Chapter 18- The Bad Boy's Confession

Chapter 18- The Bad Boy's Confession

-Emma-

"You think I don't care!? I fucking care Emma"." He said grabbing onto my wrist pulling me closer to him, both of us breathing heavily which cause our breaths to mingle. "I fucking care because I fucking like you." He said and before I could react Aiden smashed his lips onto mine.

I stood frozen with my eyes widen in shock. Did he just say what I think he did? Emma you idiot! The guy you like is kissing you! Just don't stand there kiss him back! I decided to finally listen to my brain for once in my life and I moved closer to him wrapping my arms around his neck and kissed him back with the same passion and intensely that he was kissing me with. I felt his strong arms wrapped around my waist pulling me closer to him. His lips and mine were moving perfectly in sync, I felt jolts of electric passing through my body and fireworks were going off in my head. This kiss was better than the one at the lake house. Way better.

Aiden and I pulled away from each other at the same time. Our breaths were heavy from the kiss we just experienced. Aiden rest his forehead against mine with his eyes close trying to catch his breath and so was I. We stood there like that for awhile in comfortable silence until I felt a finger stroke my cheek and when I opened my eyes I saw Aiden smiling down at me. His hazel eyes were sparkling with happiness and I felt my lips tugged up into a small grin when I saw how happy he was. I never saw him smile like that or his eyes warm and kind like that until he looked down at me.

"Well sweetheart, you're probably wondering what the hell just happened." He said smirking as he grabbed my hand and interlaces our fingers together.

I nodded. "You got that right. What the hell did just happen?" I said lifting our locked hands and gesturing to it with a raised eyebrow. Now don't get me wrong I'm ecstatic that Aiden likes me, hell if he wasn't in front of me right now I would be jumping up and down doing cartwheels all over the place but I want to know how did he come to the conclusion that he liked me even after kissing my newly founded enemy, Ashley, the other day.

Aiden tugged on my hand pulling me to walk with him by his side. "Well, I'll tell you, if you come with me to a place away from school."

"Err sure, but where?" I asked.

Aiden smiled. "I know a place." He said as we walked up to his car.

"Where?" I asked curiously.

"A secret place."Aiden said as he opened the passenger side door for me and I raised an eyebrow at him in disbelief. He never did that before, for anyone. He just smiled cheekily at me as I slid into the car seat. He closed the door and jogged over the driver's side and got it. After starting the car, Aiden grabbed my hand, yet again and held it as he drove out of the school's parking lot. Now I have to admit Aiden acting like this was kind of weird because Aiden never acts so, well so sweet. Usually he's the smirking, I-don't-give-a-damn, don't-fuck-with-me kind of guy and him act like this was freaking me out a bit. I guess I zoned out because I felt a small squeeze on my hand and turn to look at Aiden.

"Lost in your thoughts I see." Aiden said glancing at me out of the corner of his eye as he continues his drive to his 'secret place'.

"Something like that." I said with a shrug of my shoulders as I look out the window to the passing scenery.

"Thinking about me?" Aiden said. I didn't have look at him to know that he was smirking his usual cocky smirk.

I scoffed. "You wish." I said even though he was right. I was thinking about him.

"Sweetheart, no need to lie. I know you're thinking about me, you're easy to read like always." He said with that stupid but yet sexy smirk on his face. Damn him.

I glared at him. "I am not that easy to read." I said defending myself.

Aiden looked at me with a pointed look. "Emma, you are the easiest person to read. You wear what you're thinking all over your face. Even Matt can figure out what you're thinking and that saying something because Matt doesn't really pay attention to details."

Well damn, I really am easy to read then. If Matt can figure out what I'm thinking then that's saying something because Matt isn't really the brightest crayon in the box. Don't tell him I said that.

"Well the only detail he really pays attention to is Amy." Aiden said with a smirk.

My eyes widen. "I knew it! I knew he liked her!" I exclaimed.

"Maybe, but its best not to interfere with that. If he really likes her then let him tell her and I know what you're thinking 'Let's hook them up!' No Emma let them go to each other when their ready."

"Damn it, Aiden." I said with a pout, "When did you get so wise?" I asked curiously.

