I'll Run to You // Awsten Knight

Chapter 17-Going Further

October 21, 2017

San Francisco, California

Little spicy but no smut!

Hope is awoken by Awsten's alarm, "Five thirty in the morning," she reads to herself. Her voice sounds tired and worn out. She drops her head back on the pillow, staring at the ceiling.

Awsten wakes up with a sigh, "Shit, I forgot to turn it off, sorry," he gives her a sheepish look.

Hope sits up in her bed "No, no, it's fine."

"No, it's not fine," Awsten disagrees "now, come here." Awsten opens his arms out toward Hope, signaling her to sit with him.

Hope gladly accepts the invite and join Awsten, sitting next to him on his bed.

Awsten immediately wraps his arms around her waist and hugs her, almost as if it's becoming a normal thing, like as if it's a habit.

Hope rests her head on his shoulder, "What time do we have to leave today?"

"Uh, I think Lucas said around three in the afternoon. Do you want to go back to sleep?"

"Only if it means that I get to stay here." Hope snuggles impossibly closer to Awsten.

Awsten could melt at her just staying she wants to stay with him, but instead he just smiles and would rather not say anything that could ruin the mood.

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(Meanwhile, back in Ohio with Hope's family)

"I can't believe we let her stay! What kind of mother am I?" Cherie's pacing the kitchen, throwing her arms in the air as if no one is around her.

"Calm down now," Roy comes to put a hand on his wife's shoulder, but she pushed his and away, "I'm sure if she felt uncomfortable, she would tell us. But, she's an adult and can make her own decisions, she's very capable of being responsible."

"Roy, it's not that I don't trust her, it's that I don't trust the people that she's staying with. Did you see how that guy was acting and even dressing?"

Lee's sitting on the couch in the next room, hearing their entire conversation. "Mom, what do you even mean?" She rolls her eyes.

Cherie just scoffs at her daughter's response, "You know what I mean."

"Um, no...we really don't know."

"Quit your bullshit Lee, I'm going upstairs." Cherie storms out of the kitchen and goes upstairs. 

Lee takes her hone from her pocket and pulls up Hoe's contact, "I'm going to call Hope, I'll let you know what's going on after." She walks out the front door, onto the porch and starts calling Hope, it rings a few times until she finally picks up.

"Hey, Lee, what's up?" Hope's tone sounds more happy than it's been since she last saw her sister.

"We need to talk, is Awsten there?"

Hope's concerned at how Lee's talked and gets nervous at what she could be talking about, "Um yeah, he's right here."

"Good, can you put me on speaker so he can hear?"

Hope does as she's asked and puts her hone on speaker, holding her phone up a little higher to the both of them. "Okay, now what do you want to talk about?"

"There needs to be a day when Awsten or everyone can meet mom and dad cause mom's literally flipping out at the thought of you staying with a bunch of guys, dad and I have been trying to calm her down, but she won't change her mind."