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Chapter 1
The bright sun came through my windows in the morning. I looked around only
to see the unfamiliar room. I still wasn’t used to my new home, even though I washere for two weeks. All of the furniture had light wood, a pine color. A huge closet,
big dresser, vanity, my own balcony, and my queen sized bed. I stretched very slowly,
put my new contacts in, and then walked to my new bathroom. I looked in the mirror,
the only thing I recognized were my almost white blue eyes. Then I brushed my teeth
slowly. I took a quick shower then blow dried and straightened my newly dyed blonde
hair. I walked back into my room to find an outfit for the new day. I ended up wearing
my black t-shirt with baby blue polka dots and white skinny jeans with a little baby
blue and white bow in my hair, to match my outfit. Then I walked back into the
bathroom to put on my mascara, eye shadow and eye liner. When I was done, I
grabbed my bag and walked downstairs to eat breakfast.
“Good morning, Aurelia.” My mother smiled. I recently moved to Los Angeles,
California to live with my mother, Marie, she’s a big time actress who was in tons of
movies. Not many kids of actors and actresses go to the school I’m going to. My
parents were divorced and my father died earlier in the summer. So, I moved in with
my mother and my baby sister Liliana was in New York with my father’s sister for a
couple of weeks, my aunt and my mother were close friends.
“Morning, what’s for breakfast?”
“I made eggs, bacon, toast, and orange juice. I hope you’re hungry.” Marie
doesn’t like the idea of a cook in the house. She likes to make breakfast for me every
morning, though she has maids to clean.
“It all looks great.” I sat down quickly and ate eager to get out of my house. I
finished my breakfast slowly and then walked to the front door to get my old
Converses. My mom felt that it was necessary to get me a brand new car, not like it
would make the slightest dent in her bank account, for my new school.
I could feel my mother’s on my back as I walked to the garage to my brand new
black BMW convertible. She watched me back out of the driveway to school and shewaved to me. I waved back.
As I pulled into the parking lot, the security guard stopped me.
“Welcome Miss Esposito. I am here to show you to your parking space.” I knew
my mother had done something to get me a special parking space away from everyone
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else except her friend’s kids. I followed his directions to the parking lot around the
back of the school. When I pulled back there, I saw about twenty other cars, all of
them either Honda’s or Mercury’s or some other brand I didn’t know. I was the only
BMW in the whole lot.
A woman waited for me to get me to get other of the car.
“Hello. I am Ms. Johnson. I am here to help you around the school today.” She
spoke quietly and softly.
“Thank you. I think I’m going to need help getting to my first class. It’s English
in room 1608.”
“I’ll walk you there.” She was very polite.
I walked into the classroom and walked up to the teacher’s desk.
“Hi, I’m Ms. Greene. I would imagine your Aurelia Esposito, right?”
“Yes, I am.”
She smiled. “Your seat is last in the middle row, unless you would like a seat
closer to the front?”
“No, no. It’s fine.”
“Oh okay. Then take your seat.” She laughed quietly.
I walked slowly down the aisle and heard whistles from guys and “wows’ fromgirls. I sat down quickly, blushing and keeping my head down.
The whole time, everyone stared at me. The class seemed to drag on for hours.
And finally, the bell rang. I jumped up, shoved my books into my small bag and ran
towards the door. I made it out of the door before most kids. Ms. Johnson was waiting
for me outside the classroom.
“Your next class is Science. Follow me.”
“Actually, can you just tell me how to get there? I don’t want to be rude but, I
don’t want special treatment.”
“Sure. Just walk down this hallway and up the steps. Then turn down the
hallway to your left and the classroom is 2209.” She smiled.
“Thank you.” I walked down the hallway. I felt my iPhone vibrate in my pocket.
I ignored it for the most part and kept on walking.
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I was almost the last one in my classroom. I walked up to my teacher, Mr.
Tresser, and took my seat at the left lab table next to a boy with straight, jet black
hair that came down to his shoulders. He smiled at me and I grinned back then looked
away.
Right then, Mr. Tresser started with the back-to-school-end-of-summer speech.Every now and then I would glance at the boy next me. I saw him doing the same
thing I was. His eyes were peaking at me sideways. Only he was smiling at me,
showing his perfect white teeth. I quickly focused on the teacher and raised my hand.
“May I go to the bathroom?” I was rushing to get the words out.
“Yes. Now, how was everyone’s summer?” I half-ran of the classroom to get the
girl’s bathroom pass. Then I heard a boy’s voice come out of the classroom asking if
he could use the bathroom, too. I kept on walking down the hallway slowly, so I could
see who it was.
“Can I ask where you’re going?” he asked. I turned around to see the boy that I
was sitting next to in the middle of the hallway watching me.
“Well I thought I was going to the bathroom.” I was confused.
“What I mean is that you’re going the wrong way.”
“Oh.”
He laughed. “I’ll show you.” I walked back to him. He watched me the whole
time as I walked next to him.
“I’m Ian. How ‘bout you?” he grinned.
I looked at his bright blue eyes and then focused on his whole face. “A-Aurelia,
um, Aurelia Esposito, actually.” I could hear the shock in my voice, I was sure he
could, too.
“Isn’t your mom Marie Esposito?” His expression turned excited.
I sighed. “Yeah.”
He looked at me confused and then pushed his eye brows together. “You don’t
like you mom?”
“No, that’s not it at all. I just... I don’t like that people know me as her
daughter and not me, just me. That’s how everyone knows me here and I just want to
be Aurelia Esposito, not Marie Esposito’s daughter Not that I don’t like being her
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daughter, I mean I don’t like to be known as her daughter…” I hoped my explanation
didn’t confuse him even more.
“Oh, I see. Then from now on, I’ll know you as Aurelia, not as Marie Esposito’s
daughter.” He smiled. I noticed we stopped in front of the bathrooms but I didn’t
move. I kept on looking into his eyes. And he looked away. It snapped me out of mytrance. I flushed and walked into the bathroom. I stood in front of the mirror and
pulled out my phone. “Message from Raquel” is what it read. A huge smile appeared
on my face and then sighed when she brought up that I wasn’t in New York City
anymore.
Hey girlie, how’s Cali doing??
Fine, I guess. Everyone’s acting all special to me though. It’s pretty annoying.
Raquel is my best friend, even though she still lives in New York. I put my
phone back in my pocket and looked back in the mirror and fixed my hair, then
walked out of the bathroom. I saw Ian leaning on the wall, waiting for me. A smile
went from one ear to the other on his face.
“I guess you could have taken longer, right?” he joked.
I laughed. “Much longer.” We started back down the hallway. He asked me
questions about my summer, my old friends, and a lot of other things. He was
probably about 6 feet tall so, I had to look up to answer his questions, me being a
little size of 5 feet. When he asked about my father, I could feel tears starting to
come in my eyes and one silently fell down my face. The pictures of my father ranthrough my head over and over again: his perfect smile, his sense of humor, his big
bear hugs and then him with a cigarette in his between his lips and the last one, him
laying in the coffin at the funeral.
“I’m really sorry.” His smile faded away and bent down to me a hug. I hesitated
then hugged him back. He pulled away to look at my face with tears coming down and
then we walked back to class silently, a few tears still coming down my face. I used
my hand to wipe them away, hoping my mascara wouldn’t run. We walked into the
room together with many kids watching us. I sat down next to him and then about ten
minutes later, the bell rang. I didn’t bother to wait for him.
The rest of the day seemed long and then once I got to lunch, my last class, I
was starving. I bought a salad and water. I saw Ian waving his hands in the air. I
walked over to his table.
“Do you want to sit with me?” I could tell he really wanted me to sit with him.
I looked at the others at the table and their jaws were open.
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“Yeah. I mean, if your friends don’t mind.”
“No they don’t mind!” he grinned. I sat down in the empty seat next to him.
The girl across from me watched me as I stabbed a piece of lettuce and put it into my
mouth. She had long curly black hair with tan skin.
“Hi. My name’s Danielle. You’re Aurelia Esposito, right?” I put up one finger as I
finished chewing my food. I swallowed and looked back at her.
“Yes, I am.” And then I felt my phone vibrate again. I pulled it out. I was
Raquel again.
Oh that’s right cause of your mom. Are there any hot guys there???
I laughed and looked next to me and Ian was grinning at me. He was reading
over my shoulder, I could tell.
I haven’t really talked to many people yet. I only met one guy in my science
class. He’s really nice and he’s reading over my shoulder so I have to say something
nice about him. Ahah
I turned back to him and he was looking at me. I hadn’t pressed send yet. He
reached his hand over me to press the send button. I didn’t move. Then I looked at
my phone. “Message sent.” Then I looked back at him. He was grinning. I looked
across the table to Danielle. She was staring at me with an angry look on her face. I
wondered if I did something wrong. Then I looked back at my food and ate some
more. I reached to open my water but, it was already. I was sure I didn’t have any. Iheard a low chuckle from Ian. I didn’t dare to look him. I had a sip of my water and
put it down. I didn’t want to think of Ian in any way but a friend. I was hard for me
not to think like that. He was perfect. He had an amazing smile with shiny white
teeth, brilliant baby blue eyes, and the sleek black hair. I immediately pushed those
thoughts out of my head and ate again. I really wanted to go home already. Then my
life saver came, the bell. I quickly got up and threw my lunch away and walked to my
car.
And he was there. I froze at the entrance to the parking lot. He was parked one
car down from mine, a Honda Hybrid. I tried to hide as I walked to my car. I forgot Ileft my top down on my car. I threw my books in my car and stood there. I heard
footsteps coming closer to me. I turned around saw Ian across from me on the other
side of my car.
