Cinderella my Ass

It was supposed to be a simple thank you

"Loosen up Ryder. We will have fun... It"s a promise." I mocked Aiden"s voice as he gave me a apologetic smile. I wanted to melt just by seeing it in his face, but I had some dignity to keep for myself and not let it spill all over the floor like I have done till now. I know I will keep doing it, but I had to make an effort at least right?

Aiden looked guilty and sorry for what happened and I knew it wasn"t his fault and that made me feel bad for snapping at him like that. But in my defence I was wet and cold and I was shaking like a phone in vibrate mode. "I"m sorry." I muttered and he looked up at me smiling. "It"s not your fault."

We were in an abandoned house that looked like the perfect place to shoot a horror movie. Why we were here? Well after the concert, which by the way was so awesome, I will be thinking about it for over a week, we went back to the car to go home...

And that"s the part Aiden noticed it didn"t had gas. Who gives the hell? That"s what I thought. I will walk home with him. And as the girly-girly part of me took over, I thought: This will be the romantic walk.

And that"s when it started to rain. Now since I liked, no sttach that, I love the rain, I didn"t mind it, but it got so heavy... To sum up, Aiden grabbed my hand and pulled in the first place that would offer us a shelter. So here we are now. Both wet, shaking to death from the cold.

And as I thought about it all again... Like the ultimate weirdo I am... I found it funny and actually laughed. It was a quite laugh. But it caught Aiden"s attention anyway. "I had fun actually." The words came out of my mouth before I could stop them and the blush formed on my cheeks immediately.

Aiden on the other side smiled at me as I felt him coming closer to me. That close that we were at the point of almost touching bodies. His hot breath hit me in my lips making me shiver at the warmth and the pleasant feeling that rushed over my body. "I had fun too." He whispered and I felt my legs turning to jelly. He was so close.

And that"s the part where I sneeze from the cold. When I open my eyes again, Aiden was looking at me concerned and I couldn"t help a smile at the sight of those eyes looking at me worried. For a few seconds I felt like I mattered to him. Like he cared about me. "You will get sick." His lips were in a small frown. And as I looked at his lips I felt like I missed seeing some other pair of lips smiling, smirking or frowning at me. I just missed his lips.

But I shook that thought away and concentrated at Aiden, which gave me the blush again. He took off his jacket and threw it over my shoulders. Even though it was all wet, somehow I felt warmer immediately or maybe I felt like that because the blush reached my head and now I"m imaging things. Should I be worried? Maybe I have to visit a doctor. Am I ever going to be alright?

I looked out of the window and saw the rain that hadn"t stopped and didn"t have in plans to. Looked like we would be here for a while. Alone... With Aiden... In an abounded house... That gave me the chills.

I felt Aiden moving and turned my head to him. He was sitting on the dusty floor, and leaned against the wall. We didn"t go in the house, like in in the house. We went in more like, pass the front door and stay there. Why? Because I didn"t want to play around a haunted house, like people do in movies. I"m not that crazy, to end up dead in the end.

I sat next to Aiden at the most awkward way possible, since looking down at him just was even more awkward and would give me a neck ache. There was a comfort silence... expect this annoying noise of my teeth. I was shaking that hard.

Aiden looked at me frowning and slowly shifted closer to me. Before I could take my usually time to blush, his arm wrapped around my shoulders. And the blush hit me hard. I felt like exploding. "I"m sorry for tonight. It didn"t go how I planned it." His voice was low. My eyes were glued to his which were looking at me with sad expression. "I"m sorry I didn"t keep my promise."

"I... didn"t lie to you when I said I had fun." I"m still having fun with him half hugging me like this, but of course I didn"t tell him that, because I would loose my mind and kill myself in this hunted house.

Aiden smiled at me and since I"m such... Me? I smiled back at him. "Are you feeling warmer?" Is it just me or did he get closer to me? In response I just nodded, but I"m such a mess around him, and when I said I nodded, I meant I wanted to nod, because I actually shook and nodded at the same time, which lead me to a head roll and Aiden gave me a weird look. Kill me? "Was it a yes or a no?" Double kill me?

"I..." I tried to mutter my answer, but his grip on me tightened as he let out a small chuckle.

"You are cute." He whispered in my ear and a shiver went down my spine. Is this happening for real or do I have to pinch myself to reality. I mean, I have to wake up, if I"m dreaming, right? But the warmth of his body felt so real so... For the love of God this is happening for real. Please don"t faint. Please don"t faint. Please don"t faint.

"You are cute too. I mean you are handsome. No I mean you are okay too. No wait. I didn"t mean that. You are more than okay, because okay, means ugly. And you"re not ugly. You are..." I was praying to faint now to end this humiliation, but my terrible speech (it was supposed to be a simple thank you) interrupted by his soft, oh so soft lips, touching my cold cheek. Did I wash my face today? Oh my God, what if it smells?

While my mind was a total mess, my stomach was doing black flips. How can it do that? I felt like having the lions in my stomach... No worse... Like I had hungry dinosaurs. Like I had the Jurasic Park in there.

And that"s the part when I felt his lips smiling against my skin and that gave me goosebumps.

"I like it when you blush." He leaned back slowly with a teasing smile in his lips. Those lips touched me. THOSE FREAKING PERFECT PINK LIPS TOUCHED MY FREAKING CHEEK. I won"t wash my face any more.

