Her Men (book 2)

Chapter 6

Aiden

She left before I could even thank her for helping my mom. But now that I know she's here. I know we need to talk, and waiting would just slowly kill me. I just want to see how she's doing, how she's been all this time, tell her I'm sorry? I know that's probably not enough but I am and maybe after its all finished we could some how be friends. I go inside and before my mom could even ask me something I go to my room. I shut to door behind me and plop on my bed, my over sized adult body barely fitting. I think back to those nights in high school that Id lay just like this when I actually fit and pray solutions to all my problems would just magically appear on my ceiling.

From age 6 till we were almost 13 Teagan was the one that had all my solutions, I was never good at problem solving then we started middle school, her dad died, I started playing football things like popularity came into play, and mostly my feelings for her grew as did it with other guys In our class, they started noticing her how beautiful she was, how gorgeous her long wavy hair was her amazing eyes.

I remember having guys from the football team over and hearing one of my newest friends talk about her while he played a video game. Another looking out of my window and asking If I ever saw her naked through my window or how lucky I was to have her as my neighbor. I hated hearing them talk about her I threw my self back against my bed and looked at the ceiling trying to ignore it and the first lie popped in to my head and I sat up just blurting it out.

"Yea she's flashed me a few times, honestly they aren't that big, thinks she stuffs her bra or something?" I shrugged and they laughed it off I hoped they would leave it alone or at least stop talking about her. Over the next few years I made up more lies about her thinking it would keep guys away from her or at least to not think of her that way. At first I honestly thought I was protecting her but I was so Dumb. I knew it was wrong. And I should have never done it. Drifting off to sleep for a bit.

I suddenly open my eyes and shook my head fully waking up decided that finding my solution wasn't going to be done in the same position I was in when They started, checking my phone it's a little after 5, I get up went to the kitchen to make my mom some dinner and decided I just needed to talk to her, maybe convince her to go eat with me either way I'd wait for her so I can finally talk with her, I don't know what I'll say but I'll figure it out.

Teagan

"Hey can we talk" he asks and my heart aches just a tad making my chest hurt and my tummy tightening just a bit.

"Hi" I say "sure, come on" I motion for us to walk to my backyard where we walk in silence to the swings on the old, large pecan tree were the ropes old and discolored

"Think they will hold us now?" I ask breaking the silence as I sit in one

"You maybe, me probably not" he laughs but sits anyway

"So your back?" He says

"For a little bit and you?" I ask

"I was supposed to be for a little bit but now I'm not sure thinking about looking for a house" silence takes over and we just sit not looking at each other

"Teagan," he breathes out and I look at him "Aiden, it's fine"

"But it's not, I'm sorry I'm sorry for being an ass and I'm sorry I spread all those rumors, I was a jerk, bigger then that an ass I was in love with you but never knew how to tell you, we became so close I thought it would ruin it. then it was like every guy in high school was coming to me asking how they could get with you and I hated it, hated them. Hell even you for being you, in my head none of them were good enough for you then when Jason asked me to help him make your night special I was jealous and stupid" he paused and I had tears falling from my eyes

"Teagan don’t know how to show you how unbelievably sorry I am, I will never forgive myself for what I said about you I know how much I hurt you and I'm sorry I know I never got to tell you"

I wiped my tears and looked at him, released a breath I was holding.

"Being a teen definitely sucked," I laughed "When I got here a week ago I laid on the grass thinking about where my life went wrong, now I know" I smile at him

"Remember that night we promised things wouldn't change between us, that's when I felt it, when I felt more for you then being my best friend, more than a brother, maybe that's when I should have told you I was in love with you, maybe you would have told me you loved me too and life would have been different" I look up at the Texas night sky

"You think if we were honest with each other we'd be here right now?" I ask

"I know I loved you then, hell I think Ive loved you since kindergarten and if I would have known you loved me back maybe they would have been different"

"But so different that we wouldn't be back right here ..right now? Or do you think things would have ended the same would we have lasted high school, college, life..even after we were honest?” I ask

"Why are you home, Teagan?" He asked me

"Ahhhh That's not important" I roll my eyes I definitely am not telling him about Leo.

"Thanks for the apology Aiden, now that I know you loved me maybe I can start to forgive you" I look at him and smile

"So I'm guessing you don't love me anymore?" He jokes

"Ummmm nope, not anymore" I joke

"Ouch" he say holding a hand over his heart

"Well now that we live next door to each other again, I plan on changing that" he smiles his sweet playful smile that I definitely never got over and I roll my eyes

"Well good luck your tactics turned my heart stone cold It definitely won't be so easy" I say. I know a tad harsh

"Teagan" he says and he places a hand over the one I have holding the rope

"I'm sorry and I know I can't say it enough" I smile at him and he smiles back at me we sit in silence for a bit before I blurt

"Hey can I borrow your truck?" motioning to the truck I know is sitting in our garage that my mom mentioned she let Cathleen store away

"That old thing I'm not even sure it still runs?" He says. And I breathe out "Oh. Ok" I chuckle "thought I'd give it a try." And shrug

Silence washes over us again but this time it's more comfortable more like it used to be. So I treat it that way. Things were never hard between us we would say what we wanted and that's why we were so close.

"Hey Aiden, thanks for apologizing, and I really will try to forgive you, we aren't kids anymore and it would be childish to hate you forever. I'm sure the adult thing would be to say I forgive you and move on, I'd like to but it hurt, like a lot and I've been mad at you for so long. Every lie I heard that you said broke my heart then it felt like stomped all over it, burned and tossed it in the end. If It was anyone else I'd walkway and not think twice about them but it wasn't......it was you." I look over at him his face looking down like my words punched him, part of me hoped they hurt him like his lies hurt me but deep down I felt the familiar spark in my heart that wanted him to hug me or even hold me, before I let myself give in I get up.

"I better get inside, I have an early morning" I say

"You can borrow my truck" he says he reaches in his pocket to pull out a set of keys, he separates the keys and takes off the clicker and a key and hands them to me,

"I have a company truck I can use " he smiles

"You sure? I'm not sure what times I'll be home?" I look at the front of the houses I didn't see an extra truck

"How will you get to work tomorrow?" I ask

"I'll get a friend to pick me up, I leave it in the yard so I don't crowd the street here with my truck and my moms car" he says

"What time do you go in?" I ask

"About 6"

"I can take you I have to be at my new job by 7 she says she opens at 5 but I didn't have to get there til 7 I can take you and then go in early" I smile and nod like it's a great plan, it's the least I can do if he's going to let me borrow his truck we walk to the front of the houses and I turn to go my way and he goes his way

"Ill see ya in the morning"

"See ya thanks again! This helps me so much" I say smiling at him