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Chapter 20: Hand-in-Hand

Aiden walked into the breakfast room hand-in-hand with Skye. As he entered one thing caught his attention - a mechanical orange juice maker. Aiden loved orange juice. His sudden pause caught Skye's surprise as she reached the end of his reach.

"What's wrong?" She said with a hint of concern.

"He has a thing for orange juice." Katie chimed in.

Aiden let go of Skye's hand and moved in a trancelike state towards the juice maker. Skye laughed and sat down with Jed and Katie. He examined it quickly to try to figure out how it worked. Katie noticed his plight and called out to him,

"Directions are on the left side Aiden."

Aiden blushed slightly and looked at the instructions. It was relatively clear, insert orange, place cup, press button, and get juice. He did not notice the fact that the orange had to be sliced in half. Aiden was about to make a very foolish mistake when Katie came to his aid again.

"Aiden, stop." She said as she rose from her seat.

Aiden could have sworn that someone in the lobby said,

"That's what she said."

He shook the idea from his head as Katie reached him. She snatched the orange from his hand.

"Watch." She commanded as she grabbed the knife and placed the orange on the nearby cutting board.

She swiftly sliced the orange in half and placed the half in the machine.

"Think you can get it from here?" She said as she leaned on the counter.

Aiden nodded and moved to press the button.

"Wrong again Aiden." She said as she pushed his hand down.

Suddenly she realized that she was holding his hand. She swiftly apologized and placed the cup under the nozzle and pressed the button. The machine kicked into action as the blushing girl went back to her seat.

"That was…what was it?" Aiden thought as he tried to place the feeling.

He hadn't quite disliked it. He almost wanted it to stay that way.

"Why…why can't I choose?"

The ding of the machine brought Aiden out of his thoughts. He picked up the juice and drank it like a shot. He grabbed a muffin from the table and sat down.

"Just one? I'd thought you'd have more." Skye asked.

"It's a fatal attraction; I'll leave it at that." Aiden replied.

"There goes my appetite." Jed said as he pushed a waffle to the middle of the table.

Suddenly adrenaline rushed through Aiden's veins. He knew he was going to have competition. He stared down Katie who looked ready to pounce.

"Last waffle?" She asked Jed without looking at him.

"Yes…" He answered hesitantly.

"Are we going to fight for it?" She asked Aiden.

"Looks like it." He said.

They used to do this all the time. It wasn't settled how most would assume, there was no Pokemon battle. Katie was the challenger and by the unofficial rules she had to ask the first question.

"What's my birthday?"

"July 20th." Aiden replied as quickly as lightning. "My favorite food?"

"Tuna." Katie said as quickly as Aiden had. "Favorite band?"

Aiden's mind froze.

"Did she ever tell me that?"

"Ha," She said triumphantly as she grabbed the waffle. "Now what do you say?"

Aiden sighed as he replied,

"You are the winnest."

Over a mouthful of waffle Katie replied,

"You're darn skippy."

Aiden smiled to himself as he remembered how this all came about. They were sitting in Aiden's house eating Chinese and there was one egg roll left. Katie had asked, "Wanna fight for it?" And the rest was established. All these memories brought back feelings as well. Aiden tried to decipher what the difference was between the two.

"I guess I like Katie because she's more aggressive while Skye is cuddlier. What I should ask myself is which I like more."

Aiden stared into his empty juice cup as he began thinking. He had almost forgotten what Chance told him. Aiden figured he shouldn't worry himself with prophecies.

"Hey Aiden, can I talk to you for a moment?" Katie said, interrupting his thoughts.

"Umm…" Aiden said as he caught his mental balance. "Sure."

They both stood and Aiden followed Katie outside of the hotel. The weather outside was pleasant, but that's not what Aiden was focused on. He figured Katie would know what he was thinking.

"Aiden, I'm going to be blunt." She started. "I've been waiting, just in case you wanted me back. I'm done waiting."

Aiden noticed that she began to tear up slightly. He stepped towards her and placed his hand on her shoulder.

"I need a bit of thinking time." He replied.

Katie nodded and brushed her arm near her eyes before heading back inside. Aiden stayed and sat on the steps. He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed. He knew he really wanted Katie, but there was just no way he could break Skye's heart.

"I never really even broke up with Katie directly."

"Time to be a man, Aiden." Chance said as he appeared next to him.

"You're getting predictable." Aiden said.

"Only because you are." Chance responded tactfully. "But that isn't the point; you need help making a love decision…again."

"I think I made a mistake." Aiden said with sorrow in his voice.

"There was no mistake, it's just a different kind of love you have with each of them."

"So which one is best?"

"That's up to you to decide."

With those words Chance teleported away, leaving Aiden to decide for himself…

A/N: Oh teh noes not again. I'm referring to both the love issues and this story being brought back to life. I just hope the length and horrible beginning scare of any new readers. If you are a new reader and you've made it this far congratulations! Leave me a review and you'll get mad props and advertisement from your truly.