I rolled over and looked at my alarm clock. It was two in the afternoon already. My head was killing me and I felt like my bladder was about to explode if I didn't pee soon. I slowly sat up and pulled the covers off. I was still fully clothed. The memories of last night started to rush through my head as I headed towards the bathroom squeezing my pelvic muscles and praying I could hold it just long enough.
It had definitely been an eventful night and not one I had expected that was for sure. I thought of Aiden. His smile, his scent, his eyes. No. I need to stop thinking of a man who could very easily end up being my professor. I didn't want to be one of those girls. The look of jealousy on Marks face confused me though. He had moved on with a girl he had been cheating on me with. Was it so wrong for me to want to move on too? Was he jealous?
I looked in the bathroom mirror and almost laughed at how terrible I looked. My makeup was badly smeared all over my face. My hair looked like a birds nest almost with the hair clip still in and caught in my earrings. Time to clean myself up.
It hurt like hell detangling the hair clip and earrings from my hair. It was my own fault though. I decided to leave my earrings in though , it had been a long time since I wore them. I wiped all the makeup off, it took about three makeup wipes, and studied myself in the mirror. A little better I thought. I started the shower and grabbed a black off shoulder shirt and black skirt from my closet. I felt like looking nice today.
After I showered, dressed and applied minimal makeup I decided I was ready to leave my bedroom. In the living room Teighlor and Sam sat together. Teighlor was painting Sams nails a bubblegum pink color. I looked down at my nails, they definitely needed to be repainted. They looked up at me and smiled.
"Look who's finally awake. Late night?" Teighlor asked teasingly with a wink.
"We tried to find you before we left but someone told us you had left with a guy." I rolled my eyes and shook my head. Sam sounded concerned.
"I hate gossip. No a guy I had bumped into the other day at the library had been talking to me, I got drunk and he took me out to the walking garden to get some fresh air and sober up. We talked some, came back I couldn't find you guys, we danced some and then he walked me back here because Mark was at the party glaring at us the entire time." Teighlor raised an eye brow at me.
"So there was a guy?" I felt like I was gonna blush so I ignored her and headed into the kitchen to get something to eat. Just as I opened the fridge though there was a knock at the door.
"I got it." Teighlor said loud enough for me to hear. I heard her open the door. "Hi can I help you?" She said to whoever was standing there. I peaked out of the kitchen. Some random guy was standing there with a big vase of black flowers.
"I have a delivery for Letty?" He said reading something. I walked over to the door.
"My name is Letty." I said standing behind Teighlor.
"Hello miss. I was asked to deliver these for you as well as this card and wait for your response." He said handing me the flowers and a card. Teighlor took the flowers for me and I took the card. I opened it and was surprised to see it was from Aiden
Letty,
I can't stop thinking about you, I have been up all night. I was wondering if you would
at all be interested in joining me next Saturday evening for dinner. If your answer is yes
give the delivery boy your cell number and I will call you later. I hope to hear from you
soon.
Aiden
I felt myself smiling. He was thinking of me? I didn't know what to say. I really didn't want to be lusting after someone who would be one of my professors potentially but I really had enjoyed my time with him last night. Besides Teighlor and Sam had been saying I deserved better and needed to get over Mark and move on. It couldn't hurt to get to know him over dinner right? One date wouldn't hurt. Worse case scenario if I did end up in his class I could transfer out right?
I showed Teighlor and Sam the card while I thought. They both read it and looked surprised. I wasn't sure what to do. I wanted to say yes but at the same time I couldn't help but wonder why he wanted to take me out of all people. Did he actually think I was attractive? Maybe he just felt bad for me. Maybe it was because he saw how upset I had been by seeing Mark and Carmen. There could be a thousand reasons as to why he was asking me out other than he found me attractive.
