A/N- Hey guys soooo...I'm sorry that I haven't been updating on much of my stories. I have had a lot of family issues and I've been suddenly getting a lot of projects to do and on top of that exams and SOLs are coming up so I'm pretty busy with that crap. But anywhooo I hope you guys enjoy this little chappy, I will try to update more stories this week maybe KBTBB... ;) Soo yeah oh and I made an account on WATTPAD you guys! I already published one story it's called "The Angels Demon" sooooo yeah my username account is, MidnightLace15 so go check it out and read it! Make sure to follow!:) Thanks you guys byeeeee:)
Bad Habits
Ally's POV
I tossed and turned in the strangely comfortable bed.
I was in complete euphoria. Everything about this bed was perfect, from the pillows to the sheets, even the fluffy blankets. I dove my hands under the pillows and let out a blissful sigh. I could totally get used to this...
"Wake up Amber."
I groaned slightly, pulling the covers over my head.
"Ten more minutes..." I moaned.
"We don't have ten more minutes, I have a house to clean and errands to run."
"What errands?" I retorted. Austin sighed, "That's it..." He suddenly pulled the covers off of my body exposing me to the cool air I desperately wanted to hide from. "What the heck was that for?" I yelled while sitting up. It seemed that the nice Austin from last night had disappeared...
"My bed, my room, my rules." He said while throwing the covers back on the bed.
I nodded. It was his room after all...
"First of all, my name is Allison. Not Amber, get it right." I got up off the bed and looked around for my shoes. I could feel Austin's stare on the back of my neck as I bent down to look under the bed. I couldn't wait to just get out of here and go back to the dorm with Kat, my half-normal roommate.
"Where are my shoes?" I asked impatiently.
Austin smirked at me, "I don't know...you tell me."
"Stop playing around Austin. I want to know where my shoes are so I can get back to the dorm and move on with my life." I crossed my arms over my chest and glared at him, but he wasn't budging. "I'll tell you where your shoes are if you agree to go errand shopping with me."
My jaw dropped.
"You want me? To go errands with you? You have got to be kidding me..."
"I'm actually quite serious." He deadpanned.
I shook my head and walked towards the door, "No way am I going errand shopping with you."
"Well fine I guess you're just going to have to walk barefoot." His voice sang. I turned to face him and smiled, "I guess I am." I opened the door and walked down the stairs and out the house. If he thinks I'm going to go shopping with him, he's out of his mind.
The jerk who yelled at me and made me cry -for some bizarre reason- wants me to go shopping with him? He's insane if he thinks I'm going to be that generous to him after the way he's been treating me. He can't even get my name right half of the time!
I started to walk down the sidewalk and then I froze.
I don't even know where the dorms are...damn it...well played Austin...well played...
But I can find it on my own. I mean how hard is it to find just one dorm?
20 minutes later...
I have been walking around barefoot, on the sidewalk for more than 15 minutes and my feet are hurting. It looks like it's going to rain soon and my whole outfit will be drenched, plus I won't be able to find the dorm in time so I'll have nowhere to go and find shelter...
I don't even know where I am...
Suddenly a red car pulled up beside me.
The music was blaring as the brown headed boy pulled down his window.
"Hey babe...want to catch a ride with us?" He asked. I rolled my eyes and kept on walking, I wasn't going to get in a car with a complete stranger. My parents had raised me to never ever think of doing that. The car rolled forward still following me.
"You know you shouldn't be walking around all alone, it's pretty dangerous for a girl like you." He snickered to his friends and pulled out a cigarette lighting it up quickly, "Come on babe, get in the car with us and we'll give you a ride home." He offered.
Boys were so persistent these days...
"I'd rather be left alone." I managed to say as calmly as I could.
"Come on babe get in-"
"I'm not your babe, so please just leave me alone." I snapped angrily. I walked away as fast as I could but then the car ignition gave out and the man stepped out of the car. I took in a deep breath and looked back to find that three of the boys were following me, I took off in a run trying to ignore the pain that my feet were giving me.
Tears started streaming down my eyes as I felt like my knees were going to give out from under me.
But I kept running fearing for my life.
Suddenly arms reached out and grabbed me and I screamed my loudest. Tears strolled down my face as a hand cupped around my mouth. I grabbed the arm of the person but their grip on me was too strong. I felt like I was slowly losing my life...
