“Mother, the school wants to take us on a vacation" Andrea blurted out as they all sat down for dinner. Emily looked at her with confusion.
“Huh?A vacation? I wasn't informed"
“Yeah that's because it hasn't been announced yet, hopefully they will announce it tomorrow," Andrea informed. Liam turned to Rose.
“You'll be leaving?For how long?" He pouted at her.
“We don't know if it's true or not"
“But if it turns out to be true, how long would you be gone?" She sighed.
“For about a week. If you don't want me to go, I'll stay" Liam shook his head.
“I want you to go but I'll miss you" She smiled down at him then ruffled his hair.
“I'll be back before you know it" He smiled at her.
“When you are on your vacation, don't worry about me, Aunt Emily will keep me company. right Aunt Emily?" He looked at her. She smiled then nodded at him.
“Of course dear, we'll go anywhere you want, we'll make them regret leaving us" They all laughed except Rose who just smiled at Liam.
“Well I hope I will be taken along?" Aiden asked. They all turned to him.
“You're not going?" Andrea asked. He shook his head.
“Nope" Rose frowned at him. She turned to Andrea and they both shared the same look.
“Oh... Alright son, you can join us, right Liam?" Liam joyfully nodded. He smiled then stood up and walked to his room.
“What's wrong with your brother these days?" Emily questioned. Andrea stood up.
“I'll go talk to him" She walked up the stairs. Emily stood up and cleared the table. Rose took Liam's hand and led him upstairs.

“How was the hospital today?" Rose asked as she tucked him into bed.
“I made a new friend, his name is Brian. He's a cancer patient like me" Rose caressed his face. Rose could vividly remember the day Emily told her that Liam was indeed a cancer patient. She felt so devastated and lost, luckily Emily was there for her. Emily told her she had to be strong for her brother's sake and that's exactly what she did. She bent down and kissed his forehead.
“Go to sleep now" She was about to stand up when he held her hand.
“I'm not a child anymore. If you keep treating me this way, I'm afraid I would get too used to it" She frowned at him.
“You are growing up too fast"
“I had grown up a long time ago"...

“Aiden, open the damn door" Andrea yelled from the other side of the door. Aiden groaned as he sluggishly stood up from the bed and walked towards the door.
“What do you need from me?" He asked as soon as opened the door. She glared at him then pushed him aside and walked straight into the room.
“What the...." He stared at her in confusion.
“Why are you ignoring Rose?" He stared at her dumbfoundedly.
“What?"
“Don't what me, why are you avoiding her?" Aiden sighed as he walked closer to her.
“She noticed?" He asked softly. Andrea snorted.
“Notice is an understatement, of course she noticed. In fact, I'm sure the whole school noticed. You are not very subtle you know" Aiden groaned.
“Why are you ignoring Rose?" She asked again.
“Because I can't don't want her to reject me again and I can't be around because I can feel my body, my mind, everything get drawn toward her" He confessed.
“You like her?" Andrea asked for clarification.
“Yes," He said simply.
“Another question, when did she reject you?Is it because she pushed you away when you kissed her?" Aiden nodded hesitantly nodded. Andrea laughed.
“You are more stupid than I thought" Aiden glared hard at her.
“She didn't reject you" She added quickly “She was shy and embarrassed.... You know what? I won't tell you anything, you can ask her yourself on the vacation" Andrea walked towards the door.
“She didn't reject me?" He asked in a small voice.
“Ask her yourself on the vacation, goodnight" She opened the door and left. He plumped down on the bed and sighed.
“I guess I'm going on a vacation" After some minutes, he got up from the bed.
“I'm not feeling sleepy anymore" He muttered to himself and left the room.
He stretched before sitting down on the couch.
“It's a surprise seeing you here" Aiden held his chest as he stared at Rose in shock.
“Oh my God, you startled me"
“Sorry" She murmured and sat down on the sofa far from him.
“You still can't sleep at night?" He asked worriedly. She shrugged.
“Nothing new" She told him. He nodded slowly at her before grabbing the remote. An awkward silence passed between them.
“Do you want to watch a movie?"They both said at the same time.Aiden smiled at her while she bent down her head to hide the smile on her face.
“Why were you ignoring me?" She suddenly asked. Aiden's eyes widened.
“Erm...."
“You said you were going to help me and that we should be friends. But then you started ignoring me, why?" She questioned. Aiden opened his mouth but no words came out.
“I'm sorry, there's no excuse for my behavior" He finally spoke. She looked at him.
“Do you know that I feel closer to you the most? Well aside from Liam" She confessed.
“What? Really?" He asked in disbelief. She hesitantly nodded.
“I normally don't talk about what I feel but anytime Liam gets mad at me, I try to open up more so I'm doing the same to you, I hope after this, you won't ignore me again" She said hopefully.
“I won't" He murmured “ I'm sorry, I didn't know how you felt".
“I don't know how I feel either but all I know is that I don't like it when you ignore me," She declared. He smiled at her.
“Never again"....