“Nice ride.”
“Thanks, I didn’t know you were like me.”
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He was confused. “Like you? You mean have parents who are rich and famous?”
“Y-yeah, why didn’t you tell me?”
“I didn’t think I had to. I don’t like being treated special either. It is annoying
isn’t it?” he smiled showing his teeth again. They shimmered in the sunlight, it hurtmy eyes. He started to walk around my car.
“Very.” He was closer to me now, standing next to me.
“You don’t think I’m cute like everyone else in this school does? Or do you think
I am but you were afraid to say it because I was reading the message?” he teased.
“I-I gotta go. See you tomorrow.” I pushed past him to my car door. I got into
my car and pulled away, I didn’t look back.
Chapter 2
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“Um, I’m not really sure yet, he’s really nice and cute but, I’m not looking for
a guy yet.” My answer was partially true.
“Oh, I was just wondering though. He seems really into you.”
I sighed. “I know. I have to go, sorry. Bye.” I ran to the register and paid cashfor the suits. I grabbed the bag and walked out to my car. I put the bag in the trunk
and started the car. I put the top back down and backed out of the parking space.
By the time I got home, it was 3:30. I put my car in the garage and took my
school bad and Victoria’s Secret bag and walked into the house. My mother was
lounged on the couch reading a People magazine.
“Oh hi mom, I didn’t know you were there.”
“Hey, sweetie, did you find anything nice?”
“Yeah, I bought three of them. A pink one, a green one and a purple one,
they’re really nice.”
“That’s nice. How was school?”
Damn. “Um, it was great. I met a couple of kids and my teachers are really
nice. What did you do today?” I sat down on the armchair next to her.
“Nothing really, I prepared to chicken for tonight and talked to my agent about
the new movie he signed me for!” he was practically yelling now.
“Mom that’s great! What movie is it?” I tried to sound as excited as possible.
“’Luckiest’, it’s a love story between a guy and a girl during the holocaust. It’s
going to be great and your allowed to come on set some days and watch me film it if
you want to.”
“Maybe I will one day.” That would be a great excuse to get out of school. “I’m
going to go upstairs and talk to some of my old friends. See you later.” I ran up steps
to my room and put my stuff on my bed. I opened my balcony doors and stepped out
on to it. It was huge. It had lounge chairs, a stereo and it had an awning over it if I
wanted it out. I laid down on one of the lounge chairs, watching the birds in the bluesky. I was looking at the clouds, looking for pictures of animals and people. Then I saw
an “I” and I sighed. I turned over on my side and closed my eyes. After about ten
minutes, I drifted to sleep……
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I woke up and the sun was setting. I jumped up and looked at my clock next to
my bed, 5:00. I changed out of my clothes and put on my sweatpants and a t-shirt and
I put my hair in a ponytail. I walked to the hallway and smelled the chicken cooking
downstairs. As I walked downstairs, I saw one of my maids, Lisa.
“Hello Miss Esposito. Your mother is cooking dinner downstairs.”
“Thanks, and please call me Aurelia. I would feel much better.” I smiled at her
and she smiled back.
“Okay, Aurelia.” I walked down the steps and walked into the kitchen. I saw my
mother making mashed potatoes while the chicken was in the oven. Marie was a great
cook, that’s why she didn’t want a chef in the house. She enjoyed making dinner for
me and herself every night. She didn’t notice me at first. I came up behind her as she
was smashing the potatoes so they were mushy.
“Hey mom, dinner smells great.” My voice cracked.
“Ah! Oh, it’s just you, Aurelia. You shouldn’t scare me like that.” She put a
hand over her heart.
I put my hand on her shoulder. “I’m sorry, I didn’t know I was going to scare
you,” I chuckled quietly, and then walked over to the breakfast bar. She turned
around to look me.
“That’s okay,” She laughed quietly along with me. “Did you have a nice nap?”
she joked.“Very pleasant, actually,” I laughed. “Is dinner almost ready?”
“Actually, it’s finished now,” She smiled and then back to the oven. She pulled
the chicken out and cut it into pieces. She took some mashed potatoes and chicken
and put it on a plate for me. “Here you go, sweetie,” She smiled again.
“Thanks mom,” I grabbed the plate and walked over to the table. I pulled the
chair out and ate quietly. “Wow, this is delicious, mom.” I put another piece of
chicken in my mouth.
She grinned. “Thanks honey.” The whole time we were eating, she was asking
me questions about my day. And I tried to answer as happily as possible. When I was
done, I took my plate and put it in the dishwasher, then say goodnight and went up
stairs. I pushed the power button on my laptop and waited for it to load. I typed in
my password and clicked out the little messages that came up. I clicked on my
messenger icon and the Safari icon. When I signed in on AIM, about 5 people IMed me
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all saying the same thing and I clicked them all out. I signed out of AIM and signed
onto Myspace. I had 4 messages, 5 comments, and 2 friend requests. I didn’t feel like
talking to anyone right now so I signed off. I looked on the time on my laptop, it was
8:30. I figured it was late enough to go to sleep. So I did.
A week passed and Ian and Aurelia were talking each day but, made no sort of progress in a real relationship.
My alarm woke me up at 6:00 Monday morning. I looked at the time. I groaned and
rolled back over. 5 minutes later, Marie came in and pulled the pillow off of my face.
“Sweetie, you have to get ready for school.” I opened my eyes and looked at
her. Her brown hair was up in a bun and she had a cup of coffee in her hand. “Come
on. You wouldn’t want to be late for school.”
I groaned again and sat up. I had school today. “Thanks mom. I’m not going
back to bed, trust me.”
“Okay honey. I’ll see you downstairs,” She put my pillow down next to me and
walked out of the room. I watched her close my door and heard her walk down the
stairs to the kitchen. I sat on the edge of my bed and stretched. I put on my slippers
and headed for my bathroom. I got dressed in my purple t-shirt and black skinny
jeans, and put on my make-up, including my new purple mascara.
I walked downstairs and sat down in the chair with my bag on the floor next to
me. “What’s for breakfast, ma?” I was still very tired.
“Well, pancakes and bacon. Do you like pancakes?” she smiled.
“Yes, I love pancakes.” I laughed.
She sighed in relief. “Okay, good. I made a lot.” She pointed to the big stack of
chocolate chip pancakes on the counter. My eyes grew wide in amazement. I stabbed
three pancakes on put them on my plate. Then, I took some bacon and apple juice
then walked back over to the table.
“So listen, Aurelia,” I looked up from my food, still chewing. “I’m not going to
bed here when you get home. I have to leave here to meet my agent to talk about thesome of the movies I’m going to be in. I won’t be back until 11 tonight. Are you going
to be okay here?”
“Yeah mom, I’ll be fine. I can make Mac and cheese for dinner.”
She smiled. “Okay, oh! I talked to Aunt Dana last night; we are going to go to
get Liliana in two weeks, over the weekend. We’ll take a plane to New York and stay
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for the weekend then come back in time for school on Monday. Does that sound good?
I know you miss her.”
I could feel my face light up. “It sounds great! I really have missed her a lot; I
can’t wait to see her.”
She looked at her watch. “Alright, you have to get going, honey. It’s 7:15.
You’re going to be late.”
Wow. “Okay, I’m leaving now. I’ll see you later mom. Bye.”
“Bye honey!” She called out into the entrance way. I slipped my shoes on and
threw my bag over my shoulder.
I walked quickly out to the garage to my car. I put my bag in the back, started
car, and then lowered the roof. I put my sunglasses on and adjusted my mirrors and I
was off to another day of my fabulous new school. I backed out slowly and turnedonto the busy street. I hoped this day wasn’t going to drag on and on. I took off my
sunglasses and left them hanging on the rear view mirror.
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Chapter 3
English was different today. There were no sounds as I walked down the aisle,
like there were. Except for the one guy who felt it was necessary to put his hand out
as I walked by so his hand would touch my leg. I glared at him when I sat down and
took out my notebook. I wasn’t really paying much attention to my teacher. I was
doodling aimlessly on my notebook while she was talking. The only part I caught was
that we were getting textbooks today. I looked up when she called my name to get a
textbook. I got up quickly and half-ran back to my seat. I put my name in the book
and filled out the card she gave me. I wrote quickly and neatly so I could get back to
my doodles. Once I was finished I walked back up to the front of the room to give Ms.
Greene my card.
I walked back to my seat and they boy put his hand out again. I stopped before
his hand and pushed it back onto his desk. He chuckled at what I did as I sat down. I
saw one of his friends look at me and I glared his him. He stopped laughing and looked
straight in front of him. I softly giggled.
“Hi, Aurelia,” a quiet voice spoke. I looked to my left at the girl next to me.
“Hi. Um, I’m sorry; I don’t know your name.” I felt embarrassed that I wasn’t
sure of her name.
She laughed. “My name’s Caitlyn. I didn’t get to talk to you last week.” The
way she spoke was very quiet. I had to lean over to hear what she was saying. She
didn’t seem to notice though.
“Oh, hello. I wasn’t really talking last week; it isn’t really your fault.”
“Well, how do you like L.A.?”
That was the first time someone asked me how I like where I’m living since I
got here. “Its fine I guess. I wasn’t really ready for the sudden heat though. I use to
live in New York City with my father.” I didn’t feel like going into details about my
father right now.
“Is it too hot for you then?” She honestly seemed curious about me.
“Not too hot, just hotter than I expected,” I smiled at her. She was very easy to
talk to. And then the bell rang.