"Allison calm down it's just me..." A familiar voice whispered into my ear.
My body relaxed and I turned around to see that it was in fact Austin himself.
I bit my lip to hold in the tears that wanted to fall. Austin tipped my chin up to face him, "They gave you a quite a scare back there didn't they?" He asked softly. I nodded and sniffed. He wiped away my tears and pulled me in for a hug. My arms wrapped around his neck as I cried into his shoulder and breathed in his scent.
"I...I thought they were going to-"
He straightened my hair and shushed me as quietly as he could.
"You don't have to be scared, I'll keep you safe from all the bad guys. They'll never lay a hand on you ever again. I promise." He whispered sincerely into my ear. "Y-You promise?" I asked.
"Yes I promise." He answered.
He pulled back and wiped some more of my tears.
"Now," He paused and held up my pair of shoes, "let's go out for awhile."
{Line Break}
Austin I were currently in the food court eating some Chick-Fil-A. {P.S. THE FOOD OF THE GREAT CHICKEN GODS}
"Hey, daffodil...speak to me." He insisted while prodding my shoulder with his finger. I took in a deep breath and looked at him, I didn't know what to say really. I just wanted to go home and I ended right where he wanted me.
Although he offered to buy me lunch and saved me from a gang of bad guys, I still just wanted to be alone in my room...with the doors locked and a big sign that says 'Please Do Not Disturb For the Next Five Years' written in big bold letters.
But of course he has to get his way...
"Daffodil..."
I glared at him.
If he wanted to get my attention he would have to say my name. Correctly.
"Hello?" He asked while waving his hands in my face. I slammed my hand down on the table, "What do you want?" I snapped angrily. He looked at me in shock and smirked, "Someone's in a bad attitude..."
"Yeah." I deadpanned.
"Why?"
"I just want to go home." I propped my chin up on my hand and sipped on my coke.
Austin smiled and leaned in closer to me. "Are you... pouting with me?"
I nearly choked on my drink. "You? Think I am pouting?"
"Yeah missy, I think you are. I think you just want to go home and lock yourself in your room so you can cry into your girly little pillow." He exclaimed while propping his feet up onto an empty chair. "Well you're wrong."
He scooted his chair closer to mine.
"Am I?"
I scooted away. "Yes, now stay on your side of the table."
He scooted even closer. "Do you really want me to?" He asked.
"Are you implying that I do want you to close the distance between us?" I questioned. He nodded and I rolled my eyes while I sipped on my drink, "I didn't hear a no daffodil."
"Can you just take me home?"
He sighed and dumped the rest of his food in the trash. "Fine I'll take you home but we're going to the beach first to have some fun." He stated while shoving his wallet in his back pocket. I can't believe he was forcing me to go everywhere he wanted to go. Maybe I just wanted to go home and have my own fun; reading algebraic equations while sipping on a cup of cold mint tea.
I followed him out of the café and towards the parking lot.
"Hop on in." He exclaimed while opening the door to his car for me.
"I didn't know you had such manners." He stuck his tongue out at me and I did the same back before getting in and closing the door. I looked down as he got in the car and rived up the ignition. "Do we have to go to the beach?"
"Stop whining."
"Stop being a jerk." I retorted.
He backed out of the parking space and turned up the music. Music I didn't like.
"What kind of music is this?" I asked. We suddenly stopped at a red light, "It's Bulletproof Love by Pierce the Veil."
"Oh goody..." I replied sarcastically as he turned it up. "You've never heard of them?" He asked as we turned a corner. The beach soon came into view, tons of people were there, it looked like a concert was going on actually...
"Daffodil?" Austin asked pulling me away from my recent thoughts.
"Sorry, it just looks like a concert is going on down there..."
"Oh yeah, I totally forgot. There's always a music festival before the first day of college down here." We turned into the parking lot and I watched as girls were playing soccer and volleyball in the sand. I haven't been to the beach since my dad-
"You ready or what?" Austin had asked as he turned off the ignition and hopped out.
"Not really..." I muttered to myself quietly.
I opened the door and I was instantly hit with the sound of music vibrating through my chest. Austin came around with a bottle of sunscreen and two pairs of sunglasses.
"Here ya go." He handed me a pair and I took them.
"Thank you."
