Thank you so much for the reviews. It means a lot and it also means I will get up with the story. Once school starts next month I will have less time to update any of my stories so 15 days till school. Sad face. enjoy this chapter. I bet youll enjoy it. Winky Face.
Stay with me, tonight
Chapter 3
I'm about to get out of the car when Austin comes over to my side and opens the door to the car for me. "Thanks."
"Just being a Gentleman." He closes the door and I follow him to the front door. He opens it and let's me go in first. I look at the place. It is so beautiful. Wooden flooring throughout the house. Tile in the kitchen. It's very open. There's a closest to the right when you enter at the front door. "How about we go to the kitchen. I think my moms in there." I nod and we go walk across the living room. When I walk in a see the back of a woman with long blonde hair. It flows down her back ending in the middle. She turns around and all I see is her beautiful blue eyes. His dad must have brown eyes because Austin has brown eyes. She has such a beautiful complexion. She smiles at me. I'm caught off guard again. That's the second time someone's smiled at me. I just can't find myself to smile at anyone. I guess I'm just too scared to see what could happen if I smile and give in.
"Who's this pretty girl?" She asks Austin looking at me. My eyebrows raise. She called me pretty. No ones ever called me pretty before.
"This is Ally. I'm tutoring her." He says.
She sticks out her hand, "Nice to meet you Ally. I'm Bernadette." I shake her hand.
"Nice to meet you too."
"We'll be in my room." Austin says turning me around.
"Keep your door open." Bernadette says as I follow Austin up the stairs. We reach a door painted green. Not an ugly green but happy, lime green. If that makes sense.
"Is this your room?" I ask.
"Yeah." He opens it up and I see posters and instruments everywhere.
"Your very musical I see."
"Yeah, I play a few instruments here and there. Want me to play something?"
"Sure. That'd be great."
"I wrote this song a while ago. I was bored."
He starts strumming a few chords and then gets a rhythm down and starts to sing.
'I can get your heart beat-beat-beat-beatin' like
I can get your heart beat-beatin' like that
You know you got my heart beat-beat-beat-beatin' like
Hey-ay-ay-ay, hey-ay-ay
Would you, would you want it if I stood up above the crowd
Got up on a chair and if I shouted your name out loud
Could you, could you take me, call me baby without a doubt
I'm shouting your name right now
Shouting your name right now
Don't you get it, get it, I'm nothin' like them other ones
Based upon the notion, I'm not hostin' no reruns
I said it, said it, said it, wouldn't let it be all or none
'Cause I ain't no rerun, I ain't no rerun
I'll make you forget what you came here for
For goodness sake let's make or break this heart 'cause I need more
I can get your heart beat-beat-beat-beatin' like
I can get your heart beat-beatin' like that
You know you got my heart beat-beat-beat-beatin' like
Hey-ay-ay-ay, hey-ay-ay
Hey, hey
Let me hear it like
Hey, hey, hey
Hey, hey
Can you do it like
Hey-ay-ay-ay, hey-ay-ay'
He finishes singing and he puts his guitar away. "Your really good."
"Really? Thanks."
I'm scared to say anything. I'm too scared to say anything about myself.
"So how about we study now?"
"Sure."
About two hours later Bernadette calls for supper from the bottom of the stairs. "Supper! Ally, are you going to stay for dinner?" Austin looks at me with a hopeful smile. Looks like he wants me to stay. Free supper? Hell yes. I eat like once a day.
"Seems as I'm already here. That'd be great."
"She's staying!" Austin calls out his door.
"Great. Now are you guys coming down or what?
Austin laughs, "we're coming, we're coming." Austin helps me up off the ground and we head downstairs. We go to the kitchen and fill our plates up with roast beef, vegetables, and salad.
"I've never had roast beef before." I mention.
Austin turns his head to me from putting vegetables on his plate. "Really? It's so good. How come?"
"Uh, my, um family are vegetarians." Another lie. I hate lying to good people. I don't care if I Lie to my foster family because they just pretend to care about me. They're not good people as you can tell. But when I lie to anyone else it hurt my insides. I don't know how long ill be able to do this. I usually don't have to lie because no one ever talks to me and asks me questions so a don't ever have to answer and lie. I'm lying because the turn out scenarios are that he'll think I'm a weirdo, he'll think I'm a loner with no friends, or he'll feel sorry for me and want to help when there's nothing he can do. This is my pathetic life no one can change that.
We go sit down in the dining room and I sit down first and Austin sits next to me.
"So Ally, how old are you?" Bernadette asks me.
"16, I'll be 17 next month."
