"Aaron?"

"Hmm?"

"Wake up."

He groaned, pulling me closer.

We had been up talking till quite late last night. I couldn't remember when we'd fallen asleep.

I took in a deep breath, wrapping my arms around him. Surely five more minutes couldn't hurt?

"Get up both of you, you're getting late for school!" Amanda's voice sounded from outside.

I sighed. The universe couldn't possibly let me be happy, could it?

"Morning, Ashy," a husky voice said, pulling me closer.

"Morning Aaron."

"What a beautiful sight to wake up to," he grinned, closing his eyes as if to savour the moment.

I felt my cheeks heat up and he planted a kiss on my cheek.

"Get up!" Amanda yelled, making both of us groan.

"Always ruining the moment," Aaron said grumpily and I chuckled.

"Let's skip school today?" he asked, giving me the puppy dog face.

God, why did he have to make this so hard? Like I would want to say no to that.

"I wish we could,"I sighed, pulling away from him to get out of bed.

"Ashy," he groaned, pulling me back.

"Aaron," I said in what I thought was a stern voice, trying my best not to take up his offer.

"Please?" he pouted and before I could give in, his sister barged into the room and started yelling.

"What the hell is wrong with you two? I'm going to make you two sleep in separate rooms from now on," she scolded, as if she were our mother.

Aaron huffed and I resisted the urge to giggle.

Grunting, Aaron finally let go of me and we both got up.

"There. Much better .You have ten minutes to change your clothes, have breakfast and leave.Okay?" she said slowly like she was talking to three year olds.

Aaron rolled his eyes and went to the bathroom, muttering something under his breath.

I took one look at Amanda and ran off to another bathroom.Amanda was pretty scary when she was mad.

Fifteen minutes later, we were sat in the car, on our way to school.

"I hate school," Aaron scowled.

I sighed. "Yeah, me too."

"At least you're there, though," he said, giving me a charming smile.

There goes my heart.

"Stop being so fucking sweet all the time," I muttered under my breath.

"What was that?" he smirked.

"Nothing," I said looking down to hide the blush that had conveniently appeared on my face.

"Something about fucking me, eh?" he said and I gasped .

"You can't just say that, Aaron!"

"Why not?" he smirked again.

Goddamn him,why did he have go smirk so much?And why did I like it so much when he did?

"Because, I paused to think what to say, "it's inappropriate."

"What's your point?" he raised an eyebrow.

I let out a defeated sigh."That you're an idiot."

"Ouch. That hurt."

"Drama queen."

"King," he corrected.

"Queen."

"King."

"Queen."

The car came to a halt then, shutting us up. Poor Simon probably wanted to pull his hair out because of our constant bickering.

"I won that argument,just so you know," Aaron smirked once we were out of the car.

I shot him an are-you-serious look.

"You did not."

"Did too."

"Did not!"

"Did too!"

"Oh for fuck's sake that wasn't even an argument."

"Wasn't it?" he raised an eyebrow.

"It was," I said before slapping a hand to my mouth as I realised what I'd said.

Aaron doubled over in laughter as he took in my shocked face.

I opened my mouth to say something but shut it.

"I hate you. I really do."

He laughed even harder."I know you love me, Ashy," he grinned cheekily.

He got me there.

***

"See you later?"

"Later," he winked before placing a kiss on my forehead and walking off.

I sighed dreamily. He was so amazing.

"Hey, Ashley," a feminine voice said and I looked to my left to see a girl from one of my classes,Haley. I didn't know her personally but she didn't seemed like a bad person.

"Hi, Haley," I greeted her with a smile.

She smiled back but it looked forced."I needed to talk to you about something."

"Sure, go ahead."

"Listen, I don't know what's going on between you and Tyler, but..He's my boyfriend.Um. You know what I mean?" she said awkwardly.

She was telling me to leave her boyfriend alone, was she?

I almost laughed."Look, I'm sorry but I'm not at all interested in him. And anyway, I have a boyfriend, so you have nothing to worry about,okay?" I shot her a forced smile before going to my class.

