Homework (Lams AU)

Doesn't Matter How Many Papers I Write

"Hey, John." I say as I hold the phone up to my ear. 

"Alex, you unblocked me. Um, hi, how have you been?" 

"I..I've been better. Look, Laf and I talked yesterday. And, anyway, long story short, I want to take you up on that date offer. Are you free tonight?" I ask. There was a shuffling of papers, but otherwise silence from the other line before,

"Yeah! Yeah I should be able to. Um, let's just grab dinner at the Jack and Jill restaurant near the school." 

"Um, okay.. What time?" 

"Does seven o'clock work for you?" 

"Sounds good... See you then."

"Bye Alex. And thank you." 

"Yeah yeah, goodbye." I hang up the phone and sigh.

I then switch to Theodosia's contact name and go to call her, but get interrupted by the door opening. 

"Where the hell have you been?" I ask, raising an eyebrow as I stood up.

Theodosia smiles awkwardly and closes the door behind her. "Um, I was at Aaron's house." She blushes.

"And you didn't think to ask first?"

"Chill, Alex, you're not my dad. You're barely even my brother." She rolls her eyes, setting her stuff down.

"True, but you're the closest thing to a little sister that I have. What happened after the date?" I interrogate.

"Well, if you must know, he took me to his house after and we lost track of time. We figured it was better I stayed there till morning, since it was almost two in the morning."

"Uh huh. And what did you two do? Did you...?"

"So what if I did?" She asks, annoyed. "Why is it any of your business?"

"On the first date? You two barely started dating-"

"And you and John did it when you two weren't even a thing." She crosses her arms.

I scoff. "That's different-"

"Is it? At least we had been talking a while and were actually dating before." She replies, furrowing her eyebrows.

"Will you two stop your bickering?! I'm on the phone with someone very important!" Grace yells from upstairs.

I sigh and Theodosia rolls her eyes. "We didn't even do anything. He let me sleep in his bed and he slept on the couch. I was just trying to show how hypocritical you were being if we had done something." She says before going up the stairs.

I close my eyes and take a deep breath before peeking outside to see Aaron still sitting in his car. He had to have been waiting for either Theo to tell him to go or to talk to me.

I walk outside and he gets out of the car, blushing gently. "Alex, hey, um-"

"Hi, Aaron."

"Are you mad? I can't tell..I promise nothing happened, we just lost track of time and-"

I sigh. "I know, I know. I'm not mad.."

He pauses a moment and stares at me. "You're not?" He asks.

I shake my head and he sighs a breath of relief. "No, I trust Theo in what she tells me. How was the date?"

He smiles bashfully. "It went really well."

I nod. "That's good, I'm happy for you two."

"Well, thank you."

There was an awkward moment of silence before Aaron nods at me. "Well, um, I suppose I'll see you tonight at debate practice." He says.