"She's disgusting. She's ugly. You can do so much better." I read off Austin's phone, reading the comments on one of the pictures of us from the other day. "Just another reason for us to keep this private."
"Aw, you're not really listening to that are you?" Austin asked, looking up from the cereal he was eating.
"Why do you never stop eating?" I asked. "We're like Ron and Hermione. I'm really smart and you're a dumbass who's always hungry."
"Do they date at the end?" He asked.
"Yeah."
"Okay. I'll be Ron any day." He shrugged. "I think you're perfect, you know."
"Do you really now?" I smiled wryly.
"Yeah, and anyone who doesn't is an idiot." He replied.
I walked over, sitting on his lap. "You're cute."
"I try. Just for you though." He winked. "This tour is almost over for the year, you know."
"I know. Are you going home?" I asked.
"Yeah. What about you? Back to Italy? I would be sad if I couldn't see you for almost a whole month." He said.
"No. Flights are totally booked already and there's no way I'll be able to get home. I'm probably have to go back to LA." I sighed.
"And spend Christmas by yourself? No way. You can come home with me. Come to Florida with me." He said.
"No way! You're going to visit your family and I don't want to steal you away from them." I objected.
"You won't be. My dad loves you. Come on, Ave. Come home with me." He begged.
I sighed. "Fine. Make sure it's okay with your family though."
"It will be. It'll be fun, you'll see." Austin grinned. "Aaron called me like five times. I wonder what he wants."
"Maybe they're wondering where the frontman of their band is." I grinned.
"I'm staying here. Let's go to sleep." He said, pulling me onto my bunk with him.
"Fine." I shut my eyes, feeling his heart beat beside me. It was late; we'd been in whatever city we were in for an hour at least.
"Hey, Avery is Austin here?" Aaron's voice called, walking onto my bus without warning. "Oh."
It was silent for a moment- I thought he'd gone. "If you two are going to be together and try to keep it a secret, you might want to do a better job of it." He said, an obvious smile in his voice.