Secrets of My Hollywood Life: Thereâs No Place Like Home by Jen Calonita
Author:Jen Calonita [CALONITA, JEN]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Poppy
TWELVE: Everything Is Not What It Seems
Austin is standing right in front of me, and my good foot is glued to the sidewalk in a mixture of panic, terror, and pure adrenaline-fueled excitement.
I donât know what to do. My initial instinct is to burst into tears, throw my arms around him, and sob âThank God youâre okay!â over and over along with âIâm so, SO sorry.â I want this Austin and the other one out there in the universe to know that even more than I want to get out of here. But freaking out like that would be a little dramatic, even for an actress.
âUh, could you take your crutch off my good foot?â Austin asks bluntly.
âOh, yeah! Sorry.â I canât stop staring. There are so many thoughts running through my head, like the one saying I should kiss Austin as hard as I can and not let go. But that would be inappropriate.
Darn.
âThatâs better,â he says when I lift my crutch, and then he smiles. Smiles! âI was wondering when Iâd see you,â he adds, as if weâre friends. Are we friends here? âI wanted to talk to you before this whole thing spiraled out of control, you know?â
Iâm not paying too much attention to what heâs saying because all I can think about is that after almost a week of imagining this moment, Austin is right here! Standing in front of me! I take in every inch of him from the top of his blond head to his toesâokay, his cast. Ouch. His whole left leg is in a cast, and heâs on crutches, just like me. I did that to him. I put Austin in a cast, both here and probably in the real world too, and the guilt of that will never go away no matter how many times I apologize. The rest of Austin appears fine, thankfully. His hair looks exactly the sameâlong bangs, sort of wavy locksâand his face has that sun-kissed glow you get from spending hours on a muddy field. I donât recognize the outfit heâs wearing, but I like it. He has on a red Abercrombie pullover and navy wind pants that are rolled up on his left leg.
âI⦠I⦠are you okay?â I ask nervously.
âIf you call being in a cast okay,â he says, acknowledging his leg with a small shrug. But the way he says it, it doesnât sound mean. Just matter-of-fact. This conversation is going better than I expected.
âIâm so sorry,â I blurt out. âI donât know what happened!â Literally. âOne minute we were driving, and the next the world was upside down. The last thing Iâd ever want is to hurt you.â He looks at me curiously. âFor anyone to get hurt,â I clarify.
âI know.â He exhales sharply. âYou kept saying that when we were being put in the ambulance. Why would you want to run me down? Weâre sort of friends.â
Weâre friends! This is a good sign, and yet, weâre just friends. Hmph.
Austin sighs. âAt least we were friends.
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