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One of the many things Aiden was grateful for when it came to Amelia was that he could talk to her about anything and not feel like he was bugging her. It didn’t matter if she was a part of what he was talking about or had any actual interest in it, she listened to him anyway, let him rattle on if he needed to. Not to say he didn’t do the same for her, because he did, but if he were honest, he was way more aware of how often he had a bunch of shit to say. Knowing each other for as long as they had made that kind of open and continuous conversation easy, he figured. Giving a tilted nod of his head, a thoughtful but still subtly joking expression touched his features. “It’s probably a solid first plan, considering it’s technically still a US state and not a foreign country. But what do I know? Not a lot.” He snickered with a loose shrug of his shoulders. Nodding his head at her look alone, reading the way she’d put the pieces together in her mind, he grinned. “Oh, I’d have to be there, for sure, for wrangling purposes.” He nodded, smiling. “Not to mention, now I’d make a pretty sweet tour guide, since I’ve been to some of the cool places worth going to. One day. We’ll get there one day.” As he said it, he found himself hoping that Amelia would get to go one day, with him or not. She would love it, and she deserved to experience he, he’d told her that even while he was still there. “In the meantime, though,” Aiden’s brows lifted as he toyed with the straw in his iced coffee. “You’ve got gifts from my trip, so.”

Despite being so happy for Aiden, and so excited that he’d been given the opportunity, Amelia was selfishly happy he was home. They’d talked nearly every day he was gone, but being around Aiden always had this sort of infectious affect on Amelia. It was so hard not to smile and laugh when she was around him, making him do so was one of her favorite things, and it was always better in person. Shaking her head as she took a sip of her iced coffee, Amelia cracked a smile before she spoke. “Shut up, you know lots of things, probably more things than me now.” Her eyes widened a little, mouth turning into an ‘o’ shape to show surprise before she let out a tiny laugh. Her face softened though, hearing him say they’d get there one day, and Amelia could really only dream it. Going anywhere with Aiden would be great, but going to Italy with him? That’d be something else entirely. Her eyes narrowed when he continued, mentioning gifts from his trip. “I’m almost 97% sure I told you not to bring anything home for me.” The brunette shook her head a little, nose wrinkled up at him. “I only accept pens.”

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Babbling the slightest bit on some of the details of his time away, Aiden knew there were a thousand more things he could say, and he didn’t doubt that they would get to them, either. One of several things that came really easy for him and Amelia was talking about pretty much everything. At length. All the time. Letting out a laugh as she asked if anyone had been mean to him, he automatically shook his head with a further snickered ‘no.’ Leaning forward once again with his elbows on the edge of the table between them, he rolled his eyes faintly. “Doesn’t every girl wanna go to Hawaii? I feel like once girls hit a certain age that’s just it, that’s where they wanna go.” He half-joked, having known a few girls he could think of easily enough that had fit that description rather well. Amelia’s answer to his question was almost surprising, but then he took a second to think about it and realized it wasn’t actually terribly surprising at all. He knew enough about the girl to know how much she enjoyed lions, even without her mention of the safari to see them, so it made sense. “I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that Disney World and Cape Town are like, not at all the same thing, but what do I know.” He laughed, a subtle fondness lingering beneath the amusement in his expression. Pausing as their server came back to the table with their drinks finally, Aiden thanked the other male and immediately went in for a drink from his iced coffee, face scrunching faintly after he swallowed. “Okay, another thing about Italy? They fucking love espresso. Like when you go to most cafe’s there and ask for a coffee, you’re getting espresso. Not like a latte or some real sugary shit, like real deal, finely pressed and brewed, espresso. Shit’s wild.”

