Auston Matthews Imagine

Auston Matthews - Part Ten

Alex POV

"Dress all set?" Mom asks Y/N the moment she and Auston walk through the front door.

Y/N's cheeks turn a faint pink and I notice she avoids my mom's gaze when she answers.

"Oh yes, everything went great," her voice a little shaky as she mumbles her reply, if mom notices she doesn't say anything and launches into questions about the wedding that Y/N is the maid of honor in.

I narrow my eyes at Y/N trying to get her to look at me so I can read her face better when Auston steps in between us, effectively hiding Y/N from sight.

"So what did you get, Auston," Breyana asks from her seat beside me.

Auston stares at the table as he takes his seat across from her.

"Nothing," he mutters and he too is avoiding eye contact with anyone.

"You didn't have time?" Breyana presses, oblivious to the way he's acting.

"Right," Auston replies and jumps back up out of his seat to help mom, clearly over talking to Breyana.

Something happened.

I nudge Breyana in the side to get her attention.

"I think something went down between those two," I whisper, dad is sitting on just the other side of Breyana but his attention is elsewhere.

"What do you mean?" She asks, her eyes darting between Y/N and Auston.

"Look how neither of them will look at mom or even at us," I say, and even as the words leave my mouth I realize I'm overreacting, they have known each other just over twenty-four hours. Breyana and I didn't expect our plan to go through in less than twenty-four hours.

"I wouldn't look too into it Alex, Y/N is worked up about tomorrow and Auston is usually grumpy," she says, her tone bored.

"Well, just watch them tonight, see if anything has changed."

Breyana just rolls her eyes and turns her attention to her phone.

I can't help but continue to watch as Y/N and Auston help my mom bring everything to the table, something has definitely changed, they seem more comfortable around each other and for the first time since we picked Y/N and told her where we were staying, she looks relaxed.

Within a few minutes she's back to talking and laughing with mom and the rest of us, Auston too. Although mom sits between them at the table I notice Auston glance at Y/N a few times, seemingly fascinated with every word that comes out of her mouth.

Y/N seems oblivious to it, but she too hangs on to every word that Auston has to say. I realize I've been staring at Y/N when suddenly her eyes lock onto mine and she quirks an eyebrow at me.

"Do I have something on my face, Alex?" She asks me playfully, a smile pulling at the corners of her mouth.

"No, you just seem very happy tonight," I pause, "I'm sorry I haven't been more interested in helping you for tomorrow."

Y/N just smiles and reaches across the table to squeeze my hand.

"You've been supportive without even realizing it, Alex. I would have gone insane today if I had been back home with no one to distract me. Your mom was right this morning, I'm prepared..." she pulls her hand back and settles back down in her seat. "You believe in me and that's the the best support I could hope for."