A New Life

Finding Him

(Aiden's POV)

I heard someone walk out onto the balcony but I didn't care who it was. I just wanted to be alone and avoid everyone. That's when I heard her voice. Small and soft with a hint of uncertainty, I knew exactly who that voice belonged to and I also knew she was nervous. I don't know why, but when I turned to face her my breath got caught in my throat. She was beautiful. Her dark red hair matched perfectly with the royal purple colored dress she was wearing. Her hair was pulled to the side and curled. She was absolutely beautiful. She always had been beautiful, but I had never seen her dressed up like this before. She was not much of a dress person. That's when I realized my wine red tuxedo matched her flaming red hair and the black trim on both our outfits were perfectly paired. Somehow we were dressed as if we came together.

"Aiden can we please talk?" Her voice pulled me back out if my thoughts bringing me back to reality and remembering how everything she had ever told me was a lie.

"Scarlet, what do you want?" I asked coldly and she took a step closer to me.

"Aiden I'm sorry for everything, but let me explain. Please" she pleaded and I knew this was my opportunity to finish asking my questions.

"Fine but I need more answers." She nodded and looked straight at me.

"I'll tell you anything that you want to know," she tells me and the first question that came to mind was the one that had been haunting me.

"Did you just use me to get information? To make me weak so your father can swoop in and destroy me?" I saw her taken back by my question but she answered and when she did I could tell she was telling me the truth.

"God No! Aiden I told you I had no idea who my family was until that night I got kidnapped. I would never do that to you Aiden. If you remember correctly I tried to stay away from you. You were the one pursuing me" she explained and she was right every time I tried to talk to her she would always try and get me to go away.

"I would never use you Aiden. No matter what the circumstances are" she finishes and I want to believe her. I want to bring her into my arms and show her how much I care about her and how much I have missed her. Something no one knows about is that the night she was kidnapped I had planned on asking her to be my girlfriend. I didn't care that I had only known her a month or that I didn't know anything about her. She made me happy and I could be myself around her that's all that mattered to me. Now though, I have no idea what to do. Should I trust what she's telling me?

"If you truly had no idea who your family was, why didn't you tell us you were alright why did you cut all of us out. We thought you were dead" she glanced down at the floor before responding I knew she felt bad but I needed to know why.

"I was scared Aiden. When I found out that I had a brother and that my father didn't want to abandon me I was so happy and when he told me about you all being in a gang and how you were my enemy. I panicked. And the more I heard about how deep this rivalry was the more I was worried that if I told you who my family was you would regret ever meeting me and try to kill me. I knew how it looked and I couldn't stand the thought of you all hating me. Plus I figured y'all would move on without me. I didn't think you would still be looking for me after 4 months had passed." She explained and I knew what she was saying because if I was in her situation I would have done the same thing.

"You should have told me scarlet. Do you even know how worried everyone was?"

"I'm sorry Aiden! I wish I could change what happened I wish we all could hang out like we used to but that can't happen! I turned everything. You hate me know and no matter how much that hurts I understand why. Because I would feel the exact same way!" She was starting to ramble and I felt bad. I don't hate her. No matter how much I wish I could hate her. I can't.

"I believe you Red. And I don't hate you. I could never hate you. Your my feisty little red riding hood with a leather jacket for a cape" we both laughed at my response and I saw relief wash over her face. It was like we both could finally take a deep breath. It went silent after that. She was then side by side looking out into the world with me and I could feel the touch of her hand against fine as they both rested on the banister. We were both looking out to the city lights that were in the distance glistening and shining bright under the moonlight.

"You know I never stopped thinking about you. And everyone else. Every day I missed you guys and when I ran into you at the market I was so happy to see you" she tells me breaking the silence Mn aking me look at her, only to see she was already looking my way. It was like the first time I saw her all over again. Our eyes baring into each other's goals. Searching for each other's truths and secrets. Since the moment I met her I knew she was special. She was cocky, smart, beautiful, sarcastic, and most of all a huge pain in the ass sometimes. I don't know how we got do close to each other but our noses were almost touching and I couldn't stop the pull that was drawing me to her. I wanted to kiss her and I knew she wanted to too. We both were lost in our own world and at that moment we didn't care that we were on opposite sides, we didn't care how reckless this was, and we didn't care who saw because when her lips were pressed against mine it was like I was pulled into a trans and there was no way out. I couldn't pull away and I didn't want to. I had wanted her from the moment I saw her, and having her in my arms, in this moment, was the only thing that mattered.