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“I guess I’ll see you in lunch then.”
“Lunch?” That seemed to confuse me.
“Yeah, I’m in your lunch period. Actually, I sit at the same able as you too.”
I flushed a light pink because I didn’t notice her. “Oh. Then I’ll see you inlunch. Bye Caitlyn.”
“Bye Aurelia.” She smiled at me. I walked out of the classroom into the hot
hallway. I made my way to my next class, remembering how to get there. And then it
hit me. I have science next, and science meant Ian being there. He was one person I
wanted to see but, I didn’t like that I wanted to see him so much. It didn’t feel right,
I had just met him and I wanted to be around him so much. There was only one way
that I wouldn’t feel like that, and I wasn’t exactly sure it would work; I had to stay
away from him. I couldn’t think of trying to stay away from. It would be difficult
anyways. I sat next to him in one of my classes and I would see him every day after
school in the parking lot. Then that idea left my head. I was in front of my class now. I
peaked in and saw Ian sitting in his seat drumming his fingers. I sighed and stepped
into the room. I watched him, his fingers stopped and he smiled at me. I sat down and
looked at the board, even though class hadn’t started yet. He laughed and kept
staring at me.
“Hey.” I looked at him and saw him grinning at me.
“Hi, Ian.” I looked at the board.
“Are you ignoring me?” he seemed curious but a hint of amusement in his eyes.
I wasn’t sure if I should tell him the truth or what he wanted to hear. What if he
wanted to hear I was ignoring him? I couldn’t imagine why he would want that though.
I turned to look at him again. “Not exactly. I’m just trying to figure out
something right now.”
“And what would that be?”
Uh-oh. “I don’t know if I should tell you.” I looked back at the board. He
continued to stare at me.
“How come?” His eyes were burning the side of my head. I turned to face him
again.
“I’m not sure if I want you to know. It’s kind of a private thing.”
“I can keep a secret,” he smiled at me.
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I laughed and looked at my book. Then I picked up my pencil and started to
right something out on my book.
I think I like you.
I pushed my book in front of him for him to read it. His eyes turned wide andthey scanned the page over and over again. It seemed like he was reading it a million
times but I couldn’t be sure. Finally, he looked into my eyes. I had to look away from
him, too tempted to do something I shouldn’t. I concentrated on listening to Mr.
Tresser. Another announcement about getting a textbook, I really didn’t listen that
much. All I did was think about Ian. I listened to the sound of his laughter in my head;
it was the most beautiful laugh I had ever heard. It fascinated me. Everything about
him fascinated me. Then Mr. Tresser called my name.
“Huh?” I looked at him and Mr. Tresser looked up from the attendance sheet,
peeking over his glasses.
“I guess you’re here then,” he grumbled. I heard Ian laugh quietly next to me. I
narrowed my eyes and glared at him. He stopped laughing immediately, not wanting
to make me mad, I imagined and he looked away from me. I pulled my book away
from him and scribbled out what I wrote. I looked up at Ian for a second and saw hurt
on his face. I rolled my eyes and wrote on the paper again.
I didn’t want Mr. Tresser to see what I wrote. And
besides what said before it’s not something I know
for a fact. Im still deciding, just to let you know.
I pushed the note book back into his view and he read it. Then he smiled and
looked at me and mouthed the words “ok” at me.
“Ian? IAN!” Mr. Tresser was shouting now. Ian looked up at him.
“Huh? Oh, here.” He turned pink and looked at me again. For the rest of the
period, Mr. Tresser handed out our science textbooks and explained what we would be
learning this year. I tried to pay attention to him as much as I could but my plan
didn’t work out too well. Every couple of minutes I would peek out the corner of myeye at him. He leaned back against the lab chair with his fingers were tapping a song.
When I watched for too long, he would look at me and smirk. It seemed that the bell
rang softer than usually, I barely heard it. I got up and put my book into my backpack
at a normal pace. Ian was waiting at the door for me. I walked over to him.
“Did you make your decision yet? He was amused.
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I flushed a deep red and looked down. “Yes.”
He waited for me to respond. “Are you going to tell me?”
I looked up into his eyes and gulped. “Don’t you already know?”
“I guess I do but I want to hear it said.” He tried to look at my face; I didn’t lethim, since I had but my head down to look at the floor. He knew that it was going to
be a challenge to get me to say it aloud.
“I’m not sure if I want to say it.” I had to put up some of an argument.
“Please?” His eyes were looking at me, searching for my face through my hair. I
pulled my hair back behind my ear. I looked at him. We were walking to my next
class, study hall.
“I have a better idea. My mom won’t be home until late tonight. Why don’t youcome over my house?” I smiled at him.
“Sure. Do you want to meet me there or should I follow you?” he sounded very
excited about our little plan.
“You can follow me. I’ll see you later. Bye, Ian.” He should meet me there? He
didn’t know where I lived though. I walked into my class and sat in my seat. The
whole time, I was doodling on my notebook covers. Everywhere it said Ian’s name. I
tried to erase most of it; it didn’t work out too well. I tried to think about what my
mother would say if she knew that Ian was coming over. Would she be mad? Or excited
that I brought a friend home? Either way, she wouldn’t find out that he was going tobe there. I looked around me and saw that I was the only one in the classroom. The
bell must have ringed.
The rest of the day was like this, I wouldn’t hear the teacher call my name or
hear the bell, and he was making me deaf to everything else beside my thoughts.
Once I got to lunch, my ears went back to normal. I heard everyone talking in the
cafeteria, even though it sounded more like screaming. I walked up to counter and
bought a salad and water again. Then saw Ian at the same table as yesterday, only he
was sitting at the far end by himself. I walked past everyone else at the table and
stopped in front of the chair across from him. He looked up at me and smiled.
“Can I sit with you?” I smiled back at him.
“That’s what I was hoping.” He watched me as I sat down in the chair. Then I
picked up my fork and started to eat. “You really want me to come over your house
today?” He was still smiling.
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“Did you think I was joking?”
“I wasn’t sure.” He looked over my shoulder to another table. I followed his
glance. Then he focused back at me. “You don’t seem like anyone else in this school.
You don’t like to put yourself in a showcase and let everyone see that you’re rich and
famous. Everyone who’s like us does that. They like having special treatment, howcome you dont?”
I had to think about it for a minute. “I guess I’m so use to being treated
normal, I hate being in the spotlight. How come you don’t like it?” I didn’t really want
to talk about me too much.
He just watched me as he thought of his answer. “I feel like whoever is
watching me is waiting for me to do something stupid. That’s why I didn’t want to tell
you who I really was. But now I see you’re not like that. So I’m not afraid anymore.”
He smiled his famous glistening smile. I looked at the other kids at the table, theywere watching us. I looked back at Ian. He wasn’t smiling anymore; he looked like he
was upset about something.
I pulled my eyebrows together and tried to see his face. “Are you okay?”
He looked up from the table and looked at me. “I’ll tell you about it later.”
We sat like this for this rest of the lunch period. He ate quietly, keeping his
face down so I couldn’t see. I kept looking around at the other people at our table;
they watched me, especially Danielle. I was started to think that Ian and her were
together or are together. They didn’t act like it though, so maybe Danielle just likedhim. Either way, I don’t think Danielle liked me very much. I watched Ian for the rest
of the period and then the bell rang. Ian looked up at me.
“Let’s go,” He still seemed upset about something. I didn’t want to ask him
about it now.
He followed me to the parking lot and got in his car. I walked over to his car.
“You’re following me, right?”
He rolled down his window. “That’s the plan.” He smiled and left his window
down. I walked back over to my car and got in. Then I put on my sunglasses and pulled
out of my spot, out onto the main road. He stayed behind me the whole time. Every
now and then I would look at my rear view mirror to look at him. He had on big black
sunglasses and was smirking. I tried to focus on not hit a car, or a person. We got to
my house at 3:00. He pulled up into the empty space in the garage and pulled into
mine. I hung my glasses on my rear view mirror and looked over at Ian. He did the
same thing. He laughed and I joined in.
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He got out of his car and waited for me. I got out quickly and walked up to the
front door and unlocked it. I walked into the large entry way. I turned to look behind
me at Ian. He was looking up at the high ceilings. Then he looked back at me.
“I like your house. It’s huge.” He laughed.
“Thanks. I’m still getting use to it though. I moved here about two weeks ago.”
I slipped of my flip flops and walked into the living room. “Are you going to tell me
what you were upset about in lunch?”
He looked away from me and frowned. “I guess.” He walked into the living
room and sat down on the couch next to me. He looked back at me. “Do you really
want to know?”
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“I’ve wanted to know since we left lunch.”
He looked away at me again. “Danielle and I were going out but, then she saw
me and you together. So, she broke up with me. She didn’t like that we were talking.”
He kept his head down.
I felt terrible. I broke Ian and his girlfriend up. There had to be some way that I
could get them back together. I wasn’t sure if Danielle wanted to get back together
with him though. I wanted him to be here with me. I didn’t want him to be with
Danielle.
“When she heard that I was coming to your house today…” He shook his head.
“She was so mad at me. She texted me and told me that she didn’t want to be with
me if I was going to be friends with you.” He put his head in his hand. “But the really
bad thing is that I don’t want to be with her anymore. We’ve been together for so
long but things have changed.” He lifted his head and looked at me.
I was so confused. I made things change between him and his girlfriend? I could
do that? “I don’t want to ruin things with you and Danielle. You should get back
together with her.”
He smiled at me. “Did you not hear me? I don’t want to be with her anymore.
