{((Waiting For Never))}i{((Part 3))}
They were out the door by the time Shane had finished his story. Slowly, Aaron locked the door behind her and shoved the ring of keys inside her pocket. Together, Aaron and Shane skipped arm-in-arm –yes, skipped- down the path that led up to Aaron’s house.
“So, where shall’ we head, milady?” Shane asked in a faux-British accent.
“You brought me out here, Mr. Jennings,” Aaron complained.
‘I need coffee…’ thought Aaron, who became bitter in the morning when she was deprived of her coffee.
“You want to go get some coffee?” Shane asked lazily.
When people saw the connection between Shane and Aaron, they said it was scary how they could read each other’s minds. Most of the time, they never even noticed. Some people even went as far as to say the two were like an old married couple. Of course, in the sense that the two had been together so long they knew the other’s thoughts. Though, Shane and Aaron would still erupt in a chorus of displeasure from being compared to an old married couple.
“I love you,” shouted Aaron as she hugged Shane around the waist.
A few laughs escaped Shane’s mouth. Aaron continued hugging Shane until they finally reached the lot of the nearby Starbucks. As Aaron entered the quiet coffee shop, she burst out into a chorus of angelic Hallelujahs. This earned a glare from the acne covered teen at the cash-register. And by his slouchy demeanor, the two could tell the only reason he was here was to save up for the date he’ll never have.
“I’ll have a large Mocha Frappaccino with whipped cream!” Aaron exclaimed, suddenly in a hyper mood.
Unenthusiastically, Super Acne Teen Man, whose nametag read ‘Jeremy,’ asked Shane, “what doya’ want?”
“Eh, I’ll have the same, but a medium.”
Jeremy just grunted in response to show he hadn’t passed out of boredom yet and headed over to the coffee machine. Silently, Shane and Aaron stood side-by-side. She simply kicked one of her Chuck Taylor covered feet back-and-forth. It was no wonder that her shoes were so beat up. Though, she liked them that way.
The silence was one of those silences where you want to talk, but you stop yourself because there’s someone else in the room. Luckily, the silence didn’t last for long because dear Jeremy finally decided to give the two their coffee. Swiftly, Aaron reached into one of her jean pockets. But before she could pull out her money, Shane put down a few bills.
“Aaron, it’s fine. I’ve got it,” Shane insisted. “Keep the change,” he included at the last minute to Jeremy.
Aaron simply nodded, wearing an out-of-touch blank face, one that a child who was just given the biggest scoop of their favorite ice-cream would have on. The two strode out, side-by-side. Aaron stared at her feet as Shane and her walked along the grey stone-encrusted cement side-walk.
‘Shane never wants to pay for my stuff. That, back their, was so… not him… so weird,’ thought Aaron. But she made nothing of it.
Coincidentally, Shane was also observing his black slip-on Vans. And he was also questioning and scolding himself for what he’d done back there.
‘Idiot, now she’s going to think I’m weird! And besides what was that? Agh! I’m not supposed to be falling for my best friend! Am I falling for her? Damn these fucking teenage hormones!’ Shane fumed to himself.
“…park,” Aaron ended as Shane looked up and tuned out of his thoughts.
“Uh, yeah…” Shane hesitated, knowing he couldn’t convince Aaron with that.
“I’ll repeat what I said, just because I’m not that bad of a friend. Oh, and you should know I’m not that gullible. Well, since you brought me out here with no idea of where we’re going… I suggested that we go to the park.” She informed him with a slightly irritated sigh.
“Oh yeah, to the park!” Shane shouted.
This park, Grover Park, wasn’t just any other park. Besides having the same name as a character on Sesame Street, it was the place where a lot of important things in Aaron and Shane’s relationship happened. It was where Shane met Kaylee, also known as the first time Hurricane Kaylee struck, where Shane found out about Aaron’s boyfriend in kindergarten. And even where some other important things occurred, but most important of all… Grover Park was where Shane and Aaron first met.
[Flashback]
Shane’s mother, Linda, had actually gone to the same school as Aaron’s mother, Jadea. That’s an understatement, actually. Linda and Jadea were best friends, but soon lost contact when they left to attend separate colleges. Coincidentally, both had moved to the small city to raise their children.
Linda was now working around the clock with her husband, Aiden. Together, they owned an incredibly large realty business; somehow, she had convinced Aiden to let her have the day off with Shane. Jadea and Aaron’s father, Jon, had divorced. She was earning money by writing her novels. Unfortunately, this kept Jadea locked in her room and left almost no time for her and Aaron. Both Aaron and Shane were only about a year old.
Leisurely, Jadea strolled down the side-walk pushing a stroller. She had just decided to head to the park and was trying to avoid the cracks. Aaron slept peacefully in the stroller, a pink baby beanie just barely covering her closed violet eyes. Jadea gazed happily at the resting baby.
“Jadea?” Someone from the opposite side of the side-walk asked.
Jadea looked up to see her long-lost friend, Linda. She noticed Linda was also pushing a carriage with a baby boy in it.
“Linda! Oh, it’s so great to see you! You’re baby boy is so beautiful! He looks about the same age as my daughter, Aaron.” Jadea replied happily.
“Oh, she’s beautiful! Yes, my son’s name is Shane!”
The two women babble on as they moved to a bench by the sandbox. Shane and the ewly awoken Aaron were placed in the empty sandbox. At first they simply stared at the other as their mothers chatted in the background. Suddenly, Aaron took a fistful of the thick sand and threw it at Shane, almost immediately after he began to sob. Upon seeing her “new friend” cry, Aaron also began to cry.
Linda and Jadea looked over o the two babies and began to laugh as they attempted to comfort Shane and Aaron.
[/Flashback]
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