Cross- Roads:- What to choose love or friendship

Hayley was thinking hard and that was clearly displaying on her face, anyone could see that she was in deep thoughts. Aaron extended his hands towards the girl standing right in front of him deep in her thoughts. " Hello, I am Aaron Samuel." Aaron said while extending his hand for a hand shake and he could clearly see that Hayley was still in her thoughts that where did she seen those eyes. Aaron who was standing there for a while and his hand was still extended towards Hayley cleared his throat, to gain her attention but that was no avail then Ginny gave a pat on Hayley's shoulder. Physical contact woke Hayley up from her revive and her eyes became focused on what was right in front of her and that was Aaron standing right in front of her, his hands still extended towards her for a handshake. She soon analyses the situation and extended her hand towards him. His hand was firm around her and smooth and his touch seems to relax her. Except saying her greetings she asked Aaron a question directly "Pardon me, but have we met before, it seems like I have seen you somewhere." There was a smile on Aaron's face, a slow and lazy curve of lips could define that smile perfectly. " yes we have met before kind of." Hayley eyes narrowed as if asking him what did he meant by kind of. " we met in the morning while those goons snatched away your office bag and I retrieve it for you." Aaron explained, and then he saw Hayley's eyes go big in amazement and then there was happiness, a glow in those eyes like a two year old get his or her favorite toy or candy. " so you are Mr. Stranger, it's nice to finally come to face to face with the person who kind of saved me today and now I am able to see your whole face and now I will be able thank you properly." Hayley exclaimed while having a huge grin on her face, and she didn't notice Aaron raised eyebrow when she addressed him as Mr. Stranger and she also didn't realize that she was still holding his hand and top of that she didn't realize that there were other people present in the room who were all gather around them by now and listening to their exchange and try to make sense of their conversation. Hayley wasn't bothered by any of it she was relishing the moment because she had find Mr. Stranger in a day itself, while it seems like some kind of trick of destiny. She met a person two times in a single day. " thank you so much for today Mr." she stammered at this point because she didn't knew his surname. Aaron cleared his throat and introduced himself again " Samuel, Aaron Samuel." With a big smile on her face Hayley thanked him again " thank you Mr. Samuel for what you did today for me." Aaron smile a little in return " it is not much Miss." He also stopped as Hayley did previously and Hayley giggled at this she got what was he doing, he was mimicking what she did earlier. She put a serious face " Phillips, Hayley Phillips." Aaron nodded in acknowledgement and said " it was not much Miss Phillips." They were still holding hands and smiling at each other when Keith clear his throat or rather coughed loudly to gain their attention. They both look towards him and then they saw Keith's line of sight, he was eyeing their still conjoin hands. They let of go each other hands rather abruptly with an expression like they were caught stealing something, then Keith's sight move to Hayley's face " care to explain why are you thanking Aaron for saving you." Oops I didn't told him about this yet, damn it, thought Hayley. Keith hands folded across his chest and he had an eyebrow up in questioning manner. " a-oh, big brother mode on" murmured Tyler.