Too Young (Travlyn Fic)

Aphmau

I wake up with my head on Aaron's chest.
We haven't moved out yet, his family needs him right now. He needs him family. I understand. It all has to wait
We are at his house right now, in his room. Alina is snuggled in between us. I think she is one of the only reasons Aaron smiles these days.
The lead on Katelyn hasn't gone anywhere. At this point it feels hopeless to look for her.
Aaron opens his eyes. They always seem so sad now.
"Hey, babe," I whisper.
"Ghost," he whispers back. I bite my lip.
Ghost is the code word we made as kids for when we had nightmares. We stopped saying it now, mostly, but sometimes we say it.
We chose the word ghost because I felt like it was a ghost haunting our sleep.
Sleep is Aaron's only escape. And now even that is being haunted.
"Wanna talk about it?" He shakes his head, sitting up. I sit up with him.
"It's going to be worse when I go to college," Aaron says. He's going to college. I'm not.
"I've been thinking," I say. I still want him to tell me, but I know not to push it. "Maybe, me and Alina should come with you."
"To college?" Aaron looks surprised. I bite my lip, nervously.
"We can get an apartment together or something, I don't know! I just want to be with you!" My voice grows lounger.
"Mama?" Alina says sleepy. Dang it. I woke her up.
"Go back to sleep, Lina," I whisper, she nods.
"Aphmau, I do too, but we got to think of Lina," Aaron shakes his head. I can tell that it still is bugging him. His nightmare is still bugging him. I reach over and take his hand.
"And this will be better for her, plus it will be better for our future. We planned too move out anyways," I say.
"That was before..." His eyes become misty.
"That's why we can't wait!" Aaron doesn't meet my eyes. I lean towards him. "I can't lose you." Aaron slides out of bed, dropping my hand. I see silent tears. "Aaron."
"We'll talk later, Aph," Aaron says.
"But."
"Posterior!"
"Vava pues," I whisper. I watch as he walks out, feeling as if my hole world has gone crazy. Everything I thought was for sure, I question. I feel a tear slide down my face.
"Mama, vava pues?" Alina's says sleepily. She climbs onto my lap. "Mama, okay?"
"Sí," Alina. I stroke her hair. "Sí."

Aaron doesn't come back all day. Is he mad at me? Did I upset him. Rachel and Melissa assure me I didn't, but are they right.
I've been sitting on the couch for hours now, trying to find something more about Katelyn. But there is nothing. And legally, we can't force her to come back. She's of age.
Why couldn't everything be like it use to be? Why?
I give up. I can't find Katelyn. I can't. I open my word doc, the one I've been working on for months now. I just want to get lost in the writing. I just want to get lost in the story based off of me and my friends. I want to get lost in the other world of Phoniex Drop, where Garroth has yet to show his face and Laurence's hair is bright orange. I want to get lost. I want to forget about the pain.

The slam of the door makes me jump. I whip my head around. It's Aaron. I close my lap top.
"Hello," I say, the panic returning. Is he mad?
"Aphmau, can I talk to you in my room?" He asks and my heart flutters. Please be nothing bad happening. I nod.
I leave the safety of the couch and follow Aaron to his room. I sit on his bed. I know this room so well. I've spent so much time here, four years almost five. I have it memorized.
"Aphmau, this morning, you got me thinking," he begins.
"I'm sorry!" I blurt.
"You don't have to be sorry. You made me realize that we never know when we have to leave this earth. Losing my father made me see that we never have enough time with the ones we love and we spend so much of our time wasting it." He pauses. My heart is trembling. "And I don't want to waste any of my life by not being with you." He drops to one knee and I let out a small shriek. Is this happening? Is this happening?
"Aphmau Irene Ángel, I love you with all my heart. You always make me smile, you always make me laugh. You make me happy every time I see you. Aphmau Irene, will you marry me?" He pulls out a small ring. I feel tears slide down my cheeks. For the first time, they are happy tears.
"Yes," I whisper. "Yes."
I watch as Aaron slides the ring on my finger. As soon as he does, I hug him and that hug turns into a kiss.
I may not know where Katelyn is and that still pains me, but at least for the first time in what feels like a long time, something is certain.
I am going to marry Aaron Lycan.

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Well this chapter took longer than I thought. I am so sorry that it did, but at least we have some Aarmau happening right?
Anyways I wanted to say thank you for reading because it means a lot.
Also after I finish this book, I'm thinking of doing a sequel and a prequel. The prequel would be about Aph and Aaron's story of how Alina was born. It all would just depend on what you guys would like to see first.
The Prequel would be called: Younger
The Sequel would be called: Growing Older.
Anyways, thank you so much.
Hope That You Enjoy!!!!
I'll try and stick to the update schedule.
-AJKBOOKWORM
PS: Make sure to check out my two newer stories, Trust Fall and children stuck in a war zone. Thanks.