The Wrong Number

The first day

Aurora's POV

I was just looking at Augustus. It seemed that only I was shocked by this discovery. My siblings were behaving so normally, even after hearing him say something so... out of the blue. I was not able to wrap my head around this announcement. I didn't know how to react to this or how to act now, in front of him. Should I just ignore that he said that? Or should I ask him about it? Or are we already going out without me knowing?

It is so damn confusing. What if I made a fool of myself by saying something? What if he gets angry?

Adam left a while ago. We were sitting in the sitting hall. April was gushing about how handsome was Adam. I chuckled at her childishness, but immediately I regretted it. Both Aston and Agustus gave a scary look.

"What? What did I do now?" I asked, confused and frustrated. Aston is getting on my nerves these days. He is behaving like I am some naughty kid. He glared at me. How dare he?

"Aston, I am warning you. The way you behaved today was way out of line. Are you a thug or something? Whatever you thought of him, you can't attack any man you see near me. What if he seriously got hurt? And stop glaring at me. Don't forget I am still your elder sister. I think these days you are getting ahead of yourself. Don't make me beat you, because I will. I never taught you to be such an ill-mannered child." I lectured him, which was long pending. He has always been a good kid. I didn't want him to change.

"And what about me? Can I still ask you questions or am I not allowed to? You can stop him questioning you because you are his elder sister and he is a good kid, so he will not be able to talk back. But what about me, I am older than you and worried about you." He sighed like he was frustrated with me. I didn't want that. "Do you have any idea how worried they were? April cried thinking that you must be kidnapped or something and Aston was about to call the police so please don't scold them just because you can. You are at fault; you didn't pick up calls and were out for the whole day. Okay, we get it something might have happened and you had your reason. But are we questioning that then how could you question our concerns? What Aston did was rash, but think from his point of view. You know what happened a few days back. He is the one who will be held responsible for your safety because now he is old enough to take care of both of you girls." He paused for a few minutes. "I know it's not my place to tell you this. And I realized that I don't mean that much to you as you do to me. I am sorry but please at least let Aston take care of you. Don't behave like you have everything under control." He said that and stood up to leave. My heart sank. 

Did I make a mistake? I was just kidding. I was not as serious as them, I wanted to ease the mood, but it backfired. 

I wanted to stop him, but no one else said anything. He left just like that. And with him gone both of my siblings went to their rooms without saying a word to me. 

What the hell just happened? How could a day go from best to worst? I was enjoying today and felt that nothing could go wrong from now on, but it happened. I want to just jump from here and die, but we live in a house of one floor so it will not work.

I sighed and went to the bathroom to take a quick shower. I changed into a nightdress and made coffee and sat by the window of the sitting hall. I looked at my phone. I was contemplating whether I should call him or just give him some time. I wanted to talk to him so badly, but I was afraid that it was a bad time to call. He might not want to talk to me right now or that can make him hate me more.

I was so distressed that I might have slept there. I woke up with the feeling of being carried. I slowly open my eyes. It was Aston. What time is this?

"It's 4 am. Why are you sleeping out here? You will get sick."