Downtown (auston matthews x oc)

-twelve-

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As Auston pulled on his jacket, Mitch approached him to ask, "Yo, you see Nora's most recent post?"

Auston was quick to grab his phone off the counter and open Instagram, but he was surprised to find that there was no recent post. There were no posts at all, actually. "What the fuck?" Auston muttered, which got Mitch's attention.

"What is it?" he asked, and Auston turned the phone around to face him. The sight nearly made Mitch double over with laughter. "No fucking way," he hollered. "She blocked your ass."

"There's no way she blocked me," snapped Auston.

He wasted no time, opening their text conversation. Since the first night of his road trip out West, Auston had only texted her two or three times-always something sarcastic and chirpy. Otherwise, their conversation was mostly relegated to her Instagram comments, which Auston evidently was no longer allowed to see.

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Messages

Conversation with Nora Mallone

Auston
what the fuck, nora. did you
block me?

Nora
yes

Auston
why the hell would you
do that?

Nora
your comments on my posts were making
Henley uncomfortable.

Auston
what are you talking about?

Nora
yesterday henley like screamed at me
to block you because you guys are together
and i was apparently flirting with you on instagram.
i was like i simply do not care and
so just did it so she didn't actually murder
me.

Auston
who the fuck said she and i are
together??

Nora
henley

Auston
that's not true at all. we are
not together.

Nora
okay

Auston
so can you unblock me now?

Nora
no

Auston
why the fuck not?

Nora
because henley will actually lose
her mind. she was all weird, saying
she was gonna like ruin my life and shit
lol . it was genuinely so bizarre.

Auston
i have no idea why she's
saying that we're together.
we literally hooked up once.

Nora
okay.
don't tell her that i told you
because i would like to live to
see age 24

Auston
are you at work rn?

Nora
no, i have Mondays off.

Auston
send me your address.

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"I need to go," Auston announced.

Mitch looked up at Auston, brows furrowed. "Where are we going?" he asked.

Auston grabbed his keys from the dish on the counter. "We," he began, "aren't going anywhere. You are going home, and I am going to deal with something."