Forgotten Past

Chapter Nineteen

Aiden Woods

"Hey." Jackson whispers with a small wave.

"J-Jackson?" I stuttered out.

"Yeah..." He looked down. I slowly came out the closet.

"W-what are you doing here, Jackson? I thought you weren't going to talk to me anymore." Jackson looked up at me ashamed, then looked back down. "W-what do you want?" I asked again.

"I-I wanted to talk to you about... everything that's happened." His voice sounded broken. I walked closer to him, but stepped back realizing that he's probably still mad at me.

"Let's just s-sit down on the bed and talk there." I gestured towards Sophia's bed. Jackson nodded and sat down on the bed next to me. "So?" Jackson looked up.

"First of all, I wanted to say I'm sorry for avoiding you and mom. I was just confused on what I was feeling and I didn't know what to do. I really hope you can forgive me. I just... I just didn't know what to think. I mean, I just found out the guy that I'm in love with is my brother. Well, half brother. I was mad and sad. I... don't know..." Jackson explained. He then looked up to me. I just stared at him. "Aiden? Are you going to say anything?" My eyes widened for second before they softened.

"I understand, Jackson, but you need to understand that you really hurt me. I started crying once you left. I thought you hated me. I-I didn't know what to do with myself. Your mom, well my mom, too, helped me. She showed me that someone actually cared about me. You weren't doing that. In a time where I was most fragile. You left me. You shattered my heart into pieces." I stopped and let him respond.

"I know and I'm sorry for that I was just shocked and I didn't know how to react to everything. Please, Aiden. I meant it when I said 'I love you' and I mean it when I say it again. I love you, Aiden. I don't care that we're half brothers. I don't care what everyone else thinks because I love you so much! Let everyone find out and hate us, because if I have you, then nothing matters. I want you to be mine forever, Aiden. And right now, I mean every word I'm about to say. So, Aiden Woods,-" I already had tears in my eyes. They started to fall as he got off the bed and knelt on the ground in front of me and took my smaller hands in his slightly larger ones. "Will you be my boyfriend?" I jumped down into his arms, them wrapping around my waist as mine found their way around his neck.

"Yes!" I yelled out in happiness. I pulled back a little, just enough to look him in the eye. "Yes..." I whispered again. I leaned forward and closed the gap between us. Then, suddenly, it hit me. I just jumped on him and started kissing him without even asking. I jumped back and scrambled onto the bed. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." I repeated. He tilted his head in confusion before climbing onto the bed next to me.

"What's wrong, Aiden?" He asked, softly. I lifted my hands up to my face to stop the tears from falling.

"I didn't mean to jump on you then kiss you without asking! I'm sorry!" I felt him grab my hands and put them in my lap.

"Aiden, you don't have to ask to kiss me now. We're dating, remember?" I gasped and nodded my head. I turned to my side for a better angle and brought my hand up to his cheek.

"So... I can do this?" I quickly pecked his lips. Jackson smiled and nodded his head. "And... this?" I leaned over and softly kissed his neck, making a small moan escape from his mouth. Again he nodded his head and smiled. "Okay, if I can do all that, then how about... this?" I swung my right leg over Jackson, straddling him in the process.

"Y-yeah." He stuttered. I smirked, leaning down and capturing his lips in mine. Before I did anything else, his arms were around me, pulling me closer and closer to him. He kissed me with a gentleness that I didn't know he had, begging me for me more. I was about to give in to him when,

"Hey, no having sex on my bed," Sophia yells. I groan.

"Really, Sophia? Right now?" I ask, annoyed. She raises her eyebrows and points across the hall to Jackson's room. I roll my eyes at here and climb off Jackson, almost falling in the process. Jackson chuckles at my reaction and climbs off the bed, following me out of Sophia's room.

After reaching Jackson's room, we sit in on his bed in a calming silence, no one moving or talking. I look over to Jackson who was just twiddling with his thumbs.

"Jackson?" I say, quietly.

"I'm going to break up with her. I love you, Aiden, not her. She was cheating on me anyway," He explains, looking up at me.

"Who?"

"Angelica." He whispers out.

"I thought you already broke up with her?" I question.

"I haven't left the house, Aiden. I haven't seen that girl in two weeks." He explains.

"Oh..."

"I really do love you, Aiden. You're the only one on my mind." He says, honestly.

"I believe you, Jackson. I understand. Why would Angelica even cheat on you? I thought she actually liked you." I ask.

"Turns out she fell in love with someone else like I fell in love with you. I should have known that she wasn't really going to go for me anymore when I didn't want to do "it" with her. She was probably just jealous of you." He answers.

"Do you really think that's the real reason that she cheated on you?" I inquire.

"Yes," he answers.

"Well, I'd never pressure you into having "it" with me."

"Who said I wanted to wait with you?" He smirks.

"W-what?" I stutter.

"You heard me." He chuckles.

"J-Jackson?" He leans forward, his lips capturing mine, pushing me, so I fall back onto the bed, a squeal coming from my mouth. Jackson pulls back and looks at me.

"That was adorable," Jackson smirks. I cover my face with my hands, a blush radiating off my face.

"Shut up!" I yell defensively.

"Sorry, you're just too cute," he laughs and closes the gap between us once again. 

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