November kind of flew by in a blur. I spent Saturdays with Alyssa, Sundays with Scott. Had long phone conversations with Aaron almost every night. I worked at the pet store on random week days and stayed with my dad as much as possible.
I had decided to put the whole 'Aaron having a crush on me thing' out of my mind. It just seemed so impossible for him to crush on a girl like me. Aaron never dated anyone, which was weird. He constantly had girls around him, he'd laugh and flirt with them, but when it came down to dating any of them he didn't.
Alyssa was still completely obsessed with him. Trevor had gotten a new girlfriend so my chances of her getting with him were diminished. Alyssa had started talking about possibly getting a job at the pet store with me, which, it would be cool to have my bestfriend there, but that would mean her spending even more time badgering me about Aaron.
Sigh. I kind of hoped Aaron would start dating someone at least, just to get Alyssa off my back. Well...No actually, I did not want Aaron with someone. To be more clear, with someone other than me. God.
Being a teenager is so fricken complicated. Stupid feelings and hormones making you a basket case. It was almost Thanksgiving. I was going to spend it with mom because dad was going out of town with Terri to see her family.
Scott was also leaving for a couple of days to see his grandparents. Thanksgiving was a week away, and since my mom is never really prepared for anything, we still didn't have any food for the big dinner. I was going to the store to pick up all the stuff we needed.
Scott was busy packing with his family so I asked Aaron to come with me to the store. He hadn't mentioned any plans with family so he was free, plus he made things so much more fun.
He showed up at my house at 9 in the morning, I like doing things early, save the rest of my day. Mom was sleeping in late on one of her only days off, Benji was playing his Xbox. I got in my car, Aaron in the passenger's seat.
"Where are we all going?" He asked once I pulled out of the driveway. "Market, and the post office for my mom." I said and checked my side mirror. Safety first.
"Cool. Hey do you think we could make a quick little stop before the other stuff." He asked. "Sure, where to?" I asked and glanced at him. He was smiling a little. "There's a um, body shop down the street from the drug store." He said.
"Body shop?" I said, raising an eyebrow. "Well tattoo shop actually." He muttered and looked out the window. I stared at him shocked, before I remembered to keep my eyes on the road. "You're getting a tattoo? Aaron, are you sure you want to do that, I mean, you're not even eighteen yet, you might regret it." I tried to reason.
He laughed. "I've done a lot of things I regret Chloe, but that's not not the point. Besides, stop freaking out I'm not getting a tattoo, I was thinking about getting a piercing. They do both at the shop." He said.
"Oh." I mumbled. A piercing wasn't as bad I suppose, if he didn't like it, he could always take it out. I felt relieved. "So...What do you want to get pierced?" I asked hesitantly. "Oh, probably my bottom lip." he said.
"Your lip? But..But you have nice lips!" I said without thinking. He looked over at me. My face flared red. Idiot. He laughed. "Yeah I do have pretty nice looking lips, is what you probably meant." He said still chuckling.
I nodded mutely, feeling incredibly embarrassed. "Anyways, I've wanted a piercing for a long time, I figured today was a good day to do it." He continued. We drove in slience for a bit until I pulled up to the tattoo shop.
"Aaron, don't you need permission from your parents to get a piercing?" I asked as we got out of the car. "Don't worry about it, I know the the chick who does the stuff." He said and held open the shop's door for me. I went inside.
