"Because even the smallest of words can be the ones to hurt you or save you."
Bree's pov.
I wake up to my ringing phone. It's was like 3am in the morning and who the fuck would call me now.
"Who the hell is it?" I ask sitting up in bed.
"Open your fucking window Bree, " I hear Aiden's voice on the other end.
I get off my bed and go to my window to see Aiden hanging. Idiot. I open my window.
"Move !" he whispers shouts and I move. He jumps in to my bedroom.
"What the hell were you thinking? " I whisper shout. He walks up to my night stand and drinks a glass of water.
"I had been knocking on your fucking window for fifteen minutes, " he states walking towards me.
"Who would expect Mr. Waters to show up at my window at 3am ?" I ask narrowing my eyes at him.
"OKAY I'm sorry but I had to talk to you, " he says looking at me.
"What is it Aiden? As if what you've done at the spring dance was not enough, " I say looking out of my window.
"I'm sorry about what happened Bree. I..... I didn't mean to...." Aiden says and I give him a dry laugh.
"You didn't mean to kiss me. Is that all you would say Aiden, " I say .
"Bree please listen to me. I don't want it to ruin our friendship, " he says.
"I....I don't know what to say Aiden. I need some time to think, " I say .
"I understand. Maybe I should go, " he says scratching the back of his head.
"Yeah, You should get going, " I say nodding my head.
"Good night Bree, " he says walking to my window. I turn off the lights before Maria could guess I'm still awake and walk back to Aiden.
"Good night Aiden, " I say and he grabs my head and smacks his lips to mine.
He pulls me closer by grabbing my waist .I kiss him back. I could feel butterflies in my stomach. Shit.
He breaks our kiss. "This is the way you say good night, " he says and I feel him smirking even in the dark.
He leaves me awestruck there and climbs out of my window. Asshole.
I close the window and get back to bed.
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I get off my bed unable to sleep anymore. All the damn credit goes to Aiden. It was 5am so I decided to go running.
I put on my sweatpants and t-shirt. I leave a note for Maria and leave. I put on my ipod.
Aiden is driving me crazy. One moment he'll kiss me and the next moment he says he didn't mean to. Idiot.
I pass by his house cursing. I continue to run until my legs gave up. I check the time . 6:30 am. I see a park and enter it.
I sit on one of the swings . I just enjoy the cool air against my sweaty body .
After about fifteen minutes, I start running back home. I don't know why but every step I took, Jared came to mind and for the first time I didn't feel like crying.
I was smiling as I reached home. Like he said before he died, I felt as alive as I did when he was there.
"Good morning Maria, " I say as I enter the house.
"Good morning sweetheart, " she replies with a smile.
I head to my room . I take off my clothes and enter the shower. Shit, I forgot Rachel said she would be coming home after lunch.
I had to attend a party tonight and I offered Rachel to come over . I shampoo my hair .
I walk into my closet and put on a pair of shorts and t-shirt. I head down stairs and stop dead on my tracks when I see Aiden sitting on one of the barstools.
"Hey baby doll, " he says with an annoying smirk plastered on his face.
"Hey Aiden. Would you tell me why I'm seeing your face at 9 o'clock in the morning? " I ask him with a bittersweet smile.
"I needed help with calculus homework, " he says trying to sound innocent.
Fuck the shorts I wore are shorter than I've ever worn in front of him. It stopped right after my butt .
I ignore his stare and head to the kitchen. I take my coffee and start sipping on it. I sit down on the couch ignoring Aiden.
"It's not so polite to ignore your guests, " Aiden says walking up to me.
"You are barely my guest, " I say and continue to scroll through the channels on TV.
"How would you like this coffee burning your skin Aiden? " I ask him as he continues to stand next to me staring.
"What's got you into a bad mood?", he asks me. Did I look like I was in a bad mood.
"How about......., you got me in a bad mood, " I say sarcastically narrowing my eyes at him.
"Oh come on. Don't be like that, " he says sitting down next to me. I continue to watch TV and give him my finger.
A small smile forms on my face as he frowns. He starts tickling me.
"No...... Aiden......stop...." I say while laughing.
"Say please, " he says with a smirk. I narrow my eyes at him.
"Please...... stop it...... Aiden, " I say and he finally stops with an annoying smirk plastered on his face.
I punch his arm and stand up. "You know what I'm going to do?" I ask him now smirking.
He didn't realise that I took his phone while he was tickling me. I show him the phone and start running to my room.
