Page 50 of The Sky Between Us

He chuckled and laid his head on my stomach.

“When I woke up from the anesthesia, my first question was: where is he?, And for some reason when I first saw him, I said ‘Sky’. So, we named him Sky. My parents wanted me to have a life and they agreed to move. Dad found a job, I finished high school online and took my SAT’s so I could enroll in university and continue my education. But doing that with a newborn wasn’t easy. I always wanted to go to Law school but I couldn’t because that’s too many years, plus my grades got terrible. Eventually, Dad pulled some strings and got me into Baywater and that’s all.”

“Why did you stop dancing?” he asked quietly, making me think.

“I was scared someone would see my scar, or what people would think. Everyone bought the story my parents told my high school: that I was in an eating disorder facility and that after getting out I needed a change of scenery. Plus, a pregnancy changes your body. I would have had to start from scratch and I was terrified of failing at something again. If you don’t try, you can’t fail, right?”

Aiden laughed. “That’s an extremely stupid, but kind of smart philosophy. Do you ever talk with this guy?”

“Nope,” I shook my head immediately. “I deleted all my socials after I dropped out of school, together with his number. But you want to know the truth? Once I made an Instagram, I checked out his account to see if it was all worth it for him… leaving me in pieces like that. And it was. But over the years, the hardest part was forgiving him so I could move on, without ever receiving a real apology.”

Aiden wrapped his fingers around my still shaking hand and squeezed it. “You are stronger than you think.”

I scoffed. “I don’t think so. I’ve never even kissed another guy after him. Until you.”

“I must be pretty special,” he grinned up at me with his cute, boyish smile, making my insides all jiggle. His light tone despite the heavy conversation was uplifting. Plus, a real weight moved off from my shoulder after confessing. “I’m not leaving, you know that, right?”

“Want to sleep here?” I felt myself smiling down at him and bending closer to his face. “We could finally share a king-sized bed.”

“My double bed is big enough too,” he protested with a short laugh. “Your twin dorm bed is horrible.”

“I know,” I chuckled and placed a small kiss on his forehead. “Thank you for being understanding and patient. Others would have probably run the other direction.”

Aiden played with our entangled fingers, a somber expression taking over his face. “I was toying with this idea for a long time. Hence why I asked about Sky many times. Deep down I think I knew, since the first time I saw you two together. The possibility it might be true never bothered me. The fact that you kept it from me did. I mean, I understand, it’s not something that’s easy to share, but I felt like over the past weeks we have really deepened our relationship emotionally. I feel connected to you on a deeper level, you know me better than my friends in a shorter time. Yet from your side, there was this wall between us, high and strong, and I didn’t know how to reach you. But it turns out it was the Sky between us, after all.”

His pun made me smile, reminding me of my drunken words.

“You probably wonder…” I said tentatively as I moved his dirty blonde hair out of his eyes and looked deep into those infinite ocean eyes. “Jake doesn’t even remotely look like you. Not physically nor personality wise.”

A wider grin stretched across his face and his diamond eyes glimmered with satisfaction and mischief. “I was wondering; indeed, I just wasn’t sure when was the appropriate time to bring it up.”

With a laugh I placed a small kiss on his lips. “Let’s sleep here, I could use a cooked breakfast and a calm night after all these emotions. Deal?”

“Deal,” he grinned back. “I really need to shower to be honest. And a change of clothes.”

“We can shower together,” I bit into my lower lip as I said, to stop my foolish grin. Newfound happiness swam in my insides, making me all giddy and excited. He knew the truth and that was all that mattered. What the future had in store could wait. Hell, I still didn’t have a plan for myself, and how would we ever tell Sky the truth or what we would do about this whole thing, but it didn’t matter. I had different things on my mind now that time wasn’t working against me.

“I feel like we just jumped hundreds of levels.” Aiden sat up, getting eye level with me.

Swallowing the giggle building up in me, I wrapped my arms around his neck. “Kiss me,” I whispered against his mouth, watching desire darken those beautiful blue eyes.

“Love it when you’re bossy,” he muttered with a grin, before his lips crashed with mine. This kiss wasn’t sweet and delicate, like the other we shared. This one was full of desperation and desire. His hands grabbed my neck as his tongue collided with mine in a beautiful and tempting dance. He pushed me back onto the bed and climbed over me without ever breaking our kiss. Need built in the pit of my stomach and a desperate whimper escaped me. Aiden swallowed my cry and positioned himself between my legs, allowing me to feel his erection. But this time around, this wasn’t enough. I wanted to feel his skin against mine. With my secret being out in the open, I already felt like I was completely naked in front of him. Now, I needed to be truly naked.

My hands skated down his back reaching for the hem of his shirt and tugging it upwards as my legs wrapped around him, pushing myself closer to him.

“What’s the hurry, baby girl?” he whispered into my ear before placing small kisses down to my neck. His mouth stopped for a split second, once he found my sensitive spot, then he proceeded kissing and sucking on that spot, driving me crazy. Cry after cry escaped from me, as my hands dropped his shirt and I pushed them back into his hair, making sure he kept going. My vision blurred with stars and the ache between my legs grew.

“You are going to get us busted,” he muttered, his voice husky from desire and he flashed me a devilish grin. He had such an innocent face, but he could be the devil himself.

A giggle escaped me as his breath tickled my skin, pushing my body even closer to his. “But I want you.”

“I want you too, baby.” Aiden kissed me with such passion I’ve never witnessed from him. His mouth moved over mine possessively, his tongue invading me and teasing me in a seductive dance as my body burned with desire. It felt like I finally managed to break free, get out of my head and lose myself, for the first time, in his touch.

After the next try, I finally managed to pull his shirt over his head and throw it on the ground next to us. Aiden’s hands moved over my body, pushing up my tank top and discarding it together with my bra. Thank God I opted for the strapless one. His hungry mouth never once lost contact with my skin as with small kisses, he moved across my collarbone, down the center of my chest until he reached my breast. Taking one of my nipples in his mouth, his free hand moved to cup my other breast. A whimper built in me, but before it could escape, Aiden’s mouth captured mine again, his tongue teasing my lips and his teeth gently nibbling on my lower lips.

“I want to see you,” he muttered against my lips softly, as his hand travelled down my stomach between us and paused at my high waisted jeans.

I nodded. “Okay.”

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