breakeven // aaron hotchner

sophomore year

"oh come on that's so not fair!" georgia whines as she opens elia's door to see aaron standing there in his pajamas, flowers in his hand. 

"i'm...sorry that my boyfriend is a gentleman?" elia laughs as she walks out from behind her, smiling softly at him.

"i also have some for you two" he smiles, pulling out two smaller bouquets of flowers from behind his back, making julianna and georgia squeal. 

"he can be invited to every girls night from now on as long as he brings flowers with him." julianna gushes as she takes the bouquet from him. 

elia smiled at him, adoring the way that he treated not only her, but the people around her. 

"you didn't have to do that." she said softly as she walked up to him, standing on her tip toes and pressing a gentle kiss to his lips.

"i know i didn't" he smiles, gesturing her flowers towards her.

"thank you" she smiles, taking the tulips from him and placing them in a nearby vase.

"anytime beautiful. now, i hear someone's dating andrew chapman. who on earth let that happen?" aaron says sarcastically as he walks in, making julianna throw a pillow at him.

"he's cute! and he's nice!" she quickly argues

"he's only nice because he wants to hook up with you!" elia laughs, making julianna furrow her eyebrows.

"isn't that the only reason guys are nice to you?" she asks.

"no!" everyone else says in unison, a loud roar of laughter following them as julianna's shoulders deflate.

"okay well honestly i don't even care. he's cute. i'm bored. it's perfect" she says, sticking her tongue out at us. 

georgia continues to tease her as julianna argues her case while they both look through the movies that elia had in her dorm. 

"i missed you" elia sighed, leaning her head on her boyfriends shoulder. 

"i missed you too sweetheart" aaron smiled, kissing the top of her head. 

"please, you two saw each other in class. relax" georgia teases as she walks over to the small tv and the vcr player.

"i missed you too georgia" aaron says sarcastically, making her roll her eyes. 

this was how aaron and elia spent every tuesday night. everyone had their lightest class load on tuesdays and aaron had just been recently invited to spend girls night with them, and he jumped at the opportunity. anything he could do to spend more time with elia, he did. they studied for their classes together on mondays, girls night on tuesdays, studied for the lsat's together on wednesdays, date nights on thursdays, and spent time with their friends on fridays. and they always left weekends up to the wind. sometimes they took trips to each others homes, visiting each others families, sometimes they took day trips out to d.c. 

elia and aaron were everything to each other. the love they shared would last a lifetime and they both knew it. everyone around them knew it. all of aaron's family and friends knew it. elia's family and friends knew it. they'd found it. they'd found the one. 

"did anyone ever find out who spray painted the statue in the courtyard?" elia asks from her bed where she laid with everyone, her head leaning on aaron's shoulder and julianna and georgia across their legs. 

"soccer team" aaron snorted as he threw a handful of popcorn into his mouth. 

"no way!" the girls gasped, turning to face aaron, not even bothering to pause the movie. 

"y-yeah? you guys didn't-"

"obviously not!" julianna exclaims.

"how do you know?" georgia asks, sitting up straight to meet aaron at eye level

"well..." he trails off, looking over at elia.

"no you didn't" she gasps, a laugh slowly erupting out of her mouth.

"did what!?" georgia and julianna exclaimed.

"my roommates on the soccer team and we were a little drunk and...you know" aaron says, chuckling embarrassingly.

georgia and julianna sit there for a moment, their mouths wide open as elia doubles over in laughter. 

"YOU!?" they screamed out in enjoyment.

aaron nodded as the girls erupted into laughter, aaron following behind them. he turned his head to watch his girlfriend doubled over, clutching her stomach as tears brimmed her eyes. it was the most beautiful he'd ever seen her outside of the night he met her. her hair was haphazardly held up by a claw clip that had begun to fall out, loose hairs falling out everywhere and her baby hairs messily sat on her forehead, each hair going in another direction. her mascara was smudged and her smile was brighter than any star he'd ever laid his eyes on. she was the most beautiful thing he could ever imagine. and watching her with the brightest smile on her face, her eyes twinkling from the tears of laughter glazing over her eyes. he'd never been as in love with elia cho than he was in that moment.