Another topic with Aaron in it :D

Aaron walked down the street, looking to the sky. He was still slightly depressed because of his sister being in the games, but he kept telling himself that she'd survive. He didn't even notice the girl also in the street until he walked right into her. "I'm sorry," he said as he realized he had walked into someone, "Are you okay?"

Penelope stood alone in the dark, holding her arms as she slowly made her way home. She was late and she knew it, but her parents would not mind. She was old enough right- She stopped her thinking as she felt someone hit her. She turned around quickly and stared at the boy with her big eyes. Wow he was wow. She shook her head and bowed her head slightly.

"Don't worry, it was an accident." She said slightly stumbling over her words. "Oh I'm Penelope, by the way," she said in her quiet voice.

"I'm Aaron," Aaron said, "Are you sure you're okay? You seem a little shaken."

"Oh no I'm not," She gave him a nervous smile and rubbed her arms to keep the heat going. He was quite handsome, maybe he was the guy? No, maybe? She brushed her hair back and gave him another shy smile. "No, its fine. I just was going -hm- home." She shrugged. Honestly, she did not know what she was doing.

Aaron gave the girl a smile in return. She was very pretty, and she seemed nice too. Maybe...no, now was not the time to think about love. "Well, if you're sure you're okay..." he said, but trialed off, not sure what he was trying to say.

Penelope gave a nod when he talked. Both of them looked down slowly, she had to say something. She had to, it was her chance to keep a conversation with a guy. And a very nice guy at that. She looked back up at him before talking.
"Yes, thanks for making sure I am okay. So, what do you do?" She asked, the only thing she could think of. I wish I could ask if he had a girlfriend.

"I help my father with our family's farm. It's a simple job, really," Aaron said, trying to avoid too much talk about his family. He didn't want to think about his sister in the Games.

Penelope listened closely as she rubbed her arms for heat. So he works with his family? Thats sweet, she smiled shyly at him and waited for him to be done. "I work at a farm near my house, its a nice house," She said quietly and brushed her hair behind her ear. This was the time to get flirtly, but she could not. Maybe she could? "So -hm- do you have -hm- a girlfriend that works with -hm- you," she looked away when she was done.

Aaron's face brightened a shade at the question. A girlfriend? What kind of question was that? Did that mean she was interested in him? "Not yet, no," Aaron said, trying to keep his voice level.

Was it working? Penelope has rarely ever flirted with anyone. But she kept strong and shyly smiled as he answered. So he does not have one? Suprise. She let her eyes wander around until she spoke next, slowly gaining the confident she needed. "Oh.... I thought you did because you are -hm- quite handsome."

"Handsome? Me? I think you have the wrong person," he said. Aaron knew he was good-looking, but he'd never thought of himself as handsome before.

"-Hm- Ya," She nervously rubbed her head and let how a soft sigh. A blush started growing on her cheeks as her confident started wavering. "I'm sorry if I offended you or something, but you are handsome," she pinched herself and squeezed her eyes. She was horrible. She slowly started to turn away.

"Wait, don't leave just yet. You didn't offend me. In fact, that's the best compliment you could have given me," Aaron said, hoping she wouldn't leave yet.

Penelope stopped and shyly smiled and turned back. He had actually liked it! She was happy and her confident started to go up. Maybe she was not so bad at flirting after all. She thought happyily to herself and put on her usual shy smile. She looked at him, "Thanks, I thought I might of offended you."

"No, of course not. Who would be offended when someone like you called them handsome?" he said, giving the girl a smile of his own.

"I don't know," Her blush biggered, spreading across her face. She tryed to duck and hope that he did not see it. She did not know what to say, she was too struck that he even liked her. Or talked to her, she brushed her hair back again. Letting her big eyes looked at him with a smile.

"no one. That's who," Aaron said, returning her smile. He had an odd feeling welling up in side of him, and he didn't know what it was. Suddenly, it didn't matter what world he lived in or the fact that his sister was probably going to die. This girl in front of him made all other thoughts go away, but he wasn't sure why.

The blush was sure to be visble now after Aaron had smiled back at Penelope. The night was getting much darker so she kept her arms warped around her body; thinking of something to say. But her thoughts were nothing, she just had to make something up. "So, hm, tonights a nice night."

Aaron looked around, suddenly realizing how late it was. He nodded in agreement, "you're right. It is a nice night."

(sorry it's so short. I couldn't figure out what to say, so THAT happened.)