Dance in the Rain
Chapter 21: Pancake war
Lately we've just been jamming with Austin. Me, apparently the lead singer, Dez, Trish back up and Austin my partner. It all started one day when we were sitting in the living room and Austin started playing his guitar, it was like in the movie The Music in Me. It's like we were in High School Musical, but we didn't care. We didn't have anything better to do that day.
And that's what we've been doing for the past couple days, I never really could do anything anyways since my ankle was still strained. It was healing but it still was in pain, I would limp whenever I walked but I got better at walking day by day. I was texting my dad also, almost everyday to ask him how he was since I missed him.
My mom was only angry at me for not coming back home, so she didn't really message me but I would still tell her I love her, Delilah would text me everyday sending me a pic of her or other random stuff that she was cooking and doing. Aunt June has been busy with work, but once joined our jam session and I didn't realize how great of a voice she had.
I woke up extra early as usual at 6 to cook breakfast, today we would probably be doing nothing so that would mean another jam session. We were all even considering to make a music video, maybe today would be the day. As I slowly walked down the stairs, being careful with my ankle I heard someone lightly playing the guitar.
When I got downstairs, there was Austin sitting on the couch with his guitar in his hand, a pen in his mouth and paper on the coffee table. Was he writing a song? I quietly walked behind him, he was still playing he didn't seem to notice or hear me.
'You had me at hello,' he sang very quietly, then I tapped him on the shoulder to make him jump. He turned back to look at me with huge wide eyes, "Ally, don't do that. You scared me." he said, and I smiled. "Sorry, I couldn't help. What are you doing?" I asked, he shrugged. "Just trying to write a song." he admitted, turning back to his guitar to play some chords.
"I knew it! I want to hear." I said, walking slowly to the couch to sit down but he spoke before I could. "It's not ready yet." he said, I sighed and sat down. "What's it about?" I asked, tying my bed head hair up into a ponytail, letting my bangs drop down to the side.
"Actually, it's about a girl." he said, "Really? Who?" I asked, thinking maybe it could be Cassidy. "No one in particular. It's just a random love song." he said, with a small smile. Then I thought, love? "Austin, what does it feel like to be in love?" I asked, he suddenly stopped playing his guitar.
"Well," he started, and I looked at him, waiting with curious eyes. "Your heart races when you see them, you get butterflies in your stomach, just seeing them makes you smile, you always want to be with them and to touch them and..." he trailed off, and I tried to imagine what it would feel like. "You also feel like you can just be yourself around them, you feel comfort and safety." he said, I froze at the two words.
"Wow." was all I could say, I tried to ignore the last words he said. I couldn't be in love with Austin, he was just my friend, and he only thought of me as a friend as well. There was no way. I've never been in love anyways, how would I know?
"Yeah," he said, "Did you... used to feel that way with Cassidy?" I asked, again not stopping to look at him til he answered. "I think I used to." he said, Why think? "Think?" I asked, he just looked at me and smiled. "Enough talking about Cassidy?" he said, and I nodded my head. "Sorry." I mumbled, looking down then getting up.
"Why are you up anyways?" he asked, and I looked at him. "Who do you think makes breakfast in the morning?" I asked, slowly walking up to the kitchen. "I thought that was Aunt June?" he said, I laughed. "She's been so tired from work, so I took her cooking duties. At least for breakfast." I said, quickly taking out a bowl and some pancake mix.
"No Ally, you should just relax. I'll make pancakes." he said, and I pouted at him as he walked up to the kitchen. "But you'll burn them." I stated, he playfully glared at me. I started to laugh, "Ha ha very funny. Ms. I can somehow burn oatmeal, the easiest thing to make!" he said, and It was my turn to playfully glare at him.
But soon enough we were both laughing at eachother, "I know. I guess there is a reason why my parents always worried so much about me." I said, but knew there was also another major reason. I started to pour the mix into the bowl and poured water in as well, I saw from the corner of my eye as Austin put the pan on top of the stove.
"What do you think your doing?" I asked, "Helping you cook pancakes. Duh!" he said, I playfully rolled my eyes. "Austin, I told you it's my duty." I said, he started to laugh. "You said doodie." he said, and I started to laugh and playfully hit him, which made me fall a little into his chest.
"See, how do you expect yourself to make some pancakes if you can't even stand." he said, I pushed off of him gently and stuck my tongue out at him. "I can stand." I said, mixing the pancake mix. It was quiet for 5 minutes, then I felt the words just slip out of my mouth and I didn't care.
"When I was 5, my sister Amy, who was my best friend passed away." I said, continueing to mix. Austin was looking at me now, with a blank expression. "She died saving another kid because he was silly enough to walk into the street for his ball." I said, "She was a hero, and I miss her." I admitted.
I don't know why I was telling Austin all this, but I just felt like I was comfortable enough to, I trusted him. I felt he deserved to know the truth, since I knew about his parents.
"That's why my parents have been so protective over me." I said, he was still quiet. "They never wanted to lose me, like we lost Amy. The thing was Amy always took care of me, and I looked up to her and she was my only friend when I was young. Still, now that I look back to see that she saved a kid... she's such a hero, because I know she would probably do that for me." I said, getting a little teary.
"The thing is though, I'm sure she doesn't have to worry about me anymore, because I have another hero in my life." I said, finally looking at Austin who looked dazed. A tear rolled down my cheek, and I wiped it away with my shoulder. "Thank you for being that hero of mine Austin." I said, biting my lip.
Austin grabbed the spoon out of my hand and placed it in the pancake mix. He then wrapped his arms around my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around his waiste. Hugging seemed to be a normal thing to us, I actually looked forward to hugging Austin everyday which we almost did everyday, and I didn't mind. I loved Austin's hugs.
