Chapter eleven

Aiden and I quickly fell into a routine. Every morning we'd wake up and get ready for our day. He often let me shower first but sometimes he just showered with me. By the time I finished getting ready for classes he would have a big ass cup of coffee waiting for me. The mug literally said big ass mug on it. I think he said it was a 42 ounce cup, I could be wrong though. It was just hysterical to me whenever I saw that mug waiting for me and it always made me smile.With the coffee he'd always make me a bagel or some toast, something light because he knew I wasn't a breakfast person. After breakfast we'd cuddle for a bit before I had to go to class. He would walk me to my first class and make me promise to come back to him during my lunch hour. I of course Kept the promise and after lunch he would walk my to my first class of the afternoon.

After class I would go back to his apartment. A lot of times he wasn't there so I would just sit and do my class work and then eventually start dinner closer to the time I knew he'd be back. We would eat together then make love a couple of times until we fell asleep exhausted in each other's arms.

At the end of the two weeks I didn't want to leave him. I knew he didn't want me to leave him either. I was torn on what to do. I hadn't even asked him what we were though. I decided I needed to ask him today and stop putting it off.

I sat in his apartment alone. He said he wouldn't be back until after two. It was noon now and I had already cleaned everything and changed the bed sheets. I was caught up if not a little ahead with all my class stuff so I had no idea what to do.

There was a knock at the door and at first I was hesitant to answer it. Mostly because I wasn't sure who it was. I quietly got up and shuffled my way over to the door as quietly as possible. I peeped through the key hole only to see my friends standing there. I let out a sigh and opened the door.

"Letty! We weren't sure if you'd be here or not." I was confused.

"Hey guys I was just getting ready to pack everything up. I was just waiting for Aiden to come back." It was a partial lie.

"Well that's what we wanted to talk to you about." I moved aside and motioned for them to come in. They hesitated for a moment then came in. Why were they acting weird?

"Ok so what's going on? I asked sitting in a chair.

"Well the dorm is still closed so we've been staying at Sams sorority. We got a letter today. Well two really." Amber said fidgeting with her shirt sleeve.

"The first one stated our dorm would be closed the rest of the semester and we were to move out our stuff by tomorrow. The second one said due to remodeling there will be no four person dorms available. We have to choose between a three person or an eight person and there's no guarantee we'd be able to stay together unless we pick a three person." Teighlor said looking at the ground.

"I thought they said the remodeling would be done before the fall semester?" Amber shrugged.

"Apparently not."

"Well I can see if Aiden minds me staying with him." I kind of felt a little happy. I had been torn on leaving him anyways so this was the perfect opportunity to stay with him. The fates. Aiden said they controlled a lot of things. Was this done by them on purpose? I'd have to ask Aiden more about them.

"Are you sure I could always stay at the sorority house." Sam said. I shook my head.

"That will be our back up plan." I said giving them a reassuring smile. They nodded in agreement.

"We've got a lot of packing to do. Do you wanna start packing up your stuff now?" I shook my head no.

"I'm gonna wait for Aiden to come home and talk with him about it first. I'll let you guys know what he says." They nodded and stood up to leave. I hugged all of them and promised to text them soon.

"We're gonna get some boxes from the school store and what not, do you want us to leave you some?" Teighlor asked before leaving. I nodded and watched my friends walk down the hall and get on the elevator to go down.

As soon as they left I started thinking about what they said more. Was I okay with it? Two of my friends were leaving at the end of next spring semester. We had planned to all stay together.

"You're deep in thought little one." I jumped at the sound of Aidens voice. I hadn't even hear him come in. I nodded and he sat down next to me and my pulled my feet into his lap like he usually did. "What's On your mind?"

"The girls stopped by. Apparently my dorm will be closed the rest of the semester. Also the renovations over the summer are going to interfere with next year as well. We either have to get a three person dorm or an eight person but with an eight person there's no promise we'll all be able to stay together."

"So then stay here with me." I smiled.

"You mean it?" He nodded.

"Might as well live with me you are my mate after all."

"Well I wanted to ask you about that too. I know I'm your mate but I can't go around to other humans and say that." He shrugged.

"So then tell them you're my girlfriend." I looked at him confused.

"Am I your girlfriend?" He nodded.

"You have been since our first kiss." I smiled.

"Well I don't recall you asking me to be your girlfriend." He shrugged

"Wasn't aware I had to." I glared at him and he laughed. " I'm only joking little one. Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Hmmm I don't know." I said teasingly. He started to tickle my feet.

"Final answer?" I laughed.

"Ok ok I give yes I'll be your girlfriend." He stopped tickling me.

"Good." I shook my head and sighed.

"Well I have to go pack everything at the dorm and bring it here then. Oh crap what am I going to do about my car?" He chuckled.