"You're going to yes right?" Teighlor asked pulling out a piece of paper and a pen. I nodded without thinking. Oops, oh well. I really did want to say yes any ways. She scribbled down my number and handed it to the delivery guy who smiled and left. I looked over at the flowers. They were really pretty. I saw the card on them and picked it up. It said they were a breed of flowers called queen of the night tulips. I felt my self smirking. No one had ever sent me flowers. Well outside of my family that is. It was a nice move on his end.
"So who's Aiden?" Sam finally asked bringing me back to reality. I blushed.
"The guy from last night." I said picking up the flowers to put in my room.
"Wait you guys just met and he's sending you flowers?" Teighlor said following me. "Sounds like he really likes you. This is wonderful!"
"I guess so." I said placing the flowers on the nightstand next to my bed. I really was wishing he would call already but the delivery guy had just left a few minutes ago and I didn't know how far away Aiden lived from my dorm. Assuming he was home though. I switched my phone ringer on just in case though. Wait why was I so excited to hear his voice?
I walked back into the living room and sat with Teighlor and Sam, completely forgetting I was hungry. I was in shock partially that I just said yes to a date with a guy I barely knew. Fuck what had I just gotten myself into. What if I said something stupid? What if I embarassed myself in front of him? I was already super clutsy so I couldn't just ignore that.
"Stop worrying." Teighlor finally said. I looked at her.
"What if he doesn't like me though." Where the hell was that coming from. Did it even matter? I wasn't completely over Mark.
"He'd be a moron not to." Teighlor said with a shrug. Sam nodded in agreement.
"You guys are my friends of course you would think that." I said feeling sad all of a sudden. Why was I sad?
"Look that may be true but Letty you deserve to be happy. I told you that you need someone who's going to treat you better then Mark did. For fuck sake this guy you barely know just sent you flowers and asked you to dinner. He literally sent a letter to get your phone number. Did mark ever do that? No! This guy clearly likes you and wants to get to know you so let him." Sam nodded in agreement with Teighlor. She was right. In all the years Mark and I had been together the most romantic thing he had done was showed up at my job to bring me dinner. He had never been the romantic type though, or at least that's what I thought. Maybe I just hadn't been important enough to him for him to be romantic with me.
"Not only that Letty you are an amazing person. I know you don't think so but that's because you don't see yourself the way we do. That's why Amber, Teighlor and myself all wanted us all to go to the same college together and stay in the same dorm. We're like family and we all met each other through you. So honestly we can see what this guy sees in you and it's what we see in you." Fucking hell Sam was going to make me cry. I smiled at them.
"Thanks guys. I just didn't think after everything with Mark that someone else could take a genuine interest in me." Teighlor punched my arm and it actually hurt.
"I told you Marks a dick head don't listen to what he said." Samantha nodded.
"Hey bitches." Amber said coming in the door.
"Letty has a date!" Teighlor squealed. Loud mouth. Amber set a pizza box down in front of us.
"About friggin time. Who is he?"
"We met the other day at the Library sort of and he was at the party last night." I said with a shrug.
"Is that who everyone was saying you left with?" I nodded
"Nothing happened though we just talked and danced a little then he walked me home." Teighlor shook her head.
"Best part is Amber he sent her flowers today and asked for her number through a letter." Teighlor handed her the card.
"Oooh romantic." Amber said after reading it.
"Isn't it? What are you going to wear?" Sam asked me. I shrugged.
"If he calls me tonight I'll ask him how I should dress. Depending on what he says depends on what I wear." Teighlor smiled through a bite of pizza.
"Very smart. Now let's shut up and eat considering poor Letty hasn't eaten since before the party last night." I rolled my eyes it's not like I was wasting away. Besides Ambers girlfriend worked at the Pizza shop near campus so we ate from there a lot. Amber had probably gone to see her and that's why we had pizza.
I thought about Tammy she hadn't been around in a while. I knew she worked a lot like Amber so that after college they could get married. I loved having her around though. She was funny and very bubbly like Sam but also really laid back and down to earth. Her and Amber were perfect together.
