Later the next night, Aron and Edward sat facing each other at the dining room table. A bottle of vintage Merlot 1887 sat between them and two glasses were beside them. Edward's glass was half-empty, Aron's glass was half-full.

"You know what...?" Edward asked with a hint of slur to his voice, "I'm done with the women here... In this room... Place, wherever. Here." He took a sip of wine.

"What do you mean?" Aron said, hoping his hopefulness was not showing. He swirled his wine in his glass as he tried to remain nonchalant.

"I mean..." Another sip, "The whole thing with Cara is just a dead cause... It should not be so difficult to get us from friends… to…" he took a larger swig of wine as he forgot what he was going to say.

"Well, the good news is that Mr. Royale can get his hands on some really good wine." Aron smiled, looking down into his untouched glass.

Edward laughed half-heartedly, "Yaa... He's a gr-ood guy." He shrugged and took another sip.

"Good and great?" Aron asked with a smirk.

"EXACTLY!" Edward laughed and finished off his glass. It is true luxury to get drunk off of a merlot older than you are.

Aron smiled, "Ya, he's a pretty gr-ood guy. You want some more wine, Eddie?"

Edward stared at the bottom of his empty glass, "Hmm... Just a little more..."

Aron laughed and poured him more wine, filling it half way once more, "That's my buddy!" Edward laughed as the small sound of footsteps down carpeted steps was heard. Cara walked happily into the dining room,

"Hello" Cara smiled brightly.

"Hello, Andy." Aron said happily as Edward waved a little. The both of them gazed at her as she smiled. They did not notice the other, "Won't you sit and have a drink with us?" As Cara opened her mouth to reply, Hailey's tiny heels clacked against the marble floor of the foyer.

"The dresses wait for no one, Cara! Every moment delayed is a beautiful dress gone!" Hailey walked in, hanging a pearl earring from one ear then the other, "say goodbye to your boyfriend and let's leave!" Hailey hastily put on her little white traveling gloves, "I get very anxious when I have to wait."

Cara smiled and kissed the top of Aron's head as she put her hand over his, "Save a glass for me." She said softly and smiled at him as he nodded. She looked at Edward and smiled warmly, "I'll see you at dessert, Edward!" she waved and Hailey took her hand, pulling her towards the door playfully, "Goodbye!" Cara managed before the door shut behind them. Aron turned to Edward apprehensively, his mouth gaped in shock.

"So… I uhh, am slightly dating Cara now..." Aron said apologetically. Edward didn't move, "I'm sorry!" Still unmoving... "It just... happened." Aron downed his glass quickly and kept talking, nervously, "see... I was talking to her last night while we were doing laundry together... And-"

"YOU DID WHAT?!" Edward screamed, his face red with fury.

"NOT LIKE THAT! Like ACTUAL laundry!" Aron said, raising his arms in defense." Edward's face was still stricken with anger but Aron continued, "So… we were talking and it got personal and she kissed me…" he looked over at Edward, terrified by his expression, he hoped Edward was drunk enough to not want to punch him, "And since then, she's been sweet on me, but I swear to you, that's the only thing! I don't think we're really together. You know how my sister is, trying to play Cupid! This is not serious." Aron poured himself more wine and gulped it quickly, trying to wash down the first lie he has ever told Edward. Edward glared at him with silent daggers.

"I hate you..."

"Nahhh," Aron said starting to feel a little drunk but tried to make light of the awful situation he just created, "I'm your best friend."

"So when were you planning on telling me, best friend?" The way Edward said best friend threw dull knives into his heart. It was dripping with sarcasm and loathe.

"I was thinking after a few more glasses, but... I guess now would be okay too..." Aron laughed nervously and downed another gulp of wine.

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Yes, I know, this chapter is quite small. Well, I found it on my iPod (which ought to be in a museum, it's so old) and I used it. Actually, I elongated it because in it's original form, it was barely 300 words and it was in play format with stage direction and everything (And yes, that means that this was originally written as a play). See, I've written bits of this here and there but some of it is new since I can't find a lot of my old scrap sheets and first edits. But this was basically the same except. I had to change all the lines for Aron since in the play version, his name was Charlie (and that's a bit of conflict, innit?) Let's see... what else was different... oh, yes, in the play, it was set in the 20's during Prohibition. Edward, Aron (Charlie, at the time), Cara, Hailey (who was Heidi at the time) and her twin brother, Stefan (oh, yes, Aron and Hailey were not related) were all living together in a boarding school (which certainly did not happen in the 20's). Yes... this was written back when I was not as detail-oriented as I am now. Anyway, I'm back in the UK now, in case you were wondering. And so I'll kick off my homecoming in a good way by posting bright and early for all my lovely readers. Review and enjoy! Cheers!