Thankyou for reading my story!I just finished the whole thing, and it's a total of 28 chapters long, which I will post as soon as get the chance. Also, I'm writing a sequel to it, so if you could just comment please and tell me whether you like it or not that way I know if I should post the sequel or not. Thank you, I really aprreciate it and I hope you like it! :)
~21~
I watched the light snow fall to the ground as I trudged on the icy sidewalk. I heard the quiet footsteps of Aiden next to me as we made our way to the ice-skating rink. It was the beginning of April and this was the last snow fall of the year. Soon, it would just be raining down on the town of Buffalo and on the remains of my life.
"What's wrong?" I heard Aiden whisper to me, his words getting lost in the wind.
"I'm alright," I said, keeping my head down.
We arrived to the ice-rink. I sat down on the bench, and Aiden sat next to me. He didn't put his skates on, I could tell he wanted to talk to me.
"So," he said, "you going to the Sadie Hawkins dance?"
I looked up at him. Why the hell would he ask me that? Did he honestly think that was the most important thing in the world?
"No, are you?" I said.
He looked a little disappointed, but still kept his happy face, "I don't know, I was thinking about it. Two girls asked me, but I don't know."
I looked up at him, wondering who would ask him, but inside I already knew, "Oh yeah, who?"
"Uh, that girl Winifred Blake and--"
I bursted out laughing, "Winifred Blake? The girl who sits in the back of Biology and picks her nose?"
He started laughing too, "Yeah, I know, but I told her she should ask Ronnie instead."
I chuckled, "Well that's good, that would have been an interesting date."
He smiled, "Yeah, I know. But anyway, Marney asked me too."
It was what I figured, but it still made me mad. I even wished that he was going with Winifred Blake over her. I couldn't contain my jealousy anymore. I wanted to lash out at him and show him how much he was hurting me.
"Wow, I bet you're really happy about that," I said sarcastically.
He chuckled shortly and looked down, "Yeah, I am, but the thing is I wanted to go with someone else."
I looked up at him in surprise. I didn't know any other girl Aiden talked to. "Who?"
"No one," he said, hiding the true answer from me.
"Well, why don't you ask her?" I said, trying to contain my curiosity in finding out who this mystery girl was. I started to cheer up and I knew it was because Marney wasn't his first pick for the dance.
"I can't ask her," he said.
"Why not?" I demanded. Sometimes he could be really stupid.
He sighed, "It's a Sadie Hawkins dance, so the girls have to ask the guys."
"Oh, who does that," I said, "Just ask her yourself. Why does everyone have to follow a tradition? Just ask her yourself, I'm sure she'll say yes, I mean who wouldn't?"
He looked at me smiling, "Really?"
"Yeah," I said in encouragement. "I mean you're pretty handsome if I do say so myself," I said teasingly.
He laughed, "Okay, so I'll ask her then!"
"Good!" I said.
"Okay great," he said, his breath coming heavily as if from nervousness as he turned to look into my muddy brown eyes. "Willyougotothedancewithme?" he said in a rush, it all coming out in a breath.
"What?" I said confused.
He sighed and took a deep breath, closed his eyes and looked back into my eyes, "Remy, will you go to the dance with me?"
I stared at him in complete shock, wondering what to do, wondering what he wanted me to say. In a million years, I would have never of thought I would be the one that Aiden would ask to the dance, did he have feelings for me, feelings that went beyond our close-knit friendship?
I continued to stare at him, not knowing what to say, until finally I got up and ran away while I heard the sweet cry of a boy calling my name into the snowfall.