Lunch with Aaron

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Brittany's P.O.V

        I sat on a stool in the corner, while Christina and her band were being interviewed. I had to admit I was kind of bored, this was their second interview today... at least this guy was fun to talk to and wasn't speaking in a monotone voice like the other one. 

        I stared down at my phone, Aaron hadn't answered my text yet. I sighed heavily, locking my phone and looking back over at Christina, who was doing most of the talking along with the lead guitarist Dawson. The two of them normally took the lead in interviews, the other three guys were pretty quiet. Elliott, the rhythm guitarist was playing something on his phone and Devon the drummer was whispering to the bassist Moose. When would this interview end? 

        Finally, Aaron resonded to me. I got a little excited and texted back immediately. He and I decided that after Christina's concert, we should go out and get lunch together because why the hell not? I didn't really know where we'd go, maybe we'd go back and visit my good pal Sanjay! 

        * 

        "Turn here, Aaron!" I half yelled, as he neared the restaurant. 

        Sadly, we weren't going to see Sanjay. Aaron had found a restaurant online that looked good, and decided that's where we were going. I read him off directions as they came up on his phone. 

        "Alright, there it is." Aaron announced, pulling into the parking lot. 

        "Ready?" I asked him, undoing my seat belt. 

        "Yep!" 

        We went inside and were seated immediately, I scanned the menu for something I could eat. Unfortunately, the vegetarian selection here was pretty limited and I got the option of a veggie burger or pasta with tomato sauce. I sighed and decided on the veggie burger. 

        "Please tell me you can eat." Aaron said, softly, looking up at me from his menu. 

        "I can eat." I responded. "I've been able to for years now!" 

        "Smartass." 

        "You love me!" 

        "This is true." 

        "Anyways, I'm going to have a veggie burger because woo!" I said a little too loudly. 

        "Sounds like fun." Aaron laughed. "I'll have a meat burger." 

        "Hey, remember when Ben made that PETA video." I laughed. "Oh lord." 

        "Don't get me started." Aaron chuckled. 

        Our waitress came over, and took our drink orders. She seemed to like Aaron, seeing as she didn't take her eyes off of him, even when I was ordering. I ddin't really care though, Aaron was adorable, people were bound to pay him attention... also if she was staring at me I'd be a little uncomfortable, I didn't like people staring at me. 

        "So, how are you liking tour?" I asked Aaron, as he sipped his drink. 

        "It's great!" He smiled. "How are you liking tour?" 

        "I thought coming here would make me feel better after everything that happened at home, but I don't know..." I shrugged. "It's fun, just kind of boring when you're not performing or doing much." 

        "I see." Aaron nodded. "What did happen at home, may I ask?" 

        "Just drama and bullshit and ex's and stuff." I sighed. "Nothing that I'd like to talk about." 

        "I understand." He smiled. "I'll try to make the rest of this tour great for you!" 

        * 

        When Aaron and I returned from our lunch I received a few intrigued glances from the rest of Billy Talent, which made me laugh slightly to myself. I headed straight back to my bunk and pulled out my copy of the fifth Harry Potter book, I brought it back to the lounge, sat next to Jon and began reading. I didn't feel like bothering Ben today, Christina had bothered him enough. 

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