Amelia and Aiden never had a problem talking to each other, it felt easy whenever they were around either to fill the moments they wanted to with words, but at the same time there was comfortable silences between them too. Their friendship was just easy, there wasn’t anything that made it complicated other than her feelings for him (which she did her best to bury). It made times like this were Aiden was excited about something exciting for her too, because of how enthusiastic he was, it made her happy knowing he’d done something he really liked doing. Hearing good things about Italy, Amelia was grateful her best friend had a good time while studying abroad. Before he’d left she’d read a few things online about it being a struggle for some people, but of course, Aiden the social butterfly he tended to be was able to make friends and live a life there, instead of just going and going to school. Sounded just like him. Nodding her head, she grinned. “Eventually, but there are a lot of places I want to go first, but it’s on the list.” Rattling off the two places in the world she wanted to go, she wouldn’t have been surprised if Aiden already knew at least one of them, even though she joked about them being the same. Wrinkling her nose at him, she shook her head a little then thanked their server as he set down their drinks. Eyebrows lifting up in the middle of adding three sugar packets to her coffee, the timing being perfect with his explanation causing her to let out a snort. “I’d never make it there, I’d be off the walls with that much caffeine and who would wrangle me?”

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Grinning with a laugh, Aiden shook his head at the vaguely defensive retort on the girl’s behalf. The truth of the matter was, he could probably talk for hours about all that he had learned, the things he’d been able to see, the places he got to go. His brain was just running a million miles a minute on it all and he couldn’t fully figure out where to begin. “You told me I had to go.” Aiden laughed in challenging reply. Leaning back in the booth seat, he took a moment to stretch his shoulders back before he shrugged them. “I mean, yeah, we were all living together, you kinda learn to like people that way.” He answered. “School wasn’t too terribly different, no. Like, they run a lot of abroad programs there, so there’s a lot of American professors, and even the local Italian ones have been doing it for so long in the same school system that it’s not very different. A little more hands-on and like location-based sometimes, ‘cause it was pretty much a solid fifty-fifty on the in classroom learning and on location learning, which was pretty dope.” He nodded his head slowly along with his own words as he wrapped up the explanation. “I think the hardest part at first was just adjusting to the time, and then getting used to like how different the street traffic is, and then like, the whole other language thing, too, obviously.” Lifting his brows at Amelia’s declaration, he wrinkled his nose faintly with a grin. “Hawaii? I’ll drive.” Aiden laughed out loud on purpose, knowing the lack of reality that joke held, considering. “Real talk, though, if you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?”

Amelia was so ready to find out everything that had happened and that Aiden had learned about in Italy, she was ready to grill him for hours, listen to him talk for hours about everything he experienced there, and she was happy she got to do it in person. Sticking her tongue out at him, she laughed after the fact. Listening to him get into his explanation, listening to him answering all of the questions she’d asked, she was already coming up with at least three more follow up ones. She never really cared what they talked about when she was talking to Aiden, but hearing him be so excited about something, so happy about something he’d gotten to do made it so much better. “That makes sense, but you didn’t have a hard time adjusting to it all? No one was mean to you, right?” She squinted, but she knew she wasn’t even the slightest bit threatening. “Don’t tempt me, I’d love to go to Hawaii.” She laughed, leaning back into the booth before twisting her mouth to the side in thought, thinking about where she’d really want to go. “Africa, Cape Town, specifically, so I could go on a safari to see lions, I’ve watched so many Youtube videos on it, I wanna go.” Amelia sighed airily, then shrugged. “Or Disney World, you know, same thing.”

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Keeping a faint grin on his face, Aiden rolled his eyes at the girl’s comment. If anyone had asked him in his younger years if he thought he would give a crap about being physically active or working out, he probably would have laughed in their faces. Steve’s influence and encouragement getting into sports - specifically football - as a teenager, though, had made that a thing for him. Maybe he took it a little more seriously than entirely necessary, but he validated it with the fact that he wasn’t actually playing football anymore, so a regular and specific workout regime was just like, necessary, or whatever, to make up for that. Yeah. “Does anyone ever really feel like a trip to Urgent Care?” He mused, joking challenge in his tone though a laugh slipped in in between. Amelia of all people was definitely used to the sheer amount of food that he could consume, but that didn’t ever stop her from giving him that look about it. It was adorably amusing more than anything. He breathed out a chuckled ‘uh huh’ as his head shook once at her. Leaning back with a dramatic huff, Aiden’s face scrunched up in thought as he thought back to the number of cool things there were to talk about when it came to his time abroad. “That’s probably like the hardest question you could ask me.” He admitted with a snicker. “It was all so cool, you know? Being somewhere I’d never been before, somewhere that far away and like, different. I’m glad I picked up some Italian before I got there so I didn’t look totally stupid.” He snorted gently with a tilt of his head. “There’s just so much to take in. Like it’s so fucking beautiful there, all the architecture and artwork, and just the layout of some of those super old cities, it felt like stuff straight out of a book, you know? Like the kinda stuff you visualize but never really experience in real life? It was fucking crazy.”

