The sounds of birds chirping filled the room and the bright sunlight radiated in onto her face. She groaned rolling over to face the wall. She could feel a migraine coming on as she slowly opened her eyes looking around her bedroom. The clothes from the night before were no longer on the floor. They had been picked up and neatly folded before being placed on her dresser. The aroma of freshly brewed coffee filled her home. All of these were signs that he was already awake. Sighing, she slowly sat up in bed.

He saw her walk into the kitchen wearing a pair of shorts and over-sized t-shirt. Her hair was soaking wet from the shower she had just taken. Handing her an advil and water, she nodded towards him before leaving the kitchen. He should have known that she wasn't going to stick around much after their night.

Taking a water bottle from the fridge, he followed her into the living room and sat across from her on the foot rest. Her eyes never left the screen of the laptop that rested in her lap. Instead, he slowly slid it from her hands and closed it. "What the hell John!"

"I think we need to talk."

"I was in the middle of something, whatever it is can wait."

"No Austin. We are going to talk about this now, or it will never happen. You and I both know that."

She glared at him, "What do you want?"

"Last night..."

"Was nothing but a stupid, careless mistake," she commented, knowing just how to shoot the man down.

John bit down on the inside of his cheek as he looked at the smirk on her lips; how could she be so cruel to him?

"Did you honestly think that after last night we were going to get back together or something? I don't know what delusional land you live in, but that will never happen." Austin pushed herself up from the couch, she had to get away from the conversation. But before she could make it back to her bedroom and lock herself away from him, John grabbed onto her wrist and pulled her back, desperate to make his voice heard.

"We're not done talking."

"Yes we are."

"Why didn't you stop me? Why did you let me keep going, huh?" He asked, his eyes scanning her face to note her reaction. She didn't react; she just stood there, her expression unreadable. John took this as his cue to continue, "If last night meant absolutely nothing to you, why'd you let it happen? That makes no sense Austin! Someone doesn't just do that unless it means something to them!"

The hot liquid burned her eyes as the words poured from his lips. She tried to blink back the tears that brimmed her eyes, determined not to cry in front of him–she had done enough of that already. "You cheated on me dammit! How can I ever trust you again? I can't. I can't ever trust you again. You broke my heart once and I'm not going to let you do it again... I hate you, John. I hate you!" A few tears slipped down her cheeks as she pulled away from his grasp. Picking up her keys, she slid on her shoes and slammed the door shut behind her. When she was finally inside of her car, Austin broke down. She had never told anyone that she hated them. Truthfully, she did somewhat hate him, but she loved him too.

They do say there is a fine line between love and hate….

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Austin's father smiled when he saw his daughter walk into the house. She smiled weakly towards him, trying to hide the emotions that she was feeling at the moment. But he wasn't stupid. He could see right through her. Calling her mother into the living room, they waited for her to come clean about whatever it was that bugging her. "Daddy... Mommy... I have something that I need to tell you." She ran a shaky hand through her long hair. She had no idea how they were going to react. They were probably going to be upset that she hadn't told them from the beginning. But she couldn't hold it against them, honesty was the best policy.

"Oh my goodness! You're pregnant, aren't you? Oh, how I do love John!" Her mother's exclamation was enough to make Austin even more irritated than she had been earlier.

"No mother. I'm not pregnant!" She sighed. "John and I aren't even together. We haven't been for over a year."

Their expressions changed quickly, to that of shock, confusion. What did she mean they hadn't been together for over a year?

"We broke up," she said with a slight shrug of her shoulders. "Actually, I broke up with him because I found out he had been cheating on me." A bitter laugh escaped her lips, she felt as stupid as the time she had found out that he had cheated.

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Austin laughed as she and Eve walked outside of the hotel. They were on their way to meet Eve's boyfriend for dinner. Austin tried to hide the disappoint that she was feeling from her best friend, but it was evident she was upset her boyfriend had canceled at the last minute. He claimed that he had to something for Vince, lately it seemed that he had to do a lot for Vince, more than normal. Austin wasn't stupid. She was starting to get suspicious, but every time she questioned him he denied it.

