Aarmau: Remember Me, Remember Us, Just Remember

Chapter 52

As they reach the top of the stairs Aph chuckles at him, "Wow Aaron, who knew you had such a potty mouth."

Aaron sighs heavily, "I'm sorry Aph. I guess I'm angry that it happened. Everyone needs to be more careful."

Aph rests her head against his shoulder, "I know Aaron but it was just an accident. But I am glad I'll be sleeping in a real bed tonight so something good came out of it. The one downstairs is not comfortable at all."

Aaron steps into their room and studies the bed, "I agree but ours can't be raised for you to sit up. It's going to be a little harder."

Aph shrugs as he carries her over to their bed. "We'll just call it motivation."

As he lays her down, he stacks their pillows behind her so she's at least inclined a little and then sits next to her. He can see the exhaustion in her eyes but he can't let her sleep just yet. She needs to get ready for bed.

He leans in to gently kiss her lips and as he pulls back, he smiles, "Don't fall asleep yet. You need to get ready for bed."

Aph's brows rise and a blush spreads across her cheeks but she nods. She watches him disappear into their closet and then return with one of her favorite nightgowns with little wolves all over it which he lays at the end of the bed.

Next, he disappears into their bathroom and she listens as he turns the water on for the bathtub and the blush gets even brighter. After a minute he steps back into the room and a matching blush appears on his face as he considers what he has planned.

"Aph you need to take a bath. I know you're not strong enough to do it yourself so if you want, I can call one of the girls up to help you."

Butterflies start to flutter in her stomach at how nervous she is but she shakes her head, "It's alright Aaron. I'm ok with you helping me."

Aaron frowns and then nods. He crosses back over to the bed and lifts her back into his arms. He carries her into the bathroom, over to the tub, and then sets her on the edge. Aph reaches up and holds onto him as their eyes briefly meet.

His hands shake as he reaches for the edge of her dress and begins to pull it up over her head. As it pulls free of her hair, he tosses it over toward the laundry hamper by the door and then looks down at her.

His heart stutters as he takes in all the scars that mark her skin including the one over her heart. The memory of how she got it replays in his mind and he shudders. Even with the scars, she's beautiful and he can't believe that she's his.

Lifting her he slowly lowers her into the water and after a brief mental slap focuses on his purpose. Bracing an arm in front of her he watches her instinctively lean into it as he grabs a cup, fills it with water, and then pours it over her head.

He feels clumsy as he thoroughly washes her hair and then moves on to her body. He can't help but glance at her face from time to time and knows by the looks on it that she's enjoying herself.

Aph sighs as Aaron's hands work through her hair and then washes her body. If she wasn't so tired this would be a major turn on and it is affecting her but not enough to keep her from almost dozing off.

Before they both realize it, they're done and after releasing the water from the tub he starts to wring the excess water from her hair. When he's fairly certain he's done he lifts her up, sets her back on the edge, and wraps a towel around her.

As he carries her she's so tired he can feel her sink into him and he knows he doesn't have much time before she falls asleep. He crosses back to their room, quickly dresses her, and then sits back on the bed with her in front of him. 

With a second towel, he quickly dries her hair and as he's thinking about laying her down, she groans. "Aaron, I need to brush my teeth."

Aaron looks back toward the bathroom, "It's ok if you want to skip it tonight."

She shakes her head, "No, it's a pain but I need to do it."

Aaron chuckles and carries her back into the bathroom. They quickly brush their teeth and head back into the room. He moves his pillow back to his side of the bed and helps her lay back against hers.

Aph lets out a deep groan as her tired body sinks into the mattress. She barely acknowledges Aaron pulling the covers over her or him quickly changing into clean shorts before he climbs under the covers on his side of the bed.

Sliding his arm under her head he pulls her up against his side and his heartbeats hard as she rolls into him and snuggles against him. Within seconds he feels her fall asleep.

He sits there listening to her even breathing, her heart beating in her chest and smelling her clean scent. Kissing the top of her head he tightens his hold on her and whispers into the dark, "I love you Aph."