Spring Cleaning 4


"Hey can you hand my that sponge?" I ask Austin. He hums a yes and picks up the sponge from the water bucket and tosses it over to me. It splashes all over me. I laugh, "oh, no you didn't just do that." I smile.

We are outside cleaning the outer garage windows in the backyard. I can feel the hot sun beating down at us. I honestly can care less if I get wet. I look down at the sponge as it falls down onto the green grass. I look up at Austin and smirk. I pick it up and dip it in the water bucket as Austin watches my every move. I smirk at him again at squish the water all over him and now he is soaking wet. I laugh as I do it and Austin is caught off guard.

"You're going to regret doing that." He laughs.

"Will I now?" I put my hands in my hips. A sudden thought comes to mind, how did Austin and I all of a sudden start getting along? It's only been a week. It's very unknown and I don't know how to react to it that well.

I look over at my pool and then back at Austin and see that he is coming after to me. I turn quickly and start running but barely get to take two steps when he picks me up. I scream but laugh at the same time. "Austin! Put me down." I laugh. "Now."

"I told you that you would regret it."

"What does that even mean?"

"This." He holds me over my in ground pool.

"Austin please. I beg of you. Don't!"

"Eh, not going to work."

Suddenly Austin isn't touching me but I am hit with a rush of water. I swim up to the top and look up to see Austin.

"Austin!" I yell.

"Calm down."

"Don't tell me to calm down you-" he takes off his shirt and jumps into the pool. I look back to where he jumped and his head pops up from the water. "Dude." I say.

"Come on. We deserve a little break. We've been working all day."

"Fine. But only for a bit."


The next day I get up and head to school. I take out all my needed supplies for my next class. I take out Austin's head band since he forgot it at my house last night. I find him with his friends across the hall. I close my locker and walk up to him.

"Austin. You forgot your head band at my place yesterday." I hold out the head band for him to take.

He smirks at my and snatched it from my hand. "Whatever, wannabe."

"What did you just say to me?"

"You heard me, you're a wannabe."

"What about what happened last night?" I ask. He friends start 'oohing' at Austin.

He looks at them, "Shut up." He looks at me, "Yeah, I have to work at your house. Yeah, we took a break and swam in the pool. But we are not friends. I'm just doing this for the much, lady."

My mouth just falls to the floor. "So all that was just an act?"

"I wasn't acting. You're just too into it to think of it as much as a friendship. It's quite funny." He laughs.

I slap his face. I don't even care if the whole school is watching right now. I have more of an angry face than a sad face. I don't even let a single tear fall from my face because I am livid. How could he do that? Just when I thought we were getting along.