Looking at the band in his hand, Aaron felt so ecstatic... so jubilant that he wanted to jump for joy. She had not forgotten him… she had him in her thoughts. He wanted to tell this to the entire world, especially his stupid inner voice that was spouting nonsense about Ashley minutes ago. Did you see it? She made one for me too... she is not two-faced like you said. She really thinks of me as her friend; he told his inner voice. He wanted to get up and dance… wanted to shout of joy… wanted to hug her tight, but he did not do any of that for fear of startling her, so restraining himself, he just kept looking at the band in his hand in awe and put it on when she asked him to.
He looked at his hand and then at Ashley and expressed his gratitude. “Thank you. It means a lot to me… friend.” He
