Emery lay there with Austin collapsed on top of her. She was still riding high on the thrill and feeling of what just occurred between them. Emery never thought in her life she would ever find anyone to bring her this much happiness and pleasure at one time. A tear trickled out of the corner of her eye and she tried to wipe it away before Austin noticed. As if he were on high alert, his eyes automatically met hers with a questioning look of concern.
“What’s wrong?” Austin rolled off to the side. Maybe he’d placed too much weight on her after he collapsed from their intense moment or it could be that she was regretting what had happened between them. “Emery.” He wiped another single tear from her eye. “You have to tell me why you’re crying.”
She was probably the only basket case who had ever cried after having sex with Austin Murray. Most girls would probably be up and ready to go for round two or three, but not Emer
Emery stretched out her arms and legs as she woke up. Austin was still beside her asleep, looking like a small child with a simple smile on his face. She tried to ease her way out from his arms but was pulled back tightly against him once again.“It’s not time to get up yet.” Austin was exhausted from the night and didn’t want this time with Emery to end. He snuggled in closer to her and kept his arms tight around her waist.The clock above the TV showed the time was nine-thirty. Emery had seen in the welcome note that check-out was at noon. That only left her and Austin two and half more hours of it just being them together all alone.“We have to get up. I need a shower and I think you need something to eat.” Emery heard his stomach grumble again.Austin peeked his eyes open and saw the sunlight streaming in through the window, the clock reading half past the nine o’clock hour, and Emery watching him as he tried
“I hope you two had a nice stay.” The elderly caretaker of the bed and breakfast was seeing Austin and Emery out. She patted Emery on the shoulder. “Maybe I’ll have the pleasure of seeing you both again.”Emery smiled nicely at the grandmotherly type lady who was walking with them to Austin’s truck. “I would love that. You have a beautiful home and garden.”“Oh, thank you, dear. It was a pleasure to have the both of you.” The caretaker watched as the young man helped the dainty girl into the truck. He kissed her before he closed the door and said a final thank you to her as he walked past. It may have been many years ago that she had that type of love, but even in her old age she could appreciate and relate to the love that those two showed for each other.Austin and Emery drove back into town. He was taking his time as neither one was in any hurry to get back into their everyday normal routine of thing
“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
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
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
“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
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
“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