Becoming Death by Melissa Brown

Author:Melissa Brown [Melissa Brown]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Melissa Brown
Published: 2015-06-12T07:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

I couldn’t stop myself from stealing glances at Aaron on the way home. He looked different to me somehow as he drove his car back to our apartment. The realization of my own jealousy had changed my perception of him. His curly hair looked soft and framed his face nicely. His eyes seemed to be bigger, brighter. His body was tanned, firm and strong despite the lack of exercise in his life.

I played with the bracelet he had given me. The wobbly edges of the letters against the flat background produced a pleasant feeling on my skin. As I watched him, a small part of me wished it was labeled something more than best friend. He caught my eye, and I saw a longing I hadn’t noticed previously in our relationship.

“Do you ever think about our prom?”

“That seems like such a long time ago,” I said, realizing it had already been nearly a year since we had finished high school. “What about it?”

“Sometimes, I wonder if things might be different if we’d gone together,” he said, flustered.

“I wish. Billy turned out to be such a jerk. I don’t know what I ever saw in him.”

“Popularity, envy from other girls…” Aaron trailed off as we pulled onto our road.

“Okay, okay, I get your point. Not that any of that matters now anyway. I agree, we should have gone together. We both would have had a better time.”

“If Billy hadn’t asked you, you would have gone with me, right?” he asked.

I reached across the seats and patted his thigh. “Of course. I always felt bad about you going stag.”

Aaron tapped his fingers against the steering wheel. “If we’d gone together, I always had this stupid plan in my mind for that night.”

“A plan?” I asked, turning towards him. My stomach churned.

His cheeks grew red and he shook his head. “Nah, I shouldn’t have said anything.”

“No way, you can’t leave me hanging, Rodriguez.” I urged him on, turning towards him.

He pulled the car into our parking spot and turned off the engine. We both unbuckled our belts but neither of us made an attempt to leave.

“For long time I thought, if we were both single, we could give it a go.”

“Like a date?”

“Can you blame me? That red dress you got for prom night was beautiful. You looked stunning in it, with your hair finally brushed.” He smirked.

I laughed and stretched my leg towards him.

“When I saw you in it, that was the moment I knew I might be interested in being more than just your friend.” His fingers continued to drum on the steering wheel.

I searched his eyes. It was out there now. I couldn’t pretend that those glances and touches were my imagination anymore. It was time to be brave and face our feelings head on. Sure, I was attracted to Derek too, but he was a fantasy while Aaron was reality.

“Please say something,” he whispered.

I took a deep breath as I leaned forwards and took hold of either side of his face.

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