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Meet My Dedication

You're Not Alone

I woke up feeling sore, in the best way possible, everywhere and tiny little hickeys on my chest, and probably on my neck. The only thing that would have made this better was if there was the person responsible next to me. I stretched and looked at the time on my phone. It was almost noon. I had slept that long?
There was a little piece of paper next to my phone with chicken scratch handwriting on it:
Met the guys down stairs for breakfast. You looked too peaceful, I couldn't wake you.
Love, Austin
Next to his name was a drawing of Squidgy and a heart. I smiled and just cuddled with his pillow, not wanting to get out of bed.
I stayed there for another half hour, then decided it was time to shower and get ready for the day. We had to head to our next stop on the tour, and I didn't want to look like the hot mess that I was all day.
While in the shower, finishing washing up my body, I heard the door to our room open, and footsteps walking around. The bathroom door soon opened, and the shower curtain was pulled back, as Austin stepped in behind me. He poked my sides, making me jump, which got a laugh out of him.
"Jesus, Austin, you scared the bajeebers outta me!" I put shampoo on his nose, giggling.
"Well, I'm sorry about your bajeebers and I hope they forgive me someday." He grabbed the shampoo bottle from me and turned me around, starting to wash my hair for me. His hands were massaging my scalp as I started to wash my body.
"I missed you this morning," I confessed, rinsing my hair out under the shower head. He just smiled and kissed me.
"I missed you too, but I got hungry," he grinned and kissed me. I wrapped my arms around his neck and he wrapped his around my waist. He inspected the damage done to my body and smiled triumphantly. "I see your body has some repercussions from last night."
"Simple battle scars, my good sir," I said in the best British accent I could come up with. He chuckled and kissed each of my bruises.
We got out of the shower and dried off. I walked over to my suitcase and took out some clothes to wear today, "so, what's on the agenda for the day?"
"You and I are gonna go grab you something to eat, and then it's off to the mall with Alan." Shopping? I could go for that. A public outing with Austin? I could definitely enjoy myself. A nice break between cities was always good for the boys and I.
I put on my bra and wiggled into some jeans, and my Avenged Sevenfold tank top. I decided I was going to let my hair go normal today, wavy with minimal curls, and do minimal make up.
Austin just grabbed his jeans and his own A7X tee, deciding we were going to somewhat match today. I grabbed my phone and jacket, kissed his cheek and we left our hotel room.

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The mall wasn't that crowded, and we stopped in the food court so I could get something. I decided on pizza, since it wasn't that messy or expensive. I got a slice of cheese pizza with a bottle of root beer, since I think it's much better in a bottle. Austin got the same thing, and Alan decided he wanted to get Orange soda instead. We all ate, talking about the show from last night and how someone had thrown their bra at Alan with their phone number in it.
We were just about done with our food when a little girl came up to Austin, tugging on his shirt. She couldn't have been older than 9 years old, but she looked cute as a button, and was wearing one of the shirts from the tour. She had the biggest smile on her face, coming up to us.
"Hi there!" Austin said cheerfully, wiping his mouth with a napkin. "What's your name?"
"Sarah, and I'm about to turn 9." She held up a small picture of Austin with Squidgy. Alan and I just sat back and watched all the cuteness. Sarah's mom came over, apologizing, but we all said that it was perfectly fine. She took a picture of the two of them, and then one with Alan and Austin. Austin signed the picture and hugged Sarah.
Are you Austin's girlfriend?" I nodded as she came up to me, giving me a hug as well, "I think you're really pretty." I smiled at her and hugged her again.
"Thank you, I think you're pretty too." She smiled, saying bye and ran off to her mom, giggling the whole way.
"That was the most adorable thing in the world," Alan cooed over the scene.
"I thought me giggling was the most adorable thing in the world!" I pretended to pout and Alan just stuck his tongue out at me. Austin just laughed at the two of us, and Alan flicked him off. I threw my napkin at him, and he poked my cheek.
We finished our food and cleared our table, then made our way out of the food court. I had found an Anime/ Japanese Art store close by and ran inside. There were posters, costumes, figures, and plushies everywhere! Along with some kitanas, fans, and even chopsticks. I was like a kid in a candy store in here, and found a beautiful fan that I adored by the time the boys found me.
"Find something you like?" Austin hugged me from behind, looking at the fan I was holding. I nodded and he took it from me, opening it. "It's not nearly as pretty as you are," he kissed my cheek and went up to the counter to buy it for me, before I could protest.
"Thank you," I sounded defeated, but I was totally happy that I got the fan.
"No problem," He put his arm around my wait and we continued walking around the mall.

