Runaway Baby | Becstin

Chapter 8

Dave...

Austin hasn't seen him yet so I thought of a way to distract him from looking so he wouldn't freak out like how I am, but I'm secretly freaking out on the inside.

"Hey um...I don't think my dad is here and I'm kinda hungry." I lied. He turned and smiled at me.

At least I got his attention away from Dave...

"Okay, so what do you wanna eat?" He asked.

"Um...anything is fine." I simply replied. He messed around with his hands like they held the answer.

"Alright, I know where we can go!" He exclaimed. I let out a quiet sigh of relief as we drove far from my house and Dave, until you couldn't see it any more.

"So where exactly are we going?" I asked. He smiled but didn't say anything.

Since when did Austin smile this much? Most of the time it was just his signature smirk...

I couldn't help but get worried.

What if Austin was with Dave and they were planning to do something to me? What if they wanna rape me?! Or even worse...kill me!!

Okay maybe they wouldn't go too far. But still, you never know!

All my worries quickly washed away when we pulled up into the Pizza Hut parking lot.

"I hope you like pizza." He winked as he got out of the drivers seat and made his way over to my door and opened it like a gentleman. I never would have thought Austin was that type of guy.

As we walked inside we got some stares from people but then they went back to their business. Austin ordered for the both of us.

While we waited for our pizza, I decided to start some small talk with him.

"So, I guess you like Pizza?" I started.

Wow nice start! (Notice sarcasm)

"Obviously!" He replied.

"Do you play any sports?" I asked.

"Hmm...Basket Ball, Foot ball. Yeah that's pretty much it" He sighed.

Where is this conversation going?

"So um...how are your parents?" I asked. He looked down at his feet.

"Parent." He corrected me. I felt embarrassed, ashamed, and just plain stupid!

"O-oh, I didn't know...I'm sorry I didn't mean to-" I got cut off by the lady announcing Austin's name to go pick up our food. Austin shot me a small smile and got up to pick up the pizza.

He came back with a medium pepperoni pizza. We found a table and started eating in an awkward silence.

"So what school do you go to?" He asked, trying to break the tension.

"Lady Bird High School." I simply stated. He nodded and took a bite. He swallowed and cleared his throat.

"I used to go there too" He said, taking another bite.

'Used to?'

"What do you mean 'used to'? Did you drop out already?!" I asked, surprised that he already dropped out.

"No, my mom suggested I get home schooled instead of going to a public school" He said.

"Why?" I asked. Just then 3 guys come walking in. I recognized them because they went to my school, I think...