
"Aaron, talk to me, what's wrong?" I say worriedly.
"Come get me," He says.
"Okay, okay, where are you?"
"Ill.. send you.. the location," He says unclearly.
"Okay," I say and cut the phone off.
After two minutes i get a message from Aaron. I open it and open his location.
What the fuck is he doing behind the woods?
I swear if I get kidnapp-
Shut up Ashley.
I grab my car keys, put on a jacket and sneak out of the window.
I've been getting a lot better at this.
I unlock my car and quickly drive off to wherever the fuck he is.
After a few minutes I reach near the forest and get out and start walking.
The maps app guides me through the forest and I can't lie, I thought it would be much scarier but it's beautiful.
After a few minutes of navigating through the forest I finally reach where his phone is apparently located.
At first I don't see him but instead a huge lake kinda area and it's beautiful.
It's so clean and blue.
Wow.
And then I see Aaron, at the side, one hand chugging a beer down and the other laying on the ground.
"Aaron? What happened?" I say and he looks back at me.
His eyes are bloodshot read and puffy, and his face looks wet from crying.
"You came," He smiles drowsily.
His smile is the sweetest thing.
"Yeah ofcourse," I say walking to him and sit down next to him.
I lay his head down on my lap and gently massage his head.
"What happened?" I ask softly.
"My mom she um she is sick," He says shakily looking up to me.
My heart drops.
"Sick how?" I ask.
"Um, a few years ago.. she got cancer. She managed to beat it and we all thought it was gone. Recently she started getting sick and so sh- she did the test again and it was positive. I found out last night, when I went to get the snacks," He says.
"I- I'm so sorry Aaron, is she getting medication?" I ask.
"Yeah, she will start chemo soon. You know what?" He asks softly.
"What?"
"The reason I started dating you, well fake dating was because a part of me knew it was back. I just wanna make her happy," He says weakly.
"I know," I say softly.
I pull him into a long hug and we just stay in that position as he burries his head in the crook of my neck.
We pull away and he looks into my eyes deeply as if searching for something.
In the heat of the moment our eyes lock intensely with so much tension surrounding the air.
We slowly start getting closer, our lips being inches away.
He looks into my eyes as if asking for permission and my eyes give in.
He gently pulls me into a deep kiss.
I kiss him back and start to get the taste of alcohol.
The kiss is so gentle but so addictive.
He knows his way with his mouth.
We pull away to catch our breath and rest our heads against eachother.
I realise how wrong this is.
It's not supposed to be him, it can't be.
I pull away from him and without thinking say, "This was a mistake, me and you, it can't happen."
I mentally curse myself.
Way to go Ashley, you could have waited till tomorrow to say that.
"It's fine, you love him, Tyler. Everyone does, he is the golden fucking boy," He says smashing the bottle on the floor causing me to flinch back.
"Aaron please, stop."
He notices the fear on my face and steps back.
"Sorry," He says.
"It's fine, can we just go?" I ask.
"Yeah, you drive though."
"Of course," I say.
I walk up to him and gently take him through the woods.
"You know you are the first person I have told this to. Also this place, no one else knows about it except me and you, it our little secret now," He says, pointing his finger to his chest then mine.
"What really?" I ask shocked.
Why would he trust me? We barely just started talking.
"Yep. You must be wondering why you, its simple, I trust you. So please, don't break it," He says with a soft smile.
He really is drunk.
"I won't, but you shouldn't have to go through this alone."
"I don't have to, anymore."
I smile at him as we finally get out of the forest.
We walk to my car and get in it.
It's complete silent probably because the kiss.
I start the engine and drive home.
The whole car ride is silent and I don't mind. It was a mistake, but it didn't feel like it.
Somehow the whole car ride home Aaron looks upset.
I don't say anything until we reach home.
"So, you gonna climb through the tree?" I ask.
"Yea-"
"Ok," I say and rush up the tree entering my room.
"Wha-" His voice fades out.
I feel really bad for leaving him there but I can't stay there.
I have embarrassed myself.
I still have the decency to look out the window to make sure he gets in safe.
Once I've confirmed it I shut my window and run to my bed.
I have work early up in the morning so I need to get enough sleep.
I'm getting my paycheck tomorrow!
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Sorry for the short chapter but um yeah I still hope you liked it.
I'm sure most of you are angry about her saying it was a mistake but I did mention I love chaos soo.... yeah.
Anyways I'm not gonna say much, I hope you have a great rest of your day/night.
Bye!