"When I started to hang out with a certain nerdy good girl." He said sending a wink in my direction which causes a blush to coat my cheeks but I just brushed it off with a roll of my eyes.

"We're here."Aiden said unbuckling his seat belt as I did the same. We got out of the car and I was awe struck. We were on top of a cliff, trees of all sizes surrounded the background and in front of us the cliff over looked the city with tall buildings. The sun was making it's descend causing the sky to have pink, orange and yellow mixed into it as it made its way down behind the city. It looked so beautiful.

"Beautiful isn't it?" Aiden asked softly as he stands next to me.

"Yeah." I said in a breathless manner. The sight in front of me was something you find in pictures and paintings and I never thought I would see something like this in my life. "Like a painting."

Aiden looked at me and smiled as he slid onto the hood of his car and sat. I followed after him and sat next to him gazing out to the beautiful sight in front of me. I felt a hand interlaced with mine and I looked at Aiden. "So want to tell me what's going on here?" I said hinting at our connected hands.

Aiden let out a small sigh. "I told you already, sweetheart. I like you." He said giving me a small smile.

"How? When? Why?" I asked, still shocked that he said that. "How do you know you like me Aiden?" I said softly.

Aiden's thumb caressed the top of my hand softly which made me melt a little on the inside. "I've liked you since the day you crashed into me in the hallway of school, but I was too dumb to realize it then."

"You crashed into me." I said correcting him.

"Will you let me finish first?" Aiden said slightly annoyed that interrupted him.

I smiled sheepishly at him. "Sorry, continue."

Aiden rolled his eyes at me but continued anyways. "Well since that day you've been on my mind all the time and it was starting to annoy me that I couldn't stop thinking about you. Something about you had me curious, maybe it's the way that you didn't care that I was a bad boy, maybe it was the way you had confidence and you stood your ground with me, I didn't know but it was something. I thought acting like you didn't exist would help, but obviously it didn't because a few days later I was at your house having dinner with you and your family. I thought messing with you would scare you away but you didn't get scared and that pulled me towards you more. Then that project we had where we had to work together brought me even closer to you. I found myself thinking about you constantly and comparing you to other girls and you always came up to be better than any of them but I didn't think that much of it until that kiss we shared at Matt's lake house." He said glancing at me. I bet my cheeks were crimson when he looked at me while I remembered that kiss.

"I found myself craving more of your kisses after that. It was one of the best kisses I have experienced in my life and trust me I know kisses." Now it was my turn to smirk.

"One of the best kisses you've had huh?" I asked as the smirk on my lips stretched.

I saw a faint blush creep up onto Aiden's neck. "Did I say that? Err I mean.. Uh, um." I giggled softly at how flustered he looked. He rubbed the back of his neck nervously. "Ah hell, yes, literally the best kiss I have ever had."

I patted his hand. "It's okay. I know I'm a good kisser. Or so I heard." I teased.

Aiden's eyes turned into a glare. "Who else have you kissed?" He said in a menacing way.

It was hard not to laugh at his expression, but I kept a straight face. "Sweetheart, you don't think you're the first guy I kissed right?" I said mocking him with a smirk on my lips. Aiden grunted and muttered something under his breath that I couldn't quiet catch.

"Can I continue?" He asked. "Or are you gonna continue reminiscing on the guys you kissed in the past." He growled out.

"Is that jealously I detect?" I fake gasped. It fun messing with him, hey he's been doing it to me ever since we met! It was time for my revenge and boy was I gonna use this to my advantage.

"No, it's not jealously." He said straight forward but I could tell he was jealous.

"You so are jealous of all the other guys I kissed. Oh they were good kissers, especially that blonde." I egged on as I pretend to try and remember.

"Will you shut up and let me continue?" He bit out.

I held my hands up in a surrender stance. "Please continue."

He glared at me. "Anyways, before I was rudely interrupted I was saying that the kiss at Matt's lake house changed everything."

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously returning my attention to Aiden.

