You Got Me || Austin Porter

The Cure

It has been a week since I spoke to the boys. After my talk with Austin I never heard from him again or any of the boys, I could take a guess and say that Austin had made his decision, so I was not going to keep on waiting for him.  "I have to move on" I thought to myself.
Sunday is usually the day Boo comes over to stay with his family, so he was probably on hid way. Even Brandon didn't come talk to me during this week and I won't lie that it hurt me a little bit, I know it's a delicate situation but we are best friends, and putting that aside, we are like family too. I mean, I wasn't expecting him to lay with me just like when we were kids, but just asking how was I feeling was enough.
In this house, family meals are kinda hard to happen so it gets a little formal when we are able to reunite everybody. For that reason I was getting ready, not fancy or anything, just did a perfect "messy" ponytail and put my favorite flowery dress on. I was laying the table when the doorbell rang. I opened the door only to see B standing on the front door stairs with his arms open for me to hug him, which I did. When I rested my head on his shoulder I froze, Austin was behind him. B hold me by my waist before stopping the hug and whispering "its okay" in my ear. No, Boo, definitely not okay. He walks in the house, leaving me and Austin alone. I gave him some space, making him understand he should enter. Before I could turn back to him, he said:
- We should talk - I opened my mouth to answer him, but never got the chance to because Mrs e Ms Arreaga opened the door and started talking to him:
- Whats up boy? Brandon did not said you were coming over. But it's okay! - Mr Arreaga said while Ms Arreaga goes in the kitchen.
- Hey, Mr Arreaga! Yeah, I just stopped by, but I was actually heading out...
- No way! You're not refusing my food once again! - says Ms Arreaga. He sees there's no way out so he gives her a little smile and looks at me, I nod a yes to him knowing he would figure out that was for the statement he made before all this conversation started. We weren't going to have the chance to talk before lunch, so it was going to be a long meal.
I stayed with Ms Arreaga in the kitchen helping her with last details on the food, while Austin went to B's room. I really missed cooking with her, she was the one who taught me how to cook, actually. My mom would never do that because she is terrible at cooking and we haven't always been close, if you know what I mean.
Once the dinner was ready, everybody sat down on the dining table, we all know how lucky I am, so I ended up sitting in front of Austin and between Jess and Brandon. Jess was really surprised when saw Austin and she looked at me with an "what the hell" look and I just did a sign for "tell me about it".
So the meal was not that bad, it wasn't fun, but not as bad as I thought it would be. Besides the fact Austin kept staring at me any chance there was, making me even more nervous, it all went okay. After lunch, the adults went to the office because they had an emergency at work, B helped Jess to clean the table and went upstairs with her, so Austin and I ended up alone washing the dishes. We kept quiet for a few minutes til he said
- I've been thinking a lot about what you told me the other day and... - he was obviously too nervous for good news so I interrupted him.
- Austin, you don't have to say anything. I know what the silence treatment you've been giving me means, and it's fine. I can't force you to be okay with my past...
- But that's the thing, (Y/N), I don't know if I'll ever be okay with that, but this thing we have is worth the try. So, what do you say? Do you want to go on a real date with me? - He caught me off guard. I really wasn't expecting that. The way he said everything just felt so truthful, so certain of the words he was saying... The last part, where he asked me out (finally!!!) I swear I saw the hope in his eyes. There were million of things going through my head and I couldn't put them in words, so I just stood there staring at him for a minute til I got my thoughts in the right places again.
- Yes, A, I would love that - that's all I was able to answer. He gave me a big smile, though he tried to contain it, he couldn't. We went back to washing dishes, but the mood was a little tense, I guess we both got nervous, so I just hit the play button on my playlist and started jamming to it in order to make the air a little lighter. And it worked because soon we were singing and dancing like nothing had ever come between us. The Cure by Lady Gaga came on and I blushed a little because this song always remind me of Austin, but I sang my heart out anyway