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Chapter 11: Set Up for a Breakdown

Aiden looked one last time in the mirror as he walked towards the door.

"Not bad," He thought to himself. "I just hope its no place real fancy. If so this will not cut it."

He looked at Katie. She wasn't made-up but Aiden knew that probably wasn't her style. He got in the car and asked,

"So where is it that we're going?"

"You'll have to wait until we get there." She said playfully.

Aiden let a smile grow on his lips. While they were driving Aiden remembered his parents' reaction to his announcement.

"Five bucks says your mom wasn't as spastic about this as my parents were." Aiden said.

He allowed himself to settle back in the seat and just look at her face.

"Well that's because you told mine first. So I'd lose the bet but she was still pretty excited."

Aiden was about to elaborate on his parent's actions when Katie slammed on the brakes. There was a huge line of cars stretching on for what seemed like eternity. Katie let out a big sigh and said,

"This could take awhile."

"Do you know of anyplace you could park? We could just walk to your secret location." Aiden answered.

"Yes actually, I don't know why I didn't think of that." She said with a bit of frustration in her voice.

Aiden decided he could calm her down by placing his hand on the one Katie was not using to steer. She gave off a soft blush but nothing more. As they parked Aiden removed his hand and got out of the car. It was only a short walk to what Aiden found to be a pizzeria. As they walked in Aiden asked,

"What do you like on your pizza?"

"Anything's fine." She seemed to have been thinking of something important.

"Alright," Aiden said as he turned to the counter. "Medium pepperoni please."

The man behind the counter gave them a number and said "Nine twenty."

Aiden pulled out the exact amount out of his almost empty wallet and took the number. He touched Katie's shoulder and the found a seat next to a window showing the traffic jam.

"Beautiful view isn't it?" Katie asked.

"Is it always like this?" Aiden asked. "We never had traffic jams, there just weren't enough cars."

Katie laughed and answered,

"It can get pretty bad near the highway but around here this usually doesn't happen."

"Maybe there was a crash or something?" Aiden offered as an explanation.

"I guess…"

At that moment the pizza arrived, it was hot and steaming slightly.

"It just came out of the oven so be careful." The waitress said with a smile.

She set down the pizza and two cups of water. She then took out a pen and paper and asked,

"Can I get you something to drink?"

Both Aiden and Katie simultaneously said,

"No thanks."

They both blushed and then continued talking.

"Aiden, if you don't mind, I would really like to hear the whole story of the sandstorm."

"Fine, but then you have to tell me the whole story about Tom."

And so the deal was struck and an emotional breakdown would be soon to follow.

A/N: BUM BUM BUM. :). I apologize for both the cliff hanger and delay of writing but I have been writing a profile for fengshuirpg./ which is an Avatar RPG. Join it if you like Avatar. My name there is Takki.