Eve sent a reassuring smile towards her best friend. "Don't worry, I'm sure he just got caught up in something for work."

"Yeah... That's always it." Shaking her head, Austin sat silently in the passenger seat for the rest of the car ride until her phone rang.

'MAJOR ISSUE. I THINK JOHN MIGHT BE CHEATING ON YOU WITH MY SISTER. -B'

Austin felt her heart drop. The hot liquid burned her eyes as she read Brie's message over and over. Eve noticed that she hadn't responded to the person nor put her phone away, increasing her curiosity as to what the message said.

"Everything okay?"

She shook her head.

"Who was it?" Instead of answering, Austin handed Eve her phone. She couldn't find the words. She felt like an idiot. What had she done to deserve this? He was cheating on her, and with the person who hated her the most...

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"What?" Her mother looked appalled.

"And you've been bringing him around, despite the fact he cheated on you?" her father questioned.

"I didn't know how to tell you. You were all so happy when I finally found someone that was so incredible, so perfect. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you, and I know that I should have."

The tears returned to her eyes as she watched her mother cross the room to embrace her. "Honey, you should never feel like you can't tell us something. You can tell us anything. He hurt you. He hurt our little girl and we have been opening our home to him without knowing the pain that he caused you." Austin let out a small sob as she held tightly onto her mother. Her mother gently stroked her hair, kissing her daughter's forehead. "Don't waste your tears on him honey. He isn't worth it."

"If he can't see that you're the best thing he is ever going to find, he is as dumb as the day is long," he father added with a small smile.

The sound of the doorbell filled the air of their home.

Austin could hear her father's voice growing louder as he continued to speak to the person on the other side of the door. Walking towards the foyer of her parents' home, she saw John standing on the front porch. His eyes met hers for a brief second before turning back to her fathers. "John, do you know how much harm you have done here? You waited over a year? Did you think about the harm that would cause?"

John said nothing. Even though he was not the only person who wanted to wait, he still did not argue. He wasn't going to disrespect the man in front of him. "I think it's best if you leave and don't come back. Stay out of my daughter's life. Do you understand me?" Austin watched as John hesitantly nodded in response. "Now, you are no longer invited to the wedding. Samantha would not want you here. I'm sure the hotel in town still has some rooms left."

"Yes sir," John's voice was low and weak as he responded to her father. But he couldn't argue. He respected the man in front of him too much, if he argued he knew that it would only cause more damage, damage that he just didn't need.

Austin felt her heart breaking as she watched him turn to walk away. She wanted to stop him, but she couldn't.

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Steph smiled as Seth kissed her cheek before he intertwined their fingers as they walked out of the hotel. As the both of them were walking towards their car, something, or rather someone, caught Seth's attention which caused him to bring them both to a halt. Stephanie saw the person as well and she couldn't do anything but roll her eyes as a laugh escaped her lips. Pulling away from Seth, she made her way towards him and she leaned against his car, watching as he pulled his bags from the trunk. "So, she finally decided to kick you out, huh?"

Looking up, he grimaced when he saw the two standing before him. Normally, he wouldn't mind being around them. But, at the moment, they were the last people he wanted to see. "Her dad did, actually."

"What?" Stephanie asked, her eyes narrowing.

"She told her parents," John sighed. "I went over there to find her. Her dad kicked me out."

Stephanie tried to stifle the giggle that was threatening to escape her lips. "You know you deserve all of this, right?"

"I don't deserve any of this."

"How can you say you don't deserve this?" Stephanie scoffed before continuing. "You fucking cheated on the best damn thing to ever happen to you!"

John shook his head with a small smirk on his face, "There is always two sides to everything, Steph. Maybe you should find out the truth before you go around thinking you know it all."

Stephanie tilted her head a little, confused as to what he meant. Before she had the chance to ask any questions, John gripped onto his bags and left towards the hotel entrance, wishing that all of the damage would vanish into thin air.