"Austin, why are you limping?" Allison asked as I walked over to my group of friends. We were meeting up today at Panda Express since we didn't get the chance to last night. "And why is Jackson with you?" I had also decided to bring Jackson along since we had fallen asleep in my bed last night. He held my hand as we walked.
"'Cause," I said. "He spent the night at my house last night."
"Oh my gosh!" Viv screamed. "I know why you're limping. You took it up the a-"
I shook my head. "You're embarrassing."
"When did he get over? Once I left you were getting into bed," Allison asked.
I glanced at Jackson and smiled. He squeezed my hand. "I actually snuck through his window last night," he said, scratching the back of his head. Allison bust out laughing.
"Does that mean I can come over tonight?" She asked. I quickly shook my head and mouthed no.
"Can we get our food now?" Bailey whined.
"Let's go," Viv said, dragging her into Panda Express.
We each got our individual food. Jackson insisted that he paid for mine. The lady wrapped the containers up in bags and handed them back to us.
"Thank you," I said, flashing a smile. I handed Jackson the bags so he could carry them, and he held my other hand. We walked out side with everyone else and sat down by the fountains in the center of the park.
"Austin, did you hear whats happening?" Allison asked me. I glanced up at her and shook my head no. She began talking but I got distracted by Jackson. He was tying to use his chopsticks to eat, but was failing miserably. I held in a laugh as I tried to show him how to do it right.
"Austin," Allison knocked me out of my trance. "Are you listening to me? This is important!"
"But look at Jackson, he's so cute," I giggled and he kissed my cheek. Allison gave me the death glare. "Right sorry." I sat up start and started to listen.
"Charlie G'Nick is having a huge party," she said. "It's tomorrow night, we are all going."
"That's what you interrupted my special moment for," I rolled my eyes.
Allison shook her head. "Sometimes you just don't learn to use chopsticks. Look at Bailey." I looked over and she struggled to stab the chicken with the stick.
"Don't dis Bailey," Viv laughed and handed her a fork.
•••
Jackson and I decided to go off and walk around the malls a bit. Allison, Viv and Bailey went off in their own direction.
We walked down passed clothing stores like Hollister, Gucci, and Burberry. We went into some stores but didn't really buy much. "Ya know, multiple people said that literally everyone has tried getting with you, but you never hook up. What made you want to get with me so bad."
Jackson chuckled and squeezed my hand a bit. "Everyone here is same old. They all have secrets. They are all hiding something and trying to plow through life. A lot of the people here are just bad news," he said. "The people here are fake."
"So I've heard," I scoffed.
"They want whatever will make them look better. They move up the chain of people to get to the top," he said. I nodded.
"Well why me? I have secrets too!" I played being hurt.
He shook his head. "You might have secrets, but not like them. And how could I not like you? You're gorgeous! I don't just call you Hollywood for the hell of it."
