Star Gaze

Secrets

Hi! Sorry for updating so late! I was out all day...
But, I hope you guys liked the last chapter! Wasn't it just cray how they both just felt the need to open up to each other like that?!
(At the top is picture of Scarlett's living room and kitchen.)

Enjoy:)
-Les❤️

Scarlett

WE SAT THERE.

Me leaning my head on his chest and him playing with my hair to calm me down.

I was still snuffling but, he helped a lot by humming a peaceful unfamiliar song. I felt like hours and hours had passed by.

Just us.

Sitting in the darkness as we stared at the stars. Like we were waiting for them to start dancing around.

"It's 10." He gently whispered in my ear. "I don't want you to get in trouble by your dad...or Amelia"

I let out a light laugh. I was already feeling a bit better.

As we walked, I leaned my head on his shoulder and he put his arm around me.

It was like that the whole way. When we arrived at the steps, Amelia opened the door.

"Wow, look who's back....one hour late." She looked at him with a stern face. If I hadn't just been crying for an hour, I probably would've laughed.

I looked at Ashton as he was about to speak but slightly turned red.

She started rambling something in Spanish. "Ay Dios santo, porque...porque! Este nino solo tenia que traerla tan tarde! A regoso que-" She stopped and looked at my eyes. Later, her eyes drifted down to my nose.

As red as Rudolph's.

"What happened?" Her expression changed and turned sympathetic. "Ashton, if you don't have a curfew, come inside." She hurried us in.

I looked at Ashton as we sat down on our beige couch. His eyes met mine. I could tell he couldn't find anything to say to Amelia.

"Hey Luna. Who's this?" My dad asked me. He sat down on the couch next to Amelia.

"Dad, this is Ashton. My partner for science. Sorry we came home a bit late. We were just studying and trying to find some constellations." It wasn't exactly a fib but, I still felt a bit guilty.

Raise your hands in the roof if you feel guilty about telling a small white lie.

Yay.

"No worries, I mean you guys are sixteen. A little freedom won't hurt." He laughed. Ashton reached out his hand to shake my fathers' hand.

"Nice to meet you, sir."

"Please, call me Tom." Dad smiled and Ashton returned it.

"I should probably get going. See you tomorrow, Scar." We said our goodbyes and I was kind of surprised my dad didn't freak out about me going somewhere with a boy.

"Ok, now can you tell me what's gong on?" Amelia held out her hands in exaggeration. I led her up to my room and closed the door.

"He told me why I couldn't come to his house to work on our project. Then he told me about his parents and I told him about mine." Ame stared at me with wide eyes.

"But...you've never told anyone about-"

"Mom? I know. I don't know what's happening to me, Ame. With him everything is different. I feel like I can tell him anything. When I told him and started crying...he started wiping my tears. The reason we came late is because he was holding me while I cried. It was just Ashton and I. All my problems and doubts faded away..."

There was a moment of silence before anyone dared to speak.

"What did you tell him about her?"

"How she left me when I was born. How my dad knows why she left and how he swore that if I ever found out why, it wouldn't be from him."

"You didn't tell him about..."

"Not yet."

"Scar, you're going to have to tell him..."

"I know. I'll tell him tomorrow."

"I'm gonna head on home. Get some rest, k?" I nodded as my best friend pulled me into a hug.

When she left, I went to bed. Contemplating whether I should tell him or not.

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I sat down next to Ashton putting my bookbag down.

"Hey." He said, as he wrote something down in his notebook.

"Hey." When he finished up writing and turned to me, his eyes looked tired and red. "What happened?"

"My brother and his new girl toy. Kept me up all night."

"Oh." I thought about how they could've kept him up and then it hit me...

"Oh." I laughed. He joined in after.

"My dad isn't going to be home 'til 12 tonight."

"What about Amelia?"

"She has dance."

"Need some company?" I smiled at the tone of his voice. I knew that no matter what I said, he would try to persuade me.

"Your welcomed anytime."

"What about 5?"

"The sooner you come, the better." We both chuckled.
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Ashton jumped on the couch turning the TV on.

"So why does your dad come home so late?"

"His regular hours weren't paying him enough so he's going to be working extra from now on. I barely get to see him but, at least we can keep this house." He nodded in understanding.

"So I wanted to tell you something," I reached for the remote in his hand and turned the TV off.

His eyes lingered around my face.

I could tell he was confused and eager to know. "It's kind of important."

I swallowed long and hard.

Should I actually tell him?
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Is Scarlett actually going to tell him?

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-Les❤️