Captured The Billionaire!

Chapter 7

Brenda

"Love is imperfect"

It was time for my date. I was not really in the mood for this date. But I was hoping that some other man would help me to keep my mind off of Aaron. I doubted that. No other man had ever been able to do that before.

Why would this man be any different? I sigh as I glance at myself in the mirror. My cell phone rings. It was Sailor.

"Hey, I am ready for this date. I need a night of fun" I tell her on the other end of the line.

"About that he is running late. We are stopping by to pick you up. Then he will meet us out there" she tells me.

"That is fine by me" I agree.

"Good see you soon then. We are on the way. Are you ready to go?" she asks me.

"Ready!!" I say with a smile.

I had a sexy slinky red dress on. I had a little coat to wear with it. That way I did not get to cold. I had high heels as well to go with the outfit. I placed on a gold ankle bracelet on my ankle to.

A little eye catcher if you will. I did not tend to wear a lot of make-up. But I had a touch of it on tonight. I thought I looked damn good.

If I do say so myself.

"See you soon. We are going to have some fun tonight" she tells me as we hang up. I smile. I grab my purse then head downstairs. Mother was making dinner in the kitchen.

"Want some?" she offers as she turns to me.

"It is Friday night and I have a date. I am heading out with Sailor her boyfriend and his brother" I tell her.

"Too bad. Not with Aaron?" she asks. I sigh as I shake my head.

"Mother, you know he is not interested in me at all. Drop it already" I grumble.

"Sorry but I always thought you two would make a great pair" she tells me.

"Me to" I sigh. "He does not think so"

The doorbell rings. Saving me from the conversation. I rush to the door. There was Sailor. We head to her car. Her boyfriend was driving us. So, I hop on in the back seat. I knew the bar we were going to.

Been there many times on dates. The food was okay. Dancing was fun. You could play pool. Or hang out. Listen to live bands on the weekends kind of thing. We chatted in the car.

Then soon come to the bar. Her boyfriend opens the car door for Sailor to get out of and for me. Gentlemen. Then I head in with them. Wondering what my date looked like. As we head to get a table we get one near the band. That was nice.

"What can I get for you all to drink?" the waitress asks.

"We are waiting for one more. Not just yet will we order. Is that alright?" Sailor asks her.

"Perfectly fine" the waitress tells us before walking away.

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Music blared over on the junk box while the band seemed to be on their break.

"The bands begin to play once it is more packed in here. Then you get to dance out on the floor" brags Sailor. I nod.

"I know" I say with a grin. I wink at her. Then I snag a few peanuts that were in the bowl there on the table for us.

I glance around me. Looking to where the front door was. Hoping to see where my date was coming in. I was curious to see what he looked like. Please please be cuter than Aaron!

That is all I ask. I sigh. Who was I kidding? I was never going to get over Aaron. I could not see myself making my heart do that. I sigh feeling that I had a very long night ahead of me.

"There he is! He is here!" exclaims Sailor. She is pointing near the door.

My head whips over to where she was pointing. My eyes dart in that direction. What the hell? She was kidding right? There stands Aaron as he looks around. He was dressed in just a sexy pair of jeans as well as a nice plain black tee shirt that hugged him in all the right places. I groan. I was ambushed. My date did not want me. Now here was good old Aaron here to save the day.

"Let me guess. My date bailed on me. So, Aaron agreed to come?" I snap at her.

"No, that was not it at all" she begins to say.

"Let me tell you something! I do not need a pity date. Just forget it" I snap with anger.

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I stand up. I was going to either walk home or call a cab to take me home. I grab my purse then go to storm out the door. Aaron suddenly blocks me.

"Where do you think you are going?" he asks me.

"Home" I snap at him.

"Why?!"

"Can it Winters. I know why you are here" I state.

"Why?" he asks me looking confused.

"Remember when a guy would ditch me for a date? You would always be there to rescue me. I do not need your pity dates. I am going home. Nothing you say can change my mind. Thanks for nothing. We are not kids anymore Winters. I do not need you to save me. Got it? I can save myself. I can handle getting rejected on my own just fine" I snap angrily.

