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This is a song fic based off Betty by Taylor Swift!
Betty, I won't make assumptions
About why you switched your homeroom, but
I think it's cause of me
Y/N and Awsten had been close for years, they met in 2nd grade and became best friends instantly. As the years went on the two developed crushes on each other but were too scared to reveal it to one another. They both laid awake in their bedrooms at night pining about the other but being too scared to actually go for it...until junior year.
Awsten was a dork, but in the best and most endearing way. He had the flippy brown hair that every scene and emo kid had and always wore band t-shirts and studded belts that poked holes into said shirts, and he was in a band...it wasn't the best band but it wasn't great. Y/N didn't care, she was at every show in the front row cheering them on and screaming the words. No one was a bigger fan than her.
One night after a show Y/N was driving Awsten home, because he had yet to get his license, and Awsten was staring at her. He knew it was obvious but he didn't care, he loved admiring her. He wanted to kiss her so bad, and eventually he ended up asking her to pull into the parking lot of the nearby Smoothie King. She did so, not even bothering to ask why.
The parking lot was pretty much empty and Y/N had chosen a more secluded spot by some trees. "Why'd you want me to pull over, is everything alright?" She asks. Awsten bit down on his lower lip trying to think of how to word what we was about to say. "I want to kiss you." He felt himself begin to blush, mentally kicking himself for such a simple choice of words. Y/N looked confused for a moment but a smile slowly crept onto her face, "You do?"
He nods in response. She giggles and leans towards him, "Then do it." He smiled nervously and said, "I umm, I don't really know how, I only ever kissed that one girl who I met at Warped Tour and I haven't kissed anyone since..." Y/N smiles and cups his face in her hands, "Then let me kiss you." She leaned closer, tilting her head slightly and kissing him softly. He smiled into the kiss and kissed her back, still a bit nervous. When she pulls away she's grinning like she's never been happier. "Y/N would you wanna...maybe go out sometimes?" He asks, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. "I'd love to, Aws."
This was the start of their relationship, but it ended a few months later in June on the first day of summer break. Awsten had found another girl he was interested in and so he left Y/N, idiotically thinking they'd still be friends. She ignored any calls and texts from him, she stopped going to his shows and hanging around his friends, her parents even turned him away if he tried to see her. She shut him out completely.
On the first day of senior year the two had been placed in the same homeroom, Awsten went over to sit by her, hoping they could talk but Y/N quickly made her way to the teachers desk, asking to go to the counselor's about her schedule. The next day she was gone and in a completely different class. Awsten knew it was because of him.
Betty, one time I was riding on my skateboard
When I passed your house
It's like I couldn't breathe
Awsten had taken up skateboarding again the summer before senior year. He had been skating around the neighborhoods, taking a break from a song he had been working on, when he passed Y/N's house. As soon as he saw it he felt like the wind had been knocked out of him.
He could see her up on her porch wearing one of his band's t-shirts, she had cropped it and wore it with a pair of blue jean shorts. He thought she looked beautiful, but he shouldn't have. He was with a new girl named August. He can't think about Y/N anymore. She caught him staring and looked pissed, stomping inside and slamming the door of her house shut. He knew he had to leave.