She’s changed and I don’t like it. Even if she wanted to be with me, I don’t want to be
with her.”
I looked back into his bright eyes. It’s like they hypnotized me. We sat like that
for a minute or two. I turned my head. “I’m hungry.” I got up and started to walk
towards the kitchen. “Do you want anything?” I yelled into the living room.
“What can you make?” I heard him laugh. Then I heard footsteps coming into
the kitchen. He stood next to me.
I laughed with him. “Mac and cheese, I don’t suppose that you could do any
better.” He started to look in all of my cabinets. He took out some pasta, sauce,
shredded cheese and some seasonings.
“Where do you keep your pots?” he smiled at me.
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“Under the cabinet next to the sink.” I watched him walk over to the cabinet
and he pulled out a medium sized pot. He walked over the sink and put water in it
then put it on the stove. I followed him over to the stove. He turned around to face
me.
“I’m going to make you pasta and sauce.” He smiled. “It’s much better thanmac and cheese.”
“You don’t have to.” I laughed.
“Your right, I want to.” I walked over to the breakfast bar and watched him
cook. He was a great chef, that’s for sure. Once he was done, he put the pasta in a
bowl and got a fork. Then he turned and put the bowl in front of me. I pulled the
bowl closer to me and took a bite.
He watched me take a couple of bites. “What do you think?”
It took me a minute to finish chewing what I was eating, and then I swallowed.
“It’s really good. Thank you.” I took another bite.
He laughed. “My pleasure.” He took his bowl and sat down next to me. He
watched me as I ate, even though he was eating too. I ate slowly and he was finished
before me. He waited. When I was done, he took my bowl and put it in the
dishwasher. “What do you want to do now?” He was smiling now.
“I’m not sure… I really didn’t think about it when I invited you over.” I laughed.
He joined me. “Can I see your room?” he raised his eyebrows.
I thought about it for a moment, a guy in my room while my mom isn’t home. It
didn’t sound like the best idea but I really didn’t care. “Sure. Follow me.” I headed
for the stairs and he followed. I stopped in front of my door and put my hand on the
handle. I took a deep breath and pushed the door open. I stepped inside and looked at
Ian. He circled the whole room, touching everything lightly with his fingertips. When
he made it back to me, he smiled.
“It’s a very big room you have.” He chuckled.
“Thanks.” I walked over to sit on the edge of my bed. Ian followed me. We
stared at each other for a long moment. Ian put my hair behind my ear. The feel of his
skin was amazing. I grabbed his hand and pulled it back to my cheek. I held his hand
there for a moment, feeling the soft touch of his skin. It made my cheek hot. Then I
took it off and looked away. I flushed a light red and walked onto my balcony. I held
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never knew it. My mind went back to all of the memories I had with him: lunch time,
the playground, music class, our class pet, playing with blocks. I couldn’t believe I
didn’t recognize him the first time I saw him. I didn’t understand how I just
remembered him. I flushed and looked away from him.
“Whats wrong?” He was confused.
I looked back at him. “Nothing, I just can’t believe it’s really you, Ian. You
were every one of my classes while I was here, my best friend. Even in preschool. And
I still didn’t know it was you. You didn’t look the least bit familiar to me.”
“So you’re embarrassed about that?” He seemed even more confused than
before.
I flushed even deeper. “There’s more to the story.”
He smiled. “I have time to listen.” Then he grabbed my hand and pulled meback into my bedroom. I let go of his hand and sat with my legs crossed on my bed.
He sat across from me, copying my position. He waited for me to say something.
“Are you going to explain the rest of the story?” He grabbed my hand again and
smiled.
I looked down at our hands and then at the clock. It was 5:30. Then I locked my
eyes on his. “Ever since we first met… I… wanted you.” I stared at my hand in
between his. I felt my cheeks getting warmer.
Ian waited. “Is that it? Or is there more to the story?” He was still smiling.
I continued to watch our hands. He was rubbing my hand with his thumb.
“Well, not really. It’s just that we were best friends. We did everything together.” I
looked up at him again.
“Aurelia, You don’t understand how I felt, how I feel now! We were young and
afraid to tell each other the truth. It pained me when you left to go to live with your
father. I had no idea you weren’t going to come back. I would ask my parents and they
wouldn’t tell me. Once I hit 7th grade I started to change into my scene punk look.”
He laughed quietly. “Then in 8th grade I found Danielle, and we had been togetherever since. That’s why it pained me so much when she wanted to break up with me.
She doesn’t know that you were around a few years ago. She didn’t know how much it
hurt. Even though we were only 8 and 9 years old, I still wanted to be around you so
much. Then I saw you in science class. It amazed me that you had come back to L.A.
It was like a reunion for me, of course you didn’t know that we knew each other years
back. And here we are.” I was still watching him. I was afraid to look up at him.
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I kept my head down. “And here we are…” I repeated.
“And where is that?” I glanced up and held my eyes on his. His eyes were the
bright baby blue I loved. They were deep; I could look into his eyes all day long. I had
to force myself to look away.
Ian pulled my face so he could see it. “Don’t be embarrassed. There’s nothing
wrong with this.” He looked down and closed his eyes. “I want you, Aurelia.”
I couldn’t think of anything to say to him. The thoughts in my head were
rushing, almost giving me a headache. The room turned silent, but I still heard my
thoughts. There were millions of little questions that needed to be answered. Most of
them I didn’t want to be answered. I pulled myself into his lap and put my head on his
shoulder. I wrapped my arms around his neck and sat there. He took his arms and
placed them on my waist, pulling me closer to him. His hands were cold now,
traveling up and down on my lower back. He didn’t go any farther than my waist.
It felt like we were sitting like this for hours, not minutes. Finally, Ian moved
his head to look at me. He stared at me for a moment then spoke very quietly.
“I think I better go now. It’s getting late and I don’t want my parents to get
worried. I’m sorry.” I climbed out of his lap onto my bed and watched him.
“I’ll see you tomorrow.” I smiled at him.
He smiled back his famous smile. He got up and headed for the hallway. I
followed him. He stopped at the front door, took a deep breath and turned to faceme. Then he bent down and his lips pressed on my cheek. My face turned to a bright
red color. “Bye, Aurelia.” He held my hands for a moment then let go and turned
away.
“Bye.” I spoke in a whisper this time. I watched him walk to the garage and
pull out of the drive way. I looked in my hand and there was a piece of paper that had
his cell phone number on it, then I shoved the paper in my pocket.
I turned around once he left the driveway and saw Lisa standing there with the
duster her hand. Her mouth was open and her eyes were wide. A bad feeling rose
inside me, it was telling me that something I didn’t want to happen was going to.
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“Uh hi Lisa, How long have you been there?” My throat was still dry.
Her expression turned angry. “Long enough, Miss Esposito. I’m going to have to
tell your mother about this, you know. I don’t think she would approve of young men
in the house while she is away.” She walked back over the table she was dusting. “Or,
you could tell her yourself.”
If Marie found out from Lisa that Ian was over, she probably wouldn’t trust me
or believe me ever again. If she found out from me, she probably only wouldn’t trust
me again. Either way, nothing good was going to happen so I might as well tell her
myself.
“I think I’m going to tell her myself. It will be easier for her to hear it from
me.” Though she wasn’t the one I was worried about. If I ever wanted Ian to come
over here again, I had to make sure Marie didn’t flip out on me.
Lisa gave me a dirty look and turned off to her finish her work. Then my phone
vibrated in my pocket. When I pulled it out, the little piece of paper came out with
it, Ian’s number. As I made my way up the stairs, I punched in Ian’s number into my
iPhone, and then sent him a message.
Hey Ian.
My laptop took longer than usual today. After about 10 minutes, the screen
loaded. I set up a virus scan for while I was in the shower. Then I put my pajamas out
on my bed. BUZZ BUZZ , my phone.
Hey, I didn’t think you were going to text me. Haha
I chuckled.
Actually I have to get in the shower so ill text you when im done. Bye.
My phone made a thud sound as I threw it on my pillow and landed on the floor.
I didn’t bother to pick it up; instead I wrapped the towel around me and ran to the
bathroom. Once I was in the shower, I tried to wash off the stress on me and then
stood there for a long half hour. I rubbed my hair quickly as when I attempted to dry
it. The towel didn’t work, so I got my hair dryer and it didn’t take long for my hair to
dry like that. I put on my pajamas and picked up my phone, then sent Ian another
message.
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That night, my dreams were filled of Ian. The one that I remembered the most
was us lying under the stars. My head was on his chest with his arm around me. Then
his lips gently touched mine and he held it there for a long moment. A dark figure
appeared behind us, the man had a knife. I jumped up and started running. When I
looked back, Ian wasn’t behind me. The mysterious man had already gotten to him.
I sat up and was breathing heavily. I turned to look at the clock, 4 in the
morning. I put my pillow over my eyes and wished to myself that Ian was here with
me. It was easier for me to fall asleep now and I woke up at a normal time a couple of
hours later. I picked up my phone and was about to text Ian again, but he was
probably still asleep. I walked to the bathroom and got ready, wearing my favorite
band t-shirt with another pair or black skinny jeans and my hair in low pigtails. I lay in
my bed until I had to leave to go to school, I didn’t feel like talking to my mother
right now. Time went by faster than I thought it would. By the time I looked my clock
for the third time it was time for me to leave.
I ran from my bedroom door and almost fell down the stairs while doing it. I
put my shoes on and walked to my car.
