the bet//[a.k.]

✦ ɢʀᴇᴀsᴇ ✦

the days that passed since mine and awsten's date were rather uneventful. we talked every day and decided that we'd make plans to hang out on one of the days of our winter break. both of us had plans with our families on different days, so finding a day where our schedules aligned was hard.

one day i was hanging out in my room listening to music when my phone vibrated. it was awsten.

aws<3: hey, are you doing anything today?

i responded immediately.

you: actually, no. i'm kinda just hanging around tbh

aws<3: same.
aws<3: we should hang out if you want

i thought for a moment. my mom was working a double so she wouldn't be home until way later and i was sure she wouldn't mind if i had someone over or went to someone's house. she trusted me.

you: yeah, that sounds cool. wanna come over for a bit and watch movies?

aws<3: bet let me just ask my mom

you: dw i gotta ask mine too

i quickly texted my mom asking if awsten could come over and she responded a few minutes later that he could as long as we didn't do anything stupid. she was still convinced that awsten and i were dating. although she wasn't far off (we did go on one date after all), awsten and i weren't even official and i didn't know if he wanted to be. i assumed we were just going with the flow and i was fine with that.

you: my mom said you can come ober
you: over*

aws<3: sick mine too. when do you want me to come?

you: whenever

aws<3: be there in a half hour then

you: kk :)

i set my phone down and had an idea.

i went into my closet and started searching through my things. i knew what i was looking for had to be in there. surely enough, at the top of my shelf, there she was.

my "brand new eyes" by paramore vinyl.

i remembered awsten said it was his favorite paramore album so i figured i could put it in. i did that and then cleaned up my mess from scrounging my closet and my phone vibrated again. it was awsten telling me he was there.

i made my way downstairs and opened the front door and let him in.

"hey!" i greeted him with a hug. he hugged me back.

"long time no see, it's been a whole five days." awsten laughed.

"very long time, i must agree." i giggled. "wanna head upstairs?"

"sure."

awsten and i headed upstairs and he plopped on my bed, which made me giggle. last time he was over he didn't even know if he could sit there and now he was just making himself at home.

"make yourself at home." i laughed.

"happily." he replied with a grin. i just shook my head at him as i smiled.

"brand new eyes?" awsten questioned, walking up to my record player.

"you mentioned it was your favorite paramore album so i dug it out of my closet." i told him.

"awe, that's sweet. you're really sweet, y/n."

"eh, don't mind me. i haven't listened to that album in a bit anyways, so i figured i might as well."