The Best Friend's Contract

He continues to speak, "I felt my body."

"Aidan... "I feel my eyes begin to water. These last few weeks have been hard for me and my eyes seem to have wasted a lot of tears but wasting a lot of tears for this man in front of me would always be worth it.

"I could've died, Kenna. I could've made the wrong decision because I wasn't ready to die-I want to spend my whole life with you. I wasn't ready to leave you, no matter how perfect it would be to walk down the other path. You are much more meaningful to me." He says, "We have a lot in store, I wasn't going to throw it all away just because I was offered heaven because baby, you're already heaven to me. I'll be damned if I didn't choose you," The way the words slip out of his mouth with full sincerity leaves me with a very, very bizarre feeling in my stomach. Something full and instantly I know it was more than just feeling butterflies in my stomach because this is like feeling the whole zoo.

"Why are you so perfect?" I lean in to kiss him.

With both of his hands around my waist, I continue to feel the softness of his lips mixed with one as we show our feelings through this kiss. The way he runs his hands down my neck and near my ears while I moan lightly with anticipation, I feel like I need him and I feel like the luckiest woman in the world to ever be blessed with him.

"I can't wait to get the hell out of here," He whispers near my ear before tickling me by sending kisses down my jawline.

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Luckily for us, the days went by quicker. It took him about six days to actually being able to leave the hospital because they wanted to make sure he was able to walk first before he could be discharged and I didn't mind... I work at the hospital and I got to see him all the time.

Slowly, I push the door open as he starts to step inside the apartment. Both of his eyes wander around the living room to find a cute banner hung on the wall near the television which causes him to chuckle, "Welcome home, Uncle Gabby." He reads and just like that, the whole family surprise him as soon as I turn on the lights.

My lips curve up into a smile at the sight of Ava running towards him before wrapping her arms around his legs, "Uncle Gabby!" She smiles.

Aidan laughs as he picks her up, placing her on his waist with both of his hands holding onto her. "Wow, you're getting quick heavy, aren't you? Do you miss me, Ava? Do you miss your Uncle Gabby?" He starts to lean in to kiss her on the cheeks, causing her to giggle as she nods.

Just as I stand behind him with a smile plastered on my face, it brings me joy to being able to see this moment. Aidan would spare me a few glances as he continues to entertain Ava is such a cute moment for me... for some reason, I find him much more irresistible. "Now, Ava. Let's give Uncle Gabby some space, okay?" Alain reaches for Ava before taking her away from Aidan who seems to be nodding his head, causing me to reach out for him immediately as he starts to frown.

"Are you okay? Is this too much for you?" I ask, grabbing onto his arm but he responds back by shaking his head-reaching down for my hand before entwining his fingers with mine as he leans in to peck me on the cheek. "Are you sure?" I ask, again and this time he is interrupted by Mia.

"Is this my sister? Have you been eating a lot of pizza while I was gone?" Aidan jokes which causes both of them to laugh before he starts to pull her in for a hug, "How are you, Mia? How's the baby?" He asks, tucking a few strands of hair behind her ears while he continues to gaze down at her baby bump.

She smiles, "I'm good and the baby's healthy. I'm also twenty-two weeks along."Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive © material.

"That's good, Mia. So, do you have anything planned?" He replies, clearing his throat as he places his arm around my waist.

"Actually, yeah. Tony and I are

getting married," Mia answers which

causes the whole room to remain silent, Alain staring with wide eyes while Marc and Diana are looking at each other. As for Harley, she seems like she has been knowing about this all long. Then again, this news is not asshocking to me as to Aidan who seems frozen at his spot-knowing Mia, she likes to drop the bomb like that and would give someone a damn heart attack.

"W-what?" Aidan asks.

Alain nears us, "You didn't tell us."

Mia breathes out, "We were planning it for awhile and I didn't want to tell anyone but Harley because I know how stressed we were about Aidan being in a coma and believe me, I didn't want to spill the beans until he wakes up. I didn't even want to get married before he wakes up, it was just simple planning after Tony proposed to me a month ago, you guys know how much I love him and besides, we're having a baby together... we're already one step ahead." She says, the rest of us

hearing to her without uttering a

single word.

"Guys? Say something," She continues as soon as she realises that none of us are muttering anything for a couple of minutes-only trying to process the sudden news.

"I'm happy for you," I pull her in for a hug in which she responds back with a grin, thanking me.

Aidan and Alain stares at one another as if they're having a heated conversation on their own while the rest of us are just keeping quiet. Aidan's eyes narrow at Alain before he starts to sigh and begin to pull Mia into his arms, leaving Aidan satisfied. "If you're happy... I'm happy," Alain says with a smile plastered on his face before he starts to hug her tighter.

As for Aidan, he starts to gesture for Mia to hug her in which she responds immediately. "You're going to be very happy with him," He says as he messes up with her hair, making her groan.

"If-if he tries to hurt you in any way possible, I will make sure that he doesn't see the next sunrise." Alain says from behind which causes Aidan to laugh and Mia to join him. "We love you, Mia. We are being overprotective because we love you,"

"We need to talk," Marc says before heading out the door, leaving Mia to sigh.

"Mother?" She turns towards Diana.

Diana smiles at her, "Explain to your father, sweetheart. I understand the decision you made and I'm happy that you've found someone who will love you for the rest of your life. I'm in this with you," She replies.

Just like that, Mia walks out of the door to meet up with Marc before placing her arms around him from behind as they start to have a conversation but the door closes, them being out of view.

"This was very unexpected," Alain mutters.

A couple of hours have passed and the Ashtons have already left the building, leaving Aidan and I by ourselves Mia seems to have sort out things with Marc as they entered the house with smiles plastered on their faces which made the rest of the family somehow happy Now, with Aidan sitting on the sofa with both of his eyes closed and his head leaning back, I can't help but make my way towards him.

"Hey," I sit beside him before running my fingers slowly through his hair, causing him to open his droopy eyes as he turns his head towards me.

"Hey," He breathes out with a smile.

I place my hand at the side of his cheek as I eye deeply into his brown eyes, liking how they have always appeared as warm. "Are you hurting anywhere? Was it too much for you?" I ask, feeling concern about this condition.