I'm trying to type more…stop wasting all my time watching YouTube videos and reading one-shots.

This chapter is a four years into the future…cause it's not all that interesting until then. So Thana has just recently turned eighteen…

Ch. 4 - Remember Me (I saw that movie btw…it was really good but I cried.)

(Thana's POV)

Pain though my body,
Pain in my heart,
When it comes to pain,
I don't know where it starts,
and it never ends.

Waking up I still couldn't believe I was eighteen.

A little over four years after their death.

Four years since all that confusion and pain….You'd think that my parent's death would have ended all my pain, but it just brought more. It's true my physical lessened, but the emotional pain was worse. I wouldn't expect you to understand, I don't even understand it, but ever since I got here…or a little bit before that, I've felt like there's a hole in my chest and it just gets bigger…I'm waiting to disappear, could be any day now. I feel empty and dead inside, more so than ever before. I asked GC about it when I was sixteen, she just asked if I'd ever fallen in love. As a knee jerk reaction I said no and she shrugged and said that I'm subconsciously in love.

Subconsciously in love? Really?

It's also been for years since that plane ride, the first and last time I was ever on a plane. That man, Aro, was always on my mind his face, his voice, his eyes. I swear I here his voice every now and then. Only at night though, when I'm so close to sleep that his voice can't be anything more than a dream. Perhaps, I'm subconsciously in love with him…but why. He's nice I suppose but he's so much older than me, 12 years older than me…he'd be thirty by now.

I wanted to forget him, what was the point in remembering him? He was a guy who I met on a plane. He's probably married by now, with a kid or two, and I bet he loves them. I bet he'd make a great dad. I bet he doesn't even remember me....

Why do I care? God, I've been awake for less than five minutes and I'm already finding ways to make myself depressed. I need a new hobby.

The phone in my room rang. I reached over to the night stand and picked up my cordless phone while hitting talk.

"Hello," I answered sleepily. It was six in the morning. The only one usually up this morning was me, and my butler Terrance every now and then.

"Good morning Miss Thana, I'm calling to inform you that your appointment with Harry Vance will have to be postponed due to personal reasons. He hopes you understand and will call you in a few days to reschedule."

"Thanks," I murmured lazily, that cleared my Monday.

"You're welcome. Have a nice day." Then the line went dead.

God did I hate that voice. Perky, overly peppy secretary voices always ticked me off. What did they have to be so perky about? It's 6AM and she's making business calls for her boss who's "personal" reasons for canceling an appointment it probably laziness.

Personally though, I didn't mind. I didn't want to spend my Monday in an office signing a bunch of paperwork that said I get a lot more money than I truly need…I had that already. The only thing that would come out of that money was a bank account that I didn't have to share with a peppy cousin who took every chance she got to spend money. I can't help but wonder where the heck everyone in this family gets money. As far as I've seen they don't work…and Mara doesn't have a job. So who pays all the bills? When I asked GC that she simply shrugged and said that our family has accumulated a lot of money in the past.

I got up, grabbed some clothes, and went to my personal bathroom to take a shower. It still amazed me that this castle had indoor plumbing…and electricity. It looked horribly colorful and old on the outside, but the inside was high-tech and modern…aside from the dungeons.

My shower was soothing and I finished getting dressed quickly. Then I left my room and left the castle. It was 7AM by the time I started up my car and drove away. No one at the castle had been awake and I was planning on shopping in Volterra for a while.

On days when I had nothing to do, I often left and walked around Volterra for the day. Shopping, eating, and going to various shows and festivals every now and then. GC had never minded my going out on my own, even when I was still fourteen. She said I was young and needed adventure, and I wasn't going to find it while cooped up in a castle. Of course back then Terrance had to drive me places, but he was good company. He always talked with me and complimented me.

I had been shopping for a while when I passed by my favorite book store. It was my favorite because it had books that were in English. I didn't know much Italian, enough to order my own food and ask for directions but that was about it. GC never forced me to learn Italian, she was happy that I even tried, at least I knew more than Mara.

Mara had an interesting life. She was similar to me in the sense that her mother ran away with her and her dad, except they ran away to England. Mara parents had died of slit throats on her fourteenth birthday too…it was an odd coincidence, or so GC said. Mara and I didn't know much about our family. We often wondered about it together but we never got straight answers from anyone.

I walked into the bookshop and the cashier, Peter, gave me a nice hello.

"Anything you would recommend for me today Peter?" I asked. Peter had been working here since I was fifteen. When he started here full time we became good friends. He often gave me good recommendations.

"Well, there's a new one in the back called "Dangers of the Night" by Ellen Mytes. I just finished it, and I think it's pretty good." He said. Smiling at me.

(A/N – This isn't a real book. So don't go looking for it.)

"Cool, I love her books. I'll check it out. I smiled at him and walked down the aisle in search of the book.

I quickly found it but it was too high. I sighed and cursed my shortness. I was too stubborn ask for help though. Jumping up I tried to reach it but failed. I tried again, and failed. I was about to try one more time when I white hand flashed in front of me and grabbed it down.

I looked over to see who had grabbed it and was met by a gorgeous face. His face.

It was Aro, completely unchanged and beautiful. It took me a minute to register the fact that he was holding the book out to me. I grabbed it from him and thanked him quickly. Then I felt sad, he probably didn't remember me.

"Thana?" He asked, looking slightly stunned. I nodded, silently cheering in my head. He remembers me!

"Wow, you've grown. Though I see your choice of outfit hasn't changed much." He chuckled slightly then got a slightly sad look on his face. "Do you remember me?"

"Your Aro," I said. "You sat next to me on the plane when I came to Italy."

"So you do remember me!" He looked like he could dance with joy. I laughed a little and we stood, talking about what we had been up to and how we were doing lately.

He had been working a lot lately and hanging out with his brothers, the other two men with him on the plane. He was still single; he said he was waiting out for the right girl to come along. I was relieved for reasons I can't really explain.

As our discussion came to a close I looked down at my book and went to the register, buying it and then we walked out together. I didn't want to leave him, I felt so at peace and calm and I didn't want the feeling to end. I was walking away when he grabbed my hand and pulled me too him gently. His smile seemed to get brighter as he held my hand in his, and I couldn't help but be overjoyed by the sensation.

"Will you go on a date with me tomorrow night? I know it's kinda late notice, and I understand if it's weird to date a guy twelve years older than you, but please?" The look he gave me had me ready to jump off a cliff if he asked.

"Sure…I'll meet you somewhere. If you don't mind."

"Not at all," He said with a bright smile. "How about you meet me here, at 6:00PM?"

"Sure that sounds great," I said and smiled.

He was walking away when a thought came to me.

"Aro!" I called before he got to far. He turned and looked at me expectantly. "You haven't changed in the last four years, you know that?"

He chuckled and nodded, "I've been told that once or twice."

And then he was gone. I felt the hole inside my chest open up a little but it didn't hurt as bad. I was completely happy. I had my first date tomorrow.

Subconsciously in love, meet consciously in love…It hurts a lot less and feels like heaven.

Finally I get some romance in this story. Review please! And follow me on twitter.