THE BOY NEXT DOOR

FLASHBACK & SAVING

Aimee's POV
That's when I woke up breathing heavily as everyone stared at me. I rubbed my eyes confused of what happened.

"W-What happened?"

"I don't know. I was talking to you and you suddenly passed out on me. I was worried sick. We were about to call the ambulance" Ross answered.

I was scared. I felt like I was going to get sick. I just slowly backed up from everyone terrified. "Aimee? What's wrong?" Ross asked, trying to get closer.

"D-Don't touch me!" I cried, moving backwards again. He immediately stopped looking scared.

"Aimee, tell us what happened!" My mom asked, sitting on the bed in front of me.

I took a deep breath and decided to start talking. "I just had a dream that I was only five and we were living in a different house than here. We actually didn't even live in that house we just moved out of. Anyways, I was only five and my dad abused me and raped me and you weren't even there to save me" I say, looking specifically at my mom.

"But then when he was hitting me with his belt we heard sirens and that's when I woke up!" I added. Ross smiled instantly and everyone's eyes widen.

I couldn't help but giggle at his smile. "What's wrong?" I decided to ask.

"I was the one that called the police!" Ross says, proud of himself. I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. 

"Wait you were the one that called the police?! I've been trying to figure out who called them!" My mom says, in a kinda shock tone.

"Yea. I heard screaming and looked through the window seeing you getting raped. So I ran into my house and called the police. I didn't go in because I was scared but I also didn't want to lose my best friend so the only choice I had was to call the police!" He says, walking over to me and wrapping his arm around my shoulder.

"Y-You saved me Ross!" I smiled.

"I guess our destiny is to be together!" He smirked. I rolled my eyes playfully punching his stomach because he was standing up and I couldn't reach his chest.

"All these years I never knew that Ross and you were only about 9 when that happened!" Stormie says, proud in her son.

"Well, I had to save her. She was not only my best friend but my crush!" He says. My eyes widened.

Everyone was in awe. I just blushed a little. "So after all, you were my first crush!" Ross smiled, looking down at me.

"Until I moved away!" I mumbled looking down. "Hey!" Ross says, kneeling down making me look at him.

"When you moved away, I was terrible. I didn't eat for days. I didn't want to go out. I've never stopped liking you and I never forgot about you. I couldn't stop crying myself to sleep. And you might think this sounds weird but when you moved away I had this box. It was filled with some of your selfies. Some pictures of me and you. Some pictures of all of us including you guys. I looked in the box every night think what life would be like if we grew up together. If you never moved. If we would ever be together and look at us now. We're back together and I still like you more than I ever liked anyone. I never stopped Aimee. And to be honest, I still have that box. Before you even moved next door, I still looked in that box. This might be terrible but I looked in that box even when I was dating. Before the day you moved here, I looked in that box. I'm telling you Aimee, I looked in that box every single day and night because of how much I missed you!" Ross says. That brought tears in my eyes. It brought tears in my moms and Connors eyes too.

"Really Ross?" I asked, smiling.

He smiled. "Really Aimee!"

I hugged him not wanting to let go. My mom then smiles. "Aimee! You just remembered what happened before the accident! That means when you go to bed you might have more flashbacks again about your past!" My mom exclaimed. "Okay. Goodnight!" I say, closing my eyes. 

"Not right now silly! It's 9 in the morning" my mom said. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. "You mean 9:03" I say, winking. She rolled her eyes playfully and we just laughed.