Austin put his arms around Emery's waist and began to sway to the song.Emery had danced to slow songs before with other guys, well, ones that were just friends. But this time, it seemed so different with Austin. Emery placed her hands on the sides of his neck and laid her head down on his chest. She could hear his heartbeat and loved how it was the most soothing sound.It was too bad that the song couldn’t be one of the long ten-minute types. The intoxicating experience was over way too quick for Emery’s liking. The guy at the booth put on some type of hip-hop rap song that Emery had no idea what it was.“I guess you don’t dance to this type of stuff?” Austin questioned her about the song that had started playing. “You know, maybe a little twerking.” He turned around and shook his butt at her.Emery giggled at his attempt to try and do one of those butt-shaking movements. “I would probably look worse than y

“You look nice.” Austin ran his hand down Emery’s bare arm and down to her hip, which was barely covered with her short black skirt.Emery chuckled at his comment but loved the fact that he had noticed. “My mom asked if I was resorting back to wearing my middle school clothes since these ones don’t seem to fit so well.” She had on a tight, dark, navy blue, frilly laced, thin-strapped shirt with a short, tight, black skirt. Her black ankle boots made the outfit complete. She had noticed that Austin’s hair had grown since summertime. Instead of the short crew cut that kept him cool, his hair was now almost to his collar. He had the top slicked back and with the new shorts and white T-shirt that he seemed to have gotten, he looked quite appetizing.“I think it looks hot.” Austin placed his hand on her bare knee but didn’t progress it any further up her leg. They still had dinner to get through and he wouldn&rsquo

Austin finally made it home from the game after two on Saturday afternoon. He threw his old clothes and uniform into his room, said hello to his parents, then walked back outside to have a quiet moment to call Emery. Her cell phone rang three or four times, which was odd since she usually answered on first ring when he called. Finally, he heard someone answer. “Hey, baby, I’m home. You ready for tonight?” He didn’t wait for her to say hello before he spoke.“Austin, this is Emery’s mom.” Emery’s cell phone had been left behind when she was taken to the hospital. Mrs. Warden decided to answer so that she could tell Austin where Emery was.He felt heat rush to his face and was thankful he hadn’t said anything perverted for her mom to hear. “Um, hello, Mrs. Warden. Is Emery available?”Why would she be answering her daughter’s phone?Emery usually had it under lock and key by her side.

It was almost eight o’clock when Austin rolled out of bed after his nap. The party should be happening right now and he intended to go and forget all about Emery. He grabbed a T-shirt and jeans out of his closet, then hit the shower for a quick clean.Twenty minutes later, he was in his truck and rolling down the road. Lucky for him, his mom still wasn’t home to question him any more about Emery. He didn’t need her involved with his love life.Austin smacked himself on the forehead with his hand. You dumb shit. You told Emery that you fell in love with her at the hospital. He needed to get to this party quick for a fast forget everything shot of whisky.The sound of the music blaring from inside of the house greeted him as he pulled along the curbside of Dylan’s house. It seemed his parents had taken a mini-vacation to some hotel and left their responsible eighteen-year-old son in charge for the weekend. So, Dylan did what most h

Two days later, Emery finally got to go home and got permission to go back to school. Not that she was looking forward to it, but it was better than being cooped up in the hospital or her house. She’d heard from Laney, as they texted regularly and she told her she’d see her tomorrow at school, but Emery hadn’t heard from Austin since Saturday. The way that Laney had talked seemed as though she knew something about Austin, but wouldn’t come right out and tell her what it was. If it was bad, Emery was certain she would find out what it was once she went into school in the morning.Austin thought about not going to school today. He hadn’t seen or talked to Emery since Saturday, but Laney told him she would be back in on Tuesday. If it wasn’t for a damn math test, he would just blow off and stay at home, saving him and Emery a lot of stress. He decided to leave a little earlier than normal, most people liked to show up at the last minute so he&