Chapter Seven

After staying with Aria for a few hours Kendall made his way back to his apartment.

"You were gone for a while…" Logan stated he was sitting with Camille on his lap.

"Yeah, Aria was really upset…" Kendall said grabbing a water bottle out of the fridge and sitting on the couch next to Logan and Camille.

"But you fixed it? Did you ask her to be your girlfriend like you wanted?" Camille asked.

"No. It didn't seem like the right time." Kendall answered.

"Well, are you going to wait until we're about to leave or are you going to wait until we get back?" Logan asked.

"If you don't do it soon you might lose her." Camille said.

"I honestly don't think she's going anywhere." Kendall said with a smile. His phone beeped he looked down to see he had a text from Aria. "Hey. The apartment is kinda creepy when I'm all alone. Want to sleep here and protect me? ;)" Kendall chuckled. "I'll come over around 8? :)" Aria texted back. "Deal."

Kendall was smiling like an idiot. He looked up to see Camille and Logan giving him a questioning look.

He just looked at them and said "Aria."

Kendall has practiced how he was going to ask Aria to be his girlfriend in the mirror for hours but he couldn't shake his nerves. He grabbed his toothbrush, PJs and a change of clothes and headed to Aria's.

Aria heard a knock on the door. She quickly checked herself in the mirror and skipped over to the door. She opened it with a smile. "Hey!" Kendall noticed she was wearing the bracelet and his hoodie.

"Hi." He said with a smile entering her apartment and kissing her on the top of the head. "So what're we doing?"

"I don't suppose you brought swim shorts… because I kinda wanted to go for a late night swim…" Aria said playfully.

"You're lucky a brought some…" he said.

"Awesome." Aria said grabbing Kendall's hand and leading him to her bedroom. "Which bathing suit should I wear?"

"Does it really matter?" Kendall asked.

"Yes, it does!" Aria said.

"You're so troublesome." Kendall said looking over the bath suits. "Uuuhhhh, that one." He said pointing to the black bikini with white polka dots.

Aria smiled took it and went into the bathroom to change. Kendall sat down on the bed. He looked around the room. It was pretty plain. He figured she'd be a few minutes changing so he decided to change into his swim trunks. Just as he finished Aria opened the door. "Soooo? You like?"

Kendall looked up and had to catch his breath. He nodded. Aria laughed. "You okay?"

"As long as you come here." Kendall said pulling her towards him and resting his forehead against hers. Aria smiled. "You're beautiful." He whispered. Aria blushed. "I could say the same about you."

Aria grabbed his hand and they headed for the pool.

They got to the pool area and it was completely empty. Aria slipped into the pool while Kendall placed their towels on a beach chair. "Come on!" Aria said to him. "The water's nice!" Next thing she knew Kendall cannonballed into the pool, soaking Aria's top half that wasn't in the water. Aria looked around but couldn't find Kendall. Suddenly he grabbed her from behind causing her to scream. "SHHHH!" he whispered "the children are asleep." He joked.

"Why'd you grab me like that?" she said.

"To make you jump." He said tickling her playfully. Aria giggled and forced Kendall's head under the water and swam away. "Sorry! I had to get you back."

"Oh, it's on!" Kendall said swimming after her. They swam around in circles until Kendall cut across the pool and picked her up. She put her arms around his neck as he spun her around. Kendall leaned forward and kissed her. "I think we should get out of the pool now." Aria said. They both got out and dried off and went back up to Aria's room. Aria changed into sweat pants, a t-shirt and Kendall's hoodie that she didn't intend on giving back. She exited the bathroom to find Kendall lying in the bed only wearing Pyjama bottoms. "You ready to crawl into bed?" he asked.

"You bet." She crawled in next to him and put her head on his chest. "I don't know what I'm going to do without you for 5 weeks."

"It'll go by quickly." He said.

"I'll miss you. A lot." She said.

"Trust me, I'll miss you more." He said.

"I doubt that." She said with a smile.

Now was his chance, it was just him and her.

"Hey, Aria?"

"Yeah?" She said.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Kendall asked.

"I thought you'd never ask." She said leaning up to kiss him.

They both laid there for a while, enjoying each other's company. Kendall was stroking Aria's hair and she was listening to Kendall's heartbeat. She soon fell off to sleep. Kendall watched her until he couldn't keep his eyes open anymore.