Basic Instinct [stranger things]

39. Lengthy Glances

CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
LENGTHY GLANCES

The group were stood outside the huge electric fence guarding the lab, Jonathan frantically pressing the open button in hopes the group could get through.

It was quite clear that the older boy wasn't getting very far. Kimmy guessed the man could have pushed the red button a million times before Dustin tried to intervene.

"Let me try." Dustin spoke weirdly calm in contrast to the situation at hand as he pushed his way next to the older boy.

Jonathan sighed, obviously quite frustrated but was doing his best to refrain himself and stay calm. "Hang on-"

"Let me try, Jonathan!" Dustin snapped, his calm demeanour quickly shattering as he pushed the boy out of his way.

The curly haired boy did just did exactly what Jonathan had done before him. He pushed the same button over and over presuming the gate would magically open.

"Dustin," Aaron sighed from his spot next to Kimmy as he looked away from the huge gate before him. "It's not going to work."

Kimmy heard Dustin sigh loudly from somewhere behind her, groaning in frustration. "Son of a bitch! You know what..."

Dustin trailed off, going back to pushing the same button frantically. Aaron rolled his eyes as he turned his gaze away.

Kimmy smiled at the boy next to her as he turned his gaze but the boy didn't notice. While Kimmy allowed her smile to drop, her gaze on the boy remained.

Kimmy often found herself staring at Aaron when he wasn't paying attention, she didn't really know why. Kimmy managed to justify her actions by telling herself it wasn't in a creepy way - it really wasn't. But still, this didn't supply any answers for the girl as to why she did it in the first place.

Kimmy secretly held it against Max for forcing the brunette to view the boy differently. Had Max not continuously insisted that Aaron liked the dark haired girl, then Kimmy was convinced she wouldn't have thought twice about the situation.

But now, the redhead had the girl second guessing every interaction she had with the boy.

Kimmy didn't necessarily believe that Aaron liked her that way, despite the blond boy doing certain things that may make her momentarily think other wise.

Kimmy would practically force herself to believe the boy was just being friendly, not wanting to read too much into the boys actions or over analyse his feelings when he hadn't actually said anything to her about it.

Despite this, Kimmy knew for a fact that he definitely treated her much differently to any other girls. Although, Kimmy often had to remind herself that she didn't really have a whole lot of proof, seeing as the only girls he had ever actually spoken to were Max and Kimmy.

However, it was clear as day to anyone within sight that Max and Kimmy were treated differently by the boy.

Aaron tolerated Max, he was nice and spoke to her when needed, Kimmy wasn't denying that. But he only seemed to reply to Max when spoke to and only ever in short answers. Sure, he was always nice and wasn't ever rude to the girl, but Kimmy found it difficult to even imagine Aaron being rude to anyone.

I'm contrast to this, Aaron seemed to go out of his way to try talk to Kimmy, even if it were only a few words exchanged between the two.

Surprisingly, Kimmy wasn't weirded out by this. This confused the young girl greatly, knowing that if it were anyone else she had noticed acting this way towards her she would have most likely drifted from that said person.