Forbidden Mates

Chapter 1

-10 Years Later-

*Aaron POV*

I shot up from my dream, the same dream that I`ve been having for a couple of months now. The day that my father passed away. It has been torture since then, but I love my mom too much to let her go and tell people, but sometimes I wonder if I should just so that this nightmare can end.

"AARON, GET UP HERE NOW!" My mom shouts from upstairs, a couple of years ago I moved down into the basement so that I could get away from mom and the men that she brings home with her every night. Every night different men but always the same pain, as the last.

"Coming, I shout back up to my mom. I get up off the bed and grab some close and run into the bathroom and take a quick shower. When I get out of the shower I look at my reflection in the mirror, my pale skin, that is riddled with bruises some new and some turning an ugly purple color from healing, I run my hands down my side feeling my ribs that are sticking out from malnourishment, I only eat twice a week and if Im lucky I get to eat something more then leftovers. I turn away from the mirror not wanting to look at myself anymore, and get dressed in a long light blue shirt, to cover the bruises and a long pair of blue jeans.

"AARON!" My mom yells again as Im opening my door, I shake my head from side to side and walk upstairs and into the kitchen and see my mom standing there and I knew she was upset by the look on her face.

"What did I tell you?" she asked when she saw me standing there in front of her. I just shrug my shoulders having no idea what she's talking about.

"About cleaning the house," she says getting more upset and walking towards me causing me to back up in fear.

"But, I did, I cleaned up yesterday," I said and realized my mistake when my head, shot to the side, and I could feel a stinging feeling in my cheek. I slowly brought my hand up to my cheek, trying to wrack my brain around what just happened. And I turned to look at her, trying to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall. I push her and grab my bag and run out of the house and towards school.

When I get to school I run into the bathroom and look at the mirror and I realize that Im crying. I touch my cheek and I wince from the slight sting. I sign and turn on the water and wash my face. After a couple of minutes of just standing in the bathroom, I hear the bell ring signaling the start of class. I sigh and walk out of the bathroom and to my first class.

"Did you hear about the new kid?" I hear some girl that sits behind me when I sit down.

"Yeah, I saw him when he walked into the office, I think he said his name was Jaime Romeo," Another girl said and I was slightly happy when I heard that name. Jaime Romeo, was my best friend when I was young we would hang out all the time and when my father passed away him and his brother were the ones to cheer me up, but when my mother started to drink and abuse me we drifted apart. I haven't talked to him since he moved away when we were 10 years old. I`m drawn from my thoughts when I hear the door to the classroom open and in walks a boy that's just about a foot taller than me, I knew just by looking at his face who he was, Jaime.

"And who might you be?" The teacher asks when Jaime walks into the classroom.

"Hi, I`m Jaime Romeo. I`m a new student," Jaime says handing a piece of paper to the teacher. The teacher nods and hands the paper back to Jaime.

"You can have a seat in the empty one in the front." The teacher says pointing to the empty seat in the front, which just so happens to be next to me. Jaime walks to the seat and looks at me and smiles, causing me to smile. I swear Jaimes smile was always contagious.

"Hi, Im Jaime," He says and my smile falters and I feel this small pang in my chest.

"Aaron," I say composing myself and smiling, Jaime smiles and looks back to the front where the teacher is, I let my smile drop and look down at my hands that are resting on my desk.

"He doesn't remember me," I think as the class goes on, not even paying attention to the class, I remember all the times that I and Jaime have spent together. When I bell rings Im pulled out of my thoughts and go to get up and leave when I feel a hand on my shoulder and turn around to see Jaime standing there with a nervous smile.

"Hey, so I dont know my way around the school, and was wondering if you could show me around?" Jaime asks scratching the back of his neck and looking down at the ground. I hold out my hand and Jaime looks up at me with a confused look on his face, which causes m to smile and let out a small laugh.

"Your schedule. I kinda need to know where you're going to show you around," I say and a look of realization falls upon his face and he smiles and nods his head handing his schedule to me. I nod and turn around walking out of the class, turning around to make sure he's following me.

"So we have 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, lunch, and last period together," I say when he walks up next to me. I look at him and he nods his head and I hand him back his schedule and he takes it. When we get to class, I sit down and he goes to the teacher and tells her that he`s new and hands her his schedule.

The day goes on the same way, me going to class, and me showing Jaime around. When the end of school bell rings I get my stuff and start to walk out of the class when Im stopped by a hand on my shoulder, I turn around and see Jaime standing there with a smile on his face.

"So, I was wondering if we could hang out sometime after school?" Jaime asks and I smile, when I realize that I haven't given him an answer, I nod my head, and he hands me his phone.

"Put your number in so that, we can talk to each other anytime," Jaime says and I nod my head and put my number into his phone. When I finished I handed his phone back to him and we walked out of the building together. I start to walk towards the gate to the school when Jaime stops me.

"Oh, do you need a ride?" Jaime asks and I stand there for a couple of seconds before replying.

"No," I say and Jaime nods his had and starts to walk off towards his car and I watch him get in before turning around and start to walk to the gate and towards home. I try to walk as slow as possible so that I can cherish the time before I have to go home. As I walk up to my house I notice that there is no car in the driveway and I let out the breath that I didn't even know I was holding, and walk up to the house, and open the door and close it behind me. When I walk into the living room I notice all the stuff that is all over the place, and I know that I have to pick it all up before mom gets home or I'd be in big trouble. So I start to get to work cleaning up the whole house.

By the time I finish, I can barely stand due to how exhausted I am. I start to walk to the stairs to go to my room, when I hear someone pull into the driveway, I walk to the window and see that mom has pulled into the driveway. I start to panic when I see her stumble out of the car and a man gets out and help her to the front door. I turn and run towards the stairs when the front door opens, I can hear the sounds of them making out and I grimace and run downstairs and to my room shutting it and locking it, with the lock the I put in myself, I learned the hard way about having a lock. I grab my bag and pull out my homework and start it.

When I finish, I realized that almost an hour has passed, I get up and walk into my bathroom and take a shower, and I walk out with a towel around my waist and go to my dresser and pull out some PJs, and get into them and walk to my bed and fall on it and as soon as my head hits the pillow I pass out.