Although he hasn't been the only one I've been hugging lately, I'm starting to get used to hugging Trish, Dez and Aunt June, but I don't know if it makes sense but Austin's hugs were different. They were almost perfect, especially the tight ones, it was like I knew nothing could go wrong.
We pulled away, and then I felt him touch my face and I gasped when I realized what he had done. He had put pancake mix on my face, "Austin, that's a waste!" I said, he chuckled. "Sorry," he said, putting more all over my face. "It's just looks good on you!" he said, I squeeled and started to grab some to put on Austin, "Take that." I said, placing it first on his hair then his face.
He suddenly froze, looked up to see some pancake mix on his hair dripping. "You did not just put it in my hair," he said, his eyes twitching which I'm pretty sure he was faking only to be dramatic. I started to laugh, until he grabbed a whole chunk of pancake mix.
I quickly bit my lip, my eyes widening. I ran for the backyard door ignoring the pain in my ankle, I guess I was too scared to even care about the pain. I was soon off the backyard porch and on the sand, standing behind the rocks. Austin was walking down the wooden stairs with pancake mix still in his hands, I squinted my eyes.
"Don't Austin!" I said, he just kept walking and before I could run, he gently grabbed my arm and turned me to face him and then he put pancake mix in my hair and my face. I squeeled, trying to pull away but instead I fell back but I was still laughing and soon enough he was laughing at me, he fell as well but next to me.
He stared at me, "You look like a baby who didn't know how to eat thier food." he said, still laughing. I wiped the mix off my face and just laughed, I didn't know what else to do. The stinging pain returned to my ankle but I still ignored it, Austin was now staring at me.
He started to wipe off the mix from my forehead and my cheeks, he was so close, I could hear and see him breath. I was frozen, his touch was nice and it tingled. Then he wiped some off of my chin and he just kept staring, I couldn't take it, it was getting weird even though I liked it I just hissed.
He stopped touching my face, "My ankle." I said, biting my lip. "Aw, you did run down here." he said, looking annoyed. "It's okay Austin." I said, smiling at him. He sighed and helped me up, we walked back up the porch and inside to find the fire on the stove still on, luckily Austin had put it very low. He turned it off, then turned to me. "You can go and wash up, I'll just make pancakes." he said with a grin on his face.
"Was that all part of your plan?" I asked, looking at him. He just grinned, "Don't you have to wash up to?" I asked, he shrugged. "It blends with my hair, so I'll shower after I make the pancakes. Now you look like you were trying to use pancake mix for highlights." he said, chuckling.
I playfully slapped him, "Fine. Thanks Austin." I said, he just nodded his head with a smile. I went upstairs to shower, and when I finished I brushed my hair in my room, to stare at myself. No more pancake mix on me or my hair, I smiled.
Someone knocked on my door, "Come in." I said, still brushing my hair. Trish was soon in my room, a huge smile on my face. "Goodmoring Ally!" she said, I looked at her. "Oh goodmorning Trish." I said, she just continued to smile at me, then she sat on my bed.
I stopped brushing my hair and sat down on my bed to sit next to her. "Is there something you wanna ask me or talk to me about?" I asked, she was still smiling. "You made pancakes with Austin?" she asked, I sighed. "I was supposed to make pancakes actually, but Austin had to be difficult and he instead made the pancakes." I said, biting my lip.
"I saw you guys." Trish said, and I looked at her confused. "What do you mean?" I said, "Well I was walking downstairs when I saw you guys hugging." she said, a small smile was on her lips. "And?" I said, "And, you guys were hugging for a while." she said. "So?" I said, she just smiled at me.
"I sort of told Austin something personal." I admitted, "He just comforted me." I said. "So you guys decided to have a pancake war?" she asked, Dang how much did Trish see? "It was Austin who started it!" I said, sounding very defensive. "I didn't mean to waste pancake mix." I admitted, looking down with shame.
Trish only laughed, "What's so funny?" I asked. Suddenly she asked me something I didn't expect to come out from her mouth, words that I didn't expect for anyone to ask me. "Ally, do you like Austin?" she asked, and my eyes widened like an owl. "What? No. Why would I? He's just my friend." I stated. She just smiled, "You guys are really cute though." Trish said, and I bit my lip.
"Trish shush. Me and Austin are just friends. He's just my hero." I said, with a smile on my face. "So your saying he protects you and you feel safe around him?" she asked, and I nodded my head. "He's like your knight in shining armor, and your the princess. That's so cute!" she gushed and I just stared at her.
"Trish, No." I said, and she giggled. "Ally, I think you like him... and I think Austin likes you too." she said, and I just bit my lip even harder. I looked down, "Don't say that Trish." I said, she sighed. "Why not?" she asked, "Because that kind of stuff... scares me. So just forget about that." I said, she frowned. "Fine Ally, but just know... I know and Dez has been noticing it too. So I wonder when you guys will both see it." she said, and she was gone.
I couldn't like Austin. He was my friend and I was his friend. Nothing more. I didn't want anything to change, everything was just perfect the way they were. Sure my mom was mad at me, but I know she would realize that there was no point to be mad at me. Things are easy right now and I like that. I just want to enjoy the moment right now, and not think so much. Besides even if I did like Austin, he wouldn't like me that way. Would he?
I'm sorry if I lag on posting any stories, I'm just going through a breakup and It's really hard for me to think and write stories. Also to those who post reviews that I really want to reply to, I would if my laptop had internet (It's really old and is sort of broken) so I have to go on my Dad's computer which he always hogs, but your kind and thoughtful reviews mean so much to me. Thank you for your reviews and those who also read, It really really really means a lot (: