Challenge :A.C.M:

9.

A/N: I feel like it's time we develop their relationship😏 Let it all begin.

:griffin:

"Can't sleep?" Austin walks into the kitchen, seeing me at the kitchen island, drinking a glass of water. I shake my head and he walks closer to me, turning my chair around to face him "Why not?" He asks, and I shrug.

"First time I've really been away from home I guess"

"Right, sorry about that" He sighs.

"Don't worry about it, I agreed to be here"

"Can you do something for me?" He asks.

"I'm not going to blow you" I raise my eyebrows, and he shakes his head.

"Not what I was going to say" He chuckles.

"Okay" I nod "What do you want me to do?" I ask.

"First, close your eyes" He says, and I furrow my eyebrows in confusion, but do it anyways "Now hold out your hands" He tells me, and I hold them out in front of me, my palms facing the ceiling "I want to know what it feels like" He whispers "Will you tell me?" He asks.

"Yes" I whisper back to him.

"Okay" He mumbles, and soon I can feel his finger running along the skin of my palm, leaving a burning sensation in my hand "What does it feel like?"

"Like someone poured hot water on my hand" I answer truthfully, it was the best way to describe it.

"And this?" He asks, wrapping his hand around my wrist.

"Like I'm being stabbed with needles" I shake his hand off of me, and he's quick to remove it.

"One more" He tells me "What about this?" He slides his hand into mine, lacing our fingers together. I gulp, both feelings being combined into one, all while a strange feeling settles in my chest.

"Both in one and it gives me chest pains" I mumble and he removes his hand from mine, the pain in my chest leaving but the sensation in my hand never falters

"Okay, I'm done" He says and I open my eyes, dropping my hands "Is it like that everywhere?" He asks and I nod.

"Pretty much, some places I'm not completely sure though"

"Like?"

"Uh, my feet, neck, cheeks, ears..." I trail off "Lips" I add in quietly.

"Why not?"

"I guess they're not really places people are likely to touch" I shrug.

"Can I?" He asks and I shrug again as if to tell him I didn't care.

"Do you want me to close my eyes again?" I ask, and he nods. I close them, sit back in my chair, Austin taking a small step closer. He trails his finger in circles around my cheek, and then down to my neck.

"How does that feel?" He asks.

"Like when you grabbed my hand" I answer, and he nods. His touch leaves for a minute before I feel his thumb run over my lips. My eyes open slightly, as I see his attention fully engulfed in my lips. I swallow thickly and his eyes meet mine.

"And that?" He asks quietly.

"I didn't feel anything" I answer and he nods.

"I uh, I think I'm going to head back to bed" He points his thumb behind him "If you need me, you know where I am"

"In your race car bed?" I tease.

"In my race car bed" He nods before walking out of the kitchen and leaving me alone, with nothing but a glass of water and a pair of numb lips. I walk back up to my room, seeing my phone go black. I pick it up seeing a text from Dean on my lock screen.

From: Dean
Hey, where were you at school today? We missed you😢

To: Dean
Sorry, took a last minute vacation. See you Monday

From: Dean
Well, have fun😊 See you Monday

I lock my phone a sit it on the bedside table. His use of emojis making my stomach hurt. And telling me they missed me? What's up with that? Because everyone misses an antisocial chick. I lay down in bed and stare at the ceiling, my heart thump a little faster tonight, and my breathing a little more shallow, but nonetheless, I find a way to make it to sleep.

"Wake up" Austin whisper-yells, and I furrow my eyebrows.

"I'm not sleeping" I groan, scrunching my nose "What do you want?"

"I want to go to the beach, you in?"

"Sure" I shrug "Let me change" I yawn, opening my eyes and sitting up in my bed. I walk to my suitcase, pulling out my swimsuit and changing into it. I put on my glasses, my contacts irritating me. I throw on a t-shirt and a pair of shorts and walk out of my room, and to the kitchen.

"You wear glasses?" He asks, and I nod "You look so cute"

"Oh god" I cover my face with my hands "Cute? Jesus Christ" I huff.

"Very cute" He teases, shoving a piece of pineapple into his mouth "Come on, let's go outside" He chuckles, opening the door and waiting for me to pass him. I watch him closely as I pass him, and he raises his hands in defense. I walk outside and towards the beach, Austin following me.

He gets straight into the water and I pull off my shorts, contemplating taking off my shirt. I take off my glasses, the entire world going blurry, something I hate. I put them into the pocket of my shorts and pull off my shirt, walking up to the waters.

"And a belly ring?" He asks in disbelief "Gosh I know nothing about you" He says dramatically "Do you have like 4 kids in like Guadalajara or something too?"

"Peru actually"