Keeping Afloat (A Wintumn Story)

Dinner and a show.

TW MENTION OF ED AND SH

WINTER POV
Autumn comes downstairs in the most beautiful dress I've ever seen. "Does this look alright?" She comes down and somewhat models it. I get up from the sofa and hold her waist. "You look fantastic my love." I say kissing her cheek as I do. She pulls away. "I don't have time." She's frantically rushing around. She runs back upstairs and I follow. "I just need to, but I also need to do this, wait-." I cut in "Autumn." I say sternly. "Breathe, your stressing yourself out for no reason. Just breathe." She puts her hands on her hips and I watch as she tilted her head back to focus on her breathing.

"Right now look at me." I say putting one hand on her shoulder. "Your going to meet your brother and have a nice time together that it, no need to be getting stressed." She stood there looking up at me before bringing herself in for a hug. "Thank you, I love you." She mutters before the door bell rings. She springs back into action, throws on the first pair of heels she can find and opens the door. "Little sis." "Big brother." Autumn just stares at him before turning around to me kissing me goodbye, leaves closing the door behind her. God she's stunning

AUTUMN POV
We get into the car and start to drive off. Sitting in silence for a while, not an awkward silence just silence before I finally ask. "So we're we going to eat?" I ask turning to look at Reece who is concentrating on the road. "I was thinking that Italian place." He says not taking his eyes off the road. "What the one we'd go to as kids?" I say realising how much he looks like our father whilst driving.  "Mhm." We sit in silence for a bit longer before I say. "Still effecting you then?" We sit in an awkward silence for a bit longer. "Some days are worse than others." He basically mumbles. "What about you?" I look up at him confused. "What do you mean?" He's still looking dead straight at the road. "Your wrists." He says bluntly. "You still doing it?" Another awkward silence. I turn to look out the window before awnsering. "Sometimes." Another silence. "Does Winter know?" I look at him. His eyeline on the road still hasn't moved. "No."

We finally make it to the restaurant. We walk in and sit at a table. The moment we sit  down I order myself a wine. I'm way too sober to be talking about any of our childhood. Reece got a lemonade. Then we got our food and started to talk. "So Winter." I look up from my food. "What about him?" Reece smirked and said. "Well if your together then he needs my approval." I kick him in the shin. "For god's sake Aut, how many times are you going to kick me." I look back down at my food. "Until you get it into your head not to make comments about my boyfriend." Reece laughed at this. "What?" I snap back. "You haven't changed Aut." I look back up at him. "Nether have you."

We sit in silence for the rest of the meal. I have another wine before we go. We have another silent car journey before getting to the show.

I wonder down to the bar and get myself another wine and find the table Reece was at. "3rd one in the last hour." I turn round to give him a death stare. He turns away and just then the show starts. We sit there in silence whole way through. I get up a few  times to get myself a top up on my wine.

After the show I'm a bit tipsy and think I'm doing good at keeping it hidden (I'm really not). The whole way home I'm just yapping about random facts I know causing Reece to laugh. "Someone had a bit to much to drink." He says laughing at me still. "No,I'm fine." He parks in my driveway. "Thank you for tonight, I really enjoyed it." I go to get out the car before Reece says. "Tell him about it, you need someone to talk to and if it's not me I guess I can accept it being him." I punch his arm. "I've missed you, Reece." I say whilst getting out the car. "I've missed you too, Aut." I close the door and watch him drive off before entering the house.

WINTER POV
I'm sitting on the sofa watching, Autumn walks in obviously very tipsy. "Hello my love how was your night." She smiles. "Good." She walks over to me and wraps her arms around me. "How much did you have to drink then?" She looks up at me. "Not that much." She giggles as she said it. "Not that much, huh." I say stroking her hair. "No." Still giggling. I go to get up to get some water. "Don't go." She says. Autumn gets very clingy when she's like this. "I'm just going to get some water my sweet." She follow to the kitchen interlocking our index fingers. I love it when she gets like this. Her never wanting my side makes me think she feels safe around me what is all I want her to feel in the world.

After a while we decided to go to bed. We get changed into our pajamas. Autumn also throws one of my hoodies on top claiming she's cold. She comes over and rests her head on my chest. I stroke her hair. "Winter,I love you so so so much. I only ever want to be with you." I get the most stupid smile ever on my face. I kiss her forehead. "I love you to the moon and back." She gets as comfortable as possible and shortly after falls asleep on my chest letting out a small snor. How did I get so lucky to have a girl as perfect as her. I think I'll question this for the rest of my life.

W/C: 1025

A/N Thank you so much for reading, I honestly loved writing this chapter. I love Reece and Autumn as a duo and want to sm more of them again thank you for reading I appreciate you all so much, if you have any requests please comment them.