Chapter 5

                                    

                                          
Since then, I and Aston had regular sex since I would be more than happy to give myself away to him. I know it’s really bad, but I suppose it’s not that bad since he was the only guy I was having sex with; it wasn’t like I was having sex with multiple guys in one go.
                          
Aston soon found a job in a phone store, and he started to date one of the girls from there. I’m not going to lie; it really hurt when he told me. I mean, I wouldn’t be able to be close to him like I was before, nor could I be intimate with him. However, I do remember the night he came round my house the night him and his girlfriend broke up.
                          
***
                          
Both of my parents are doing an over-night shift at their jobs, which leaves me with the house to myself. They won’t be back till the morning. Since being alone and nothing else to do, I was watching TV while outside was almost like a storm: howling wind and none stop rain that looked like knives were falling out from the sky.  Since its dark too, it looked pretty scary. Nibbling on a packet of biscuits, my phone pinged.
                          
[Can I come round please? A xx]
                          
[Yes of course A xx]
                          
I text back, and wonder why he needs to come round – It’s Saturday, he should be with his girlfriend tonight.
                          
[Is everything okay? A xx]
                          
[No, I really need a talk with you A xx]
                          
Now this has me worried. I can’t have Aston being upset, it hurts to see.
                          
Now being impatient about Aston’s arrival, I was just about to text him when there was a knock on the door. Jumping up from the sofa and hurriedly walking my way over to the front door, I open it to see Aston and his clothes soaked through from the rain; he’s also shivering and you can see the cloud of his breath every time he breathes out. “Come in,” you say but drag him in and shut the door, “oh my God, Aston what’s happened? You’re cold, let me run you a bath,” I say and gently take his right hand only for him to burst out crying; I frown instantly after he bursts out crying.
                          
I had soon run him a bath and I soon helped him strip down and get into the bath, I was sat on the floor with my right hand in the bath water holding his right hand. Watching his face with a frown, I see that he is lost in thoughts before tears build up in his eyes and I frown even more as I want to know what’s going on through his head. Swallowing hard, I mingle our fingers together and continue to watch his face, but his eyes especially. Since I had mingled our fingers together, he looks at me with his glassy eyes before swallowing hard. “Tell me what’s wrong,” I whisper, he sighs and a tear falls out of his eye, “you know Elizabeth?” he asks and I nod gently “I caught her cheating on me tonight. I’d gone round her house and stepped through her door only to come to see her shagging some other guy on her living room floor...” he explains and my mouth falls open with shock. She’s hurt my Aston, and if I see her, my God I’ll give her a few words to think about! “She caught me standing at the living room door, and she panicked and said it’s not what you think. We had an argument and I broke up with her. I feel crap, I feel used, I feel that I can’t love again and I just wanted to spend the night with you since I know that I’ll feel safe and comfort in your arms. I hope your parents don’t mind,” he says softly and I smile, but only a little smile, “my parents aren’t gonna be in tonight. They’ll be back in the morning since they are both working over night tonight,” I explain quietly and softly before he nods gently.
                          
Almost out of nowhere, he leans forward and balances his body weight on his right shoulder on the inside of the bath, he then kisses me softly and as I know it’s wrong to be kissing him, since he has only just got out of a relationship, I can’t help but give the kiss back. “I bought a spare change of clothes,” he whispers just as he pulls away “that’s okay, want to get out?” I ask and he nods gently.
                          
Soon enough, I had Aston wrapped up in my arms while we both lay in my bed. We are both laid on our sides, and my arms are wrapped around his shoulders, while his arms are wrapped around my waist. His face is buried into my chest, while mine is lying upon the pillow and looking down to the sleeping Aston. Flashes of images of what he looked like tonight hurt me; it really hurts to see him cry. Soft mumbles of snores come from his mouth while I begin to stroke my right hand through his hair, wishing that this was me and Aston being boyfriend and girlfriend. Never gonna happen, dream on girl. My eyes then became heavy and I soon found myself falling into a world of Aston Merrygold, even though he is with me.
                          
Waking up softly in the morning to something stroking my right cheek, my eyes open tiredly to see Aston watching me sleep, “hello beautiful,” he whispers as I smile “hello gorgeous,” I whisper back and place a tender kiss onto his lips before wrapping him up in my arms. I assume he rolled out of my arms during the night. “I like this,” he whispers but my eyebrows burrow with thought “you like what?” I ask uncertain “this. Being in your arms, feeling safe and comforted, I would stay like this for a long time,” he whispers and I smile, but I feel my cheeks burn too. If only he knew how much that meant for him to say that, and because he said that, I tighten my grip around him.
                          
***
                          
It wasn’t long till he found another girlfriend, but she soon ended up like the one before her, and Aston was once again heartbroken. A repeat, of the night he came round the first time, happened again, and that’s when he told me he could trust me with his life and that I’ll always be the first he’ll come running to. Not only that, he even said that he’ll never let me go and that I’m his best friend. For him to say all of that means the world, just like he means to me, my Aston Merrygold.