Chapter 17

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Stepping out of the shower, I wrapped a warm fluffy towel around my body. Today was Saturday meaning Robyn and Calum where coming over. I still didn't actually know what we were going to do, if I'm perfectly honest the day would most probably consist of us sitting on the sofa all day with 3 large pizzas... and whatever food Robyn and Calum wanted.

I went to my room and got changed into shorts and an oversized T-shirt. My mom was at work so I had the house to myself while I waited for Robyn and Calum to show up which wouldn't be for another 3 hours. Taking full advantage of my mother's absence, I scrolled through my phone looking for the right playlist. When I found it I immediately connected my phone to my speakers and the Spanish words started to flow out. I turned up the volume as high as it would go and sang. One of the perks of knowing Spanish was being able to sing all the Spanish songs.

"Oh, tú, tú eres el imán y yo soy el metal
Me voy acercando y voy armando el plan
Sólo con pensarlo se acelera el pulso
Oh, yeah Ya, ya me está gustando más de lo normal" If anybody saw me now I would die of embarrassment.
"Despacito! Quiero respirar tu cuello despacito" I sang at the top of my lungs, shaking my hips in time with the music.

Grabbing my hair bush from the side of my dressing table, I continued to sing despacito, glancing in the mirror every few seconds like a 15 year old girl re-enacting a concert. The next Spanish song came on, this time it was Shakira hips don't lie. I moved my body in time with the music, running my hands through my hair as if I actually was Shakira.

When the song finished someone cleared their throat from my doorway. I spun around to see Austin looking intensely at me. "Well that was the sexiest thing I've ever seen in my life,"

I covered my face with my hands, feeling myself blush. "H-how long have you been standing there?" This couldn't be happening! This was the most embarrassing thing to ever happen to me ever! Okay I take that back, I've done much worse. Okay the most embarrassing thing to happen to me this week.

"About half the song, I knocked on your door, there was no answer but I could hear your music. When I knocked again the door swung open. I shouted your name but you didn't hear me over the music so I came upstairs to check if you were okay. I was going to let you know I was here but there was no way I was going to interrupt that," he smirked.

I groaned and the next song came on, this time it was the Spanish One dance remix. I scrambled to turn it off but Austin grabbed my waist and spun me around so I was facing him.

"Dance with me," he said pulling me close.

I threw my head back laughing. "What?"

"Violet I don't think you understand how hot it is when you sing in Spanish," he chuckled as he made our hips sway. He grabbed my hand and span me away from him before pulling me back in, this time my back was against his chest. His hands slowly wrapped around my waist making my heart rate sky rocket as our hips rolled against each other. Austin twirled me around again but when he twirled me back I was facing him. I threw my hands around his neck pulling him closer to me. When the Spanish section of the song kicked in, Austin tried to sing along which only resulted in him mumbling and tripping over most of the words. I couldn't stop giggling as I sang along with him. When the song finished he pressed his lips agains mine and I responded immediately.

"What are you doing here?" I laughed once we managed to pull away from each other.

"I came to see if you wanted to grab some food,"

I sighed and rested my head in the crook of his neck. Why must he mention food?! I had a tendency to change my life plans if somebody mentioned food. I wish I was kidding but I can't count the amount of classes I've missed because somebody mentioned going for pizza instead. "As much as it's against all of my morals to say no to food, I already have plans," Curse you Austin!! Why did you put me in this situation of saying no to food.

I pulled my head away from Austin to see him pouting at me. "Plans?" He questioned.

"Yeah, Calum and Robyn are coming over, I feel like I haven't seen them in forever."

"I still need to be properly introduced to Robyn,"

"What?"

"Well you've met my friends but I haven't met yours... Well except for Calum who I've known his entire life," he chuckled.

I smiled at him. "I'll arrange something soon so you can meet her,"

He kissed my forehead before saying goodbye and telling me he'd call me later tonight. I let out a blissful sigh just thinking about him. I was never this happy with Brandon. When I think about it, Brandon was a dick. He never made an effort with my friends. Robyn always thought he was stuck up were as Calum... Well Calum hated his guts.

While I waited for Calum and Robyn to show up I entertained myself by watching old episodes of friends. I smiled when Joey's face came onto the screen. He was so hot!

