right decesions - cristal santos (best book clubs TXT) 📗

I sink onto the couch staring at her with anger in my eyes. She sighs. “I know I know I’m sorry I did not mean to do that I only told Emily who then told shara who then told someone and well gossip travels pretty fast. No it wont be that awkward because you guys already act like your dating. I don’t know about mase though. Well live with it.” She gets up and stretches. “I’m going over to study at joshes house. I made spaghetti and is on the stove if you want anything and I left you like 300 dollars. You need a new wardrobe. Half your clothes are huge on you or way to old and childish.” I just sit there and look at her. She comes over and hands me an address. I look down to see she has given me a dance address. “You need new ballet shoes and whatnot. Sooo yeeah good bye.” She looks behind me and smiles “ by Aden” I whip around to see Aden hidden by darkness in the hallway. We stand there frozen until we hear the car door slam and we hear skyler pull out of the driveway. I hear him mutter something under his breath. I start getting up slowly knowing either were moving now or never. My muscles were hurting from being frozen so I chose now. I get up and know ill have to apologize knowing I threw myself at him. “ um well im sorry, I mean I didn’t mean for that to happen im really sorry I mean if your mad I understand and yeah.” I look up to see him a little closer that before he was approaching me while speaking.” Im not sorry. Maby that was the plan all along. Maby we meeting and bonding and what not, Aubrey I have felt a connection since that first day I saw your face in the hospital. I don’t know about you but what happened up there was like fireworks.” He looks at me curiosity in his eyes, waiting for me to respond. I take a deep breath before answering. “I just don’t know what to do because of what happened with mase and I just don’t want to get hurt and I mean you don’t have to pretend.” He walks over to me and puts his hands on my shoulders looking me straight in the eyes. “I won’t be like mase just because my friends wont like you or something ill will never hurt you like he did. I promise you just have to give me a chance to make you happy. “ with that he kisses me softly. I kiss back until a new thought settles in. I push away and grab his hand tugging him to the couch were he sits and I cuddle next to his warm side with his arm around me.” Aden you wont make me you know I mean you wont force me to do anything im not ready for right.” He laughs before he responds.” Of Corse not I mean why would I do that/ are you scared is that it have you never you know?” that’s when I start crying. Aden looks over at me and asks me what’s wrong. That’s when the story I have kept a secret for 2 years. i explain in between sobs.” I got raped when I was 14 on vacation to brazil. My parents had a party so skyler and I went and one of my dad’s co workers was drunk and well you know, he was to strong. I screamed and kicked him but he covered my mouth with his hand and the kick only landed on his fat. It was no use. I just laid there until it was over and once he was done he got up kissed my forehead pulled his cloths on and walked out of the bedroom slurring and stumbling. I put my cloths on in a daze and just laid there. I fell asleep and woke up next being carried into our car. “I break off and let a few sobs break trough.” I didn’t tell anyone and at first I thought I was pregnant it turns out I was wrong. I look down to my stomach with tears running down my face I look towards Aden who has a look of total worry and shock on his face. He comes towards me and holds me gently. We stay like that before he speaks In a hush tone.” That will never happen again. I promise you. I’m here and you will never get hurt again.” He rocks me back and forth like a mother or a father would rock their child to sleep or to soothe them. I have my eyes half closed before I hear adens words flow out of his mouth so quietly I wisent even sure I heard them or if it was all dream, “I love you. You will never be hurt ever again.” With those words I fall into a peaceful bliss of sleep.

