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Step Three: Experiment
Test your hypothesis.
The past week had gone by so fast that I hadn't realized how far behind we were on Miss Turnage's project. The next step was the experiment. And seeing that me and Austin had completely different views on the topic, this was going to be a rather rough point.
We obviously couldn't agree on anything. The main question in this was 'who can hold off the longest from any kind of sexual activity?' It was a good thing that we were debating on different sides. Miss Turnage had said that she wanted us to be the project. As in becoming the subjects and testing the hypothesis through ourselves and our daily lives. The only problem was that had ultimately failed between the two of us. But there was still one way we could do this and I had the perfect idea.
It was the next day, I had showed up to his home unannounced. Well not exactly, unannounced. I had texted him the night before telling him we had to get together for another session. He was out late last night at the studio again. So I was pretty sure by the time I had texted him, he'd hit the hay.
Poor thing. But still he had no excuse. He could've gotten the message when he woke up.
I was at his door. I lightly knocked onto it. I waited patiently in silence as his mother finally came to the door. She smiled gratefully at me once I came into her view.
"Austin's not here right now, but I was just heading out." She opened the door for me to come in and I gladly did.
I inwardly sighed as I stepped inside and she quickly closed the door behind me.
"Just make yourself at home. He left out perhaps maybe an half hour to forty five minutes ago. He does this all the time so he should be back in no time." She informed me as she grabbed her coat from the stand.
Once I heard the front door shut, I made my way up the stairs and to his room. I stood at the door for a second before gently pushing it open.
I shook my head at his inability to be neat as I pulled my bag from my shoulders and looked around his room. I smiled at the usual inviting feeling it gave me but then shuddered when I noticed a rotten half eaten piece of pizza on the ground. His entire room was covered in what I think was laundry. It was moving, so I couldn't be sure. I hurriedly turned the other way.
I suddenly heard his bedroom door open and I instinctively jumped at the sudden impact of the door busting opening. I calmed myself down before finally facing the unknown intruder.
He hadn't noticed me. But I definitely had noticed him. His hair was slightly dishelved all over his face. His head hung low as he tried to keep up with his cries for breath. I looked down lower and saw that his shirt had been completely removed. I bit back on my bottom lip to muffle back my gasp but failed due to my favor.
Austin heard me and lifted his head up. I saw his eyes widen before they finally went back to normal. I tried my best to smile but I couldn't stop the sudden lump caught in the back of my throat. I could see the sweat dripping down from his face and falling flatly onto his chest. I looked away but that didn't help much.
His sweats hung unexceptably low. But I surely didn't mind. I cursed myself for standing there not saying a word. I looked light a deer caught in the headlights. After a intense moment of silence, I was about to speak up but he beat me to it.
"Ally?" His voice was hoarse.
"Yeah?" My eyes were still focused on his chest but I snapped out of it for a second. I mentally face-palmed myself for almost being obvious. I contorted a nonchalant smile.
"Cat got your tongue?" I could see the corner of his mouth curling up and I groaned.
"You're such an asshole." I whined, turning the opposite way from where he stood.
I could hear him chuckle lightly before proceeding towards me. He gently tugged on my wrist and turned me around.
"You okay?" He asked with concern.
I nodded with a smile. I could see his eyes beam with confusion before I realized why.
"Your mom, let me in. She told me that you had left out and,...speaking of that, when exactly did you start you know..doing...that?" I asked pointing around his body awkwardly.
He looked down to his chest as his shirt still hung over his shoulder. "Well, I have to stay in shape right?"
I rolled my eyes. "Right." He just smirked before advancing to his bed. He laid back for a second.
I stood there watching him for what felt like hours. I guess he really hadn't gotten my texts. I inwardly sighed to myself. Then suddenly he quickly rose up.
"Holy, shit. Als, I'm sorry. I forgot. I got your message but I-" I cut him off.
"Austin, it's okay. You're here now." I added on and he smiled.
I took a seat next to him, "You know, you should really clean up your room. This is very unsanitary." I scolded.
"Well, sorry mom. But if you haven't noticed cleaning isn't particularly my thing." He pointed out.
"Oh, trust me I've noticed." I murmured under my breath. I think he might've heard me because a second later, I caught him glaring at me.
I snorted for a second then noticed how his expression turned into a sincere smile. He stared at me for a second and I grew nervous. I couldn't exactly put my finger on why I was suddenly becoming so vulnerable around him. This wasn't me but I seemingly loved it. It was still slightly terrifying that he had that much of an effect on me. Just the simplicity of him being around me gave me goosebumps. But the good kind.
"Uhm..may-maybe..we should get to work on th-" I was stopped mid-sentence when I felt the touch of lips placing down onto my jawline. A breath in my throat hitched and I closed my eyes. His lips moved down to the exterior of my neck as he continued to kiss down it.
