Pretend (54 page)

             
"You don't?"

             
"No, I really don't."

             
"Good because being a gentleman is damn uncomfortable," he said as he stood up and jumped into the spot next to me as we both began to laugh.

             
"Better?" He asked as I placed my head on his chest and got comfortable.

             
"Much," I replied.

             
"Good," he said as I felt his hand, gently stroking my hair.

It felt nice to have him there with me, it felt perfect. After all that
had
happened today I can't believe that it ended like this, it seems like a dream.

* * *

             
I had been lying in Aiden's arms for about ten minutes with my eyes closed before I heard his voice. I enjoyed the feeling as the vibration as it resonated through my entire body.

             
"April, are you awake?" He whispered.
I wanted to answer but I was so tired that
it was as if my lips just wouldn't work. So I just lay there in silence, enjoying his voice.

             
He suddenly stopped stroking my hair and I felt the warmth of his lips on my forehead.

             
"Good night," he whispered before moving around to get himself more comfortable.

             
"I love you," he whispered as my heart almost skipped a beat.

I felt those butterflies going crazy again and a smile crept onto my face.
He may have thought that I was asleep and didn't hear him but those were the best three words that I have ever heard in my entire life because Aiden Daniels just said that he loved me.

             
I love you too I said in my mind as I drifted off into the best sleep of my life.

As my eyes flicked open and I felt the beating of the heart underneath me a smile spread across my lips. I shifted my head up gently and watched as Aiden continued to sleep. I rolled over so that I could see the clock on the wall. It was six 'o'
clock
in the morning. Why was I awake already?

             
"You ok?" A voice said as I jumped in shock.

             
"Oh yeah, sorry did I wake you?" I whispered.

             
"Kind of but
it's
ok, it's a nice view that I woke up to," he said as he stared at my face and began to smile.
I giggled before gently rolling back into his arms. The very feel of his muscular arms wrapped around me sent tingles down my spine.
Its
crazy how perfect everything seemed when it was just me and Aiden, alone in our own little bubble, I liked it.

             
"What
are
you thinking?" He asked as he began to stroke my hair.

             
"About life, it's funny how things work out," I said quietly.

             
"Yeah tell me about it. Not that I'm complaining," he replied. I could hear the smirk in his voice.

             
"So, remember when you came in and said good morning to me the other day?" I asked with a smirk on my face as I lifted myself up so that I could stare into his eyes.

             
"Yeah, it's slowly coming back to me," he said as he slid his hand around my waist and pulled me up, towards him.

             
"It was something like this, right?" He asked before gently letting his lips
touch
mine.

             
"
Mmmm
," I managed to mumble before he kissed me, passionately on the lips again.
I just figured out that kissing someone when you are in love with them is like a million times better especially when that someone is Aiden.

             
"You know
,
you're a really good kisser," he said with a smirk on his face.

             
"You're not too bad yourself Mr Daniels," I said in a playful tone.

             
"Just not too bad?"
He asked as he let out a small laugh.

             
"Yup," I said as I giggled.

             
"Maybe I need to show you again," he said as he kissed me again, this time longer and much better, if that was even possible.

             
"Ok, maybe more than just not too bad," I whispered as we gently parted.

"Yeah, I thought you might want to change your answer," he said as he stared into my eyes.

             
"So
,
how are you feeling today?" He asked in a more serious tone.

             
"Much better thanks," I replied.

             
"You never did tell me how you ended up at that lady's house," he said as he looked into my eyes.

             
"Oh
, Mrs Staples
, well she actually came in when Jake was in my house and threatened him with a rifle and he ran away, then she took me back to her house. I'm not too sure how she knew that he was there though, I assume that she was watching from her window," I said with a slight smile as the thought of her empty rifle filled my head.

             
"A rifle?
Really?
Wow," he said as we both began to laugh.

             
"It was actually empty but it did the trick," I added.

