Not... Him!? [Chapter Fifteen]

Chapter Fifteen1

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“Serenity… Wake up, my love…” I heard his beautiful voice waking me up from the sweet sleep I’d fallen into on the ride home, and his kiss on my ear, his fingers gently stroking my shoulder to wake me. 3

I vowed then and there I wanted to hear him wake me up every single morning of my life.4

“I want you to wake me up every morning, and not be dressed yet, and not have moved from bed, and still have your sexy bed head, and kiss me and wake me up so sweetly…” I barely managed to sputter out, my eyes still closed peacefully, though my heard was already beating wildly.5

I could hear his smile, somehow, but he didn’t laugh. 6

“I would love to wake you up every morning, and every late night in my car,” he added, “and in these mornings I will not be dressed yet, because I won’t move from that bed and from watching you sleep, and I’ll disregard my hair for you, and I’ll kiss you,” he kissed my ear lobe, softly, as if making his point, “and wake you up so sweetly.”7

I swear the ear he kissed went as red as my cheeks. He did laugh now, a low, sexy laugh. “I love that I can make you blush,” he said, brushing his lips over my shoulder, then up my neck to my lips. I must have turned crimson. 8

He laughed again, and stroked my hair.9

“I love you Ren,” he said, kissing me softly. 10

I was so tired that I barely kissed back, so when he moved to pull away, I had to stop him by throwing my arms around his neck and pushing all consciousness I had into kissing him.11

He laughed into my lips. “Ren,” he said between kisses, “don’t you think that we should go inside before your audience starts to clap?”12

My eyes opened and I saw, through the window, six faces; both of each of our parents, and two sets of six-year-old giggling eyes. And all of which were chuckling behind the glass.13

I immediately turned red again, and closed my eyes.14

“Aiden,” I said, absolutely embarrassed, and his chuckling not helping, “Pretend I’m dead. Bring me inside. Don’t tell them I’m alive, and maybe they’ll let us up to your room without commenting.”15

Aiden grinned, I was sure. “Okay, I can do that, Princess,” he said, and he unbuckled my belt, then opened his door, fixed the blanket around me and lifted me out of the car.16

He pushed it closed behind us and moved into the house, me, eyes closed and acting the part, in his arms.17

When he walked in, before anyone could say anything, he said to them:18

“Ren was so embarrassed at you all seeing her kissing me like a madwoman,” I opened my eyes to glare at him, and he laughed, “that she fainted in the car and I must now bring her up to my room and revive her.” 19

I heard all of their laughter, including that of my two little traitors, higher pitched than the other four’s. 20

“Oh yeah,” Aiden said, leaning to my ear conspiringly, “do you want to spend the night, Ren?” It was Friday, I realized. 21

No way I was going home to talk to my parents right now. I could almost hear their comments.22

I nodded my head viciously, my eyes still closed tight.23

“Okay! So Ren is staying the night, and she’ll call you guys in the morning,” he said to my parents. “So we’ll be going now,” he said.24

He started toward the staircase, bidding them all goodnight from both of us.25

“How was your day, at least?” my mother asked to his back, teasingly.26

Aiden laughed. “Magical,” he said, smiling down at me, who was looking at him now.27

“Are you going to elaborate?” Aiden’s dad asked, and I could almost hear his grin.28

“Nope! Night!” I yelled, and pushed Aiden to move fast.29

“Good night Ren!” the twins yelled simultaneously, making me smile.30

And then we were upstairs, and back into his room, and he set me on his bed, a smirk situated on my favorite face.31

“That was cruel!” I accused, mock glaring at him.32

He laughed. “I didn’t think so,” he said, his eyes sparkling.33

I rolled my eyes. “Of course you didn’t.”34

“We didn’t have dinner,” Aiden observed as I laid back on his bed, which he’d made before we left.35

“I’ll live. You can go get some if you want,” I said, not willing to move back downstairs and admit to my parents that I had just kissed –really, REALLY kissed- a boy in front of both of our families.36

He just laughed. “Not without you.” He hugged me. “Not letting go, remember?”37

I smiled. “I’m sleepy.”38

He laughed. “I know. We’ll go to sleep.”39

“I still don’t have clothes,” I realized.40

He laughed. “Wear whatever you’d like,” he said, sitting up and helping me.41

“I have to shower, too,” I said. “And so do you.”42

“Right,” he replied. “Ladies first.”43

I smiled and went into his bathroom, closing the door, stripping off the borrowed clothes into his hamper, and taking a short, but hot shower, and washing my hair, not wanting to be apart from him longer than necessary.44

When I got out, I used one of his black towels, and grinned. There was a big white tee shirt and a pair of black boxers on the counter.45

I dried off my body and pulled them on, then called him in. He came in, smiling.46

He looked me up and down, making me blush.47

“I love the look of you, freshly showered, in my boxers and tee shirt,” he said, pulling me into my arms and kissing my wet hair.48

I couldn’t help but love that.49

He brushed my hair, then sent me into his room, and took a shower himself. When he was showering, I came back in for a moment and brushed my teeth, this time using his mouthwash.50

I left him his bedtime clothes on his counter, too. Then I went back into his room, bringing a brush, and dried my hair some more, then brushed it, and soon he came out, dressed in a white tee shirt and black boxers.51

He laughed.52

“I thought, you know, we might as well, since we matched all day today,” I said, laughing, too. He looked adorable with his wet hair that he’d waited to brush.53

He came to sit beside me and I brushed it for him.54

Once we were fresh and clean, and our hair mostly dry, I couldn’t stifle a yawn, and crawled into bed, and he turned the light off and came to lay beside me.55

That was when I became nervous.56

I was going to sleep [not emotionally confused] in bed with Aiden!57

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