Chapter 6 Part 1 Laurance - After All This Time

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"Hey, let's go to Aaron's because Aphmau and Travis are coming back. Katelyn's thinking about a party," Garroth suggests. I pretend to ponder about it, though I'm secretly exited to see my friends again. I haven't had plot relevance since season one. "Yeah, sure, why not." "Oh, and just so you know," Garroth says warningly, "Aaron's blind and—" I cut him short, "HE'S WHAT!!!" (This was my genuine reaction to seeing Aaron blind and amnesic... also, in this fanfic, Aaron keeps his memories.) "Let me finish," my best friend continues, his voice heavy with grief, "Aaron is blind, do not touch Kawaii-Chan's torso. Scratch that, don't touch her at all. Also, Aaron has these freaky scar-thingies that you shouldn't point out. Umm... Zane refers to people by the amount of numbers in their name, so there's that. The author only has him say names when he's referring to multiple people in the same chunk of text for the sake of convenience. Don't point out the fact that Kim's voice and personality changes at times, and she doesn't have split personality disorder, I swear. Don't bring up the fact that Lucinda can't use magic anymore and don't talk about potions in front of Aphmau and Aaron. ...Don't bring up Travis' dad, Aphmau's dad, Aphmau's brother, Katelyn's mom, both of Aaron and Melissa's parents, or my dad..." When he trails off, I jump in, "One, Aphmau has a brother? And, two, who's Melissa?" Garroth sighs in I-wish-I-didn't-have-to-talk-about-this-but-apparently-I-have-too-because-I-lived-through-it, "We don't talk about You-Know-Who and Melissa is Aaron's older sister." "Oh." "Anyways, Katelyn's leaving to pick the two up. We should start prepping, especially since Vlyad is actually coming over for once in entire life," the blond chuckles ruefully. He drags me out of the house, without any breakfast, might I add, into plain daylight, "We've also been meaning to tell y'all something." I tug on my best friend's sleeve, "Don't you think it's a bad idea to be in broad daylight?" Garroth just rolls his eyes, "I thought you weren't a snitch." - - timeskip a few hours to when Katelyn arrives with Aphmau and Travis, brought to you by Zuko's honor - - The party is actually pretty decent. Not to flashy, nothing to little. Just some balloons and streamers. Normal stuff. Aaron perks up, "Positions people!" Everyone hides in their spots while the person I've so smartly figured out is Melissa flips the light switch before dashing at a werewolf-like super sonic to her own hiding place. Katelyn quietly opens the door - I can see her grinning like a goofy goober! - and opens the door. "SUPRISE!!!" Travis yelps in shock while Aphmau deadpans, "You guys were very loud and obvious but I appreciate the sentiment." Vlyad gasps, "How did you know???" Lucinda, Kim, Zane, and Kawaii-Chan share a knowing look while Melissa tells her brother, "I'm assuming?" Aaron just nods.