He had the audacity to attempt to damage my window.
I was still peeking through, observing his figure pacing about the sidewalk. I didn’t know what to do. He probably thought it was Aidan’s room or something. That thought certainly didn’t help the situation.
So deep in thought, I didn’t see the next rock coming. As it knocked the glass, I couldn’t do it. I wasn’t going to open the window or show acknowledgement. I was going to leave it alone.
Deciding to not even react at all because this entire situation probably supposed to be Aidan’s, I barged into his room, to find him gone.
Not caring any less, I made his bed mine and decided to get my night’s due.
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I don’t know how long I slept for but the door slammed and instantly woke me up.
‘No, no, you sleep on the floor.’ Aidan shook his head in disapproval when he saw me but I could barely make out anything as he had switched on the lights all of a sudden.
After they adjusted, I expressed my concern. ‘Where were you?’
‘In the morning we’ll discuss this. Move, I’m tired.’
His face was expressionless.
‘No, tell me what you mean.’
He did not answer. Before I could react to what I realized he was doing, it was too late. He took two quick, long steps toward the bed and threw himself across me. I could barely breathe. He then shifted aside and settled next to me.
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When Aidan was fast asleep, I took a time check on his phone. 1:57. I wasn’t even sleepy at all.
Do these things happen to anyone else?
My mind wandered away on what I should do.
I should probably go finish reading ‘The Fault In Our Stars’, or do my math homework, or give Aidan a makeover, or just drink some juice.
Yep, drink some juice.
I snuck out his room, careful not no wake him up and made my way down the stairs and into the kitchen in the dark. I felt for the switch and as the lights came on,
I heard a hoarse voice say, ‘Get me some as well.’
It came from behind me.
That was not Aidan.
With that heavy sensation in my chest once again, I tried to slow my breathing, grabbed a cutlet knife and spun around.
Alex’s amused expression made me want to stab him more than my eyes were already doing.
Confused and scared and elated at the same time, I began my main course of interrogation. ’Why.’
‘Because, there’s no one home tonight and I was hoping to see you. I have a really bad problem and Aidan did say how you were meant to be a counselor, so I thought, why not?’
‘So you’re here because you have a really bad problem, and need to discuss it with me at this hour of the approaching morning?’
‘Yeah, so, Aidan and I are so close but I don't think I should mention this to him. Can I really trust you? I mean, you're kinda like the only person that can help me.’
‘Try me?’
‘Ok, so, let’s just say, I like this girl, but I’m sure she doesn’t like me back at all, what say you? She looks at me and I don’t know her well. I don’t really get time to talk to her much because her brother always interrupts and -’
I cut his rattling off because I was becoming impatient due to this lack of sleep and my heart was aware of his statement, and I must say, I was expectant...had a slight hope.
‘I’m sure this girl has a name,’ I said as I was about to give a smile of encouragement, he was out with it.
‘Ashley.’
