Chapter 6:-That Grey Area
A/N:- I just wanna start off by saying a massive thank you to everyone who's reviewed, followed and favorited the story so far, it's really motivating me to progressively pump out chapters regularly. The positivity I've had is really something and I thank you all for it.
Also, in terms of sex scenes, would you rather they be described in detail, like extreme NSFW fashion, or just keep them short and brief, with little description like the scene between Aaron and Victoria? It's upto you guys, what would you rather see?
Along the lines of NSFW scenes, I'd like to propose a question to you all. At the end of the story, should I include like a 'deleted scenes' addition where two or more characters will interact in a way they wouldn't normally in this canon? It's upto you, just lemme know what you'd think about the idea.
Kate had slept better than she had in weeks that night. Awakening with a smile that had remained hidden for so long, Kate opened her windows, allowing the morning sun to light up her room. Kate leant against her window and listened to the sounds of the birds tweeting and singing in the morning air.
She couldn't help but think about her night with Aaron and the time they've been spending together. The more rational, academically intelligent side of her was just happy to be having the friendly human interaction she didn't know she'd been craving, brushing it off as just being gradually accepted back into society. Yet, that small, schoolgirl inside everyone couldn't help but think the same thing over and over again. What if he likes me?
Before getting ready for the day, Kate pushed a small leaf of lettuce into Alice's cage. Kate loved that rabbit, probably more than anyone at Blackwell...or so she thought. Smiling one more time before leaving, Kate Marsh felt more alive. Her morning couldn't have been any more like a Disney Princess' if she tried.
Aaron's morning, however, was the exact opposite of Kate's cheerful morning. Zach De La Rocha screaming 'Fuck you, I won't do what you tell me' filled the room as Rage Against The Machine's Killin' in the Name blared from Aaron's phone. A comfortable sound to wake him from his slumber.
Aaron's right arm swung out from his face down, sleeping form, trying desperately to turn off the thunderously loud alarm. He only succeeded in catapulting his phone off charge and onto the floor. Realising he wouldn't be able to reach it from his bed, Aaron got up, groaning as he swivelled around to the floor. Fuckin' mornings He grumbled to himself as he picked up his phone and turned off the alarm.
Kate's room allowed the morning light to shone through and was filled with morning colours while Aaron's dark blue curtains remained closed and caste a sombre dark tint. Almost encasing the room in darkness. Another morning that Aaron hated and wanted to do nothing more than crawl back under the covers. This time, he did.
After the events in the swimming pool the previous evening, Aaron had showered when he got back to the dorms to wash off all the chlorine. Another shower so soon seemed pointless so he just used the extra half hour to hide away from the world once again.
Wednesday morning was a slow period; Aaron just sat in class with such little interest and his facial expression showed it. He was really regretting the half hour lie in he had.
Mr Jefferson finished his lecture and assigned the class a task to finish before the end of class. Aaron was just glad to be doing something again, rather than fall asleep listening to Mark Jefferson drone on about the importance of lighting.
"Hey Aaron, I just wanted to let you know I'm grateful for you taking me out last night. I didn't know how much I needed it" Kate called over from her seat
Aaron smiled and replied with "It was my pleasure, I was glad to help" he liked it when Kate spoke to him first, it made him feel like she trusted him more and more. "If you're up for it, we could probably do something like that again? I'm just a phone call away"
"I'd really like that, thank you" Kate replied with a smile as she moved a piece of her hair out of her face.
As Aaron turned back to his work, he was met with Max stairing smugly at him, while chewing her pencil in the corner of her mouth. Every part of Aaron's anatomy was telling his face to turn bright red with embarrassment but he wouldn't have it. So, opting to stick his tongue out and giggle along with Max was what he did instead.
"I've never seen anyone make Kate this happy in a while, well done you" Max spoke up, breaking the giggling stairs between the two.
"Well, I figured she needed to get out of this shit hole for a while. Like you said, a long time since she's been happy. Aaron replied as he flicked his hair to the right and out of his face.
"Chloe's parents are going out of town next month and all she's been going on about is throwing a 'hella insane party-o'" Max said as she gestured the quote marks "I reckon she'd let you bring Kate"
"Woah, wait a minute, what makes you think I'm invited?" Aaron asked.
