Only I Know

Chapter 10: True Feelings

   I saw Aidan tied to a chair with tape covering his mouth. "Shit." I said, as I started to walk over to him. Aidan tried to say something, but it came out as muffled because his mouth was covered. Aidan's eyes shifted behind me, and I turned around. The two guys were standing there. Both of them had knives in their hands, and they started to approach me. I grabbed the knife from my thigh strap, and slit one of their throats open. He fell to the ground. The other guy started to approach me. I took my mask off, and threw it to the floor. With every punch he threw at me, he missed every shot. He then swung his arm, and he hit my stomach (my back was facing Aidan, so he didn't see). I didn't have time to worry about my cut, so I went closer to the man, and pushed the knife in his chest. I pulled the knife out, just in time, before his body collapsed to the ground. I then ran over to Aidan, and took the tape off of his mouth. "Thanks." He said. "You're welcome." I said, as I untied the last rope that was on him.
"There's a back door over here." Aidan said, as he was leading the way. I picked up my mask (so that way I didn't leave them a clue) and followed Aidan. He kicked open the door, and we made our way to the car. "Here." Aidan said, as he handed me a cloth, which he got from his pocket. I took it, and cleaned off the knife. I handed it back to him, and he folded it, and put it back in his pocket. Aidan unlocked the car, and we both got in. He turned it on, and off we went. "Are you okay?" I asked. "Yeah. Just annoyed." Aidan sighed. "How about you, are you good?" Aidan asked, turning the question on me. "I'm fine, you're the one who kissed me and-" I stopped myself from saying anything more. I was still upset about the kiss we shared. "What does that-" "Just forget it." I said, as I looked out the window. "Whatever." I heard him whisper, annoyingly.
   After the long minutes of Aidan and I being on the road, he finally pulled up to the Welcome Inn parking lot. I unbuckled my seatbelt, and left Aidan in the car. I made my way to the entrance, and went up the elevator by myself. I thought I was stupid, because I didn't think about getting the key card. Now, I have no choice but to wait for Aidan. After about two minutes, I see Aidan walking down the hallway. He took out the key card and unlocked the door. I walked in first, grabbed some pajamas, and went into the bathroom. I took off the clothes that I had on, and hopped in the shower. When I was done with my shower, I blow dried my hair, and got into some grey cotton shorts, with a dark blue tank top.
I opened the bathroom door, so I could feel the AC come in, and I looked at myself in the mirror. That guy cut me really bad. As I saw my reflection, I lifted up my shirt (to where the bottom of my bra is). I saw a huge cut on the center of my stomach. I gently touched it, and held back tears as I felt a really painful sting. I then see Aidan leaning against the door frame (on my left) in the reflection of the mirror. I quickly put my shirt down as I turned my body to face him. "Take it off." He said, as he slipped his hands into the pockets of his pants (he was wearing his white dress shirt with his black pants). "Aidan, I'm-" "Take. It. Off." Aidan said slowly, as he was getting off the door frame, and started to walk more into the bathroom. I took a deep breath, and pulled my shirt off, over my head. I was now standing there, with my shirt off, making eye contact with Aidan.
  I looked down at my shirt, as I was still holding it in my hands, and then tossed it to the floor. Aidan started to walk closer to me; his face was a few inches away from mine. Aidan was looking down at my stomach, as I was looking at him. "I'll be back." He whispered underneath his breath. Aidan turned around and walked out of the room that we were in; I followed behind him. "Where the hell are you going?" I asked him. "Doesn't matter." Aidan responded as he took his knife off of the dresser (I assumed he put it there when I was taking a shower). When the knife was placed in Aidan's hand, he put it in his pocket. "Yes, it does, so tell me now!" I demanded. "To kill Andrew, myself, and those bastards that are helping him." Aidan told me. "Why?" I asked. "Because they could try to hurt you again!" He said. As I heard those words fly out of his mouth, something in me snapped. "Why do you fucking care?!" I said, clearly pissed. Aidan stopped moving, as his right hand rested on the door knob.
  I then continued, "You act nice to me one second, but then treat me like shit- and not giving a damn about me the next! So, why do you all of a sudden care when some prick cuts me, and Andrew probably wants me dead?!" "Because I love you!" Aidan shot back, as he removed his hand from the knob, and turned around to face me. I stood there, and didn't respond to what he said. "Y/N, you have no idea how hard I try not to kiss you. I don't wanna count tonight, because it was something that I had to do. Y-you're always on my mind, and I can never stop thinking about you." Aidan started to walk closer to me, and his face was close to mine. "I want to do this, because I love you." He tells me, as I was looking into his dark green eyes. Aidan was about to walk away, but I grabbed his right wrist, to make him stay. We kept looking at each other as quietness flew into the room.
   My other hand went behind his head, and I pushed his lips onto mine. Both of my hands went to the sides of his face, and his hands went onto my waist. Aidan started to walk forward (making me walk backwards), turned our bodies, and pushed my back up against the wall. His soft lips left mine, and landed on the right side of my neck. After a few seconds, Aidan picked me up and laid me down on the bed. I pulled the collar of his shirt down, towards me, and our lips reconnected. My hands moved to the top button of his shirt, and I started to unbutton it. Once I unbuttoned the last one, Aidan (while he was still kissing me) took off his shirt, and threw it to the floor. Aidan started to kiss me lower, and he placed his lips on my inner thigh. I grabbed his face, pulled him back up, and continued to kiss him. As his hands went back on my body, he accidentally touched my cut.
  I gently pushed him away from me (he was still hovering over my body, I only broke the kiss) and said, "Ahh, shit!" with tears slowly filling up my eyes. "Fuck! I'm so sorry!" Aidan said, as he looked down at my stomach, and quickly got off me. As I'm about to get up Aidan stops me, by putting his hand on my shoulder, and says, "Stay here, I'll clean you up." I could tell that Aidan was telling me, and not asking, but I listened to him anyway and laid back down. Aidan walks into the bathroom, and then comes out with a cleaning alcohol, a cloth and a bandage. Aidan puts the stuff down, on the nightstand, and pulls up the office chair. He takes a seat, and puts some alcohol on the cloth. "This might hurt." Aidan says, as he was looking at me. I slowly nodded my head, and tried to relax.
   He placed the cloth on my cut, and I closed my eyes as I winced at the pain. "I'm sorry, I really hate seeing you in pain." Aidan says softly, which makes me feel a little better. Once he was done cleaning it, I felt his warm hand rest on the side of my face and wipe my tears away. I didn't even realize I was crying a little. I smiled at him, and he smiled back. Aidan then placed the bandage on my stomach. "Thank you." I said, as he got up and grabbed the supplies. "Anytime." Aidan replied, as he put the office chair, and supplies, back where they belonged. He then comes back and lays down next to me. Aidan pulled the blanket over us and wrapped his arms around me, as I turned over on my left side (I was facing away from him), and he gave me a kiss on my right cheek. "Aidan?" I said. "Yeah?" I smiled to myself, and said, "I love you too." Then, I slowly dozed off to sleep.