Not Warriors- Awsten Knight

Chapter 23

Awsten
Good morning

sleepy head :)

How did you sleep?

Claire
You say sleepy
head as if I haven't
been up for 3 hours
already

Also, I didn't. How about you?

Awsten
Some things never
change do they? lol

Not shockingly, I also
did not sleep.

Claire
So what I am hearing,
coffee is in order before
our day begins?

Awsten
Absolutely,
meet me in the
lobby in 45 minutes?

Claire
Sounds like a 
plan bub.

Claire put her phone down on the pillow next to her, a bright smile gracing her face.

It was hard to believe that she was in this position, that she had kissed Awsten last night and she was spending the day with him today. 

She heard a knock at her door, and she knew this time it couldn't be Awsten because they had both agreed on meeting in the lobby. She hesitantly got out of bed, looking through the peep hole and she sees Collin standing there.

Claire silently curses to herself, knowing that he is going to realize something is up the moment she opens the door but she couldn't just keep him standing in the hallway.

She takes a deep breath swinging the door open. "Hi." she says smiling at him, and his eyes narrow immediately as he walks past her into the room. 

"Oh yeah Collin come in! No worries, make yourself at home!" she says sarcastically closing the door behind her rolling her eyes. 

"Your hair is purple." he says questioningly, sitting down clearly waiting for an explanation from her.

"Well aren't you just Captain Obvious this morning." she says sarcastically, giving him the shortest answers possible.

"You haven't had any color in your hair in years, and you don't trust anyone to do your hair which is leading me to believe that Awsten was here last night and that's why none of us heard from you." he replies knowingly and she bites her tongue not saying anything. 

"Don't shut me out, you know you're terrible at hiding things from me so don't even bother." he tells her, his tone softer this time. 

Claire continues to ignore him, searching through her suitcase for something to wear. 

"You're going out with him today aren't you?" Collin asks her once more, a hint of shock in his voice.

"If you already know the answers to all of your questions why do you keep asking them?" she asks desperately, wanting to get away from the conversation as fast as she can. 

"Well I came to see if you wanted to do something with the boys today, but if you're busy it's fine. You don't need to give me the cold shoulder." he tells her. 

"I'm not giving you the cold shoulder, it's 9 in the morning I'm sorry I don't want to be interrogated right now." she says defensively.