Thankyou for reading my story!I just finished the whole thing, and it's a total of 28 chapters long, which I will post as soon as get the chance. Also, I'm writing a sequel to it, so if you could just comment please and tell me whether you like it or not that way I know if I should post the sequel or not. Thank you, I really aprreciate it and I hope you like it! :)

~22~

I ran all the way back to the big house, not stopping along the way. By the time I got inside, tears were already streaming out of my eyes. It had been such an emotional roller coaster ride with Aiden lately and I didn't know what to do.

I loved Aiden, he was my best friend, how could I not? But I realized now that Aiden had started to love me in a different way, and it pained me to see it and think that I started to love him in a different way too. It tore me up inside, as I thought of my Jacob.

Aiden had been there to replace Jacob, the boy that I fell in love with, but now, I also fell in love with Aiden. I betrayed Jacob was all I kept saying to myself. What would Jacob say if he found out? Would he care if I was in love with Aiden or would he be pained by it?

I threw myself on the bed and stared at the wolf on my ring. I took it off and threw it to the ground in frustration. All I wanted was Jacob, but he was gone and left were my feelings for him and these new ones for Aiden.

I had my dream again, but this time I heard the howling of a wolf in the background of the whimpering boy's body on the ground and the flaming red all around.

I woke in the morning to find myself in tears and Alice knocking on my door, "Someone's here to see you."

I threw my covers off and ran down the stairs in my pajamas and tank top wondering if my dreams were coming true and Jacob was back, but when I got downstairs, I saw Aiden waiting for me on the porch.

I walked outside, shutting the door behind me and feeling the cold on my bare skin, "Aiden, I'm so sorry."

He didn't look angry, just deeply hurt. "I don't get it," he said, "I just asked if you wanted to go to the dance with me."

I looked at him as sorry as I could, "I know, but I was just scared and caught off guard. I didn't know how you meant it."

His face showed pain and his eyes were no longer bright on the chilly morning, "Remy, you're my best friend. I care deeply for you and I wanted to go to the dance with you. How did you think I meant it?"

"I don't know," I started, "I thought, maybe you wanted more to our friendship, more than I can give you"

I watched to see his reaction, but it didn't change. "You're not over Jacob yet are you?" he asked as kindly as possible.

I closed my eyes as a tear budded in the corner of my eye, "No."

He came over to me and put his arms around me. "I'm sorry. I didn't know he hurt you this much," he said.

I stepped back from him, "It's okay." I didn't know what else to say to him, but I wanted to know why he didn't want to go with Marney, "Why aren't you going with Marney? I thought you guys were like new best friends." My voice had some hostility in it and I could tell that he realized it.

"What are you talking about?" he said confused.

I looked at him, "I don't know, all you do is hang out with her now and honor her glorious presence."

"That's not true," he said in disgust.

"Yes it is," I practically shouted as my voice started to break, "You've shoved me to the side for this new girl. You don't even talk to me anymore and it pains me to see that I'm no longer the one who's there for you whenever you need someone."

"That's not true," he said again, only a little rougher.

"Yes it is!" I said yelling at him. "I'm the one who's been neglected for this Marney and you don't even seem to care or realize it. You told me I was the only one who could understand you, but now all of a sudden I'm like a piece of trash!"

He seemed shocked at my words, like he didn't even know it was coming. "Marney and I only have something because we understand each other in a different way than you and me, but that doesn't mean—"

"Oh, because you both have dead parents!" I interrupted. I knew it was harsh to scream that at him, since he was just getting over his father. I knew it stung him as tears started to come to his blue eyes.

He didn't answer me, and I was so full of rage, that I decided to go on, "I'm tired of being shoved on the side by you and your new playmate Marney! You hurt me every day when I see you two together, and then the fact that you tell me that you want to go to the dance with me because I'm your best friend is like a slap in the face!"

The tears were starting to come down his cheeks, red from the cold. "I'm sorry, I didn't know I was hurting you. I'm so sorry Remy."

"The hell you are!" I kept on screaming. "It doesn't matter to you anyway, you'll just go on pretending nothing happened as usual."

"I don't know what to say," he said barely audible.

"Well then just go home," I said, and with that, Aiden walked off the porch without even hesitating.

I watched as the hunched over body walked away from me into the drizzling rain, not even looking back. I knew if I didn't do something, Aiden and I would no longer be friends, and I couldn't let that happen. "Aiden," I cried, but he didn't turn around or stop in his tracks.

I needed him, I couldn't let him go, I loved him too much for that. "Aiden!" I screamed as I ran off the porch and threw myself at him. He was already turned around and ready to catch me as I finally reached him and tightly threw my arms around his neck, pulling him closer to me.

"Aiden, please don't leave, I love you too much. Please don't leave me, I need you," I muttered as the clouds continued to pass over head and rain drops continued to fall on my bare arms and face.

"Oh Remy," he whispered into my shoulder, "it will take a lot more than that to get rid of me. I love you too."

I laughed as my tears became tears of happiness. I stood there holding onto my angel, finally willing myself to let him see inside me and how much I loved him, and let him have my soul.