Austin shook his head and smiled, "No problem, let's just go have a good time. Maybe it'll get your mind off some things." He got some towels out of the back trunk and we took off towards the beach. I sighed as the hot sand snuck in between my toes making me feel a bit uncomfortable.
"How long do these kind of festivals last!" I yelled over the music.
"Usually all day long until 11 at night." Austin replied just as loud. We found a spot in the sand and Austin laid down his towel down, "Don't worry I'll take you back to the dorms before you little bedtime." He teased while sitting down on his towel.
He tossed me one and I laid it out upon the sand.
I sat down on it and pulled on my shades.
"What do you think you're doing?" Austin asked.
"I'm relaxing. Didn't you want me to clear my mind?"
He scoffed, "Yeah but not like this. It's too noisy, what you need to do is go have some fun in the water."
I snorted unattractively, "That's where the sharks are and where the stinging jellyfish sting people." I laid my head down on the towel and took in a deep breath. Austin may have been able to get me to the beach but he sure as hell won't be able to get me into the water.
"Fine suit yourself." He answered.
He got up and took off his shirt that exposed his extremely hot looking six packs.
Thank goodness I was wearing shades because he would be able to see my wide eyes right now. I couldn't decide if I was awestruck because he gave up on getting me in the water or that his six pack was on point...
I sat up and took off my shades watching Austin slip off his converses and his socks.
I watched his biceps flex as he rubbed the back of his neck.
Was I checking his body out...?!
Something was seriously wrong with my eyes today...
"Are you going to sit there and stare at me all day or are you going to get in?" Austin asked snapping me out of my recent thoughts. I sighed realizing that I would get in the water one way or another. It was getting pretty hot anyways...
I got up and followed Austin into the water.
At first I let the water graze my feet, I hugged myself and looked down.
"I wasn't staring at you by the way." I added.
He looked back at me and smirked, "Yeah that's what they all say." He walked deeper and deeper into the water until it was leveled at his waist. I watched as he dove under water and came back up flipping his hair back.
"Why aren't you coming in? Can you not swim?"
I scoffed, of course I can swim... I'm not a baby.
I walked into the water until it was at my knees. I shivered at the coldness of the water and kept going on in until the water was leveled at my waist and I was in front of Austin.
"That wasn't hard now was it?" He teased.
I growled at him and he laughed. Suddenly I felt his hand grab mine leading me even farther out to sea. I didn't like going out this far into the ocean. If you drowned no one would be able to see you over the waves and due to the party going on right now, they wouldn't be able to hear you either.
"My mom used to take me down to this beach all the time when I was little." Austin suddenly spoke.
I held his hand tighter, a bit shocked that he wanted to talk about his mom...
Austin chuckled and shook his head, "Good times always go by so fast..."
His hands slid around my waist pulling us even closer to each other. There was a look of sadness in his eyes, something I could not wrap my mind around. Maybe he was missing his mom? Or that they don't talk to each other as much anymore...?
"My mother died in a car crash."
I looked at Austin as he hung his head low. "Austin I-"
"I don't understand why good people are always taken away from me." He snapped in anger.
"Austin it was an accident."
"By some stupid drunk driver? It turned out to be a bunch of teens that had just come back from a fucking party," he continued, "And you know what happened to them? They all lived. The crash only ended one persons life and that was my mothers."
I sighed and took Austin by his face. His eyes were glossy and I couldn't help but feel sad for him.
"Look at me." I demanded.
He looked at me with his sad-filled eyes.
"Everything will okay. Some things happen for reasons we know not of." He leaned his forehead against my own and drew in a deep breath. This was the most sentimental moment I've had with Austin. In fact, it was the first sentimental moment.
His breathing was ragged as he closed his eyes.
He suddenly pulled back and his lips came closer to my ear. His thumb came up to my bottom lip and gently grazed it. My breath hitched in surprise. I had never seen Austin act this way before. But then again I have only known him for two days now...
Suddenly he spoke quietly into my ear, "Is it bad... if I want to kiss you?"
A/N- Hey guys sorry for the extremely late updates on almost ALL of my stories. I'm really falling behind with my studies and I have a lot of family issues going on right now so bare with me!:) Anyways hope you liked this chapter.. it wasn't really much, obviously it is not the best chapter I have made but it will satisfy you guys for now right? Okay good well anyways don't forget to FAVORITE AND REVIEW!:)
-Taylor:)