When I got to school, Ian was leaning casually against the wall. His arms were
folded on his chest and his eyes were closed. I tried to be quiet as closed my car door
and walked towards him. I grabbed his hand, unfolding his arms, and held it tightly in
mine. His eyes opened, looking at me.
“Hi, how was your night?”
I put my arms around him, my head on his chest. It reminded me of my terrible
nightmare. “Horrible.” Tears were starting to build up in my eyes.
His arms immediately wrapped around me. “What? What happened?” His voice
was anxious, or scared?
Tears came down my face now. “A nightmare, you were gone. Everything was
peaceful and then…” I felt more warm tears run down my face. “… A man came. H-he
killed you. A-and I ran as fast as I could. I thought you were behind me and then I
looked b-back and you weren’t there.” The words were rushing out of my mouth.
“Don’t worry, I’m not going anywhere.” He pulled back to look at my face. A
new set of tears rolled out of my eyes. He wiped them away with his hand.
“I meant what I said last night, I really did.” He took me back into his chest.
Most of my tears had stopped now.
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He looked at the watch, then back at me.
“We should get to class.” He pulled me to walk with him to my class. He kept
my hand in his the whole time. I didn’t refuse when he hugged me this time in front
of my class. Though, his hug was more like a squeeze, but I didn’t hug back that
tightly and he held me like that for about 10 seconds.
He whispered in my ear. “I love you.” Ian looked at my face, I guess he found it
amusing that my eyes were wide with shock, and smiled. He spun around to the other
direction and walked off to his class. I stood there for a moment. I took my seat in my
class quickly. All I wanted was to be with Ian right now. My fingers were tapping at a
rapid speed and Katelyn was watching me the whole time. Every now and then I
would accidentally give a rude look. When Ms. Greene called on me to answer a
question, my answer didn’t make much sense. It was clear to her that I didn’t want to
be here right now. I put my stuff away 5 minutes before the bell so I wouldn’t have to
waste time putting them into my bag. My foot tapped the whole time, too. I jettedout of my seat when the bell rang and sped to my class. As I walked down the hallway,
I saw Ian talking to Danielle. She was yelling at him about something. He didn’t seem
to care much for what she had to say. He stood there with his hands in his pockets and
he wasn’t saying anything. His eyes found mine and then he smirked at me. Danielle
followed his gaze to me and her mouth dropped. She turned back to him and shoved
him back. He hit into the lockers. I ran over to where he was standing.
“What the hell is going on?” By this point, I was furious at Danielle.
Danielle looked at me. “This is your entire fault, Aurelia!” Then she pointedher finger to Ian. “You knew that we were going out and you went for him anyway! I
thought you wanted to be my friend!” She stormed off down the hallway.
I watched her walk down the hall. Ian came up to me and took my hand. “Sorry
about that.”
“Why is she mad at me?” I was still watching her walk down the hall.
“She thinks you’re the reason that I said no to be her boyfriend again.” He had
a huge smile on his face.
I turned slowly to look at him. My temper went down now, but I was more upset
with myself than her. “I told you this wouldn’t be a good idea.” My eyes met the floor.
“And I told you that she didn’t matter to me. Forget what she said. It isn’t your
fault. She changed, do you remember that whole conversation?” he teased.
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“Yeah I do… I guess you’re right though.” My eyes met his. They were gentle.
“Are you sure? She seemed really mad.”
He sighed loudly. “I am absolutely positive.” He pulled me into his chest and
wrapped his arms around me. “The only thing you have to worry about is what people
are going to say now.” He glanced up to the crowd of people watching us. Most oftheir jaws were down to the floor. “But that’s not even something big to worry
about.”
I laughed. “I guess not, since you’d protect me right?” I followed the gaze to
the large crowd and laughed again, flushing a red.
I walked into class with his arm around my shoulder. He put his lips to my ear.
“If we are going to be public about it, we might at well make it good.” He
laughed but kept his lips at my ear, kissing it.
I pushed him away when Mr. Tresser walked in the room. He laughed at how I
didn’t like our public display of affection. I threw an annoyed look at him. He quickly
fixed his expression and listened to Mr. Tresser’s lesson. I caught on quick, too. Ian’s
eyes burned me when he glanced. It was like I could feel the sudden heat on my body.
I didn’t want to look at him, thinking I would get distracted, but my plan didn’t work
out too well. Mr. Tresser called on me to answer a question but since I was looking at
Ian, I didn’t get it right and Ian found it hilarious. The class seemed to be extra long
today, but it didn’t make much sense though. I wasn’t waiting for anything or wanting
to be any where in particular, except for right here with Ian.
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Chapter 6
When the class was finally over, I let out a long, quiet sigh but, Ian seemed to
notice. He laughed aloud as he waited for me to get my books in my bag. As soon as
we were out of the classroom, I reached for his hand and he automatically gave it to
me. It seemed like nothing now, like I had done it a lot before, like it was a normal
thing to do, it felt right.
Once again, I felt his eyes on me. He was smiling at me. “Are you okay about
this now? Or are you still having those feelings?”
“Not really, I guess they went away some how…” My voice drifted off. I was
looking ahead of me, heading for my next class. I figured that Ian was going to walk
me, assuming he didn’t mind being late to his own. I guess he didn’t mind that there
were people staring at us the whole to way my class. It didn’t seem to bother me too
much, plus, even if it did, I would have to get used to it. Danielle passed us, headedthe other way, and gave me a dirty look. I shrugged and smiled. I saw a lot of hurt on
her face. I looked away from her and saw Ian. He didn’t mind at all, in fact, he was
laughing. I stopped in the hall.
“Ian, she’s really hurt about this. I’m not saying anything about us not being
together it’s just…” I wasn’t sure how to end it. “…I have to do something for her. At
least try to do something so she won’t be so mad.”
He didn’t like hearing me say those words. His eyebrows pulled together.
“Please listen to me, Aurelia. You don’t have to do anything for her. It’s not your faultshe extremely jealous of us.” He was whispering now as he ran his fingers through my
hair.
I understood everything that he said but, I still felt as if I needed to make it up
to her. All I could do was nod. He didn’t want me to be upset about it, it wasn’t
something I had to be upset about, and so I wasn’t going to be. I wanted to be with
Ian. He was my best friend, my boyfriend. I didn’t want that to change, I loved him.
“I won’t be upset anymore.” He put his forehead to mine. I looked into his
bright baby blue eyes. They mesmerized me. I wished that I could look into them all
day. There were so many feelings in them: anger, hurt, and my favorite, love, his love
for me. He told me he loved me before, and I love him, but I wasn’t ready to say it to
say it back to him yet, even though I know that it is true. He knows it is true, too. Ian
knows so much without me even telling him. He knows I love him, he knows that I’m
afraid to tell him, he knows that I want for us to be together, but that I don’t want to
hurt Danielle. I was beginning to think that moving to Los Angeles wasn’t that good.
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He kissed me on my cheek and held it there. I felt the corners of his lips curl
up. “I’ll see you later.” He moved his lips up to my ear. “I love you.” He whispered so
quietly I wasn’t sure he was talking or if I was just thinking he was saying it.
Ian started to pull away but I moved my face so that I was an inch away from
his. I opened my mouth to say the three words I have been longing to say. Hisexpression stayed the same, blank. My eyes were watching his. They were moving
quickly across my face looking at every part of it. I shook my head, pulling me out of
his trance.
I took my hand off of his face and took my other off of his shoulder and turned
around. I walked slowly into my class. I glanced over my shoulder to see Ian watching
me walk into the class. I focused on getting to my seat without looking back. When I
sat down, I looked at the doorway and Ian was gone. I put my head down on my desk
and sighed. I had so much to think about now.
My thoughts for that class all revolved around Ian. I had to get one thing
straight, is being with him worth hurting someone else? Even if the person being hurt
was Danielle, it still wasn’t right. He loved me and we just found each other again, I
wasn’t ready to let him leave me again. I wanted to know everything about him; I
wanted to have things like they used to be. Back in my city, with my father, in my
house, being with my friends. I knew that 1 of those 4 things would not be possible. I
most likely wasn’t going to get what I wanted though. If I left here again, what about
Ian? He wanted me to stay those many years ago. It seemed too soon when the bell
rang. I jumped up and dragged myself out the door to finish the rest of my day.
When the bell rang at the end of gym, I practically ran to lunch. My need to see
him was desperate. I didn’t see him, but I saw Danielle. She was standing at the table
where we sat.
“Sorry Aurelia, but you can’t sit here.” Danielle folded her arms over her chest.
I narrowed my eyes. “Who died and made you queen, Danielle?”
“Ha Ha, really cute, Well actually, you can sit here but, you’re not welcome.”
She pointed to a table across the lunch room. I saw Ian sitting there with some of his
friends. He caught my glance and then looked at Danielle. “Your boyfriend isn’t reallywelcome here either.” Elizabeth laughed along with her.
“I don’t want to sit here if Ian isn’t sitting here so I guess I’ll see you later.”
She glared at me and sat down in her seat. I made my way over to where Ian was
sitting with Peter and Cameron. I never really talked to his friends before but it
seemed like the perfect time to start. We were the same kind of kids; we listened to
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the same kind of music and wore the same kind of clothes. I sat down quickly in the
empty seat next to Ian. Ian never took his eyes off of me and always smiling.
As soon as I took my bag off of my shoulder, Ian took my hand and pulled it on
top of the table. Peter looked away and Cameron watched us, even though there was
nothing to watch, since we hadn’t kissed yet.
Ian looked at the empty table in front of me and frowned. “Not hungry today?”
