Chapter 20

ELLIE

The weekend made me feel a bit refreshed and rejuvenated— especially because of what Aiden and I had over the weekend. He eventually snuck up to my room yet again and made me explode twice as fast.

I still didn't have the words for what both of us were to each other, but then, I was sure that we did have feelings for each other. There were just too many emotions involved for me to try ruining it by asking those serious questions that would ruin everything.

Aiden had slowly become a coping mechanism that helped me get my mind off the disheartening news of my mother which had weakened me for the past couple of days. But he had suddenly filled me with a new feeling of life that made me feel strong enough to face everything.

I didn't need a mirror to tell me just how beautiful the smile I had on my face was. I took out my phone and dialed Aiden who happened to have placed a bet with me that he would be in school before me. Those fifty bucks we had placed on the bet would go quite