Silent moments

Part 6

He lied me down and took off my converse than his. He kissed me and from that moment on I can't recall anything. Not a single thing. In the morning I woke up with a horrible headache alone in Aidan's bed. My dress lying on the floor next to my converse. I was wearing his shirt. What the hell happened? Did we really sleep together? And where is he? I stood up and wondered around the room trying to remember at least something after that kiss. Nothing. He came in the room.
"Sorry, I went to take a shower. It was a rough night, don't you agree?"
"You! We didn't really do it? Right? Please tell me we didn't."
"You asked for it..."
"NO! Oh God, no! No! No!"
I started throwing pillows around the room and making noise like wounded bear.
"Jesus Aspen. I didn't know that you can growl like that hahaha."
"This is funny to you?! Of course it is. You are a fucking asshole!"
"Will you please calm down? Stop making such a big deal out of this. Nothing happened, I was just kidding but now I can see that you think that I am just like every other guy out there."
"I nearly had a heart attack!"
"No, you didn't, you are too young for it."
"Such a smartass you are."
I took my clothes, changed in bathroom and left. I was so confused by everything that happened. I couldn't even remember half of the night and not to mention that my head felt like it was about to blow up. What day of a week it was? I had no idea. When I got home the house was empty. Perfect! They won't see that I got wasted last night. I found a note from mom in the kitchen saying that they went to visit grandparents because grandma got sick and they will probably come home at evening. Even better! I took a cold shower and went in living room and watched cartoons. Doorbell. Really? Can't I be left alone for one afternoon? I opened the door and there he was. Aidan. With a white rose in his hands.
"What do you want?"
"Listen, Aspen I'm sorry. I shouldn't have joked about that. Here please take this as an apology."
"You stole that from mom's garden, huh?"
"Oh-uh maybe."
"Umm, well thank you. Have you maybe found my phone in your room? I can't find it anywhere."