While Amelia had been happy Aiden had gotten to study abroad, that didn’t mean she wasn’t happy he was home again and that they could settle into their normal routines of hanging out and doing everything they always did together. Going and getting breakfast was definitely part of the routine, so it was a good way to start them back on track, she wasn’t complaining at all. “Pardon me for wanting to know about your time in another country I’ve never been to.” Amelia laughed lightly, still resting her chin on her palm and smiling at him. Listening to the way he talked about Italy, she felt the tiniest bit jealous, wondering if she’d ever get to go there someday, but for now she was working to live vicariously through her best friend. Bottom lip pouting out in an exaggerated pout, Amelia sighed. “It sounds so cool, I’m really mad at you for going without me.” The brunette joked, teasing him not at all lost just because they hadn’t seen each other for a while. “Did you make friends? Was it weird going to school there? Like was it different? I have so many questions, A.” She laughed again nose wrinkling up before she sighed. “I wanna go somewhere pretty now.”

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All jokes and missing each other aside, Aiden was grateful for the experience he’d gotten to have abroad, and he knew that Amelia was happy for him, too, no doubt. The joking about him not leaving again or how boring things were for her without him there, though, was just them, so it wasn’t terribly shocking. Aiden laughed with a dip back of his head at the girl’s comment about his weight, his head shaking once it righted on his neck again. “It was a whole fuck load of carbs, I won’t lie. They love their pasta over there. I was still working out like the whole time, though, I didn’t slack off, that helped save me.” He noted, grinning. It also helped that he had a fast metabolism or whatever, but that was aside from the point. Tilting his head back and forth slowly with the girls suggestions turned into a slow nod after a moment, eyebrows lifting. “The mall’s probably safer. Imagine I started dozing off while on a bike. I don’t need anymore broken pieces of me.” He chuckled. Smiling, there was a subtle fondness in the look on his face as Amelia mentioned not being able to last going away for school; mostly the missing him part, but the rest of it was cute, too. Before he could comment much more on it, their server was coming over, though. Aiden ordered a water and an iced coffee before sparing an amused glance in his company’s direction across the table, knowing she was undoubtedly going to have something to say about the amount he was about to order. Two by two with blueberry pancakes, eggs scrambled, crispy bacon, with an extra side of sausage links, and a side of hashbrowns. He wasn’t lying when he said he was starving. Thanking their server and handing off his menu, he looked back at Amelia after the man had walked away. “Don’t look at me like that, I’m a growing boy.”

Eyes half rolling at the boy in front of her, Amelia leaned back into the booth they were sat in. “Well we know how you love your workouts.” She wrinkled her nose up at Aiden, a smile creeping onto her lips. It was hard not to notice Aiden being attractive, from the moment she met him she felt it was a little unfair how pretty he was, but the fact that he had a pretty tight work out regimen that clearly didn’t stop even though he was in another country for months made it worse. Amelia spent lots of long summer days sneaking gazes at his shirtless torso or watching him do just about anything that would flex his arms; sometimes it was hard being his friend, more often than not it was hard being his friend, if she were honest. Blinking the images of her best friend out of her mind, she laughed lightly, nodding her head. “A wise decision, I don’t feel like a trip to Urgent Care today.” Amelia sighed out, still smiling at the boy. Offering her order up to the waiter, Amelia’s expression changed from amused to a little judgy as he finally finished his long list of what he apparently wanted for breakfast, eyebrows raised up. “I didn’t do anything.” The brunette smiled sweetly, pushing some hair out of her face then thunked her chin down into her palm, elbow pressing into the table. “What was your favorite part of it? I wanna live vicariously through you.”