“Are you sure she’s not heavy?” Ask a voice. Girl probably. “Of Corse not, she is rather light. She needs more food in her system.” Chuckles a deep voice. Someone steps into a bedroom and a bright powerful light hits my face as I squirm awake. I find myself in adens arms in my bedroom and halfway to my bed. Skyler is in the doorway with a glass of water in one hand and her keys in the other. “ oh hey glad your awake” she babbles” I’m heading to the food store. I have to bake cookies for my class tomorrow and fro your birthday tomorrow. You remember!! Your turning 17. I have forgotten complexly about my birthday and run to my calendar on my desk next to my appetence letter to new York arts and psychology university . . Yup she correct, may 22. “ hey your right! When your birthday Aden? “May 20.” Omg!” I shake my head with disbelief and go to my drawer and take out some jeans a shirt and my brush. I get ready and turn around. I grab my keys off my dresser and grab Adens hand and tug him downstairs. I take his keys off the table and put them in my bag. We get into my car and drive down to the mall. I park and even when Aden asks me what we’re doing I shake my head and tug him to the cafeteria. I sit him down in the table and go to the Japanese food station. I grab us some teriyaki and put them on our table. I tell Aden to stay right there. I jog down to hot topic and buy him a belated birthday card. I take a pen from my pen and add my thoughts. I grab a shirt that I thought looked cute. On the front it says. You love your girlfriend…. On the back it says but she loves you even more. I pay quickly and run back to the café to find Aden at the table right where I left him. The food untouched and looking at his phone. I go up behind him and cover his eyes. “guess who I whisper” he chuckles and answers “Mickey?” I laugh and unwrap my hands from his face and give him the bags. He blushes and asks” whasat this? “I giggle and tell him to open the card first and then the present. He opens the card and reads to himself he laughs and kisses me gently. He then gets the shirt and reads the front of the shirt and before turning it over he says “I do love my girlfriend very much.” He turns it over and reads the back. He looks at me and all I do is whisper back” I love my boyfriend very much.” He just laughs and kisses me across the table. He goes into the bathroom and while I chew my teriyaki he immerges with a bag in his hand. ‘hey you.” I finish chewing and swallow. He grabs our plates and put them in the bag. He grabs my hand and walks to the car. He drives and walks to my car. He puts the stuff on the floor and helps me into the car. He drives towards the park and I wonder what he is doing. We sit down on a bench with a little table next to the pond and I see Aden dig around his pocket and take out a box. He hands it to me. I gasp and look at him. He sighs,” were going to the same college next year, NYU you just said you loved me and we have prom in 2 weeks. I want you to go. Go with me.” He looks at me with those silver eyes full of love I can’t help but nod. He grins and slips the ring on my finger. He sits next to me and takes my hand. We sit there eating talking laughing and bonding.

I wake up at 7 the next morning. I wake up relaxed and happy. Skyler bursts into my room while I was coming out of my bathroom and was finishing my makeup. She had a white cupcake with a candle in the middle and singing way out of tune happy birthday. I laugh and blow out the candle. I push her out of my bedroom and finish my makeup. I have a white flowy summer dress with a gray cardigan on top. My ahir loose and straight as always. I go downstairs and pick up a waffle. I start nibbling on it as mys sister tell us her plan. “ okay so Aden has a plan for you from 6 to 7:30. From there your going to a party with josh and I and Aden and then were all going to come over here and I rented that new movie was it umm breaking dawn or eclipse oh whatever!. So yeah “she keeps talking and I’m so absorbed in my own thoughts that I don’t even hear Aden come up behind me and hug me.” Happy birthday!” I see he also has his relanship ring on as well. I smile. And get up. “Alright sky were leaving, see you later good bye.” We walk out and get into the car. Aden drives and I rest my head against the head rest and let the wind blow my hair around. We get to school and Aden comes around and grabs my hand. Once we get to first period Aden had sit that period and I have algebra. Before letting me into my class he kisses me gently. We break apart when we hear the warning bell. He runs to class and I open my door and go to my seat. Right next to mase. I sit down ignoring him. I spend the rest of the day ignoring him and spending most my time with Aden. Once we get home I get dressed and Aden and I go out to dinner and then I come back to the house and change. We head off to the party and all take our cars. We get to jakes house. Jakes Adens football friend. We get out and walk up the walkway and immediately hear the music and the smell of alcohol. We walk in and Aden tells me not to drink anything. I nod while Aden goes to say hello to someone and get us non