Chapter 49: One Year Anniversary!

*Aria's POV*

I woke up with a bright smile on my face. Why? Because it was mine, Jughead's and Dilton's one year anniversary. Now, we're in May. May 7th to be exact. I got up, picked out my biker outfit and ran to the bathroom. I was singing in the shower a bit louder than usual, but I didn't care, I was that happy. I got out, tossed the bag off my cast that I still had on, went to my room, got dressed, brushed my hair, did my make up and then skipped down the stairs. I grabbed a peach, put Allegro on his leash, and took him for a walk. Did I mention it was Monday? And it was 7 Am? And there was no school today because of a teachers convention? I think I neglected to say that. Oh well. I walked with Allegro by my side as we headed to the park. We got there and I saw a kid crying, a kid I knew actually.

"Luke? What's wrong?" I asked as I hurried over to him. He looked up at me with sad eyes.

"Aria?" He asked then hugged me tightly.

"I ran away. I Don't wanna go to school." He says sadly.

"Why not? School is good for you." I say sweetly to him.

"Because Duke's sick." He said in a low sad voice. Now I get it.

"I might not understand fully, but I do understand you don't want to leave your twin behind. Right?" I asked. Those two were always together since birth. He nods yes as he held me.

"So you tried to run off but got lost?" I asked. He nods yes again. Allegro went over and licked him. Luke giggled and gently pet him.

"Why don't I take you to school and we'll talk along the way." I suggest. He looks down but nods yes. I let him hold the leash, ordered Allegro to walk slow, and walked with Luke while using my good hand to hold his.

"You know, one day you and Duke will live separate lives, so sooner or later you can't be by each other's side all the time." I explain to him.

"I know, but I'd rather it be later rather than sooner." He says cutely to me. He was the sweet twin.

"I know, but it's ok to not be by each other's side all the time." I say sweetly to him.

"Like you and your cousin?" He asked me.

"Yeah actually. As kids, we were almost always by each other's side when we visited. Even when I moved here, we only spent a couple weeks almost inseparable but now do things apart." I explained to him. He didn't respond as he looked around. I sighed softly.

"You'll be alright. Clarice will be there and your classmates. I'm sure you and Duke have friends right?" I asked just to make sure. He nods yes.

"But it's not the same without him." He says sadly.

"I get it, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't try." I explain as we neared the school.

"I guess you're right." He says as he looked up at me. He then gave me a big smile.

"If I go to school, will I be as smart as you?" He asked me. His eyes shined with a small amount of hope. What was I gonna tell the kid? No? Maybe? He was too cute.

"Yes, maybe even more so." I say honestly to him. He brightened up even more and my heart felt like it would burst from his joy and cuteness. I looked up and saw a teacher looking at us as she started coming over.

"Ok Luke, no more running away now." I say softly as I let his hand go.

"I won't." He says as he, hands me the leash then, runs to his teacher. I couldn't understand what they were saying, but the teacher looked at me and waved with a smile before guiding Luke inside. I smiled, holding the leash tightly, then started heading home. Once I got home, I let Allegro off his leash, went in the living room and started watching TV for a while. Archie soon woke up, Betty came over, then the phone rang.

"Hello, Andrews residence Aria speaking." I answered politely.

"Hey Aria, it's Jughead." I heard and smiled.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked him as my smile started growing.

"Wanna go with me and Dilton to the movies? There's a new horror movie out." He was telling me with excitement. I started frowning.

*A movie? Dilton doesn't like horror movies much and we tend to see them a lot. Is that all there is?* I thought to myself sadly.

"Sure. Sounds fun." I say as I tried to sound happy.

"Great! We'll come get you." He tells me.

"Naw, I'll meet you there." I say to him.

"Ok. See you then." He says then hangs up. I hung up and sighed.

*I know I shouldn't be greedy or needy, but I thought there'd be something… More.* I thought as I tossed my skates on and skated off. I was holding a bag that had something special for both of them.

*I worked really hard on them, I hope they like them a lot.* I thought as I hurried to them. Even if we only went to the movies, they still deserve something nice. I got there but I didn't see them yet.

*I must be early.* I thought as I waited patiently.

*42 minutes later*

I was annoyed now. Why were they late? I was hoping nothing bad had happened when I saw Jughead walking up to me.

