-''Good morning, sexy,'' Annabelle smiled as she handed Aiden a coffee as he stood by her locker like always. This had become such a routine and so fast, Annabelle though, but nonetheless, she loved it all the same. If she couldn't wake up to him in bed with her every morning, like at the hotel, this was the next best thing.

-''Hey, you seem like you're in a good mood this morning,'' Aiden replied to her while also feeling out the situation.

-''Well how can't I be when I get to see this cute face once I get here,'' she said as she gave his lips a peck.

''Wow, she really isn't making my decision any easier,'' he somberly thought to himself.

After Annabelle finished putting some books back into her locker while taking other ones out, she linked her arm through Aiden's and pulled him out of his distracting thoughts as she led them to class. As they walked in, Ethan was already there and Annabelle noticed that he gave Aiden a look to which Aiden tensed up a bit on.

-''What was that?'' she questioned.

-''What was what?'' he asked, trying to deflect the question.

Sighing, she replied, ''That look. Ethan gave you a look when we walked in and I could feel you tense up. What's going on?''

-''Nothing. It's nothing you need to worry about, beautiful,'' Aiden lied as he kissed her forehead and pulled out her chair for her before taking his seat in front of her.

Class went by slower than ever for both of them. Annabelle couldn't stop thinking about how weird Aiden has been acting yesterday and now today. There was something he wasn't telling her and she was going to make it her mission to find out. Aiden could sense this too. He somehow knew she didn't believe him and he knew with how stubborn she can be that she won't let it go until she finds out the real reason for his walls suddenly going up.

As they sat at their lunch table, it was oddly quiet. Aiden was lost in thought about what would happen later. Ethan didn't really know what to say because he knew one of two things would happen soon. Annabelle was quiet because there was something neither of them were telling her and frankly, she didn't like being lied to or left out. And the rest of their table had never been too close with them so when they sensed the awkward tension, they decided to sit somewhere else for that day.

As Annabelle picked and picked at her salad, having absolutely no appetite due to what was happening, she finally had enough.

-''What is it that you two aren't telling me?'' she semi yelled, although the cafeteria was loud enough that no one actually heard her except the twins.

-''Uh...what do you mean?'' Ethan asked, trying to play it off.

-''Both of you know exactly what I mean. From the looks you've been shooting each other to the silence, I can tell somethings up,'' she argued, slamming her fork down angrily.

-''Annabelle, let me come over after school and I'll explain everything to you. Please,'' Aiden pleaded.

-''Fine, but no more lies.''

-''Promise,'' Aiden simply said as he grabbed both of their trays and threw the trash out before going back to get Annabelle to walk to her next class.

As she walked to her car, Annabelle saw Aiden leaning up against her drivers side door. She couldn't help but think about how normal this has become, however today it feels so different from all the secrets.

-''Hey, take your car and I'll follow you on my bike. I forgot my helmet today and I don't want to put you in danger.''

Pulling up to her house, Annabelle could feel her heart rate increasing. She was so nervous about what he was going to tell her. Did something happen in his pack? Does he have to move again? She really had no idea what it could be.

She hadn't even realized that she'd been sitting in her car with the engine still running until she felt Aiden leaning across her to take the keys out of the ignition and help her out of the car. Holding her hand as they walked to the door, he gave her a peck on the cheek and she just wished this didn't feel so wrong.

-''Um where do you want to talk?'' Aiden questioned as he set his bookbag down on a kitchen stool.

-''Uh, I guess the living room?'' she half said/half questioned, but started walking there anyway.

They sat on the sofas in silence for a few minutes as Aiden fidgeting around with his fingers, avoiding the topic at hand, and Annabelle smoothed her skirt over and over again, waiting for him to begin.

After a few more minutes, she couldn't wait any longer though, so she grabbed his hand and held it in hers to get his attention.

-''Aiden, what's going on? You can talk to me. I can help.''

God, she was just killing him inside everytime she spoke. He would never forgive himself for what he planned to do.

-''Okay, I'm just going to come out and explain it,'' he said, but then paused again anyway.

-''Aiden...''

