Sooooo sorry for being away for so long! Also... I know you guys want bigger chapters and I am going to try to do this... I am pretty sure the next chapter is going to be quite bigger than this!
(also the chapter name is lame but I couldn't think anything else... Sorry.. :) )
Drink and Dance
Aiden walked out of his house and headed to his car.
«Hey neighbor. Good morning.» He heard her calling him. He recognized her voice so fast that it scared him.
«Good morning to you too. Are you ready to bring light and knowledge into young kids minds?» He said smiling to her.
«Yes... I will try my best. » She said and laughed. She looked at him for a few seconds before she continue. «So...Heading to work?»
«Yeah..»
«Ready to save the day?» She said and raised her eyebrow.
He laughed and shook his head. «I am not the one that saves the day. »
«So... I have to go... » Emily said walking towards her car with a genuine smile on her face.
«Yeah me too..» He said and opened the car's door a little harder than he was planning.
Emily looked at him raising her eyebrow and cackle.
«Drove safer than this. » She said and got into her car.
He stood there watching as her car drove away. What was wrong with him? How could she has that effect on him? He got in the car turn the engine on and thought of her cackle. It was such a beautiful sound. Such a beautiful sound. He closed his eyes took a deep breath and shove all his thoughts away.
When Emily returned to her house (after a really hard day at work) nobody was there.
« Ben?» She shouted again hoping for an answer.
«That's army Ems...» She whispered to herself as she was taking off her heels.
She dialed Nolan's number and walked towards the house bar.
«Miss me?»
She heard Nolan answering and smiled.
«Take your ass here you idiot.» She said as she was filling her glass with red wine.
«You really need to check your invitation skills...»
«Oh come on Nolan... I am home alone and bored... »
«Ok ok princess I will be there...»
She smiled and hang up the phone happy. It's been more than a week she hadn't seen him and that was not acceptable. Nolan was her best friend since forever...But now they were away... Now that she moved one hour away of him... Well she was feeling like she lost something of herself. They used to live together and then they lived 5 minutes away of each other. But now... Now she was an hour away and with her work and Ben and his work and Tony things were different.
When the door bell rang she was finishing the third glass of wine. She opened the door and saw a smiling Nolan holding a new bottle of wine in his hands.
«I guess you started without me.» He said and looked at her glass of wine confused.
«There is plenty of wine Nol...» She said and pulled him into a tight hug.
«Ok... I have the strange feeling that you are a little drunk...»
«No no no... Not drunk... I just miss you... Come on... Get your ass in here...» She pushed him towards the living room and closed the door behind her. She walked fast toward the house bar to fill a glass with wine for him.
«Soooo... How is Tony?» She said and took the cork out of the wine bottle.
«He is fine... He hates you for waking him up yesterday... » He said and stretched his legs on the couch.
«He loves me...» She said as she was filling the glass with wine. She put the cork back at the bottle and spoke again.
«Don't be jealous Nol... He loves you too» She was ready to move towards Nolan when she heard the a car approaching their house. She looked out of the window and saw Aiden's car. She felt her heart skipping a small bit and bit her inner cheek. She looked at him as he was getting into his house. She stayed there looking at the dark house lighting up. She felt like she could see him doing exactly what she did when she came back home. She felt like she could see him turning the lights on and then calling for Niko. She felt like she could see him laying on the couch alone wondering what time she would come back this night.
«What's up sunshine?» Nolan's voice was closer than before. She turned around and saw him standing right behind her. She gave him his glass of wine and took a huge sip of hers.
«Nothing. I thought Ben was home.» She said and moved away of the window.
«I thought you were watching the hot neighbor. »
«He is not hot.»
«I have my own eyes missy. »He said without taking his eyes of the window.
She walked back at the window and saw her neighbor sitting at his porch living room with a beer in his hand. Oh yes... He was hot... She keep her eyes on him for a few more seconds and then she walked back at her couch. She threw herself on it and let a sigh.
«Wanna tell me what's going on?» Nolan asked as he was sitting right beside her.
«Nothing is going on Nol...» She took another sip of her wine. «Absolutely nothing.»
«It doesn't look like nothing to me Ems...» Nolan said and took her legs on his lap.
«Ok... It's just... I don't even know the guys... He is just the hot neighbor. »
«I thought he wasn't hot...» He said and raised his eyebrow to her.
She gave him a small nudge and with her leg and spoke
«And he is Ben's childhood friend. So it's wrong to even think that he is hot.»
«Thinking that someone is hot means that you have eyes.»
They stayed in silence for a few more seconds. Nolan could feel that there was something wrong with Emily. Emily could feel that there was something wrong with her. With her need to learn more about Aiden.
«I just... I don't know Nol... I feel like I want to learn more about him... It's strange and stupid and...»
«Ems...» He cut her off quickly. «You feel something about this man?» He asked looking in her eyes.
«NOOOOOO» She said and jump off the couch pouring her wine on the floor.
«Ok ok» Nolan said and stood up slowly.
«I think you are done drinking» He said and grabbed the glass of her hand.
«Come on. Let's do something fun.» She didn't even fight him back for her glass. She knew she had too much wine. So she just grabbed him by the hand and turn the stereo on.
They spend the rest of their night dancing laughing and gossiping. They spend their night doing what they use to do so often in the past. Nolan stayed with her until Ben came back from work. He said his goodbyes to both of them and headed back to his house. Back to his house and to his soon to be husband.
As soon as Emily and Ben stayed alone in their home Emily grabbed Ben by his uniform collar and kissed him. She kissed him hard. She kissed him harder than she had ever kissed him. The alcohol in her system had really done something to her.
«Ok Ems... » He started saying but he was cut off with another kiss.
«Shut up..» She whispered in his lips and pushed him towards their bedroom.
Aiden was sitting at their porch when Niko came back home.
«Hey stranger.» She said and walked to him.
«Hey soldier.» He said and took a sip of his bottle.
She smiled and sat on his lap. «Sorry for being so late tonight.» She said and placed a kiss on his lips.
«I was doing exactly the same job. I know how it is. » He said and brought her closer to him.
«I missed you today.» She said and rubbed his head.
He looked at her and smile. He brought their lips together for one more time. It was a normal soft kiss.
«Are you happy?» He asked after their kiss broke.
«The happiest. You know how much I love my job. Also...I have an amazing husband waiting for me home. What else could a woman wish for?»
A small sad smile appeared on his face.
«What's up baby?»She said and rubbed her thump on his cheek.
«Nothing... Let's go to sleep.» He said and lift her in his arms to carry her inside their house.
He earned her giggles and smiled to himself.
It was the first day... He thought trying to assure himself everything was ok. But he knew it wasn't ok. He knew her job cause it was his job in the past. They were happy cause they were working together. Now? What would happen now? Would he even be able to see her? And what about all these strange feeling he had? Why was he feeling so vulnerable near his best friend girlfriend? Why was he feeling so vulnerable near her?
He fall asleep thinking of all those things. Thinking. Trying to find a way out. He fall asleep thinking of her laugh.
Promise the next chapter is going to have more Aimily interaction! Hope you are still here guys! Hope you liked it!
