It's Ok, He Already in my DM's [BXB]

19

Austin's POV
Eric and I go into his house. Little feet run through the house and a little girl peaks around the corner. She giggles saying "uncle Eric!" She runs over and he picks her up saying "how are you, Miss Emily?" She giggles saying "I'm good." Eric says "you're getting big, how old are you?" She says "I'm eight. Mom says I'm too old to be picked up nowadays." Eric says "I'll tell you a secret, your mom doesn't know much" quietly. He puts her down and she says "mama wasn't able to make it."

Eric says "that's ok, sweetie. I'm glad I got to see you" smiling and she says "where's daddy?" Eric says "he went home and he should be here in a few minutes unless he beat me here." She says "he's not here" and Eric says "then he'll be here in a little bit, ok?" She says "ok" smiling and she turns to me saying "I'm Emily." I say "I'm Austin" putting my hand out and she shakes my hand. She says "are you Eric's friend?" I crouch down to her level saying "I'm Eric's boyfriend" and she says "so, you're dating? Do you love each other?"

I say "yes, we are dating. Let me tell you a secret" and she leans in. I quietly say "I do love him but don't tell him I told you." She giggles and says "ok" and skips away. Eric says "what did you tell her?" I say "it's a secret, Eric" making him smile. He wraps his arm around my shoulders saying "that's Leo's daughter. Her mom had her at eighteen, she wasn't ready to be an adult yet. She gave full custody to Leo at age nineteen, so she could go drink in Mexico. She's around every now and again because Leo wants to make sure she knows her mom. Emily's mom just doesn't care" quietly.

I say "poor thing. Probably why your dad grilled me so hard. Slightly insulted me too and he grilled me so hard, yet he didn't ask for a criminal record." Eric chuckles saying "come meet the family." We go into the living room after taking our shoes off and I go over to Eric's mom saying "I'm guessing you're mom?" She says "I am" smiling and I say "I'm Austin" smiling at her and shaking her hand. She says "well, aren't you sweet? I'm Alice" and I say "nice to meet you, ma'am" and Eric comes over saying "ma, I got flowers."

She says "remember to put them in water." He says "I will right now" and he stops for a second then keeps moving toward his goal. I say "what are you thinking about?" His mom and her mom, his grandmother, walk in talking about something. As soon as Eric turns around to face me, he says "yup, not gonna say what I was going to say." I giggle saying "you're cute, tell me later." The front door opens and it's Leo. Emily jumps at him as soon as he walks through the door. He says "how's my baby?" She says "I'm not a baby anymore."

Leo says "you'll always be my baby. Forever" smiling. She says "you're so gross" as he kisses her forehead and Eric and I chuckle. Emily say "no laughing at me, Uncle Eric." He says "I'm not. Someone finally agrees that your dad is gross. I'm laughing cause I'm happy" and Leo says "I hate you." I straighten Eric's tie as Eric says "at least I'm not single." Leo says "ouch, truce" chuckling and we chuckle. Emily says "put me down" and Leo puts her down and she comes over to me saying "Austin." I crouch down to her level saying "Emily."

She says "please don't hurt Uncle Eric like my mommy hurt my daddy" looking me in the eyes. I hug her then I sit on the floor, her sitting across from me I hold her hands saying "Emily, I would never dream of it. He's a really good guy. I would never try to screw that up." She says "and don't take him away from me please. He's my best friend." I say "you should always be higher on his priorities list than me. I'm not his priority number one. Family should be first, ok? Make sure you remind him of that. You deserve his attention before I do." She stands up and hugs me from my sitting position. Another little girl runs through the front door saying "Emily!" Emily says "Sarah!"

Eric runs his fingers through my hair and I bite my lip and I stand up. Sarah comes over saying "Eric" glaring at him. He says "Sarah" doing the same to her and she says "I'm mad at you." Eric says "why are you mad at me?" She says "you didn't even introduce me! Who in the world is this?" I say "yeah, Eric, where are your manners? I'm Austin, what's your name?" She says "I'm Sarah" shaking my hand. I say "I like your shirt, are you a dancer?" She says "I do ballet, no I'm not a ballerina." I say "I'm sure you're good, but not many places would make someone as young as you a ballerina."

She says "people can't seem to get it through their skulls. Do you do ballet?" I say "I did ballet for a long time. Probably since I was five until last year. So about eleven years and now I spend my time doing hip hop." She says "did you ever do both at once?" I say "I've been doing hip hop for about six years now, so yes I've done both. I did tap when I was little too. I did jazz for awhile, but tap wasn't really my thing. Jazz is really fun, but it didn't stick for me. You just find what you like and stick with it."

She says "I love ballet but I want to do something else too. There's only so much I can learn in ballet. I'm kind of bored." I say "ballet is boring sometimes, but it can be really fun too. Ballet teaches you much more than just the dancing. It's good for you and a major jumping off point for other types of dances. It's really good if you plan to be dancing a long time. It doesn't hurt to try a new class too. I've taken all kinds of dance classes that I never ended up sticking with."

She says "like what?" I say "I've done lyrical, modern, contemporary, acro, and I think I took a musical theatre class at one point. You have to try everything to know what you like and what you don't like, Sarah. It's ok to not like ballet, but it's good to stick with it for probably a little bit longer. There's not much they can teach you now because of how little you are. Once you get older you learn all the fun stuff."