"Cool, so you and Austin share the same month."
"Really?" I raise my eyebrows. I look over at Austin, "Your birthday is in June?"
"Yeah. Twenty First. What's yours?" He answers.
"Seventh."
"Cool."
I take a bite of my roast beef and I'm in awe of how good it tastes.
"Do you like it, Ally?" Bernadette asks me.
"Do I ever. Are you a chef?"
"I wish, I applied to this school but I don't know if I'll get in."
"You have to, you made delicious food."
"Thank you. You have a good friend, Austin." Chills run down my back and then a spark of heat goes through my body. Friend. I've never had a friend before. I keep repeating it in my mind. Will I ever get use to that word?
"Ally? Ally?" I hear Austin calling out my name.
"Hu?" I look at him coming out of my thoughts.
"I asked you if you have any interests?" Bernadette asks me.
"Oh yes. I enjoy songwriting."
"You do? Do you sing?"
"Oh, no. I have terrible stage fright. I would probably crash the entire stage." They laugh at my comment.
"Maybe that could change one day."
"Maybe." We finish supper. Austin and I volunteer to put the dishes in the dishwasher.
"You and my mom seem to be getting along." Austin tells me as I had him some dishes.
"Yeah. It was kind of weird though."
"How come?"
"I don't get asked a lot of questions. In fact, I don't really talk to much people these days."
"That's too bad, your a real good person." I hand him a plate and our hands touch but we don't realize it yet. We get caught in the moment until Bernadette comes into the kitchen.
"Are you kids almost done?"
We snap out of it. What was that? It was something I have NEVER felt in my entire life. I don't know how to explain it but it felt, good.
"Yeah, we're just about finishes." Austin says. I hand him one last cup and he grabs a soap pouch and puts it in the dishwasher and closes it. He pressed start and we all go into the living room. "What do you need us for?"
"Do you guys want to watch a movie?" She asks. Austin looks at me giving me an asking smile.
"Uh, sure." I say. We go through Netflix and we find a movie. We all picked out RV with Robin Williams. About half and hour through the movie Bernadette gets up and leave the room. She tells us she'll be right back. That's when Austin starts talking to me. He is sitting next to me alone while his mom is sitting on the other couch. Strange how Bernadette set that up.
"So do you like the movie?" I asks.
"Yeah. You?"
"Hilarious."
"How come you never laughed?"
"Its hard to make me laugh."
"Is it? Are you ticklish?" He asks.
"No." He starts to tickle me and for the first time in forever I laugh. And it feels good. It makes me feel good. For the first time in forever... I have hope. He stops tickling me and we are caught in each other's gaze.
"You have a beautiful laugh." He says softly as he tucks a piece of hair behind my ear.
"Thank you."
"No problem."
"No, not for the compliment." He gives me a confused look but still a smile on his face. " for making me laugh. I haven't done that for a while." For the first time I feel like i can open up to him. I've never felt that way before. Something's telling me that I can trust him.
"How come?"
"Two years ago my parents died In a tragic plane crash. It was the worst day of my life. My life hasn't been the same ever since. I-"
"What? What is it?" Austin pauses the movie putting his full attention on me.
"I've been lying to you. I feel terrible. I've been in foster care for two years."
"I'm so sorry Ally. For everything. It's okay." He says as he watches a tear fall down my cheek. He pulls me in a hug and we release it but Austin's hands are still on my waist. He leans in and out lips almost touch when Bernadette walk in with a bowl of popcorn.
We finish the movie and Austin volunteers to take me home.
"I'll take you home Ally."
"That'd be great."
He helps me in his car and we drive out of the parking lot. He starts talking.
"My dad past away too." He speaks up.
"He did?"
"Yeah. In January it will be three years."
"Wow. I'm so sorry."
"Thanks. If you mind me asking, how come you were put into foster care? Wouldn't you have relatives to take you in or something?"
"It's okay to ask. And yeah I do but they didn't want me. Turn here and just pull in front of the blue house." I follows my instructions and I'm about to get out of the car when he tells me to stay where I am.
"Stay. Don't get out of the car yet."
"Um? Okay?" He walks over to my side and opens it up for me.
"So I can help you out."
"Well, your a real gentleman. Your mom raised you right."
"Yeah, she did." He smiles. "You know if you need to talk to me about anything, I'm there for you."
"Really? It's just hard to trust people you know?" He hugs me and we release.
"I completely understand but once your ready to trust me, I'll be there for you. I want to help you so you don't have such a miserable life. If you'd let me in, that is. Once your ready, I'll be there every step of the way. That's not just a promise, that's a guarantee."