I Can See The Stars From America [COMPLETED]

Chapter 22: Spare Me the Pain

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Chapter 22: Spare Me the Pain

****Aaron's POV****

Dring...

"Pick up the phone!" I seethed in anxiety, sweat wetting my palms. The phone on my ear was slipping every 2 seconds due to the stupid anxiety!

"Hello?" A manly voice spoke from the other line. My immediate response was to hiss in anger and clench my phone tight at the very idea of a guy answering her phone. Then I remembered it wasn't her phone!

"Kevin? This is Aaron here." I replied, my voice calm.

Silence.

"Aaron? Hey." He replied, his voice cautious.

"Um, hi! How are you? Uh...we haven't had a formal introduction before. But...I'm Caroline's brother and...Abigail's...boyfriend." I stated, the word 'boyfriend' making me flinch. My voice betrayed me. What were we exactly?

"Yeah. I know about you. Um...do you know me? Has Caroline told you about me?" He asked, his voice sounding hopeful. Abigail had told him about me! Good or bad stuff?

I thought about anything Caroline told me about Kevin. Nothing.

I watched some of the girls and boys laughing in the corner while I leant my head against the wall. It was our break after our course. After Carol's question about Abigail yesterday, something spurred me to take down Kevin's number and talk to Abigail. I just wanted to try my luck. Carol didn't know that I had done this.

"You're her friend, aren't you?" I asked.

Silence.

"Yeah. Right. I'm her friend." He answered, his voice sounding agitated.

What was on? Who was Kevin to Caroline?

"Umm...Kevin? I'll tell Caroline to give you a call, okay?" I said. I felt the tension and I wanted Caroline to sort things out.

"That'll be good. Thanks, man." He replied, his voice sounding a lot cheery. I smiled and watched a girl strutting towards a café not before giving me a flirtatious wink. I sighed and ruffled my hair.

"Kevin? Is Abigail around?" I asked.

Silence.

This conversation was so freaking awkward and difficult!

"She is."

Those words made my heart pound a trillion times per second. Sweat beaded my forehead and I clenched the phone tighter.

"Do you want to talk to her?" He asked.

I let out a heavy breath that I didn't know I was holding. Would she talk to me? She didn't the last time. She hung up on me.