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I brush past him. I wave down a cab nearby. I hear him calling my name. Then I head home in the cab. They all thought I was a fool. Tears burn in my eyes. Why can't guys be honest with you? Say what they mean?

I get back home. Managing to sneak in without my parents knowing I was home early. I was not even sure they were home. I change into my sweat pants. I have a good cry. I was hungry. I head down to the kitchen to make some dinner for myself. Dinner for one.

As I was placing the dinner in the microwave the doorbell dings. I go to answer it after figuring out that my parents were not home at the moment. Sometimes if mom made dinner dad would treat her to dessert in town on the weekends.

He could be sweet sometimes. I head over to answer the door. It might be one of my parents' friends. They would stop by to invite them over to play a game of cards.

There stands Aaron. I go to slam the door in his face. He stops me.

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"I have a key to this house. This will not stop me Vance" he challenges me.

"What do you want?" I snap at him.

"I have a confession" he admits.

"Oh?! What is that?" I ask.

"I told Sailor to break the date with your date" he replies.

"Why? Why would you do that?" I wonder.

The whole point of this date was to get over Aaron. Here he was going out of his way to break my dates for me? What was going on with him? I did not understand just what all this meant. My heart was getting excited. But I did not want to let it get carried away.

"I did that because I was jealous when I heard you were going out on a date. I was jealous. I wanted to go out on a date with you. A real date. And you would never accept a date with me. So, I was sneaky about it. I figured once you were out on a real date with me you would not see me as the old geeky Aaron. And want to give me a shot. But I can see how it went wrong. I am sorry for making you think your date bailed out on you and that I was coming to help" he sighs as he rambles out really fast. He goes to leave.

"AARON!" I call out to him. He stops.

"What?" he asks me.

"Why were you jealous? Of me having a date?" I have to ask. But it was to late to take the words out. They rambled out of my mouth.

"Brenda, for years I had a huge crush on you. You never noticed me more than a friend. We hung out so many times. I was shy about things. I was afraid if I made a move than I might ruin our friendship. I did not want to ruin what we had. I could not bare not to have you in my life" he admits.

He looks pained. He looks away not meeting my gaze. He does not say another word. He had feelings for me? Real feelings? What about now. Did he still now? Like I did? My heart skips a happy beat. I rush to his side.

I pull him in my arms.

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"I have a confession to. I always had feelings for you. You thought I was an airhead. You always dated smart girls in school. Like Emily" I remind him.

"I never thought that of you Brenda. I never thought you were an airhead. I do think you are gorgeous. Sexy. I have always wanted to be with you" he admits.

"Aaron, I can't believe someone as smart as you would want someone like me. I have waited so long to hear this from you. Dreamed of this moment. Aaron.... I wanted to be with you to. When I accepted the college out in New York, that was why I left. I figured it was never going to happen for us. So, I moved away to try to get over you" I ramble out as tears come to me.

"Did you?"

"Did I what?" I ask softly.

"Did you get over me?" he worries. I pull him back as I do our eyes meet. Tears shine in his eyes. Full of emotion.

"No, I never got over you. No matter how hard I tried. I never was able to. I was on the date to try to find a man who would make me forget you" I admit to him. He smiles warmly.

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His hand touches my left cheek. His fingers tremble as they touch me. His eyes never leave mine.

"Brenda, I love you. I have never loved anyone as I loved you. You were and are my best friend. I want to know just how you feel. I want you to be mine" he demands softly to me.

I blink feeling dazed I had imagined him saying those words I longed to hear. He kisses me. His lips fall to mine. My hand reaches the back of his hair. I run my fingers in his soft dark hair as he kisses me. Aaron loved me. He wanted to be with me.

"Aaron" I say breathlessly as I break free.

"Yes?"

"I love you. I have always loved you" I vow.

He smiles.

"Will you be my girl?" he asks me. I nod.

"Yes, yes I will" I reply joyfully. He grins.

"It is about damn time" he chuckles joyfully.

He leans in claiming his prize as he kisses me. Aaron Winters returned my love. I was never going to forget this night. I waited for so long for this night to come. I could not have planned it better than the angels above had for us. Our hearts finally made their way to each other. That was all that matter. I belonged to Aaron Winters. He belonged to me.