Chapter Thirteen: Clay

The whole way to her house, she didn't say anything. She just kept quietly crying.

Clay parked in the driveway and made his way to the passenger seat, picking her up again. She didn't fight him, she allowed him to be superman and carry her inside where everyone would wonder and give looks and ask questions.

As he opened the door, Austin buried her face into his shirt, she didn't want to see or talk to anyone. She just wanted to be left alone so she could cry.

Clay walked into the house and immediately Jason and Sam both came out of the kitchen with concerned looks on their faces.

Clay shook his head, telling them not to ask. He carried her up the stairs and laid her on her bed.

"I'm so sorry, Austin." He said kissing her on the head before walking back downstairs and out the door, before someone could ask him what happened.

Clay walked into his house and threw his keys onto the table.

"Clay." Sonny said. "Can you come here for a sec?"

"Yeah, dad?" Clay asked walking into the living room. "I assume Jason called you?"

Sonny nodded. "Did something happen while you and Austin were at Micheal's?"

"I'm not telling you, okay?" Clay shoved his hands in his pockets. "It's not yours or Jason's business, it's mine, Austin's and Liam's!"

"You didn't get into another fight, right?" Sonny asked.

"No, I didn't." Clay rolled his eyes.

"So, tell me what happened."

"I told you, no!" He said going up the stairs.

"Clay!" Sonny said stopping him.

"Fine, Dad!" Clay turned around. "I love Austin, Liam loves Austin and who the hell know's which one she loves?"

Clay stormed off, slamming the door behind him.

Two weeks went by and Clay hadn't heard from Austin, once. He was worried, she wasn't so good when he saw her last and he wondered if she was better, if her and Liam were back together?

He figured they were and Liam had told her to stay away from him, so that's why she hadn't came by or texted him.

Clay threw on some basket ball shorts and a pair of Nike's before grabbing his basketball and playing a game inside his indoor court.

He missed shot after shot, none of them going in.

"Wow, your really good."

Clay looked up at Austin standing in the doorway, her brown hair pulled up in a pony tail and not a lot, if any make-up on. She still looked good.

"Yeah, I'm a little distracted." He smiled and was suddenly aware that he didn't have a shirt on.

Austin on the other hand was pretty covered up, jeans, Ugg boots and a Yankee's sweatshirt.

"I haven't talked to you in awhile, I was gonna call, but I wanted to give you your space."

"Thanks." She smiled.

"So, did you figure everything out?" He asked.

"No." She smiled again, walking onto the court and grabbing the other ball.

"Oh, so you and Liam?"

Austin shot the ball and then shook her head. "Nope, he wouldn't talk to me, so I stopped trying."

Clay nodded. "Did your parents freak?"

"They thought I was going to jump from the balcony the first couple of days, but it's better now."

"Good." He smiled. "Do you wanna go into the kitchen, I'm dying of thirst."

Austin moved closer to him, wrapping her arms around his body. "Thanks, for everything."

Clay smiled, hugging her back and getting a whiff of her intoxicating smell.

Austin lifted her head and looked at him with her glass blue eyes. They were the most beautiful eyes Clay had ever seen and they made him melt.

"Your warm." She smiled.

Uh-oh, this is not good. Clay thought to himself. Maybe it was, he really didn't know, all he knew was that he had to kiss her.

So he did. He bent his head down and kissed her smooth lips, and felt her body through that big sweatshirt. Her hands felt his warm back and then the little goose bumps that appeared.

He separated their lips and then ran his finger over her pink cheek. "Are you sure we should do this?"

"No." She kissed him. "But, I think I want to."

That was all he had to hear and with a smile he kissed her harder and with more passion.

"Where's your parents?" Austin asked in between their kisses.

"Dinner." Clay said. "They won't be home for awhile, we'll lock the door just in case."

She smiled. "Have you thought about this?"

Clay shut the door and locked it behind them. "You have no idea."

He released her hair from the ponytail and watched her shake it out. Clay sat at the end of the bed, kicking his shirt off while Austin took off hers.

When they were both shoe less, Clay helped her out of her sweatshirt and then her jeans.

He kissed her lips again and then her neck, moving her over to his bed.

Then something happened that Clay wasn't expecting, she pushed him away.

"Clay, what are we doing?" Austin looked at him.

"We're about to have sex." He kissed her again.

"No." She seperated them again. "We can't."

"If we had sex, nothing would ever be the same, we couldn't be friends like before."

"I don't wanna be your friend." He smiled making his dimples appear.

Austin touched his smooth face. "I'm sorry."

He sighed and picked her clothes up off the floor, handing them back to her.

"I'm really sorry." She said.

"I told you it's fine." He moved a piece of hair from her face. "Stop apologizing."

"I'm just, confused." She laid her head on his chest.

He wrapped his arm around her, leaning back so they were lying on his bed, still fully clothed.

"That's okay."

"Why are you so nice to me?" She tilted her head up to look at him.

"Because you always mean well and I know you don't wanna hurt anyone."

"If we would have slept together, it would have been even messier, than it is now."

"Can I ask you something?" Clay rubbed her back. "It's kind of personal."

She hesitated, but finally nodded. She knew what he was about to ask and she also knew he wouldn't like the answer.

"That night, in the cabin...did you sleep with Liam?"

Austin looked up at him. She didn't want to hurt him, but her answer was going to no matter what.

"Yes."

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