simplicity ✩ pm

four

dahlia's pov
zion and i walked into the house to find elle and brandon sitting on the couch, austin and grace talking on the couch, and we looked at each other annoyed. everyone noticed us and i immediately felt everyone's eyes on us. austin's eyes darted to me, keeping our gaze locked. i smiled and he looked down, giving a slight smile. i noticed a particularly smiley elle, who just happened to be talking to brandon, ooOoOooO, i know what that means. i kept seeing austin across the room. honestly, i was more than sad about austin and grace, but i wasn't about to let it ruin the rest of my day. i decided i was gonna pretend like it never happened.

austin's pov

"austin are you even listening to me?" grace screamed. honestly, no i wasn't listening to her. dahlia walked in with zion and a million thoughts were running through my mind. why did she walk in with zion? is she still hurt about what she saw in the hallway? how could i do that to her? i knew damn well she liked me too. she's probably way past me now. when i snapped back to reality, i realized grace walked away and dahlia was now standing right in front of me.

"porter, you there?" she asked, waving her hand in front of my face and laughing. i laughed and smiled at her.

"my bad, just thinking a lot." i said. her eyes pierced me like pins and needles, i swear she had me under a spell.

"oh no, thinking is bad austin. thinking is poison to the mind. wanna talk about it?" she asked, her eyes shining brightly.

"actually sure, i'd lov-" i was about to reply when grace interrupted.

"austin, would you be a doll and get me a soda from the fridge? don't worry, i'll keep daisy here some company." grace said in a fake-nice accent. i sighed and i was about to walk away when i heard dahlia and grace arguing.

"actually, it's dahlia." she said shortly. dahlia as always, sassy. grace laughed evilly.

"so, i've noticed you looking at my boyfriend from afar, and i just hope there's no confusion so let me make this clear: austin. is. mine. he would never stoop so low as to fall for someone like you. he's into me, could you back off? thanks." grace quietly yelled. huh?? boyfriend?? poor dahlia, she's probably heartbroken right now.

"girl, don't get it twisted. i'm not into your boyfriend and he's not into me. are you so insecure that you really think me, of all people, would steal austin? have you seen me?" dahlia asked. she's so beautiful, i thought to myself. how could she say that? also ouch, i shook it off anyways. i'm sure she likes me still.

"unfortunately, i have seen you, and honey i'm not impressed. i don't need to hear your cry for attention, just remember what i told you. consider yourself warned, daria." grace scowled.

"for the love of god,  it's DAHLIA." she returned, raising her voice. i couldn't even see her, but i just knew she rolled her eyes.

"oh, and by the way, i know i said austin was mine, but that guy you came in with, zion, is so absolutely adorable. swing me his number sometime, sunshine." grace said. damn, she's hitting on my best friend. how did i even consider her? someone needa call 1-800-be-gone-thots on this girl.

"sprite, my favorite! thank you my baby, you know me so well!" grace yelled obnoxiously. she grabbed the sprite then proceeded to kiss me extremely sloppily. i'm literally gagging, but i think part of me just wanted to make dahlia jealous a bit. i saw her turn her head to meet eyes with zion. he must've seen the look in her eyes because zion ran over to her and they walked outside to the table where i last sat with her. i'm freaking out, he's totally gonna steal her. i pulled away from grace and just went on my phone. grace went to talk to elle and brandon while i sat just watching zion and dahlia through the screen door. she seemed upset for a few minutes, like she was ranting, but i couldn't exactly tell. at that point, they were just laughing and having a grand time. i was getting so mad. i couldn't understand why i wanted dahlia but i kept kissing grace. no, i don't like grace at all, i think i just liked the attention. dahlia rested her head on zion's shoulder, and before i knew what i was doing, i ran outside and right crossed zion in the mouth.