Have you ever stumbled across something so valuable that it has the power to change your entire world? While I desperately hope yours will be a stone thats been impaled by a sword, and holds the power to make you a king, I was not so lucky. My something, was actually a someone who'd I found in a weight room, his body cloaked in sobs.

" What's wrong?"

For the next hour, my mind is filled with information I can't even dream of processing. Adam had been yelling at the head of the school because- get this, he's his father. Not only that but he's been providing Adam and- wait for it- his ten year old brother their entire lives. The more information that spews out of Adam, the more questions come into my mind about Aaron.

How is this possible? Should I tell Aaron? Does Leila know? Does Aaron already know?

" And now I keep seeing him in Leila's room, like he hasn't done enough damage already! He wants to add more people into his life? Who the hell does that?"

I just sit there and nod as Adam rages on, feeling guilty for the answers laying just on the tip of my tongue.

" So, where were you last class?"

Aaron and I are walking to his apartment. He holds my hand as I swing our arms back and forth.

" My mom texted me when you didn't show up, assuming I was with you."

" Oh"

How am I supposed to explain this?

" Ummm… something came up."

Aaron stops walking, bringing us both to an abrupt stop.

" What kind of something?" he asks.

" A kind I don't feel like talking about…yet."

His body tenses up, but he doesn't say anything. " I swear I'll tell you soon, just not… now."

I hate the idea of lying to him, so, I decide not to. This may make him more angry than a lie would have, but I don't want it to backfire on us later on.

" Alright, but you will tell me?" he's taken both my hands now and his eyes are locked on my own.

" I promise."

He places a small kiss on my lips before letting go of one of my hands and continuing to walk.

" So, anything special for dinner?" I ask changing the subject.

" Not that I know of. Probably just lasagna or something."

" You can't put just in front of lasagna. Lasagna is bigger than just."

Aaron laughs. " Okay, fine. Probably spectacular lasagna."

" Well then. Now if it's not spectacular lasagna, I'm going to disappointed."

In the next few hours, we arrive at Aaron's apartment and we do homework. Or at least we attempt to. As the hours tick by, pencils are dropped and somehow I find my fingers in Aaron's hair instead of on my keyboard.

It's five by the time we hear the door unlocking and pull apart for the first time in what feels like forever. I just manage to get my science textbook in front of me when Leila comes in.

" Working hard?" She doesn't say anything more, but by the smug expression on her face, I can tell she knows we haven't.

"Of course mother, what else would we have been doing in an empty room?"

Leila just laughs before exiting the room, leaving the door open behind her. " dinner in half an hour!" She calls.

" You're going to hell." I say to Aaron.

He laughs. "As long as you're there with me, I don't care."

You'd be surprised how fast half an hour can go.

" So Juliette," Leila says as we're eating dinner. " Where were you during the second half of the day?"

I take my time chewing and swallowing my bite of-yes lasagna, before answering. " I um- something came up."

I look over at Aaron only to find an annoyed expression on his face.

" It was nothing, really." I say.

Leila doesn't look like she believes me, but she doesn't ask for any more details. For the rest of dinner, it feels as though everyone is walking on a very thin ice, trying not to fall into a sea of chaos. Aaron obviously wants to talk about his father, Leila obviously doesn't, and I am doing my best to avoid the topic of my afternoon disappearance. Talk about awkward.

" Juliette, you'll be spending the night, right?" Leila asks as we're putting the dishes into the sink.

" Ummm.. I wasn't planning on it-"

" Don't be silly, it's pouring outside and it's getting dark soon."

" Okay then. I guess I am." I say.

Aaron hands me the same pair of sweat pants I borrowed last time, and I go into his bathroom to change.

" Your toothbrush is in the cup." He yells through the door.

I look at the counter and sure enough, the pink toothbrush from last week is there. I brush my teeth before remembering that I haven't taken a shower since yesterday.

" Aaron?" I say through a crack in the door. " Do you mind if I use your shower?"

" Not at all. Just wait a sec."

He runs out the door, only to be back with two purple bottles in his arms. " Shampoo, and that other thing." he says as he hands them to me.

" Thanks," I say smiling. "And it's called conditioner."

I shower and change into the sweat pants Aaron gave me earlier along with the tank top I was wearing underneath my blouse.

" Done?" Aaron asks as I step out of the bathroom.

" Yeah. Just gonna put a hoodie on."

I take my red school hoodie out of my bag and shrug it on. For the next few hours, Aaron and I don't talk at all. I finish my science and french homework, before Leila comes in to say good night.

" You almost done?" I ask Aaron a few minutes later.

" Yeah, Just two more questions." he says.

" what are you working on?"

" Just a worksheet about a study some guy did last year."

I think back and try to remember what Aaron's specialty subject is, but I quickly realize that he's never told me.

" Hey, what's your specialty class anyways?" I ask after a few moments of thought.

" oh, Umm.. psychology. Mainly social sciences. I've never told you?"

" Weird right?" I say.

" Yeah. You'd think it'd be the first thing we'd discuss at this school." He scribbles down a few sentences on his worksheet. " Okay done. Ready for bed?"

I nod before realizing he didn't bring in the mattress. He notices the direction of my gaze, the empty piece of floor where the mattress was last time.

" I can go get it if you want," He starts, but I interrupt him.

" No it's fine. It's just, won't your mom be mad if she comes in, in the morning?" I ask

" oh," he says. " No, she trusts us. If she didn't, she would have reminded me to get the mattress before she went to bed."

" oh." I say.

Aaron turns on the lamp beside the bed before turning off the light. I take off my hoodie and climb into the bed. Aaron soon follows me. We lay there, on our backs for what seems like eternity, but after a few minutes, I start to feel less stiff and shift on to my side, into Aaron's chest. His arms wrap around me and I fall asleep to the soft smell of citrus soap.

" Good night Juliette."

But I'm too far gone to answer.