Redemption Through Misfits

start of day two

Aiden POV

I woke up at about 3 in the morning. That was about two and half hours ago, so now here I am in my room in gym shorts and no shirt, doing pushups on the dorm floor. I was still doing pushups, when there was a soft knock on the door. I got up and answered the door being too tired to care about modesty. Maura sat there in a baggy tank top and gym shorts. She looked beautiful. Fuck my life I've only been here for a couple hours and I already am crushing hard on this girl. Her eyes went up my body and I couldn't tell what she was doing then she moved in to the room almost anxiously as if she was unsure of what she was doing. I turned around and I could feel her eyes staring into my back. I forgot. I immediately reached and put on my shirt. She was stuttering, looking for the right words.

Maura POV

I had a nightmare so I went to his room. He opened the door and I studied his body. He had some toned abs, I walked in and he shut the door and I spun around and froze. He had long scars that like a kitchen knife. I stuttered, looking for the right words and he had put his shirt on. He turned and had a sorrowful look on his face. "What happened to your uh.." I asked. "I could ask you the same." he whispered. "You start and I'll tell you a thing about me and we'll just do that." I proposed. He nodded in agreement. "Before I came here, I broke into a gas station to steal energy drinks." he said. "My dad died when I was five." I responded. "I was a boxer." he said. "I took self defense classes." This went on for a while. I found out that a lot of his friends never were his friends they were just there because his dad asked them to. I told him that I had no friends and was bullied throughout school. "When I got beat up real bad one day, my step mom took a kitchen knife, and she cut me because I refused to do something she wanted me to do. That's why the scars are on my back." he said. "What did she want you to do?" I asked. "She wanted me to give up. She wanted me to accept that no one really liked me, cared for me, or wanted me. She wanted me to kill myself." he said. His voice was getting shaky.

Aiden POV

My voice was shaky, my hands were shaky. I was so nervous. At any moment I think I might have an anxiety attack. "Well I guess I have to tell you about mine now, huh?" she asked. "Only if you want to." I said. I don't want her to be uncomfortable, I want her to be happy and all the good shit. I don't want to be flipping out of my mind making sure she's ok. "When I was fourteen, my stepdad he...he raped me. That's why I have cuts on my arms. That's also why I came here because I was having a nightmare about it and you make me feel safe." she said she was teary eyed. "Sleep." I told her. She crawled up into the bed, and I crawled in next to her. She cuddled next to me and I put my arm around her. She was shaking. "Are you cold?" I asked her. "No...I'm just shaken up I guess." she said. "I won't let anyone hurt you, you're my girl and anyone who messes with you has to deal with me." I said. "You've only known me for a few hours." she said. I held her tighter and that was all that was needed for that subject. "I thought your arm was broken." she said. I looked at it. "They should learn how to use a baseball bat. The bone was bruised a bit but between the painkillers and my own pain tolerance its nothing but a thing." I told her. She snuggled closer to me, and soon her breathing slowed, and she was sleeping. I kissed the top of her head, and got out of the bed. I started doing pushups again, but my arm was starting to get to me, so I started with situps. Soon I looked at the clock and it was almost time for us to start getting up so I picked her up and carried her bridal style to down the hall and ran into Reyna. "Where is her room?" I asked quietly. She lead me to her room, and I set her down on the bed. I left the room and shut the door behind me. "Spill." Reyna said. I told her what had happened. I went to my room and got dressed for today. I looked in the mirror at my hair. My hair was dyed black, but it was starting to fade. I decided what to do with it. Fuck it, I'll let it fade. Maura deserves to see the real me.

Maura POV

I woke up to Reyna, sitting on my bed. Then I realized this was my bed, in my room. "What's going on with you and Aiden?" she asked. "Nothing." I said, disappointed. Then I realized I was disappointed. I didn't know for sure if I really liked him but he made me feel happy and safe. I don't know what the fuck is going on with me but it all happens when I'm around him. I got dressed and put on a hoodie with the crest on the back. I didn't want Aiden freaking out, I wanted him to be safe, and happy. The same way he made me feel. We started walking towards the mess hall. When she asked me a question. "Do you like him?" I nodded. As we started walking in the cafeteria, I was once again hit on by my least favorite person. "Hey babe." Jackson said.

Authors Note

More confusing shit......sorry, but not sorry.