When I woke up this morning I completely forgot who was in bed with me. At first I thought it was Alec. I was ready to rip off the guys balls and shove it down his throat. Then for some reason I thought it might be Tyler. Then I had to do an internal face palm cause the day I get in bed with Tyler is the day I jump into a volcano. Actually no. Not even then. But I soon remembered it must be Ryan. I was about freak out when I realized how safe and comfortable I felt pressed up against him.

I heard whispering coming from the doorway. I started to shift around which made Ryan stir. When I was facing the whispers it was quiet. I decided not to open my eyes cause i was probably imagining it.

Ryan pulled me closer to him. "Stop moving so much." He grumbled. Wow. His voice sounded extremely sexy when he was tired..

Woah!! Ok Autie! That's enough! He's just your friend!

Now I heard a squeal. A squeal that's only owned by one person. Ryan and I both sat up straight at the same time and saw everyone watching us. all the boys were there, along with Dylan, Myah, and Rachel. Rachel is probably the one that let them in.

"This is so cute!" Myah smiled covering her mouth.

"I knew you two were a thing!" Dylan exclaimed doing a 'happy dance' around the room.

Ryan glared at her while I buried my head in my hands. "Dylan shut up! Nothing's going on between us! I was over last night and we kind of just accidentally fell asleep!"

Andrew rolled his eyes. "Sure. And did you also accidentally have that dream about her a few nights-"

"I said shut up!" Ryan growled through clenched teeth.

Rachel giggled and if I didn't say so myself I think Andrew blushed a bit before he smiled at her.

"Okay, while you guys continue bothering them, I have to go to work. I'll see you guys around 1:00!" She said before exiting the apartment.

They all waved before turning around and continuing to smirk at Ryan and I. "We'll give you two five more minutes." Myah winked at me before ushering the rest out of the room, despite their protest.

Ryan and I sat up fully this time and rubbed the sleep from our eyes. He looked at my wrist. "I like your charm bracelet." He commented.

I smiled while look at the bracelet. "Thanks. My dad gave this too me when I was thirteen." After a few seconds my head shot up. "Oh yeah! That reminds me!"

I got up and shuffled through all of my stuff. I looked through the drawer in my nightstand and found them. I held up the two bracelets I bought from Hot Topic. "I bought these for us."

I handed Ryan the light blue one while I squeezed my hand through the pink one. He smiled at them and put his arm around my shoulders. "I love them." He chuckled. "The best piece of jewelry I've ever received."

Ryan slide his hand through his bracelet before kissing my cheek. I made a fake gagging sound while wiping the kiss off.

"Wow. That one hurts right here." He frowned, pointing to his heart.

I ruffled up his bed-head hair. "Oh you poor babe. I'm sorry." I said kissing him on the cheek.

He laughed and rolled his eyes. "Are you coming over today?" He asks.

I shrugged. "I guess so. Can I take a shower first?"

"Nope." He said throwing me over his shoulder. He walked into the living room where everyone was sitting. All the boys smirk when they saw us. This group does a lot of god damn smirking.

"Dylan can you please go get a change of clothes and a swimsuit from Autumn's room. I'm going to drive her over to our house."

"Autumn is it okay if we eat your food before going home!" I heard Logan yell to me.

"Knock yourselves out!" I yelled back.

People who were walking in and out of their apartments stared at us weirdly. I asked Ryan to put me down but he refused to.

On our way into the lobby Ryan ran into some guy. "Oh sorry dude." He said and started to walk off.

"Autie?" I heard my name be called from somewhere behind us.

I looked up and almost bursted into tears. "Alec?"

~*~

(Ryan's P.O.V.)

I set her down when I heard her say his name. I was ready to punch the shit out of this guy. Autie started to back up and bumped into me, not realizing I was standing behind her.

She tried to go around me but I grabbed her by the waist and pulled her next to me. This guy really needed to stay away from her.

"Hey." He said softly coming closer to her. "I would of called but I didn't think you would pick up. Look I just wanted to say that I'm sorry and I can't believe I hurt you like that. I can't sleep at night because I know your not next to me."

That last part actually seemed true. He had dark circles around his bloodshot eyes. But I was about to make those black eyes instead if black circles.

"Please forgive me Autie. I can't go on living till I have you by my side again."

I stood there glaring at him. Who does this guy think he is? He can't just come in here and expect to be forgiven. I tightened my grip on Autie, forcing her closer to me.

Alec squinted his eyes at me. "Oh is this your pathetic excuse for a replacement? Please babe. He's half the man I am."

I was raising my fist when Autie covered it with her hand. She stood on her tip-toes and whispered into my ear. "Please Ryan. You'll only make things worse."

I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. "Fine but just for you." I said, putting my forehead on her's briefly. Only for her...

"Look. I know you think your all tuff but your not. Autie's just using you to make me jealous. And it's working so come on babe let go into the bedroom so I can show this guy what a man is." Alec reached for Autie's hand but she instantly pulled it away and hid behind me.

"Come babe. At least think about forgiving me." He said to her.

I looked back at her and waited to hear her response. She rolled her eyes at him which made me smile. "Sure. I'll think about what you said." She muttered sarcastically.

"Great. I knew you'd come around sometime babe." He winked at her.

I flipped him off before taking Autie by the hand and leading her to the motorcycle. I lifted her on (even though I knew she could get on herself.) and hopped on after her.

Alec ran outside and glared at the two of us. Autie held onto me tight and dug her face into my shoulder. "Asshole!" I yelled before riding off with Autie.

~*~

Once we got to my house I made her a glass of lemonade and we sat on the couch for half an hour just laughing at annoying people. (Having no idea where the others were). I helped her get over the thing that happened earlier. Alec's a really ass for putting her through all this.

"And then Rachel kicked him so hard he toppled over and started crying!" We laughed at the story she was telling me about a guy who tried to mug her. "But it was okay cause later they went out on a date. Two actually. But then they broke up." Our laughter died down slowly and we just sat there on the couch looking at each other for a few moments."

"Autumn?"

"Yeah?"

"I- I uh."

I looked down at her lips while biting my own. I put on hand on her waist and cupped the side of her face with the other. I slowly leaned in, giving her time to pull away. But she didn't. Finally our lips met. I lingered there for a moment before deepening the kiss.

She scooted closer to me and I pulled her onto my lap. We sat in that same spot for a few minutes before we broke apart to breathe. She placed her forehead on mine and did a little laugh.

I smiled at her before kissing her again. And again. And again. "Damn. You don't know how long I've wanted to do that." I whisper to her. For the first time in a while I am sure of my feelings. i know how I feel for who. And I know that I've wanted Autie ever since I first met her four months ago.

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