I DO NOT OWN EMMERDALE OR ANY OF IT'S CHARACTERS, LIKEABLE OR NOT. THEY ARE ALL PROPERTY OF THE ITV STUDIO

A/N: More Aaron!

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Adam sat back on the beach and looked out to the skimpy dressed girls frolicking about in the water.

"Phhhooarrr look at them babes! There are definitely benefits of living down here"

Aaron rubbed some suntan cream into his sore belly, like usual, he had over did it and was red like a lobster.

"Give it a rest will yah"

Adam looked down at Aaron through his shades, Aaron realised he wasn't actually looking at him...it was the bird who was flashing her tits at him further along the sand.

Aaron sighed at this...why would Adam go and spoil what he had with Kira. If SHE ever found out.

"Aren't YOU forgetting that you've got a ring on your finger...errrrr...I've seen you've taken it off"

"COURSE I have...I'm gonna see no action with that stuck on my finger am I? Besides...I'm getting NOWT at home at the minute...you know what I mean"

Aaron raised up onto his hunches and frowned at him, Kira was running around Jonny all day what did Adam expect.

"She's looking after your son...what do you expect, she's tired mate...and there's you eyeing up other birds"

Adam took the suntan lotion and rubbed some of it into his arms and legs, and changed the subject. He gave him the verdict of his life down here, or of what he saw of it.

"Look...stop having a go will you...anyways...look at you stuck down here with NO job and crawling around a skankpit bed sit that rats would give a wide berth"

Aaron defended his bed sit. It was crap, yes, but it was his home.

"Oi, LESS of that! That skankpit is home to me...and besides, when I get myself another job I will find somewhere better you just watch me"

"Yeah yeah"

Adam then went on and on about Ahmed. He had been down here 3 nights and Ahmed was yet to make an appearance.

"...it looks like it to me that HE doesn't give a stuff about you...YOU call HIM and HE never calls YOU!"

"It's NOT like that...there's stuff you don't know about"

Aaron had had enough of this interrogation. He jumped up and pointed to the pub across the road, he wanted to cool off.

"Ohhhhh come on...lets go get a pint or something I'm burning up here"

They both went into the pub and sat up at the bar. Adam took Aaron's phone from the bartop and gave it to him.

"Go on then...CALL him...see if Ahmed wants to meet us for a drink"

Aaron huffed and called Ahmed. He turned away from Adam as he answered.

"Yeah it's me...can you talk? Good...yeah...I'm in the pub on the front...usual place...wanna meet me? Good...see you in a bit..."

Adam picked up his bottle of beer and raised his eyebrows at him.

"So he's coming then, is he?"

"Yeah he is...he says he'll meet us in here in a hour"

"Oh right..."

Aaron nodded at his beer

"Best drink up...we best get back and get showered and that"

Later, they went back to the bed sit to get showered and changed. Pete the purve was out and about on the landing in a pair of boxers. He licked his lips at them. Aaron and Adam glanced at one another, Adam burst out laughing and teased Aaron.

"I see you've got a nice back up plan tucked away if things don't work out with Ahmed"

"Less of that! Just get inside will yeah, you div!"

Once they were ready, they went to the pub and it wasn't long before Ahmed joined them. They all had a drink and a laugh. Aaron was soon having a piss, that meant Adam could quiz Ahmed on his own.

"So...Aaron says you work in your Parents shop"

"Yeah...I just help out...I'm training to become a lifeguard"

"Nice one...what do your parents think of Aaron then? Know he's a bit of a hot head do they?"

"No...and I have to keep it that way"

"Why? Not keen on him are they?"

Ahmed looked at him, his dark eyes narrowing

"They DON'T KNOW ABOUT HIM FULL STOP...And i'm gonna keep it that way...another pint is it?"

Aaron was back from the gents and his eyes were only for Ahmed. Adam shook his head, poor Aaron...why couldn't cupids arrow work for him and give him a break...unless it was working in mysterious ways, which he very much doubted.

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