"I'm messaging Stacey, " I say and Aiden looked like he was in pain as I mentioned her name.
"No Bree! Stop!" he yells running behind me.
"Say please, " I say still running.
"Please Bree, " he says as I get to my room.
He enters and closes the door behind him. He comes up to me with a smirk. I raise my eyebrows.
I start typing on his phone. "See I just need to click on send, " I tell him showing the phone.
He steps forward and I keep stepping back until I hit the wall. I wasn't in a position to think about anything.
"I like quoting Christian Grey. So 'Fuck the homework ', " he says and my eyes widen as he smacks his lips against mine.
He closed any little space by pulling me closer. He wasn't backing off this time. I let him deepen the kiss and kiss him back.
Oh no this is so wrong. It didn't mean anything to him. I pull away but he still holds me by my waist.
"You need to leave Aiden, " I say and see hurt flash through his eyes. He doesn't say another word and leaves once I hand him back his phone.
It felt so wrong whenever I thought that this kiss wouldn't mean anything to him. I get back to the living room for having breakfast.
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"You look so sexy!" Rachel squeals as I step out of my closet.
"You look good yourself, " I say looking at her.
I wore a simple short black dress and Rachel wore a Violet colour one.
"So ready to go? " Rachel asks me and I check the time. 7:30 pm.
"Ready, " I say taking my car keys. I take a spare key of the house so that even if I'm late , I wouldn't have to wake up Maria and Brad.
"Maria I'm leaving !" I announce as I leave .
"Just be careful, " she says and I nod.
I open my garage and get my lambi out . Rachel hops in. She knows a few things about me but I never gave her anymore details about my past.
We reach the venue . I've always been the one to go late to parties. "Ready? "Rachel asks.
"Totally, " I say as we step out of the car. I and Rachel enter with smiles on our faces.
It's been a year since I've gone to parties. "Oh my God Breeeeeeee! ", someone squeals and look around.
"God Ariana! ", I squeal surprised to see my friend. We haven't spoken since I left Westwood. She hugs me.
"Why on earth am I left out?", I hear a voice.
"Andy!", I squeal looking at my other friend, Andrew.
He was another good friend of mine. He joins our hug.
"I missed you guys, " I say and then turn to face Rachel. I introduce them to each other.
"I'm going to hang out with my old school friends, " Rachel says pointing out at a group. I nod smiling at her.
"Let the fucking party start already. Come on , let's grab some drinks, " Andy says. We head to get some drinks.
"Bree we need to take over this party. It's getting boring, " Ariana says. A grin finds its way to my face.
"I'm totally in! As long as it's dance! " I shout over the music .
I and Ariana used to dance together. We put our drinks down and walk to the dance floor.
Ariana asks the dj to play the song we were dancing for. As we both started dancing, people started getting off the floor and giving us space. A smirk formed on my face as I saw people enjoying.
We finish our dance and Andrew comes to us.
"It's so nice to see you happy, " he says giving me a half hug.
"You should have seen Aiden's face, " Rachel comments and my smile drops. I drink the alcohol in my glass in one shot.
"I shouldn't have taken his name, " Rachel mutters.
"Nah! I don't fucking care about him, " I lie.
"Care to dance? " I hear a voice. Ricky was asking Rachel. I smile at his attempts to get her to dance with him. She finally gives in.
I sip on my next drink while Andrew and Ariana get to the dance floor. I just sit there alone. I like Aiden and I'm not going to deny it but he never said he liked me. I rest my head on my hand and close my eyes.
"Could I talk to you? " I hear Aiden's voice and my eyes snap open. I don't say anything and he sits next to me.
"Be my girlfriend? " he asks and I look at him. Did I hear the right thing? I sit there frozen. He takes my hand and holds it between both his hands.
"I really like you Bree. I wanted to tell this to you but I was scared it would ruin our friendship, " he says seriously staring at me.
"Yes, " I say and a small smile forms on my face. Aiden gives me his best smile.
He kisses my cheek and drags me out of the room . We enter the lawn. It was empty and there was not a single person.
Aiden pushes me against the wall and flushes our bodies together before leaning into a kiss. His kiss is rough yet full of love. His hands run up my body from my waist and he pins both my hands on either side of my face while deepning the kiss. He breaks our kiss when we finally got breathless and leans his forehead against mine. I run my hand near his side burn and he closes his eyes, leaning into my hand.
"I'm taking you on a date tomorrow "he says giving me one last kiss before we returned to the party. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face.
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