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It was good evidently both for his little sister and for his best friend that Aiden had little to no intent to be going anywhere again anytime soon. Granted, having gone to Italy and learned and experienced all that he had there definitely did spark interest to be able to do the same in other places, too, but the likelihood wasn’t high. Really, he’d only been able to go to Italy because the timing had lined up just right with the finances. It wasn’t likely to happen again, especially not soon. “I’m not denying it, but I’m also saying we didn’t have private five star chefs or anything.” He tilted his head. “Actually, a regular chef in Italy probably would easily end up a five star chef here so maybe I can’t say that.” He offered with a wave of his hand. Brows lifting, he let out a breath of a laugh at what was going to be their plan for the day - one that admittedly sounded great, considering how long it had been, but definitely counterproductive to the whole not sleeping during the day thing. “All yours, all day. I’m good with it.” Aiden nodded with a smile, unable to not be amused at Amelia’s attempt at stern. She really was fucking adorable without even trying to be sometimes. “You definitely should. Like for the dope educational experience.” He paused, snorting out a breath of a chuckle. “But I mean, punishing retaliation is valid, too.”

While she was absolutely thrilled Aiden had gotten the opportunity to study abroad and go to Italy, she was selfish enough to be happy he was home and not planning on going anywhere any time soon. They’d been attached at the hip for years now, and it threw her off a little bit to not be able to hang out with him whenever she wanted, but that was fully over now and she wasn’t going to dwell on the last few months of her not having the comfort of Aiden being around because he was back now. Wrinkling her nose, she pouted. “And you didn’t even get fat while you were over there, if that were me I’d probably be a piece of fettuccine by now.” Amelia laughed out, not being able to keep the pout present on her face as she joked. Nodding her head once, Amelia lifted her arm to press her elbow into the table, chin falling into her palm now as she looked across the table. “Maybe we can go to the mall or on a bike ride or something, we’ll get to the back scratches when your mom says you can go to sleep later.” She wrinkled her nose again, then shrugged her shoulder. “I probably wouldn’t make it that long, I’d end up coming home cause I missed my parents and you too much after like a week or something silly, it wouldn’t even be worth the punishment for you.” She laughed. Looking up as their waiter arrived, Amelia smiled at the man and ordered her iced coffee, french toast and a side of bacon, then looked across the table to Aiden, already ready for him to order half the menu like he usually did when they went out.”

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“Yeah, she told me I’m ‘never allowed to leave again ever, ever,’ so I think that’s like, in the law officially not or something.” Aiden added, tone light. He loved his little sister dearly, and if anyone knew that it was Amelia, so whatever subtle joking there was in his voice, she would know he wasn’t being mean about the little girl. Scoffing himself, he rolled his eyes right back at her retort. “I didn’t have like special chefs all the time or anything, I was still a college student, jesus christ.” He laughed with a shake of his head. “They’re just hella careful with their cooking craft out there, it’s wild. Italians are so extra but like.. in the best ways.” He mused, giving a single nod this time. Settling at the table that they were given, Aiden settled the bag of gifts he had brought back for her beside him on the booth seat before leaning forward on his forearms against the edge of the table. “I’m running off exactly nowhere. I think I’m banned from going home for most of the day, actually. Mom’s trying to force me back onto California time and she knows I’ll end up going to bed at like three in the afternoon here if I don’t figure out how to keep myself awake, so.” He lifted his brows, and his hands in semblance of a shrug. “By all means, keep me for a while.”

“Good, I was hoping she’d put that law into place, I was rooting for her.” Amelia wrinkled her nose up at the boy across from her, shifting a little in the seat. She definitely wouldn’t complain if Aiden didn’t go anywhere ever, ever, so she was pretty thankful that the five year old had put her foot down on the subject. “You were a college student in Italy, Aiden, you were eating far better than most college students and you know there is no denying it.” She pointed a finger at him, shaking her head subtly. Smiling as he explained he didn’t have plans the rest of the day, her face scrunched up at bit at the mention of keeping him awake. “See my suggestion was going to be head rubs and back scratches and that’ll definitely put one or both of us to sleep, so we’ll have to figure something else out but you’re mine all day, got it?” She creased her brow down at him, pulling out what was some semblance of a stern expression as she looked at him but then faded into a smile. “I should study abroad next year, so you can see how awful it was with your best friend in another country for months.”

