Here I Stand (BWWM) (AMBW) [COMPLETED]

Chapter twenty one : A true person, MY PERSON

Isa's pov

"Let's go!" exclaimed Aaron enthusiastic, I turned to look at him and then spoke clearly "You're not coming, this is just me and the kids time" I explained inflexible about it. Aaron seemed upset, but I didn't care much, I had a rule: kids before guys, that rule kept me away from heartbreaks, f**k boys, and any kind of bad influence caused by a relationship. "Sorry" I kissed him on the cheek and waited for him to leave.

Aaron's pov

I really wanted to know Isa, not when she was with me, but when she was with other people. I wanted to know her wildest side. So I followed her... Yes, it's sounds creepy and desperate but hey, I was miserable, my mum kept pressuring me to bring home a decent girl, my dad talked about how he wished he could brag about his own grandchildren, and my sister started to suspect my sexual orientation. Lalita before anyone else understood that all the girls I had been bringing home just wanted have fun, and sex also.

Once arrived at the park, I was surprised by the way she handled four kids. Adeline was walking hand to hand with the twins, while Isa was carrying a sleeping Jennifer. I got out of the car, not before wearing a pair of sunglasses, (if you are gonna do sometimes do it in the right way)😎

I hid behind a tree and started to observe her, I had been looking for a little bit over ten minutes, when I was pushed by someone.

"This is no place, for a pervert" I heard someone, I got up, " Wait, Aaron, is that you?" the person asked, I instantly recognized the voice, my sister's voice, Lalita. "What are you doing here?" "I was gonna ask you the same question" I huffed.

"This is where I jog everyday, your turn... What are you doing with those creepy sunglasses?" She inquiered " I... Well there's this girl" I babbled, "Which one is it?" " The tomboy playing with the kids on the grass "She looks cute, not the kind of cute and empty but cute and kind" commented Lalita.

"Right?" I found myself smiling at Isa "... Hey! Are those her children, isn't she too young?" " No, just the Asian one" I replied, my eyes still glued on Isa.

Who could've imagined that me, Aaron Hopkins, would be looking for a girlfriend to marry eventually and not a stupid chick to have sex with whenever I felt like. "I want to invite her over" I made up my mind, "Wow it must be serious then" she deducted glad about my decision.

Isa's pov

"So are you gonna tell me what happened?" Rajiv sat next to me trying to catch his breath after running with the kids, "I, ...we kissed...twice" I told him, "Jenny, sweetheart don't eat the sand, I have snacks for you if you're hungry" I shouted stopping her, I took Jennifer's bottle, and soon both Adaline and Jennifer were in front of me.

"Here's yours" called Rajiv seeing that Addy was aiming for her cousin's bottle. "How did it feel?" he asked cleaning Jenny's mouth " It was weird and good at the same time, is that possible? Anyway I ruined it..." "Why?" "I may have kicked him in his balls, before saying how crazy it sounds, I was afraid we were going to..." "Oh come on, Isa not every make out session ends up in having sex. He must've thought you don't like him" Rajiv implied.

"What do I know about? There's a reason I am a virgin. Am I weird?" "Of course you're..." he joked, "But I had warned him not to do so, he leaned in, so I was about to fall on the bed" I spoke "so you're saying he deserved it?" " Yes I had warned him not to, you should have seen the look on his face, he didn't regret it one bit" I concluded.

"What are you gonna do, then?" Rajiv seemed to be enjoying my first real relationship' s struggles, which made me kind of mad; " What should I do? I don't want to get intimate with him..." "What about telling him?" "You think so, I guess I should try"

Aaron's pov

Usually people go to the park and sit on benches watching their kids playing, but not her. No, Isa rolled in the grass and dirt, Isa played hide and seek, and went on the slide with them. Among the others you wouldn't mistake her for anyone else, because she didn't like to follow the crowd, she liked to follow her heart, and for that some called her crazy, others attention whore, and others free-spirited, I just called her Isa as she was wild, sweet and cute, and I intended on tying her down with me for life.

Isa's pov

What I wanted was something way deeper than sexual compatibility, similar sexual drive, I wanted deep conversations, long chats, romantic and cathartic type of love, realistic and possible, similar to the kind of romantic relationship I see in Korean drama, in which the progression of the relationship is much slower where every touch, every stare and kiss is much intense, no rush or lust. Just genuine love, in its purest form. I had grown tired of getting to know each other and having sex, hanging out, not necessarily in that specific order, then when the lust gets consumed along with the physical attraction, people grew stranger, and even enemies.

Everything about modern era romantic relationship was either too fast or superficial, as starting from the beginning the two parties had decided the relationship was not going to last long, so it made no sense looking for a real one. When I say real one, I don't mean someone who lets themselves treated like trash, but someone who can see you through your hardest times, that is willing to be the villain in the story, whose pride doesn't lie in how little you have made yourself to accommodate their enormous ego . Someone who care for you and for your mental health, someone who is willing to look past your past, based on your promises, and current action.