"You kidding, you're like Chloe's second favourite person right now, she'd be insulted if you DIDN'T come" Max answered, emphasising her point as she said 'didn't'.
"Well when you put it like that, might have to come then, won't I?!" Aaron said with a smile before turning back to his work.
Aaron couldn't lie, he enjoyed Blackwell, it was a decent...challenge, so to speak. Not only that but he thought the people there were great. And it was with that thought, he felt a compelling urgh to turn around and low and behold, Victoria was looking at him. She made no effort to hide it, in fact, she offered a sudden wink in his direction the second he noticed her. Aaron just stared at her blankly, determined not to show any hint of bother. This was made all the more harder when she blew a large bubble of her bubble gum, Aaron knew the gesture was intended for him.
After stairing at her blankly for the next few seconds, the bell rang, signalling the end of the lesson. Aaron couldn't have thought it could have come any quicker.
In a blind hurry to avoid Victoria, Aaron accidentally bumped into Warren
"Oh sorry man, didn't see you there"
"Hey, Aaron, its cool man, don't worry about it-oh, while you're here, a couple of the guys are coming over to my dorm for a horror marathon tonight, you up for it?"
"Yeah dude, sure, why not" Aaron replied with a smile "What time shall I turn up?"
"About six-ish"
"See you then dude" Aaron replied as he gave Warren a fist bump before walking off.
He's so Cool Warren thought as he watched Aaron walk away.
"Really Max, it was so nice, the food there was spectacular. He really made me feel like a person" Kate said as she walked out the front doors of the school halls with Max.
"That's great, Kate; it's so cool to see you two together" Max replied as she offered a small smile.
"Oh, no Max, I think you're confused. We're not-I mean I'd like to-it's just too-..." Kate trailed off as her face went red with embarrassment.
"I don't know, Kate, you sure that you guys will be just friends for much longer?" Max asked as they stopped walking to face each other.
"I don't know, Max; I mean, he's so cool and everyone likes him and I'm just..." Kate stopped and looked at the floor.
"Smart, kind, amazing, need I go on?" Max said as a way of reassuring her friend she was more than what she thought.
"We're just friends, Max, nothing more" Kate replied, she couldn't help but have a smile on her face as she thought about the two of them.
She didn't know, it seemed almost too fairytale, that and they didn't really know each other that well. True, he'd taken her out to dinner but that was just that, dinner, one time. Who knows, we'll have to see. Kate thought to herself as her and Max continued to walk back to the girls dorms.
Life had a funny way of working, Kate knew that but what she had experienced in the past few weeks was just confusing to say the least. Growing up sucked, going to school sucked but both of them together was just a recipe for disaster.
The reminder of the day went fairly quick; around four, Aaron decided to catch a nap while he could as he had no idea how long he'd be up for while watching all the movies Warren had planned.
He lay back on his bed, on top of the covers and let his head fill with all sorts of distractions in the hope sleep would take him as soon as possible. He thought of Kate first of all, he thought about spending more and more time with her and doing all sorts of fun things, like going bowling or to the beach with a bunch of people when the sun was out.
This trailed on to Aaron thinking about the friends he'd made in the few days he'd been at Blackwell. Max and Chloe, Warren and Luke, Daniel and Evan, the list went on. Aaron was happy to be seeing more people later, he just loved being sociable and doing shit with people. Hell, he hadn't seen a good movie in ages and what better circumstances to see a whole bunch in one go?!
The seconds turned into minutes and before Aaron realised, he was gone, passed out, having a kip. He couldn't lie, it seemed really nice, despite being so short. Once again, his fucking bastard alarm woke him from yet another peaceful sleep.
Aaron tided himself up and walked down the hall to Warren's room; he knocked on the door and was after a bellowing "come in" Aaron entered.
As he closed the door behind him, Warren stood up and offered his hand to his friend. Aaron accepted and flicked his hair out of his eye as he looked to see who was in the room.
There were a few of chairs as well as a two, two seater couches all crowded around Warren's 40inch flat screen. They all waved to Aaron and as they did, he was able to see who was there: Stella was sitting on one of the folding chairs, Daniel was on one two-seater and Brooke was on the final two-seater.
"Right, now we're all here, I'm gonna go meet Luke and pick up a little something from a little someone and we can get this party started" Warren said in a very cringe worthy way as he shot a finger gun with his right hand before leaving the room.