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It had been a few months apart, but between talking everyday and a general being used to how they were with other, Aiden was glad but not totally surprised how easy it was to fall right back into the swing of things with Amelia. Surprising her and going to get food, her head on his shoulder, the casual and playful way they talked, it was all characteristic to them and he appreciated that an ongoing physical distance didn’t seem to do much to change all of that. “I’m sure Bella did agree.” He snorted out a chuckle with another small shake of his head. “When she woke up the other morning after my dad had picked me up, she cried on me for like twenty minutes, she missed me so much.” He pouted out his bottom lip dramatically. “It was somehow cute and sad at the same time.” He snickered faintly, a smile reappearing. Listening as Amelia explained what she had gotten up to in his absence, he probably could have guessed most of it without asking her. He had a vague idea anyway from their daily talking, but still, it was nice to pretend on a full recap. “You’re fun, who said you’re not fun? You just have a different kind of fun, doesn’t mean you’re not fun at all.” He pointed out with a tilt of his head. It was only a couple more minutes before they were pulling up at the restaurant they were getting breakfast at, Aiden heaving out a dramatically heavy sigh as he shifted his car into park. “This is going to disappoint me I can feel it.” He half-joked before he was getting out of the car. He let Amelia get her own door this time - because subtle balance, or whatever - but still slung his arm over her shoulders again after he finished grabbing the bag that had her gifts in it from the back seat. “I hope you’re ready for me to not shut up for a while.”

They’d talked nearly every day, but even still Amelia was happy to find that nothing had changed between her and Aiden, that his time away didn’t do anything to tarnish their friendship. Things were good so far, in the moments they’d been around each other and that was a clear enough sign that they were going to stay good too. Pouting her bottom lip out hearing that his little sister had cried when she saw he was home, she shook her head against his shoulder. “She’s such a sweetie.” She smiled softly. Listing off the mostly boring things she’d done while Aiden had been in Italy even though he’d already known them, a furrow formed in her brow when he answered her. “I’m sure most people we know wouldn’t consider any of that fun at all, you’re just nice to me.” Amelia smiled then sat up as he parked the car. Half rolling her eyes at him, she scoffed. “Sorry there’s no fancy Italian chefs around here for you, sir.” The brunette answered, brushing some fly away’s out of her face as Aiden lifted his arm around her shoulder once more. “I’m excited for french toast and bacon, you can choose to be disappointed if you want to but I’m going to enjoy this.” Getting inside and getting seated, Amelia didn’t bother looking over the menu she was given already knowing exactly what she wanted. Looking at the boy sitting across from her, she smiled softly. “Are you running off somewhere after this or do I get you for a little while after breakfast?”

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Letting out a laugh at the girl’s threat, Aiden shook his head, but otherwise didn’t comment. It wasn’t like he was a terrible driver anyway, he’d never get away with it having an EMT for a dad, and all. Getting going toward their breakfast destination, it didn’t come as a surprise when Amelia’s head fell against his shoulder, his eyes shifting from the road for just a second to glance at her with a smile. Being notably affectionate with one another wasn’t particularly odd for them, in fact it was more common than it wasn’t. Admittedly it was something that Aiden had missed about being around the girl even while they were talking everyday during his time away. “Well, lucky for you, I’m not going anywhere again anytime soon. Or like, probably ever. It’s still a fucking miracle I even got to do that.” He snickered with a small shake of his head. “What did you do without me here, though? If it’s so boring the ten minute drive should cover it, right?” He teased gently, reaching over with one hand to squeeze at her knee before it moved back to his own space. “God knows I’m gonna be talking about all the crap I got up to for days, so you should get your word in now probably.”

