Austin walked into his school confused more than ever, and it's no surprise he was confused, because normally he's always confused. He looked around at the people as he walked through the hallways. He looked towards the ground as he walked he didn't want to look at people's faces, because he just did something really, really stupid. Austin was dating this drop dead gorgeous girl named Lilly who was the captain of the cheerleading squad, but unlike most high schools she wasn't the most popular one. Actually, Lilly became the captain because she was the best at cheerleading and she was somewhere neat the middle of the popularity range. However, this didn't stop people from thinking she was the most popular and the pretties of all the girls in Austin's high school. Austin loved her, he loved her a lot and they had been dating since freshman year and now they were juniors. This is where the problems begin.
Austin and Lilly have been dating for almost three years and not until recently Austin hadn't met Lilly's family, because Lilly's parents always worked and Lilly didn't want Austin to only meet her little brother. So three months ago Lilly invited Austin over for dinner with her parents and Austin was surprised to hear that Lilly had finally arranged for Austin to meet her parents because honestly he had thought she didn't want him to meet them, and was lying about them not being able to meet him. Austin walked into homeroom and it was the first day of junior year and this year would possibly be the worst. Austin leaned back in his chair remembering the events that happened at that family dinner.
It was a week into summer and Austin had never been so happy to be out of school, because the previous year of high school proved to be very difficult for Austin academically. He was in his bed room on his lap top stalking his girlfriend's facebook when his phone rang and it was from her. He wondered if she knew that he was on her facebook, because he knew she was paranoid like that. She was always paranoid and always has been and Austin had learned to deal with it, and ever since they started dating she became less and less paranoid.
"Hello?" He said answering his phone and he could tell she was listening to really annoying pop music, because he could hear it in the background.
"Hey baby, I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner," Lilly asked in her soothing voice and Austin thought the question was odd and looked at his computer realizing it was almost six.
"Dinner? Sure where do you want to go?" He asked and he was already checking his wallet for how much money he had.
"No, no I don't want to go out," She replied hurriedly realizing he was probably checking how much money he had.
"Oh? Then you want to come over?" He asked confused as to what she exactly wanted, because she never wanted to spend dinner with his crazy family.
"No, my parents want YOU over for dinner," She said and when she said it he spit out the soda that he had just taken a sip of with disbelief.
"What? Really?" He asked and she could tell he was really surprised that they had time to have dinner with him.
"Mhm, they want you to come over in half an hour. Can you be ready by then?" She asked and Austin had already gotten up looking for nice clothes to wear.
"No problem, see you soon," Austin said smiling.
"Peace out boy scout," She said, and she had always ended their conversations with that line. He found it cute.
Austin hurried into the bathroom as he almost pushed his younger brother down and he heard him scream after him. He got into the shower and used the special shampoo and soap that his father used when him and Austin's mother were about to get intimate. Even though the thought of them doing that appalled him he had to use it for the fact that it was the first time he was meeting Lilly's parents and he had to smell good. It wasn't like he didn't normally smell good, but he had to smell extra good for this occasion. His brother was banging on the door telling him to hurry up because he had to pee. Exiting the shower he grabbed the blow dryer, some deodorant, and his toothbrush and toothpaste and exited the bathroom in a towel almost knocking his brother over again.
Entering his bathroom he began to multi-task by brushing his teeth, putting on deodorant, and drying his hair. He began to comb his hair making sure it looked absolutely perfect, because it had to look absolutely perfect for when he met her parents. He put on a fresh pair of boxers, his nicest pair of jeans, and a button up light blue dress shirt. He looked at himself in the mirror before combing his hair to one side. He looked at his phone realizing he had ten minutes. He quickly put on his sock and shoes and yelled to his parents that he was going to Lilly's and left the house. Luckily Lilly only lived two blocks away and he walked quickly as to not sweat and he arrived at Lilly's house just on time.
He knocked on the dark brown wooden door and it quickly opened and he was confronted with a hug from his wonderful girlfriend, "I hope I didn't rush you," She said as she began to smell him, "Oh, you smell really good. I hope you didn't get all dressed up to meet my parents. Just be yourself," She said to calm him down.
