A New Life

Wakes

[Aiden's POV]

I felt a sharp pain in my lungs and loud sounds ringing through my ears. My eyes felt heavy, and no matter how much I tried they wouldn't open. The sounds grew louder and voices became audible. Her voice rang through my ears as a loud grunt appeared. I couldn't see, only hear, but I knew something wasn't right. I needed to open my eyes, and when they finally opened a rush of energy filled my veins.

I grabbed the guy's hand twisting it backward and punching him in the jaw. He looked at me with wide eyes as I grabbed the nearest object and hitting him over the head continuously until blood started to ooze out of his temple. Breathing heavily I looked up to see Scarlet looking down at me in shock as a smile started to appear on her face. She was about to say something when Cassy, Mark, and Sebastian all flooded into the room. They all pulled me into a hug making it hard to breathe.

"Alright guys give him a chance to breathe," Scarlet says as the room filled with laughter and they released me.

"I hate to break up the party, but I need to check on Aiden's vitals," the nurse says and they all leave the room. She told me to sit back on the bed and as I did so she asked me a bunch of medical questions.

"You know your lucky to have someone who cares so much about you," she says as she placed the cold feeling stethoscope against my chest.

"What do you mean?"

"Take in a deep breath" I did as she said and asked her again.

"Scarlet. She was very adamant about making sure someone was by your side, she rarely left your room. Slept here most nights too."

"She did?" I mumbled to myself. The nurse nodded as she removed the stethoscope from my chest and wrapping it around her neck. She checked out a few other things before she left. She told me to drink lots of fluids so my body can heal quicker and get healthy once again. I will have to stay in the hospital a few more days so that they can monitor my progress, but the nurse said that I was healing well for someone who just woke up from a coma and that there was no sign of brain damage.

The next few days were long and boring. Scarlet and Cassy would come in early and spend most of the day with me to help the days not seem so bad. We mainly watched TV and talked. Sebastian and Mark would stop by from time to time, but they had their hands full with rebuilding our gang. Everyone that was in the building was dead. All the important people were in that building, people we have known all our lives.

"Happy release day!!" Cassy shouts as she and Scarlet walk in.

"Hey, guys."

"So I convinced the doctors to let me take you home a little sooner than planned," Scarlet tells me with a smirk.

"How soon?" I asked her and Cassy started giggling beside her.

"Now, if your ready," Scarlet tells me and I jump out of bed in excitement.

"I'm definitely ready to get out of here"

Cassy and I spent about twenty minutes packing up everything in my hospital room as Scarlet went to the front desk to officially check me out. By the time we got to the house, I saw a couple of cars in the driveway. I was going to ask what was going on but we were already at the front door and Cassy was rushing me through the door frame and a loud shout of multiple people made it perfectly clear. Chelsie ran up to me pulling me into a hug.

"I'm so sorry I didn't come to see you while you were in the hospital I didn't find out until..."

"Chelsie, Chelsie, calm down, It's ok," I say to her interrupting her ramble of apology. She smiled apologetically at me and I looked around my house again. It was just a couple of close friends in the house welcoming me home. I looked at Scarlet who was looking at me with a bright smile on her face. It was like when we first met except we no longer have secrets. All day we talked, watched movies, and listened to music. Chelsie couldn't stop apologizing which was sweet but also very annoying. When nightfall came along Cassy, Sebastian, and Mark all had to leave. Sebastian and Mark had something they needed to do with the gang and told me to stay behind and after they left Cassy said she was getting tired but gave Scarlet a look that she shrugged off. It was just me, Scarlet, and Chelsie left in the living room watching a movie. Chelsie was going in and out of sleep which was making me laugh because her head would jolt up every time she would realize she was falling asleep. I noticed Scarlet look over at me every now and then. She tried to act like she wasn't watching me but I could tell she was. My mind then began to wander to what the nurse had told me when I first woke up. She said that Scarlet never left my side, and the only reason I could think of that she would do such a thing was if she cared more than she let on. When the movie ended I turned to Scarlet and thought I would get the confirmation I needed to do what I wanted.

"So I heard you were glued to my bedside table while I was out" she looked at me slightly embarrassed and surprised.

"Who told you that?"

"I'm the leader of a gang I have connections everywhere," I tell her with a smirk making her chuckle.

"Well in that case, yes, I did watch over you. I knew my father would plan something and I needed to stop him"

"You needed to stop him?"

"Yes, it was my fault you were in that position so I needed to prevent him from killing you." She told me mockingly as she emphasized on the word "needed".

"Was that the only reason? Cuse I think there's another reason why you felt you had to stop him." I noticed her breathing start to heighten as I moved closer to her.

"What other reason would there be?"

"I think you know," and before she could say another word I claimed her lips with mine. She immediately responded pressing her body against mine as I pulled her closer. The kiss quickly intensified and my whole body filled with warmth. Her rose-scented perfume overwhelmed all my senses and my breathing was dissipating. She pulled away when we were both at a loss of breath. Now was my chance to ask, was the only thing on my mind besides pulling her back against me.

"Will you go on a date with me Scarlet?" She looked quite surprised by my question but she then smiled and pulled me closer to her as she kissed me once again.

"Yes, Aiden I'd love to."