Don't Come Down// Klance

Milkshakes

"Just the two of us? You didn't invite the others?" Keith asked, fixing the collar of his leather jacket as he watched Aurora braid back the rest of her light blue hair as they walked down the street together.

"Yeah it's just the two of us today. You are going to be the sole outlet of all my affection my boy." Aurora said with a wink.

"Oh stop flirting with me." Keith said, shoving her shoulder and blushing a little.

"I have to, how else are you going to get used to it? You practically had a meltdown when Carter started to flirt with you." Aurora said with a laugh. Keith shook his head.

"I didn't practically have a meltdown. I did have a meltdown. She tried to kiss me! I didn't even know she was flirting. I didn't even know she thought I was flirting." Keith felt mortified just thinking about it. He's known Jillian Carter since they were eight. They had gone to the same elementary school together and both just happened to get into the Garisson as well. Keith had had her in several classes before, done a project with her once so he knew her pretty well and thought she pretty cool but that was about it. He didn't know she had been harboring a secret crush on him all these years.

"Well I'm preparing you for next time Keith so you know when someone is flirting with you and we're going to work on your 'I'm not really into you' speech so you don't completely crush the next girl who tries to kiss you." Keith groaned. After realizing that Jillian was going in for a kiss, he had jumped away from her like she had the plague, startling her.

"What's wrong Keith?" She asked, a bewildered look on her face.

"Did you just try to kiss me?" Keith asked in a voice that sounded way harsher than his own. Jillian started stammering out a reply but Keith had interrupted her. "You can't just try to kiss people."

"I.. I'm sorry Keith I just I really like you and I thought you liked me too and.."

"Well I don't." Keith had wanted to take the words back immediately as he watched her face fall. She looked crushed, completely shattered. "I'm sorry Jillian but I don't." And then Keith walked away but as he did he could hear her begin to cry.

"There isn't going to be a next time." Keith grumbled, kicking at a rock on the ground. "Name five girls that like me." Aurora gave him a funny look.

"Keith, I could name ten, probably more." Keith's eyes widened.

"You're lying."

"I'm not. People love your whole brooding, bad boy, shtick. It's like catnip for teenage girls." Keith arched an eyebrow at her. "Luckily I'm allergic to catnip." Keith laughed. "Which is why I have to prepare you for the next time someone flirts with you, tries to ask you out, etc. And since you are obviously opposed to this idea of dating people, of flirting and all intimate relationships in general, I'm going to prepare you for that too." Keith paused in the middle of the sidewalk.

"This is a trap." Aurora rolled her eyes and walked back to Keith so she could grab his hand.

"Don't be stupid. This isn't a trap. This is a pretend date so you can get used to the idea of someone liking you and flirting with you." Keith didn't budge as she tugged on his arm.

"This is definitely a trap."

"Come on Keith are you going to make me go crying to Parker and tell him what a bad date you are? How untrainable and unteachable? How out of touch you are with your feelings and the feelings of others? How..."

"Okay shut up for like two seconds please." Keith said. Aurora laughed but shut up. It wasn't that Keith was opposed to the idea of dating people or flirting with them. It's just that... The people he did want to date were guys. Lance for example or maybe Kinkade. Mainly just Lance though. But he hadn't come out to anyone yet, Keith wasn't Lance's type and he was petrified about what everyone at the Garisson would think of him. Aurora was kind of right though. He did need a lesson on date etiquette and flirting and how to handle letting people down. And since Aurora had apparently already planned everything out... "We're not going to kiss right." Aurora wrinkled her nose.