I shrugged. “Not really.” I gazed over my shoulder to see the old table of
people glaring at me. Ian followed my gaze. “So immature…” I muttered under my
breath.
Ian laughed quietly then turned back to the table. “Aurelia, this is Cameron
and Peter.” He pointed them out when he said their names.
“Hi Peter, Hi Cameron. “ I smiled at them. They both smiled back, thenCameron looked down at our hands, our fingers were intertwined together, and then
back up at us.
“So I guess you both have decided to make your little relationship public now,
right?” Peter joked to me and Ian.
“Peter, please don’t-” Ian’s expression became pleading. I knew why, he didn’t
want to see me upset again.
“Okay okay!” He held his hands up, like he was restraining him. “You don’t
need to get mad. I just figured it was about time you two turned public.” Cameronturned to me.
“You know, Aurelia, when Ian saw you in science class, you were all he talked
about.” He became amused, like it was a joke that I didn’t find funny, but I decided it
was something else.
Ian flushed a pink and looked down to his free hand fiddling with his water
bottle. I took my other hand and brushed his cheek.
Peter laughed loudly. “Aw! That’s so cute, you’re blushin’, dude!”“Shut up Peter! You think I don’t know that...” Ian became frustrated as he
trailed off.
I continued to rub his cheek. I spoke as quiet as I could, so Cameron and Peter
couldn’t hear. “I think it’s cute, seriously.”
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Ian looked up at me and laughed. He pulled my hand away from his face and
put it down on the table.
“We don’t’ need to be that public.” He was quiet as me when he spoke.
“Might as well get used to it, right?” I put my head on his shoulder, watchingPeter and Cameron.
“So Pete, how are you and Rachelle doing? You kiss her yet?” Ian had to find
some way to get back at him and he just did.
Peter looked around the lunch room. “Dude, keep it down! We didn’t tell
anyone yet and I don’t need her to get mad at me.”
“Did you?” I chimed in.
He glared at me. “Actually, you shouldn’t be talking Miss I-stole-Ian-from-Danielle.” I could tell by his face he was joking with me.
“Really funny, Pete, but I’m going to take that as a yes.” Ian laughed and I
joined in.
“Listen, you really shouldn’t say anything because if you do-” Peter started to
say something but Cameron didn’t let him finish.
“He will do something that involves a lot of curses that I don’t need to hear.”
Cameron was sensitive to cursing, so Peter had to restrain from using it. Ian, on the
other hand, had nothing to worry about. I lifted my head from Ian’s shoulder andlooked to Danielle. She had her middle finger straight up in the air; I knew she was
giving it to me. I really didn’t care for anything that she did so I gave her the “I love
you” sign with my free hand. I laughed at her expression when she finally understood
what it meant. Ian followed my gaze to Danielle and laughed along with me. Danielle
put her finger down and went back to eating her food. I turned back to the table and
put my head down.
I felt Ian’s hand on my head. “What’s wrong?”
“Nothing, I’m tired.” I mumbled softly. I assumed he barely heard me.He laughed. His laugh was like the rain for me. The rain was so peaceful and it
calmed me. Every time I hear him laugh it’s like my body gets refreshed.
I guess I fell asleep because when I got up, Ian was patting my shoulder.
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“Aurelia, come on, it’s time to go home.” I raised my head sleepily and looked
around.
“Where is everyone?” I was still mumbling.
“On their way to their cars most likely.” He laughed.I jumped up and headed for the door, without thinking of Ian. I stopped in my
tracks and waited for him to take my hand again. Once he grabbed my hand, I sighed
in relief.
Ian walked me to my car and pushed the door closed when I went to open it.
“Are you sure you can drive home? Or are you too tired?”
“No, I’m fine. I promise.” I grinned at him and went to open the door again. I
looked back at Ian. “Why won’t you let me leave?” It sounded like I was wining.
He ignored my question and asked one himself. “Can I come over today?”
I bit my lip. I really wished that my mother was going to be okay with my
answer. “Of course, are you going straight there or going home first?” I really wished
that he was going to go home first. Then I would have time to tell my mom about him.
“I’ll come right now.” He smiled. Damn, even though I wanted him to go home
first, I didn’t.
“Okay, then can I do something before when go to my house.” I was curious for
his answer.
“Sure, I guess so.”
I got up on my tippy toes and reached for his cheek. He bent down a little bit,
it didn’t help that much. Then I softly kissed his cheek. I pulled away too soon; I knew
it felt it was too soon.
“See you soon.” I pushed past him to my car door and got in. He walked back
to the curb and touched his cheek. I giggled and kissed my hand and waved to him. He
walked off to his car, with his hand still on his cheek.
I was there before him when I got to my house, so I ran inside to my mother.
She was sitting in the kitchen reading her cooking magazine. It seemed safe enough to
make sure she would be okay with Ian here.
“Hey mom, what did you do today?” I tried not to make my voice sound too
suspicious.
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“Well, I spoke with my agent on the phone about the movie, called one of my
friends, and found some new recipes on the computer.” She sounded proud of herself,
especially when she said she was on the computer. I had thought that she was
technology deprived.
“Sounds like you had a lot of fun, who did you call?” I was really hoping shewasn’t going to say Ian’s mother.
“Camille Michaels, do you remember her? She used to come over here a lot for
lunch and dinner with her husband, Greg, and her kids, Ian, Ryan and Madison.”
Crap. “Yeah, I do. And funny you should bring her up actually…” I was trying to
say this as easily as possible. She defiantly became confused. “I met Ian in school.
Well, on the first day of school, actually.” I finally remembered that I never told her
about yesterday. “And he was over her yesterday while you were gone. Lisa saw us
and she was going to tell you but I was afraid that you were going to be mad so I toldher that I was going to tell you and here I am.” My mouth became extremely dry.
She raised her eyebrows. “Oh. Well, you don’t have to be afraid to tell me. I
don’t mind, really I don’t. I wish you wouldn’t be afraid to tell me things like this,
though.”
“He’s coming over here… uh, today, now, really.” I was more relieved to get it
off my chest.
“Oh okay, I wish I would have known he was coming over early. I could have
picked out something more normal for dinner. I wonder if he likes enchiladas…” Shegot quietly as she spoke the last line to herself. “Well, when will he be here?”
Ding Dong! I ran to the door.
“Right now, I guess.” My mother spoke underneath her breath.
I opened the door and gave him a big hug; I had to jump up to reach him. I
smiled at him. Ian smiled back and then focused on something in the background, my
mother. “Hello Ms. Esposito.” He was being very polite.
She smiled. “Call me Marie, dear. It’s nice to see you again. You grew so big!”She laughed.
“Thanks.” Ian overlooked his body and then back to her.
An awkward silence began for about a minute. “Okay, so Ian and I are going
upstairs. See you later, mom.” I grabbed his wrist and pulled him behind me up the
stairs. I opened the door to my room and left him free of my hold.
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“I thought your mom might freak out on me.” He laughed as walked to my bed.
“So did I, until after I talked to her and she was fine.” He opened his arms for
me to sit and I gladly accepted. I placed my head on his shoulder and he wrapped his
arms around me. We sat like this for only a moment. Ian kissed the top of my head
then he put me on my feet. I frowned. “Why would you do that?”
Ian moved so he was lying on the bed, signaling me to come lay with him. I
hesitated for a moment then decided it didn’t matter. I climbed onto my bed and
cuddled next to him. He was held up by his right elbow and his other hand was around
me. My face was pushed up against his chest and my right arm wrapped around his
body. I sighed.
“Are you okay?” He was always curious about everything I did.
“Yeah, the sigh was in relief.”
“Oh, I see.” He chuckled.
We sat like this for about an hour, peacefully not saying anything, except for
my occasional sigh. I looked up at Ian’s face, his eyes were closed and he wasn’t
smiling. By now, he was off of his hand and he was lying on his back. I deliberated and
thought if now if the best time was now to take him by surprise and let him know
every single one of those feelings about Danielle were gone. What if he was sleeping?
That wouldn’t be very good but, if he wasn’t, it would be perfect. I didn’t really think
he was sleeping, it seemed like he was though... oh well.
I reached up slowly, using my left hand to push me closer to him. I stopped
once my face was inches from his. A smile appeared on his face and he opened his
eyes. I let myself fall back to the bed as fast as I could.
He laughed quietly. I didn’t hear him; I only felt the bed vibrated under me.
“You thought I was sleeping, didn’t you?”
“I thought you were, but I didn’t want you to be.” I huffed out a breath of air.
I kept my eyes away from his, afraid to see them. “Hmm, I have to say, you
were rather close to me.” He laughed quietly again. “I guess it was about this closeright?” He pulled my face up so it was about the same distance away as it was before.
“Yeah, I guess so.” My breathing accelerated.
Ian moved closer so our noses and foreheads were touching. I closed my eyes,
since it was making me cross-eyed, which gave me a headache, if I tried still look at
his eyes. The closeness made me start gasping for air.
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Chapter 7
Ian held me like that for a moment. I wanted him to do it already… so I did. I
pushed in even closer so our lips lightly were brushing each other. Ian pushed in closer
and our lips mashed together. I put my hand in his hair and knotted my fingers,
holding him here. I felt his lips turn into a smile.
“Aurelia.” He mumbled as our lips were still smashed together.
“Hm?” That’s all I could get out. I wouldn’t let anything else out.
“Your mother.”
I froze. “What about her?”
He laughed slightly. “She’s coming up the stairs. I hear her.”
I jumped off of him and sat down on my bed with him next to me fiddling with
my hair as I pretended to text Raquel.
