Chapter Seventeen

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I woke up to bright lights shining in my eyes. The curtains were open, letting the sun nearly blind me. I quickly turned over to an empty bed. I furrowed my eyebrows and quickly sat up. Last I checked, Austin had spent the night. I got out of bed and as the covers flew off of me the cold air hit my all but naked body. I quickly grabbed my Victoria's Secret robe, which wasn't so much a robe since it only came down to mid thigh, and threw it on and tied it in the front. As I made my way downstairs the sound of laughter echoed throughout the halls. Once I got to the bottom of the stairs, I had realized there were still a lot of people in my house. All of Austin's friends that came originally and mine.
"Well good morning" Nicki said.
"What time is it?" I mumbled. Everyone laughed.
"Two" Victoria chimed in.
"What? Why would you let me sleep in that long?" I said, clearly frustrated, but mostly directed at Austin since he could have easily woken me up.
"We figures that you were- uh-, worn out" Nicki said, chuckling and everyone else was snickering.
"Well, I'm not" I groaned and made my way back upstairs. I went to my room and turned the shower on.
"What's your problem?" Austin said, walking through the door.
"You know, you could knock" I scoffed. He closed the door and locked it.
"You could've locked it, but you didn't, so you wanted me to come in" he said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes and faced the mirror. He walked up behind me, wrapped his arms around and waist and rested his chin on my shoulder. I let out a sigh and reached my hand back to run my fingers through his hair. He planted a kiss on my cheek. I smiled and turned to face him.
"I need to shower" I smiled. He smiled back and quickly removed his shirt.
"What a coincidence, I need one too"
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Austin as I walked downstairs only to be greeted by scooter talking to Nicki. I stopped mid way at the stairs, causing Austin to bump into me. I quickly turned around before he saw me and pushed Austin up the stairs and back into my room.
"Ariana if you want to do something you don't gotta push me, just tell me" he smiled and grabbed my waist, pulling it into him.
"No austin" I said and gently pushed him to sit on the bed. "Scooter can't know your here" I said. He looked at me confused.
"And why not?" He asked.
"Because" I sighed. "I'm not allowed to talk to you" I said.
"Why" Austin chuckled.
"I don't know something about fucking myself over" I said. "Just stay here for a little, until he leaves" I begged. He rolled his eyes and lied back on the bed.
"Fine" he groaned. I walked out and closed the door behind me. I quickly made my way downstairs where scooter made direct eye contact with me.
"So where is he?" Scooter asked, standing up and crossing my arms.
"Who?" I asked, giving him the best confused look possible.
"Austin" scooter said. I looked around and everyone who was only staring at me also.
"Why would he be here?" I asked.
"You expect me to believe all of his friends are here and he's not?" He said. I nodded and thankfully everyone else nodded with me.
"So you don't mind if I stay for awhile then?" He said.
"Absolutely, as long as you'd like" I smiled. He nodded, took a seat and continued his conversation.
*
Scooter has been here for three hours. Three. I so badly wished that everyone would stop engaging in conversation with him so Austin could come down.
I didn't want to forgive Austin, but he just brought me this feeling of excitement every time I'm with him. He lives such a care free lifestyle, where as my entire life is completely controlled by everyone else. I'm twenty one and I have to ask to go out. I was jealous of him, the way he got to live, the way he could do whatever he wanted, whenever he wanted. And I'm pretty sure that's why I'm so drawn to him, because when I'm with him, I can kind of just let go and forget about if the shitty things and just have fun.
"Ariana" scooters voice said, his hand waving in front of my eyes. I quickly snapped out of the deep thought I was in and looked at him. "I'm leaving" he said. I smiled, stood up, gave him a hug. "Bye scooter" I said. He looked at me weird but made his way to the door anyway. As soon as he closed the door, I darted towards the stairs. I ran up all the stairs and into my room, where Austin lied on my bed fast asleep. I walked over to him and took a seat on the edge of the bed, and rested my hand on his cheek. His eyes slowly opened and he smiled.
"That's a great sight to wake up to" he said. He pulled my hips so I was sitting on top of him and he rested his hands on my thighs.
"Did he leave yet?" Austin asked. I smiled and nodded. I couldn't say words, I was to busy admiring his beauty.
"So what do you want to do tonight?" Austin asked. I rested my hands on his chest and sighed. I shrugged my shoulders.
"I didn't know you planned on staying" I said.
"I do, I plan on staying for a long long time" he smiled.
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