The Lucky One

Chapter Fourteen

It's been about a month and three weeks since Austin has moved in. The party was postponed and moved to the week before Christmas. To think it would have been the busiest time of the year made me wonder, but it was also the jolliest time of the year. The sky has become more chilly in the month of November and our stomachs had been overfilled the day Thanksgiving came along. The last month and few weeks have been everything I've ever imagined.

Harry and my relationship went well and he was still a lovely gentleman. He usually took me out on expensive dates and we would walk for miles just talking. Sometimes we would sneak out and have our little, secret make-out sessions. Or so we hoped it was a secret.

Austin and I were still the best friends anyone could ever be. He didn't show his feelings in front of me as much as he used to anymore. Even when he did, he was still my best friend. Louis was still always by my side. Zayn and Liam have been the craziest boys as always. Niall and Jade moved into a flat together. They decided to live alone because they needed "privacy". Whatever that meant. We still kept in touch. Things went unexpected, but ended with great results.

"Yeh, I can't believe it's so soon!" Zayn said. We all sat at the dining table chatting away. Eleanor was eating dinner with us. "No kidding. It's in like, what, 2 weeks? By the time we know it, it'll already be here." Liam said, leaning back in his chair. "Have we gotten our outfits planned yet?" Louis eyed everyone. Everyone filled the room with yes's. "Good, because I haven't yet." he started laughing.

I felt Harry's arm creep onto my inner thigh. My eyes pierced into his soul, but I knew it felt sort of right. He smirked at me, followed by a flirtatious wink. I rolled my eyes and shoved his hand off, but his hand flew right back, stroking my thigh. It gave me chills all over the right side of my body. I held his arm back from reaching anywhere else, so he just traced circles with his finger. I gave him a sarcastic smile and in return, he gave the air a smooch in my direction... and another wink. God, he was so sexy.

When I told myself I was finished eating for the night, I gave Harry a peck on his lips and took our dishes to the kitchen to start cleaning, but I found Austin at the sink already starting on it. "Austin?" He looked at me. "I thought you were out there." I said.

"Nah, I just thought I could help around a lil' bit." he arranged some dirty dishes around, rinsing them to make it a bit easier. "Here, let me do the washing. You can rinse." I told him, scooting him over. He chuckled. We spoke as we did the dishes.

"Ér, you better be careful with that knife." he said, watching me as I picked it up. "I've done this a million times more than you have in your life." He went back to rinsing the plate. I slid the sponge across both sides of the knife from the sharp end. The point of the knife cut through the sponge and slit the skin between my index finger and thumb.

I dropped the knife into the sink and tried not to scream in pain. Austin swiftly grabbed my wrist and looked at the cut. "God, Eryn!" he turned the cold water on and stuck my hand under it. "Right after I tell you to be careful." he scolded me.

I still remember back then when we were small, I fell when we played outside together. He ran inside as fast as he could and came back with a pictured bandaid. He would spray some kind of medicine on the wound and quickly paste the bandaid on it. "Be careful next time." he would say. He helped me into the house and we would stay there because I couldn't play outside anymore.

Austin removed my hand from the water and his eyes look closely for the cut. When he saw blood reappear, he put his mouth over it, sucking it up. I pulled away immediately. "Austin! What are you doing?" He grabbed my wrist harder than before, "Just hold on." He continued sucking up the blood. I just stood there and watched him. It felt a bit funny because I could feel his tongue. I giggled.