Bound By Our Past

Chapter 3

l was woken up by the sound of my alarm, Aria was still fast asleep though. There is literally no sound that can wake her up to sleep. No matter how tough she is ,sleeping is her only weakness.

l wish l didn't have to wake her up though but she says that her dad would kill me if he found out about about our relationship and not to mention that we're both still underage.

l hate the pretense and the secrecy though. Mom doesn't mind our relationship and she's been super supportive . The only concern she has is about us being intimate because she says that she doesn't want to be a grandmother at her young age.

Aria and l are from different backgrounds and completely different worlds. l never believed in love at first sight until l saw her, this beautiful green eyed girl with long blonde hair. It was fate, it had to be.

The moment I looked at her l knew, my friends told me that she was the princess of the Lucchese family. That should've made me back out but it just made me more determined to talk to her and I did approach her.

The moment she looked at me ,I was gone. I had never encountered a girl as beautiful and bold as Aria and I saw right through her facade of being the Ice Princess.

She was bold an confident and she made me the same despite my quite nature. She was the one who took my number and planned when and where we would meet.

We would talk for hours and hours without running out of things to say. She told me about herself and l did the same. l wasn't much of a talker but with her l found myself talking vastly with her because she was easy to talk to.

We liked the same thing, watched the same movies etc. We didn't agree on some things but she was passionate and relentless until l agreed but she was so interested in my opinion that she never let me brush it off until l agreed wholeheartedly.

It felt predestined just how we clicked together and just how we understand each other despite our different backgrounds.

My mom and l lived in a 2 bedroom apartment on the slums of New York while she lived in a mansion in the suburbs. Aria didn't judge or make fun of our place in fact she said that she liked it more that her mansion.

Aria is strong and she stands up for her own. She is protective and possessive. I didn't think those were qualities I needed in a girl until her. Other people believe a girl should be docile and submissive but I fell in love with fury. She gives as good as she takes. She doesn't need a knight in shining armor.

"What has you smiling like that" she said looking at me and l smiled harder at her. This girl made me feel all sorts of things.

"You" l said kissing her hand. Her hand was warm and smooth ,and significantly smaller than mine.

"s**t l'm late" she said jumping from the bed and collecting her books and bag. We were supposed to be studying but I don't know how we fell asleep ,luckily l had set an alarm.

"You'll make it home in time "l said trying to comfort her but she was frantically getting ready to go and l laughed at how flustered she looked.

"Had l not been in such a hurry then l would have wiped that smile off your face" she said angrily throwing a stapler at me ,which l successfully dodged.

"Why are you so addicted to violence "I said to her since she didn't look even frazzled at my shocked face.

"You should know not to mess with me Mr" she said pointing her finger at me.

Aria was borderline psychotic, she doesn't mind throwing anything at you even though it could potentially hurt you. She has the worst temper and she doesn't think things through when she's angry.

"Ncooh come here baby, let me kiss it better "she said pouting her mouth like a baby and l approached her. She put her arms around my shoulders and kissed me before l could deepen the kiss though, she ran out the door.

I tried calling her that night to find out if she arrived safely but her phone was off and unavailable. The next day she wasn't at school, then it was one week, then a month, then three and I didn't see her. It was like she fell off the face of the Earth. I tried to stand in front of her mansion and hope that she would come out but she never did.

Her friend/bodyguard Milo wasn't there anymore as well. I was hurt because Aria was the love of my life and she didn't even have the decency to tell me that it was over or that she was going away.

According to the tabloids she was seen attending parties with her father for the first month and after that there was no news about her. I was desperate on finding her and seeing her but turns out she just used me and left me hanging.

It was too good to be true though. A girl of Aria's status falling in love with a scholarship boy who lived in the slums. For a moment there, I just let myself believe that it was possible.

The real surprise came six months after she left me hanging. In a basket my mother found outside our apartment.

There it was ,a bouncing baby girl who had my eyes, at first I didn't wanna believe it. My mother was sure from the moment she held that baby. I was only 18 for God sake, I wasn't ready to have a baby as well. There was a letter as well.

She's yours...

Take care of her...

P.S Don't contact me...

When my mother found out that Aria was a Luchessi then she was livid at me. Everybody knows the five families and how dangerous they are.

She didn't understand that my heart didn't care how dangerous being with Aria was but I understood when I saw that baby so pale ,so cold.

We didn't know how long that baby had been outside and it freaked my mother out, so we left the city the following day.