             
"Empty or not I'm just glad that she was there. Something tells me that he won't be back anytime soon," he said in a more serious tone.

             
"Yeah."

             
"But I would still prefer it if you didn't go around by yourself for a little while," he said as he stroked my cheek.

             
"I won't especially not at that time," I muttered.

             
"Good because I don't want to end up in prison
for having to kill someone
," he said as he smiled at me.

             
"No I wouldn't want that, I would miss doing this too much," I said as I kissed his lips gently.

             
"Yeah me too," he whispered.

             
It seems crazy to be sixteen and just know that you have met the person that you want to spend the rest of your life with. When
you watch films and read books you just think yeah, right, if only but I was so wrong. I've never wanted to be with someone as much as I want
ed
to be with Aiden. It was as though we were made to go together, I was simply, completely and unconditionally in love with this guy and it felt amazing.

             
The only thing
that
I had to work out now was how to say it to him.

AIDEN’S POINT OF VIEW

             
Sitting and staring at April, I knew one thing and one thing only, and that was that I wanted her more than I have ever wanted anything before in my life. I knew it was real because the idea of even denying how I felt to my friends seemed crazy. I actually wanted to tell people that she was mine, that I wanted her forever.

             
Telling her that I loved her last night was amazing but now I had to actually work out how to tell her when she was awake and that was the bit that I was dreading. It's crazy because we've know
n each other for our entire lives, I
'm so comfortable in front of her and yet this one thing scares the hell out of me. I sit and stare at her and think do you feel the same and I just don't know.

             
Maybe she just really likes me...

             
Maybe I just came at the right time after Kyle...

             
I don't know but I knew one thing, I had to tell her
,
soon and I needed to know how she felt because it was driving me insane.

             
I would never say this out loud or admit it to the guys but the idea of April not loving me back would drive me crazy.

APRIL’S POINT OF VIEW

             
"What are you thinking?" I asked as I watched Aiden staring into space.

             
"Oh, just that we probably need to get ready," he said as he stood to his feet.

             
"Yeah we really should," I said as I stared up at him and smiled.

             
"Stop looking at me like that," he said with a smirk on his face.

             
"Like what?" I asked, faking innocence.

             
"You know how," he said before kissing my forehead and walking towards the door.

             
"Bye then," I said as I waved my hand at him and then slipped out of the bed.

             
What a good start to my day.

             
I grabbed my phone off o
f the chest of
drawers
next
to the bed and seen a text from a number that wasn't stored in my phone. I recognised it from last night, it was Kyle's mom. I must have been in a deep sleep because I didn't even hear it go off.

             
Glad that you are ok, was very worried about you. I know
             
that you probably don't want to have to keep reliving the past
             
but Kyle's pretty upset and isn't even coming into school
             
today. Would you mind coming round later, to talk to him? I
             
have tried but I just can't get him to listen.
xx

             
Suddenly
my bright day started to look
a whole lot more cloudy. I told Kyle about what had happened because it was the right thing to do but I wasn't ready to open up just yet. Thinking about me losing the baby just brought up all
of
the sad moments in my life and I don't want them to control my future anymore. I also understood the importance of having someone around that could share your pain. I can't even count the amount of times that I picked up my phone all
of those weeks ago to tell Kyle
everything just so that I had someone to share it with that truly understood.

             
I'm sorry that I made you
worry,
I just needed to clear my
             
mind. Yes I will come around this evening
xXAprilXx

             
I placed my phone back down and then let out a deep sigh. I don't know if I'm ready to do this.

*
*
*

             
After thirty five minutes I was finally dressed, ready and heading down the stairs.

             
"Hey," Aiden said as I reached the bottom.

             
"Hey," I replied.

             
"What's up?" He asked as I followed him into the kitchen. I could smell something nice and I was looking forward to it.

             
"Kyle's mom text me," I mumbled as I spotted the bacon sandwich sitting on a plate ready for me to engulf.

             
"For me?"
I asked pointing towards the plate.