"I will be myself, but I thought I had to make myself look presentable if I was going to meet your parents," Austin explained and she did appreciate how hard he worked to make sure that he didn't look like a bum.
"Well alright, come on in and let me introduce you to the family," Lilly said pulling Austin inside and closing the door.
She led him into the retro/hipster looking kitchen and standing up ready to meet him was a large overweight man with balding brown hair with a couple grey hairs. He looked like a lawyer of sorts by the suit he was wearing. He had a stern expression on his face, and Austin hoped to god he wasn't one of those overprotective dads. He smiled at the man and he also saw a younger looking woman with long flowing blonde hair with red tips and she was wearing large hipster style glasses and she was a couple inches taller that Lilly. Then next to the woman was a young boy who looked fourteen and he had long brown hair that resembled the style of Justin Bieber and had brown eyes. Austin was sort of confused because it looked like Lilly's older sister and younger brother were here but he couldn't see her mother.
"Um Lilly, where's your mother? Is she sick?" Austin asked quietly and the young woman laughed loudly and it made Austin jump a bit.
"Oh what a charmer you are, but I am her mother," The young looking woman said "The name's Harmony, and I am the same age of my husband here. People always mistake me for being Lilly's older sister."
"It's true my mom has a youthful appearance and she's also the queen of the hipsters, trust me," Lilly said causing Harmony to slap her playfully.
"My name is Owen, and need you not worry I am not an overprotective father. I am actually the coolest person you'll ever meet," Owen said smiling.
"Yep, and he's so modest," The younger boy spoke and his father hit playfully, "I'm Josh and I'll be a freshman next year."
Austin looked at Josh and Josh looked back at him and Austin couldn't help but think how attractive he was, because he was abnormally attractive for a male of his age. Josh didn't seem to mind Austin staring at him and Austin noticed that Josh winked at him, but no one else seemed to notice. He looked at Lilly and kissed her right in front her parents and they looked like they were about to get married. They all sat around the table as Lilly brought out plates of sushi and cups of tea. Sushi was Austin's favorite type of food and Lilly must've mentioned it to her parents because it would be an odd thing to serve for a normal dinner normally.
"So Austin, we haven't heard much about you because we're so busy, but tell us a little about yourself," Harmony spoke adjusting her glasses.
"Well, despite how I look I'm actually on the honor roll and it's really, really hard, but I like being in advanced classes. I'm part of our school's honors concert choir and I've had a few solos here and there. I play volleyball and might try out for soccer this year because I feel as if I don't do enough sports. I am president of the debate club and class president this past year. I, um, love to write and read, hang out with friends, see movies, and do normal teenage boy stuff," Austin explained and her father's eyes lit up and Austin was a little taken aback by this.
"You say you can sing? I love to sing!" Owen said and Lilly placed her hand to her face closing her eyes sighing.
"Dad, please don't," Lilly pleaded with him, and Harmony agreed.
"It's alright Lilly; I'd love to hear Mr. Heart sing," Austin said smiling and Owen's smile turned into a frown, and Austin wondered if he did something wrong.
"Please don't call me that. We're very casual and laid back; because we're more than a family here we're friends. So please call me Owen," Owen said.
"Alright Owen, I'd love to hear you sing," Austin said politely and then Owen began to sing "Call Me Maybe" really badly, but Austin pretended to love it for the sole purpose of making sure that Lilly's family loved him.
"Owen please stop," Josh said as he uncovered his ears, "You might break another glass," Josh said smirking and Owen frowned jokingly.
"It was only once, and it wasn't like I did it on purpose," Owen said looking away crossing his arms puffing his cheeks out.
"You bet us that you could break a glass," Harmony commented and Owen chuckled nervously.
"Okay, well maybe I did it on purpose, but It was only once, and you shouldn't hold that against me," Owen said looking away once more and then turned to Austin, "Alright if you can sing please sing the song I just sang, and see if you can sing it better."
"I don-," Austin began but Harmony cut him off.
"If you're worried about being better than him it's alright many people have proven that they were better," Harmony said.
"It was like two people," Owen responded.
"Dad, it was more like 30," Lilly said giggling.
