The Asylum

Chapter Seven: Broken Love Triangle, A Choice Made

WARNING! (This chapter has content that could be considered slightly smutty!) 

      Awakening the next morning, I noticed that I had gotten my first full night of sleep in a long time. After the kiss with Luke in the morning, I had seemed to be extremely calm. I felt my cheeks burn each time I saw him for the rest of that day, finding it extremely hard to get over the feeling I had gotten when his lips landed on mine in that moment. Still, now I had to worry about choosing one of the two boys. The kiss had made my decision even more difficult, and I felt that, soon, I would be put to the test.

Making my way out of my room for breakfast, I looked down the hall to see Luke's door was still closed. I had hoped he would stay in his room to recuperate for the day, as he still seemed weak. This would give me the chance to talk with Aaron some more to hopefully get a little bit more time to make any final choices. Sitting down at my usual spot, I took a moment to look around for Luke, sighing with relief as I did not see him anywhere. Aaron, on the other hand, I saw walking towards me, shooting me a small smile as he sat beside me. We ate breakfast quietly, not bothering to speak until after we had finished.

"So, I was thinking we could maybe hang out on the court for a bit, play a bit of one on one, you know. After that we could probably come back in and shower up before having some fun up in one of the game rooms." He stated, finishing up his last few bites at the same time before getting up to dump his tray. "Sure. Sounds great." I replied with a smile. I watched him leave through the metal double doors as I finished my portions, assuming he would probably warm up while he waited for me to join him.

I stood and dumped my tray before leaving also. I decided to change into some red volleyball shorts and a black tank top. Both expressed my body in ways that I didn't know were capable. I tied my hair back in a ponytail and laced up some new sneakers I had gotten before walking out to the court, the cool morning air sending goosebumps up my arms and onto my bare legs.

I noticed Aaron was taking a water break on one of the benches close to the blacktop. His back was turned to me so I took the liberty of walking forward. He had the ball resting between his feet, so I bent over to pick it up, noticing how he was eying my figure hungrily as I did so. "You wanna take a moment to warm up?" He questioned, his eyes resting on my ass as I turned around and looked over my shoulder. "Don't need to. And by the way, Aaron, my eyes are up here." I stated with a smirk, making a quick shot from the half court line as he smiled back at me. "Maybe I wouldn't be staring if you didn't look so damn hot." He whispered from where he had moved behind me. I could feel his hot breath sending shivers down my spine as he spoke. Confidently, I gave a small comeback and suggested we start the game.

Aaron ended up losing 11 to 4, and it wasn't just because of his fixated and distracted gaze resting upon my figure at all times. "I told you I could kick your ass." I heaved playfully, as we sat down on the bench at the end of the game. " Well I didn't think you'd be so good at this!" He confessed in defeat. "To be fair, I've been playing since I was in first grade, so I guess I'm pretty good." I claimed triumphantly, earning a small chuckle from Aaron.

After we had cooled down, he suggested we go inside and shower up before he permanently smelled of sweaty loss. I smile and nodded my head as we arose and made our way back. I paused at my room and was about to open the door when Aaron stopped me. "What are you doing?" he asked. "Uh, grabbing some clothes and heading up to one of the locker rooms?" I answered with confusion, not sure why he was questioning me. "Just come up to my room with your clothes. I have an older room so I ended up with a bathroom in mine. It doesn't look old anymore though, they redid it for me when I arrived because they apparently had no more of the ones like yours."

I hesitated at first, not really sure if I wanted to do such a thing, but with a few "encouraging" words from Aaron, we were making our way up the metal staircase to the second floor. When he opened his door, I was slightly taken aback at how large it was. Inviting myself in as he held the door open for me, I stared at the comfortable twin bed in the corner and the great oak desk in front of me before I stared at the beautifully woven carpet on the hardwood floors beneath me. Two windows hung open on the wall the bed was against, giving view to half of the courtyard below. To my far left was a door to what I assumed Aaron had said was the bathroom. " You can go shower up first if you want, I just have a few things I have to get done in here." I nodded with a smile as I walked into the bathroom and shut the door. Yet again, I was met with another wonderful sight.