Call It What You Want - An Aaron Ramsey Fanfiction

Chapter 26

Chapter 26

I started berating myself for not checking my hair and make-up before I left. I couldn’t remember how I looked. I hoped I looked good. I hoped I didn’t look like someone who drank until they passed out every night for weeks. I hoped he would be jealous.

As for him. He didn’t look like he had had sleepless nights. He looked perfect as usual. He looked nonchalant even though, knowing him, he was feeling like an awkward turtle. He walked over to Kevin and hugged him. Since when did they hug?

There was a silence at the table as if people were waiting for one of us to explode. To be fair it was more likely to be me. I wanted to scream at him for coming and ruining Kevin’s birthday for me.

Underneath the table my legs were jiggling up and down and my hand was gripping at my knee.

Finally Kevin broke the silence, “So what are we all eating?”

“Excuse me,” I got up and went to the bathrooms.

I was relieved to see my hair had held up. I re-applied some thick black eye liner despite my shaking hands and stood in front of the mirror.

I took deep breaths trying to calm myself. “Fucking hell, Anais, you shouldn’t let him do this to you.” I muttered.

Eventually I plucked up the courage to go back to the table. I took one last deep breath and straightened myself up and walked out. I walked with purpose and noticed heads turning. Even the guys on dates looked round and I smiled knowing that I would definitely be catching Aaron’s attention too. I made sure I walked behind him to my seat, brushing past him.

I took my seat on the other side of the table.

“We ordered drinks already.” Kevin said.

“Oh. Okay, what did you get me?”

“Pineapple juice.”

“Oh.. Fine.” Alcohol would definitely help the situation tonight but Kevin obviously wanted to torture me.

The meal was nice. I talked to the people around me. Avoiding even looking in Aaron’s direction. We all crowded outside afterwards.

“How’s everyone getting home?” I asked.

“We’re sharing a cab,”

“Erm… okay,” I wouldn’t fit in with them then…

I looked at my watch, “Shit, I’ve missed the last train.”

“I can give you a ride.”

I looked up to face the voice. “No thanks. I’ll walk.”

“You can’t walk!” Kevin complained, “Just go home with Aaron.”

“No. Kevin.”

“Stop being a child about this. It’s fifteen minutes in a car.”

The cogs started turning and it occurred to me that Kevin had orchestrated this all.

“You’re not walking. You’ll get pneumonia and or raped so just get in Aaron’s car.”

“Fine. Whatever. I hate you Kevin.”

I stormed off towards Aaron’s car and he jogged behind me.

When I got in the car I rested my head on the window. “You wore that dress at Christmas,” He commented. It was the first thing he’d said to me all evening. Mainly because I hadn’t allowed myself to be near him.

I looked down and realised that it was in fact the dress I had bought specially to take to Wales. I didn’t say anything though.

“I get that you’re angry with me.”

I didn’t say anything just watched the streetlights flicker past me. It was raining and the lights were being reflected in the black puddles that lines the road. After what seemed like hours we pulled up outside my apartment block.

I opened the door to get out then paused. “I’m not angry with you. I see you like every other guy I have ever fucked. I am indifferent towards you.”

I slammed the car door behind me and started walking towards the building. I heard another door slam and soon Aaron had hooked my arm and yanked on me pulling me to face him.

“Did you tell all those guys you loved them? Did you meet their parents? Were they patient with you? Did they stay around long enough to see how fucking perfectly weird you are? Did they know about the green candy thing? Did they know how cute you are when you sleep and your nose twitches? Don’t you dare compare me to those guys because I know for damned sure I cared about you a hell of a lot more than any them and I’d be destroyed if you didn’t care about me more than you did them.”

In that time the rain had continued plummeting down and my dress was sticking to my body and Aaron’s hair was slicked down.

I think I was crying but I knew he wouldn’t be able to tell because of the rain.

We stood there in the rain for a second and then we were kissing. They were thirsty kisses like if we were to move away from each other we’d drown.

I could feel my lips beginning to bruise as we continued to force our lips together. Making up for lost time.

It ended when I shoved him away. Hard in the chest. I shook my head and walked back to the door. “Time.” I muttered at him but I don’t even know if he heard as I left him outside my apartment block in the pouring rain.