One day I Will.

going, goin.

"He went to war, and he was, killed." He choked out, it was getting dark and I wasn't able to see whether he was crying or not,

"And he built this just before left for his 3 month trip, but he never came home" he sobbed, I could hear him crying now I could tell it was him genuinely crying, and who says guys don't cry. I shuffle over to him, gently placing my hand on his back and rubbing it,

"you're brother had a good eye" I said,

"Joseph" he mumbled,

"Excuse me?"

"His name was Joseph, but we'd call him jolly joe" he chuckles, I sit next to him and smile, who was ever going to see this side of him? It was amazing. The scene I mean. I sat there in silence, there was so much I didn't know about Aidan, other than his crappy craving for girls side, he was nice, meaningful, but his brother? did he affect Aidan so be the person he was, maybe so but I can't go asking questions right now, I mean I could but let's not take the chances.

"so you're not going to ask any questions?" he asks, I shake my head,

"why not? If this was my friends they would throw questions one after another, why not you?"

"because, I know the feeling," I murmur,

"I'll tell you about him, he was nice amazing personality, he volunteered to be in the war, with my dad, my dad was just like Joe, I was more like my mum, joe, joe painted, beautiful portraits, scenery's like you do, it was amazing every bit of paint on that canvas, was a piece of art, he had true talent, like my dad, but they both went to war, against then Arabians and never came back," he says, "it's getting dark, let's go home" he smiles, I nod and start climbing down the tree.

once we were getting close to the ladder my feet slip,

"Aidan!" I yelled, he quickly grabs ahold of my hand,

"I'm slipping!" he yells, then his other hand falls, we were about a story high in height, I close my eyes and curl up, feeling Aidan grab the side of my body and swing me up, it all happened too fast and I felt a hand on my head, and then a compact bump, I shut my eyes hard and opened them after a few minutes, seeing that I was on top of Aidan, he had both his hands wrapped around me, on on my head and one around my front.

"you okay are you? your head does it?-"

"thank you" I blush scrambling my body off him.

"are you-"

"I'm fine Aidan, it's you who looked like you had a quite the bump on the head" I smile pulling him up. We both walk over to the car after turning the lights off ,

"I'll drive" I said grabbing the keys off him,

"no I will, I don't trust you after that fall" he chuckles grabbing the keys back, I groan and hop into the passengers seat. we sat in silence, until Aidan breaks the silence

"my dad isn't the one living with me" he stutters, I glance over at him,

"then.."

"he was also killed, trying to save my brother" he frowns looking out at the traffic,

"I'm sorry," I murmur,

"don't be, I just you remind me of them," he smiles,

"then why did you hate me so much?"

"because, I had Sacha living with me, and she, well was a bitch and annoying and then I realised, if she was this annoying, then all girls would, and then I spoke to Gage a few weeks later saying he was sending a girl over, and I was mad already but I owed him one so I said yes, and when you were here you took my brothers room, and well I was mad, but I released how much time you spent in your own room, stop weren't like Sacha, you were just like my brother, and I, I've grown to like you" he chuckles,

"oh" I only manage to say, did he just admit he likes me? are you being serious?

"I like you Tatiana" he stutters, okay that clears a lot up for me,

"I- I don't know what to say" I stuttered,

"be honest with me here Tatiana, do you like me?" he says pulling up into his house,

"yes of course I do, but I, it's really complicated" I stutter,

"oh that's, thats okay I get it, I'm a shit person" he says hopping out of the car and into the house, I later follow,

"Aidan no, please you were at first but now you-" then his door slams shut. I know living here wasn't a good idea.

I walked up into the stairs, seems like Claire was already in bed, I shut the door behind me and sit on my bed, his room was right next to mine, and he was usually very quiet, but not today, I could hear him walk back and forth, his shoes on the wooden floor words, I hopped off my bed and crawled over to the wall, he was talking to someone, I couldn't hear properly it was more like murmurs, something about me, staying another day, it could be Gage he was talking to, did he want me to stay another day? no I was going back home, it had been way too long.

I was tired and I felt the need to sleep, so I gave up on listening and moved around to my bed and fell on the sheets, the sheets I have been sleeping on for 3 weeks, in a room that once belonged to the beloved Joseph.

***

"she's in this room" Claire says, I chirp my eyes open once or twice and then jerk up,

"woah there," Gage smiles walking over to the edge of the bed,

"morning, you're here early" I smiled, rubbing my eyes,

"yeah couldn't sleep so I'm just going to hang here for a few hours," he chuckles, I smile and flop back on the bed closing my eyes, it was bloody 7 in the morning hell no was I going to get up, I hear Gage chuckle again and then sheets shuffled around.

***

I finally wake up, 10am. I hop out of bed and nearly step on Gage who was fast asleep on the floor, aw how cute. I tip toe my way into the bathroom and quietly wash my face and brush my teeth, brushing out my hair and packing the last of my belongings into the bag, I opened the door and Gage is already awake on the bed,

"how was your little nap?" I laugh walking over to my suitcase,

"good good," he chuckles,

"sounds like you two are having a blast" Aidan says walking in,

"hey bro" Gage says standing up giving him a hug,

"hey, taking Tatiana away from me today?" Aidan chuckles,

"yeah" Gage says looking over at me,

"I gotta get dressed" I said grabbing a new set of clothes and walking I got the bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind me.

"so you like her?" I hear Gage say.

"uh yeah" Aidan murmurs,

"she's not going to date you"

"why not?"

"you remember Mason?"

"yeah good lad he was" Aidan says. What the hell, Aidan knows who Mason is?! what a bloody small world we live in.

"well she dated him and he literally broke her into pieces, for days, the girls couldn't even piece her back together"

"then if I can show her what I can do she can forget about him"

"it's not that simple Aidan, she's hurt and needs time to heal herself"