Without noticing it I was staring at his lips like a freak. But there was something I insde me that once again missed some other lips. Why? I don"t know. It was something in me that was confusing the hell out of me. It felt weird, but luckily it lasted just one second and then disappeared to give me space to blush like a freaking tomato. He liked me blushing.

How am I still alive as we are so close and he tells me these kind of things, I will never know. I"m lucky for not fainting till now.

"The rain stopped." Aiden murmured with what it sounded to me like a disappointed voice. "I better get you home before you catch a cold. We don"t want you to miss in school now. Or do you Ryder?" I shook my head, mentally clapping from the happiness that didn"t mess up it again, but also feeling confused. Does this means that he likes me? Or not? "Let"s go."

He got up and helped me too, while I was still blushing and reminding what he said to me just two minutes ago made me blush even more. Does this means that if I blush, he will like me and if not be won"t like me? Do I have to blush more from now on? But I don"t like blushing. What if he is lying to me?

Why does it have to be so confusing?

We got out if the creepy house and walked down the street, which was wet from the rain. But unlike the street, which clearly showed how much it rained, the sky was clear. I could see the stars and the moon so clearly. Like it never rained.

I was staring at the road not daring to look up at Aiden, fearing that I would tell something stupid, or do something idiotic. Like every time I"m around him. But when a warm hand took mine, I practically snapped my head at him. "Your hands are cold." He frowned at me as the grip on my hand tightened.

And guess what?

Yeah, I was blushing.

He didn"t let go of my hand though. Not even once. In fact not even when we reached my front door. He just looked at our hands and then at me and smiled. That"s when I noticed the faint blush on his cheeks. "I will se you tomorrow right?" He was still blushing in the most cute way possible.

I nodded again and he placed a soft kiss on my cheek again before he left. His lips touched me AGAIN!!! My eyes were glued to his dark figure, walking away as I once again I had that feeling in me that I was missing someone else walking away. I"m going crazy.

***

"ACHOO!!!"

My throat ached at the hard sneeze. My body shivered as the blankets flew away from my sudden stand up. I pulled them back around my body and lied down on my bed again. I couldn"t even open my eyes. Maybe I should be going to a doctor. What if I"m dying and I don"t know anything?

Well as you might have assumed it, YES, I"m sick. My head ached so much, so did the throat. I felt like puking the whole time and those God damn sneezes didn"t let me alone for one freaking moment. I didn"t go to school and hell, I didn"t even change my clothes after I got home from the concert. Okay I might have changed the clothes and kept only Aiden"s jacket, which I forgot to give it back to him. Oops?

Now everyone was sleeping and I was still trying to figure out how to stop all of these pain without going to hospital because of pill overdoses.

A knock made me groan in pain as I couldn"t even stand my own voice. Let alone anything else. "Mom go away. I"m fine." I groaned again and covered my head with the blanket. But the knock didn"t stop and I was getting angry. But when I heard the knock again I noticed it was coming from the window and not the door.

Midnight.

Now you are going to imagine me running towards the window with a happy smile on my face. Sorry to crush your dreams, but no. I walked like a snail to the window, dragging the blanket with me, as a unlady like groan escaped my mouth again. My eyes were red and I could barley keep them open as I had a runny nose. What a beauty I am!

I opened the window without seeing if Midnight was there or not, but sat on the floor leaning against the wall as I sneezed again. Why did I got out again? Oh yeah because Aiden asked me to. You could bet your money on me jumping off a cliff if he would ask me to. Why would I do that? I have no idea.

My eyes were closed as you could tell from miles away that I was in pain. "Ry?" Midnight voice was so soft that actually made me smile, unlike the others that made me hit them with a pan in their heads. I felt a warm and strong arm wrapping around me, pulling me closer to Midnight"s body. I felt warm and comfortable. For sure I could sleep in this position. "Oh my little Ry." His voice sounded sorry and worried. Once again I couldn"t help the smile forming in my lips as I heard his voice again. It was like his voice was the only one that could make me feel better.

There was a weird feeling in my stomach as I heard him calling me his. But I ignored it. I bet it was because I have felt like puking the whole day. But however I leaned my head on his shoulder, as it felt heavy. Slowly, Midnight lifted me up on his lap and wrapped both of his arms around my waist. And after a long day of not doing it, I blushed again. But since I was so weak to do anything else, even to talk or argue, I just smiled.

"Whose jacket is this?" He asked and I blushed furiously, looking up at his smirking lips. Why was he smirking?

"A friend"s." I answered shyly trying to avoid the talk about Aiden. But no. The Mister likes to be such a stubborn about it.

"A guy friend?" Why the hell does he always wants to talk about that particular guy (Aiden) every time it is obvious I have spent time with him? Always!!! "Do you like this guy Ry?"

"Shut up Midnight." I punched him in his chest and he chuckled and hugged me tighter.

"Don"t worry. I will take my answers an other time." He whispered in my ear. I just smiled even though he couldn"t see me, and buried my head on his chest where I could hear his heart. It wasn"t beating normally. In fact it was beating a little bit fast. And I liked hearing it. It was calming...

"I better get you to your bed." He whispered but I refused to move. "Ry..."

"I like staying like this." I said to him blushing furiously at my confession. But he didn"t tease me about it. He just tightened the grip around my waist and kissed the top of my head.

"Everything for you my little Ry."

I had that strange feeling again.