Disclaimer: All characters belong to Emmerdale as much as I would like to own them!
This is my first fanfic, don't know if it's any good but sure said I may as well give it a go! Love Aarson – miss Jackson so much . So anyway this is kind of AU, some of the same things will happen but the outcomes will change – one thing I can promise is that there will be no train crash! This is going to be a happy story so may be kind of fairytale-ish!
Finally, so I don't have to keep saying 'Aaron said/Jackson said', I have Aaron in bold and Jackson in plain text. Ok so I'll stop rambling now, hope you all enjoy and review so I know if I'm doing a good job or not!
CHAPTER ONE: FANCY A GAME?
"Fancy a game?"
Aaron looked up to find the guy in the red chequered shirt who had being playing pool the last time he saw, standing in front of him. "Eh?" he asked. Pointing to the pool
table, "A game of pool, I promise I'll go easy on ya!" the guy replied cheekily. "Nah, you're alright, I can't" Aaron replied and stood up to leave. "It's only pool, my
shout", Aaron looked at this guy again, properly this time and thought 'he ain't half bad', "Go on then" he [Aaron] decided, "but be prepared to be trashed – I'm the
master of the pool table!". He could do with the cheering up after splitting up with Flynn and a game of pool with a hot guy might just do the trick.
The guy held out his hand "Jackson Walsh", Aaron shook it and replied "Aaron Livesy". "Ready to be slaughtered, Aaron?" Jackson asked. "Humph, you wish" Aaron
laughed. "So Aaron, what do you do?" Jackson asked as he set up the pool balls. "I'm a mechanic, well training to be one at least. I go to college here in Hotten and
work at my cousin's garage in Emmerdale". "Handy that". Aaron gave him a look and said, "depends on how you look at it really, it's my uncle that runs it most of
the time and he can be a nightmare to work for, but yeah, I suppose it is handy, that and can't really get fired or me mam will have a go at him!" Jackson laughed,
"She that scary?" "No, just that annoying. So what about you? What do you do?" "Builder, one of the best there is too!" Aaron snorted a laugh at this. 'This guy is hot
and funny'. He hadn't planned on meeting anyone tonight, in fact, he had only come in the first place because his mam and Paddy were going on and on at him about
getting out more since Flynn. But Jackson seemed a really nice guy, he was easy going and so far, even though it had only been a few minutes, they seemed to be
getting on very well indeed. "Earth to Aaron", he heard and looked up. "Hope it's me you're thinking of" Jackson said with a cheeky smile on his face, head cocked to the
side, leaning against the pool cue in his hand. Aaron blushed at being caught out and Jackson noticing this said, "Oh ho, so it was me you were thinking of. Hope it's
nothing too kinky" Jackson said with a wink. Aaron started to stammer at this, having been caught off guard, not knowing what to say back. "Ah ... ahmmm ... eh"was all
he could manage, then clearing his throat he tried again, "I..Eh..." "Aaron, relax, I was just kidding". "Yeah ... Yeah... so let's get on with this game of pool then eh?
Winner buys loser a pint". "You're on!"
Aaron was distracted, he usually wiped the board clean when playing against anyone in pool, but not tonight. Playing with Jackson proved hard to focus properly and so
was resulting in him losing the game. Jackson had just potted the black ball "Guess that means the drinks are on you. I thought you said you were the master of the pool
table?". "Don't have my lucky charm with me tonight, that must be it" Aaron said as they made their way to the bar. "Oh yeah, and what's your lucky charm?" Aaron
winked, "Wouldn't you like to know". Jackson shook his head and laughed, "yeah I would actually". Aaron ordered their drinks and said, "Well, I could tell you ...
buuuuttttt ...then I'd have to kill you", " Ha! Fine then, I won't push you into telling me now, but just so you know, I will get it out of you eventually, if not tonight then
definitely some other time". "Ahhh ... who said there'd be a next time?" This time it was Jackson's turn to stutter, "ahh ... ahmmm ... well, I just ... eh". Aaron snorted
into his pint, "Now who needs to relax, I was messing with you, I've had a good time tonight, I think I could manage seeing you again" Aaron said smiling. Jackson
smiled back, "me too".
After their drinks, Aaron decided he best call it a night, "I've to be up early for work, but maybe I could, eh, ahemmm, get your number or summat and we could do
something sometime?" "Yeah sure, here, here's my business card, look forward to it". "Yeah, so, eh see ya then" Aaron smiled shyly, not sure whether he should kiss
him or not or whether it was too soon, he was never any good at these things. He didn't have to decide in the end as Jackson said "Yeah, see you soon" and leant
forward and kissed him on the cheek. Aaron felt his stomach turn upside down. He would have liked to grab Jackson and kiss him on the lips and a lot more if he was
being honest with himself, but he knew that it was definitely too soon for that. He blushed at the thought.
On the bus on the way back to Emmerdale, Aaron took out his mobile and text Jackson 'had fun 2nite, cant wait til next time, A x'. Just as Aaron was getting off the bus
he heard his phone bleep. He took it out and read the message, all it said was 'me too, c u soon, J x', but it made him smile the whole way back to Smithy.