"Hey any one home? I'm a burglar who's going to steal all of your possessions before killing you," a familiar voice called from downstairs.

Rolling my eyes, I pulled myself off of the bed and made my way downstairs to greet my best friend. When I walked into the living room I saw Calum sprawled out on one of the sofas.

"Hey," I said moving his feet so I could sit down. As soon as my butt hit the sofa, he put his feet back where they were before I moved them, meaning they were rested on my lap which made me groan and roll my eyes.

"Hey, when is Robyn getting here?" He asked.

"I don't know, I'll give her a call now," I pulled my phone from my back pocket and clicked Robyn's number. She picked up the phone after 3 rings.

"Hello?" She said down the phone.

"Hello it's your two favourite people in the whole world," I called.

"Oh my god Justin Bieber and Harry Styles you finally got my messages!" She squealed.

"No idiot it's Calum and Violet," Calum grumbled.

"Boo you guys are boring put Harry and Justin back on,"

"I'll give them your best, anyway where are you?" I asked.

"In my sister's house why?"

"Because your butt should currently be sitting on my sofa,"

There was a loud gasp down the phone. "Shit! I completely forgot! I have to go to a dress fitting for my sister's wedding,"

"You're kidding right?"

"I'm so sorry!"

I sighed. "It's okay, enjoy the yellow dress," I teased.

She laughed before saying goodbye to me and ending the call.

"So what do we do now?" Calum asked.

"Well now that you mention it, speaking to Robyn has just reminded me that her sister's wedding is soon and I still don't have a dress since I'm giving mine to Robyn," I began.

Calum let out a loud groan. "Don't even say it,"

"Pleaseeeeeeee," I begged. "Come on this is the perfect opportunity, we have the whole day, we can just run to the mall, pick up a dress maybe a pair of shoes and then we can grab food," I gave him my best puppy eyes, pouting slightly.

Calum closed his eyes tightly as he took a deep breath, "You get two hours and you have to buy me food," he mumbled standing up and grabbing his jacket. I launched myself at Calum, wrapping my arms around him as we hugged. Then I quickly let go and ran upstairs to grab a jacket and some money. It wasn't long before I was dragging Calum to the first dress shop. I ran my hands along all the different types of dresses, scrunching up my face when I looked at most of them. I was awful at shopping, I didn't particularly like it and avoided it at all costs but unfortunately I couldn't put this off, I had to find a dress for this wedding. From the corner on my eye I could see Calum looking down at his phone.

"You know if you help me we can leave sooner," I told him.

"I have zero clue when it comes to shopping Violet,"

"Well that makes two of us so lets get looking for a dress so we can get out of here,"

He gave me a sharp nod and began looking through a rack of dresses, pulling one out every so often to show me one.

"This is boring," I complained after the third dress.

"Shall I remind you that we're here for you?" He laughed.

"Okay, I have a idea. We split up and both find 3 dresses each, then I'll try them all on and the one who picks the dress that looks the best wins,"

"What does the winner get?"

"The winner gets to choose a punishment,"

"Okay deal,"

"Meet back here in 20 minutes with 3 dresses, ready, set, go!" I shouted running in the opposite direction of Calum.

I pulled out dress after dress looking for the perfect one but no matter where I looked I couldn't find one. Eventually a blue off the shoulder dress caught my eye, it came to my mid thigh. I grabbed it and went in search of dress number 2. The next dress I came across was a long, skin tight, nude dress with spaghetti straps. I looked at my phone, 5 minutes before I had to meet up with Calum again. The final dress I chose wasn't really a dress more like a top and skirt. The top was a black lace crop top which would expose my belly button which was accompanied by a long green skirt that was shorter at the front but reached my ankles at the back.

With a triumphant smirk I made my way back to the place we said we'd meet. Calum was standing waiting for me with no dresses in his arms. I raised my eyebrows at him. "You do know the point was to find dresses right," I told him, looking around as if the dresses would magically appear.