"Park here. You're going to live here with me so why wouldn't you park here?" I shrugged.

"Ok don't you have to fill out something for me to live here too?" He shook his head.

"No. But I do have to get you a spare key made."

"Ok so what about rent and what not?" He shook his head again.

"I'll take care of that." I shook my head.

"I need to contribute in some way Aiden." I said as sternly as I could. He was quiet for a moment and looked super deep in thought.

"How about you cook dinner and continue to pleasure me every night as you have been little one and we'll consider that your contribution." Was he being serious right now? I shook my head.

"Not good enough I want to contribute more then just that." He was silent again for a moment then slowly a grin crept over his face.

"Fine grocery shopping will be yours and same for laundry, only because it looks much nicer when you do it." He said chuckling. I thought about it for a moment.

"Add me helping clean the apartment to the list and I'll never speak another word of it. He laughed and shook his head.

"Very well. But in return I expect you to host your Friday get together with your friends here." I wasn't sure what to say to that. Why was he being so relaxed?

"Fine but I in turn expect you to invite your family over once a month for dinner." His smile faded.

"Must I?" He asked sounding like the idea bothered him. I nodded.

"Just your close family like your parents, siblings, nieces and nephews."

"Deal but you must invite your parents over once a month as well then." I glared at him. Shit.

"Fine." He smiled and pulled me into his lap seeming satisfied with our agreement.

"One more thing." He said gently pressing his lips to mine.

"What's that?"

"We're not allowed to go to bed angry at each other ever. And if something bothers you I expect you to be open and honest with me." I smiled at him.

"Now that I can definitely promise. But I expect the same out of you." He kissed me again.

"Go ahead and go do what you need to back at the dorm. I'll get a spare key made for you mean while." I nodded and slid off his lap. I slid on my shoes and grabbed my purse from the table. He hugged me good bye and I left the apartment feeling happy and excited.

I texted my friends the details of mine and Aidens agreement on my way back to the dorm. I told them him and I were officially a thing and that as of today I would be living with him. They were all super happy about it. They really liked Aiden. I think it was mostly because he really did make me happy. I was happy about it too.

Aiden made me feel safe. He made me feel valued, wanted, loved and understood. Things I had never felt before. He always listened to what I had to say even if it was just me ranting. He always answered all my questions no matter how ridiculous they sounded. He was everything I knew I needed in a partner and so much more.

I wasn't sure how I was going to tell my father that I was going to be living with my boyfriend who I've only known a month. I decided it was probably best that I lie and say I was staying with Sam at her sorority for the summer. I wasn't even sure if or even when I should introduce Aiden to my family. I realized though that if he made me an immortal like him I eventually would never be allowed to see my family again because I would never age.

As I headed into the dorm building I couldn't help but to think what my future with Aiden would look like. Would he propose to me eventually like a normal person? Would we have a wedding? A wedding sounded like a bad idea seeing as how I wasn't sure what to do about our families meeting each other. The idea of his dad coming up to mine and mentioning his age made me laugh. I shook my head and tried to focus on packing. My mind kept trailing back to Aiden and everything our future held.

I packed my clothes in my rolling suitcases I had brought to campus with me and my few pictures, stuffed animals and books in the two boxes one of my friends had left on my bed. My pillows and blankets I packed in one of the big boxes I had brought with me and all my shoes,toiletries and other random things inside the tote I had brought with me. Compared to Sam, Amber or even Teighlor I had brought almost nothing with me.

I would miss living with my friends but I knew that this day would come eventually. We would always be close though and it's not like we would never see each other again. I just would miss seeing them all the time. My dad has always told me though that a part of adult hood was not seeing your friends as much as you wanted to and that supposedly that made them more dear to you. Maybe he was right.

I thought about the other girls in this building. What would they do? Thinking about them made me think back to Vanessa, or Astrid as Aiden called her. He had told me all about her. He told me they met about sixty years ago when he was in Vietnam during the war. He was still actively working as a reaper he told me. She lived in the village he was working in when they had met. He told me she came back to the US with him about two months after they met since they were dating at that point and she had no further business there. He told me how he had brought her home to meet his family after being back for a couple of days and a week later he found her and his brother Marcel in bed together. She had been his last girlfriend until I came along.

"Need some help?" A soft female voice said behind me. I turned around and Vanessa stood there smiling. Fuck had she heard my thoughts?

"Umm sure,thank you." I said smiling. Her and I had always been friendly toward each other. I just hoped that friendliness wouldn't be affected by me and Aiden being together.

"No problem. It sucks about the dorm huh?" She asked grabbing a box and one of my rolling bags.

"Yeah it does but things could be worse." I said with a shrug. Her once brown eyes were now a bright red. I knew I could only tell because of the mark, it was still going to take some time to get used to.

