Song- Rude by Magic!

Aiden.

I done fucked up big time.

I was so stupid.

I literally threatened her brother.

I should be scared right now.

When she yelled at me it was a mixture of hurt, anger and frustration.

And then, when she told me all she went through, it made us so similar to each other.

Our mothers are dead.

Our fathers are assholes.

And the other women they were with were bitches.

Seriously, what we've been through, nobody should have to live that.

But the difference was, she had her brother. Me? I had no sibling.

Now she won't have a sibling.

I put my hands in my hair in frustration.

I needed to fix things and fast.

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The next morning I woke up extra early. After getting  dressed, I called Paul and told him to cancel all of my appointments. I then called Aaron and asked to meet him at the coffee shop with his wife.

I let Clarisse sleep. She deserved it, I ruined everything, so I ought to fix it.

Getting into the car, I gave the guard orders and then drove off.

I arrived at the cafe and asked the hostess if a couple got here.

"Sir, so many couples get here, so please be specific."

"African American."

She arched her brows. "Oh? Yeah, they're at a corner table."

I thanked her and went to sit with them.

I took in her brother's appearance. So this was Aaron. And the woman next to him had stunning wavy hair. She was dressed in a yellow sundress.

I extended my arm. "Good morning, I am Aiden Martin. You are Aaron, right?"

He scoffed. The woman put her hand on his shoulder.

"Be nice, Aaron." she shook my hand. "I am Melissa, Clara's sister-in-law and best friend. But you can call me Mel."

"Why did you call us here white boy?" he spat out.

"I guess I deserved that. Your sister gave me a lot of hell yesterday for answering her phone. She's not talking to me."

They shared a look. Mel smiled at Aaron, who rolled his eyes.

"Told you he'd get some kind of punishment." said Mel.

Huh?

"I'm still mad though."

"Aaron stop being mean."

I sighed. "Look man, I'm really sorry. I thought it was some boyfriend or something. I didn't know you were her bro. She was already very sad Wednesday about some argument the two of you had. She was crying and screaming."

I saw his features soften, like he was gonna cry. Mel held his hand.

"Now can you two stop fighting? I hate being at the recieving end of her anger." I said.

"Why did you even kidnap my sister for? Hell, she would've dated you. She got a thing for green eyes."

I tried hard to hide my smirk. Interesting...

"I was being stupid."

"I was going to beat your sorry ass up."

I gulped.

"But seeing that you apologized..."

I smiled.

"I still don't like you. You want my approval for the two of you? Get Clara's approval. Bring her back home. Court her the proper way. No abducting, no bullshit. Date her, like a normal boy. Be her boyfriend. Get to know her. And then and only then will I approve of you for her. For now you're the asshole that kidnapped her."

I winced. Should've seen that coming.

"I accept your conditions. But until then I don't want Clarisse with any other man."

He shrugged. "That's not for me to decide. You have to let her decide for herself."

"Fair enough."

Mel stared at us in shock. "Should I tell Clara?"

"No." we both said.

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I took Aaron and Mel to my place.

I opened the door.

"Clarisse?" I called.

No answer.

"Clara!" called Aaron.

She came out of the kitchen.

"What chu calling- Aaron!"

She ran to him, enveloping him into a hug.

I just stood there, smiling.

"What? How? I thought you hated me."

"Not you. I just hated your choices. I could never be mad at you."

"You sounded like that tho."

"I know and I'm sorry."

"Aaron..."

"Right. No sorrys."

"How did you guys get here?"

"Your white boy over there." he says, pointing at me.

"Aaron!"

"Sorry. Your Caucasian boy over there."

She laughed and pulled away from the hug, turning towards me.

"Thank you."

I smiled. "Anytime Clarisse."

"So why are you guys here?"

"We came to take you home." said Mel.

Home.

I wish she would consider this house her home.

I'll miss her.
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After Clarisse left, I called the guys over and we had a game night.

"So she left?" asked Mike.

"Yeah."

"You made a deal like that with her brother?" asked Paul.

"Yeah."

"Boy you stupid." said Mike.

"But he's not wrong though. Aiden used a wrong method to get Clara so he gotta do the courting first." Paul pointed out.

"But that's so ordinary." whined Mike.

"Remind me why you're the city whore Mike?"

"Remind me why you're the city corn Paul?"

"Cause I'm rich in flavour."

I face palmed. "You two are idiots."

"But you're hanging out with the idiots." said Mike.

"Reduce that to idiot." said Paul.

"Now you're crossing a line nerd."

"Better a nerd than an idiot."

"Watch Idiot Test then."

"Okay."

They continued bickering. I rolled my eyes.

"You guys need to shut up!"

They stopped fighting.

"Now," I said, "let me concentrate on winning the race."

"Oh hell naw!"

"I'm winning!"

They picked up their controllers and the race continued. Mike was in front, followed by Paul then me.

Paul's car was next to Mike's. He swerved.

"You'll pay for that!"

They continued swerving. I drove between their cars, crossing the finish line.

"Eat dirt dicks!" I yelled, punching their arms.

We continued playing games until we all passed out in the game room.
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