"Where's this coming from?" Aidan asked as he lovingly pushed Luca's dark hair out of his face.

"Just answer the question, Aidan. How many girls?" Luca breathed deeply trying to maintain his composure.

"I don't know I didn't keep track!" Aidan said, staring at him with narrowed eyes.

"That many?! What the hell Aidan?!" Luca threw his arms up in disbelief.

"Alright, How many guys have fucked you then?!" Aidan asked defensively.

"I don't fucking know!" Luca scoffed at him as tears welled in your eyes. " But, this isn't about me!"

"There you go! It's the same thing! Where is all this coming from, anyway?!" Aidan tried to reason with him.

"It's not the same thing! You don't know any of the guys I've slept with. You didn't sleep with half of my friends!" Luca said as the tears began to stream down his face. "Do you know how it feels to have dinner with three girls who have all slept with my boyfriend!?"

"Hey. Hey. Listen. I have a past, so do you. But we're together now, that's all that matters." Aidan said calmly as he wiped the tears off his boyfriend's cheeks.

"You wouldn't understand!" Luca cried out, swatting Aidan's hand away.

"I do understand, I was ready to murder Endri in a dark alleyway when I thought he slept with you." Aidan explained calmly as he pulled Aidan close.

"Tell me then truth, Aidan. Am I just another cheerleader for your bodycount." Luca seethed.

"Okay listen to me." Aidan said seriously as he caged Luca with his arms against the wall and locked eyes with the smaller boy. "I've had enough of this. I've told you time and time again that you mean so much more to me than any of those meaningless hookups. How many times do I have to tell you this?!"

"I know! But it's hard to listen to three girls talk about having sex with your boyfriend. And I had to sit there silently suffering through it all." Luca spat at him angrily.

"You don't have to sit silently! I've wanted to come out and tell people since we started dating! You're the one who is afraid to tell Gio!" Aidan argued, emphatically.

"Because Gio will lose his damn mind if he finds out! He hates you! You keyed "Go Raiders" on his car, and lets not even get into all the fights and the rumors you started about him."

"Well he egged my car!" Aidan defended himself childishly. "Besides, your cousin isn't exactly the Pope, is he!? He started half of those fights and God only knows how many rumors about me!"

"EGG WASHES OFF! He had to get his car repainted, it was a nightmare!" Luca exclaimed tearfully. "And stop talking about Gio, this has nothing to do with him."

"What is your issue then?! This can't just because I fucked a few girls in the past."

"A FEW?! Talk about the understatement of the century. " Luca hissed angrily.

"Right back at you, babe." Aidan spat back at him, making Luca gasp in offence, slapping the taller boy across the face. "Right, that's fucking it. I've had enough of this. Come with me, I have something to show you." Aidan took Luca by the wrist and took him back towards his car, opening the door for him to sit in the passenger's seat.

"Where the fuck are you taking me?!" Luca whisper yelled at him, but Aidan was having none of it.

"You'll see when we get there." Aidan muttered irritatedly as he slammed the door shut.

"Aidan. Where are you taking me?!" Luca muttered furiously, practically shaking as he watched an upset looking Aidan drive silently towards the hills outside Hilldale.

"Somewhere we can talk." Aidan muttered through gritted teeth, his angry glare softening as he caught glimpse of the slight glint of fear in Luca's eyes. "Just... Trust me... I'd never do anything to hurt you."

Aidan continued down the unpaved road towards the same hill that he always took Luca to, his favorite hill, their favorite hill. They loved to come here and just look at the stars and the city in the distance, usually after having sex. It was their own special space where they felt they were really and truly, safe.

Aidan parked on the hill, putting his car in park and glaring at Luca who stared at him with a mix of fear and anger. Aidan reached his hand up to push back Luca's dark hair which had fallen into his amber brown eyes, but the smaller boy just flinched away.

"I brought you here a month ago for the first time" Aidan said with a disappointed sigh. "And I told you that you were the only person I've ever brought here because you're special to me."

"Aidan I-" Luca interjected but was cut off by Aidan.

"Let me finish." Aidan said tersely, glaring daggers at him. "What is this all about, Luca? What is the issue here?"

"I don't know Aidan..." Luca said as he sobbed tearfully. "Just hearing them talking about you and how you're like in bed just made something snap inside me."

"And what did they say?" Aidan asked with a cocked eyebrow as his icy blue eyes thawed out visibly. Luca Greco truly was Aidan's kryptonite, and seeing him cry never failed to make Aidan's heart ache deep within his chest.

"They said you were gorgeous and a sex god. And you were amazing in bed." Luca said through the sobs.

"What else? That can't have been all." Aidan glanced at him knowingly.

"They also said you were frigid and unfeeling. You'd leave or kick girls out straight after a hookup. No cuddling, no nothing." Luca continued as he gazed up at Aidan who smiled at him knowingly. "How did you know..."

"Because I know what people say about me, Luca." Aidan said with a slight smile creeping on his face. "So now you tell me, baby. Is that how sex with me is?"

