“Aiden, just because you are dating Rose doesn't mean you'll go everywhere with us. School was the only place we could have a break from each other" Andrea complained as Aiden, Steven and Dylan sat down with them at the cafeteria. Aiden rolled his eyes then turned to Rose.
“Do you want me to leave?"Rose shook her head. Aiden smiled at her before turning to Andrea.
“As long as she doesn't want me to leave, I'm staying and besides, your boyfriend is here too" Aiden pointed out.
“Yeah he can stay but not just you, I'm tired of seeing your ugly face every day" Andrea replied.
“The feeling is mutual" He said smugly.
“Okay that's enough" Steven said as he caressed Andrea's head. She pouted at him but didn't say anything further.
“Hello guys" Stella yelled in order to draw attention to her as she walked towards Rose while dragging a nervous looking Lily with her. Lily tried as much as possible to avoid eye contact with anyone. Andrea groaned.
“What do you want?" Stella smiled.
“Oh nothing, I just wanna have a chat with my friend, Rose over here" She said while staring at Rose who stared back at her impassively.
“A little birdie told me" She began “That you killed your mother and paralyzed your father. Is that true baby girl?" Rose held her breath as the whole cafeteria grew quiet. Aiden glanced at Rose for a brief second before he stood up and grabbed Stella's arm.
“Let's go, now!" He said through gritted teeth.
“Why? I want everyone to know how disgusting she is. That's not all, everyone, I found out that she seduced her uncle and tried to take his wealth away from him" Rose's eyes shot up to hers as the murmurs in the cafeteria grew louder. Aiden glared angrily at Stella.
“Shut the fuck up" He said threateningly which frightened Stella as she moved away from him. Andrea was about to stand up when Rose held her back down and stood up, her eyes staring emotionlessly at Stella.
“So?" She uttered as she took a step towards Stella.
“I can paralyze you too if you want and just like him, I won't regret doing it to you" Stella gulped as she stared at the crazed look in Rose's eyes. Rose chuckled with no humor.
“Seduced my uncle? Tried to steal his wealth? Don't sprout such nonsense ever again from your mouth or I swear, I won't go easy on you" Rose warned before walking away from the scene. Everyone was deathly silent as they watched her walk away
“I'll go after her," Aiden suddenly said. Andrea held his arm.
“I'll come with you" He nodded at her and they both left. Claire turned her attention to Stella who had a smug look on her face.
“You should be ashamed of yourself" She began as she glared at Stella.
“Why should I be?
“Why should you be? You have no idea what Rose has gone through. How can you blab about someone's trauma? Rose has PTSD because of what happened to her in the past and here you are, reminding her of it" Claire spat.
“Disgusting" She muttered before walking away with Steven and Dylan behind her. Stella scoffed then turned to the crowd which were glancing at her with disgust.

“Rose, wait" Aiden said as he held onto her arm.
“Aiden please, let me go" She tried to pry her arms out of his grip but he was just too strong.
“Please, let's talk it out, okay?" She glared at him.
“Talk about what, huh? How my father killed my mother right in front of me? How I stood there and watched my mother die? Or how about how I was molested by my uncle? Is that what you want to talk about ?" She yelled. Aiden's eyes widened as his hands slacked around her arm. She jerked her arm away from his grip and ran away. Andrea rested her hand on his shoulder.
“Let her be alone for now? Hmm?" Aiden turned to her.
“I didn't know she carried so much burden on her shoulder. My heart aches for her" Aiden murmured softly. Claire sighed.
“Mine too but for now, let's let her be" Aiden shook his head.
“Right now, she needs me the most"
“Aiden..."
“I promised her I was going to stay by her side no matter what and that's exactly what I'm going to do" He told her before running off. Andrea sighed as she walked back into the school.
“Baby?" Aiden murmured as he saw Rose sitting under the bleachers. She raised her head to look at him.
“I know you said I should leave you alone but I just ca.." He stopped talking as Rose ran towards him and wrapped her arms around him.
“I thought you were disgusted by what I said" Her words broke as she spoke.
“I can never be disgusted by you baby, look at me" And she did “I love you" Her eyes widened.
“What?"
“I love you so damn much Rose, I will never abandon you no matter what" He murmured then sealed off the promise with a kiss. Rose's heart swelled with joy, she could feel herself retreating Into her shell when his hands slacking around her arm. She thought she had lost him. She raised her head to stare at him, she knew she had loved ever since they were in Palm Springs but she was afraid that he wouldn't feel the same and thought that she was rushing things but now, since he has confessed.
“I love you too," She murmured. He smiled happily at her as she stood on her toes and gave him a peck on his lips.
“I want to tell you everything," She murmured. He nodded.
“I'm all ears".....