"Hey, you ok? Is Dilton alright?" I asked worriedly. I'd be annoyed later.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to be late. Dilton wanted me to get you for your surprise." He tells me as he gently hugs me. We soon started walking.

"Really?" I asked with in a slightly annoyed tone, worry all gone.

"Yeah, the plan was to have you wait here, but then we took a lot longer to finish and I ended up late." He explained to me as we headed to Dilton's house. I was curious now. What did they get me? What did they make me? I would soon find out because we arrived at Dilton's house. I stopped Jughead and looked around.

"Don't worry, his parents are gone. They won't be back until either later tonight or tomorrow." He tells me with a reassuring smile. I relaxed and smiled.

"That's good." I say softly as I followed him inside. I was guided to Dilton's new room and gasped. It was the same but bigger. It was almost 3 times the size of his last room.

"Salutations Aria. Sorry for the delay, but we wanted to surprise you together." Dilton tells me. I turn and see him come out of his closet with some tools and machine parts in hand. I was curious as I watched him set it down on his bed.

"Um… What-" I started asking but Jughead put a finger on my mouth to shush me.

"We both were having a hard time deciding what we should give you, so we both decided on something you might not have had." He says to me. I was curious as he pulled out what looked like a sleek laptop. I was very curious now. Jughead put me in a seat then smiled.

"Yeah, so we got you this!" He says as he pulled out…

"No way?! A hover board?!" I gasped in delight.

"Yes, Jughead said you like to skate at the park and thought a skate board would be good." Dilton tells me.

"But I also remembered you liked back to the future and the hover board they had so." Jughead said as he turned the board on and showed it floating.

"We did this!" Both boys said. It was beautiful. It was purple with black patches and black and purple stars, music notes and silver glitter on it. I teared up a bit before tackle hugging them both to the ground.

"You two are amazing!" I say loudly In happiness. I heard them both yelp in surprise before they hugged me back. I got up and helped them up.

"You two are amazing." I say with joy.

"Well, this was mostly Dilton, but I tried to help." Jughead said with an embarrassed smile.

"You still helped. You both are amazing guys." I say with a sweet smile.

"Oh! That reminds me!" I say as I grabbed the bag.

"They're not as great as the gift you two gave me, but I worked hard on them still." I say as I pulled out their gifts. I gave Dilton a cute scientific tool belt along with cute nerdy goggles and a hand made scientist coat with his name embroidered on it. Jughead, he was tough. I made him a shirt, long sleeve, with the letter S on it, supposedly for his name or a middle name which I replicated from an old shirt he had, a shirt the promoted Pop Tate's Burgers and a burger plushie.

"Aw! I love them!" Jughead said as he hugged his plushie.

"Very nice work. So detailed!" Dilton agreed as he put the belt on. I blushed and looked down.

"I tried really hard." I say softly.

"And these are wonderful!" Jughead said in joy.

"You're the best girlfriend ever." Dilton tells me as I blushed a deeper red. I suddenly had both boys hug me and kiss my cheeks. I smiled and giggled at how they acted. We watched a movie together and happily ate dinner at Dilton's. I sighed as I soon heard the clock chime 8.

"Guess it's time to go." I say softly to them.

"We'll see each other after school though." Dilton tells me in comfort.

"Yes, that's true." I say to them. I gave them both a hug, put my skates away but put my helmet on. I was going to test the hover board out.

"Just don't use it on water or it wont work and be careful going really high in the air or on walls ok?" Dilton says to me as he hands me a small booklet to read on how to work it.

"I'll be careful. I promise." I say happily to him. I went outside and turned it on. I set it down and watched it float. I was thoroughly impressed. I put my foot on it and tested it. In truth, I never used a skate board. I soon went off. I started off slow but gradually sped up and was used to it. I sped home as I went by people on the side walk. I went through the park and passed people I knew from school. I even saw Jimmy trying to flirt with a girl, which she threw water at him. Poor guy. I finally made it home and kicked the board up before turning it off. I rushed inside and showed Archie, Aunt Mary and Uncle Fred in joy. I flaked on dinner and ran out to the back yard to play with Allegro. After another hour we both went to bed. What? I had school in the morning.