Persistence

Chapter Seven - New Friend.

As you were sat in your hotel room you were waiting for Austin who said he would be here by 7pm. It was now 8pm and still no show, so you just assumed he wasn't coming. At 8:30pm you heard a knock at your door. As you walked over to the door you opened it to see a heavy red eyed Austin. "Hi, do you want too come in?" you asked politely. Austin nodded and walked over too the couch. You offered Austin a drink which he kindly declined. You were almost intrigued into wanting to know why he had red puffy eyes. It didn't help you hardly knew the guy and didn't want to ask in case he thought you were just being nosey. You sat down next to Austin.

Austin quickly spoke about some ideas and as you spoke over the ideas you come up with some great ideas between the two of you. Of course you would have to meet up with the band again anyway so you could tell them the new ideas and see what they think. As you were coming towards the end of the conversation Austin asked "Are you doing anything tonight?" you answered quickly with "No, I got a date with the TV and some fast food". As Austin chuckled at what you said he added "You wanna do something? I need a drink and it's a great excuse to show you Cali". You hesitated in your head, shouldn't you or should you. Matt popped into your head and what he might say. But he wouldn't find out, or would he. And why would it matter you don't love him anyway. Austin asked why you had too think about it so much. You answered quickly with "I dunno, Fuck it. Yeah, Okay. Are you willing to wait because i'll need to get ready, unless you got things to do I could meet you somewhere or something?" Austin smiled and said "It's fine i'll wait, I'm in no rush, never am as you can tell by my time keeping skills". you both chuckled and you headed off into the bathroom.

You were applying your make up and thought you would apply a bit more than you usually would. Purely for the fact when you get drunk make up isn't your best friend and usually ends up on most of your face. As you were putting your lipstick on you looked at yourself in the mirror and smiled at yourself. You hadn't smiled genuinely in a long time and it felt great. Curling the last bit of your mid-length purple hair you were debating wether or not you looked too done up. Scooping your hair and pulling the curls around too one side you were ready to get changed.

As you walked back into the bedroom Austin just smiled at you. Smiling back you said "I'll be ready in a minute I just need to get changed". Austin stated it was fine and take your time. You choose a slinky black dress. You hadn't shown off your slender figure in a long time and wanted to gain back your confidence. You picked up some black heels which were like almost a boot sort of heel to match your dress. And back into the bathroom you went to get dressed.

You walked out the bathroom saying "Ready" and smiled at Austin. Austin looked you up and down twice and you thought to yourself that maybe you had over done it. Then Austin said "You look lovely, like a true princess" Wow you thought to yourself I haven't had a compliment like that in years! "Thank you" you said to Austin shyly blushing as he held your hotel room door open for you, Ready to hit the town.

Later that night Austin had taken you to a little bar in Cali. As you went outside for a smoke Austin got another round of drinks in. As you were smoking your cigarette Austin had already brought the drinks and came outside and sat down at a table in which you followed. Austin said "That's a dirty habbit you know" then laughed after he said it, as you rolled your eyes in a joking way you said "I know, trust me if you were me you'd be smoking too" You both laughed and as you went to stand up to put your cigarette out your dress rose up a little bit that's when Austin stopped laughing. "How did you get that nasty looking bruise on your leg, Summer?". In your head you thought oh shit. no,no,no. But you knew you had to answer it and said "I banged it against my desk". Hoping Austin would believe what you said you downed your drink so you couldn't answer any more questions.

As the night went on you realized that you two were very drunk and had a lot in common. Austin offered to walk you back to your hotel, So being polite you agreed. However back in England you wouldn't want to walk back after a night out because of how many creeps there were about. But with Austin you felt safe with his big posture. 

As you started walking Austin let something spurt out "She is a bitch you know" confused you asked who he was on about. Austin quickly replied with "I'm not gonna mention her name but she cheated on me, again". Still confused you quickly added "Well it's her loss isn't it, Chin up petal." Austin smiled and before you knew it you were back at your hotel. "Do you mind if I crash here tonight, I'm fucked." You were kind of surprised by this but you've just had a night out with Austin Carlile and he wants to stay the night on the couch, You would be stupid to say no considering you have been listening to them for years. "Yeah that's fine, You quickly answered, you are on the couch though." Austin let out a chuckle and you continued to head up to your hotel room where you both stayed the night.