CHAPTER 15 - Aurora - Reunited with family

"Hey!"I cried running to hug Sofia and Raquel.

I was at the airport with mom and dad to collect Sofia and Raquel from the private jet. Felix, Brie, Elijah and Rya were with them aswell. Mom and dad were talking with them while I was with Sofia and Raquel.

"I missed you guys so much". I said still hugging them. "We missed you too Aurora, its been so weird being away from you for so long." Raquel explained.

"I know". I laughed. "You need to tell me all about Rome."

"Yeah of course we will, but you need to tell us about this fake dating with  Leo fiasco."

"I will, I promise."I promised.

I'm so glad their home for the next  few days, I missed them so much.

A small while later...

A little while later we arrived home,on the way home Sofia and Raquel talked about Rome and what they had been doing. They said they went to some café and they met 'two very hot people', they were their words not mine. Their names are Adrian and Christian. Sofia has a crush on Adrian and Raquel has a crush on Christian.

They've been spending time with them for the last few days and they've had a lot of fun. I explained the whole Leo situation, I told them about the dance and tension along with that. I also explained what happend after and all they said was why am I still hooked on him.

Well honestly, I need to answer that for myself first.

Me, Sofia and Raquel went up to my room when we came home and listened to Chase Atlantic and The Weeknd . We are obsessed with Chase Atlantic and the weeknd. We got changed into our silk pjs and put on some face masks.

After a while we took them off and we were currently dancing to 'Into it' by Chase Atlantic when I decided to go to the kitchen to get a drink because I was really thirsty and seriously out of breath. I'm very unfit. I left Sofia and Raquel to their dancing and made my way to the kitchen.

Leo was sitting on the couch on his phone when I got there. He lifted his head up slightly to see who was there.

When he noticed it was me he bolted off the couch and came towards me in a blink of an eye.

"I'm sorry about this morning Aurora, you didn't deserve that." Leo said apologetically.

A small smile appeared on my face, "It's fine Leo but don't ever say that again okay, I know this is a very childish game we're playing but that was way over the line." I explained.

A small chuckle echoed the room which made chills race through my body. "I won't do it again Aurora, and what makes you think this is a childish game, it's.. Simply us both trying to prove a very good point."

Two very different points to be exact, I'm proving to Leo I'm over him and that I can forever be over him and Leo is trying to prove that I simply can't live without him. Very different points.

"Okay whatever you say Leo." I say chuckling.

"What do you say we be somewhat friends to get through this fake dating thing so we don't kill each other?" I suggest.

I know this is a very bad suggestion as I'm going to be maybe friends with Leo, who was my first love and I may still be a bit into him but that's beside the point...we need to be civil so we can persuade Damon that we're actually dating and who knows this... Friendship could bring us closer together.

Leo looks at me somewhat surprised I would even suggest it. "Friends? You want to be friends with me?"

I smile. "Of course I want to be friends with you".

"Your In love with me.. Yet you want to be friends... Your going to lose the game if you do it though." Leo teased.

"I used to be in love with you, big difference and how am I going to lose the game... It's going to be me proving that I can be friends with you without feeling anything."

"Whatever you say Aurora." Leo says staring at me very intensely.

When Leo and me ended our conversation in the kitchen he went to dad's office to speak of Buissness with the others. Elijah and Felix are here now so there helping dad come up with a plan B if our plan A doesn't work,which is me and Leo fake dating by the way.

Elijah made a joke when mom told him about it. He said me and Leo will fall in love because of this fake dating or marriage of convenience... if it even gets that far.

I went back up to my room to Sofia and Raquel who were sitting on the bed breathless because of all the dancing. They were looking on YouTube for the next song to dance to.

"What took you so long?" Sofia asked breathless and slightly annoyed,I handed her the glass of cold water and she quickly calmed down.

"I was talking with Leo actually and  we're now... Friends."

"Friends huh? What's next your baby daddy."Raquel pipes up.

"What do you mean?"I asked embarrassed.

"Come on Rory, you have to get over him, you have been in love with him your entire life and now your fake dating him and now your friends it doesn't work like that, you have to move on, you cant keep going back."

"I'm over him". I exclaimed standing up for myself.

"No your not." Sofia stated when she was back breathing again.

"How do you know?"I asked pissed off.

"Your body language, how excited you are when your near him, the way you talk about him and especially the way you look at him". Sofia says with a small smile on her face.

"How am I supposed to act then,am I supposed to hate him for the rest of my life because what.. he didn't love me the same".

"No I'm not saying that Aurora I'm saying get over him because your not and it's so obvious."

"Okay fine... I'm not over him, I never was over him I just thought I was because of this stupid fucking game we're playing." I shout pissed off at myself for even saying this. I notice Sofia and Raquel shaking their heads looking at me and ten somewhere else but i choose to ignore it.

"I'm never going to get over Leo, no matter what I do I will always love him, and you guys have no idea how hard it is to get over someone because you've never been in love before... It's not that easy. Over the years I've created all these scenarios in my head where I get what I want, Leo is in love with me and we're both really happy... it's not easy to get over someone because you've created a version of them in your head or even fairytale with a happy ending and you keep thinking of that... But it's never true. I still love Leo and I can't help it, no matter how much i try to fight it." I say, the last sentence coming out in a faint whisper like I'm admitting it to myself more than anyone else.

Sofia and Raquel stare at me wideyed before looking to the door and then back to me. Have they been doing that the entire time or was I just imagining it before. I turn around to see what they were looking at.

I see no other then Leo leaning against the doorway with his arms folded as he glares at me with a very glistening intense stare. Only then did I realise he was most likely standing there for the majority of the conversation... And that was me admitting I still love him.

Fuck, what have I done.