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Chapter Forty-Eight
“So, what are you and Laney doing this afternoon?” Austin was driving Emery back home with Brandon and Laney following behind. The girls had made plans to spend the afternoon together, so he and Brandon were going to the batting cages until dinner time.
“Nothing much. Just girl stuff…you know, talking and that stuff.” Emery wasn’t going to come right out and say that Laney wanted to know about their time together on Saturday night.
Austin nodded. “Laney wants to know if I got lucky, doesn’t she?” He knew how Laney was. It wasn’t like she would go around and tell everyone, but she liked to know just to ease her own curious mind.
“Nope.” Emery threw him a curve in her answer. She watched as Austin’s self-assured expression fell thinking he didn’t know what Laney wanted. “She wants to know if I got lucky.” Emery stuck her tongue out at Austin when he rolled his
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The next few weeks flew by and before Emery and Austin knew it winter break was almost on top of them. Austin was walking down to the office to pick up an attendance sheet for the substitute teacher in his class when he saw Emery talking to the guidance counselor. He stalled for time and waited until he saw her coming out before he got what he needed.“Hey, what are you doing here?” He caught up to her before she had a chance to walk back up the stairs.“Austin.” Emery hadn’t seen him since earlier this morning and he was always a welcomed sight during the day. She gave him a big kiss and hug, then intertwined her arm with his. “I had a meeting with the guidance counselor.” She held up the packet that he’d given her.“What’s that for?” Austin walked with Emery up to the second floor and down the hallwaytoward her class.“These are the new classes that I signed up for.” She
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School started back with a spark of life as seniors were now on a countdown to graduation. They had spring break coming up at the beginning of April, prom in the middle of May, tons of tests and finals in between, and then graduation the first week of June. No one questioned the relationship between Austin and Emery anymore. The rest of the student body saw them as just another couple, but Emery saw the sneers from other girls when Austin would get over affectionate in the hall. There hadn’t been any more issues arising with or from Apryl. She was around but tended to stay clear of the happy couple. Last Emery had heard, Apryl was dating some guy from another school…guess she had already used up her quota at their school and had to move on.Two weeks into the new semester, Austin was walking down the hallway toward his science class. Laney ran up to him from behind and pulled him by his arm so he’d stop. “You…have …to…leave.&rdquo
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“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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