A gentle breeze embraced him as he turned into the road closest to the school. St. Bernard's high school and sixth form was not a massive school, yet it was sufficient enough for the 2,000 of them that attended every school year. Gates engulfed the students upon entering, with the black metal sharpening at the top to prevent anyone from escaping. The school were quite strict when it came to attendance, punctuality and behaviour, especially as a Catholic grammar school. Uniform was also important to them, as other sixth form's tended not to have a uniform whereas his did: a white shirt, black tie, blazer, v-neck jumper and black trousers.
Cars turned from all directions past the school gates and into the parking lot. It was a benefit of being a sixth former, having a car and being able to drive, yet Aaron didn't own one. So far, he was the one out of five that didn't own one, but he had a good reason to.
He heard the snort of laughter coming from in front of him and as he recognised it, he knew it was Henry, along with his sister. All of a sudden, something boiled inside of him, crumbling every nerve inside his body as he gained the courage to walk towards the school, dragging along behind them. Seeing the two of them together, laughing and smiling, made him want to punch something.
"Oi, Henry!" He called, trying to push through the crowd of students. He hoped that Henry would hear him and he did, because he stopped in his tracks and turned to face him.
"Aaron, what's up?" Henry replied, removing his hand from around his sister. As Aaron stopped, he saw a smile appear upon Cat's face, as if excited to see him. Her hair was cut short, dip dyed, which seemed strange to Aaron because she couldn't see her hair, so why would she really care? Although she was blind, he tried to picture the colour of her eyes. He should have really remembered its colours, especially since he had known Henry for years. Maybe they were blue...
Then he remembered that Henry had asked him a question.
"Oh, not much," he lied. The truth was that he had something important to tell him, just not with Cat around.
She stood there, staring into nothing as Aaron had spoken. He had to polite, he thought. He had known her for so long.
"Hey, Cat. How you doing?" He asked, running his hand through his hair. She was a sweet girl, confident and loud if you knew her well enough, yet she preferred to keep to herself.
"Erm, I'm okay," she answered. By the vacant blink of her empty eyes, he could tell that she was startled. He didn't really blame her, as he had rarely spoken to her in the past years.
Aaron's attention was automatically turned back to Henry when he spoke again. He was too eager to tell Henry about his mystery singer, yet he just needed to get him away from Cat.
"Henry, you'll never guess.." He began, until a repetitive scream interrupted him. It screamed Cat's name and as the girl appeared, he realised it was her friend, whose name he was unsure of.
"Come on, let's get away from here." Henry tugged the back of Aaron's blazer as he walked towards their first lesson - History.
As they walked, Aaron contemplated on telling Henry about his mystery singer. Of course, he needed to know but then again, would Henry think he that he was betraying him by not helping him to get back in the band?
"You'll never guess what Cat just said to me earlier," Henry began, wallking in front. He held his dark blue bag on his back, carrying a folder in his free hand. "She came to a conclusion that we were gay."
"What?" That conclusion shocked Aaron, as he had never even considered that before. "Us, gay?
He hadn't really been with a girl before, nor had he ever liked one in that way; he was always too busy in his own world. There was this one time that someone actually liked him, Cat's friend, but he soon realised that she only had an obsession with blonde hair and blue eyes. No girl actually caught his attention - sure, they had the looks, yet that wasn't what he cared about.
Chapter Four - Aaron
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