"Alright, please continue Austin," Owen said trying to change the subject.
"Alright," Austin said clearing his throat standing up, "I threw a wish in the well," He began and instantly they were all dumbfounded by the eloquence of his voice and how soulful it was. Lilly could never get over how well he could sing, "Hey I just met you, and this is crazy, but here's my number so call me maybe," He continued and they just all stared at him with amazement because he was just simply amazing. Harmony was nodding her head along with the beat of the music and Owen was awkwardly dancing to the sound and as Austin finished he sat down and Lilly hugged him and kissed him.
"You were, no you are so amazing," Lilly said kissing him again and then she leaned back in her chair smiling.
"Wow, I'll admit you're a lot better than me, and a lot better than the people who proved they were better than me," Owen said clapping and Austin couldn't believe how much they had taken to him.
"Austin, I work for a music company and if you're ever interested in signing on to our label give me a call," Harmony spoke and Austin couldn't believe it. He had never been offered a record label before.
"Oh my god thank you so much, Harmony!" Austin said happily and he turned to Josh who was giving him this look that looked like Austin had just turned him on.
"Wow, when I heard my sister was dating a singer I didn't think he'd be this good. Austin you're really amazing, really, really amazing and I want us to become good friends," Josh said touching Austin's hand and Austin's felt butterflies in his stomach when Josh touched him.
"Awe, I knew they'd become friends. Austin you'll protect my brother when he becomes a freshman, right?" Lilly said hugging him.
"Of course," Austin said smiling and he turned to Josh smiling as Josh reached over to pick up a plate of sushi and he 'accidentally' spilled the container of soy sauce on Austin.
"Josh! Look what you've done, oh my god he's a mess," Lilly said looking at Austin's now tarnished outfit and Josh looked really sorry.
"I'm so sorry! It was an accident. Here come upstairs and we can wash this and I'll give you a shirt to wear. My stuff should fit you," Josh said pulling Austin's arm away from the table.
They rushed up the stairs and entered Josh's room, and Austin looked around noting that it looked like a typical fourteen year old boy's room. There were posters of video games, bands, and half naked women. Austin chuckled remembering when he was Josh's age. He began taking off his shirt as Josh instructed and when he had his shirt off Josh looked at Austin and was completely stunned, and Austin gave Josh an odd look and sat on Josh's bed. Josh's hesitated for a moment and realized he couldn't wait anymore.
"Austin, you're really hot," Josh commented walking over to Austin looking him up and down and Austin was sort of surprised to hear this comment from him.
"Well, thank you Josh. I didn't know you liked guys," Austin said as Josh stood before him and Austin honestly thought Josh was rather attractive as well.
"I don't like guys, I like a guy," Josh clarified and Austin was confused as to what he meant as Josh got closer.
"What do you mean 'a guy'" Austin asked.
"This," Josh asked kissing Austin on the lips and Austin didn't fight him. Josh pushed Austin on the bed and crawled on top of him and began kissing him roughly and Austin liked it. He couldn't believe he liked his girlfriend's little brother on top of him kissing me, "I know you're dating my sister, but will you date me as well?" Josh asked sitting up.
"Josh…yes, yes I will, but you must keep it a secret," Austin said and Josh nodded kissing him again as they cuddled on the bed.
Austin then snapped back to reality as he realized that what had happened that day was not a dream, and that he had been dating Josh, his girlfriend's younger brother for three months while he was dating Lilly. He felt some sort of shame, but at the same time he enjoyed that he got the best of both worlds. He got a hot girl and a hot guy, but how was he going to manage both? His girlfriend was a head cheerleader and her brother was just a soccer player. Austin sighed and leaned back at seat thinking he had just got himself into a big problem that he really didn't even want to be in the first place.
"What have I done?" He said to himself as he closed his eyes slowly before opening them and looking at the ceiling, "I should have never made out with him."
"Made out with whom now?" Lilly asked walking in, "You made out with a guy?" Lilly asked kind of skeptical and Austin sat up in his chair.
"Oh no, I was rehearsing some lines. I'm trying out for the play," Austin replied and Lilly giggle.
"Oh, well good luck," She said sitting beside him.
What am I going to do?