"So where are you going to stay?" She asked as we walked to the dorm parking lot.

"With my boyfriend." I didn't want to piss her off, mostly because I had no idea what demons were capable of and I was afraid to find out.

"I see. How is Aiden?" I was silent I was afraid now. I could feel my heart race and my palms begin to sweat. "Letty chill. I'm not going to hurt you and I'm not mad at you I'm mad at Aiden."

"Why?" I managed to stammer. She sighed as I unlocked my car.

"When I saw him at the party I got excited. I tried to talk to him but he brushed me off saying he was still angry with me. He never mentioned you though. I guess in my mind I was convinced if we could just talk he would forgive me. I did love him. I just made a dumb mistake. " she looked sad. I would of never guessed demons were capable of sadness.

"Vanessa, Aiden and I had just started talking that night, he couldn't of possibly told you about me at that point." She was silent for a moment then nodded.

"I guess you're right. I just wish we could talk about what happened and burry the hatchet." We started to walk back to the dorm for the last of my things.

"Well I could ask him" Her eyes lit up with joy at my suggestion.

"Letty that would be amazing and I'd owe you a huge favor." She quickly looked around to make sure no one was in earshot. "A demons favor is no small thing either." She whispered.

"Not necessary you've always been kind to me so it's not an issue but there are questions I have." She looked at me slightly surprised.

"I'd be happy to answer any and all questions if Aiden agrees to talk to me" I shrugged.

"Fair enough. One thing I need to know though is what would you like me to call you? Vanessa or Astrid?" She shrugged as she picked up my last box.

"It really doesn't matter to me but if you start calling me Astrid people will get confused." I nodded.

"You're right, I'll only call you that in private. Also I really hope this doesn't affect our friendship." She smiled at me and shook her head as I pointed at the mark on my neck.

"Of course not. Believe it or not I'm really happy for you. I know the night of the fire it probably didn't look that way but as your friend I am. I saw how Mark treated you, that's why when he left for good I've made sure he has nightmares every night involving you and his worse fears." I looked at her surprised.

"You can do that?" I whispered as we entered the parking lot again. She nodded.

"I'm a dream demon Letty I can give or take away pleasant dreams or nightmares at will." I sighed as I unlocked my car again.

"There's still so much I don't know." I said shaking my head. She laughed.

"Give it time. Unless you were born into this world it's hard to learn everything." Made sense.

"You're eight. Thanks again for helping me get everything to my car." She nodded.

"I saw you setting boxes in the hall and I had been wanting to talk to you since that might but legit hadn't seen you since then. I figured it was the perfect chance to talk." I nodded.

"I'm glad you did. I was honestly I little worried you hated me." She shook her head.

"No. I'll talk to you later though, I've got some stuff of my own to move." I nodded and waved good bye.

Driving my car over to Aidens only took a few minuets. I was excited for the opportunity to be living with him. I thought about Vanessas words. I texted Aiden once I parked and he said he would be right down to help me. I wasn't sure how to bring up the subject but I knew I had to try.

Aiden came down with a man I didn't recognize. They took majority of my stuff and left me with a bag and one of my smaller boxes. We took my stuff up to Aidens apartment and set everything in a neat pile inside the living room.

"This is all you had?" Aiden asked confused. I blushed and nodded.

"Most of my stuff is still at my dads." Aiden shook his head.

"Well we will just have to arrange to go get it." I shuffled my feet a little.

"Not yet though I'm still trying to figure out what to say to my dad" Aiden nodded.

"Speaking of fathers Letty I want to meet my father." I looked up at the man who had just helped me bring my stuff in.

Him and Aiden looked nothing alike. The only similarities they had were their hair and their height. No, Aidens father was very much similar looking to Diedritch but his skin was much darker then both his sons.

"It's a pleasure to meet you Letitia. My name is Elias." He said extending his hand to me.

"Pleasure to meet you as well Mr. Elias." I said shaking his hand.

"Well Aiden she certainly is fetching, charming and polite. A far better improvement over that whore you dated last." It took me a second to realize he was talking about Vanessa.

"Father if you don't mind please don't speak So rudely of Astrid, her and Letitia are actually friends." Elias turned his gave back to me. He studied me for a moment then shook his head with a smile.

"My apologies Letitia. Though I must ask how you met my sons ex?" I shrugged.

"We lived in the same dorm building and her room mate is in the same sorority as one of mine." He nodded.

"I see. Well children I will take my leave. Aiden do not forget what we discussed l. I will see both of you soon I am sure." Aiden nodded and his father just vanished into thin air. I must have looked confused and surprised because Aiden laughed at me and shook his head.

"Don't worry about it love we're alone now. Come on let's get you settled in."