Giving Up (An Austin Mahone Fanfic)

Chapter Eight

Chapter Eight

- Alessandra -

A few weeks after I left, I still haven't been myself. He was the one who made me happy. He was the one who brought out the best side of me. He was the one who kept me together. He was the one who kept me alive. When I left, everything changed.

I would text him on a daily basis but it just wasn't the same, I wanted to be with him. I need to be in his arms to feel safe and to be comforted. But sometimes he wouldn't answer back. Sometimes it took days and then sometimes it took minutes.

My days would go by slow. I would go to school which I hate and then come home and sleep. I was always by myself which I spent thinking about him. I always thought about how he was doing since I get no texts back from him.

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I woke up with the sun beaming inside my room. The sky was a light blue barely with any clouds. It was almost summer and it was hot here in North Carolina.

I picked up my phone and unplugged it from the charger. When I checked it I had gotten texts from my new friend, Natalie. She was my only friend here who I met on my first day of school. She was the one who helped direct me around school and actually made me feel welcomed. I'm so happy I met her because most of the people here are to themselves and don't want to be bothered with new people, but she is different. She's just like me. She moved here about a year ago from New York and she felt the same way as I did so she knew she needed to help.

I read the text and it said, "Hey Al! I'm going to the mall later, do you want to come?"

I immediately texted back saying that I could go since it's a Saturday and I have no plans. I also wanted to get my mind off of things.

She told me that she would pick me up around 1 o'clock which gave me two hours. I got up off my bunk bed and got into the shower. When I got out, I wrapped the towel around my body and started to blow-dry my hair. When I was done, I started to do my makeup. I start by doing a thin layer of moisturizer and then my foundation. Next, I use my powder to set it because I don't have much acne and then I start with my eyes. I put mascara on and I curl them. This is the most important part of my makeup routine because they have to be perfect. I do a couple of more touchups until I am done. I went into my closet to pick out an outfit. I picked a pink v-neck and dark jeans.

I go to sit on my bed and look at my phone to see if there are any texts. There are none. I wonder why Austin hasn't been texting me at all.

Did he find someone else?, I thought to myself. It couldn't be possible because he told me that there was nobody else he would want to be with. So then I text him first to see if he responds. After an hour of waiting, I decided to call him. I go to his contact and pressed call. It rung a couple of times until I heard a familiar voice, "Hello?"

"Hey Austin, it's me."

"Oh hey Al!", he screams over the noise in the background. All I hear are girls screaming and talking.

"Austin where are you? It's pretty noisy."

"I'm at this girl Danielle's party with Alex", he stutters.

"Oh I didn't know that you're into parties now."

"Yeah ever since you left, I've been trying to get myself out there. Ya know?"

I looked around confused at the words I just heard. I tried to think about what he said, this doesn't sound like the Austin I know. I stayed silent for a while until he spoke again. "Alessandra? Are you there?"

"Yeah I'm here. I was just um thinking about things", I say as a whisper.

"Oh okay well I gotta go! I'll talk to you later!", he says while I hear a beep which means he hung up.

I just sat there on my bed thinking about what happened until I heard a car beep. That must be Natalie. I got up and grabbed my purse. As I walked out of the door, I remembered that I didn't tell anyone I was leaving so I went back in and told my brother. I walked back outside and walked to Natalie's car. I got into the passenger seat and Natalie smiled at me and said, "Hey Al!"

I forced a fake smile and she just looked at me curiously. "Al, are you okay?" I looked up at her and started to cry.

She hugged me without saying anything. She didn't want to make me more upset than I already am so she just waited for me to calm down. After I was calm, I told her about everything. From the day me and Austin first met until what happened today. I'm surprised I didn't tell her earlier in our friendship but I don't trust people when I first meet them. Now that I know that she cares about me and is trustworthy, I will tell her everything. I'm so happy that she is my new best friend.