"So good! Tell Tammy we said thanks and that she better come hang out soon we miss her." Sam said. My thoughts exactly. Amber smiled.
"Good because I invited her over for dinner tomorrow since she's off."
"Yay. What are we making?" Sam squealed. Amber shook her head.
"Nope you guys are going to not be here between the hours of four and eight pm." I knew that look.
"You're going to ask her to marry you finally aren't you?" I said pointing my piece of pizza at Amber. She nodded.
"Yep bought the ring this morning finally." She said smiling. "You guys can see it after she does." We all nodded. Tammy and Amber had been dating since eighth grade we all knew they were perfect together.
"So tomorrow before we leave the dorm were going to clean and help you decorate." Teighlor said excitedly. "What are you planning?" Amber looked away sheepishly.
"Well she loved that one restaurant I took her to a couple of years ago for her birthday. I was going to get food from there and put candles everywhere like they had and that's all I got so far."
"Well that's a good start." I said encouraging her. It's not that Amber wasn't romantic, she just wasn't the most creative. Still the surprises she always did for Tammy were super cute.
"I have a ton of candles you can use." Teighlor said.
"Yeah we can make this place look super romantic for you." Sam chimed in. I just nodded in agreement.
"Thanks guys I know what I'm gonna say I just didn't plan much else." We laughed, that was typical for Amber.
After dinner I decided I wanted to go to the library to return the book I had finished but also check out a new one. Since I hadn't been able to on friday. I just prayed Mark wouldn't be there. It was gorgeous out today and I just felt really happy for the first time in a while. I had only walked part of the way there when an unknown number started to call me.
"Hello?" I answered after a few rings.
"Letty? Sorry for not calling sooner, I got a little tied up unpacking." It was Aiden. I had almost forgotten he was going to call.
"Oh that's fine. Thank you for the flowers. They're beautiful."
"You're welcome. I'm sorry if it was a little weird I didn't want to show up at your dorm and ask you for your number. Didn't want to come off as a stalker." He said laughing. Right I forgot I had said that to him last night.
"You didn't have to give me flowers though."
"I was asking you on a date it was the perfect reason to give you flowers." He sounded so sincere in the way he said it.
"That's very thoughtful of you. About next Saturday though."
"Can you not make it?" He sounded concerned.
"Oh no no I'm not canceling or anything. I just don't know what I should wear." He laughed.
"Whatever you're comfortable wearing it's nothing fancy I promise. I just want to get to know you. I would of asked if you had free time any day this week before Saturday but I don't know your class schedule." I thought about tomorrow. What was I going to do for four hours.
"Well since you're being kind and taking me out to dinner on Saturday would you like to get coffee tomorrow evening? I've got four hours to kill and you said you wanted to know the campus better and you can't say you know it without going to the best coffee shop on campus." He was silent for a moment. Shit what was I saying? Why did I feel like I wanted to see him so badly.
"I'm ok with that but the gentleman should always take the lady on the first date. What are you doing tonight?" I stopped dead in my tracks. Woah wait what? I felt nervous but excited all of a sudden. Did I want to see him so soon? I didn't know what to do. Fuck it Teighlor and Sam would say they were free if they were me.
"Just heading to the library now to return a book and pick out a new one then I'm free." I was smiling.
"I'll meet you at the library then. See you soon."
"See you soon." I repeated before hanging up the phone. Well three dates with one guy in one week. Wasn't expecting that to happen.
I texted Teighlor the update before heading into the campus library. She was excited for me and even put several winky faces in the last text message. Ugh she was hopeless. I loved that about her though. Even Sam and Amber texted me telling me to have fun and that they wanted all the details later. Typical.
I handed the librarian the book I was returning. She smiled at me and said hello. She knew me well enough due to the fact I was here frequently so she knew I would be checking out one or two more books. I headed straight for the fiction section. I had read a good number of books in the section already but there were so many I still hadn't read. I wanted to read them all before I graduated. It was kind of a dumb goal to some but not to me. I loved to read.