"Yeah I know, the dresses are already in the changing room," he said ushering me towards a door. When I opened the door I saw a small sofa in front of another little room that was covered with a curtain. Calum plonked him self in the chair and nodded towards the curtain. When I pulled it back could see the first dress hanging up, I rolled my eyes. If all the dressed were like this I was going to easily win. I slipped into the first dress Calum had picked. It was actually quite nice, the material was soft and went down to my knees with a little bow at the back. The only problem was the colour... It was white.

I pulled open the curtain to see a grinning Calum. "I think it's safe to say I've won," he said smugly.

I held back a laugh. "Actually this is probably the worst dress you could have choice," I teased. Calum looked very confused as his eyes looked me up and down slowly. "You do know you can't wear white to a wedding right? Because that would be like trying to upstage the bride,"

Calum groaned. "Shit,"

I laughed and went back into the little changing room, this time pulling on the blue dress I had picked. I frowned when I looked at my reflection in the mirror. This dress did nothing for my figure. I was quite a curvy girl with a slim waist but this dress made my butt practically non-existent.

"No comments, I know it's awful," I said when I pulled back the curtain. Calum scrunched up his face. He didn't like it either. The new dress Calum had picked was a blood red. It looked nice, nicer than the blue dress anyway. After showing it to Calum, I replaced it with the nude dress. That was okay, not great just okay. Then I put on the skirt and top, I loved this outfit as soon as I slipped it onto my body. The only problem was that I don't think it was the right thing to wear for a wedding. I would definitely be buying it regardless.

I sighed. "I still haven't found the right dress,"

"Hey I still have one dress left remember, I saved the best till last," Calum said handing me a dress. I had to hold in the gasp, not wanting Calum to know how much I already loved it. Practically running towards the dressing room, I changed into the dress.

The dress was strapless and puffed out slightly at the bottom. The top was an almost grey colour which blended into a light purple at the bottom and the whole dress was covered in glitter which made a beautiful pattern on the dress. I twirled around in front of the mirror, taking in my appearance. I didn't normally go for these types of dresses but even I had to admit the dress looked amazing.

I took a deep breath as my hand grabbed the curtain, getting ready for Calum's gloating. When Calum saw me his jaw dropped... Literally. His mouth formed an 'O' shape as he took my appearance in.

Calum cleared his throat before speaking. "Violet you look... wow," his voice came out hoarse.

"How are you better at picking clothes than I am?"

"Must be a secret talent," he said quietly, still looking at me in awe.

"Earth to Calum," I said waving my hands in front of his face. This snapped him out of whatever trance he was in. "You win, congratulations, I'm going to get changed, pay for this dress and then we can get food,"

Calum nodded his head and left. What had gotten into him?

I grabbed the amazing dress and after careful consideration, which basically consisted of my staring at the skirt and top, I decided to get that too.

"Okay where do you want to go for food?" I asked Calum as I walked out the store.

"Well since it's on you I want 200 burgers from McDonald's,"

I shoved Calum. "Dream on, you can have half a nugget and 3 French fries,"

We ended up in Taco Bell. After getting both of our food I sat down the the booth Calum was occupying. I took a bite out of my food and smiled in happiness. I was most happy when I had food.

"So what are your plans for the rest of the day?" Calum asked me.

"God Calum, if you wanted to get rid of me you should have just said," I teased.

"Shut up,"

"Well if you must know my every move, I have a hot date with my bed and Netflix,"

"Ooo I'm jealous,"

I dramatically flicked my hair over my shoulder. "Well of course you are, who wouldn't be jealous of me,"

***

"I believe in miracles, where you from? You sexy thing, sexy thing you," my phone sang, waking me up from my sleep.

"What the hell?" I mumbled, confused as to why my phone was singing this awful song.

When I grabbed my phone I could see Austin's name flash on the screen. I answered it and pressed the phone against my ear. "Did you set the ringtone for you to 'you sexy thing'?" I asked.

Austin's laugh down the other end of the phone answered my question. I groaned. When did he even get a hold of my phone?

"Was there a reason you called and woke me up or was it just so I could hear how vain you are for setting that as my ringtone for you?"

"Wow someone's grouchy also how are you only just waking up?!" Austin laughed. "I was calling to see if you are doing anything today,"

I yawned and stretched out my back as I stood from my bed. "Nope I don't have any plans,"

"Good I'll be over in 10 minutes,"

"Wait what?! Austin I've just rolled out of bed! I'm still in my bugs bunny pyjamas!" I gasped.