"Yeah, here it is. Umm it wasn't intentional but I saw a text from this guy Zack. Is he your friend?"
"Oh, thank God! I already thought I left it at Ashley's party and just the thought of going back there gives me creeps. Z-Zack? Yeah, he's a friend."
"Oh umm did you two have something more? Or?"
"No! What kind of interrogation is this? I'm still hungover and I can barely think with my head."
"Sorry. I'll go now. Get some rest. Bye."
He gave me a kiss on forehead and left. I'm such an irritating bitch when I'm hungover, don't you agree? Well I got back to my cartoons and checked my phone. It was dead. Nice. Now I have to go up to my room to get a charger. I couldn't move but I knew that Zack had sent me a text and I something was telling me that something is wrong so I ran up to my room and connected the poor guy. Three missed calls from mom and 5 texts from Zack. I called my mom and she yelled at me so hardcore that she would beat even Mitch Lucker in all that screaming. The problem was obvious. She couldn't reach me the whole morning. Then I checked Zack's messages. He was worried about me and he said something not so good happened. I knew it! I got ready super fast and came to his house.I knocked and waited for few minutes outside. I saw a computer light in his room so I knew he was home and just entered. He probably didn't hear me coming in. I slowly opened his doors and found him on floor crying, covered in blood.
"ZACK! Zack, what happened?!"
"Go away Aspen, I... I don't want you to see me like this."
"Shut up!" I started crying. "Zack, what happened to you?" My whole body was shaking, I didn't know what to do.
"Come with me to the bathroom please. Zack please."
He leaned on me and we got to the bathroom. His belly was bleeding and he had deep cuts. I found some towels, soaked them in water and put them on his wounds. He was crying, I was crying. Blood all over the bathroom. Through tears I asked him.
"Did you do this to yourself?"
"You really think that I did this? For the first time in I don't know how long a good thing happened to me, I found a person that actually wants to be my friend, cares about me and you think I'm that stupid to be ungrateful and ruin it?!"
"No, I didn't mean that I'm so sorry... What happened then?"
"He did this."
"Your dad?!"
"Who else? He came home from that trip or wherever he was and he was wasted. He came to my room with an empty bottle of whiskey and saw me drawing some sketches. He told me it was gay and to stop being disgrace and shame to this family, I asked him what family and he started yelling and smashed a bottle onto the wall, came closer to me, grabbed me and made these cuts. As if that wasn't enough he punched me in eye so I was unconscious for few minutes. He didn't hurt you too? Did he?!"
"No, I didn't even see him, Zack that is not okay, we need to tell this to the police."
"And where will I live then Aspen? The only relative that I know of is my grandmother that lives in Luisiana. That is miles away from you and I don't want to lose the only person that I ever loved."
"But Zack these are not good conditions to live. What if he.....What if he kills you?" A whole waterfall of tears ran down my face.
"Oh my dear sweet Aspen, I don't care about that anymore. The only thing I'm living for is you. Because of you I woke up from this coma and realized that there is a reason to live, I will go through all of this over and over again and again if I have to but I will not let anything take you away from me."
The bleeding became worse and I couldn't stop it.
"Zack, we have to go to the ambulance, now!"
"No, I'm fine now that you are here."
"I'm not kidding, we have to go. Now."
We needed a ride there and I couldn't drive so I called Aidan. He agreed to take us there. As soon as Aidan arrived, we placed Zack in the backseat of the car and I sat with him. He lost a lot of blood. My body was trembling and I was so worried. We got to the ambulance and the doctor said the wounds were pretty bad and that he needed stitches. I borrowed Aidan's phone to call my mom and tell her where I was. I also told her that Zack got hurt an asked if he could sleep at our place tonight, I couldn't just let him go back to that house. She agreed. We were waiting in the waiting room for an hour and then the doctor came and said that he will be fine but he has to rest and not do basically anything because cuts were on his stomach and he shouldn't move much. I decided to take good care for him. While I was waiting for doctor to come out I was thinking about everything that Zack told me and I came to an conclusion that I love him, like a friend, brother, special person in my life. He reminded me of Mason a lot too so our bond was even stronger. After a while a nurse took Zack out from operating room in wheelchair. Aidan drove us to my place and helped me to get him to my bed. After that we went out of my room and he asked me what was this all about and I explained him but I faked some details just so the situation seemed possible yet I don't give away the truth since Zack asked meto keep it a secret. He kissed me goodbye and left. I came back to Zack and took his hand.
"Zacky, are you awake?"
"Yeah, I am."
"Does it hurt very bad?"
"Not as much since you are here."
"Zack?"
"Yes?"
"All of that you said before, did you really meant it?"
"Of course I did. Why would I lie?"
"I want to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"I love you."
I blushed like an idiot when I said that and looked in his eyes. They were shining like the brightest star.
"I... I love you too Aspen."
"And I never want to lose you. I don't know if I ever told you this but you remind me a lot of my brother. If I lost you I would have to go through that all over again and I don't think I could deal with it."
"I promise to you, Aspen, that I will never leave you, even after I die I will still be here by your side."
"Yeah I know that hehe."
"What do you mean?"
"Well I'm schizophrenic... and I often see my brother and talk to him. He is there by the window right now actually and he was with me at the ambulance. He said you are a good guy and that I would be stupid if I ever let you go. I know, now you'll think that I'm crazy..."
"No, no that is okay. I'm glad that your brother is still here for you, when I can't be."
"This was a long day for both of us and I honestly don't remember that I ate anything, so do you want me to go make us some food?"
"Sure, I'll be here, it's not like I have too many options."
While I was making us some quick dinner my parents came home and mom all worried asked how Zack was and ran upstairs to torture him with her regular interrogation.
"Mom, can you leave him alone for a bit? Boy needs to eat."
"Of course I can. Zack, feel like at home and I will call your father to arrange for how long you will stay here."
"No, you don't need to do that, I will go back home tomorrow."
"Young man, your doctor said you have to stay in bed and we won't take any risks. So you will stay as long as it takes."
"That's very sweet of you Mrs. Mordecai, thank you very much."
"I will leave you two now, good night kids."
"Night, mom."
"Here, I will feed you. I made us toast. I hope it's still warm since my mom can talk on and on and on and hopefully it didn't get cold."
"It's fine, I'm not a baby you know."
"Shush, you are my baby now and I will take care of you."
He couldn't fall asleep because his stitches hurt so we ended up talking until early morning hours. We talked about everything, serious subjects and the most random ones, like why don't squirrels produce gasoline. I also told him about Aidan and last night. He didn't seem to like that I got drunk and don't remember half of the night. But I loved the fact that I have someone who I can tell everything that's bothering me. Soon we both fell asleep. A noise from downstairs woke me up in the morning so I went to check what was going on. I heard mom and an unrecognizable voice yelling at each other. It was about Zack so I assumed it was his father. I came down the stairs and looked in the living room. There he was. A man who hurt my friend. Anger started to possess my body.And it became even stronger when he tried to put a hand on my mother. I ran to him and stopped his hand.
"Aspen!", mom yelled, "get back to room, now."