When I woke up, all I could see was white. At first I thought I was in heaven till I heard a voice.

"Don't worry mister Russo, it was just a light concussion" I heard a man talking. My vision was still kind of blurry so I couldn't see much.

"Can I take her back home when she wakes up?" Now this deep sexy voice i could never get wrong.

"Of course- Oh and it seems miss Summers is awake" I heard the man day and Alex let out a sigh of relief.

After the doctor made sure I was fine we left and went back to our apartment. As soon as we stepped in Alexander slammed the door and turned to me.

"Now mind telling me how you got a concussion?" He asked harshly.

"I-uh I was going through my phone and I didn't see where i was going and I-"

"You lost your chance to lie" He looked down disappointed. "Your phone was dead and it couldn't have happened before work because you would have fainted sooner"

Well he's smart I give him that.

"Just tell the truth now. You have no choice" He demanded.

We sat on the couch and then I told him everything about yesterday since I didn't have a choice. The thing that scared me as I was talking to him is that he kept his calm throughout the whole story. He showed no reaction.

"And like that I managed to escape"

"You won't ever. Ever. Walk home alone again at night" He finally said after a long pause.

"But Alex I managed to escape-"

"It doesn't matter. This time you escaped, another time you might not. This time it was just one person, next time can be a whole gang" He said raising his voice a little bit.

"Why is this town so dangerous?" I sighed.

"Why has this happened to you before?" He suddenly seemed more alert.

"N-no I meant the time you saved me"

Oh poop! I stuttered!

"Aria tell me. Now" He demanded.

Maybe i found it hot-

"I promise I won't tie you to a chair and never let you out again" He gave me a weak smile.

I took a deep breath and started explaining everything to him.

"I saw a man threatening a guy with a gun and then he noticed me and didn't like the fact that I heard them. He pointed at me but he honestly was kind of stupid so I just distracted him till the guy he was threatening left and then pointed out that he was trying to escape so when he turn to look for him I took off running"

I waited and waited for a reaction. I knew he was trying to keep his calm but I also knew this was the calm before the storm.

"This man was the man you scared away last time"

"And you were just going to ignore those two events and never tell me until you got kidnapped or worse" you saw him clench and unclench his fist.

"I just didn't want you to worry-"

"So I could worry a hundred times more when you would be gone for good and I wouldn't be able to find you?" he finally yelled showing his anger and frustration.

"I'm sorry" I whispered. "But you don't need to worry about me. I know you can't help it but you shouldn't worry. Someday I will find my own apartment and I won't be a burden anymore" I said looking down and playing with my fingers.

"Aria look at me" he demanded. When I didn't look at him he raised my chin. "Don't ever call yourself a burden again" he whispered staring into my soul.

"Alexander it's better if we just keep a distance from each other from now on" I said feeling my heart break. "I don't want you to have to worry about me"

"No-"

"Listen" I said softly. "The things you say and do make me think sometimes that maybe we're something more than friends" I confessed. "And I don't want to catch feelings for you because I could never fully trust you. I have a dark past and it really had an effect on me and my relationships with people before. You know nothing about me"

"I want to find out-"

"Just like I know nothing about you. Now I have a feeling you don't share things either" I smiled weakly. This was hurting me more than I thought it would.

"I wish I could tell you everything Aria" He said after a moment of silence "But for your own good I can't" he whispered.

"See" I I gave him a sad smile. For a few minutes none of us was talking. He was looking down and it looked like he was thinking hard. I was sure he would agree and give up on whatever it was that we had.

"I can't keep my distance and I don't want to" He confessed. "But if you want me to try I will. Just for you"

"I hate to do this but it's for the best" I tried to appear as calm as I could.

"Fine" I saw his jaw clench. "I need to go" I heard him mutter. I could swear I could hear the emotion in his voice.

He stood up but before he could walk out I touched his arm.

"Alex" I said softly. He turned around harshly with a clenched jaw. "Calm-"

"No. You can't expect me to be calm when you're taking the only thing that calms me down away from me" He said his voice cracking a bit. I was taken aback and shocked.

"I'm sorry but-"

"For once in my life I-" He sighed and closed his eyes digging his fingers into his midnight black hair. "For once I have found something that made me happy, some light in my life and-" He whispered. It seemed more as if he was talking to himself. "Don't you feel anything?" He yelled finally looking at me. "Is this that easy for you?"

"No Alexander, you can't imagine how hard it is for me too, but it's for the best. How far do you think this can go?"

"I want this to go far. If it was up to me this-" He paused and looked down his hair falling on his face and hiding his beautiful blue eyes. "If it was up to me this could last forever" He whispered.

I didn't have him for the expressive type.

"Alex you know this can't work out" I choked out seeing my vision getting blurry as tears were threatening to fall.

"Aria, can I hug you? Please? And then I promise I'll leave you alone" He said softly. This made waterfalls fall out of my eyes. I couldn't hide it anymore so I just nodded.

His strong and warm arms were wrapped around me in a flash as I felt his cologne engulfing me one more time. My arms rested on his chest as he buried his face in my neck inhaling.

"I just can't accept the fact that I won't be able to feel this again" He whispered into my ear his lips brushing against it making me shiver. "I can't accept the fact that I won't ever feel your body against mine again, or get drunk on your intoxicating scent"

I hate to admit but his words were making me regret telling him to keep his distance. I was going to miss having him that close so much.

All of a sudden I felt his warm lips pressing against my bare shoulder.

My gosh! He just kissed my shoulder I can't breathe H E L P.

And it didn't stop there. He kept trailing soft kissed up until he reached my jaw line where I thought he would stop.

Key word: thought

He kissed my cheek too and then my forehead and then my nose. His eyes were closed and he appeared to be in a daze. He kept kissing my cheeks getting closer to my lips each time. By now I was blushing like crazy I was sure I looked like a strawberry.

"Alex" I called faintly when he kissed the side of my lips. His lips were dangerously close to mine. This couldn't happen now.

But I wanted it to.

When he didn't answer or stop the first time I called his name again more sternly this time. Well as much as I could since I could barely breathe. His kisses had a huge effect on me. He had finally opened his eyes and was staring at my lips. He licked his making my eyes widen.

"Alex please not now. Don't do this to me" I said but his eyes never left my lips.

"So what you're doing to me is okay?" He asked his voice had dropped down a few tones and it was really raspy.

and hot-

"Standing so close to me all blushed and out of breath. Licking and biting your plump pink lips" I swear I heard a moan in between somewhere. "Looking at me shyly with your big hypnotizing green eyes that could bring me to my knees any day. As if I have that much self control"

"Ale-"

"I swear if you say my name I'll kiss the life out of you Aria" He said his eyebrows slightly pressed together. "I just want to get a taste of how your lips would feel against mine" He raised his hand to brush against my lips with his fingertips. "But I'm scared if I start I won't be able to stop"

"Why are you doing this to me now? if this is only to make me feel guilty and take back what I said-"

"No. I'm just tired of trying to control my urges around you" He confessed. "I'm sick of holding back. I just want a taste"

"Ale-Mh"