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“I thought we were goofing around.” His forehead creases.
“I’m not something you can be aggressive and controlling with.”
“Jeni, I wasn’t being aggressive or controlling. I thought we were playing around. What the hell’s going on?” His eyes are full of hurt.
“You’re just like him, thinking you can hold me down and show me who’s boss. I won’t go through another relationship like that. I just won’t!” I stand and straighten myself out, storming to the living room, suddenly feeling overwhelmingly emotional like I’m trying my hardest to keep my shit together and having no idea why I am feeling this way.
Aiden races out of the bedroom after me. “Jeni, don’t you walk away from me. What’s going on? Talk to me.”
I can’t face him.
I turn my back to him and hang my head low.
Aiden grabs my shoulders and spins me around. “Jeni, what did I do? Why are you angry with me?”
I huff. That’s the only answer I can come up with.
Because he didn’t do anything inappropriate.
I’ve overreacted.
I know he was goofing around, but I can’t help but feel scared.
Scared of him? No!
I guess in the back of my mind, I’m scared of who he might become.
Shit! This isn’t good.
I’m so totally messed up!
Too much has happened, and I need to get my head on right. This is not his fault, and I know it.
“Jenifer, talk to me,” Aiden pleads as he bends down to look at me while I swallow hard. He holds me tighter, shaking me a little. I squirm under his grasp, and he lets go instantly.
“Are you scared of me?” The hurt in his tone seeps through in waves.
I don’t say anything as I try to think of the appropriate answer because I know this goes back to Jason’s controlling ways, of which Aiden has no idea about.
“Jesus Christ!” He backs away from me, his brow furrows at the realization that there might actually be a real problem here.
I shake my head as guilt floods through me. “No, of course, I’m not scared of you.” I take a step toward Aiden, trying to pacify him.
He takes another step back as his eyes narrow and glisten. “I’d never hurt you! Ever! You’re my… everything. There’s nothing in this world that’s more important to me. Nothing, Jeni.”
“I know,” I plead.
“Then why the hell are you scared of me?”
“I don’t know. I mean… I mean, I’m not scared of you.”
“Then what the fuck is going on here?” He raises his hands in the air in frustration.
“It’s just, last night, in the shower reminded me of Jason, and that terrifies me.”
The hurt in his expression makes my chest squeeze. Aiden takes a deep breath and walks into the bedroom leaving me alone in the living room.
I shake my head, confused.
