SISTER OF AARON RODGERS // green bay packers

Chapter 11

I feel myself wake up from my deep sleep and I'm still in Allen's arms. My eyes are still closed as I pull myself closer to him. He stirs a bit and holds me tighter. I open my eyes and look at Allen. He looks so sweet right now. Then he opens his eyes and looks at me. We both blush and he tucks my hair behind my ear.

Allen: morning

Oh my gosh his morning voice is so attractive

Me: morning

Allen smiles and leans close. Our faces are inches aparts when he kisses me. I kiss him back and he puts his hand on my cheek. We pull away gently and Allen carresses my cheek slowly. Then his head shoots up and his eyes are on the door. His eyes look intense and I get scared.

Me: allen what is it?

Allen: someone else is in here

I feel my eyes widen and I squeeze his arm tightly.

Allen: stay here. promise me you won't go anywhere?

Me: but-

Allen: trust me, layla. Please, stay here will you?
I look into Allen's eyes and he is pleading me.

Allen: will you promise?

I gulp then reply

Me: I promise

Allen: Ok, I'll be right back

I look into Allen's worried eyes. He looks at me then kisses me on the cheek. He looks at me once more and heads out the door and shuts it behind him quietly. And now I'm in the room alone. I never said I wouldn't open the door...

I walk over to the door and open it slightly. I put my hand on the wall and peek by head out. I see Allen. Then I hear wind moving behind me quickly

Allen: LAYLA

He runs towards me but then I feel a knife pierce my hand. He's too late. I fall to the ground and grasp my hand. My vision gets blurry but I see Allen pull out a gun and shoot the person that threw the knife. He drops dead onto the ground and I see Allen rush towards me. I feel him lift me up and he whispers to me as he runs down the hall but I don't know what he's saying.

2 hours later.

I wake up and blink as I see Aaron, Jaire, Davante and Allen surrounding me.

Aaron: Layla! We were so worried about you are you ok?? Does your hand still hurt??

I groan and slam my head in my pillow. I don't feel like thinking or talking right now. I look at my hand and there's a bandage wrapped around it. It doesn't hurt that much but it stings a bit. I look back at everyone

Me: I'm ok

Everyone lets out a sigh of relief and I sit up in my bed.

Aaron: Allen how could you let that happen to her

Allen: I told her to stay... she promised

I look down and swallow my feelings of guilt. Allen's right, I should have stayed and this never would've happened. At least the intruder is dead. 

Me: I'm sorry Allen. I just didn't wanna feel useless

I look up into his eyes and a look of sympathy crosses them. He frowns a bit but then he hugs me gently. I hug him back and lay my head on his shoulder. We sit there hugging each other for about 30 seconds when Aaron butts in.

Aaron: Ok that's enough of that, let me hug my sister

We all laugh and I look at Allen once more as he stands up and Aaron hugs me. I hug him back and he squeezes me tightly.

Aaron: As your brother, I will never let that happen again. Ever. As long as I live.

Me: Thanks Aaron but I can take care of myself

Aaron: I know, I know. But it's my job to protect you

Me: Oh okayy

Aaron lets go of me then and Jaire hugs me tightly. I hug him back and we just sit there. I feel a tear slide down his cheek and I pull away a bit.

Me: Jaire what's wrong??

Jaire looks at me then responds

Jaire: I thought I had lost my best friend

I look into his eyes and I can see now that his tears were tears of joy. That I'm still here. The knife only pierced my hand but I guess with me being asleep for 2 hours they could've thought I was almost dead. I hold him tighter for a while and then we pull away. Jaire smiles at me and I smile back

Jaire: I'm glad to have my best friend back

Me: Me too

Then Davante hugs me and theirs really nothing between us we aren't very close but we know eachother well enough to be friends and care about eachother.

Davante: I'm glad you're ok Layla

Me: Thanks

We pull away and then everyone leaves the room except for Allen. He sits down on the other side of the bed and just looks at me. 

Me: what?

Allen grins a bit and he's still looking at me

Allen: I just don't know what I would've done if I had lost you

It feels like my heart just smiled. I grin back at Allen

Me: Allen, I-

Aaron busts in the room.

Aaron: You two again?

Me: Shut up

Aaron looks at the two of us

Aaron: what's going on with you two

I look at Allen with worried eyes. He gives me a nod telling me he can handle this.

Allen: We're in love. And if you can't accept that, then too bad. We won't separate.

I look down at my hands and pick at my fingernails, avoiding eye contact with Aaron. I feel his eyes on me.

Aaron: is that true Layla?

I gulp and just nod quickly. Aaron sighs then responds

Aaron: Alright. I won't argue, and I've lost the fight. I'm not very mad actually, seeing Layla like this with someone makes me very happy. And I trust you, Allen, to not hurt her. I only have one rule

Allen: What's that?

Aaron chuckles then says

Aaron: don't have too much fun if you know what I mean

I burst out laughing

Allen: yeah yeah I know

Allen chuckles too and we all start laughing.

Me: Thanks Aaron, this means a lot. I won't forget this

Aaron smiles at me

Aaron: You're welcome Layla, I can't control you anyways.

Aaron leaves and as soon as he shuts the door Allen pulls me into his arms and I sink into his grasp.