I had picked out one book already and was browsing for a second book when I smelt him. It had taken him fourty-five minuets to get here and I wasn't sure if he had driven or walked but I figured it would be rude to ask. I pretended to not know he was there behind me as I tried to reach for a book on a top shelf. I saw his arm reach out and grab the book for me.
"Let me get it for you." He said. I smiled.
"Thank you Aiden." I turned and he looked at the book before handing it to me.
"Stephen King?" He asked smiling. I shrugged.
"My father introduced me to his books when I was younger. I've been a fan since." He looked at me amused.
"Which one was your first?" Wait did he read?
"Through the eyes of the dragon. My grandmother gave it to me when I was thirteen." He smiled again.
"Not a bad book to start with. Have you read IT?" I nodded. "That was my first by him. Hmmm I wonder." He left my side and began to look through the books. He left the section I was in and after a few minuets returned with another book. He handed it to me and I studied it. It wasn't a book or author I knew.
"I haven't read this one." I said.
"Good it's one of my favorites. Do you enjoy vampire novels?" I nodded. "You'll like this then. There are some erotic moments just a heads up." He said it so indifferently that I didn't know how to react.
"I'll let you know what I think then." I said with a smile. "Now let me check these out and we can go do whatever." Bad choice of words but I just felt so comfortable around him.
"What time is your first class tomorrow?"
"Eleven, why?" His golden brown eyes seemed to light up.
"I was thinking if you didn't have to go any time soon perhaps we could go see a movie?" Not what I was expecting.
"Sure the campus theater should have a couple of movies going tonight. I should drop these off at my dorm though first." He nodded. Besides the campus' movie theater wasn't too far from my dorm. This was sure to be an intersting night.
I glared at the clock in class. My math class never got out on time and my professor practically bored us to tears. The next classes professor cleared his throat in the door way. Finally! My professor looked up at the clock and apologized and dismissed us. I packed up my stuff and sent Teighlor a look of relief. Her face said the same thing. Neither of us were doing terrible in this class, since we had both taken it in highschool but it was still a requirement for us to take it. "So how was your morning class?" She was referring to the one that Mark was also taking. "Surprisingly well. How about you?" She shrugged. "Same as usual. You got in late last night how was your little impromptu date with Aiden?" I blushed. "It went well. We watched some god awful horror movie. We talked through most of it." She smiled at me. "Good I'm glad, you deserve
I was awake but I didn't want to open my eyes yet. I felt so comfortable and warm. I rubbed my face into the pillow. Wait this was too hard to be a pillow. That's when I smelt his scent and realized where I was. Shit. I opened my eyes and sat up straight. My back and neck were a little stiff but I was used to that happening. I looked over at Aiden. He was awake and looking at me. "Are you alright?" He asked sitting up. I nodded. I glanced down at my watch it was one in the morning. Crap. "I'm sorry about falling asleep on you like that." I said feeling embarrassed and looking at the floor. "Don't worry about it. It's late though. You can either stay here and I'll let you sleep in my bed and I'll take the couch, or I can walk you back to your dorm." As much as I wanted to stay here because I felt safe I decided that was definitely not a good idea. I shouldn't of even been here in the first place. We've only
The week flew by and before I knew it Saturday was already here. It hadn't been a terrible week and for the most part Mark ignored my existence. It was actually nice for once. Maybe Aiden had scared some sense into him. I silently prayed that was the case. However I sincerly doubted that. He was probably just ignoring my existence thinking it would hurt me. It didn't bother me though. Tammy had come over a few times now and the first day she came over she showed off her ring and gushed about Ambers proposal. Amber blushed but it was sweet. Of course Teighlor immediately started planning their engagement photo shoot as soon as possible. Amber wanted no part in that conversation so left all the planning to Tammy. They really were perfect for each other. Aiden and I texted each other constantly and he would call me every morning to tell me good morning and to have a great day. Sometimes we'd talk about what I had dreamt the night b
We sat down at a table at some Mexican restaurant I had never even heard of. It was in walking distance of campus though so I had no issue trying something new. Aiden insisted on ordering for me and I nodded. We had already talked about favorite foods. I hadn't noticed it before until now though. No one here spoke English other than us. Aiden ordered our food in flawless Spanish and I was honestly impressed. I wondered how many languages he spoke. "Other than English? I speak German, French, Spanish, Latin, Italian, Russian, Mandarin and Japanese." He said smiling at me. His eyes had returned to the golden brown color that had captivated me to begin with. "Could you stop doing that?" I said pointing to my head. He laughed. "I can only catch some thoughts not all of them, your mental wall is too strong for that. I can teach you to strengthen it even more though if you'd like." I nodded.
