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"Austin just talk to her." Max said after catching Austin staring at Kaylie for the tenth time.

"I'm working on it." Austin said.

"You said I'm working on it. Three times already." Austin glared at Max when he said that.

"So stop asking me already." 'Just talk to her' that was far more easily said than done. This was Kaylie Cruz here. Sure she was sweet and somewhat understanding. But not when she was upset with someone. If she had a reason to push away she did. And she pushed hard. So no he wasn't so thrilled about going up to her and talking to her.

"I didn't ruin anything. You can meet her tomorrow night."

That's what he told his baby sister. He never lied to her. Ever. So was he so quick to say nothing was wrong with him and Kaylie? Because there they were standing right in front of him. His parents. He didn't want them to know he probably screwed up the best thing that had happened to him in a long time. When he messed up things with Olivia they gave him hell. His father constantly voiced how disappointed he was. And his mother acted like he had ruined any chance of having a family of his own someday. He couldn't have that happen right now. His sanity depended on it.

Practice was half way over. And Austin figured he'd stared enough. He was going to talk to her. Kaylie saw him walking over and at first she wanted to get up and walk away before he got to her. But she didn't want to run.

"Is he coming over here?" Kelly asked. "Not after he did what he did."

"He better not be. Austin Tucker is so on my shit list." Lauren said. Payson shook her head at them stretching one arm over the other. "Man I should give him a piece of my mind!" Lauren growled.

"Let it go Lo. Please." Kaylie begged.

"I'm sure he's coming over here with an explanation on why he didn't. And I'm glad he didn't it show's he has respect for you and your career." Payson added.

"Who says that's even why he didn't do it. He probably is stuck on that Olivia girl." Lauren said.

"If that is the reason he is such an ass." Kelly said.

Kaylie buried her face I her hands. She wanted to scream. She was starting to feel like telling her friends what really happened was a horrible idea. She didn't need their thoughts on the situation it was bad enough she had her own thought running through her head.

The comments didn't stop though. It got real quiet. Witch could only mean that Austin was close. "Kaylie can we talk for a minute? Alone. "She took her hands from over her face. Prepared to tell him off but Lauren was already on it.

"Ha. You and Kaylie alone? Never. Not again. You may think you are all that because you're…."

"Sure. We can talk. Outside." Kaylie quickly cut Lauren off. Almost afraid of whatever was about to come out of Laurens mouth. Kaylie stood up leading the way.

"So I see you told them." Austin said once they were outside and alone.

"Yes I did. I'm pretty sure you told Max." Kaylie shot back.

"Actually I didn't."

"Well I'm sure you told Olivia!" Kaylie couldn't help but mention his ex.

"I didn't tell anybody okay!" Austin said almost raising his voice. "I didn't tell anybody because it isn't any ones business what goes on between you and me."

"Assuming there is a you and me." Kaylie said coldly. Austin could feel his heart drop a little. They aren't over. Are they?

"Whoa what?" Austin asked.

Kaylie sighed. "Austin what do you want from me?"

"My family showed up last night. And they want to meet you tonight at 8." Austin said Kaylie rolled her eyes.

"So go home and tell them I'm not coming." Kaylie turned to walk back inside the rock.

"I can't!" Austin shouted. Then lowered his voice realizing he had gotten too loud. "I can't alright. I might have lost you and they can't know that."

"You're Austin Tucker I'm sure you can spin this to make it look good. That's what you do."

"I need you there. I need them to believe….."

"Believe that everything between us is fine." Kaylie pretty much finished the sentence for him.

"Kind of. Yes." Austin said. "I can't have them disappointed so I told them I didn't mess things up with you."

"So you lied to them?" Kaylie asked. "And you want me to lie to."

"Kaylie…."

Kaylie looked at him. She wanted so badly to tell him to go to hell. Man up and face his parents. But she couldn't. "I'll think about it." Was all she could come up with.

Austin looked at the time.

8:15pm.

She was late. Sure it was only fifteen minutes past 8:00pm but it seemed like forever. Dinner was done and here he was sitting at the table eye balling the time because his father was eye balling him.

"Are you sure she is even coming?" Max asked feeling the rumble in his stomach. "I'm Starving."

"Yes Austin where's your girlfriend?" Addison asked. Austin glared at them. They weren't making this any easier.

"She's coming."

8:23 pm.

He told them that She'd come. He thought for sure that 'I'll think about it' meant 'I'll make you sweat but yes I'll do it' but now that the time was ticking he figured maybe it meant 'don't hold your breath Mr. Kilobit'.

Now

8:45 PM.

Austin looked at the time and was positive that she wasn't coming. She didn't answer his calls and wasn't even texting him back. Austin sat up straight in his seat. "We should eat."

"Austin we aren't starting dinner without her." His mother said.

"Mom it's alright she probably can't make it." Austin said and then the doorbell rang. Austin quickly stood to answer it.

"Kaylie." He said letting a smile spread across his lips. She didn't smile back. Instead she just looked at him emotionless.

"I said I'll think about it. And I did." She said.

"Austin dad said come one. He's starving I think the vain in his head is going to burst!" Addison said walking toward him. Kaylie took that as her signal to act happy.

"Austin babes are you going to let me in?" Kaylie asked with a wide smile. She was playing happy. And she did it well. They sat down and had dinner with his family and Kaylie smiled, laughed, joked and answered all their questions perfectly. She and Addison even seemed to be connecting.

"I should go." Kaylie said when she realized it was getting pretty late.

"Are you sure sweetie?" Austin's mom asked.

"Yeah Kaylie stay." Addison said. "You can spend the night. Right Austin?"

"I'd love to but I really have to go." Kaylie stood. "It was a pleasure to meet you all."

"I'll walk you out." Austin offered.

"I can walk to my car perfectly fine on my own Austin." Kaylie coldly said once they were outside.

Austin was confused for a minute but caught on. The dinner was an act. Yes he expected for Kaylie to play nice but she even had him fooled. It was like they were back to being the perfect couple. Like time went back and the night of his party never happened.

"Don't be like this Kaylie….."

Kaylie looked at him and wanted to hit him. But lately she wasn't really doing anything that she 'wanted' to do.

"So how do you expect me to be?" She asked. "I was stupid enough to go to your stupid party, change into that stupid lingerie and made a stupid attempt to sleep with you and you turned me down." Kaylie had tears building up in her eyes and her voice was becoming shaken but she continued anyway. "And when you stopped me today and asked to talk I was stupid enough to think you wanted to talk about that or the phone call your sweet little Olivia gave to me…."

"Olivia called you?"

"That isn't the point. I felt insecure, foolish and unwanted. But that isn't anything you wanted to know about. You wanted me to put up an act for your family. And I had just enough stupidity left in me to do it. Because you needed me to. Because I love you. I did all this for a guy who can only say he thinks he might fall for me."

Kaylie got in her car and drove off. Too stuck to even stop her.

"I like her." Addison said once Austin walked back into the house. Addison looked at her big brother with a confused look. "You don't seem happy about that."

"Addison. I screwed up big time." Austin didn't find the need to lie to his little sister anymore so he told her everything. The party, Olivia, The kiss, Him turning Kaylie down…. Why he did it in the first place and the conversation they just had outside.

Austin put it all out on the table and Addison took a deep breath as if she was going to give him a speech or some lines of encouragement. Instead all she said was. "Fix it than."