Downtown (auston matthews x oc)

-sixteen-

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When Auston woke the next morning at home, he had to remind himself that the night before wasn't some insanely vivid dream. He'd made out with Nora. In her bed. They'd talked for hours about everything and nothing. And he was fucking obsessed with her. How he had ever dragged himself from her apartment was beyond him: it took a strength he didn't know he had.

He rolled over, grabbing his phone off the nightstand in the hopes that a message from Nora might appear on the screen. Instead, it was several texts from Henley, responding to Auston's message from last night.

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Messages

Conversation with Henley (Castle)

Henley
can i ask why you don't wanna keep
seeing each other? i thought we really hit
it off.

...

Henley
don't you remember how i made you
feel? how much fun we had? don't you want
to keep that going?

...

Henley
is there someone else? is that what it is?
if there's another girl, i want you to tell me.
tell me auston.

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"Jesus," Auston muttered. He took a screenshot of the messages and sent them to his friends, who he hoped might help him talk his way out of this situation.

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Messages

toronto fellas 🫡

Auston
anybody got any advice on how
to get away from this girl

Mitch
it's called the block button

Willy
lol who is that chick?

Biebs
yikes, grateful im married

Mitch
is it that girl from the castle

Auston
yeah

Kerf
the girl whose insta you showed us?

Auston
no, that was nora

Mo
i can't keep track of auston's girls
these days

Auston
??? i don't have any girls

Mitch
lol tell that to Henley

Auston
im fucking trying.

Mo
just say you're not looking for anything
serious. pull the pro athlete card, never
gonna settle down, whatever

Kerf
or just don't respond

Mitch
^^always a viable option

Biebs
but if that girl works at the castle you
know you'll see her again, so i feel like
you have to say something.