"It's getting late." "Mmhm, I know." "Should I go then?" "No." "Okay."
Aaron tightened his hands around my shoulders and rolled until he was hovering over me on the bed. Our lips worked lazily against one another like we had all the time in the world.
We'd already gotten sweaty and spent so maybe we did still have all the time we wanted. Aaron ran his fingers through my hair, kissing his way down my jaw.
It almost felt like he was trying to kiss away the stressful memories of what happened earlier in the night.
Just thinking of the disastrously awkward dinner with Aaron's parents made me sigh. Aaron sighed too, probably guessing where my mind had wandered off to.
He pulled back to see my face. It was a little after midnight. The only light was from the moon reflecting through my bedroom window. Bright enough for me to make out the line of his nose, wet parted lips, and a tiny glint in his eye.
"I'm sorry." He said quietly. It seemed like the millionth time he had apologized tonight. I wasn't mad at him. Not at all.
I raised a hand to touch the side of his neck gently. He shivered. "It's not your fault, you have nothing to be sorry for." I replied.
He let out a long sigh and moved so we were lying side by side instead.
"Actually I do Chloe. My parents, equals my problems and fault." "Our problem." I corrected. "Chloe-"
"No Aaron, you have to stop beating yourself up. Plus, I love you alright? When two people love eachother as much as we do, one person's problems end up being both their problems, got it?"
He nodded slow and tense, obviously not going to let this go yet. "Yeah, I just don't think you should have to deal with that kind of crap, especially from them." he said.
"You shouldn't have to either babe, but that's just the way it is." I said, lacing our fingers together on the pillow.
I could still feel the tension rolling off Aaron like waves and decided that maybe Aaron had the right idea in kissing it better.
I leaned over, keeping his gaze and planted my mouth firmly over his and waited patiently for him to relax and open up for me. It only took seconds before he did.
In retrospect I suppose the night wasn't too horrible. Of course Aaron's parents had been just as bad as I was expecting.
The way he had previously described them made it a bit easier to prepare myself. Like I was headed off for war or some other crap. God.
Though, I had not been prepared in the least to deal with his ex-girlfriend (first love) in the same damn night.
A part of me hoped I'd never have to meet Caroline. Hoped I'd never have to spend any amount of time with the only other girl Aaron loved. Prayed she was thousands of miles away. Unfortunately we can't always get what we want.
In a weird way...It felt like a thing that needed to happen between us to even the score some. Aaron had to meet and interact with Scott for a long time. Fair is only fair. Sigh.
Caroline's sudden reappearance had shocked us into silence. Aaron's exspression had been similar to a deer caught in headlights. I wanted to throw up all over the exspensive tablecloth. His mother Katherine, looked like we reacted exactly like she assumed.
Caroline took a seat across from us, close to Katherine like they were old friends or something. As to be expected Caroline was nothing short of beautiful. Damn it.
Not like I pictured though. More...Genuine. Dark blonde wavy hair, scattered freckles under the light make up she wore, and bright green eyes. She looked like she belonged on a beach somewhere.
