Two Becomes One
"Hey, you," Austin greeted. Should I give her a hug or wait? He thought. Sam smiled.
"Hey, Austin," she replied nervously.
"I'm not gonna lie, I was really nervous about meeting you today," he paused. "But at the same time I'm extremely grateful you came around with the idea." Sam bit her lip as she always did and sighed.
"Ditto. I just don't want things to be awkward."
"For sure," He nodded.
"So, how's your morning been thus far? Even though we probably didn't get a wink of sleep," Sam giggled while breaking the ice.
"To be perfectly honest, it started out bad but ended good, I suppose." Sam looked confused.
"How so?" She wondered.
"Well, I simply took your advice."
"What advice?" Huh?
"To stop pretending to be something I'm not."
"Oh yeah? How did you do that?"
"I quit the football team before I came here." Sam's mouth fell open.
"What? Why did you do that?" Was not expecting that.
"Sam, I've been a fool all these years to let someone else run my world and I'm tired of it." Austin took a deep breath as he continued. "I know you feel like we come from two different worlds, but this is the perfect time for us to combine it into one."
"That's the writer talking," She replied sarcastically. Sam was thrilled Austin finally escaped his pretend. However, it didn't stop her from having doubt, as usual. "No one wants our situation to work out more then me. I just hope you did it for yourself, not for me." Austin smile disappeared.
"Trust me, I did do it for me-and for you," he added.
"That's what I was afraid of." She stated while looking away.
"Sam, please understand. This is what I want to do. Whether we were together or not. This is my decision." Austin placed his hand under her chin to lift it up. "This is my new beginning."
"So, you're sure this is what you want?"
"Absolutely," he replied. Sam believed him.
"Okay," she whispered with a smile.