Together forever

Chapter 6

"Whatever you say Thea. However, nothing can change the fact that I have a part of the monster in me," he said.

"Oh my god. You are so stupid Aaron. So stupid. You aren't him. You can never be him. You are the guy who holds a broken little girl in your hands and fights her battles as yours. A guy who strives every second to bring back the life in your mom's eyes. You are someone who doesn't bat an eye to give everything you have to a stranger who needs it. Hell, you take care of a beaten stray dog like it's the most precious thing this world has to offer. You are many things Aaron. But monster isn't one of them. Do you understand?" I said, not once looking away from his eyes. His eyes lost the glazed look and now; they were entirely focused on me. The intensity in his gaze made me hold back my breathe.

Suddenly, in one swift move, he left the bed and stalked out of the room. I wanted to run behind him, but I knew he needed a little space for himself.

Even though every passing second killed me with unanswered questions and unrequited doubts, I held myself from invading his personal space.

Did I say something I shouldn't? Did I make it all worse for him? Why isn't he coming back yet?

The door of my bedroom opened revealing him standing at the entrance of the room with a small smile playing on his lips. His eyes softened to an extent that blues in them became magnificent.

With steady steps, he came towards the bed and lied down beside me still smiling.

"Did I ever tell you how precious you are muneca?" He said his tone light.

"Umm... you did. But I don't think I mind hearing it again," I said deciding to play along making him chuckle.

Soon, we fell into comfortable silence lost in our own world of thoughts. I always blamed fate for ruining my life, but this boy beside me blames fate for giving him life.

Even when the world around me crumbled, I had Kay for me. It should have been the same with his mom too. Isn't that what family is supposed to do? Stand for each other. How cruel were his grandparents to disown their child when she needed them the most? And they did for the reason which was supposed to make them proud.

"What's bothering you Thea?" Aaron asked, gently placing his fingers between my eyebrows in an attempt to remove the frown formed.

"It's nothing," I said not wanting to make it worse for him, but he gave me a look which says he didn't buy my lie.

"Umm... How did you know all this Aaron?" I asked, but I wasn't sure if I really wanted to know the answer. He gave a small smile and lied back making me turn towards him.

"Few years after my birth, my grandparents wanted their daughter back. Uncle Arturo, my mom's oldest brother and his wife helped mom through out the pregnancy. He is older than mom by almost 10 years. Apparently, there was some trouble between him and my grand parents.  He left the home when mom was really young but when he got to know about mom's situation, they took her in and supported her as much as they could," he said with a small smile.

"Its the same uncle you spend your holidays with right?"

" Yes. Its him. He has a son of my age. We were inseperable when we were kids and so soending holidays with them kinda turned into an habit after things got bad with my grand parents."

I nodded in understanding urging him to continue.

" So by the time my grand parents contacted mom, she completed her university and was into a stable job. She didn't need their support, but she could not say no to their love. She wanted me to have everything normal kids do. Including loving grand parents. What she didn't know was, they wanted only their daughter. Not their grandson," he said turning completely towards me.