Stealing the bad boys heart

Chapter one - Meeting Ethan

Amelia's P.O.V

I sighed in relief as I finally pulled up outside of my Aunt Tanya's house. I had been driving for eight hours straight to get here. I would be staying here for the next year, doing my last year of high school here. This was not the original plan but things change...life changes. Things were not too great at home at the moment that is why I am here. My mother ran off a few months ago with a younger guy, my dad not taking it to well, he has no time for me, I remind him too much of mother. His way of coping with it? Drinking too much, sleeping around with different woman or working constantly. I know it is not who my dad is but he needs time to heal and me being there was not making anything easier hence why I am staying with his sister, my Aunt Tanya for the next year and hopefully after that my father and I can get back on track.

"Millie!" I heard my Aunt gush as I climbed out of the car using my nickname she called me, only she was allowed to call me it

"Aunt Tanya, I have missed you." I gushed back

I have not seen her in a month, she and I have always been very close, and she was more like a mother to me than an aunt, more of a mother than my actual mother. She wrapped her arms around me, pulling me into her and hugging me tightly

"I missed you too my sweet girl." She said

We pulled apart after a moment, my aunt Tanya helping me with my cases that were in my car.

"How was the drive?" she asked

"Long and boring." I laughed

"Well let's get these things in. I will make us something to eat and some tea." She smiled

"Sounds perfect." I smiled

I had not had anything to eat since I left this morning. I could hear my stomach begging me to feed it. We placed my cases at the bottom of the stairs, deciding to leave them until later, making our way into the kitchen.

"Where is Matt?" I asked, referring to my big cousin as I took a seat at the breakfast bar in the kitchen

"Out with some friends probably getting into trouble, you know what he is like but he will be home soon cause he knows you are coming." She smiled

Matt and I were very close too, he was like my big brother, he was only a couple of months older than me and he always makes sure I remember that. My Aunt has had a lot of trouble with him recently, he went a bit off the rails when his father...my Uncle Tom got killed in the line of duty a few months ago, he was a cop, had been for over twenty years, he got killed in a shoot-out along with another one of his colleagues. Matt took it badly and has been spiralling out of control since which is understandable but he is not a bad guy, just hurting...we are all still hurting over losing him, he was an amazing human being that was always happy. I don't think my Aunt will ever love again after losing him, he was the love of her life...her his too.

"How is he doing?" I asked "How are you doing?" I added

"I don't know, he will not talk to me. He will open up when he is ready." She said sadly sitting across from me "As for me I have good and bad days, night time is the worst cause I am half expecting him to climb into bed with me, pulling me close and covering me with kisses like he always did." She said, managing a small smile with the last part

I reached over, placing my hand over hers, giving it a squeeze

"I am here if you need anything Aunt Tanya." I said giving her a small smile

"And that I am thankful for sweetheart, gets lonely around here, Matt is never home." She said sadly

"Well you have me now and you are stuck with me for a year." I giggled, trying to make her smile which worked