"What's he mean by that?" Aaron asked with a little laugh, amused by what Warren had said.
"He's gone to get some weed" Brooke said, not taking her eyes off of her green finger nails. "Warren's just tryna copy those assholes at the Vortex club. Just because they have weed at gatherings, Warren thinks we should"
"Has he ever smoked weed before?" Aaron asked.
"Once, but he couldn't keep it down" Brooke replied, chuckling as she remembered the incident.
Aaron liked the atmosphere in the room, it was very friendly and everyone seemed chilled out without any weed, if you could believe it. The curtains were drawn closed and the lights were off, the only thing illuminating the screen was the home screen of Warren's Netflix account on the TV.
Everyone in the room could be considered as a type of outcast at Blackwell; they knew Aaron rubbed shoulders with People like Hayden, Zach and Logan and were all kinda shocked that he was spending time with them. Little did they know that Aaron spent time with everyone, just because they'd seen him with people like that, didn't mean he belonged exclusively to that social circle.
"So, where am I sitting?" Aaron asked as he noticed there was an empty seat next to the three people still in the room.
"Next to me" Brooke said, looking up this time" Warren was sitting here but I recon it'll be funny if you take his seat even though there are spares here"
"Can't argue with that" Aaron said as he sat down.
"Hey Aaron" Daniel said as Aaron sat down.
"Yo man, how you doing?" Aaron asked as he smiled back at him.
"So, I'll need to hand in a drawing next week and haven't any idea's yet, I'd um...I'd really like it if you'd let me draw you?" Daniel asked in a shy timid tone.
"Yeah dude, I think that'd be awesome! Aaron replied with genuine excitement.
Nothing really happened as the group waited for Warren and Luke to turn up; there was the odd talk about what they'd watch and something shit like the weather or how school was going.
They were all bored and the good mood at the start was starting to sour. Daniel idly doodled in his notepad, Aaron went on his phone and Stella just sat there, all quiet-like. Brooke slid down in her couch and put her red tight-covered legs up on the small table that was in between everyone.
As if on cue, Warren turned up with Luke. Everyone cheered sarcastically as the two entered the room.
"You took so long, Aaron stole your seat as a punishment" Brook called in her dry humorous tone.
"It's ok, he can have it" Warren replied as he sunk down into the chair besides Stella while Luke jumped over the back of the two-seater and next to Daniel and threw the baggie over to Brooke to roll.
Aaron found himself confused; he never figured anyone in the room to be the type to smoke weed. Then again, most people in America did do he shouldn't be surprised if he saw someone like Max smoking...actually yes, he should be surprised if he saw that.
Idle chatter went on as Brooke rolled a 'fat one' and Warren scrolled through Netflix and Aaron's eyes remained glued to the screen, watching dhow after show pass him by.
The arguments over what film to watch were inevitable but luckily, they only lasted for a short time before the group settled on As Above, So Below. In Aaron's eyes, a horror movie was a great way to start a 'horror movie marathon' off.
When she was finished, Brooke sparked up the joint and took a drag. When she was finished, she passed it to Aaron who didn't even bother looking up from his phone.
"No thanks, none for me" he said nonchalantly.
"What, you don't smoke?" Brooke asked as she leaned over and passed the joint to Luke.
"Nah, not my style. I mean, I do my own share of illegal shit, this isn't one of them"
"Oh, come on it'll be legal in like a year anyway" Brooke replied.
"I'm good, thanks" Aaron said as he looked up and into her eyes.
Daniel also skipped the joint, not really a big surprise, allowing it to land with Luke. Warren had a few drags in an effort to seem cool but you could tell he never does weed, or smoke for that matter. Stella felt comfortable enough to try it for the first time; of course, everyone made a big point of 'you don't have to if you don't want to' but she decided to go for it. Needless to say, she coughed her lungs up.
With the drugs out of the way, at least for now, they started the film. And so the horror movie marathon began.
Three films in, Luke had fallen asleep, Warren was still watching with intensity, Stella had hid under a blanket and Daniel was sitting there with the blankest, most uninterested look on his face. Brooke had made a habit of hiding behind Aaron whenever something scary seemed like it was coming up and when a jump-scare happened, she'd grab him in places such as the thigh. Aaron knew it was just reflexes but it was incredibly distracting.
