alphabet dating // michael clifford

three.

though michael went to bed so late, he wakes up before auserie to make her food. auserie slowly opens her eyes to find the bright stream of light shooting her direction from the bed. she groans and stretches, wishing she had brought different clothes with her last night. sleeping in jeans is not comfortable.

michael hears auserie in the bedroom, so he takes a break to see her.

"morning babe." he says, wrapping his arms around her warm body.

she yawns and cuddles up against michael.

"morning."

"since you slept through breakfast, i made you lunch."

"really?" she gets up. "what's the time?"

"one-thirty-eight."

"oh."

michael panics.

"do you need to be somewhere? because i can take you," he says.

"well, yes." she says. "but it doesn't matter. my school is really flexible when it comes to schedules."

"okay. for future reference, what school do you go to?" michael asks.

"berkeley academics and arts. it's basically an art university."

"that's really cool. maybe i'll visit you on campus one day." he smiles.

"that would be cool."

"anyways. i made you lunch, it's on the table." he says.

auserie follows him out of the bedroom to the kitchen to find a bowl of red liquid.

"alphabet.. soup?" auserie asks.

michael grins and nods, making her laugh.

she sits down with michael and eats.

"from what happened last night to now, i am assuming that there's something you wanna tell me." auserie smiles.

"okay," michael says. "tell me what you think."

"well, last night, i was in your apartment. for dinner, you brought apples. then after that, we watched attack on titan, an anime." she states. "and now, i'm eating alpahbet soup."

"go on."

"so i am concluding that, you are trying to go through the alphabet with me?" she asks.

michael grins.

"very well. what o wanted to do was alphabet dating. basically, every date involves the next letter of the alphabet. 26 letters means 26 very different dates."

"how clever." aus smiles.

"i actually looked it up online." michael laughs, and she joins.

"so is today the letter b?"

"yes."

"so what do you have planned for us today?"

"well, today is one of my best friend's birthday, an he's also in my band. we're having a party for him tonight, so i thought that i could take you?" michael asks.

"of course. that sounds great." she agrees. "but first, tell me about this band of yours."

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it is now nearly 5 o'clock, and michael and auserie are getting ready.

"uh, i don't have an extra pair of clothes." auserie says.

"oh, right. you could look in my closet for something?" he suggests.

"i'm pretty sure you don't own women's jeans, but i'll look anyway." auserie laughs.

minutes later, she comes back in michael's green flannel, and his green flannel only. it is like a little dress on her, and michael cannot get over how damn flawless she looked in his clothing.

"as long as your friends don't try to hook up with me, i think this is fine." auserie says, referring to what she's wearing.

michael laughs.

"okay. we ready to go then?"

"yup."

ten minutes later, michael an auserie make it to his bandmate luke's party. it was only michael's band and auserie at luke's apartment tonight.

"happy birthday, lukey!!" michael says, giving the now 18 year old a huge hug.

to be polite, auserie greets him as well.

"happy birthday."

"ah, is this your girlfriend you've been talking about?" luke asks.

michael blushes, and nods.

"i'm luke." he says to auserie.

"auserie."

michael's two other band mates calum and ashton join them in the living room. after everyone is introduced to eachother, they start to play games and everything else a group of punk teenagers do.

"hey, we should sing one of our songs to aus so she can hear." ashton suggests after taking a huge bite of his pizza.

"that'd be really cool." auserie agrees.

"okay, we'll set up." cal says.

the guys gather up their instruments. as they set up, auserie looks at what they play.

she sees ash sitting on a box. of course he plays drums, his hands are so big. she looks at calum. he plays bass, and michael and luke play guitar.

"alright. in honour of luke's 18th birthday, here's one of my favourites, 18." michael smiles, then they start.

(refer to the lyrics of 18 at this point)

"i'm so sick of waiting, till i'm eighteen." luke finishes off so well.

"so what d'ya think?" michael asks.

"that was really, really good." aus says. "new favourite band."

"really?!" the guys shout in the most childish way.

they give her a big group hug, which starts up laughs all around.

the next hours are filled with music, video games, food, and maybe a few drinks.

everyone ends up crashing by 2 am, which is typical for this group of teenagers.

a.n: okay guys hi!! i'll probably do ans now but anyway, did you like this chap? tell me what you want in michael and auserie's alphabet! ily guys see you soon :-)