bad boy next door [austin mahone]

Chapter Twenty-Four

~ Austin Mahone~
 
I hate hospitals.
 
They just remind me of death. I lost my Mema who I loved dearly so when I come to a hospital I think of her. It sucks knowing Mema never got to meet Sierra. But it’s amazing knowing I did…
 
I don’t really talk as I sit in the waiting room with Sierra’s parents and my mom. My mom holds my hand, which sounds babyish, but if I’m losing the first girl I actually love… I don’t know what I’ll do.
 
Sierra is different; that's for sure. But she isn't a monster. She calls herself that. Seeing her look so broken, worries me. Something made her do that and I know it was me.

It is obvious she was thinking about me. I didn't murder anyone yet a part of her believed I did and a part of her didn't. To say it didn't bother me is a lie... It really bothers me.

Not the fact she doesn't trust me. The fact that she's so broken she can't learn to trust. All the rumors she's heard, it'd be hard to take out of her mind. She's just scared. She's a scared broken girl who I would spend the rest of my life fixing up and loving.

I'd do it for Mema too... Because I know Mema would love her as much as I do.


~Sierra Sparks~

I wake up, my head hurting intensely. Oh great, what happened to me? Where am I? Am I in a hospital? Where's my mom? Where's Austin? Oh god Austin! I have to tell him sorry for missing dinner.

I try to get up, but the nurses stop me.

"Ms. Sparks, lay back down. Mr. Mahone told us you fell and hit your head, correct?" One nurses asks lifting a clip board.

"I don't remember," I shrug and I'm being serious. I don't remember how I got hurt. I don't even yesterday at all.

The lady nods her head sadly, before asking if I'd like to see anyone. I immediately say his name, "Austin." The one person I missed so dearly. I just wanted him here. I know I shouldn't have said that, but she nods.

As she leaves last night floods into my mind...

"Did you see?"

He takes in a shaky breath, looking down at me. He doesn’t say anything, making me know the answer. His eyes read pain as he stares at me. How I love his eyes…

“Now you know I’m a monster…” I whisper, before all I can see is blackness and hear him screaming my name loud.

“Sierra! Sierra! God damnit, Sierra! Why do you have to think that? Sierra…?” he sounds so hopeful as he screams my name. My body goes numb and soon I can barely hear his yelling. I only hear one last thing,

“Sierra don’t do this! I love you!”

Love? He's capable of love. He loves me. How am I so special to him? I'm a monster! I look down at my hands. They tremble softly as I soon start to cry. I move them up to my eyes. I didn't even know if they are tears of joy or not.

All of this is too much. Why did I move here? Why did I fall in love? How can someone love me?

"Baby..." I hear him saying, his voice cracking. And here comes my hero... Austin Mahone.

"Don't cry," his voice cracks, making me look up to see him with red eyes. I made him cry... I can't believe this.

He walks to me slowly, sliding into my hospital bed. He pulls me into his chest, rubbing my right arm up and down. His touch makes me go quiet and melt into his grasp.

"Austin..." I whisper, looking up at him.

He looks down at me, his eyes so sad as he sees me so broken.

"Does this change anything...?" I ask, and he shakes his head. He kisses my forehead, not daring to speak. I don't think words could explain what to say back. He saw me as a broken girl yet he still continues to love me. I don't deserve a boy like Austin...

"I love you," I voice softly. Austin smiles back softly, nodding his head. He doesn't dare say it back, making me frown a bit. But I know he does. He's just never made himself vulnerable around a girl.

We sit in silence, him holding me tight.

"Sierra..." He whispers, making me look back up at him. He looks so broken himself. He tries to not so he can make me happy. He's trying to stay strong. I really do appreciate what he does for me. Every day I pray thanking God for what he's given me. He gave me Austin.

"Yeah Austin?" I ask as the boy lets out a shaky breath. He looks quite nervous. I wonder why? I stare up as him as he takes a few moments. He lets out another shaky breath. I notice a tear slides down his cheek, making me worry more.

"Austin, you can tell me..." I whisper. He lets out another shaky breath, but it's more calm.

"I love you too," he whispers, leaving a smile on my face as I cuddle more into him. This may sound crazy but today feels like the best day I've ever had here in San Antonio, Texas.