By half nine, everyone seemed to have had enough and wanted to go to bed. None of them could lie, they'd had fun. They had all bonded more and Aaron enjoyed doing things with other people. He was grateful Warren had invited him. By the time everyone had left, it was just Aaron and Warren in his dorm
"Hey man, I just wanted to say thanks. I had fun, it was great to spend time with you all"
"No problem dude, It was nice to actually hang out for a change rather than talk all the time" Warren replied. He was ecstatic to know Aaron had fun. "I should throw social gatherings more often"
"Yeah man, it'd be nice to hang out with you all again. Anyway, I should get going, catch you later man"
Aaron walked out with a smile on his face, a smile that lasted until he reached his dorm door. His phone vibrated just before he opened it and it was the message which made his expression change.
'My room, now'-Victoria
Aaron thought what could she possibly want but that question answered itself. There was only one thing Victoria Chase would want from Aaron Heartfield. His mind tore in all different directions. He thought about how he wouldn't give her the satisfaction, how he low-key hated her shitty attitude and how big of a bitch she was. Somehow all of this wasn't enough to stop Aaron from walking out of the boys dorm, across the academy grounds and up the drainpipe and through the window at the back of the girl's dorm.
He stood looking at her door; why was he her?! He knew how much he shouldn't be and how much he didn't want to be and yet here he was. Aaron was screaming at himself on the inside, he was mentally face palming at how much of a fool he was.
The decision to come here wasn't as easy as it seemed. Aaron was fighting a mental battle with himself to turn around and fuck this Heathen off for good. Alas, it wasn't enough. He knocked on the door.
"Open" he heard Victoria call from inside. The deafening silence of the hallway made her quiet word loud enough for Aaron to hear.
The door swung open and Aaron walked in, closing it quietly behind him. Victoria was laying on her side covered by a velvet red robe. Aaron was stunned, he couldn't muster any sarcastic words to say. His face bore the expression of someone who was empty, someone who had lost but also with a hint of anger, someone who wouldn't give up. He flicked his hair as he stood there, waiting for Victoria to say the words he couldn't.
"Contrary to popular belief, I'm not a slut. Sure, I've had sex with one or two boys but nowhere near as many as you'd probably think. Wanna know a secret? They all fail when compared to you"
Aaron was shocked by these words, did she really just say that?!
Victoria turned so she was lying on her back and propped herself up with her elbows. He gown opened, exposing her red lacy underwear that matched her robe. Her mouth hung open in a loose smile as she watched Aaron's eyes trace up and down her body. She thought she had him right where she wanted.
Her body was amazing; Aaron couldn't say otherwise, he just regretted the circumstances that allowed him to see it.
Victoria stood up, leaving her robe behind on the bed. She was now face to face with Aaron and stared deeply into his one eye as she bit her lip.
"Here's what's gonna happen" Victoria whispered into Aaron's ear as she pulled his jacket off and discarded it on the floor. "You're gonna fuck me, hard" she said more loudly as she took his shirt off. "You're not gonna tell anyone" she said as she undid his belt buckle, allowing his skinny jeans to fall down. "And you'll do exactly. As. I. Say" Victoria finished as she placed her hand down Aarons underwear.
Aaron was breathing very loudly as he took in what happened, it all seemed to happen so slowly yet, fast at the same time. It was through this that he found his voice.
"There's only one problem" Aaron called in a soft manor.
"Hm, and what's that?" Victoria asked.
"I don't like being told what to do" Aaron exclaimed as he picked Victoria up and threw himself on her bed with her in his arms. Victoria couldn't help but laugh in triumph...
A/N:- First off, mega sorry about the delay on this chapter, my asshat of a Laptop decided to catch Bum disease and stop working. I've only now managed to get it fixed and tried to pump out the end of this chapter. Expect more incredibly sooner than this one. (Seriously, like a million sorries) I'm still on the bench about sex scenes, if you want NSFW full on descriptive, it shall be done, just like the '-' was fucked off because you all didn't like it.
So, to recap, my laptop was shit, sorry, NSFW sex scenes-yes or no, 'deleted scenes' at the end of the story featuring sex between characters who won't have sex in this story? Please let me know what you'd like to see and I'll make it happen. If there's any questions, PM me, I'd be happy to help. Review, Follow, Favourite and stick with me. Wankhouse awayyyyyyy.
