Me With Him

chapter twenty-four

It's March 17th and it's been four days since the twins and five since the break in. When I told Cason, after our little heart to heart,  he laughed because I was crying over the broken window.
I'm still mad at him for not telling me he was dating a superior's daughter and they wanted to ''interview'' me. He got the window fixed and as his punishment he got to move all my furniture into my room. Which he did gladly, so he must still be keeping something from me and feel guilty about it too. On the bright side, he finally owned up to being in the gang.
He drove me to school today and now I'm sitting next to Aron and Brenna at lunch. Aron won't even look at me. I think he still feels bad for scaring me. I told him to forget about it. I forgave him and he still feels bad and won't even look at me. I don't know what else to do.
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Aron's p.o.v.

''C.J. keeps calling me and I feel awful avoiding her like this, but what else can I do?'' I rant to my sister Clara over the phone. She's five years older than me and lives in England.
''You idiot!'' I can hear her mentally smacking my head.
''What did I do now?"
''She's probably at home right now wondering what she did to make you hate her! Or even worse she probably feels awful for making you feel awful even though you screwed up! Hang up right now and call her.'' She sounded so disgusted  with me I immediately did as she said.
''Hello?'' Her sweet voice came over the phone, but she sounded hopeful and broken at the same time.
''Hey do you wanna come over?'' I asked cringing.
''I'll be right there!'' You could hear the hope rising in her voice, but you could hear the worry too.
''Great love you see you when you get here bye.'' I said in what I hoped was a reassuring tone.
''Love you too bye!'' She semi- shouted before the line went dead. She sounded happy though, and that was all that mattered. Then I realized that was the first time I told her I loved her, and she responded without hesitation. I know I love her.
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Rachel's p.o.v.

''Harrold'' I whispered, low and deadly.
''What?!'' He semi shouted loud and angry.
''You take Heather and I'll handle Rickey this time.''
''What's the point those demons never sleep!''
''Don't get cranky with me! Did you go through nine months of your stomach expanding being kicked and shoved by those 'demons'? What about morning sickness? I don't think so! So help me with our children before I make sure you can't have any more!'' I shouted this was a full blown fight now. And for once I was winning.
''I haven't slept in days!''
''I haven't slept in the past nine months! So don't start with me!''
''You know what? I'm leaving!'' He stormed out of the house. I went into the nursery, and picked up the twins. I put them in their matching baby bouncers and sat diagonally across from them in my rocking chair and started reading green eggs and ham by Dr. Seuss to them. Heather fell asleep quickly, but Rickey's sea green/blue eyes were still on me. I picked him up and took him into my room. I layed him on the bed and started singing twinkle twinkle little star to him. He finally fell asleep and I layed him in his crib. It was only 7:30 p.m. but I was so tired I sat there and cried myself to sleep in the rocking chair.
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C.J.'s p.o.v.

It was only 7:45 p.m. when I pulled into Aron's house. If you could even call it that. Aron's dad is kind of famous. He's some political figure. Aron doesn't like to talk about him though. I buzzed the opener thingy to the huge iron gates.
''Who es tis?'' A woman with a strange accent inquired.
''Hello ma'am my name is C.J. and Aron is expecting me.''
''Come en.'' The gates opened. I walked up the long curvey cobble stone drive which was lined with hedges that were perfectly trimmed into dolphins. When I reached the end of the drive I saw the familiar black marble fountain where the water poured out of the blue dolphin at the top. I walked up the stained oak steps and looked at the intimidating black marble mansion, stained oak double doors, darkly tinted glass Windows, and the seemingly deadly aura that surrounded the building. It's four stories high, completely rectangular, and the whole thing is made of black marble and stained oak. I took a deep breath and knocked three times. A kind elderly French lady opened the door. I smiled at her familiar face. She didn't smile back.
''Hello miss Hardelle. Should I tell the staff to duck for cover?''
''No Ms. Eliquise, I'm not here to cause any trouble. Aron is expecting me. We're back together.'' I said still smiling politely. yeah the last  time I was here I had just found out he kissed another girl. I went off on him, he slapped me and I started beating him with a small wooden statue. Then I found out he'd been dating her three out of the four months we were together I started destroying everything in the house and throwing things at the staff. But we forgave eachother in a week. Then we broke up at the start of the school year and his yard 'mysteriously' caught fire. I didn't do it I swear. My brother did. At least he was in England. Right? Anyway the lady let me in and I went right up to his room.
''Hey!'' I chirped.
''Ahhh!'' He yelled. He turned around and saw me.
''You scared me.'' He stated the obvious.
''Yeah, I noticed.'' I laughed.
''Hey I'm sorry for the other day.''
''You should be, but as I've said already, I forgive you.''
''You forgive to easy.''
''If you want I could stay mad, but then you get zero kisses.''
''No I'm good.''
''Thats what I thought.''
''So do I get a kiss?''
''If you can catch me!'' I yelled running down the hall. He chased me down the hall, down the stairs, through the kitchen, the living room, the dining room, and the garage, before he caught me. He tackled me to the ground and kissed my nose, forehead, both cheeks, and my my lips. Then we started laughing really hard. He was holding my hand, everything was perfect. Then he opened his mouth.
''I said I loved you on the phone today.''
''And I said it back.''
''I meant it. Even though it was the first time I said it, I meant it.''
''I've known I loved you since that time in the cafeteria when I asked you if I was pathetic. And I said it before and I'll say it again I love you and I'll always love you.''
''I've known I loved you since the time in the park when we were five and you got hurt and you were crying. I hated to see you cry and you always made me smile. When I asked my mom what love was. She said it's where you can never hate them, you can't stand to see them hurt in any way, you think they're the most beautiful thing ever created, and no matter what happened they always brightened your day. Interestingly enough, that was the same day my mom told me she and dad didn't love eachother anymore, and the day I learned about divorce.''
''I'm sorry.''
''Don't be. Those were all things I would learn eventually.'' He smiled at me and I smiled at him. And we stayed like that until dark. once it was dark I went home and slept. Nightmare free for the first time in weeks.