Meet My Dedication

"Welcome home," Austin squeezed my hand, and I squeezed his back.
"Home...," I whispered. We'd been gone for three months, on the tour with A Day To Remember and Set It Off. Austin kissed my cheek and turned off his car, getting out and making his way to my side. He helped me out of his car and grabbed some of our bags. I helped and followed him into his apartment.
I'd never been to California, and so far everything looked bigger than in Florida. The houses were bigger, the cars, buildings, even the people! I felt like a hobbit in the middle of giants.
Austin opened the door and guided me through the house, "when we put our bags down I'll give you a tour." I could hear excitement spilling in his voice. He was just as happy as I was to be home.
He went to his room first, I hadn't even noticed that I hadn't moved from just out of the doorway. I was in awe on how open the place seemed to be. It was minimal, but lovely. I couldn't believe a guy lived here, especially one who lived alone.
Austin popped his head out from the hallway, "you gonna let me show you to your room, or what?" He has the biggest smile on his face, which practically terrified me.
I dropped the luggage in the hall, Austin took my hands and lead me into my new room. The walls were white but all of my pictures I had packed were up already, along with some posters and my books were put neatly into a bookshelf by the closet. A daybed was set just under the window, dressed in black sheets with red, gray, and white pillows. There were photo strips of Gavin, Milly attached to my mirror connected to a small dresser. My closet was almost completely empty aside from some shirts and dresses I knew I had never owned. Only one tiny unopened box on my bed remained inside my already decorated room.
Austin held me tight, realizing I was in tears of pure joy. "Open it," he whispered in my ear.
He let me go and I walked over to it. I plopped myself on my bed and ripped it open, only to see a picture of Milly and I at the beach when we were 5, and a picture of me and all of the guys from one of the first nights on the tour. I didn't realize my eyes were teary until Austin came over and hugged me. "They're wonderful, the whole room, the pictures. How... When did you do all this?"
He smiled and wiped the tears from my face, "I had a little help while we were away."
"A little?" I heard an all too familiar voice pop out from the doorway.
"Milly!!" I jumped right off and ran towards my twin. No matter how much Austin or Alan or any of the guys tried to distract me, I had missed my sister terribly and thought of her everyday, along with Gavin. "You're here!!!"
"Of course I am, silly. Who else knows you better than me? We practically share a brain." She embraced me in a tight hug and out of the corner of my eye I saw the tall lanky stoner that was her boyfriend, my best friend, Gavin. "Gavin!"
"Hey there, kiddo," he winked and I tackled him to the ground. "I missed you too." We laughed and Milly jumped onto my, dog piling Gavin. Even Austin decided to get in on the action and sit on us all.
"Shrek! get your fat ass off of me!" I tried yelling, but was laughing way to hard. Austin towered over all of us at 6'4", and Milly and I only being 5'5", and Gavin at 5'8". We were no match for him.
"Yeah, yeah, princess. I got you." He kissed me first, before getting off of me. He helped Milly up, then myself. Milly grabbed Gavin, who looked about dead.
"Get up, fool." Milly pulled Gavin up and planted a big wet kiss on Gavin's lips," I'm hungry, who wants food?"
Gavin and I rolled our eyes, Milly may have been tiny, but her stomach was bigger than it looked.
"Pizza sound good?" Austin chimed in, phone already in his hand.
We all said our agreements and went into the living room.

"I want to know everything!" Milly pulled me onto the couch next to me, with Gavin next to her. Austin was in the kitchen, ordering pizza. So much for that tour, I guess I was going to go explore later.
"I told you about everything, already. Everyday. When you called me. Everyday." I looked at her and raised my eyebrow. She had insisted I tell her every dirty detail of the tour.
"Did you molest Jeremy's beard? God, that man has fantastic facial hair."
"No, and you're the weirdest person I've ever had the pleasure of sharing DNA with." I laughed, she had raged about Jeremy McKinnon's perfectly well kept beard during every phone call.
"Why not?!?!?!?!?!" She whined and I just kept my mouth shut.
"Pizza will be here in about 20 minutes." Austin flipped onto the other couch next to us.

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As we ate, Milly and Geremy were telling us about their adventures while being in LA, and apartment sitting for Austin. Half of the time I thought Milly was making it up, especially when she said Da Kurlzz from Hollywood Undead came over, looking for Austin. Austin laughed, and confirmed that it was true. Matt and Austin were good friends, and called his group of friends the Sunset Ratpack. I wasn't going to ask, but his stories he had told me of the Pack's misadventures were hilarious to listen to.
The four of us sat and talked for hours, until I realized how exhausted I was.
"Where are you guys staying now?" I looked at Geremy, who looked at Milly, who looked at Austin.
"You can crash here, still. You can still stay in the guest room. I don't mind," his smile was as genuine as he was beautiful.
"We don't want to impose, we've been here all week!" Geremy was the first to speak, I looked at Milly who was already staring at me.
"You're not imposing! We haven't seen you both in months!" I smiled at her, and she launched herself at me. Both of us falling to the floor.
"I love you!" We were giggling and hugging, both of the boys just staring in awe (or horror). I could hear Austin's laugh over everything and it made me feel like my heart would leap out of my chest.

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I cuddled myself into bed, I was tired as all get-out. I had slept in the same room, and bed, with Austin for three months. It had become my norm, but now that I was in my own room, I felt empty and I couldn't sleep at all.
I had lay there for hours, it was almost two in the morning by the time I decided to wander the halls and knocked on Austin's door, quietly. He didn't answer so I just opened the door and crawled into bed beside him. It didn't take his subconscious mind to figure out he wasn't alone anymore and he wrapped his arms around me.
It felt more normal to sleep this way, more comfortable.
I felt at home.

Notes

Hey guys! Sorry I've been off the grid.
I'm going to school, and got a new job... AT DISNEY WORLD! And I made a profile on this online dating site. Basically, HAPPY NEW YEAR! I've decided that I'm taking matters into my own hands.I'm really excited, plus I've had a bit of writer's block.