All week Teighlor and Sam tried to get me to go into detail about Saturday but I wasn't sure how much I should say. I'm pretty sure saying that Aiden was a reaper and had saved me from death several times was something they shouldn't know. Telling them what little physical sexual things we had done wasn't something they needed to know either. I was definitely positive that I shouldn't mention mine and Aidens dream sharing and the things we did in them either. All I told them was that we had gone to dinner at the restaurant, Aiden ordered our food and it turned out he's multilingual, and that after dinner we went to his apartment to talk more. I told them I had lost track of time and was so exhausted Aiden insisted I stay. I know Teighlor and Sam didn't believe me. Amber was indifferent. She even told them if something had happened it was no one else's business if I didn't want to discuss the details especially sinc
By the time Aiden finally walked me back to my dorm building we had made love three times and I could barely walk straight. He thought it was adorable and I just glared at him. He had assured me that no human would be able to see my mark unless they were marked. I wasn't sure if I felt relieved or sad about that. We had also agreed that starting Monday after class I was going to stay with him for two weeks to see how I felt about it. He kissed me good night and I sleepily made my way inside. Once in my dorm I simply waved at my roommates, who were playing a game of uno with Tammy and some guy I didn't recognize, and went straight to my bed. I changed into a thin silk night gown and went to sleep. Aiden had literally just worn me out but I didn't mind at all. Aiden must have been exhausted too because by the time I finally started to dream he was no where to be found. Instead I ended up dreaming of Mark. No. Why now?
Aiden and I quickly fell into a routine. Every morning we'd wake up and get ready for our day. He often let me shower first but sometimes he just showered with me. By the time I finished getting ready for classes he would have a big ass cup of coffee waiting for me. The mug literally said big ass mug on it. I think he said it was a 42 ounce cup, I could be wrong though. It was just hysterical to me whenever I saw that mug waiting for me and it always made me smile.With the coffee he'd always make me a bagel or some toast, something light because he knew I wasn't a breakfast person. After breakfast we'd cuddle for a bit before I had to go to class. He would walk me to my first class and make me promise to come back to him during my lunch hour. I of course Kept the promise and after lunch he would walk my to my first class of the afternoon. After class I would go back to his apartment. A lot of times he wasn't there so I would just sit and
Aiden and I sat cuddling on the couch after everything was unpacked and put away. My head was still reeling with questions after Elias' visit and still trying to figure out how to bring up him and Vanessa possibly sitting down and talking. I wasn't sure what to do so I just sat quietly watching a movie in his arms. This was definitely one of those moments I wished I could see the future with different scenarios so I knew best how to approach everything. Aiden didn't even seem to notice my unusual silence and I was great full for it because I didn't know what I would say if he asked what was on my mind. I had tried my hardest to keep a strong mental wall up because I didn't want him reading my mind either. Mostly because I knew it was a jumbled mess right now and I wouldn't know how to respond if he read one of my thoughts. Why did I always get so anxious about talking to him? Oh right Mark. I really needed to work on getting ove