Breaking His Rules

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Kayla's POV:

In the end, Aaron and I spent the most of yesterday under the tree talking and sometimes, just sitting in comfortable silence. However, he really wanted to go out for a date which is why I am here today on a Sunday afternoon, right outside his house.

Since this is our first official date as a real couple, I put a lot of thought into my outfit. At first, I wanted to go in a formal outfit, but I felt like that would make me seem more like Alicia or his mom, and he has already made it clear that he likes me for me.

Instead, I went with white ripped jeans and a white short sleeved crop top that shows off my tattoos. My hair is down and I'm devoid of any jewelry except my mom's ring which I always wear.

Anxiously, I ring the doorbell and wait. Aaron assured me that his parents aren't around, but when I hear heavy footsteps getting louder behind the door, I flinch a bit, envisioning Aaron's prim and proper mother dressed in her pearls and ready to yell at me.

But the person who opens the door isn't Aaron's mother not his father. He is tall with brown eyes and dark hair just like Aaron. In fact, he looks almost exactly like Aaron, except he is older and very serious looking.

"You must be Kayla", he says, and I nod.

"I'm Caleb", he says. "Aaron's older brother."

I nod again. Aaron has told me about his brother, but I didn't make the connection.

"I'm Kayla", I say and then I palm my forehead. He already knows who I am. Why did I repeat it?

The boy looks at me, and his serious face softens into a smile. "You don't need to be scared of me, Kayla. I've seen how happy Aaron is when he is with you and I support your relationship a hundred percent."

While I am staggering over my surprise and anxiously twisting my mother's ring, Aaron shows up at the door. He is dressed in a white tshirt and a black jacket with black jeans, and his gorgeous brown hair is combed neatly. He smells vaguely of vanilla body wash, and his brown eyes stare at me like I am the most gorgeous girl on earth.

I have to take in a deep breath as I remember how to breath.

"Hi Kay", he says shyly, and I find out that I feel shy too. How? We've gone out before, and we even talked yesterday, but now I can't seem to string two sentences together.

"Hi Aaron"

"Are both of you just going to say hi, or are you going to go on your date?", Caleb asks from behind Aaron a she gives him a little push out of the house. "Go on and enjoy yourself – not too much, and don't let Aaron have too much alcohol", he says this to me, and I give a smile.

"Let's go", I say, gesturing towards my car.

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"Okay, I am a hundred percent certain that you are cheating", I say as I jolt Aaron's hand, trying to male him drop the ball.

It's so funny how quickly our nervousness disappeared the moment we were alone with each other. We put on music and drove straight to the arcade to check out a few games, which is what we are playing now.

We're playing skee ball – that game where you have to throw a ball into the hole with the highest points, and so far, Aaron has made all of his balls land in the 500-point hole which is the hole with the highest number, while I have only managed to occasionally get mine into the 50-point hole. Sometimes I don't even get the ball into any hole.

"I don't think you can cheat in skee ball unless you're holding someone's arm", Aaron laughs as he tries to shake me off.

Yes, call me a sore loser, but it isn't fair that Aaron is just naturally good at all the games here.