Head on Aiden’s shoulder as they drove towards their breakfast destination, she was comfortable and content there. She’d definitely be suggesting they go back to her house and have a good back scratching session, it was deserved for sure after being apart for so long. Amelia had never been shy about being affectionate with Aiden, even if they were just friends. There was a comfort level they had with each other that Amelia couldn’t say she had with many other people, so the way they were with each other was just natural, and everyone liked back scratches and head rubs, right? “Good, I’d appreciate it if you never went anywhere again, Miss Bella and I agreed on that the day after you left when I walked her home from school.” She smiled tilting her head to look up at him then nuzzling her cheek into his shoulder a little more. “Well, it started with absolutely nothing, some school, a little work sprinkled in, rewatching Buffy and Angel and then... yeah more nothing, mostly just waiting for the fun part of the duo to come home.”

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It didn’t come as a surprise that Amelia offered that she would have done something special to welcome him home, but Aiden simply dismissed the notion with a roll of his eyes and wave of his hand. The whole getting to surprise her thing would have been out of the mix if he had done that, and he was rather enjoying it thus far. He repeated ‘five minutes’ with a snorted chuckle and a nod as the girl hopped out of bed. Heading toward the door with her, he stopped when she did, brows lifting as he looked over her face. There was something about FaceTime that really didn’t do all of the details of Amelia’s face justice; even if she had just gotten out of bed. He was happy to get to see her in person again, for more reason than one. “I know.” He replied, smiling. “I missed you, too.” And it was the truth, probably more than she fully realized. He stayed standing there for a moment, letting out a breath of a laugh as he watched her bounce down the hall, a faint fondness in his gaze. As mentioned, Aiden went downstairs to give Mrs. Martin a little bit of casual chit-chat about his time in Italy, how the program was, if he had fun, all that good stuff. It didn’t last for too terribly long, though, before Amelia was coming down the stairs ready to go. “Like I told her, it’s my dinner time, so I gotta eat before I get cranky.” He announced to the woman with a grin, slinging his arm over Amelia’s shoulders. He said a goodbye to her mom and then he and Amelia were on their way out the front door, Aiden only sliding his arm off of her to open up the passenger door to his car. “You don’t get to pick on my driving, I haven’t done it for months.” He warned jokingly before closing the door behind her and going around to the driver’s side. “I’ve got some stuff to give you once we’re sitting.” He noted as he started the car and pulled away from the curb. “And don’t say I didn’t have to get you anything, 'cause too bad.”

Leaving Aiden in her room, Amelia rushed down the hall to brush her teeth and her hair. Putting it back in a messy bun, she ran back to her room to throw a bra and some shoes on before going downstairs. She wasn’t going to waste another second with Aiden being home after not having him around for months. Coming up beside him she smiled having his arm thrown around her shoulders. “I’ll be back later, mom.” She smiled, letting herself be guided out to his car, rolling her eyes. “I’m not gonna say a thing as long as you don’t kill me, but if you do I’m haunting you forever.” The brunette laughed, plopping down in the passenger seat of his car and twisting to grab her seat belt as he got in the drivers side. Squinting in his direction as he spoke, Amelia shook her head, a displeased expression on her face before she leaned sideways, curling herself up in the seat and thunked her head down on Aiden’s shoulder. “I’m really happy you’re home, Aiden.” She murmured, her cheek pressed against his t-shirt. “I’ve had a very boring time without you.”

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Knowing full well how much Amelia enjoyed her sleep, Aiden figured it was going to take a little bit of coaxing to actually get the girl awake. There was a smile that carried a combination of amusement and a subtle fondness as he watched the way she started to stir, the confusion in her sleepy tone. Then, however, she was lunging at him and he couldn’t help but let out a loud laugh as one arm caught around her. His other arm joined it seconds after, giving her a big hug with a dramatic groan. He had a grin on his face now, another breath of a laugh leaving him as he shook his head at her questioning. "Technically at like.. five in the morning on Friday, but my brain’s all fucking fried with the timezone details of it all and stuff, so.” He chuckled. “My dad doesn’t need to eat another three-quarters of a pie, it’s all good.” He joked as a hand lifted to drag back through his hair. Getting up from where he sat on the edge of the girl’s bed, he swung an arm in gesture toward her bedroom door. “I was serious about getting food, though, I’m starving, so wakey wakey, time to eat, A, let’s go.” Aiden snickered still. “I’ll wait for you downstairs, okay? Your mom looked like she wanted to talk to me for another hour or so, so I can be nice, I think.”

