love me harder // kj apa

21. REAL LIFE

*Madi*

My phone kept going off and I was beginning to get annoyed. Camila was texting me non-stop because she apparently needed to 'knock some sense' into me, according to Charles.

"What? Why are you getting so much texts?" Austin asked, finishing off his last bite of cereal.

"Ugh, it's a long story." I said, "oh by the way, did you call the hotel about the room?"

He nodded, "I'm not going anywhere, and yeah I did."

"Okay good, well," I started, pouring my scrambled eggs out onto a plate and turning off the stove. I then faced Austin and started eating. "Basically, before I met you, me and this guy-..."

"Kj?" Austin asked, cutting me off.

I nodded. "Me and Kj had this kind of, relationship? I don't know what it was cause we weren't dating, but we kissed like twice and fucked each other the night we got home from the cast dinner we had. We both really liked each other, but then you came along and I started to really really like you, and Charles, my best friend, said I should give you a chance. He's the one that encouraged me to DM you in the first place. But Camila, his girlfriend, is texting me all the time about how bitchy my move was on Kj, and how much I had upset him, even though it isn't her problem. Like, I wouldn't get involved if her and Charles broke up?!"

Austin was staring at me, his lips gaping slightly. He swallowed, before looking me up and down. "You like me?"

"Yeah, but that's not the point." I said, my face flushing red. I turned to the stove so he wouldn't see me blushing, but he had already caught me.

He got up off his barstool and came over to me, spinning me around and resting his hands on my waist. "I like you too..."

I smiled up at him, "but what are we gonna do about Camila? Mind you, Charles would be bouncing off the walls if he found out."

"Who cares about her? You should probably text her and tell her to get off your back and that it's not her problem." He told me, pressing a short kiss to my forehead.

"Yeah, I guess. Maybe I'll call her, then I can actually tell her how I feel." I said, grabbing my phone off the counter and dialling her number.

"I'll be right here." Austin assured, leaning against the counter.

I nodded, and held my phone up to my ear. I new what she was gonna say if she picked up.

"Madison? What the hell is wrong with you?!" She yelled. "What type of person are you? Kj is nearly in fucking tears half of the time because of yo-..."

"Cami...Camila!" I cut her off, shutting her up for a second. "Honestly, dude, what are you yelling at me for? This isn't your fucking business, and it never will be, just like Cole and Lili, or Charles, or anybody else. It's just between me and Kj, so can you get off my fucking back? You shouldn't have to talk for Kj. If he wants to talk, he can come to me himself, not you. None of this is your problem, so just fuck off so I can enjoy my time with Austin. Jesus."

There was a long silence, before whispers were shared and the phone was handed over to Kj.

"You wanted to talk to me?" He asked in a pissy tone, making me roll my eyes.

"By the sounds of it you wanna talk to me, Kj." I sighed, leaning my head against Austin's chest.

There wasn't a word from him, because he knew I was right, but I spoke up anyway.

"Listen Kj, you're a really great guy and all, but you just need to learn to forgive and forget, if there is anything to forgive cause I didn't do anything wrong. You just need to move on, alright? I get this isn't fair on you, but I wouldn't get pissed off if you did the same to me. We're all human. If you didn't like me anymore I would totally understand." I said, tucking my hair behind my ear.