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Chapter 37

Austin POV

I couldn't believe Dez! I mean, I was glad he wasn't mad at me, although I did wish he didn't know. It was a little embarrassing…especially for Ally. She hid it well but I could tell she was screaming inside. I wondered if she had even wanted it. I wondered if I had pressured her into it. I guess I was panicking a little, but when I kissed her and she had kissed me back I knew she still loved me, and didn't regret it. When we eventually pulled ourselves apart we were both grinning widely.

"I love you so much Ally. Sometimes it scares me. I feel like I'm too young to feel this way." I said, not being able to keep it to myself anymore. I hadn't wanted her to know that, that I was afraid of my love for her. I was worried it would hurt her. But she just smiled, and I could see tears in her eyes.

"I love you too. So much. But it never scares me. The only thing that scares me is how much it would hurt to lose you." She said quietly, looking away at the last part. I smiled, rolling my eyes. Of course she would worry about that; she's a girl.

"Well that doesn't matter. 'Cause you're never going to lose me. I promise." I said, smiling. She grinned back, then kissed me again. This time it got more heated, and soon enough I was on top of her, working on the buttons of her PJ's. She shivered when they came undone and I ran my fingers over her stomach gently. I stifled a groan at the sensations running through me as she tangled her fingers in my hair, pulling my mouth down onto hers harder. We pulled apart momentarily to catch our breath, before returning to the heated kiss as I rolled our bodies over so that she was on top and I slid her pyjama top right off her body. She shivered at the cold air but soon warmed up as I rolled us back over and began trailing kisses down her stomach.

I smiled as I felt her small hands on the hem of my shirt, and I sat up to let her take it off. She smiled as she looked at my chest. I grinned.

"Like what you see?" I asked her cockily, raising my eyebrows. A couple of days ago she would have blushed and looked away, embarrassed. Now she met my gaze and grinned right back.

"I love it." She smiled, pulling me back down for another kiss. Eventually she wriggled out of her pyjama bottoms, and was left in just her underwear, a bright red lacy matching pair. I decided that red was officially my favourite colour. I was glad to see that she looked less nervous than she had before…you know.

"Come on, Austin. Let's keep it even." She whispered huskily, moving her hands to the waistband of my trackies. I smiled, helping her to pull them off. She smiled as she pulled me down for another kiss. I kissed her back, hard, and she groaned. I rolled us over again so that she was straddling me. I slid my hand up her back, stopping when I reached the clasp of her bra. I looked at her questioningly. She nodded, smiling.

Ally POV

The second time was so much better. It didn't hurt this time, of course, but that wasn't the only reason. I think it was because I knew what to expect, and I kind of knew what I was doing. It felt good, too. So much better than before. And afterwards we lay there, his arms around me, it all felt so natural, like we were meant to be there, meant to be together. I fell asleep for a little while, but awoke soon after to the feel of him tracing patterns in my skin.

"You okay Ally?" he asked me softly. I sighed, nodding. He slid his arms from my waist down across my back to pull me closer to him. I smiled, resting my head on his chest.

"I'm fine." I replied, sighing.

"Can I ask you something?"

"Anything."

"Do you know what's wrong with Dez? He's been acting strange lately." He said. I froze. Sighing, I nodded.

"Yeah. You know when Penelope lived somewhere else, before she came back? Well, long story short, she was with a guy, an abusive guy. But she ran away, left him, and now he wants her and Liam back." I explained to him, sitting up in the bed. He looked shocked for a second, then upset, then worried.

"And he's found them? Is that why Dez is so worried? He doesn't want this guy to get to them?"

"Yeah, pretty much." I sighed.

"Where are they now?"

"Well my mom took Liam for the day and they're spending some time together, trying to figure out what to do about him."

"Can't they call the police?"

"Well he technically hasn't done anything illegal yet, so…"

"So being abusive isn't illegal?" Austin wasn't shouting, but he was getting there. I hadn't thought about that.

"Well, yeah, I guess it is. But there must be something stopping them from calling the police, else they would have done it already."

"Well Dez does hate getting the police involved in anything. That's why he never called them when the store got robbed." He said. I was surprised; I never knew that about Dez. Then again, there were a lot of things I didn't know about my brother.

"Maybe that's it…but this is about Liam too. I find it hard to believe that he would be reluctant to call the police if Liam was in danger. There has to be something else, Austin."

"I know, you're right. But I have no idea what else there could be." He sighed.

"Well, I'm going to go get a shower and get dressed." I said, standing up and grabbing my discarded clothes. He shook his head, as if to clear his thoughts, and grinned at me.

"Can I join you?" he asked cheekily. I blushed, but nodded. He looked shocked for a second, then disappointed as I burst out laughing.

"No you can't join me. What's wrong with you?" I laughed.

"I'm a teenager Ally. What do you expect."

"Actually, technically you're an adult now." I said.

"Not until my birthday. Then I'll be nineteen and officially an adult." He sighed, shaking his head in amazement.

"OH my God, what am I doing dating such an old man?" I joked. He glared at me, but I could see the laughter in his eyes.

"You know, I don't even know when your birthday is." He said. I laughed, but soon stopped as I realised I had never told him, and he had never told me his.

"Oh yeah! You're right! Well, my birthday is June 22nd. Exactly one moth from today, in fact." I said, smiling as I realised how close my birthday is.

"Oh, well mine was about two weeks before we met, the 16th April." He said. I grinned.

"Good. Then at least you won't be nineteen before I'm seventeen. In fact, technically, you're only about a year older than me." I realised. He smiled back.

"Well mentally I'm about ten, so it's all okay." He joked, but I didn't laugh. Most of the time, he did have a mental age of ten, sometimes younger. And other times…

"Come on, get dressed. I'll be in the shower if you need me, but please don't come in unless it's an emergency." I sighed, leaving his bedroom to go back to mine. I could have used the main bathroom, but I much prefer my own. It has nothing to do with the fact that my bathroom hasn't got a lock on it…I don't think.

I showered quickly and dressed in a low-cut red crop top and ripped denim shorts that I had never had the confidence to wear before. Trish had bought me them for my birthday once and, like many things she buys me, I have never even tried them on. Maybe it's the fact that I'm with a guy that makes me feel beautiful, or maybe it's because I'm not 'innocent' anymore, but I feel like being more adventurous in what I wear. Although I was a little worried about what Austin would say. I know a lot of guys don't like their girlfriends wearing revealing clothes because they hated having other guys look at her. But when I walked into his room he froze, staring at me longingly.

"Wow. Ally, you look hot. All the other guys are going to be so jealous…" He said, openly checking me out. I laughed.

"Well that's just tough, because I'm all yours. But the girls will be so jealous too, especially if you go out without a shirt on." I told him. He grinned, opening his drawer and pulling on a clean blue shirt with a donkey on the bottom corner. I smiled. He was wearing jeans and sneakers and looked effortlessly cool.

"And that's just tough for them, because I am all yours." He mimicked me, grinning madly. I linked my arm through his and we went downstairs and left the house.

"Where d'you wanna go?" he asked me. I shrugged, then had an idea.

"Let's go to the mall. We've painted the store. You have to see it." I said enthusiastically he laughed, rolling his eyes at my enthusiasm, and started the car.

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