KNOCK KNOCK! I practically jumped up when I heard my mom knocking.
I cleared my throat. “Come in!” I was still “texting” Raquel. I felt Ian tugging
on my hair. “What are you doing?”
“Braiding it.” He chuckled. “I do my little sister’s all the time. You should meet
her, she’ll really like you.”
“Hello?” Marie’s voice was a more soprano voice, a bit higher than mine. It
sounds like a little kids voice.
“Oh sorry, mom. Whats up?” I tried to sound as normal as possible.
She was leaning on the doorway of my room. “Dinner’s ready if you two want
some.” She was smiling at us; apparently she liked us getting along.
“We’ll be down in a minute, mom.” I smiled back her and then I shot a glance
to Ian.
She knew what I meant and nodded once, Ian wasn’t paying any attention to
us. “Okay, I’ll be downstairs.” She left the room, closing the door behind her.
Ian stopped braiding my hair and watched me. I leaned in again to kiss him and
we did. He took the lead this time. My lips moved perfectly like his, synchronized
with his. My arms were down on my lap and his were on my waist. We sat like this for
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a little while again. Then I pulled away too soon. I caught him off guard. His eyes
were still closed when I let go.
His eyes opened slowly. Ian laughed when he saw me watching him.
“We have to go eat dinner now, don’t we?” He was still laughing.“Yeah, we do.” I chuckled along with him. “But first, I want to tell you
something.” I climbed into his lap and put my mouth to his ear and cupped it.
“I love you.”
He pulled away and looked into my eyes. “I know you do. And I love you, too.
Probably more than you love me but, we aren’t going to have that argument right
now. Let’s go eat.” He had a huge smile on his face then he stood up and reached out
for my hand. I gladly took it and walked out of my room.
We walked down the steps together, hand in hand, and walked into the kitchen.
I went to pull my hand away from his when we reached the dining room. Ian stopped
fast and looked at me. His eyes were filled with worry.
“Why don’t you want to hold my hand?” He seemed very upset by that.
“My mother, that’s all, I’m not sure for she would react to it.” I tried to sooth
him.
“It shouldn’t matter. She likes me and knows that we were in your room
alone.” His expression cooled down a bit.
I almost tore my lip off from biting so much. I looked into the dining room and
saw my mother setting the table. “If you trust her, then I will, too, let’s go.” I put on
my best smile and I pulled him to start walking again.
My mother stared at us and then down at our interlocked hands. She smiled
slightly and went back to putting the forks.
“What’s for dinner, mom?” I sat down in my usual set and Ian sat next to me.
“A skirt steak, baked potatoes and mixed vegetables, I hope you’re bothhungry.” Marie was still smiling, though our hands were under the table. He squeezed
my hand. I was kind of guessing he wanted me to tell my mom about us. I looked at
him. He nodded and looked ever so quickly at my mother.
I sighed and closed my eyes. “So, mom, do you have any clue about… uh… me
and um…Ian?” I opened my eyes to see her putting glasses on the table.
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She laughed. “Yeah, I guess, more than friends, right?” Marie didn’t stop
moving the whole time.
“Yeah, I guess you could but it that way.” I sighed and looked in the corner of
my eyes at Ian. He had a half-smile on my face and squeezed my hand again.
She was watching me. “What would you call it?”
“Uh… boyfriend and girlfriend is really what I would say.” I giggled at the
words. I felt Ian’s hand shaking. He was laughing, too.
“Oh, I see,” She turned her attention to Ian now. “Will you be around here
more then? I need to know what to expect now.” She was chuckling and sat down at
the end of the table.
“I will be if you don’t mind and if Aurelia wants me to.” He was smiling at me.
“Well, I’m sure she’ll want you here and I don’t mind so, I guess that’s a yes.”
She started cutting the steak and passing around the food.
Dinner ended quickly and Ian left right after.
“Good night, Marie, it was nice seeing you again. I’ll tell my mother you said
hi.” Ian smiled at Marie.
She smiled back. “Thank you, it was nice seeing you too. I’ll be upstairs,
Aurelia, good bye Ian.” Marie walked up the steps and into her bedroom, giving us
privacy I suppose. I faced Ian and grinned.
“Good night, Ian.”
“Good night, Aurelia, I love you.” The words made my heart jump.
“I love you, too.” My face turned red, I felt the warmth starting to come to my
cheeks. We met each other half way when he kissed me this time. Both of ours hands
was in each other’s and were down. The time, the kiss was more of a peck, short but
not that quick. He pulled away and walked out the door. I watched after him and
waved when he got in his car. I heard my mother come out of her room and stopped.
“Aurelia, I want to talk to you. Can you come up here for a minute?”
I turned around now. “Yeah, mom, I’m coming up now.” My feet where sort of
stiff, or so it seemed, but it wasn’t so bad. My mother was sitting on her bed when I
came in.
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I sat on the edge of her bed while she had her book in one hand. “What’s on
your mind, mom?” Like I didn’t already know.
“She took her glasses off and put her book down. “I know you like Ian and all
but, don’t you think it’s a little too fast? I mean you just met him again after so long.”
She was truly concerned about this; it was like it was writing all over her face.
“Mom, when we were together whatever many years ago it was, we were best
friends. I know him so well and he knows me the same way. We don’t feel like it’s too
soon. I guess it was about a week and a half we met again but, everything about him
came back into my head. He’s who I want to be with.” I tried to but everything I had
to say into one little speech.
Marie huffed out a buff of air. “If you think its okay, then I will trust you on
this, Aurelia. Just don’t rush things too much, please. You just started going out and
you’re already kissing!”
I laughed. “It’s normal for couples to kiss, mom. I know people who kiss right
when they say ‘yes’. I didn’t tell him I loved him until today, either. It was
uncomfortable for me to say it and he didn’t have a problem with it.”And I didn’t
need to say that he said it to me, though. “You don’t have to worry.” I started to head
for the door but turned around towards her. She had her mouth open as if she was
about to say something. “And if you are about to say something about us being ‘safe’,
you don’t have to worry about that either. I am defiantly not ready for anything more
than kissing for right now.”
She laughed. “You took the words right out of my mouth, I see that you are
sure this is going to work out so, I’ll trust you, like you said. Good night.”
“Good night, mom.” I headed for my door. That had gone easier than I thought
it would.
I took a 10 minute shower and turned on my laptop. I replied all of my friend’s
messages and talked to Raquel for an hour. When I was finally done, I went over to my
phone and sent a text to Ian. We talked for a couple of hours, through texting, and
then I went to bed. Before I fell asleep, I remembered, tomorrow was Saturday.
I woke up the next morning to my phone ringing next to me. Who would be
calling me at 10 o’clock on a Saturday? That’s absurd.
My face light up when I read the caller ID, Ian. I pushed the “talk” button and
slowly put it up to my ear.
“Hello?” My voice was quiet and scratchy when I spoke.
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“Wake up call for Aurelia, Good morning, princess.” I could hear the smile in
his voice.
I yawned. “Ahh, good morning.”
“You sound tired; did you sleep okay last night?”“Yeah, I just woke up though and I always yawn when I wake up.”
“Oh, I see, do you want to hang out today?” He sounded excited.
“Sure, what do you want to do?”
“Well, you can come over my house or I can come over your house or we can go
out somewhere. Take your pick.” He wanted me to come over his house.
“I’ll come over your house, I haven’t seen your family in a while and they
should be surprised to see us together.” I laughed.
He laughed, too. “Okay, do you want me to come pick you up?”
“No, that’s okay. Unless you want to, it doesn’t matter to me though.” Please
come pick me up, please please please!
“Okay, I’ll come get you, what time should I be there?” This plan was so
exciting to him. Well, I was excited, too, but not as much as him.
“It’s 10 so, come get me at about 10:45. I need time to get ready, plus, you can
have time to tell your parents.” I laughed again.
“Thanks, I’m going to need it. I’ll see you soon, bye. I love you.”
I sighed. “I love you, too, bye.” Then I hung up the phone and ran to my
mother’s room. She wasn’t there, I checked the kitchen, living room, and basement,
and she was nowhere. I stopped at the front door, there was a note.
Im going to be gone for the day. I have to go out to lunch with one of
my co-actors for the movie then go to the store. If you need to talk to me call
this number, it’s my cell 583-5639. Im not sure if you have it already. Love
you, Mom.
I read the note then called her. I told her where I was going to be today and
who I would be with, like it wasn’t obvious, and again, she had no problem with it. I
had a feeling that she wasn’t going to be having a problem with us at all, with an
exception for last night’s talk.
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Since there was no need to take a shower, there was no need to blow dry my
hair so that cut out two things I could do. It took me 15 minutes to straighten my
whole head, every single piece of hair was straight when I was done, and put clipped
my bangs to the side with my green clip. Then I put on my green and pink t-shirt with
denim skinny jeans and my matching pink Nike high-kicks. With my hair done, my
clothes and shoes on, my teeth brushed and my breakfast was eaten, I had 5 minutes
to spare. I pulled out my iPod and listened to my favorite band, singing along with
every song that came on. I knew every word to every song, I should have, and I
listened to that band more than any other. I heard a car pull up to the driveway then
a door slam shut. I leaned on the door until he rang the bell. I didn’t answer the door
right away, not wanting to make it seem like I was waiting. I wrapped my headphones
around my iPod and opened the door.
The smile on his face was brilliant, the sun shined off of his white teeth.
“Hello, Aurelia.” Ian was still smiling.
“Hi.” My voice was small.
“Are you ready to go?”
I gulped. “Yeah, let’s go.” I walked past him out the door but, I was stopped by
his arm at my waist, his mouth at ear.
“Are you okay?” His other arm around the other side of me, he was standing
behind me.
“I’m fine, I promise, if something was wrong you would be the first to know.”My voice sounded very convincing.
He released me, only holding onto my hand with his, and dragged me to his car.
He stopped to kiss me before I got in the car, the kiss was anxious and strong, like he
had been waiting for a while to do that and that he was trying to stop something. He
stopped it too soon, as if he was in a hurry. I stepped into his car, it ad black leather
on the side and the air conditioning was blasting. I had trouble with the seatbelt, the
damn thing kept on locking, and so, Ian reached over to do it for me. He smiled and
started the car. The roar of the engine wasn’t as load as I thought it would be. Ian
drove with one hand one the wheel, his other hand holding mine. I looked out thewindow most of the time, remembering streets and houses. The whole time there, he
was smiling, but he wasn’t watching me, he kept his eyes on the road the whole time.
We drove down to the end of the road to the dead end and I saw a big gate with a lot
of palm trees. There was a gate attendant when we pulled up.
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“Welcome to the Michael’s home, how can I- oh, It’s you, Ian.” She smiled
widely.
“Hello, Catherine, This is my friend Aurelia,” He waved his hand at me. “Can
you open the gate for us?”
“Sure thing.” BEEP! The gate creaked as it opened slowly.
“Thanks Cat.” Ian flashed a quick smile to her then sped through the gate.
I looked at him, stunned. “Why do you have a gate and attendant?” I laughed.
He turned to me. “Safety purposes, I guess, but you live in a gated
community.”
I shrugged then looked back out the window. My heart started racing, I guess
that Ian felt it because he squeezed my hand.Without looking at me he spoke. “What are you so nervous about? My parents
aren’t going to bite you, though I can’t say the same about my little 3 year old sister.
Madison’s been biting a lot lately.” He laughed. “And my brother Ryan will probably
be in his room most of the time, he’s 13.” He looked at me.
“Okay, I’ll be careful of your sister then. Did I ever tell you I have a sister?”
“No, actually, you didn’t.”
“Her name is Liliana. Shes back in New York with my father’s sister. After my
father died, she went with my aunt for a little while. She just started preschool and
Marie didn’t want to take her out just yet, let her get used to the idea of school every
day.”
He pulled his eyebrows together. “That doesn’t make much sense, when is she
coming here?”
“Marie and I have to go to New York to get her next weekend. We’re going to
fly there and then bring her home with us.” Thinking of Liliana made my eyes water, I
missed her so much and when my father died, she didn’t understand he wasn’t coming
back. She hasn’t seen my mother in a while; I hope she won’t be scared or nervous.Marie has been setting up her room here, pink and purple walls with a white carpet.
Her closet is already stocked with beautiful clothes and shoes. Liliana has brown curly
hair like my mother; my father’s hair is straighter like me. She has brown eyes like my
father and I have blue eyes like Marie. “She is always happy and always has a smile on
her face. She loves me so much. Every day when I got home from school, she would
run up to me and reach her arms up for me to hold her. She would snuggle her head
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under my chin and wrap her arms and legs around me, holding her there. I miss her so
much.”
“You’ll be with her soon.” He put a half smile on. “You don’t need to cry.” The
smile left his face. I didn’t realize that a tear fell down my face. Ian wiped it away
with his hand. We were parked in front of a big house with white stone. He camearound to my side of the car and opened the door for me and grabbed my hand.
“Let’s go.” Ian smiled again.
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Chapter 8
Ian opened the front door and dragged me inside. I heard the T.V. coming from
the living room. Ryan was on the couch watching some cartoon.
“Wow, it’s so bright and open.” The living room was open to the kitchen thenthe kitchen was open to the dining room, which came back to the entry way. The
living room’s walls were painted a pale blue color to match with the pattern on the
rug. The whole floor had hard wood floors, a medium colored wood, and the living
room had the same color wood as the floors. There were a lot of windows; it made
the house very light. Ian pulled me into the kitchen. The counters were a white
marble and dark colored wood, darker than the floor. The walls were a light gray; the
color was in the counters.
I felt Ian’s eyes on me. I turned to him. “Do you like it? We just had it re-
done.”
I nodded my head. “It’s beautiful.” I held onto Ian’s hand the whole time. He
walked back into the living room, standing behind the couch.
“Where’s mom, Ryan?”
Ryan bent his head back to Ian. Then he fixed his position and looked at me
then back at Ian. “Who’s she?”
“My friend but, you didn’t answer my question.”
He looked back at me. “She left a little while ago.”
“Then where’s dad?” Ian was becoming annoyed.
“I woke up and he wasn’t here.” Ryan turned back to the T.V.
Ian’s eyes grew wide. “Then where’s Madison?!”
“Um…upstairs I think.” Ryan kept his eyes on the T.V.
“Ryan! She’s 3 years old, you have to watch her!” Ian let go of my hand and
flew up the stairs. I stayed behind the couch, watching the stairs, waiting for Ian tocome back down.
“So who are you?” Ryan was watching me now.
“Aurelia, you should remember who I am.” I didn’t move my eyes from the
stairs.
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Ryan turned his whole body towards me. “I should?”
I looked at him now. “Yes, my mom is Marie. My mom knows your parents.”
“Oh, I kind of remember you now.” He turned back to the T.V.
Ian came down the stairs with Madison in his hands. He smiled as I looked athim holding her. She had her face hidden in his chest. “This is Madison. She’s very
shy.” He pulled her away from his chest so I could look at her.
I smiled at her. “Hi Madison, I’m Aurelia.”
Her hands were covering her face. She moved he fingers so she could peak
through at me. “Hi.”
“You want to go play, Madison?” Ian turned her back to him.
Madison pulled her hands away from her face and he placed her on her feet.She ran to the pink chest at the far end of the living room. She pulled out a baby doll
and ran back over to me. She stopped two feet in front of me and held out her doll.
“Is that for me?” My voice was very soft and gentle.
Madison nodded her head rapidly and shook the doll in front of me. I took the
doll out of her hands and held it. She giggled and ran over to Ian.
“I want my juice.” Her voice was high soprano and she was jumped up and
down.
“Okay, come on.” Ian grabbed my hand and pulled me into the kitchen with
him.
Ian walked over to the dishwasher and pulled out a juice cup with a top on it. I
followed him around the kitchen. He took a container of apple juice out of the
refrigerator and poured some into the cup and then added some water in it. He shook
the cup and gave it to Madison, who was standing behind him. She ran back into the
living room with her cup in her hand.
“You’re a natural at it.” I laughed.
“I’ve done it enough times. I should be an expert.” He joined in. “Do you want
to see my room?” He said suddenly.
I stopped laughing. “S-sure.” Ian took my hand again and pulled my close to
him. He wrapped his arms around me and kissed me, it was very urgent. I pulled my
arms up around his neck; I was on my tippy toes. Ian’s lips moved gently against
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mine. My lips turned up into a smile and I heard Ian laugh through his lips. Then they
were gone. Where did they go? I opened my eyes and Ian’s head was turned to the
archway into the kitchen. There stood Madison with her doll in her hand. Her mouth
was open to a little circle. The doll dropped out of her hand and she ran out of the
room and up the stairs. We ran up the stairs after her. There were little cries coming
from the small bathroom. Ian pointed to the bath tub and sighed. He pulled the
curtain open and Madison was sitting with her head on her knees and her arms
wrapped around her legs.
“What’s wrong, Madison?” Ian was rubbing her head.
“Y-you’re m-my Ian. I d-don’t want t-to share.” She lifted her head up and
looked at Ian. Her face was beat red and wet from her tears.
“Aw, Madison, I’ll always be your Ian.” He voice was soothing.
She shook her head. “Aurelia w-will b-be yours.”
“I can’t have a friend?”
She didn’t say anything, she only stared at Ian.
“Can we share Ian?” It sounded silly for me to say that, sharing Ian, like he was
a toy.
Madison looked at me and then threw her arms out for me to hold her. I looked
at Ian, he laughed and then nodded. I went back to Madison, her eyes were wide and
her arms were shaking. I picked her up and stood. Her legs were on either side of me.She put her head on my shoulder and her arms down to her sides. I stared at Ian, what
was I supposed to do? He moved his hands in circles, telling me to continue what I was
doing. I rocked back and forth and walked down the hall with Madison. I stood like
this until Madison moved to whisper to me. “I can share. I share only with you.” She
turned her head back and looked at Ian and he gave her a little smile. It faded
quickly. I stood there for a little while, in Madison’s room, rocking her back and forth.
Ian sat in the rocking chair in the far end of the room. She turned her head back to
me and her eyes were closed. I turned to look at Ian.
He mouthed the words “Sleeping” to me.
I mouthed back “What do I do?”
My eyes were wide. Ian pointed to the small toddler bed against the wall. I
turned to it and put Madison down on it. I put her blanket on top of her and watched
her curl up into a ball with her teddy bear. Ian came up behind me and put his hands
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around my waist. I held his hands there with mine. I walked out of the room with Ian
around me, his head on my shoulder.
“That was weird.” I waddled back and forth as he guided me to his room, down
the stairs to the basement. He had his chin on my shoulder and his arms tightly
around my waist.
“She likes you, a lot; you’re going to be her new best friend.”He smiled.
“Fabulous, A 3 year old best friend.” A 3 year old best friend, it made me think
of Liliana.