Austin chuckled. "You don't have to get changed, I'm not making you go anywhere. I just thought we could watch a few movies,"

I smiled. "Okay that sounds good,"

"See you soon," he said ending the call.

I walked to the bathroom and washed my face. Then I brushed my teeth before pulling on some fluffy socks. I was just finishing making my bed when I heard the door bell ring.

"It's open," I called down to Austin. When I reached the bottom of the stairs Austin was closing the door behind him. I took his hand in mine, interlocking our fingers, and pulled him into the living room. I pushed him onto the sofa before grabbing the remote and jumping down besides him.

Austin absentmindedly began to play with my hair as I searched for something to watch.

"Pitch perfect? Really?" He groaned.

"Would you rather we watch magic mike?" I asked wiggling my eyebrows at Austin.

"Pitch perfect is fine! Great even!"

This made me laugh as I rested my head in Austin's lap and focused my vision on the movie.

"Anna Kendrick is really funny," Austin said out of the blue. I looked up at him to find him staring at the TV screen, acting as if he hadn't just spoke.

"Yeah," I mumbled quietly.

This happened throughout the majority of the film. Austin was engrossed by the film yet talked the whole way through it.

"I don't like that blonde girl, she can't even sing,"
"Oh shit she just puked,"
"No wonder her roommate hates her if she plays music out loud with no headphones,"
"Hey look that Benji kid can actually sing, good for him,"
"Why are they all just singing in an empty swimming pool?"
"Who are those presenters actually talking to? Like if they're on the radio why would people want to listen to them talking over the singing?"
"If everyone gets so bored during their set how did they get this far in the competition?"

"Will you pipe down?" I groaned. "Seriously you're worse than Calum!"

Austin looked down at me and raised an eyebrow, obviously not understanding what I was getting at.

"He does that too, whenever we watch a movie he talks the whole way through it, giving me a running commentary,"

Austin chuckled. "Yeah my mom refuses to watch films with us, my dad is the same, the last time we all watched a film she walked out of the house and when she came back she refused to speak to us for like 2 days,"

This made me laugh. "I can definitely sympathise with her,"

"Oh hey you two," my mom said coming into the living room. I sat up from Austin's lap, slightly embarrassed.

"Hey Mrs Benson," Austin smiled.

"Hello Austin," She beamed before her gaze turned to me. A frown appeared on her face. "Violet don't you think you should start getting ready?" she asked, her eyebrow raising as she looked at my pyjamas.

"For what?"

"It's Bianca's birthday remember,"

I groaned, I had completely forgotten. Bianca was my older cousin and she was having a house party today for her 21st birthday. "It completely slipped my mind,"

"Well I'm leaving in 2 hours so you better get a move on, Austin do you have any plans for today?"

"Nope,"

"Great you can come along if you'd like,"

I fidgeted uncomfortably. "Mom are you sure that's a good idea,"

I saw Austin give me a confused and hurt look making me quickly turn to face him. Thankfully my mom understood what I was getting at. "Don't worry Violet, it's my side of the family so we'll tell them all not to tell your dad about Austin,"

I let out a breath I didn't even know I had been holding. Austin's face softened but I could still see he was a little hurt. I wanted to be open about our relationship but I knew telling my dad would just open up a can of worms, he'd never let me out the house. To be completely honest I wouldn't be surprised if he put a restraining against Austin so he couldn't come within 100 feet of me.

"Okay now that's settled, you two should start to get ready, I'm going to get my hair done so I'll see you guys later," and with that my mom left us.

Austin didn't look at me after my mom left, he kept his eyes trained on the floor. I sighed and moved towards him, throwing one leg over his body so I was straddling him. I pulled his chin so he was looking into my eyes. "What's wrong?" I asked. Stupid question Violet! You know what's wrong, you just told him you didn't want him to meet your family. Why did I say that to him?!

Austin let out a sigh. "I don't know Violet, it's just I don't want to feel like I'm your dirty little secret or something,"

"No no no no, it's not like that at all!" I said quickly. I rested my forehead

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