Waking up to find that her best friend was sitting beside her, Amelia couldn’t help but launch at him. It’d been months since she’d seen him, and while they’d talked every day it was totally different than when he was there with her. Arms around him, she buried her face into his neck for a few seconds, just enjoying the feeling of the hug before she was yanking back, questions flying off her lips before Aiden even had a chance to answer them. Nodding her head she smiled, nose wrinkling up though. “I would have done something, though, you’ve been gone for months.” She shoved gently at his shoulder. Watching him as he stood, she smiled wide while his arms swept towards the door. “Okay, give me five minutes.” She pushed the blankets the rest of the way off her and stood up from bed, rolling her eyes subtly. “Please, it’d be more than an hour and you know it.” She stepped towards him to head to the door, but stopped in front of him, hair a mess, probably with smudges of mascara under her eyes but she didn’t care. “I know we talked almost every day, but I still missed you.” Amelia smiled up at him, looking over his beautiful face for a few extra seconds before side stepping him, giving his hand a quick squeeze then headed out her bedroom door to the bathroom with a bounce in her step that wouldn’t be there without the surprise of her best friend being home.

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Getting back from Italy, Aiden definitely had some adjusting to do. For one thing, his body was used to operating eight hours ahead of the time he was now living in again, and for another, he had people to see again. Between his mom’s suggestion to get out of the house so he wasn’t tempted to go to bed too early and not get back on a normal California clock schedule and the fact that he wanted to let Amelia know he was home again, he decided to go surprise her. Of course, it was nine-thirty in the morning, so there was the high possibility she wasn’t quite out of bed yet, but he’d deal with that when he got to it. They had talked plenty while he was away on his school program, but he was excited to actually see her. They’d talked fairly recently about how long it had been, Aiden promising a substantial amount of hugs to the girl to make up for the few months he’d been gone for. Plus, he had come back with some small Italian souvenirs for her; complete with a cool rock, of course. Getting to the Martin house, he knocked quietly, just in case he was waking anyone else up, but it didn’t take too long for the front door to be opening in front of him and a bright greeting to be given. Escaping with a short little bit of small talk, he excused himself to go evidently wake Amelia up - as her mom said she hadn’t seen her quite yet. Habitually, he knocked gently at the girl’s bedroom door before slowly pushing it up, a subtly amused smile appearing on his face as he entered the dim space. “Meliaaaa,” He whispered, drawing her name out as he approached the side of her bed. Gently dropping a hand down on the girl’s shoulder, he squeezed faintly and huffed out a breath of a laugh. “It’s dinner time for me, time to wake up and come eat with me.” He teased gently, voice a little louder than before as he perched carefully on the edge of her bed and looked back at her where she laid still.

Sleep was something Amelia took very seriously. She very rarely got less than her eight hours, and she always hated getting up in the morning, she was never going to be an early riser and she was thankful she’d never been expected to be. She’d gone to bed a little later than usual the night before, though, having been up late watching old episodes of Buffy on her laptop, so she was still dead to the world as a gentle knock sounded at her door. The brunette barely stirred at the whisper of her nickname, her eyelids fluttering but not opening as a hand squeezed at her arm. An incoherent grumble came from her mouth as her bed sunk, shifting a little under the covers as a soft voice registered in her brain, waking her up some but not completely. “What are you talking ‘bout?” Amelia murmured, blinking her eyes open slowly to see Aiden sitting on the edge of her bed, and suddenly she was very awake. Bolting upright with an exclaimed ‘oh my god’ Amelia’s arms where around his neck immediately, nearly pulling him down on the bed with her. Pushing him back, her brow creased downwards. "When did you get home? Why didn't you tell me you were coming? I would have picked you up from the airport or like... baked you a pie or something."