-''I'm sorry. Okay, so Deucalion, he's ...tough. Like, really tough. He wants our alpha pack to be at its supreme at all times, which means no distractions,'' he said, as she finally started to understand what was going on. ''As you know, the reason we had to rush you out that one day was because Deucalion would be home soon and I don't even want to imagine how enraged he'd be if he found out I was with you.''

Annabelle could see how much this was killing him. She took his hand once again and gave it a gentle squeeze as he kept explaining.

-''Even with Ennis and Kali, he didn't like the idea of love. He thought it distracted the two members of his pack and caused a division line down the pack, which it didn't but in his mind it did. He was fuming when they gave each other the mating mark. He believed their 'Love fest' as he called it would damage the pack as a whole. Make us divided. Make us weaker. Make us open to threats from the outside, as well as the inside. And that was with two werewolves in his pack...''

Annabelle could feel tears started to well up in her ears as she finally confirmed her previous suspicions of where he was going with this.

-''With a human, who Deucalion knows nothing about and frankly doesn't want to know anything about, it would be even worse. Werewolves tend to see humans as needy, distracting, weak creatures. In Deucalion's mind, if one of his own were to be seriously involved with a human, he would be detrimentally weakening the pack. If he knew I was with you, I wouldn't just be breaking up with you, I'd have to eliminate the threat completely and irreverisibly...''

-''No, stop,'' Annabelle said, bearly louder than a whisper. ''Don't do this...''

Aiden could feel his heart breaking when he heard her say that. He could feel his heart shattering when he looked up and saw fresh tears streaming down her face.

-''Annabelle...I don't want to do this...but I have to.''

Screaming now, Annabelle grabbed onto his hand, ''Aiden! Please! We can keep hiding it from him! He doesn't have to know! We can make it work! We have to make it work!'' she yelled as tears poured down her face.

-''If I thought that there was any way we could make it work without him finding out, I would've never said this to you. But there's just ...Not. If he doesn't already know, he will soon if we continue.''

-''Aiden...please. I still need you.''

Aiden couldn't take this. He could handle breaking his own heart, but breaking hers was a whole other thing. He couldn't sit here and watch her cry. He couldn't stand up and walk out of here knowing he just shattered the first real relationship he's ever had. He couldn't just walk away knowing he just broke up with the first girl he's ever loved.

Grabbing onto either side of her face, he pulled her up to him into a deep, needy kiss. As tears continued to stream down both of their cheeks, neither one was willing to let go. They wouldn't let go after what just almost happened.

Raising himself off the couch, Aiden picked Annabelle up with him and naturally wrapped her legs around his waist. Without once, breaking the kiss, he carried her upstairs, slamming into a few walls which neither one really minded, and eventually found her room. Throwing her down onto the bed, Aiden extended his claws and literally ripped off her shirt, mentally promising to buy her a new one. Annabelle reached out for her hem of his shirt and in one smooth motion yanked it over his head, only momentarily breaking the kiss. While she played with the buttons and zipper on his jeans, trying desperately to undo them, he reached down and pulled off her skirt and underwear in one fluid motion. At the same time, she finally got his buttons and zipper unhooked and he reached down to take his own pants and underwear off.

Without even needing any foreplay, they both were already so worked up from the plethora of emotions flowing through them. Reaching to her nightstand drawer, she pulled out the packet of condoms she had bought after their first time and managed to pull one out, throwing the rest of the packet onto the floor. He took it from her and quickly tore the covering open and slid the condom on, wanting to let the least amount of time pass as possible.

Finally breaking the kiss, they took a moment to look into each others eyes as Aiden wiped an old tear away from Annabelle's cheek and slid himself into her. They both moaned at the contact that they've so desperately craved and so very much earned. Thrusting into her with more need and urgency, Annabelle's cries of pleasure were getting louder and louder. Aiden could feel himself quickly building to his release and from Annabelle's breathlessness along with screaming, he could tell she was close too.

Leaning down to kiss her one last time, they both came screaming each other's name. Both completely and utterly exhausted from the previous emotional trauma and the present emotional release, they collapsed side by side while both tried to regain their normal breathing rate.

When they both stopped panting, Aiden rolled over and tightly wrapped his arms around Annabelle, never wanting to let her go.

-''So, what do we do now?'' Annabelle quietly asked.

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