"I mean that I never felt like that when I kissed a girl, it never felt so good, so right. I never craved more then when I kissed you and that's when I started to feel differently towards you. I felt like I needed to be around you more, if I didn't see you I felt incomplete almost. It was a new feeling for me and I had no idea what to make of it so I pushed it aside. When I had told you about my past, that fact that you didn't freak out or judged me for it attracted me towards you even more. After that I became closer to you and trusted you even more. I have to add that I haven't hooked up with any girl since I started to feel like this towards you and that kiss with Ashley, it was stupid and an idiotic move I made. I should have just ignored the bitch and removed all the posters myself, but I wasn't thinking and I'm sorry if I hurt you, because when you started to ignore me and I started to miss you more then I have ever missed anyone else that's when I realized that you weren't just a friend. You were the person that broke down my hard exterior and saw the real me, you were the person that didn't care for my past, and you were the person who I trusted more than Matt and Derek. You were and still are the person I like. Emma Marie Miller, I like you and a lot by the looks of it." Aiden finished off looking at me with a smile. "And I have a feeling that you feel the same." He said with a smirk.

There's that word again. Like. Aiden just confessed that he likes me again. He likes me. He likes me! Holy crap. The guy that I have had a crush on since freshman year likes me back. Wow, never thought that would happen.

I raised an eyebrow at him. "What makes you think I feel the same?" I questioned.

"Well if you didn't would you have kissed me back the way you did in the parking lot?" he retorted smirking widely.

"I was surprised! You caught me off guard." I defended myself.

"Uh-huh then why did you react the way you did when I kissed Ashley? Why did you ignore me if you didn't feel the same?" He asked curiously.

Shit. Now that zipped my mouth. I didn't know how to respond to that because he was right. No matter how much I could try and deny it I do like Aiden. Very much at that.

"Cat got your tongue?" Aiden teased nudging his shoulder with mine.

I sighed. "Aiden, I don't like you. I don't see you that way. I just like you as a friend." The smile in Aiden's face dropped and was replaced by sadness and then was covered up with an emotionless expression. Aiden let go of my hand and looked away from me as he slid off the hood of the car and started to walk off muttering incoherently. I could tell it he wasn't expecting that as an answer.

Enough with my piety revenge, I was not about to let the guy I like slip away and I did something I never thought I would do. I slid off the hood of the car and grabbed Aiden shoulder and turned him around and crashed my lips onto his. Aiden kissed back immediately and wrapped his arms around my waist lifting me up slightly as my arms wrap around his neck. The kiss was sweet and filled with passion. When we both pulled away we were breathless. "You idiot, of course I feel the same. I do like you, Aiden. More than you'll ever know."

Aiden smiled widely. "Really now?" He asked.

I nodded my head. "Yes Aiden, I like you."

"I like you too Emma." He said placing a soft kiss on my forehead as he sat me down on the ground and held onto my hand. "So, I never did this before and we can go slow because I don't want to rush you into anything, but I was wondering if you would like to go out Friday night?" Aiden asked as he rubbed the back of his neck nervously.

Now it was my turn to smile. "Is Mr. Bad Boy nervous?" I teased.

Aiden scoffed. "No." He said confidently, but I could still see the nervousness in his hazel eyes. "And I prefer Mr. Bad Ass."

"Well Mr. Bad Ass, unfortunately for you," I started and I could see disappointment fill his eyes slowly. "I would love to go out with you Friday night, Aiden." I said grinning at him.

His eyes brighten up and Aiden's arms wrapped around my back picking me up and spinning me around which caused me to squeal. "You just made me the happiest guy on earth." He said pecking my lips softly.

"Yeah, yeah don't get a mushy and soft now." I teased.

"Oh sweetheart, I'm far from mushy and soft." Aiden said winking at me causing me a blush crimson.

I smacked his chest softly. "Now I think you should put me down and get me home before we don't get to go on our date Friday because I'm grounded."

"Yeah ,you're right." Aiden said as he sat me down yet again and grabbed my hand leading me back to his car.

"Oh about the guys I kissed." I saw Aiden's jaw clenched. "They don't exist, you were my first kiss." I said giving his hand a small squeeze.

Aiden lifted my hand to his mouth and kissed the back of it softly. "Good, because only I can kiss those lips of yours." he said smirking and I rolled my eyes in response. We got in the car and started our journey back and all I could think is that Aiden confessed he likes me, we kissed again and he asked me out on a date.

What a day