Pure Innocence.

Chapter twenty-three

Aayda

Max is finally here. I was in the bathroom and when I came back he scared me as I walked into the room. He pulled me into a huge hug after he scared me so bad I almost tripped and fell. Me and Max have always had this type of bond though where it's not weird at all to hug or have our arms and legs touching when we sit. It has always been comfortable.

We stay hugging for a few minutes and i can feel the shoulder of my hospital gown getting a little wet and the thought of Max crying stings my eyes as well. In all the years of knowing Max I have seen him cry a total of once times. First, when I told him about what happened with Miles and about my mom on the picnic table. It was just me, Max, and Lilla. I remember it like it was yesterday, we had all snuck off campus for lunch and at the time only Lilla knew what had happened, as we were eating we started talking about Lilla's dad and that went to all of us for some reason sharing what made us the way we are. Lilla told us about her dad and her brother, Max with his whole family and his past of drug dealing and addiction, and me with my mom and Miles.

It's safe to say that day all of us cried a fair amount and did not go back to school. Instead we all went back to my house and did a movie day. We all fell asleep on my pull out couch, me and Lilla both cuddled into both of Max's sides, him with his arms around us. After that we never talked about it. Not unless one of us had to see one of those people. 

Coming back to the moment when Max's hands tighten around my hips and then about a second later come loose I know why he's crying. He saw the bruises.

After Max found out what my mom did he always blamed himself if it happened again because when he went with me my mom never did anything. I only took him twice but that was because I believed she wouldn't do it anymore but I was wrong. Then Corey found out he skipped once to go with me and he wasn't aloud. So I just started saying she never did anything because he didn't deserve to believe it was his fault, because it wasn't. It was mine.

I snapped out of my thoughts when I saw the door open. And as soon as Max let go there was a tiny human crashing into my legs. Stasia. I bent down and picked her up pacing her on my hip where it hurt, a lot, but I wasn't  going to let that stop me. 

Behind her came her older brother with his hands full. Three bags, two being McDonalds bags and the other being a pink bag that looks to be full of stuff and has four balloons attached to it. After reading the balloons two say 'Happy Birthday' and the others saying 'It's A Girl'. I laughed and then got a good look at the man holding it and saying he looked good was an understatement. His hair was barely still damp, im guessing he took a shower and his eye bags a little lighter. He is wearing black jeans, with a white hoodie, and a black puffer vest and not only does he know how to dress he looks damn good too.

Aayda, stop.

He walks a little closer and drops the McDonalds bags on the sink counter, my room was huge. He announces to everyone "Burgers and fries for everyone but the nuggets are for Anastasia, that's all she'll eat." He comes up and tickles Stasia while she is in my arms which makes me wince in pain. Once Xander sees he immediately stops and takes Stasia out of my arms. "Im sorry I should've known.

"It's okay it only hurt a little" I say but he frowns at me. But keeps my gaze not darring looking away

Stasia is just laying on his shoulder so peacefully and I can tell she is getting tired but a second later she pops her head up a little and says "Can I have my nuggets now?" Its the cutest thing in the world to me.

Xander walks over and sets her on the counter while he cuts up her nuggets into smaller pieces so she doesn't choke. I can't keep my eyes off of him. My dad  walks up to me with a burger and frys in hand munchin when he asks me.

"So he has a daughter? I mean I wouldn't have thought since he stayed up her the whole time you were in a comma and I was here everyday and didn't see her." He finishes an I just look at him, he did stay here the whole time. But I snap back into reality when it hits me what my dad thinks Stasia is his daughter.

"No, no, dad that's his baby sister, not his daughter." and we both start bursting out laughing. My stomach hurts exponentially but I don't care.  Everyone is now turned to us with weird looks but we don't care to explain. 

Once dad and I get ahold of ourselves I go and sit down on my bed. Dad left after he got a call but it's okay. Lilla and Max decided to get but not before long, long hugs, Stas came to sit next to me awhile ago and is now asleep with her head on my arms curled up next to me, and Xander is cleaning everything up from dinner, I didn't eat and everyone ate the burgers so I was getting hungry.

Once everything is cleaned Xander looks at me and catches me starring but I could care less, I haven't seen him in three weeks. He looks at me back and then looks at Stasia in my arms dead asleep. Then a look of realization washes over him and he starts looking around the room until his eyes land on the other baghe brought in. He grabs it and walks over to me setting it on my lap before sitting on the couch right by my bed.

"Stas said we should get you something on the way and I can't say no to her so we got you something. Also, they are like 20 more bags of candy in the car she made me buy but I told her she had to pick five so it could fit in the bag." I give a little laugh and then, looking away from his face I look at the bag in front of me as I  open it I see five huge bags of candy and a stuffed elephant. I love it. I look at the little girl next to me and even though she is asleep I whisper her a little 'thank you' before giving her a light kiss one the forehead.

Looking back up to Xander his eyes meet mine as his were already on me. Thinking about all the things that have happened with him, waking up in his bed after being drugged, getting breakfast, going on a run, him being able to see through my clothes because of the rain, the touches in class, frozen yogurt, waking up with him and his sister, him staying here for three weeks, him meeting my dad and bringing everyone food. It all comes in and all the thoughts about me and him never being anything go out of my mind. I don't know if it's the drugs or what but without looking away from his eyes I put the present at the end of the bed, I gently move Stasia from laying on me to laying on the pillows, and I step from the bed to the couch he was on and straddle his lap. 

Being only a few inches from his face Im still looking directly at him, he searches my face for a second and then he smashes his lips to mine.

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A/N: HIIIII BABESSSSSS!!!!!!!!!! OMG I have been waiting to write for so long but I got logged out of my account for two months and they wouldn't let me back it but here I am.

How do we feel about them have their first kiss?? I was debating it the whole time I was gone but we are 23 chapters in and I couldn't help myself.  I miss and love you guys!!

Word count:1427

Bye babes and see you in the next chapter!!