Basic Instinct [stranger things]

47. Cut Off

CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN
CUT OFF

"Oh, my god." Kimmy gasped in shock from Aaron's side.

The pair were looking at Steve who was staring unimpressed back at the two as while he served customers.

Aaron had insisted on taking her to the new ice cream parlour in the mall where Steve had recently got a job at, purely to embarrass his older brother because of the uniform he had to wear.

A blue, white and red sailor suit and hat.

Aaron and Kimmy were sat in one of the larger circle booths of the ice cream parlour, the booths that were actually meant for a large group of people - not two.

Kimmy insisted that they shouldn't sit in a booth, that they should have sat at one of the tables with two seats so they didn't take away from others.

Aaron's answer was simple - he didn't care. The boy told Kimmy that this was the best spot to laugh teasingly at his brother, the spot where they would get the best view.

Aaron really didn't care if they took away seats from others as long as he and Kimmy got to sit together.

Truthfully, the two were sat far closer than they needed to be, their legs practically touching from how close they were. Aaron lied to the girl and told her that it was probably best that they sat that close so they could see Steve clearly as they ate their ice cream.

Aaron didn't feel to bad about lying to the girl, seeing as she didn't seem to be bothered by it. Nodding her head and moving to sit where he told her to the second he was done speaking.

"Do they actually force him to wear that?" Kimmy asked Aaron as she ate her chocolate ice cream, the girl looking to Steve with furrowed brows.

"Yeah," Aaron laughed. "He didn't wear his hat for his first shift because he was scared it would mess up his hair and he almost got fired. It was so funny, he was so mad."

Kimmy snickered in response, nodding as she turned to face the boy next to her with a toothy smile.

"Why does he even have a job?" Kimmy asked curiously, pushing away some of the hair that had fallen in front of her face. Since she had gone ice skating with Aaron some months ago, it seemed she liked having her hair in two loose braids, she often had her hair like that - whenever Aaron saw her anyway. "I thought you guys were rich... no offence or anything."

"Dad cut him off." Aaron shrugged calmly, going back to eating his strawberry ice cream before elaborating. "Apparently after school, we'll both get cut off. Well, I mean, Steve is cut off. But because he isn't going to college, he's cut off is high school. I'll get cut off after I graduate college too."

Aaron didn't sound bothered by this, and it was because he wasn't, he still had four years until he graduated highschool, he had time to save. Unlike Aaron planned to, Steve hadn't used his time wisely, most likely pressuring his dad wasn't serious, especially when it came to the eldest brother.

"But dad did say he'd pay for whatever college he wanted to go to, but Steve's not going to college." Aaron continued talking to the girl. Often, Aaron found that when it came to talking to the girl he could not stop his mouth from moving, he'd ramble non stop if he could. "I don't know if he didn't want to go or if he just didn't get in, but he's not going anyway."

A few weeks ago, Dustin had gone away to summer camp. Only it wasn't like a fun summer camp, it was a science camp. Aaron did good in his classes and he was smart but he could not imagine going away for weeks - during summer vacation - to do more school work.