Chapter Eight

Aria woke up in her bed alone. She heard the shower running. She assumed Kendall had woken up before her and decided to take a shower. She decided just lay there until Kendall got out so she could shower herself. About 5 minutes later she heard the water turn off. She pretended to still be asleep. Kendall walked out of the bathroom in nothing but a towel. Kendall looked at her.

"I know you're awake." He said chucking.

"No I'm not." She said smiling with her eyes still closed.

"Lies." He said leaning down and kissing her on the forehead.

She opened her eyes. "Well, if I had known you were wearing that I would have opened my eyes sooner." She said with a smirk.

"I just came out here to get my clothes, so don't get used to it." He said with a chuckle.

"How about you change out here while I shower." She said grabbing her outfit for the day out of her dresser and placing it on the bed.

"Mkay. I'm making you breakfast while you shower though." He said shooting her that smile that she loved.

"You don't have to." She said walking into the bathroom.

"I'm going to anyways." He said.

"Whatever do what you want." She said closing the door and getting in the shower.

Kendall got dressed and grabbed Aria's clothes off the bed and headed to the kitchen closing her bedroom door behind him. He placed her clothes in the table and proceeded to make her eggs and bacon for breakfast.

Aria finished up in the shower, put on a towel and walked into her bedroom. She could hear Kendall singing while he made breakfast. She looked on her bed "Where are my clothes?" she said out loud to no one, checking the floor and anywhere she might have put them. "Kendall!" she said opening her bedroom door and poking her head out.

"Yes?" he asked with a smirk.

"Okay, where are my clothes?" she asked.

Kendall nodded towards the table. She glared at him. "What was the point of taking them?" she said shuffling to the tabled to get them.

"Well, it wouldn't be very fair if you got to see me in just a towel and I didn't get to see you, would it?" he joked.

Aria rolled her eyes. "You're stupid." She said walking back to her room.

"Breakfast is ready when you are!" He shouted as walked back into her room and shut the door.

Aria changed quickly into her blue sundress, fixed her hair and headed into the kitchen. Kendall had set both of their places at the table and was standing there waiting for her to come out. "Impressive." She said as Kendall pulled out her seat for her to sit down she laughed, thanked him and sat down. Kendall went and sat across from her. They both started eating.

"So when is your Mom coming back?" Kendall asked curiously.

"I talked to her yesterday. She said that they bought a place out here and that her, my dad and my sister are moving in there so, I'll be living by myself here at the Palmwoods…" Aria said.

"I was here to 'protect' you because you said it was creepy when it was just you here and you're going to live here on your own?" he joked.

"Yeah, that was just an excuse to get you here." She said smiling.

Aria finished her breakfast and went to start cleaning when Kendall grabbed her. "I'm not letting you clean."

"Why not? It's my apartment." She protested.

"Because you're my girlfriend and I like doing nice things for you." Kendall said sweetly.

Aria grinned. "I like the sound of that."

Aria & Kendall just hung out for the majority of the day. Talking, watching movies, strolling in the Palmwoods Park. They were sitting in Kendall's apartment on the couch. Kendall's arms were around Aria. It was getting late.

Carlos came in the door; he was coming home from his date with his new girlfriend, Vickie.

"Kendall, you do realize that it's like 10:30 and we have to get up at like 6 AM tomorrow right?" Carlos asked hanging his jacket. "You're not the most pleasant person when you don't have enough sleep…"

"I'm aware. I just want to spend as long as I can with Aria before I leave for 5 weeks." Kendall said squeezing Aria a bit. She grinned.

Logan came out of his room. "Carlos is right. You should walk Aria back to her apartment."

James was already sound asleep in his room.

"I guess you're right." Kendall said looking at Aria who nodded. They both got up. Kendall grabbed Aria's hand and they walked out of the apartment.

They reached Aria's door. "So I'll swing by here to get you at 6:45 tomorrow so you can drop us off at the airport?"

Aria nodded and smiled. Kendall kissed her. She went into her apartment and into her bedroom. Kendall would be gone tomorrow for five weeks. Aria changed into her PJs and crawled into bed and drifted off to sleep.

Aria woke up at 6:15 and got ready and ate. Before she knew it Kendall was at her door. "Hey!" she said opening the door. "Ready to go?" he asked. She nodded.

Aria, Kendall, Logan, Camille, James, Jenna, Carlos and Vickie all piled into the van and headed to the airport. They got out of the van and headed in. The girls walked with the boys until they couldn't go any farther.

"Well…" Kendall said with a sad look on his face. "I guess this is good bye for the next few weeks."

Aria gave him a tight hug. "I'll miss you." She said.

"I'll miss you too." Kendall said resting his chin on her head.

James, Logan and Carlos had said good bye to their girlfriends and were waiting for Kendall.

"Kendall, we gotta go…" Logan said.

Kendall kissed Aria and said good bye.

They four boys started walking away.

"KENDALL!" Aria said running after him. He turned around she kissed him and put the necklace she was wearing on him. It was a charm that was the letter A on it. She interlocked her fingers with his. "Don't forget me." She breathed with her forehead against his.

"Never." He said back.

Aria let go and watched the boys walk onto their plane, gone for the next five weeks.