Secrets of Us A Forbidden Love Romance (Alina)

Chapter 31

Chapter 31

Uncommon Phobias

I'm exhausted, my body sore and tired, but I still get up in time for school.

I decide then and there to not think about Jake at all, every time his name even

pops my head, I force myself to think about uncommon phobias.

I've ran through two of them today already and it's barely 7am.

Cleptophobia: Fear of stealing

into

Mageirocophobia: Fear of cooking.

Alex and I used to go through lists of these, fascinated by them.

I lock the front door to my house and when I turn to start my walk to school, I gasp

in

surprise.

Aiden stands there, leaning on the hood of his car with a smile on his face.

It's his careless smile that lets me know he is still completely oblivious to what happened between Jake and I yesterday and the night before.

My heart pounds in my chest but I smile. It's a genuine smile even if I did have to force it on to mask my shock of finding him there. "Aiden, what are you doing here?"

He shrugs, wrapping his arm around my waist. He kisses me slow, careful and with a gentle swipe of his tongue. I get butterflies in my stomach, which I'm so glad he can still

ignite.

"I missed you yesterday. Are you feeling better?"

Siderodromophobia: Fear of trains or railroads.

I nod, feeling just a bit bad for having to lie to him about feeling sick. "Much better."

He smiles down at me, "I wanted to give you a ride to school."

He opens the passenger door for me and I climb in, setting my bag on the floor. "You didn't have to. It's really not that far of a walk from here."

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as he starts the engine. "I don't mind. I

my mouth parts. I can't remember the last time anyone had ever gotten me

"Do-do you not

smile, my lips trembling, my hands shaking as well as I

to see that smile on your face again," He leans toward me and presses a kiss to my

the butterflies in my stomach going wild. "How was your day

drives, his attention on the road. "Boring.

tonight."

sip. "I'm finally going to see you in

hand on my

face and I tilt my head to get a

okay?"

nervous," He

"Why?"

game and I'm suddenly worried that

them."

his and set my coffee down, leaning toward him to

bicep. "You'll

seen me play," He mutters playfully between

00

to impress

a laugh, turning into the school

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heart drops into my chest and I'm so relieved that he looks nothing like his dad. They look

of being

sure did

walk to our first class, hand in hand. Some people stare at us and

me. "Sorry, it's kind of

on my lips as the whispers around

doesn't help that Sadie is most likely going

on his arm. "Are you

like the type that

“No, she doesn't

we've got this though,

like that first day, all eyes are on us and people whisper. Mr. Admas gives us a shocked look, but says nothing as he blinks and returns to his lesson on the board. I see some other students take out their phones, snapping pictures of

seats, Aiden making sure our seats are close together,

playing the best team in the district

him. "Do you

but I think we can. It's

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