"Maybe we should what?" He mumbled, his lips vibrating a little against my skin. His hand was splayed out onto my upper thigh and I could feel him smile.
He was teasing. "Dick," I wanted to push him away but just at that second, the curling of his tongue darted out against my collar bone and in response; I moaned.
He snickered and I inwardly groaned. I felt his teeth nip teasingly and I was trying my best to stay sustained. In the end, temptation won and I tilted my head back to give him a better angle.
"You know...we should.." He began. He lips still feverishly attached to my skin. "..probably do that work." I shook my head in disagreement and he laughed before pulling away.
I whimpered and he gave me a chaste kiss on the corner of my cheek. "Later," He promised. "I need to shower and we need to get started." He started to get up from his seat on the bed.
"Unless, you want to join?" He smirked playfully and suggestively wiggled his eyebrows. I narrowed my eyes in thought. "I'm just kidding." He laughed.
I almost grabbed his hand to pull him back down and finish what he started but reluctantly chose against that. I laid back and then I heard the shutting of the bathroom door out in the hall. A few seconds later, I heard the shower water running.
I sighed. I hate what this boy does to me. I hate it.
...
"Okay, so explain to me how this whole experiment thing will work. Since you know we've already kind of done that." Austin emphasized.
"Well since we're supposed to use ourselves as subjects and we've already exposed ourselves to each other in that way. I was thinking we could change it up and see which one of us could last longer without the need...for each other. Not a want but an actual need. We can observe each other and how it affects us." I began. "See which one of us is actually really more prone to the fulfillment of sex. I know it's kind of personal but that's the idea."
"In other words, we're going to taunt each other, tease and try to break each other's walls down until one of us eventually breaks?"
"Yes! It's kind of like our bet..where we had to see who could break that line and obviously we both failed." I laughed slightly.
Austin nodded in agreement. "So therefore, the bet was never really off, isn't that what you're implying?" He queried.
"I guess you can say that. But this time we'll have a week. We'll just take notes and we're going to debate against what we believe thus showing why we have those views."
"Yeah, well all I know is, I'm going to have a lot of fun with this." His eyes perked up, and his mouth curved up.
"Don't be so cocky now." I scoffed. "Just as easily as you can, so can I." I retorted. "But I mean...while we're talking about taunting how about we start now?"
His eyes widened at my sudden bluntness before he smiled. I leaned over and pressed my lips to his. I felt a little weak in the knees as his lips came into contact with mines. It was slow and soft. He instantly ran his tongue over my bottom lip and I gasped as his tongue entered into my mouth.
I could feel his tongue swirling around mines just the slightest and I smiled against his lips. He pushed me back and I moved my hands around his neck as he held me up by the support of his hand. The kiss hesitantly deepened but I didn't care.
Heck, I was too into the immensity of the moment to.
I grabbed my books into the safety of my hands, as I held them to my chest. I emptied them into my backpack, I leaned against the metal of the lockers behind me. Once they were all completely inside, I zipped my backpack up and slung it over my shoulders.
I began to walk and was about to head off to fifth period. "Ally! Ally!" I heard someone say and I quickly turned around to see what all the commotion was coming from. I was abruptly lifted into the air from behind. I squealed and tried to squirm my way free from their hold before I was finally let down.
"Wrong, way." He turned me around all the way; his hands still laid solely on both of my shoulders. I sighed.
"What's so urgent?" I asked frustrated. I didn't want to be late for class.
He rolled his eyes at my annoyance. "Sorry, I don't know who shitted in your cornflakes this morning." I laughed a little and cursed him for always having the ability to make me laugh, even when I was down. There goes that feeling, again. It was like a hole and I just kept digging deeper into it.
"Now there's that smile I love." He smiled at me and grabbed both of my hands momentarily before throwing an arm over my shoulder. We began to walk.
"I wanted to tell you.." He began then stopped in the middle of the hall before standing in front of me once again. "I got a tour!"
My face hindered with bemusement before I finally caught on. I dropped everything in my hands and my eyes widen in shock. And I mean pure shock. A tour?! We had been waiting for ever for this to happen. Sure he had done small tours but this was nationwide.
"What?! That's amazing, Austin." I reached up to give him a hug and he smiled, responding back to the embrace. His face nuzzled into the softness of my hair.
"I can't believe how fast this is all happening." He murmured, squeezing me tighter. Our chests were flush together.
"Neither can I." I breathed out from the sudden rush of adrenaline. "When do we leav- I mean when does it start?"
"As soon as the school year's over." He said excitedly. "Well not the same week. That week is completely rehearsals and then we leave that Friday."
I nodded. Then it hit me. As soon as the school year's over. My face went blank and I could hear Austin cooing my name into my ear. But I was too caught up in my thoughts. College. Is the number one thing on my mind right now.
I can't go on tour. There's just no way...
Well isn't this just peachy.
For everyone who asked, no this story isn't over! There's still alot to come. Reviews would make me happy.