Basic Instinct [stranger things]

82. Tryouts

CHAPTER EIGHTY-TWO
TRYOUTS

Aaron Harrington had been in highschool for just over six weeks, and already he was noticing differences in the dynamics of his friend group.

Just as Aaron had predicted, or rather feared, he didn't see much of his friends anymore. Well, not as much as he would have liked to anyway.

They were all just busy with different things.

Just like he'd known he would, Aaron found himself mainly speaking with Kimmy and Lucas.

However this wasn't by choice, Dustin and Mike had joined some sort of club where they'd all play D&D together in the A.V Room. The blond couldn't remember what it was called, but they all had matching shirts that they wore.

They had asked Aaron if he wanted to join with them, and the blond had to practically refrain himself from laughing in their faces - as rude as it sounded.

The blond hadn't played D&D in years - literally. And he didn't plan on wasting his four years in highschool hanging out in the A.V Room starting again.

However because he had declined the offer, it now meant that he didn't see Dustin and Mike no where near as much.

Aaron could only be glad that he shared most of his classes with either Kimmy or Lucas. And on the rare occasion that the blond didn't have either of the two in a class with him, he kept to himself.

Aaron had definitely become the quietest in the group after starting school.

Even when he was with the party, Aaron was much quieter than he would have been when they would have hung out maybe a year ago. He also made no effort to talk to anyone new. The blond had always been shy, but it was getting to a new extent.

Aaron was glad that he'd met Kimmy all those years ago, because if he'd met her now he knew he'd never have gathered the courage to actually talk to her.

Of course he'd been nervous when he'd first approached her at school, but he'd managed to momentarily push aside his nerves to the point they were bearable and do it.

Looking back he was definitely glad that he did force himself to talk to her. Aaron was a smart boy and over the years had many achievements. He'd always got good grades, he was a good friend, a good brother, he was quite a decent hockey player - if he did say so himself. He had many achievements in life, but in his eyes the one he was proudest of was the fact that he'd managed to get Kimmy to go out with him.

Aaron was beyond glad that he'd ended up with Kimmy as a girlfriend and he believed that he needed her more than she realised. The blond was lucky that Kimmy was the way she was, they just seemed to have this sort of... natural chemistry from the start that had remained if not had gotten stronger throughout the years.

While Aaron cared deeply about both Lucas and Max, he was glad his and Kimmy's relationship was nothing like theirs. The two had fun together and could always make the other laugh, but Aaron knew he could not handle it if Kimmy treated him the way he sometimes found Max treating Lucas. First the five million times she'd dumped him, and now the fact she was completely blanking him. Aaron knew full well he wouldn't handle it well if Kimmy did that to him.