He sighed loudly as he leaned back on the couch and rested his foot on the wooden coffee table. "You remember what I told you about my past right? How my parents abandoned me and how my brother tried to kill me?" I slowly nodded. "I define strong as having the will to fight..to never give up and to survive no matter what."

"The day my brother decided to kill me. I decided it was either him or me and obviously I choose me." He raised his glass to his lip and took a long drink before resting the empty cup on the edge of his lap. "This world is a cruel place Ari. That's why I don't want to just die or be trampled on....as a matter of fact, I refuse to. I'll keep fighting no matter how long it takes and how hard I have to. Maybe my strength is different from yours and hopefully the day will come when you find it."

I didn't realize I was hugging him until I felt his arm wrapped around my waist. "Don't worry Aaron, when I find my strenght I'll fight with you okay so please...just wait for me." I felt him nod his head on my chest. "What about Blake the wedding is two months from now right?"

"I'm not marrying him," he raised his head to look into my eyes. "If anything you could always marry me," I laughed and leaned back in the couch, "I find it hard to see you proposing to me," he narrowed his eyes at me, "and why do would you say that?" I rolled my eyes, "I know you and its not your style. You'd probably just put the ring on my finger and walk away."

Aaron laughed so hard his glass nearly fell on the floor. "You're one to talk, remember the ice-cream incident," I felt my cheeks heat up in embarassment at the thought, "I told you like a million times not to eat the six boxes of ice-cream before riding the roller coaster and did you listen," he leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees, "no you didn't and you ended up covering everybody in strawberry ice-cream."

I started to slap him, "hey I won those boxes fair and square if I didn't eat them at the carnival they would have melted," he rested his head in the palm of his left hand, "its not like they were going anywhere admit it, you were just plain greedy and stubborn." I tried to glare and him but ended up laughing too.

"Okay fine. Maybe a little bit."