Anna arrived under the bridge at 6:45 am, hoping to clean the bridge before the blockhead she met last night got a chance to see her again. When she placed her bucket full of supplies on the ground, it was like Aaron had materialized in front of her.
“Ah, SHIT! I was hoping to escape seeing your ass again..” Anna spat, rolling her eyes.
“Yeah, well we’re stuck with each other for a couple hours. So please, cut the shit and let’s get this done.” He said, eyeing her. “And what’s with that baby crap in the bucket? You know if we’re going to get this done quickly, there’s only one way.” He said, laughing devilishly.
Did he just eyeball me?? Like he was checking me out!? She thought, furrowing her brow and trying to hold the vomit down. “And what way is tha-“
“I’m glad you asked,” He said, pulling out a power washer and a bucket of water. “We will use this! Now, I have eye protection, so we don’t hurt ourselves.” He said, handing her some gear.
“And you think that this will work better than a sponge and some water?”
“Abso-fucking-lutely.” He said, preparing the power tool.
“You know,” She said, twitching her eye and looking at him like he was crazy. “If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you’re acting TOTALLY different from when I met you earlier..”
“Yeah, you know why?? I learned something yesterday, about what you said. ‘They’ll use you anyway, I don’t see why you care’, I thought about that all night and I thought I DON’T KNOW WHY I CARE EITHER. So now, I don’t care. About anything.” He said, chuckling.
I broke him. Fuck it, I really broke him. She thought, panicking.
“No- uhm, when I said that I meant that you’re such a great person, they’ll love you as long as you’re doing what you’ve been doin-“
“That’s another thing I’ve been thinking about,” He said, laughing. “I’ve literally been on a basic non-cussing streak for years and you know what? It feels fucking fantastic to throw that all away! I mean, seriously, I’m feeling lighter by the minute.” Aaron said, laughing nonchalantly.
His new-found calm, cool, and collected attitude was freaking her out. The Wolves had wanted a dork, and she made a jock.
“Yeah, abo-“
“And ANOTHER thing! I came here to start my career of being a lawyer and you know what I found out? I don’t want to do that shit! And it’s not because my dad wants me to be a lawyer that I wanted to be one, but it’s because I thought they were cool! WHAT A FUCKING DORK I WAS!!” He said, putting his glasses on. “So basically, I’m starting all over, fuck everything. Hey, I threw my easel out the window this morning too, fuck that shit.” He said, pointing to a pile of wood on the ground outside of the campus.
“How far up are yo-“
“The 4th floor.” He said, grinning.