"No... not at all... But!" Luca started hysterically.

"Nope! No buts! You're the only person I had sex with who I didn't kick out or leave right after. Well technically we were in my room so I couldn't have gone anywhere, but you get my point." Aidan said as he gently wiped Luca's tears away, succeeding in making his little boyfriend crack a smile.. "You're the only person I had sex with more than once. And you're the only person I want to have sex with for the rest of my life. You're the only person I've ever loved. I want to fall asleep and wake up with you in my arms. I want to tell you I love you first thing in the morning and the last thing before I go to bed. I want to marry you one day, Luca Greco, start a family with you one day, and grow old with you one day."

Luca grabbed a handful of Aidan's soft blond hair and crashed his lips onto the taller boy's, kissing him deeply and passionately. Aidan gently coaxed Luca off of him, gazing fondly into the smaller boy's dark amber eyes.

"I love you to Aidan. And that's what scares me most. I have never loved anyone before and I guess I'm just scared that I'll end up hurt or alone." Luca said softly. "I don't want to lose you."

"You're never lose me, baby." Aidan comforted him, stroking his cheek. "And I will never hurt you."

"I know..." Luca said with a smile, kissing Aidan's lips gently; giggling sweetly as he pulled him into a tight embrace.

"So do you want to tell me what else is bothering you?" Aidan said softly as he started the car, driving back towards the restaurant.

"It's scary that you know me so well." Luca scoffed at him, letting a few sniffles out as he wiped the residual tears off his face.

"Well I figured it was something." Aidan said teasingly. "I'm used to you finding a reason to take things out on me."

"I'm sorry, babe." Luca said with a sigh staring out the window at the dark road ahead, only dimly lit by streetlights.

"Don't apologize, baby." Aidan said with a chuckle, placing his hand on Luca's thigh with his other hand firmly on the steering wheel. "I'm happy to be the one you take it out on. So what's bothering you? You know you can tell me anything."

"God! Fine!" Luca groaned in frustration. "It's Gio. He kind of unloaded on me today about how I'm avoiding him and refusing to hang out with him."

"That's probably because you are." Aidan snapped back teasingly, earning him a slap on the shoulder from Luca. "What?! It's true! I have said this since the very beginning. If we just come clean about us it'll be better in the long run. Nobody would dare say anything to me because I'm Aidan Taylor and from what I hear the Crenshaw High student body is both in love and terrified of you."

"Gio will kill me." Luca said, shooting Aidan a pointed glare.

"Gio loves you. You're his cousin and best friend. If he really loves you he'll let all this go and appreciate that you're happy." Aidan said matter-of-factly. "Besides, if he would let something as stupid as a football rivalry get in the way of that he's dumber than I thought."

"Hey!" Luca said smacking Aidan upside the head. "Don't talk about my cousin like that."

"See..." Aidan smirked, giving Luca a knowing look. "Family is family. And Family sticks together no matter what."

"What is this Lilo and fucking Stitch?!" Luca huffed, sitting back in his seat to stare out the window at the dark nothingness.

"For what it's worth I don't hate Gio." Aidan explained honestly. "We've had our differences on and off the field, but I don't hate him. And from what you've told me, a good person, friend, and cousin. I can appreciate that."

"He really is..." Luca said with a smile. "You know he was the first person who told me to try out for the cheerleading squad. And when I made the squad he made sure nobody dared to even snicker at me for it."

"Also everyone thinks your family is in the mafia." Aidan said teasingly as Luca shot him a tense glare before laughing forcefully.

"I guess there are perks to being Italian-American." Luca joked halfheartedly. It wasn't his Papà's Italian-American side that people needed to be worried about. "Speaking of my Italian ass family, my cousin Niccolo is coming for the game next weekend. I thought maybe I'd come too."

"I thought you guys have a bye-week." Aidan said glancing off the road and over to Luca confusedly.

"We do. But you don't" Luca bit his lip teasingly as he rested his hand on Aidan's thigh.

"Wait. You're coming to a Hilldale game?" Aidan glared at him out of the side of his eye. "I've been asking for weeks and you kept saying no. But now you'll come because your cousin is coming?!"

"Who would I have sat with?!" Luca scolded him playfully. "Everyone I know is either playing or cheering."

"You could have sat with my parents and Emmy, they love you!" Aidan said with a smile, placing his hand on Luca's thigh.

"I love them too." Luca said warmly. "But this is better, I'll be with my cousin who literally went to Hilldale, and nobody will question a thing."

"You know realistically we can't keep this a secret till graduation." Aidan said as he pulled into the Giovanni's parking lot. "We could always just come clean now. I promise we'll get through it."

"We'll talk about this later." Luca said as he got out of Aidan's car, looking around to make sure nobody was around. Aidan gave him a playful glare, but he knew Luca would never agree to tell people. "Night babe, I love you."

"Night, baby." Aidan said as Luca pecked him lovingly on the lips. "I Love you too."