Stay with me tonight
Chapter 7
I wake up and open my eyes. I look around my room and try to figure out where I am. How come I'm on my floor? I look around and everything seems normal. That is until I look to my left and see a body under a blanket. I look up very quickly and breath.
"Oh my God!" I whisper very quietly. I rub my temples. I look down as I'm still laying down on the floor. I lift up the covers slowly and I sigh in relief that I am still in my clothes. Thanks God! Wait! Who's in my bed? I sit up and lean over top of the guy and move the blanket from over his head. I see blonde hair and realize it was Austin. I sigh again.
I sit up and put my hands in my face. It totally forgot that Austin stayed over last night. I technically asked him to stay. He's a really good friend. It's not awkward at all. Other people would think that it would be complicated but it just feels normal. And I got to open up to Austin last night when I sang him that song that I wrote. I just hope that I'm not going to regret do so. I pick out an outfit and head to the washroom in case Austin wakes up while I am changing. I finish getting dressed and walk back into my room and I don't see Austin lying on the floor anymore. Where did her go?
"Austin?" I call out his name. I move my head towards my door to look at the clock. 10:30. Wow, I don't really sleep in this late but we did fall asleep at like two in the morning so it doesn't really matter I guess. I wonder where Austin went. He was just here before I got changed. What if he left my room and Cherry saw him? I open my door and walk around the house. I still can't find him. I grab my phone off my end table...wait, I don't have a phone. This is Austin's. I'm not going to peep. That's just wrong. I set it back on the end table and walk outside. Where did he go? I notice that his shoes are still here so he couldn't have gone anywhere. I go outside to the backyard and find him with a hose. "There you are. Why are you in my backyard?"
"So you could find me and do this." He starts to spray me with the hose. I scream and run up to him and take the hose from his hands and out my hand overtop of the hose and I aim it at him. It starts to spray and I picks me up causing me to scream again but he slips on the wet grass and we fall on the ground and I land on top of him. We just lay there soaking wet and laughing lying next to each other. "If it was night time we could star gaze again."
"That'd be cool. How about we hang out tonight?"
"Twice in a row? That'd be awesome."
I change into some warmer clothes since I am all wet while Austin waits outside at the front. Once I am finished getting changed I grab Austin's phone so I can give it back to him. I leave my room and I realize that Cherry is isn't home and I sigh in relief that she didn't hear our screams outside. Like she would care anyways. I meet Austin outside and we drive to his house so he can change. Once we get there we enter his house and her mom is home. I sit on the couch while Austin runs upstairs to change.
"So Ally. How are you?" Bernadette asks sitting on the couch across from me with a magazine on her lap.
"Better." I reply. Obviously she doesn't know that Austin stayed at my house last night or she probably wouldn't be talking to me right now. And it would probably a little awkward if she knew.
"Great. What are you and Austin doing tonight?"
"We're just going to get some Chinese and find a place outside to eat. Maybe look at the stars."
"Do you guys are going on a date?"
"No, we're not dating. We're just friends."
"Mom!" I look over and see Austin taking his last step down the stairs.
"What. I was just asking Ally some questions." She explains.
"Well, we are going now. Bye mom."
Before we get Chinese Austin takes me to the mall.
"Why are we going to the mall?" I ask as Austin leave his car and comes over to my side and opens the door for me. I exit the car and stand up while he closes it.
"Do you want new clothes or not?" He asks with a grin on his face.
"Austin, you're not buying me clothes." I say as I try to get back in the car but Austin gets in my way.
"You're not going anywhere until you have at least two bags of clothes." He laughs.
"I can't let you waste you money on me. I have clothes already."
"Yeah, that you have to buy on your own. Let me buy you some clothes. It's the least I can do."
"You don't have to. I never gave you anything."
"You gave me your trust." He sets his hands on her shoulders.
"You are just not going to budge are you?"
"Nope." He says popping his 'p'.
"Fine. But only a few outfits."
"Okay." We walk I to the mall and the first store we go in is called Miss. Frenzy Stylez. It's a girly clothing store. I start to look around and I notice these cute wedges. I've never wore wedges before. They are pink and tan. I check the price.
"Oooo." I say.
"What?" Austin comes around me.
"Check the price."
He takes the tag, "Fifty dollars. Yeah, so what."
"So what? That's too expensive."
"Als, I have five hundred dollars in my wallet just for you. And we are not leaving until you have bought your paid of shoes."
"Fine, I'll get the shoes but please don't repeat those words again."
"Maybe what you need is a girl friend. Someone who you can shop with."
"Yeah, if I had friends other than you and any girl wouldn't make fun of me because my clothes are too small."
"Well, they won't be too small because you will have new clothes. And school is almost over anyways. Soon you won't have to worry about them anyways."
"I guess you right. I just don't want to use you because you get me nice things."
"Trust me. Your not. This was my idea and it's a gift."
"Thanks."
We buy the shoes and I be careful not to show Austin any expensive prices so he doesn't go throwing his money away for me. We go to the store across the store we were just at called Below the Belt (I do not own). We get some jeans and a floral print pair and buy them. We enter a guy store called Men Wear All.
"Why are we going into a guy store?" Austin asks.
"I don't want you spending all your money in me. Pick something out, or maybe a few things." I explain. He doesn't have to spend all his money on me. "For your generosity, you deserve to shop for yourself too."
"Fine." He picks out a cool looking leather jacket and a dog tag. Once he buys them he puts the dog tag on and leave the store. We shop at more places and by the time we finish it's about six o'clock.
"I'm hungry." I say once we put all our stuff in the backseat of his car. We enter the car and he turns towards me.
"Chinese?"
"Dugh." I laugh. It's getting really comfortable around Austin. He's changed me into someone I never thought I'd be again. I just don't want to be the person I used to be before my parents died. (Uh oh...)
"That's the plan." He starts the car and we drive all the way to the edge of the city and we order some Chinese food and then we drive out I to a empty field. Austin grabs a blanket form the backseat and spreads it on the ground. We sit on it and eat.
"I can't believe it took that long to get out of the city." I say eating my Chinese.
"It is Miami."
"Good point."
We just talk some more and once we finish eating I set it to the side an lay on the ground. Austin sets his food to the side and lays right next to me. I move in discomfort because of the hard ground.
"Here. Lay on my arm." He moves his arm to my head and I lift it and place my head softly on his muscular arm.
"Thanks." I smile. "The stars are so beautiful out tonight."
"The stars aren't the only thing that's beautiful tonight." Austin says as he looks up at the stars.
"Shut up." I laugh and push him. We both laugh. "This is nice."
"What is?"
"Just being here. Enjoying life. That is because of you."
"Really? Thanks."
"You changed my entire aspect on life, you know?"
"No, I didn't. Did I really help you out that much? We only known each other for what a month?"
"Yeah."
"I don't know what might have happened if you never tripped me in the cafeteria."
"I'm sure I would have tripped you somewhere else."