DISCONTINUED|| 💤Can't Sleep Love💤 💭Aarmau AU💭

💤American Kids💤

💤Aaron💤

Melissa picked her suitcase up from the scale and smiled at me. "I feel like I just got here. It's too early to go back home."

"SEEMS LIKE IT." I nodded. "NEED HELP GETTING THAT IN THE CAR?"

"Nope! I'm good."

Melissa sounded genuinely sad. She put her suitcase in the car and came back inside. Her plane left early the next morning and Lucinda was with her family for the upcoming New Year.

"I'm gonna miss Lucinda." Melissa sat down on my couch and put her chin in her hands.

"IT'S GOOD THAT THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH YOU TWO." I typed. Melissa nodded and smiled.

"I didn't want to intrude on her family's traditions so soon. She invited me over but..."

"BUT?"

"I may have told Mom and Dad I was over your house for Christmas. I don't know how they'd react to me being a lesbian and I really don't want to find out over the holidays. I don't want to know what Dad would have to say about me spending New Years with a girl.

"The only thing I remember from you coming out as Bi is that Dad was livid."

"HE'D BE WORSE IF HE FOUND OUT ABOUT YOU."

"I don't doubt it.

"How are you and Aphmau? Still going strong? Is she spending New Years with you?"

"I THINK ONE OF HER FRIENDS HOSTS A NEW YEARS EVE PARTY, BUT I DON'T THINK SHE'LL GO. SO, PROBABLY."

"I hope she spends it with you. I haven't seen you so happy since you were in marching band with her and the Shadow Knights."

"VYLAD AND ZENIX ARE SERIOUSLY TOGETHER."

"I remember you ranting about them. I'm glad that you and they are all happy!"

***

I watched Alex play in the snow and played on my phone. Aphmau's end has been oddly quiet, but I was assuming that she was busy with her audition preparations. She tended to be quite busy.

I heard someone call my name and turned to meet a snowball to my face. I heard Gene, Zenix, Sasha, and Vylad laughing their asses off. I wiped the snow away and looked to my sidewalk.

"Hey, Princey, wanna come to hang out with us?" Gene offered, leaning on my fence. "We miss you."

"Where would we be going?" I signed.

"The cafe downtown. You coming or what?"

"Let me get Alex's vest."

***

We ended up in the pizza shop we pretty much lived in during high school. It felt natural to be sitting back in the booth with these dorks.

"Are we getting twenty pizzas again?" Sasha joked, elbowing me gently.

"Can we afford them this time?" I signed, smiling to the point my cheeks hurt. The table burst out laughing, earning stares from other customers. For once, it didn't bother me.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't the group of kids that kept us open ten years ago." A smug voice chuckled.

"Jasmine!" Sasha gasped. "Look at you, all grown up!"

Jasmine was the daughter of the original owner. I'm pretty sure she and Sasha had a thing together back in high school, but I could try and guess that with anyone else at this table.