Only Her [#Wattys2015]

Chapter 4

The moment those words left his mouth, my heart felt like it stopped.

For just a moment it did.

His emerald green eyes shone under the light of the table lamp.

I didn't know how to respond.

Suddenly it was awkward. Such that I wanted to run away.

I took a deep breath.

Probably I heard it wrong. Maybe it was just my mind going wild.

Easy to talk to? Sure sure. It seem impossible now.

"Erm.. Austin..Have you started on Logarithms?" I asked.

"Yeah. But I'm still stuck on the basics." He answered. 

"Okay..I'll teach you again." I said.

As I taught him my mind drifted off to the scene again and again.

Beautiful? No one has ever said that to me. I mean there were guys who did.

But .. when he said that it was completely different.

Maybe it was because a younger dude said that. Yes. That has to be it.

"Do you understand?" I asked.

"Yeah yeah." He replied.

I cleared my throat." Hm.. You know Henry don't you?"

"Henry? Henry Paxton? Yeah. Why?"

"I'm his sister." I smiled." How can he not tell you that?"

"I think he did. But I just forgot." Austin said.

"You can treat me like an other sis. Be free to do so." I hit him playfully.

Austin kept quiet. He didn't say a single word.

Jayne Paxton. He is three years younger than you.

You know how to talk to people like that.

That was all a lie. I can't seem to talk to him.

I felt my energy draining. He wasn't easy to talk to.

He chooses who he talks to.

"Austin I'll leave now." I told him.

Austin looked to me. He smiled a slight smile,"See you."

I walked out of his room as I heaved a sigh of relief. 

It felt like my energy came back. The atmosphere in there was so heavy.

"Hey beautiful." Jake smiled.

"Hey." I hugged him.

"Are you alright? You looked really exhausted." Jake said.

"Now I'm not." I smiled.

When Jake said the word ' Beautiful' my heart pounded harder.

I knew what that meant.

The riddle was solved.

"So how was it?" A voice asked.

"It went well. Alexia." I replied.

That wasn't a lie at all. I thought it was okay.

"That's good. Jake please send Jayne home." Alexia said.

"Alright. Come on." Jake led me by the hand.

"Bye Alexia. Thank you for everything." I smiled at her.

"No worries dear. See you tomorrow." Alexia waved.