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Chapter Fifty-One
“Sorry they used you as leverage.” Emery made an apology to Austin as soon as her parents had walked out the door and out of hearing range.
“I agree with them.” Austin took Emery’s face in his hands and held her gaze. “You need to start taking all of this seriously. I can’t lose you…not now.” He took a deep breath and let it out slowly.
“I’m sorry.” Emery apologized once more, this time with fat tears rolling down her cheeks as she saw how emotional Austin was with all that had happened.
“Don’t cry.” Austin wiped Emery’s tears with his thumb. He leaned down closer to her and laid his head on the pillow with her. “I love you.” He didn’t know how else to express how he was feeling without getting as emotional as her.
“I love you too.” Emery wiped the last of the tears away. She played around with the back of Austin’s hair. The
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Emery was released from the hospital two days later. She went back to school that Friday and listened to the rumors flying about how she and Austin were supposedly engaged. She didn’t refute or agree to the accusation. One girl had asked her where her ring was and instead of calling Austin out on what he’d said, Emery just said that she preferred not to wear it during school in case it would get lost.Austin grabbed enough food on his tray so Emery would eat a half-decent lunch. It was always customary for him to let her get what she wanted, but now that he thought about it she hardly ever got anything. This was all going to change today whether she liked it or not. Since the weather was getting a little bit nicer, he took their stuff outside so they could enjoy the fresh air. Brandon joined him and two minutes later Laney and Emery came out to sit down.“Here.” Austin gave Emery her baked chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn, biscuit, and l
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“Thank you for the great dinner.” Emery patted her stomach as she felt it was ready to explode. Austin had taken her to a place he and his parents used to come to every year they’d vacation here.“I’m glad you liked it. I loved going there every year.” Austin hoped she would like the place he’d picked out. It wasn’t some high-class place that most would take their dates to, but they served awesome homemade dinners, hence that was why it was called Momma’s Homestyle Cookin’. He made sure she ate well and even ordered them a piece of the apple pie a la mode for them to share. It was as huge as he remembered and even with the two of them they still didn’t finish it.Austin pulled into the parking that was beside the beach. There was hardly anyone there at this time, so that made it even better for them.Emery got out and allowed Austin to help her put her hoodie on. The evening was cool and the wind
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Emery woke in the bed under a thick blanket with Austin lying close beside her. The blinds and curtains that covered the windows were still pulled tightly shut, but she could see that the sun was out and shining brightly. The clock on the nightstand read it was almost nine o’clock. A full stretch of the legs and arms felt good. Emery was able to roll quietly off of the bed without disturbing Austin’s sleep. He looked so comfortable and relaxed just laying there.The sliding glass door that went out to the small balcony opened without a sound as Emery went out to get another glimpse of the beach and water down below. There were people walking along the shoreline, but no one had ventured into the waters just yet. The seagulls were flocking overhead, looking for some bit of morsel that may have fallen from someone’s breakfast. Emery took in a deep breath and just enjoyed the serenity that this place brought.“It’s nice and quiet, isn’t
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“Well, that was pretty nice. Did you like it?” Emery buckled her seatbelt and watched as Austin pulled the truck out of the parking lot. She glanced around at the campus one last time, then focused her attention on him, waiting for an answer.“Yeah, I did. It seemed pretty cool.” The truck followed the same route back. Austin was hoping they would have enough time to get a nice walk in at the pier before they headed off to an early dinner. They were both lost in their own thoughts on the drive back to where they were staying.“Where’s this?” Emery noted that they weren’t at the hotel when she finally came back to the present moment and realized the truck had stopped.Austin got out and walked around to help Emery out. “This is just a small pier everyone comes to. It has a few shops and restaurants on it that some people like to go to.” He took her hand and led her down the path.They went in and
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The bed squeaked as they both collapsed onto it. Austin regained his breath, then rolled off of Emery’s back. She was flattened out, with her arms spread wide and her face buried into the mattress. “Are you okay?” He hoped he hadn’t hurt her. How would he explain that to her parents?Emery gathered enough strength to roll herself over. Austin was laying there in all his naked wonderment, looking at her as if he was sorry for what had happened. “That was awesome.” She slowly crawled up and lay down beside him. Austin pulled the blanket that had fallen to the floor over the both of them. He wrapped her in his arms and pulled her as close as he could.“I love you.” Austin kissed the girl who had stolen his heart on the cheek. She made him feel things that no one else had ever done before. Emery had become his life and he couldn’t imagine a day going by that she wasn’t part of it.Instead of repeating the s
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“Do we really have to go back?” Emery knew she sounded whiny, but they were almost back home and she really didn’t want to go back to their normal life and routine.Austin laughed and pulled her closer to his side. “We have to now, but just think we can leave all of this in another two and half months.” He had to start football camp at Case Western at the end of June. Although it was a long shot, he hoped Emery would be accepted and be ready to go by then.“That’s if I get into school and if my parents don’t throw too much of a fit knowing I’ll be that far away.” She laid her head on Austin’s shoulder and continued to watch the towns fly by.“School isn’t going to be the issue, telling our parents what we’ve decided to do is the problem.” He knew both his mom and dad would probably be disappointed in what he’d chosen, but it was time for Austin to ta
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“I can’t believe we graduate next week.” Emery tossed her backpack on the floor and sat down in the chair next to Austin.The library was buzzing with seniors as they all tried to get in some last-minute studying before the last exams the next day. Prom had been the week before and the excitement from that had finally dwindled down. Austin had been nominated Prom King and Apryl had been elected as his Queen. Of course, they had to do their couple’s dance together, but Austin made it comical as he held her at a twelve-inch distance away from him at all times. When the song had finally ended he dropped her like a hot potato and went back to Emery’s side.The couple along with Laney and Brandon went to an after-prom party together, but neither couple stayed out until the wee hours. They’d broken the news to their two friends about leaving in June. They seemed genuinely upset, but then announced they were also going to coll
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Two days later Austin found out he’d passed his history course with almost a B. He contributed that success to all of Emery’s help with studying. He took her out to dinner for a celebration and also learned that she’d gotten her letter of acceptance into Case Western. Their plans were moving right along and each was excited to get started on the next part of their life and relationship.“Guess this is it.” Austin stood with Emery in their caps and gowns in the designated part of the stadium. It was graduation night and it was going to be a long process with over nine hundred kids in their class. His last name was in the middle and hers was at the end of the alphabet so they had a good while to wait. “Are you happy that you decided to wait this all out?”Emery nodded yes. She was going to just get her diploma in December, but once she and Austin got serious she went ahead with the normal graduation. “Just ner
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