There was another group of people surrounding us, in front of Hot Topic. I decided I was just going to walk inside the store while the boys did their thing. Before he let me leave, Austin planted a kiss on my lips, then let me go on my way. I smiled and walked in, going straight for the clearance section.

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AUSTIN'S POV:

Sometimes I wished there was a day where I could go out and Alan and I wouldn't be recognized. Other days I was more than happy to see all of our fans and sign shit and take pictures.
This was not one of those days.
I sighed and put on my best rockstar smile while everyone came up to us. There was one person in particular, who was maybe about 16 or 17, who stood out to me. She didn't look like a typical fan to me, in fact she looked like the exact opposite, wearing Hollister clothing and shorts that barely covered her ass. It wasn't hard to not look, but she was obviously looking.
When she came up to me and asked for a picture, we posed and she kissed me on the cheek. "I bet you I'm a million times better than that emo chick you're pretending to like."
A shot of anger built up from me, I hated people like that. People who bash others, then call themselves a fan of mine. I didn't tolerate it. I took the chicks phone, deleted the pictures. "For your information, that's my girlfriend. I happen to be very happy with her, and I love her. Do not call yourself a fan of mine if you're going to disrespect, not only them, but me as well. Have a nice day."
I looked around for Alan who was still posing for a few pictures when I grabbed his arm and drug him into the store.
We found Mikey by the clearance rack, looking at bathing suits. I couldn't help but smile, feeling my anger wash away, when she looked up at us and smiled. I enveloped her in a huge hug and kissed her as passionately as I could in public.
She giggled as I spun her around. "What was that for?"
"No reason, just felt like it." I smiled and saw the pair of jeans, and a few shirts she had in her arms. I took them from her and carried them for her as she kept looking. "I liked the sugar skull two piece you had looked at." I kissed her cheek.
"I did too, I'm thinking I'll just get it later. I don't need it right now. Besides, my birthday's soon anyway." I didn't know if I was supposed to take that as a hint, or not, but I definitely took a mental note of it.
We bought her the clothes she picked out; light blue skinny jeans, a Memphis May Fire shirt, Sleeping With Sirens shirt, pokemon seat belt, and The Little Mermaid bra and panties set. I couldn't wait to see her in those. It made my face all hot just thinking about it.
I decided I wanted something too, so I got myself red plaid button down, a Bring Me the Horizon tank top, and batman boxer briefs, for shits and giggles. Mikey didn't realize I had gotten somethings until I popped up behind her. Alan got himself a cat t-shirt, naturally, and some candy, as we made our way out.
Mikey and I walked out of the store, hand in hand. I wanted everyone to know I was off the market, and that the beautiful woman next to me, was mine and mine alone.

Mikey looked up at me as we were walking out of the mall and stopped, "hey Austin?"
I looked down and smiled, "what's up?"
She giggled and poked my cheek, "you got lipstick on your cheek."
I blushed, oops. "I do? Get it off! Get it off!" I laughed jumping and hollering and she just laughed at me for acting like the idiot that I was.
"Okay, okay! Stand still!" She held me down to her level, stuck her thumb in her mouth than wiped off the lips from my face until it was gone. "There, all better," she kissed the other side, then we continued to walk back to the car we had taken.
I couldn't have asked for a more perfect person to walk into my life.