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Chapter 5, Austin's POV:
I slept through that whole next night. I must have had nightmares though, because I woke up on the floor, squeezing Dougie very tightly. He smells kind of like…pickles. That reminds me of Ally…ugh, I can't start thinking of her again. If I do, I'll start getting all confused again!
I look at the clock and see that it's 8:25. Darn! Now I don't have much time to get ready for Church. Why didn't my alarm wake me? Whatever. I get ready quickly and run downstairs for breakfast. I smell pancakes…Mhmm, I love pancakes! There's a stack sitting at the table waiting for me. I sit down and start gobbling them up quickly.
"Don't eat so fast! You'll throw up!" My mom exclaims as she walks into the room.
"But we're gonna be late for church!" I yell with my mouth full of food.
"Don't talk with your mouth full."
I swallow, "Ok. Sorry mom."
I can't pay attention to what the pastor is saying. I'm so excited about finishing the new song! I think he's talking about the damage lying has. I start to tune in,
"A lot of times we don't just lie to others, but also to ourselves. For example, when we procrastinate, we always tell ourselves, 'I have plenty of time to do it' when pretty much every time, we don't. That puts us in stressful situations. The most common lie we tell ourselves is that 'it's not that bad' or 'it's just this one time.' The thing is; there's no such thing as a white lie, or a small sin. It's all the same in God's eyes…Let's take a moment and ask ourselves, 'what have I been to lying to myself about lately?'"
Well, I definitely procrastinate a lot. And I think everyone has those "It's not that bad" moments….What have I been telling myself lately? All I think of is, "You're ok. It's nothing." And that has to do with the stomach churns. And that really isn't anything….Is it? All of the sudden there are a hundred different thoughts running through my head, and I think I'm going to explode.
My mom breaks the overflow of thoughts, "Honey? Are you ok?" Everyone is walking out of the sanctuary. The service must of ending while I was thinking.
"Uh…Yeah, I was just deep in thought," I say.
"...Ok, let's go."
I know that as soon as we get out, my mom is going to start talking to someone for, like, 3 hours. I obviously don't want that, so I start pulling her toward to doors. Then some woman runs up to us…
"Mrs. Moon! Oh, how good to see you here!"
"Oh hello!" my mom says as she shakes hands with her.
"You do remember me don't you? I was Austin's math teacher in the 4th grade!" she says through a big smile.
I remember her…She was always smiling, even when she was angry. She kind of creeps me out…
"Oh yes, of course. How could I forget you?" my mom says.
Oh, look at you, Austin! You've grown so much!" she says.
I'm kind of tempted to say, "Yeah, that tends to happen," but I know that'd be disrespectful, so I just says,
"Uh…thanks. It's nice to see you too."
I guess my mom is creeped out by her too, because she seems desperate to end the conversation. Hallelujah!
"It was very nice to see you, Mrs. Ingram, but we must be going. See you soon?" she says.
"Oh, most definitely!"
I'll be praying we don't.
As soon as we walk through the doors of my house, I grab the phone and call my buddy Dez.
He doesn't answer the first time. He must have lost his phone again…
"Hey mom, I'm heading to the mall, be back soon, k?!" I yell to my mom, who's in the kitchen.
"Ok! Stay safe," she responds.
Dez, Trish, and Ally are all sitting at the cafeteria when I arrive. I plop down next to Dez,
"Hey buddy, why didn't you answer your phone? Did you lose it again?" I say.
"No, I actually broke it. I accidentally dropped it into the blender while I was making my apple pie smoothie." He says.
"Apple pie smoothie? Seriously?" Ally says.
"Yes Ally, seriously." Dez says. Ally just rolls her eyes and turns to Trish,
"The study date didn't go so well, he's really bad at Algebra. I couldn't get him to understand. It looks like I'm going to be tutoring Dallas a lot for a while."
"You did the study date with him this morning?" I ask.
"Yeah, and it was pretty bad."
"Sorry...Do you think we could work on finishing that song today?"
"Sure, how about at 4:00?"
"Ok, can't wait. This is probably going to be the best song yet!"
"I agree."
For a moment there I was just looking right into her eyes, and I kind of just forgot where I was. It ends abruptly when she turns her head away at the sound of her phone buzzing,
"It's my dad, he needs me at the store." She says.
"Could I come and help? I have nothing else to do." I say.
"Sure Austin, thanks."
Sorry, I have to end it here. The next chapter will be up soon! :)