Aaron woke up in a familiar setting, the infirmary. Aaron saw everyone sitting in chairs nearby staring at him. Aaron looked around and saw that he was covered in bandages. All of a sudden the pain hit him, he groaned as he felt the sting of his injuries.
"You were in a lot worse shape before we got you here." Chazz said acknowledging Aaron's pain.
"I'm sorry about what happened earlier. I'm just glad that you're okay." Alexis said.
"Why are you sorry? I shouldn't have lashed out like that and plus I was too tired to think about what I was doing. I'm sorry." Aaron sighed. Alexis smiled at Aaron's apology until he began groaning in pain again.
"Can you guys give me and Blair a little space?" Aaron asked as he tried to sit himself up with no success. The others left the room, and Blair walked over to Aaron; Blair saw Aaron having no success trying to sit up, so she pushed a few buttons on a remote that moved his bed in to a sitting position.
"What did you want to talk about?" Blair asked.
"I wanted to thank you for saving my life." Aaron said.
"You didn't need to clear the room for that." Blair said playfully rustling his hair.
"Well that's not all I wanted to talk to you about." Aaron said blushing slightly. "I wanted to know if…uhhhh, you might want to go out with me sometime?" Aaron asked, blushing even more now.
"How'd you get the courage to ask me out?" Blair blushed and giggled slightly.
"Well you are the only person on this island who's beaten me in a duel, and you saved my life. So if you can do all of those things, I think I can try to ask you out." Aaron said.
Blair was now blushing heavily; she didn't know what came over her as she leaned in to Aaron and began kissing him. She quickly pulled back after realizing what she had done.
"I'm so sorry." She apologized repeatedly.
"Why? It was great." Aaron said smiling; it was the first time she had seen him smile like that. They resumed kissing; Aaron had never been happier. Aaron's happiness would have continued if Syrus hadn't walked in to the room.
"Hey guys I left my PDA in here. Whoops, didn't mean to errrrr…. I'll just go." He said running out of the room.
"Well I guess that's over." Aaron sighed. "Blair, can you put my bed down, so that I can sleep. I'm really tired." Aaron groaned in pain. Blair lowered the bed, so that he could sleep.
"Thanks." Aaron said smiling at her.
"No problem." She smiled back. Blair left the room, but not before kissing Aaron on the forehead. Aaron laid in his bed; he was happy that he had a girlfriend now; all that he needed now was to get better. Aaron looked around the room instinctively; he saw his clothes sitting on a chair nearby, but he cringed when he saw the mask resting on top of them. Aaron reached for the mask and picked it up; it looked like the mask he wore, but somehow it felt different. Aaron put the mask over his face, and as soon as he did his ring started speaking.
"There is still some dark power that resonates from this item. It would seem that you may access its power during a duel, but be warned the Orichalcos and this darkness shall not touch."
Aaron understood that it meant that if he was going to use the mask then he couldn't use the ring in a duel. The mask covered the whole front of Aaron's face, and he started having trouble breathing, so he removed the mask from his face and fell asleep.
Syrus ran up to his friends, panting and out of breath. "Guys…I…saw Aaron…and Blair…kissing." He tried regaining his breath.
"Whoa! Really!?" Jaden asked dumbfounded.
Syrus finally regained his breath. "Yeah, I was going to grab my PDA and I walked in on them kissing."
Blair was walking and saw her friends and ran over to them. "Anything new, Blair?" Alexis asked giggling.
"Well…" She began only to be cut off by Syrus. "Why were you and Aaron kissing?" He blurted out.
Alexis hit Syrus on the head as Blair's cheeks turned a bright red. "Well we're kinda going out now." She said turning redder. Everyone stood there shocked.
"So how'd you swing that?" Chazz smirked.
"After you guys left, he asked me out and I said yes. After he gets better of course." Blair said smiling. Everyone continued talking for a little while longer until it began to get late, and they all returned to their dorms for the night.
When Alexis got back to her dorm, she told Jasmine and Mindy about Aaron and Blair's relationship which was a mistake on her part because by the end of the night the whole school would know.
"They'll be so cute together." Jasmine squealed.
"I know right." Mindy squealed in unison. They then decided that it would be their job to plan Aaron and Blair's date, but Alexis quickly restrained them.
"Jasmine, Mindy, you need to give them some space; it's only their first date. Plus, Aaron's still in the infirmary, so it could be a little while before Aaron's even ready to go on a date." Alexis stated firmly. Jasmine and Mindy nodded their heads, and they then shared a look as Alexis left the room.
"We're still going to plan their date, right?" Mindy asked Jasmine.
"Yeah." Jasmine replied. The girls then squealed and giggled as they began talking about Aaron and Blair dating.
I probably should have made this clear in other chapters. For this story, Blair is 16 years old.