Tyler was such an asshole. He had a girlfriend and he tried to make a move on me. I felt bad for Haley. She seemed like a nice girl. She didn't deserve an asshole like Tyler.

***

It was Wednesday. What's so special about Wednesday, you ask? Kayla comes back to school today that's what.

I hadn't gotten the chance to talk to Trent. I'd wanted to ask him if he wanted to...get back with Kayla. But I hadn't. I was such a shit friend. I felt a pang of guilt as I realised I hadn't been there for Trent as much as I should've. I was too busy with Aaron,I realised, to spend time with my best friend or to talk to him.

I bit my lip. What kind of a friend does that?

I made a mental note to start hanging out more with Trent.

You're going home in a few days anyway.

That annoying voice in my head reminded me. As if that hadn't been the only thing on my mind ever since mom had told me she was coming back next week. She hadn't specified when exactly but even if she came next weekend, or even next month,it would still be too early for me.

Damn it,why did going away have to be so hard? I mean it wasn't like we weren't going to see each other...Then why did it hurt so much whenever I thought about it?

Was I in lo-

"Ms.Forbes, is there something you'd like to share with the class?" the middle aged teacher asked, making me redden. I'd just been caught daydreaming in class. Well I wasn't daydreaming, I was thinking about important things in my life but would this forty something year old man get it? No.

"I'm sorry, sir. I actually have a headache," I lied.

He frowned."Pay attention," he replied and went back to whatever it was he was saying.

I tried to concentrate on what he was saying but my mind would drift off to other things.

I sighed in relief when the bell went off. Freedom.

I gathered my things and walked out of the classroom and walked as fast as I could to my locker, hoping go find either Aaron or Trent.

Trent, because I wanted to talk to him about Kayla.I also had to ask him if he'd seen her because I was yet to see her.And Aaron because,well,because he was Aaron.I spotted him standing next to his locker,his eyebrows cutely knit together as he typed something on his phone.

My phone made a sound then,notifying me that I'd gotten a text.

I pulled my phone out and grinned as I saw Aaron's name on the screen.

I giggled as I made my way to him."Boo," I whispered once I was behind him.

"Ashy," his face lit up.

"Miss me?" I smiled.

"Always."

I felt my smile widen and I was about to tackle him into a hug when I saw someone walk towards us from the corner of my eye.

"Trent," I said as he walked up beside me."Hey, I needed to-"

"Hey guys."

It was Kayla.'Hey guys' ? Really? Was it so easy for her to act so normal after all that happened?

Trent being the composed guy that he was, simply nodded his head while I stood there awakwardly wondering what to say.

Should I yell at her? Should I hug her and tell her that I miss her? Should I ask if she's okay? Should I stand there like an idiot and wonder what to do?

(Yes, I actually thought the last one.What?Don't judge.)

None of these seemed like an option so I just stood there like an idiot as an uncomfortable silence took over.

"So, er, are you alright now?", I heard myself ask.

She looked surprised I'd even talked to her.Hell, even I was surprised.

She nodded."Yeah, thanks for asking.",she replied with a small smile.

No one returned her smile.

"Um,I've gotta get to class.Bye.",she said, finally ending the awkward silence.

Before anyone could respond, she was already walking away.

I glanced at Trent."What the hell was that?"

"No idea.", he said, looking shocked.

"Trent I need to talk to you.", I told him.

He frowned."I'll either see you at lunch or after school. That okay?If it's something urgent-"

I cut him off by shaking my head."No, it's okay.See you Trenty."

He shot me a glare before walking off.

Hey guuuuuyss.It's been so looong since I last updated.

And I just came back after such along time (to Wattpad) to see your comments.They really made me smile.Thank you so much, all of you.You have no idea how much I appreciate you guys And I'm really sorry to those who had to wait , I haven't been active on Wattpad for quite some time now.

I'll try to update faster now.

Once again, thank you so much for all the support, I love you!

Dedicated to @JordynMorgenthaler for the wonderful comments :D