The Prince and His Pauper

Chapter 46: The Pauper's Talk

"Make a left here and my house is going to the fourth one on your left." I instruct, pointing to the upcoming street that leads to my house.

"Alright, left here. . ." Austin repeats as he makes the turn and drives pass four houses, parking his car in front of my house.

The last two hours of school went by really fast after lunch ended with me almost coming late to Mrs. Nohilly's class because the classroom Antonio took me was farther than our usual lunch spot. It turns out to be the language class which is unfortunately behind the library that has most of the open space for students to eat lunch if they didn't want to eat by the commons which is basically the outdoor version of the cafeteria. Whereas the math building is pass the front of the school and to the right of the school's parking lot.

"Are your parents in there? Do they know about us? Oh god, do you want me to tell them about us or are you still in the closet?" Austin bombards worriedly that resulted in me chuckling. He's always been a worrier and I've always thought it was so cute to see his worry side.

"Relax, my parents aren't home right now and I'll answer all of your questions inside. That is why we're here for, right?" I assure while I unbuckle my seat belt.

I heard Austin chuckle as I got out of his car, close the door, then follow the stone pathway to my front door. The car alarm went off, telling me that Austin is either right behind me or on his way to catch me, while I look through my backpack for my copy of the house key. I always lose it in my backpack and I keep trying to hook it on the zipper, but I don't know how I would take it off from there so I keep it in the smallest pocket of my backpack.

Taking out my key, I unlock the door and step inside then turn around to hold it for Austin who was walking up to me. He walks inside, nodding his head at with his hand by his head like he was wearing an invisible hat and was being a gentleman. Laughing softly at his goofiness, I close the door then lock it before I look over at him and inform him, "I'm going to go up to my room for a minute to drop off my backpack, okay? My mom hates it when I just leave it here so just wait for me in the living room. It's up ahead."

"Got it, Cy." Austin responds, walking ahead as I head upstairs. Though, I just left my backpack by the door and basically ran downs the stairs.

Austin is here. Alive and in my house! I thought excitedly inside my head. I was somehow able to not squeal from joy while I walk into the living room where I found Austin sitting on the couch. So, I head over to where he was and took a seat next to him. Not even one second passes when Austin grabs my arm and pulls me to his lap, his lips finding mine again.

Out of habit, I kissed him back like my life depended on it as my hands go to his hair. His hand moves to the small part of my back and pulls me closer to him, almost trying to deepen the kiss by physically getting me closer to him. I felt my bottom lip getting licked by what I know is Austin's tongue and felt myself parting my mouth open for him. Austin's tongue slips inside and grazes my teeth before touching my own tongue that caused a moan to escape.

What am I doing?! I-I shouldn't be kissing Austin! I'm with Antonio! Oh my god, I cheated on my boyfriend! I thought hysterically, bringing me back to reality and pushing Austin away from me. However, when I pushed him, I fell off of his lap and landed on my butt.

"Cassiel! You okay?!" Austin shouts and reaches out for me, but I slap his hand away.

"I'm fine. . . B-but, we can't do that. . ." I mumble sadly, getting up from the floor and going back to my seat. This time, I kept my distance from him and even went as far as avoiding eye contact with him.

"Do what, Cas?" Austin asks which only made me feel more guilty. For cheating on Antonio with that kiss and because my heart is beating faster than before. Like the first time Austin stole my first kiss.