“Where have you guys been? And why are you wet?" Emily questioned as Aiden and Rose walked into the house. Rose looked over at her nervously while Aiden was grinning from ear to ear.
“We just went on our first date," Aiden announced proudly. Emily's eyes widened.
“Oh my, that means you guys are dating now?" Aiden nodded while Rose bent down her head to hide her blush.
“Oh my God, I'm so happy for you guys but that doesn't still explain why you guys are wet" Emily said. Aiden flashed her a mischievous smile.
“You know what? I don't even want to know. You guys go clean up or you'll catch a..." Rose sneezed “Cold" Aiden turned to Rose worriedly.
“Come on, let's go run you a bath" Aiden told her then grabbed her hand and led her upstairs, up to her room.
“Sit here, I'll go run the bath for you" He pushed her softly on the bed before walking towards the bathroom.
“You don't have to do that Aiden" She stood up from the bed and walked towards him.
“It's my fault you've got a cold and besides" He turned around to flash her a smile “I love taking care of you" Rose blushed hard because of the way his voice made her feel. She quickly walked back to the bed and sat down. She looked around and noticed Liam wasn't in the room. She stood up and was about to leave the room in search of Liam when Aiden came out.
“Where are you going?" He asked as he advanced towards her.
“I need to find Liam, he was supposed to be resting here till I got back" She told him and proceeded to walk out of the room but Aiden held her hand.
“He's fine, I got a text from Andrea and it says they went out for ice cream because apparently Liam wanted chocolate ice cream" He made sure to emphasize on the “Chocolate".
“Well I never said my brother had good taste" Aiden chuckled.
“Go have your bath" She nodded at him with a smile. They both stood there, staring at each other.
“Erm Aiden?..."
“Yeah?"
“Aren't you going to leave?" He raised an eyebrow at her.
“But I'm your boyfriend, I don't need to..." Rose picked up a pillow and threw it at him.
“Fine, I'll go take a shower too" He kissed her forehead before walking out of the room. Rose felt her cheeks heat up, she smiled to herself before walking into the bathroom.
“Next time, do you want to go watch a cartoon with me?" Andrea asked Liam as they walked into the house. Liam frowned.
“I'm not a baby anymore, I don't watch cartoons" He told her. Rose chuckled as she walked towards them.
“He seems to really want to be called a teenager now" She told Andrea as she ruffled Liam's hair. Andrea chuckled.
“I've noticed. Where were you and Aiden? We searched everywhere" Andrea told her.
“We went on a date," Aiden said as he walked towards them. Andrea and Liam gasped while Rose glared at Aiden.
“Are you going to keep telling everyone you run into?" She questioned.
“Of course he has to tell us, we are family and very soon you'll be my sister in..." Aiden clamped his hand over Andrea's mouth before she could say anything further.
“Too far Andrea" Andrea shrugged and swatted his hand away from her mouth.
“How did the date go?" Liam asked.
“Aiden got me wet" Andrea choked on her spit then turned to Aiden in disbelief.
“That was quick Aiden" Rose and Aiden stared at her in confusion. Aiden's face turned red as understanding dawned on him.
“Andrea get your mind out of the gutters for once, we went to the beach and got wet" Aiden explained exasperatingly.
“Still doesn't sound right but I'll let it slide because I know how innocent Rose is" Andrea said and walked up to her room. Rose turned to Aiden.
“What was she talking about?" Aiden waved it off.
“Nothing important. Are you hungry? I'm hungry, let's find something to eat," He suggested.
“I'm going up to our room" Liam told Rose then ran upstairs. She turned to Aiden.
“Alright, let's go"
“Do you want me to sing you a lullaby?" Rose asked Liam as they laid on the bed. He glared at her with sleepy eyes.
“No, good night" He closed his eyes and slowly slept off. Rose stared at the ceiling for a while, she couldn't sleep. She realized that the only time she actually slept well was when she was with Aiden, on the vacation. She sighed then stood up from the bed and walked out of the room.
“You couldn't sleep too huh?" Aiden said as he rested his weight on his room door. Rose flinched.
“God, Aiden, why are you standing in the hallway like that? Besides, why are you up this late?" She questioned as she calmed her racing heart.
“It turns out I can't sleep without you by my side anymore" Aiden said softly. Rose could feel the blush crawling up her skin.
“Come here", He murmured as he opened up his arms for her. She cleared her throat then slowly walked towards him and wrapped her arms around his waist. He let out a sigh of contentment as she snuggled his chest.
“Do you want to sleep in my room?" Aiden offered. Rose looked up at him with a raised eyebrow.
“I can sleep on the couch," He added.
“It's not about that. I don't think your mum would like us sleeping in the same room" She murmured to him. He shrugged.
“She never comes to my room, only for emergency purposes which is rare and besides, your room is opposite mine. So what do you say?" She stared at him for a while before nodding...